War memorial collapses in Paris hours after unveiling
A war memorial to Theux residents collapsed in Paris two days after unveiling, killing two and injuring one. A grandfather clock from Europe, seven feet high and Westminster chimes, will be sold in London Ontario for 385 dollars. A. Stewart, 63, died at St. Luke's Home Vancouver, engineer on the Canadian Pacific main line and veteran of the Riel rebellion and South African war. He spent 30 years in British Columbia. Action by Compress within a year is the Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Association slogan. Vancouver drydock contract to Burrard Drydock Co with 4 percent subsidy on 2.5 million for 35 years. Four Minneapolis robbers failed to rob the Orpheum and then hit Pantages Theatre for 3400. Patrolman Moen wounded.
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Theux
Paris
Westminster
Europe
London
A. Stewart
St. Luke's
Vancouver
British Columbia
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Compound For Recovery
Chesley Ontario woman describes severe pains and weakness after which four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. She became married with two children and works daily, recommending the remedy to friends.
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Chesley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Henry Janke
R. R. No
Chesler
Ontario
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Height Change Atop Monte Rosa During Ascent
A Moose study notes altitude impact on stature. climbers may be an inch and a half shorter at the Monte Rosa summit, 15 215 feet high, due to exertion and daily bodily shrinkage. The flattening of the lumbar curve contributes to this height reduction.
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Monte Rosa
Alps
Baby's Own Tablets Promoted as Ideal Home Remedy
A Canadian advertisement touts Baby's Own Tablets as essential for infants and children. It claims the tablets regulate bowels and stomach, relieve constipation and indigestion, and ease colds, fevers, and general health. A mother from Ecum Secum, Nova Scotia endorses the product, which is sold by medicine dealers or by mail from Tite Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario at 25 cents a box.
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Ecum Secum
N.S
Babs
Tite Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Teachers' devotion sustains schools amid many obstacles
Despite impediments and harassment, teachers strive to make up physical gaps through dedication and professional skill, keeping schools moving with steadfast spirit and expertise.
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New York Times
Hard Work and Patience Behind Real Success
The article argues that genuine achievement requires time and labor not instant gains. It contrasts quick wealth with lasting rewards, urging faithful duties, steady effort, and the discipline of planting and tending to reap fruits, as advised by Jack Mills.
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Jack Mills
Direct Wireless From Australia to England Scheme Outlined
Premier Hughes announced to the Australian House of Representatives details of a direct wireless scheme with the United Kingdom. The Commonwealth and Amalgamated Wireless will finance and control the project, building a high power station to carry direct commercial service to Australia the United Kingdom and Canada within two years at two thirds the current cable rates.
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Wm. Hughes
Australian House of Representatives
Australia
United Kingdom
Reuter
Melbourne
Commonwealth
Amalgamated Wireless Company
Commonwealth and Amalgamated Company
Canada
Hughes
Canadian Boots Industry Marks 1919 Output and 1920 Trade
Ninety five percent of boots and shoes sold in Canada in 1919 were made domestically. Canadian plants produced 19,160,749 pairs at a factory value of 63,319,129 dollars. In 1920-21 imports reached 2,200,121 dollars while exports totaled 1,491,338 dollars.
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Canada
Nerviline remedy for stomach pain and indigestion
An old advertisement promotes Nerviline as a remedy for disordered stomach cramps and indigestion. It claims twenty drops in sweetened water ease pain and aid sleep. The note suggests Nerviline for various minor aches and says large 35¢ bottles are sold everywhere.
Pilot Crashes Over Ground During Match
A pilot testing a new aeroplane flew over a football ground where a match was underway. A sharp report echoed, and minutes later he lay on the ground surrounded by club officials. He woke to the club secretary’s relieved touch and quipped about admission money.
Oil of Merit Promises Healing Through Careful Oils
Dr. Thomas Electric Oil is not a mere advertising mix but the product of careful study of curative oils applied to the body. The rare combination has won public favor from the start and a trial will convince skeptics of its reparative healing power.
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Thomas Eclectric
Saskatchewan Leads Canada in Scout Enrollment
Saskatchewan now has about 13 000 Boy Scouts with 4 000 enrolled since last May. The province leads Canada in total enrollment and also in new enrollments over the past six months from Ottawa headquarters figures.
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Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Canada
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to restore normal conditions
The ad argues catarrh worsens when run down and improves with a constitutional tonic. It says Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to reduce inflammation on mucous surfaces and aid nature, with free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Last of the Battleships Launches and Peculiar Interest
The Japanese battleship Kaga, 39 900 tons, launched at Kobe, marks a potential end of an era. Maryland 33 590 tons completes final tests and West Virginia is launched at Newport News, events seen as possibly the last of their kind for years.
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Kaga
Sesson
Kobe
Maryland
West Virginia
Newport News
New York Globe
Green Canton Crepe Frock with Black Velvet Cape Fashion
The dress features green Canton crepe with a black satin collar and cuffs, a black stitched skirt, and a black velvet cape lined with green Canton crepe. Cape edges show black stitching when folded back, finished with a black fox fur collar. Also noted are rising cattle shipments to Britain, including Matador ranch cars bound for export.
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Britain
Wiseton
England
British Isles
Boatman Refuses Boat During Heavy Seas
A dialogue snippet shows a boatman denying a purchaser amid heavy swell while the Profiteer asserts money should suffice. The piece notes Dutch beliefs about a stork nest signaling good fortune and comments that some men waste time explaining actions.
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Pearson's Weekly
First spectacles forged by monk in Florence history
A monk named Alexander de Spina in Florence in the late 1200s crafted the first pair of spectacles once dismissed as a worthless by product. The piece notes platinum now commands far higher value than gas.
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Alexander de Spina
Florence
New Use For Warships In French Colonial Regions
M Albert Sarraut at the Washington Conference may advise on repurposing old battleships. He toured French West Africa and noted the cruiser Chasseur Louis Loubat now serves as a fish drying ship at Port Etienne. In Port Etienne sixty tons of fish dry on its decks at a time. Christine Nilssen, renowned operatic soprano, died in Copenhagen on November 22.
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M. Albert Sarraut
Washington
America
Port Etienne
Chaseeloup Loubat
Port Ellenne
Chasseroup Loubat
Silver vein found at Inverell Australia yields high assays
A rich silver vein has been discovered at Inverell, New South Wales. Assays report ore yielding up to 76 ounces to the ton. The note contrasts warnings with the difficulty of restraining a hungry boy.
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Inverell
New South Wales
Mother Seigel’s Syrup Promises Digestive Aid
An advertisement extols Mother Seigel’s Syrup as a tonic for poor appetite and weak strength. It claims the remedy contains over ten medicinal roots and leaves and benefits digestion. Sold in 50c and $1 bottles at local drug stores.
Canada Fur Catch Musk rat Value Tops Six Million
Canada’s 1919 1920 fur season yielded more than 21 million dollars in furs. Muskrat furs led value at nearly six million, with Ontario providing the largest share and Quebec second. Beaver, marten, mink, silver fox, red fox, ermine and skunk trailed in value.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Catarrhozone Promises Relief From Catarrh and Breathing Ills
An early 20th century advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a focus inhaler remedy for catarrh and related breathing ailments. It claims the inhaler treats the disease at its source, not by stomach medicine, and cites use by physicians ministers lawyers and public figures. Prices: large two months one dollar small fifty cents sample twenty-five cents.
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Minimum Driving Age and Chauffeur Licensing in Illinois
The text states that no boy under 18 may operate a for hire vehicle in Illinois and every driver for hire must hold a chauffeur's license. It additionally notes Arabian towns lack decoration aside from doorways.
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Illinois
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the Centaur Company
New York City
Great Lakes St. Lawrence
Burrard Drydock Company
Ottawa Citizen
Orpheum Theatre
Minneapolis
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John Moen
Orpheum
Minard
Direct Wireless
Scotland
Dan- Gruff
Dominion
St. Peal St
Coticorn
Dr. Thomas
Mother Graves
By Marie Belmont
Christine Nilssen
Copenhagen
Aden
Mirard
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SLOAN
Ient
Sea Ly Sloan
Ang Loan
Goa Lac
Psoas
Dominion Express
Cook
Ccnt
Padreses the Cook Medicine CO
Tororto
Windsor
H. Clay Glover Co., Inc
West Iwist Street
New York
U.S.A
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