Canada First year urged as jubilee approaches
The Dominion marks its diamond jubilee next July. Canadians are urged to make the year a Canada First drive with monthly programmes on history, development, and potential. Alberta and Saskatchewan celebrate autonomy with floats, pageants, and exhibitions.
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Dominion of Canada
Canada
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions, Gyro
Canadian Legion
1.C.C.E
Y.M.C_A
YWCA
United Farmers
Provinces
Empire
League of Nations
Alberta
Saskatchewan
West
Dominion
New Jersey Official Proposes License Revocation for Offensive Signs
Commissioner Dill of the New Jersey motor vehicle department vows to revoke licenses of motorists displaying offensive signs under registration plates. He calls it the only way to curb the evil, noting such cards offend the public with implied profanity. One sign reads If you can read this you are too damn close.
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New Jersey
Dill
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Department
Fossil Fish Found in Oil Well near Medicine Hat
Drilling at a Medicine Hat site uncovered a stratum containing fish and shell fossils at 3720 feet. The fossils appeared washed into the well. Iron pyrites and talcum were noted at various depths, with talcum rock about 750 feet down.
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Medicine Hat
Okanagan Lake Gets Steamship Service Expansion
The Canadian National Railways opens a Kelowna Penticton steamship line on Okanagan Lake. The Pendowna will run two trips daily except Sundays from July 15, extending passenger service after the Kemloops to Kelowna line and linking Penticton with the Continental Limited from Kamloops.
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Canadian National Railways
Kelowna
Penticton
Okanagan Lake
Pentowna
Canadian National
Kemloops
Continental Limited
Kamloops
Cactus Invasion Rises In Queensland Farmlands
Australia faces a prickly pear outbreak in Queensland overrun arable land. A few sprigs introduced by settlers spread rapidly until cactus now covers large areas across the 67,000 square mile province, hindering farming.
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Queensland
Australia
Moscow shirks responsibility over aiding British strikers
Detroit Free Press accuses Moscow of lying about prohibitions on remittance of funds to support overseas trade union actions. It argues the Bolshevik government could block or permit payments and used the denial to deflect blame.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Russia
Miners’ Federation
Detroit Free Press
Wheat Pool Declared Huge Success by Chairman
A Melville Saskatchewan Wheat Pool meeting with over three hundred farmers heard A. J. McPhail declare the pool a bigger success than dreamt. He pledged to boost pool acreage by one million this season and emphasized stabilizing prices and unifying farmers across three western provinces.
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Melville
Sask
A. J. McPhail
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Mr. McPhail
Nerviline touted for two years backache relief
E S Sloane of Georsetown credits Nerviline with curing a two year backache after using it at Smith Bros Drug Store. The ad urges others with weak or swollen backs to try the pain reliever, priced at 35 cents. Manitoba lists show wood and paper products leading regional industries with 213 establishments, followed by vegetable 190 chemical 129 and textile 89 plants.
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E. S. Sloane
Georsetown
Smith Bros
Manitoba
Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
Pink Pills Promote Healthy Womanhood in Teen Girls
Health note warns mothers to monitor anaemia risk during rapid growth in girls early teens. It praises Dr Williams Pink Pills as the finest blood-builder, with a sample testimonial from Mrs George Justason of Black's Harbor, NB, claiming restored strength and appetite. Sold by dealers or by mail 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
George Justason
Black's Harbor
King Alfonso Tricks a Tired Worker with a Ride
While driving near Madrid King Alfonso stopped to fix a car issue. A tired workman, unaware of the monarch, asked for a lift. The king invited him aboard and delivered him to his Madrid slum home, then encouraged the man to visit the palace if he ever needed anything.
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Alfonso
Spain
Madrid
France has 6.49 million bicycles surpassing cars
The report notes France contains about 6,490,000 bicycles for roughly every sixth person. It states there are ten times as many bicycles as automobiles in the country.
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France
Trnes
Autobes
Minard's Liniment for Sore Feet W. N. UL 1637
Prescription label style record noting Minard's Liniment for sore feet with W N initials and catalog code UL 1637. Product label implies use for foot discomfort and general liniment application. Source fragment presents historical advertising wording and itemized branding.
Japs Seek Insight on C N R Radio Trains
Tokyo businessman Kikojiro Suzuki and K Tosasaki from San Francisco travel aboard Canadian National trains to study radio equipment and operations. Suzuki notes Japan's government railways are testing radio on trains and seek to learn how CN trains run the system.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
Kikojiro Suzuki
Tokyo
Japan
K. Togasaki
San Francisco
Mr. Suzuki
Canadian National
Novel Air Race Between Hammondsport and Auburn
An aircraft flies 2314 mph faster than the fastest pigeon in a 62 mile plane race while pigeons cover 50 miles. The winning plane, despite a 12 mile handicap and one plane forced down, finishes three minutes ahead of the first pigeon, completing 62 miles in 48 minutes at 821 mph. A gas counteragent compound is noted and a despair warning urges walking.
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Hammondsport
Auburn
Nature
Wireless Phones for Aeroplane Passengers
Wireless telephone experiments between pilots on German night air routes have proven successful. Passengers on large German Air Service airliners will soon be able to talk to subscribers in major cities despite engine noise. Phones will be placed first on Berlin Paris Berlin Stettin Stockholm and Berlin Danzig Konigsberg routes using the same system as train wireless telephones.
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Germany
Stockholm
Templehofer Field
Berlin
Air Service Directorate
Paris
Berlin-Stettin
Berlin-Danzig-Konigsberg
Hamburg
Girl Receives Lloyds Bronze Medal for Lighthouse Duty
Ethel Langton, 15, daughter of St Helens Fort lighthouse keeper at Bembridge, was awarded the Lloyds bronze medal for meritorious service after keeping the lighthouse lamp burning for three days during a gale. With only a dog for company, she climbed a 20 foot ladder to tend the oil lamp while her parents sought shore. She survived on two pounds of bread until they returned.
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Lloyds
Ethel Langton
St. Helen's Fort
Bembridge
Speech trends blame mothers for looser talk at school
At a London conference Miss Mary Morrison, principal of Francis Holland School for Girls, says modern mothers use stronger language, contributing to freer speech among pupils. A separate note promotes Dr J D Kellogg's asthma remedy as a natural, vapor-based aid sold nationwide.
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Mary Morrison
Francis Holland School For Girls
Head Mistresses’ Association
London
Miss Morrison
Militarists push population for recruits while fearing inevitable war
The London Spectator notes that militarists demand larger populations to supply future recruits yet warn wars are inevitable due to growth. Also mentioned is Mother Graves Worm Exterminator priced cheaply and available at druggists.
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London Spectator
Death Pact Drama Ends in Murder Conviction
An 18 year old man and his 18 year old sweetheart plotted to die by their own hands in Southport. The girl died and the man failed to complete his share, leading a court to condemn him to death for murder. Under the law a joint death pact where one dies makes the survivor guilty of murder.
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Southport
Bamboo organ in Las Piñas Church still plays sweetly
A bamboo church organ in Las Piñas Manila, built over a century ago by Augustinians, remains in harmony with mellow tones. The instrument, cut from nearby jungle bamboo, endured two damages from an earthquake and a typhoon.
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Church of
Las Pinas
Manila
Crossword puzzle bandits in England lure victims in lounges
British crooks pose as refined gentlemen and farmers to press for help with clues in three letter answers. Scotland Yard pursues two suave con men who separated a dirt farmer from his bank roll in a ket rich-quick scheme.
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Scotland Yard
Aylesbury
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promises Healing Powers
The advertisement extols six essential oils concentrated in every bottle of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming powerful relief from pain and health benefits. It notes numerous testimonials and that the product offers value beyond its price.
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Dr. Thomas
Immigrant’s Miscommunication Sparks Telephone Mixup
An arrival from the old country struggles with phones, taking the receiver and asking to speak to his wife. The operator requests the number, and he confesses the line misreads him, revealing a humorous language barrier and mispronounced words.
Miller's Worm Powders Fight Worm Infestation
The product claims to cure worm infections by correcting stomach morbid conditions that feed worms. It states that parasites cannot exist after contact with the medicine and that worms are quickly evacuated with other bowels contents. It asserts improved health and soundness in children.
Tax by Weight in Italian Town Affects Fat Residents
In an Italian town taxes are based on a taxpayer’s weight. The overweight man is presumed prosperous and charged according to his poundage.
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Italy
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Vancouver
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