Great National Railways Plan Aims to Reconstruct Canada’s System
Sir Henry Thornton announced a forthcoming government plan to financially rebuild the Canadian National Railways to relieve it from treasury burdens. The article notes past over capitalization, the amalgamation of multiple lines, and the need for self sustaining status as a publicly owned transportation utility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Victoria
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Treasury
Canadian Pacific
Dominion
C. A. Dunning
National Railways
Mackenzie King
Saskatchewan
Railway Commission
Red River Voyageur Eli Carriere Dies at 89
Eli Carriere, among the last Red River voyageurs, died in Winnipeg after a weeks long illness. He helped organize the Hudsons Bay Company freight convoy to Far Northern Canada and later aided Colonel William Kennedy in forming the Red River Voyageurs, which toured Egypt in the 1880s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
William Kennedy
Indians Surrender 12460 Acres on Little Black Bear Reserve
W M Graham Indian Commissioner for the Prairie Provinces announces the surrender of 12 460 acres of land on the Little Black Bear Reserve in the Balcarres Sask district. The land is good farming land but too extensive for the 40 persons in possession. It will be sold at public auction with proceeds used to improve the Indians living conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Graham
Prairie Provinces
Little Black Bear
Balcarres, Sask
A Call to Leave A Fellow Without Common Sense
The remark notes that pressuring others toward common sense is futile if they lack it, suggesting to stop urging and let them be. It reflects a viewpoint on patience and personal limitation in influencing others.
League Launches Global Opium Convention Aims Sept 25
The League’s international opium and harmful drugs convention takes effect Sept 25 after ratification by at least 10 states including seven League council members. By now about 30 states have ratified or adhered, with Canada providing the crucial last council quorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
League Council
Canada
Untouched meal hints at hidden health crisis
Advertising piece extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for loss of appetite and indigestion. It cites Kingston Ontario resident William H Kelly praising the remedy after years of stomach trouble and fatigue. Free health books are offered with mention of the Brockville Ontario company and 50 cent pill price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
First Woman Air Pilot Joins Royal Dutch Airlines
Lady Heath the former Mrs Elliott Lynn becomes the first woman employed as a passenger service pilot for Royal Dutch Air Lines. She arrived at Croydon on May 17 from Cape Town after completing a £10,000 solo African voyage started in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Heath
Royal Dutch Air Lines
Elliott Lynn
James Heath
Ironmaster
Summer Complaint Nearly Lost Her Little Girl
Mrs. Theodore Rivett of Anthony Ontario writes of a child weakened by summer complaint last fall. She grew thin, had no appetite, and could hardly walk before her mother advised her to get a bottle of the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Rivett
Anthony
Scalloped Eggs and Cheese from Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay shares a meatless recipe for scalloped eggs and cheese. Break eggs into a buttered dish and bake until edges turn white. Top with white sauce and a crumb cheese mixture, then brown quickly in a very hot oven.
Orange Pulp Roll with Citrus Sauce and Worm Powder Ad
A recipe for an orange filled rolls with grated rind and orange sugar topping, baked until set, served with citrus sauce. The ad promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a youth tonic and worm remedy, claiming fever biliousness loss of appetite sleeplessness and other worm related ailments are relieved.
Fish Care Advice From America’s Only Woman Doctor
Miss Ida M. Mellen of the New York Aquarium compares fish to humans and urges proper care. She notes fish need exercise, sunlight, and a suitable environment, and that feeding and medicine require attentive handling similar to child care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Mellen
America
New York Aquarium
Sensible Brake Testing Law Proposed Across Nation
The article argues for regular brake testing and certification as a prudent measure for motorists. Citing 800 000 annual U.S. deaths and injuries from automobile crashes caused largely by faulty brakes, it warns against driving with defective brakes as folly.
Asthma Remedy Promises Relief From Dr Kellogg
The piece touts Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a remarkable preparation that brings swift relief from asthma symptoms. It claims persistent use can root out the disease and warns to avoid substitutes.
Evening wore on as tale ends at spring day closure
The storyteller notes the evening wore on during the tale and insists it is not important. He adds it was the close of a spring day. A later remark claims for every dollar Canadians spend in the United States in 1927, Americans spent four dollars in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Tiny measurement tests Einstein light bending claim
Charles E. St John of Mount Wilson Observatory reports measurements near one twenty five billionth of an inch to test Einstein's prediction that light bends in a gravitational field like that of the sun. Professor Frost of Yorke Observatory notes the displacement is minuscule yet validates the theory. Meanwhile a consumer tip offers Holloway's Corn Remover for corn relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. St. John
Mount Wilson Observatory
Einstein
Frost
Yorke Observatory
St. John
Canada to Represent At London International Fuel Conference
Edgar Stansfield research engineer for Alberta and B J Haanel chief engineer of Ottawa division of fuels will represent Canada at the world power conference in London England from September 24 to October 6. About 22 countries will be represented at the Imperial Institute event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Stansfield
Scientific and Industrial Research Council of
Alberta
B. J. Haanel
Department of Mines
Ottawa
Canada
London
England
Imperial Institute
Grand remedy for cramps praised by user decades long
After taking a few doses she felt relief and called it a grand remedy for cramps. The product has been on the market for over 80 years and is put up only by The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Milburn Co, Limited
Toronto
Rail extensions eyed to handle 1925 Peace River shipments
The Peace River country in Northern Alberta expects railway line extensions to finish in time for the 1925 crop shipments which are anticipated to surpass all prior records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace River Country
Alberta
Orillia Mills Advertise Fresh Stock Prices
A brief notice from Stocking & Yarn Mills, Dept. 17 in Orillia Ontario offers meat or yarn pricing at $1.15 per pound up, with twenty one samples free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stocking & Yarn Mills
Dept. 17
Orillia
Ont
National Fish Week Promoted By Canadian Fisheries Association
The annual meeting in Montreal decided to observe a national fish week from October 29 to November 4 inclusive. For years a national fish day has been observed but dealers found it insufficient. The aim is to popularize fish as a main article of diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Fisheries Association
Montreal
Minard's Liniment and a Weighty Fishing Rod
The item notes Minard's Liniment for blistered feet and reports on a weight measuring fishing rod prototype. It also comments that no electrical device yet replaces the work of wire pullers in an election campaign.
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Etuc Ae
Red River Voyageur
Minard’s
Witadise
Palit
Linimen F
Trafic
Thomas
Harles
Tue Borven Co
Laren
Betty Barclay
Holloway
Minard
Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO OF Canada, Limited
Hamilton, Ontario
Icuticura
Canadian
Btenhouse, Ltd
Treal
Teleum de Cuticura
Hercules
MR. Thinker
Ppleford Paper Products
Hamilton, Canada
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