Canadian business men urged to visit east and west
A Toronto era editorial urges Montreal merchants and other Canadian business people to tour both coasts and the interior to understand regional markets. It argues that firsthand exposure to Windsor, Saskatoon, drought zones, paper and pulp demand, and local conditions builds know how. It also extols Canada’s scenic regions and travel as a means to mental refreshment and national optimism.
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Montreal
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Windsor
Saskatoon Rat
Pacific Coast
Lockies
Okanagan
B.C
Prairies
Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Muskoka Lakes
Algonquin Park
Niagara Falls
Niagara Fruit District
Rideau
Thousand Islands
Toronto
Ottawa
Parliament Buildings
Parliament Hill
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
St. John
Halifax
Memorial Homes Erected for Captain Albert Ball in Nottingham
Alderman Albert Ball unveils eight houses in memory of Captain Albert Ball V C DS O MC at Nottingham. Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Wilson MP reads a royal message praising Ball and naming the homes. The houses, endowed by Ball, will be occupied by mothers or widows of fallen servicemen with free coal and light, capital value over £20,000.
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Albert Ball
V.C. Ds.o
Alderman Albert Ball
Nottingham
Leslie Wilson
Alderman Ball
Inland Town Swimmers Produce English Channel Champions
The article notes that most English Channel swimming champions come from inland towns rather than coastal areas. It cites a tradition among fishermen who avoid swimming due to a longstanding belief it worsens chances of survival if wrecked far from land.
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English Channel
Danderine Hair Saver Advertisement Claims Bold Benefits
A vintage ad urges readers not to lose hair and to use Danderine to thicken and strengthen hair. It claims dandruff causes crusty scales and baldness, touts Danderine as the world’s top selling hair saver, and offers a money back guarantee if any hair falls or dandruff remains after one bottle.
Unique 80 year old homesteader claims prairie land title
Hugh A. Sharon, after half a century in Ontario dating to Confederation times, settled a western Saskatchewan homestead at age eighty. He filed to claim title after completing all required development unaided, living there as a record holding pioneer. Regina visit noted. story recalls early prairie settlement and land law.
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Prairies
Hugh A. Sharon
Regina
Sharon
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Everywoman's Fund organized for Saskatchewan TB relief
The Everywoman's Fund aims to raise one year of care for fifty tubercular women in Saskatchewan as two Regina clubs the Metropolitan Church Ladies Aid and the Women's Labor League pledge support. The fund seeks provincial participation due to inadequate sanatorium capacity and a 1625 patients needing home treatment reported in 1921. Gifts may be sent to the Saskatoon Sanatorium Fort Qu'Appelle or Regina contact Mrs. Fred W. Bates.
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Everywoman's Fund
Saskatchewan
Regina
Ladies Aid
Metropolitan Church
Women’s Labor League
Royal Commission On Tuberculosis
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Saskatoon
Provincial Council of Women
Fort Qu’Appelle
Fred W. Bates
Angus Street
Prickly Pear Fuel Could Cut Gasoline Prices
In South Africa the Department of Commerce reports a gasoline substitute from prickly pear juice called springbok motor spirit shows promise. It could be sold at half gasoline price, averages 22.6 miles per six cylinder, starts in cold weather, and was invented by A C Devillier with a manufacturing company formed. The formula remains secret.
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South Africa
Department of Commerce
A C. Devillier
A Costly Comma in Tariff Law
A 40 year old incident shows a copying error in the Tariff Bill left the clause reading all foreign fruit, plants. The hyphen was missing and the comma inserted caused fruit and plants to be free of duty for about a year, costing the government at least 2 million dollars in duties.
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United States
United States Congress
Primitive Post Office in Capetown’s Stone Markers
In the early 19th century East India Company ships stopped at Capetown and Table Bay. Officers buried letters under flat stones engraved with the vessel name. Passengers on homeward ships sought news from these markers. One stone with date and ship name remains in the Capetown Post Office vestibule.
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East Indian Company
Capetown
Table Bay
India
Policy on paying debts strengthens Britain, says Sir William
British economist Sir William Schooling argues that paying debts and forgiving debtors will place Britain in a sounder position than nations that refuse to recognize or pay indebtedness. The United States appears to dispute this view in the piece.
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William Schooling
Great Britain
United States
California Fig Syrup advertisement for children
An old fashioned product pitch urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to cleanse the liver and bowels of sick children. It claims rapid relief from constipation, sour bile, and waste, promising a return to a well playful child within hours. The ad warns to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup with proper directions on the bottle.
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California
Provincial Control Sought Over Radio Telegraph Licensing
The three western provincial telephone systems Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta urge transfer of enforcement of the Radio Telegraph Act from the Dominion to their governments for radio telephony licensing. Provinces would issue licenses and 5 percent of fees would go to the Dominion.
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Western Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Minister of Telephones
Canada Wheat Crop Yields Vast Bread Supply
Statistics show Canada's wheat crop could supply 25,339,726 people with one loaf of bread per day for a year. The data equate 343,000,000 bushels to 26,580,000 pounds of wheat, 10,290,000 tons, and 73,500,000 barrels of flour capable of making 12,862,500,000 loaves of bread weighing 24 ounces each.
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Canada
Prairies Transformed by Government Tree Planting Efforts
The Canadian prairies have gradually changed as the government and CPR planted thousands of trees. Russian poplar willow and carregana trees created shelter belts and groves near farms, improving shade, shelter, and landscape. Estimated 40,000 belts valued around 500 to 5,000 dollars each, averaging about 1,000.
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Indian Head
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wolseley
Scrapbooks and their enduring value in the home
The Regina Leader urges scrapbooks as essential keepsakes amid fading formats like autograph books and photo albums. They offer a personal, up to date archive of useful articles from politics to health, allowing families to preserve what matters while discarding the rest.
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Regina Leader
Thankoffering for Bradford hospitals from Lord Barnby
Lord Barnby head of Francis Willey and Co Ltd wool merchants and Bradford benefactor returned to business after an operation and sent a £5000 cheque to the Lord Mayor of Bradford for hospital relief. The split earmarks £3000 to Bradford Royal Infirmary and £1000 each to Bradford Eye and Ear Hospital and Bradford Children’s Hospital.
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Lord Barnby
Blyth Hall
Nottingham
Francis Willey
Bradford
Pedestrians Safer in Heavy Traffic in London
The Montreal Gazette notes a paradox where busier streets seem safer for pedestrians, citing only ten fatal accidents in London last year despite heavy traffic and a daily hospital injury rate. The piece comments that crowding appears to reduce danger, while cautionary safety mottos persist.
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London
Montreal Gazette
Greeks Destroy Orchards and Ship Figs to America
Fire on Smyrna waterfront destroyed orchards and figs bound for America. Only two ships escaped with cargoes while Greeks reportedly burned the rest to prevent Turks from claiming the packed fruit.
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Smyrna
America
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