Public Health as a National and Provincial Duty
The Dominion Parliament recently created a Federal Department of Public Health with quarantine and immigrant inspection duties, while provinces bear most costs. It notes universal health aims, union hospital schemes, and the role of voluntary bodies like the Red Cross and Babies Welfare in supporting government efforts.
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Dominion
Department of Public Health
Canada
Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
Association of Mental Hygiene
Babies’ Welfare Organization
Society For the Prevention of
St. John Ambulance Association
Children’s Aid Societies
The
Red Cross
Putnam's Corn Extractor Offers Quick Pain-Free Relief
Tight money squeezes readers as ad touts Putnam's Corn Ex tractor for corn relief. Caustic-free formula claimed painless and proven over fifty years, urging use instead of other products. Sold at 25 cents through all dealers.
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Putnam's Corn
Putnam's
Medicine Hat Southern Irrigation District Approved
Plans and estimates for a new irrigation district in Southern Alberta have been approved by the Minister of the Interior. The Medicine Hat Southern Irrigation District will cover an area south of Medicine Hat and formation steps will begin immediately under the Alberta Irrigation District Act.
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Alberta
Minister of the Interior
Medicine Hat Southern
Medicine Hat
World Speed Record for Four Kilometers Set by Sadi Lecointe
French aviator Sadi Lecointe broke the world speed record for four kilometers at Villa Conblay, covering the distance in 46 seconds at 94.5 miles per hour.
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Sadi Lecointe
Villa Conblay
Don’t worry if your sins find you out
Quote from E. W. Howe about sins returning to trouble a person who hides wrongdoing.
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E. W. Howe
Iron Ore Questioned in Alberta Findings Point to Limited Deposits
Investigations under Prof J A Allan suggest iron ore deposits exist only sparsely, perhaps a single area in Crow's Nest Pass. Sheep Creek deposits appear negligible. Also concerns rise over a proposed U S immigration bill triggering a rush for visas as Eastern Europe reacts to potential law.
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Alberta
J. A. Allan
Crow's Nest Pass
Sheep Creek
Waxed board tea package promises stronger air tight seal
A description highlights a new waxed board tea package praised for cleanliness and protection from dust dirt odors and moisture. It claims superior strength security and airtightness after years of testing and positions it as the best container for tea devised.
U S Would Bar Wheat For Year Embargo Proposed
A bill introduced by Rep. Young Republican North Dakota proposes a one year embargo on wheat flour barley rye oats flax wool hogs cattle and sheep and a permanent tariff schedule after the embargo to follow.
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U.S
Young
North Dakota
A Mother's Trials and Dr Williams Pink Pills
A public health notice extols the needs of nursing mothers and mothers at home noting fatigue headaches and weakness are common. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to build rich blood and restore health with a price of 50c a box or six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. Ends with a quip about neighbors shoving.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, On
Dr Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Advertised product pledges fast relief from choking coughs and asthma attacks. It claims the remedy’s smoke or vapor clears bronchial passages and provides lasting success based on years of use.
He Should Worry Says Busy He Was Too Sleepy
A brief item from The Black and Magenta of New Concord Ohio notes a saying about worry and time. The speaker claims daytime busyness and nighttime sleepiness prevent worry.
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New Concord
Ohio
Four Thousand Seven Hundred Miles of City Streets
The article notes New York City has forty seven hundred miles of streets. It compares a stroll from New York to Petrograd to walking through all the city streets in sequence.
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New York City
New York
Petrograd
Worm Exterminator Endorsed by Mother Graves
A trusted remedy for child worm infestations, marketed as standard and improved by years of use. The product, named Mother Graves's Worm Exterminator, is promoted as effective against intestinal worms and widely reputed.
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Mother Graves
Good Market for Canadian Butter
President J. A. McFeeters of the Canadian Creamery Association speaks at Toronto on butter prices. He notes Montreal as a major butter center with 1920 receipts about 71,000 packages lower than the prior year, while Western creamery butter output for 1920 should roughly match last year.
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J. A. McFeeters
Canadian Creamery Association
Toronto
Montreal
Canada
Snow Blindness filmed in Lake Louise Alberta by Goldwyn
Western Canada attracts film production with Sunny Alberta drawing major studios. Goldwyn Company set up at Lake Louise in the Rocky Mountains to shoot Snow Blindness, a northwest story, for two to three weeks as eighteen inches of snow creates authentic north country scenery. Movie magnate David M Hartford hails Lake Louise as premier for northwestern films. Holloway's Corn Remover offers relief for corns.
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Alberta
Lake Louise
Rocky Mountains
Goldwyn Corporation of
Los Angeles
Northwest
Canadian Rockies
Goldwyn Company
Tangabardine Riding Habit Described in Detail
The article describes a Tangabardine riding habit with a long coat, pocket openings hidden by cloth straps, reinforced tan leather breeches, matching top boots, an Ascot of heavy silk with a diamond pin, and a tricorne hat of dark brown plush. Alternatives include a regulation derby and a bright colored vest as options.
Miller's Worm Powders claims cure for infant worm infestations
The advertisement asserts that many infants suffer from worms and Miller's Worm Powders will purge the stomach and bowels, prevent recurrence, and repair organ injuries caused by worms, restoring health.
Co-Operative Wheat Handling Records Big Year
The Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company moved nearly 40 million bushels of wheat in the year ending July 31 1920. It built eight new elevators and bought one, operating 294 that season. Foam Lake’s elevator hauled 266 251 bushels. A surplus of 225 988 was earned and an 8 percent cash dividend declared.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Farmers’ Company
Foam Lake
Wheat board plan for 1921 Western Canada crop
The Canadian Council Agriculture proposes a United Grain Growers led by an eight member board from provincial associations to handle selling. Farmers would pledge to sell wheat only through the board for at least five years.
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Canadian Council Agriculture
Canada
United Grain Growers
Origin of the Lamp Chimney
A child’s play with a bottomless oil-flash over an oil lamp sparked the lamp chimney invention. His brother, Swiss mechanic Ar Gand, idly placed it over the flame, leading to the accidental creation.
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Argand
It Will Believe a Cold Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Ad
Colds are the common ailment, neglected may lead to serious conditions. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil will relieve bronchial inflammation quickly and thoroughly, strengthen passages for future attacks, and stop coughing by easing throat irritation. Try it and prove it.
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Thomas
Diminutive Calf Attracts Local Wonder In Moosomin
J Palmer, a Moosomin dairyman, owns a calf that sets local records for small size. The calf weighed 10 pounds at two days old and is said to be about the size of a large cat, with mother a 1,000 pounder. It is noted as unusually agile for its small stature.
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J. Palmer
Moosomin
Clydesdale horses arrive from Scotland to Brandon
Western Canada farmers seek better stock with Ben Finlayson bringing twenty one stallions and one mare from Scotland to Brandon Manitoba. The trip was uneventful and the horses will be conditioned over the next two to three months before marketing or breeding plans.
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Canada
Ben Finlayson
Brandon
Manitoba
Scotland
Finlayson
Ocean
Anuric touted as uric acid antidote for gout relief
An advertisement from a 1900s issue promotes Dr. Pierce's Anuric as an antidote to uric acid causing gout and rheumatic pains. It cites Dr. Bos of the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo and features a testimonial from T. A. Brown of Dorchester Street praising kidney relief, weight gain, and sleep improvement after using the tablets. A trial package is offered for ten cents.
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FH. Straces
Reval Charity Hospital
Seva
Bos
The
Invalids
Buffalo
Montreal
T. A Brown
Dorchester St. W
Vacuum Subway Express Aims 150 MPH Tube Travel
A new vacuum subway expresses high speed travel using tunnel stations and a pneumatic carrier like system. Trains move about 150 miles per hour with minimal power as air resistance is removed from the front and expanding air aids the rear. The inventor likely conceived the idea during tube travel.
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Europe
United States
Minard
W. MN. OU
Western Canada
Motion Pictures
Holloway
Gertrude Beresford
Co-Operative Wheat Handling
Grove’s
BAYER
Ecept
Bayer Company
Bayer Cros
Druzzistel
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