World Happenings Briefly Told
Quebec protests a government tax rise. James Dugan survives a steam burn with a $250000 estate noted. Russians drown fleeing into Argentina. a Spanish plane bomb incident kills one and wounds thirteen. Trade concerns with Australia loom if tariff talks fail. Saskatchewan party leaders elected in Regina. Carleton’s Baynton named president. McSweeney elected vice president. Dr Thomas Electric Oil touted for burns cuts and sprains with domestic veterinary use mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James Dugan
Argentina
Uruguay
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
United States
Australia
Parl Page
Ae Ot
Chicago
A. Baynton
Carleton, Sask
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association Exaculive
Dominion Progressive Party
Regina
N. McSweeney
Cupar
Eastman Will Leaves Chicago Firm to Employees
The Chicago Daily Journal, left by John C Eastman, wills the publication to a group of employees. The will reveals Eastman was sole owner of the firm. Probate set a $1,000,000 bond for the executors with no property estimate given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily Journal
John C. Eastman
Eastman
Health Claim From Windsor Man Promotes Dr Pierce Product
Chas M Brush of Windsor Ontario touts Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for rundown health and nervous indigestion. He reports improved stamina and fewer spells after taking several bottles and credits the medicine with toning his system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Chas. M. Brush
Caron Ave
Windsor
Ont
Sreus Tien
Tor Tek Dee
Britain grants pensions for Great War casualties year 1924
Britain states 67 261 fresh Great War claims were settled in England in the year ending March 21 1924. Of 18 113 admitted, 6 685 were for death and 11 788 awarded pensions. Expenditure for the year reached 72 230 000 pounds with 532 230 000 pounds since 1914. Administration accounted for 23 452 000 pounds of last year’s total, while 9 255 artificial legs and 1 201 artificial arms were supplied among other aids.
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England
She Felt Like a New Woman by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Ontario woman praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for backache and neuralgia relief. Mrs G Woonch of Sprucedale reports improved health after using the medicine, claiming kidney disease caused her symptoms and noting pills act on kidneys. Prepared by The Dodds Medicine Co Ltd Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprucedale, Ont
Podd
Dodd
G. Woonch
Dodds Medicine Co. Ltd
Toronto
Canadian Government Annuities and Miller's Worm Powders Ad
An advertisement promotes a Canadian government annuity booklet promised free via coupon, claiming high returns and old age protection. It also touts Miller's Worm Powders as effective against intestinal worms in children, stating safety and thorough deworming benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Electric boot cleaning machine shown in London demo
A new electric device cleans boots at ninety pairs per hour. Boots of many types enter a feeding chute and pass through a tunnel to emerge polished. The inventor notes the machine cannot treat black and brown boots together.
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London
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Help Morseburg Woman
A Morrisburg Ontario resident Mrs Geo F Bowman reports lasting relief after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for heart and nerve troubles. She describes two years of weakness with palpitations and shortness of breath, improving after starting the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. F. Bowman
Morrisburg, Ont
Milburn
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Endorsed by User
A testimonial ad touts Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills as effective for heart ailments. It states the pills are sold at all drug and general stores and produced by The T Milburn Co Ltd of Toronto Ontario.
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T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Land Boom In Tokio Sees Prices Return Towards Prequake Levels
Tokyo property markets rebound after a severe downturn from the great earthquake disaster. Officials deny moving the capital to Osaka and push plans to transform Tokyo into a modern rival to major world capitals with parks boulevards and American style buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Osaak
Goldfish Professor Kantz Teaches Daring Tricks to Adolph
A German magician trains a pet goldfish named Adolph to perform feats. The fish can imitate human speech and signals assent or denial by movement, dipping downward for yes and darting upward for no.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kantz
Adolph
Famine Talk Denied by Cosgrave and de Valera
Prime leaders Cosgrave and de Valera reject famine claims in the West of Ireland noting distress remains abnormal yet unjustified. Also mentions Dr Thomas Electric Oil for neuralgia and a British hospital using an X ray pantograph device for heart measurement.
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William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Eamonn de Valera
Republic
Ireland
Alberta Beekeeping Boost Tops Annual Agricultural Table
Alberta reports 160 registered beekeepers and 55 000 lbs of honey produced in the past season valued at about 13000 dollars. The data appear in the annual Alberta agricultural products table.
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Alberta
Estimate of yeast cells compared to world population
A three cent cake of yeast is said to contain about twenty two times as many cells as the total human population on Earth. The remark highlights the enormous cellular scale of yeast relative to people.
Biography of War President Wilson’s Letters Authorized
Ray Stan narde Baker of Amherst Mass will oversee a biography and compilation of papers of the war president. The work starts immediately but may take years. The latest Wilson letter to Baker, dictated January 25 1924 and never sent, hints at access to the Paris peace and World War inside story. Wilson died February 3 1924.
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Woodrow Wilson
Ray Stannarde Baker
Amherst
Mass
Mr. Wilson
Ife
Wilson
Two Years of Backache Cured by Nerviline
E S Sloane of Georgetown recounts two years of backache and reports Nerviline as a miracle pain destroyer after using it at Smith Bros. Drug Store. He says the liniment eliminated the pain and urges others with weak backs to try Nerviline, priced at 35 cents at all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Sloane
Georgetown
Smith Bros
Corn and Livestock Improve Farm Feeding and Soils
The article argues corn best replaces bare fallow for feed and soil fertility, noting corn plus livestock cushions wheat risk. It recommends sweet clover or alfalfa manuring, spring planting, shallow cultivation, and careful manure use to boost yields and moisture retention.
Death of Col J. H. Essenden in England
News arrives from England of Col J H Essenden DS O formerly of Peterboro. He graduated Kingston Military College and was the youngest British officer to reach full colonelcy at age 34. He may have served with the British Imperial corps.
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England
J. H. Essenden
Ds.o
Peterboro
Essenden
Kingston Military College
British Imperial Corps
Dean Tucker Calls for Uniform Social Order to Fight World Evils
London Ontario clergyman Dean Norman Tucker told delegates at the Social Service Council of Canada meeting in Hamilton that selfishness among rich and poor fuels conflict. He argued world war causes linger and urged reconstruction of man to restore social order, warning against a League of Nations seen as a mere skeleton without light. He criticized focus on stocks, parties, and leisure as denying Christian spirit and urged capital and labor cooperation.
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League of Nations
Dean Norman Tucker
London
Ontario
Social Service Council of Canada
Hamilton
Dean Tuckert
Extra Prizes for Aberdeen Anguss at Regina and Saskatoon Fairs
The Saskatchewan Aberdeen Angu s Club adds prizes for Aberdeen Angu s calf classes at Regina and Saskatoon summer fairs to promote breeding. Three prizes of 30, 20 and 10 dollars plus standard awards to boys and girls calves, and 5 dollars to each calf owner. Grand champion steer and heifer at both fairs receive 25 dollars in addition to regular awards.
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Saskatchewan
Aberdeen
Western Retail Lumbermen Endorse Transport Policy in Winnipeg
At the Western Retail Lumbermen's Convention in Winnipeg resolutions urged early completion of the Hudsons Jay Railway and endorsed selective immigration policy, forest conservation, and new branch lines in districts needing transport facilities. A Crow’s Nest Pass freight rate contract resolution was also presented urging Parliament to view the agreement from policy and justice perspectives.
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Hudson's Jay
Western Retail Lumbermen’s
Winnipeg
Crow's Nest Pass
Prominent Dominion Colonization Figure Dies in Ottawa
William Duncan Scott, once assistant deputy minister of immigration and colonization, died in Ottawa after a lengthy illness. He was a key figure in developing the Dominion over the last forty years.
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Dominion
William Duncan Scott
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Ottawa
Doctors Use Iodine to Aid Spinal Diagnosis
Doctors report a method to locate spinal abscesses by injecting iodine at the skull base. The iodine travels down the spine and blocks X rays at the growth, revealing the obstruction in an X-ray image. A second incision removes the fluid.
Inventions by Women Highlight Hard-Working Inventors
This year’s women inventors showcase a transparent umbrella interchangeable scissors blades and a portable bathing tent with owner as pole and a hatpin substitute. Haverhill Mass reports 172 factories producing boots and shoes.
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Haverhill
Mass
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Quebec Autoisis
Thomas
Ley
Britain
Army of Pensioners
Kraft-MacLaren Cheese Co. Ltd
Montreal
Tokio
Minard
Grippe
Homey
Coratune Et Qutiers
Bex
Bey de
Jas. D. McGregor
Ciencarnock Stock Farms
Brandon
Manitoba
League
Dean Tucker
Aberdeen-Angus Club
Yid KS
Borden Co. Limited
Department of Labour, Annuities
Mitard
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