Handicrafts Use for Regina Grain Show Building Proposed
An editorial urges repurposing part of Regina’s Grain Show building for an annual international handicrafts exhibition. It advocates national booths, costumes, and sales by resident artisans to celebrate western Canada’s diverse communities and foster a growing domestic market.
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Regina
Prairie Provinces
West
C.P.K
Canada
Western
Germany
Poland
Norway
Sweden
Iceland
Belgium
Holland
Italy
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Roumania
Ukraine
Greece
Russia
Austria
Hungary
China
Japan
Pitchblende Shipped From Great Bear Lake to Port Hope Refinery
Nine hundred pounds of pitchblende concentrates were brought from Great Bear Lake by Pilot Matt Berry of Mackenzie Air Services and shipped east by rail to the La Bine brothers radium refinery at Port Hope.
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Great Bear Lake
Matt Berry
Mackenzie Air Services
la Bine Brothers Radium
Port Hope
Ant caste structure described amid wartime losses
The article notes ants show a complex social order with queen king and workers and soldiers with large fighting jaws. It cites the Empire’s Great War toll of 1,104,890 men and then hints at people who faced other experiences beyond that history.
Condiments for Lamb and Mutton Noted by Agriculture Dept
The Dominion Department of Agriculture lists mint sauce with roast lamb currant jelly with roast mutton caper sauce and spiced fruits with boiled lamb and mutton as approved condiments. Tarascans a Mexican Indian tribe are praised as the world's greatest archers able to split a grain of wheat at 30 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Mexico
Poverty in Rural Ireland Leaves Residents Without Mirrors
A remote Irish community reveals deep hardship as an elderly woman admits she has not seen her own reflection since age 17, highlighting widespread poverty and deprivation in the countryside.
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Ireland
Weary Days Sleepless Nights Wrack the Nervous System
Advertises Milburn's H. N. Pills as a remedy for sleeplessness and nervous exhaustion. Claims the pills restore sleep, tone nerves, and renew vigor for men and women troubled by insomnia and gloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn
Strength In The Air Office Contends With Britain's Air Readiness
A London Cor. report in the Ottawa Journal quotes an Air Ministry official who ridicules fears of civilian gas mask use and junk holes. He argues British aeroplane output could surge, but pilot efficiency matters most, placing Britain near the top with America just behind.
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Air Ministry
Mary
America
London Cor
Ottawa Journal
Protective Association forms among Toronto landlords
About 200 landlords gathered for a three hour meeting to form a Protective Association. Former alderman H. L. Rogers led the talk arguing landlords should not bear the dual burden of free rent and most city taxes, calling it unfair and dishonest to tax relief through rent.
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Toronto
H. L. Rogers
Engineer Of Famous Train Receives Medal
William Gilbertson, engineer of the Royal Scot, was presented with the Order of the British Empire medal at Euston by J. H. Thomas. The honor recognizes his train’s notable tour through Canada and the United States, celebrated as New Year honors.
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Euston Station
Canada
J. H. Thomas
Dominions
William Gilbertson
United States
Liver Blues and Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad
An old ad promotes liver stimulation to improve digestion and mood citing bile flow and sluggish bowels. It touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as the best safe vegetable remedy and urges asking for them by name with no substitutes.
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Carter
Desert Legionaries Return After Years In Slavery
Ex legionaries from multiple nations, held under harsh Arab supervision, surface after years in the Sahara. Lopez Posito, long thought dead, reaches Villa Cisneros in Morocco with tales of captivity. Aaron Cohen arrives in the French zone sharing a similar story, prompting a Spanish commission to intervene and free the first group at Cap Juby near Villa Cisneros.
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Lopez Posito
Villa Cisneros
Morocco
Aaron Cohen
Cap Juby
Rail travel endures storms as trains stay on track
Travel by rail may have its handi caps, but when the storm king reigns trains still keep the rails. Unlike highway travel they do not have the hint of skidding into the ditch.
Germany Prepares Grand Stadium for 1936 Olympics
Plans in Berlin near Grunewald for a massive Olympic arena to host 440000 spectators. Werner March directs remodeling of the former 1916 design, with a main stadium, tennis court, cycling ground, swimming pool, equestrian grounds, and a training home for athletes called The Home of German Sports.
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Germany
Werner March
Gruneva
Berlin
Los Angeles
Hitler
von Tschammer-Osten
Wilhelm Frick
Ministry of Finance
Kruschen Giant Trial Offer Brings Free Test Package
An advertisement invites first time buyers to try Kruschen at no cost with a GIANT 75 cent package. It combines a regular 7c bottle plus a trial bottle for about a week, with a promise of a full refund if not convinced. Manufactured by E Griffiths Hughes Ltd in Manchester and imported by McGillivray Bros in Toronto.
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Kruschen
E. Griffiths
Brisbane Dock Workers Break One Egg in Million Delivery
Brisbane dock workers handled a million eggs last year with only one break on the job. The statistic highlights careful handling at the port and low damage rates despite heavy throughput.
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Brisbane
Australia
Buckley’s Cough Remedy Offers More Value For Money
Buckley’s promises far greater effectiveness than ordinary cough medicines as it can be diluted with water without losing healing power. A single sip provides relief and the formula is described as scientific, not sweet or syrupy. The ad cites safe use and wide availability. It also mentions Daniel Stuart buying the London Morning Post in 1794 for £600 and selling in 1803 for £2,500.
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Buckley's
Daniel Stuart
London
London Morning Post
Tattersall
Storey of World’s Largest Paper Machine Emerges in Bury
A paper making machine under construction in Bury England claims to be the largest in the world with a capacity of 1000 tons of newsprint per week and producing rolls 320 inches wide, promising a new era for the industry.
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Bury
England
Marvels of the Human Eye Focused by an Optometrist
Calgary optometrist F. M. Crowe explains that modern life strains eyes more than the past, with education, work, and artificial lighting increasing demands on vision. He notes that refractive errors and eyestrain arise from usage, not inherent weakness, and urges heed to warning signals.
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F. M. Crowe
Optometrist-Optician
Calgary
Jay-Walking Legal in Britain Says Transport Minister
Major Oliver Stanley, Britain’s minister of transport, stated in Parliament that jay-walking is legal and pedestrians need not always obey traffic lights. He argued it would be impractical to impose carlike duties at lighted street intersections.
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Britain
Oliver Stanley
All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine Project Unveiled
A two man commission disclosed a $51.5 million effort in Russia to study the human body in health and illness from every angle including eugenics and heredity. The All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine will be in Jolsturbo near Leningrad after studying American hospitals since last November.
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Russia
All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine
Leningrad
Jolsturbo
Wartime Rome Wax Figures Spark Fascist Outcry
Rome officers protest wax models labeled effeminate in military tailor shops. Fascist newspapers demand removal of sissified figures replaced by more military displays. One officer in Tribuna complains of pomaded hair feminine figures and Garbo like nails in shop windows.
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Rome
Tribuna
Plaid coat mix up in domestic dispute overheard
A humorous exchange reveals a wife accusing her husband of delaying a letter. He defends by claiming he removed the coat to fasten a button and insists the seven on the clock had not yet arrived.
Good Business With Japan Bright Spot In 1933 Trade
Canada’s 1933 foreign trade with Japan shows exports rising from 11,995,887 to 13,001,704 dollars. Wheat flour, wood pulp, and scrap iron exports surged, while wheat and lumber declined. The note cites a gain of over 1 million dollars in total exports to Japan. Also mentions California waters hosting twenty three shark species.
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Japan
Canada
Department of Trade and Commerce
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