West is Worth While in Bennett Book Critique
A Saskatchewan reviewer summarizes A S Bennett's Fifty Page booklet Is the West Worth While arguing Western farmers face economic strain from reliance on government aid The author contends Canada requires self reliance and cooperation to solve Western problems and urges East and West to unite for lasting progress.
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A. S. Bennett
Swift Current
Canada
Bennett
West
Slone
Will Curtail Credits By Manitoba Saskatchewan Wholesalers
Winnipeg report says wholesalers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will enforce net 30 terms or 1 percent for 15 day payments retroactive to January 1. The move follows reduced credit lines from banks and aims to strengthen retail credit conditions. Also notes a plantation worker anecdote and a historical line about ice cream in France circa 1550.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Highway guard device announced for curves and bridges
W T Kyle of Page Steel and Wire Co announces a tested highway guard device for mo tourists safety at curves bridges and embankments. The fabricating wire apparatus provides elasticity and recoil to stop a machine traveling at average speed and wraps around a speeding vehicle.
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Chicago
W. T. Kyle
Page Steel and Wire Co
Bridgeport
Castoria Endorsement Promises Relief for Infants
Advertisement claims Fletcher's Castoria has over 30 years of use to relieve constipation and colic in babies and children. It asserts calming wind and feverishness, aids digestion, and provides natural sleep without opiates with the genuine product bearing a signature.
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Fletcher
Drug Addicts In Canada And Traffickers Questioned
Dr J A Amyot deputy minister of health for Canada said in Toronto that Canada has from ten to fifteen thousand drug addicts and traffickers who drive the business. He Populace believes prohibition caused drug use but he states most addicts are aged 21 to 30 and old addicts are dead. He noted venereal disease is being tackled nationally with strong provincial cooperation.
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Canada
J. A. Amyot
Dominion
Toronto
Amyot
Wbore
Dr Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut Promote Cure
An advertisement claims these pills ease constipation by cleansing the stomach and bowels, toning the kidneys, and offering a permanent cure. It warns other pills are harsh due to mercury and mineral salts.
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Dr. Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton's Pills Instant Relief
Dr. Hamilton's Pills touted as a mild general tonic and system cleanser. Sold by The Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal for five for $1.00 per box or single price at dealers.
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Dr. Hamilton
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Depew Voices on German Reparations Banquet Speech
Chauncey M. Depew in New York rejects the German case for reparations as muddled comparing it to a prohibition metaphor. He mocks the zeal for prohibition while urging focus on national issues and temperance.
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Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Temperance
Prohibition
Millburn Heart and Nerve Pills Aimed at Heart Trouble
Mrs M O Connor of Whitestone Ontario reports relief from shortness of breath heart palpitations and fainting spells after using Milburn s Heart and Nerve Pills She says she keeps them at home and recommends them to others The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario mails boxes on request and price lists are available at dealers.
Bank Depositors Guarded by Public Oversight
The writer argues that a small depositor is effectively under state wardship as funds are placed with institutions chartered by public authority and regularly examined. He contends deposits are protected by bank integrity and robust public supervision, providing confidence in financial safety.
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Tiesmall
Providence Journal
Seed Board Elects Chairman In Saskatchewan
Seed Board chairman M. P. Tullis was elected at a meeting in Saskatoon. The board formed under the recently enacted seed act and will oversee field crops commission operations in Saskatchewan.
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M. P. Tullis
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Deeds Of Valor Pay Called Pennies From Germany
German soldiers awarded the Deeds Of Valor are entitled to 25 marks monthly from the treasury. In prewar terms this exceeded $6, but now equals a mere one forty-billionth of a German penny. Some veterans still apply with dry humor noting the tiny payment fails to match sacrifice.
Straight Talk On Danger Of Colds
A promotional note warns that colds can lead to catarrh and consumption when unchecked. It touts CATARRHOZONE inhalation to target the germ source, clear nostrils, ease headaches, and permanently remove catarrh bronchial and throat weakness. Available in $1 full treatment or 60 cent small size from The Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
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Mall
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Illiteracy Shock Hits French Army Regiments
Literacy statistics for two 1923 infantry regiments show one third of 700 men unable to read or write. Many did not know a peace treaty had ended the war and could not name who made France’s laws.
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France
Republic
Detroit Sees Record Influx of Canadian Arrivals
Detroit reports its largest ever flow of Canadians with 250 new arrivals processed daily by immigration officers. The count excludes those smuggled across the border.
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Detroit
Putnam's Painless Corn Ex Tractor Ad Claims Easy Measure
An old newspaper advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn Ex Tractor as a simple answer to corns and warts. It warns against using razors and notes the product costs 25 cents. The copy promotes safety and pain free treatment with a long history of sales.
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Putnam's
Putnam’s
Why winter is cold explained by four reasons
Prof. Beaman of the State Normal School Brockport argues four reasons for winter cold. He says the sun heats the earth six hours less daily in winter, heat is spread over a larger surface, rays travel farther through the atmosphere, and much heat melts ice and snow rather than warming air. He notes the sun’s northern journey begins December 21 and returns June 21.
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Charles O. Beaman
State Normal School
Brockport
N.Y
Nature Study Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Wheater
Beaman
Vancouver
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin
Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are described as unbroken packages with proven directions. Handy boxes of twelve cost a few cents, with druggists selling bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the Bayer trade mark registered in Canada for monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid and Bayer Company tablets bear the Bayer Cross to deter imitations.
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Bayer
Canada
Bayer Company
Bayer Cross
Absolute Zero: The Quest for the Coldest Reach
Science places the lowest limit at 459 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Experiments show matter vibrates above this absolute zero, while gases liquefy and solids freeze as temperatures drop. Hydrogen and helium have pushed records toward this limit, but most expect absolute zero remains unattainable despite refined methods.
The Family Physician and Home Remedies
The piece promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a reliable home remedy for inflammatory pains, cuts, scratches, bruises and sprains. It argues good doctors aren t always available and a family chest with the oil saves fees.
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Thomas
Building Character and Positive Thought Habits
The text argues that strong character cannot form from alternating negative and positive mindsets. It condemns daily self-doubt fear and failure affirmations as tearing down the harmony and creativity built earlier.
Winter Hard on Baby Brings Digestive Discomfort
The piece warns that winter confines infants to stuffy rooms causing colds and stomach upset. It promotes Baby Own Tablets to regulate digestion and fight colds, noting the price at 25 cents per box and availability via medicine dealers or mail from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Coal moved in summer by CPR to meet western demand
In 1923 the Canadian Pacific Railway moved over 3,300,000 tons of coal in the west. A new policy allowed coal to be moved east from Alberta during lighter summer freight periods, stored until the harvest began, then drawn upon for commercial use.
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C.P.R
West
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Alberta
Hog shipment grading boosts farmer earnings in Bruce County
An agricultural representative reports that shipping a carload of hogs on a graded basis in Bruce County Ontario yielded about eighty dollars more per load than the flat rate. The lead graded 75 percent with selects and the rest thick smooths, reflecting higher returns for better quality stock. A separate note cites a Bohemian scientist finding a serum for hardening of the arteries, while noting no cure for hardening of the heart.
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Bruce County
Ontario
The Better Way Burroughs Loan Sparring
A Denver Post caption jokes about a small loan dispute where one party offers ten dollars but receives five, insisting the split is fair as both sides lose equally in a humorous exchange.
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Burroughs
Denver Post
Prince to Visit South Africa on three month tour
The Prince of Wales will leave Southampton on May 2 for a three month South African tour. He will visit Cape Colony Orange River Colony Transvaal Natal and South Rhodesia with official functions sports hunting and social engagements. The tour begins with Capetown reception by the Earl of Athlone and Premier Smuts.
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Prince of Wales
Southampton
Capetown
Earl of Athlone
South Africa
Smuts
Prince
Cape Colony
Orange River Colony
Transvaal
Natal
South Rhodesia
Quebec Attracts Over A Hundred Thousand U S Visitors
The past year saw 132 905 tourism autos from 45 states and every Canadian province, including Prince Edward Island, register in Quebec.
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United States
Quebec
Union
Canada
Prince Edgward Island
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