Canada Needs Population Growth Through Open Immigration
Observant citizens argue Canada must raise its population to develop vast natural resources. They urge welcoming white immigrants who pass health and character checks, reject blanket bans on foreigners, and note the value of unskilled labor in building railways, settlements, and industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Mer
Prairie Provinces
Poland
Italy
Greece
Invent Plane to Swim in Water
An airplane promised to revolutionize flying will undergo practical tests. Aviation circles say it is unlike any prior craft and is truly a ship with wings. Details are kept strictly secret.
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Avia
Amphibious aircraft promises sea and air prowess
A new amphibious machine is described as able to float on calm waters and ride rough seas with security akin to an Atlantic liner while remaining air worthy. The hull is long and elastic, lacking bulkheads, with seven seats in the experimental version and plans for larger models. It may use four to six engines and reach 160 miles per hour, with fog horns anchors and riding lights, and could cross the Atlantic in under forty eight hours with a heavy load.
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Atlantic Ocean
Not Much Danger Auto Offer in Life Cartoon
The Life magazine cartoon depicts a humorous exchange where a young man is urged to take a chance on an automobile for only one dollar. An older man expresses reluctance, while the bidder insists the offer may not be fulfilled, highlighting temptation and skepticism.
Plans to Reduce European Armies Proposal to trim forces by unit limits at Geneva
Plans to limit European armies were submitted to the League of Nations Disarmament Commission by Lord Esher. The plan sets army caps by country to 180000 for France 120000 for Poland and Italy 90000 for several nations and 60000 for Belgium and Switzerland with a 30000 unit size. Admiral Segrave proposed extending the Washington naval treaty to additional nations.
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Disarmament Commission
The
League of Nations
Lord Esher
England
France
Poland
Italy
Great Britain
Greece
Rumania
Jugoslavia
Spain
Czecho Slovakia
Belgium
Switzerland
Geneva
Segrave
Washington
Putnam's Corn Extractor Proclaimed Best Remedy
An old ad recounts a man who received a cheap acid corn remedy from a druggist instead of Putnam's Corn Extractor, praised for fifty years as the standard remover of corns and warts. The pitch insists no substitutes and notes a 25 cent price.
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Putnam's Corn
Sweden Plans 1922 Unemployment Aid Program
Sweden approves a 1922 unemployment appropriation totaling 85,000,000 kronor about 32 million dollars. Aid will go only to those without work through no fault of their own, while unwilling workers receive no assistance. The government will press to move surplus industrial workers back to farming with each family head receiving a sizable plot of land.
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Sweden
Worries of Working Women and Pink Pills Backed by Testimony
The ad urges worried women to keep blood rich and nerves strong using Dr Williams Pink Pills. It cites Mrs Cora Conrad of Broad Cove Nova Scotia praising relief from headaches dizziness and fatigue after using the pills. Available from druggists or by mail at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Timid Caller Seeks Help for Working Girls Home
A puzzled lady collector asks for aid for the Working Girls' Home, and a confident man responds with willingness to help but asks for the location of the home.
Fron Found In Blood Of Forty Two Men
A fragment notes that there is enough fron in the blood of forty two men to forge a plough share weighing twenty four pounds.
Wild Strawberry Extract Promoted as Cholera Remedy
A Campbellton reader reports quick relief for cholera after using Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry. The ad touts the 77 year reputation of Dr. Fowler's and offers bottles at 50 cents from The T. Milburn Co Limited Toronto.
Western Provinces Plan Unified Radio Legislation
Commissioner John E. Lowry says telephone officials from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta exchange ideas ahead of a late month conference to standardize amateur wireless rules. He notes Northern Manitoba will gain radio access soon and has secured an option on a modern set during a Montreal visit.
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John E. Lowry
Manitoba
Lowry
Montreal
Powerful Medicine in Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
The heating properties in six essential oils are concentrated in every bottle of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil forming a premier liniment for pain relief. Many testify to its power in easing pain and credit it with improving health, a value not reflected by its price.
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Dr. Thomas
The Human Mechanism and the Human Heart
A quotation from Floyd W. Parson in World’s Work highlights the heart as a perfect pump with 600000 hours of service 4520 strokes and fifteen gallons per hour. It compares the nervous system voice ear eye nose lungs skin and spinal cord to superior human mechanisms.
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Floyd W. Parson
Holden drainage system to complete Alberta land reclamation
The Irrigation and Drainage Commissioner of Alberta reports that drainage work is nearly finished and much of the 13 000 acres reclaimed is under cultivation. The Days land drainage scheme covering 16 000 acres is under construction and will continue through the summer with a goal of near or total completion this year.
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Irrigation and Drainage Commissioner For
Alberta
Dr Thomas' Electric Oil For Croup and More
Uses include croup relief by reducing inflammation and loosening phlegm. Also reliable for sore throat chest earache rheumatic pains cuts bruises and sprains. Widely regarded as an indispensable item in the family medicine chest by many thousands.
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Thomas
Great Lakes Cruise with Canadian Pacific Steamers
A pleasure voyage from Fort William and Port Arthur to Port McNicoll or Owen Sound aboard Kee watin Assiniboia and Manitoba. Three weekly sailings to Port McNicoll with train to Toronto and Thursday departures to Owen Sound. Tickets and schedules available from the Canadian Pacific Ticket Agent. Also note Bible Society publishing gospel editions about every five weeks.
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Canada
United States
Great Lakes
Fort William
Port Arthur
Port McNicoll
Owen Sound
Keewatin
Assiniboia
Manitoba
Toronto
Canadian Pacific
Ontario Forest Service Adds Viking Seaplane for Surveys
The Ontario Government Forest Service has purchased a Vickers Viking amphibian from England, the largest aircraft in the region. Based at Remi Lake under Captain W. R. Maxwell, it will survey provincial forests with aerial cameras, using 450 horsepower Napier Lion, 46 foot wingspan, 250 mile range at 6,000 feet, and 480 miles at 90 mph.
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Ontario Government Forest Service
England
Ontario
British Air Ministry
Remi Lake
W. R. Maxwell
Moose Factory
Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Possibilities Of Commercial Aviation A Paris Marseilles Air Race
Two French airmen Lieutenant Carrier and Lieutenant Battelier raced Paris to Marseilles and back to prove aviation potential. Carrier flew nine hours five minutes at eighty two mph average. Battelier completed seven hours forty five minutes at about 122 mph. By train, Paris to Marseilles and return takes twenty six hours.
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Battelier
Carrier
Paris
Marseilles
Paris- Marseilles-Paris
Doctors Promoted Asthma Remedy as Natural Help
A historic ad touts Dr J D Kellogg's asthma remedy as magical yet natural. It claims the smoke or vapor reaches the airways to clear passages and allow fresh air, asserting widespread sale by dealers across the land.
Japs Seek Canadian Rubber Footwear for Rainy Season
Japanese buyers have approached the Department of Trade and Commerce about Canadian rubber footwear for rainy seasons. About twenty Japanese import and export firms inquiring if Canadian manufacturers can supply storm rubbers for wear over boots. The department notes a strong market in Japan and urges Canadian producers to develop the business there.
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Canada
Department of Trade and Commerce
Department
Japan
Canada Exports in Cars Dominant Source for British Imports
Canada ranked first in finished car exports to Britain in Q1 1922 and fourth in chassis. France stood second in both categories, Italy third for finished cars and first for chassis, while the United States was fourth in finished cars and third in chassis.
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Canada
Great Britain
Dominion
France
Italy
United States
Manners in Motion: Offer a Ride Sparks Caution
A Detroit Free Press item notes changing norms in city streets. A young man offering a seat or a ride to a stranger could now be seen as a masher and risk arrest, reflecting evolving proprieties in public conduct.
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Detroit Free Press
Telephone growth drives BC popularity per capita lead
Telephone growth continues in British Columbia with the province boasting the highest per capita ratio in Canada. In Greater Vancouver about 50 000 instruments serve a population near 175 000, reflecting strong demand for telecommunication services.
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British Columbia
Province of Canada
Greater Vancouver
Milwaukee theatre fixture weighs over five thousand pounds
A large indirect lightning fixture in a Milwaukee theatre weighs 5 506 pounds. The heavy fixture reflects early theater electrical engineering and load handling for the venue.
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Milwaukee
Hebron auto man backs Tanitac for stomach cure
AMES P. HUMPHREYS of Hebron Maryland declares Tanitac the best remedy to overcome stomach trouble and run down condition. He states it completely restored his health.
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Ames P. Humphreys
Hebron
Tanitac
Tanlac credited with curing indigestion and run-down health
James P. Humphreys of Hebron Motor Co. reports three years of stomach trouble, gas bloating, heart palpitations, constipation, and nerves improved after taking Tanlac. He says appetite returned, stomach issues disappeared, nerves steadied, and weight gained. Tanlac sold by all good druggists.
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Taniac
James P. Humphreys
Hebron Motor Co
Hebron
Mid
All Good Drugeias
Great Lakes Cruise to Eastern Canada Delights Travelers
Advertises a Great Lakes tour on steamers Nuronic Hamonic and Huronic sailing from Port Arthur on Saturdays Mondays and Wednesdays. Highlights include St Marys River Soo locks and voyages across Lakes Superior and Huron with meals and berths cheaply priced at 10 dollars one way. Tickets available via Canadian National agents.
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Nuronic
Hamonic
Port Arthur
St. Mary's River
Lakes Superior
Huron
Toronto
All Reil
Canadian National Air and Trunk
British Columbia Invests in Roads for Trans Canada Advance
Honorable W H Sutherland Minister of Public Works said the province will spend about 1.5 million dollars on new road construction this season in addition to regular maintenance. The funding aims to hasten completion of the Trans Canada Highway scheme across the province.
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British Columbia
W. H. Sutherland
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Minard’s
Peru-Na Company
St. Paul St
British and Foreign Bible Society
Government Forest Service
Minard
Dandruff
Pletely
Great Lakes Cruise
Lake
Rai
Toronto Supply Co
Cametock Ridg
America
West
New York
USA
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