World Happenings Briefly Told
Ex police chief E B Borthwick named chief of The Pas five and police departments. Scots Guards band sails to Canada April 22 for Dominion concerts aiding war veterans. George Caldwell Selden, 77, inventor of the gasoline propelled vessel dies in Rochester. Vesta crew explosion kills eleven plus wife of chief officer. ten survivors reach Lowestoft. Maude Adams donates 300 acre Lake Ronkonkoma estate to Our Lady of the Cenacle for $130000. Dublin minister publishes letters urging suspension of Irish emigration to the US amid trade downturn and unemployment. Official December air cost fell seven percent and 1918 levels noted. 1921 end figures said 92 percent above 1924. Reichstag to debate destruction of fortified sites per Versailles including Wesel Cologne Coblenz Mayence upper Rhine forts. Heligoland coastal forts also listed. Montreal found guilty of gross negligence in death of eight year old Lillian Manning. city ordered to pay $665 to parents after manhole death. Manning suit initially for $2500.
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Scots Guards
Canada
Dominion
George Caldwin Selden
Rochester
Hamburg
Lisbon
Lowestoft
Maude Adams
Peter Pan
Lake Ronkonkoma, LL
Sisterhood of
Our Lady of the Cenacle
Dublin
New York
Ireland
United States
Reichstag
Wesel
Cologne
Coblenz
Mayence
Rheinish
Manning
Grain Growers Report Strong Year and Meeting in Winnipeg
United Grain Growers held its annual meeting in Winnipeg with five hundred delegates representing 36 percent of shareholders. All retiring directors were reelected as the year end report shows profits of 233,743 and total current assets around 5.98 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Grain Growers
Winnipeg
Union Bank of Canada
W. R. Allan
H. B. Shaw
John Galt
Victoria
B.C
Galt
Saskatchewan Fish Values Reported By Department
The Department of Labor and Industries reports Saskatchewan fish and fish product values at 306000 yearly. White fish catch totaled 2420600 pounds valued at 212869. The rare marketing catch was 1 ton of gold ore valued at 749. Other varieties include mullet pickerel pike sturgeon trout and tullibee.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Labor and Industries
Nerviline Promises Fast Relief for Strained Muscles
In minor sprains the muscle is strained and a vigorous rub with Nerviline is said to restore normal condition by drawing excess blood away. The product claims deep penetration to relieve rheumatism lumbago neuralgia and sciatica with about five times the pain destroying power of typical liniments sold everywhere at 35 cents per bottle.
Winnipeg Plans Industrial Credits System
The Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council says a tentative industrial credits scheme will start early next year. It would loan money to small industrial concerns at a slight premium to cover administration costs, with an estimated five million dollars needed to finance the undertaking.
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Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council
Putnam's Corn and Wart Exterminator Ad
An old advertisement promotes Putnam's Corn and Wart Exterminator claiming a simple pain free corn removal. It guarantees removal with a quarter price and warns to refuse substitutes.
Two and two make four remark sparks playful quip
In a witty exchange, the logician Archbishop Whateley and his friend clash over admitting premises. The friend doubts his willingness to concede basic facts, while the Archdeacon retorts with a madly garbled example that ends with a jokey misstatement about two and two making four.
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Whateley
Weather Strips Move Toward Long Felt Wants
The note hints at rising demand for weather strips and questions lingering grudges while urging timely payment of 48 units, signaling a local economic or housekeeping matter with a call to action.
Blotting Paper First Made in Canada by Howard Smith Mills
Canada produces blotting paper of finest quality for the first time. Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd in Cornwall Ontario pioneers the industry after extensive experiments. Prior to this, Canada relied on imports valued at about a half million dollars annually.
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Canada
Howard Smith Paper Mills, Ltd
Cornwall
Ont
Keep Little Ones Well in Winter
Winter brings cold and storms that keep children indoors in overheated rooms. Baby's Own Tablets are promoted to regulate the stomach and bowels and drive out colds, claimed to help babies endure winter safely. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 5 3/4 cents per box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Jester's Lost Joke and Harmless Worm Powders Ad
A humor submitter reports no print reply with a witty editor’s note about safe receipt. An old warning urges mothers to treat children for worms using Miller's Worm Powders, claiming quick expulsion without inconvenience.
Guitars Brought to Europe by Spaniards from Moors
The guitar was introduced into Europe by the Spaniards who copied it from the Moors, reflecting a transfer of musical influence across civilizations.
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Europe
Pastel charmeuse gown for a young Miss in new fashion
The pastel shaded shell colored charmeuse gown suits a younger girl. It features a straight across bodice with shoulder drape and a plain fitted bodice. Roses adorn the bell front and three applied folds trim the skirt, diminishing toward the top as in a mother’s party frock.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Relieves Deafness
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. The remedy claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, with circulars and druggists in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Vancouver wheat export climbs to 100000 tons
Total wheat booked for export from Vancouver this season reaches 100000 tons with about two thirds destined for England.
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Vancouver
England
Immigration to Canada in November 1921 totals 4560
Canada admitted 4560 immigrants in November 1921, with 1404 from the British Isles, 1747 from the United States, and 1499 from other countries. For April to November, the first eight months of the fiscal year, immigration reached 76575, including 35941 British, 23279 U S, and 17255 from other countries.
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Canada
British Isles
United States
Dominion
Saskatchewan revenue reaches 1.62 million for 1920 21
Provincial secretary’s report shows 1 618 930 paid into the treasury for 1920 21. Motor licenses produced 945 783 and corporate taxes 416 684. The year saw 206 joint stock companies formed with 58 733 080 in capital and 143 theatres operating in the province.
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Saskatchewan
BC Minerals 1921 Mineral Production Totals in BC
British Columbia's mineral output through 1921 totals 706 million dollars. Placer gold 75.9M, lode gold 102.8M, silver 53.7M, lead 46.6M, copper 161.5M, zinc 19.9M, miscellaneous 1.0M, coal and coke 212.6M, building stone and cement 32.2M. Aggregate value 706,192,978 dollars.
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British Columbia
Saskatchewan Premier Reaffirms Liquor Law Stance
A Saskatchewan delegation urged government takeover of liquor purchase and sale. Premier Martin said the government has no intention of changing its attitude toward the current law after the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tin
Martin
Saskatchewan
Alberta Turkeys Move to Minneapolis and St Paul
Alberta sent twenty thousand pounds of turkeys to Minneapolis and St Paul during Christmas via the eye and poultry branch of the department of agriculture which also handled forty thousand pounds of surplus production from Alberta farmers.
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Alberta
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Eye and Poultry Branch
Department of Agriculture
Peevish Children Due to Worms at Graves Exterminator
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator promises to remove worms causing illness in sickly children and restore their health.
Handsome Frenchman H Hoffman Noted for Form
France’s H Hoffman of Paris is acclaimed as the handsomest man weighs 210 pounds and carries a 66 inch waist in a striking measure of masculine appearance noted by contemporaries.
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France
H. Hoffman
Paris
Danderine B5 Bottled Hair Treatment Sold in Drug Stores
A brief advertisement claims Danderine B5-cents buys a bottle at any drug store. It promises immediate effects with first use, saying dandruff vanishes and hair stops falling, while existing hairs gain life, vigor, brightness, color, and fullness.
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E. B. Borthwick
Swift Current
Pas Five
Financial Report
Winnipeg Planning Industrial Credits
Ching Burning Erzema
Eiecema
Ching
Berning
Carrie H. Fusble
Gray, Dry Mills
Sane
Takeom
Nemanion
Canadian Depot
Liemtind
St. Peal Se. W
Cullewra
Nature
Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Windsor, Ont
Urstan
Serer
By Marie Belmont
Immigration
AB. B. Shaw
Revenue of
Castoria
Sim Ideas
Becklet Om
Harold C. Shipman & CO
txkWat Canava
B.C. Minerals
Split
Boxer
Eaters
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Dominion Express
H .Gibbs
East 71St Street
America
H. Clay Glover CO
ING
West Jist Street
USA
Minard
Mar
Pratts Poultry Regulator
Danderine
Cook
Cole
Cook Medicine CO
Toromto, Ont
Fermariy
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