Ignorance as a Global Threat and Paths to Understanding
A former Japanese minister of education argues that international ignorance fuels conflict and misjudgment. He advocates broader news coverage, cheaper communications, and cross-border understanding to prevent wars and strengthen ties between nations including the United States and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Canada
North American
League of Nations Assembly
Council of the League
Germany
League of Nations
Dominion
Maritime Province
Ontario
West
Atlantic Seaboard
Great War Sale to Dispose Millions in Government Property
Marepe government to auction £5 100000000 of lands buildings factories railway materials foodstuffs horses barges and other wartime assets March 1. Property left on former fighting fronts will be sold under a commission that began in 191% with 47 000 staff. five individuals handle final phases of the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rugland
Marepe
Elf of Detroit Captured by 210 Mile Distance Photo
Minards Liniment advert rounds up an odd claim as Detroit’s elf is photographed from 210 miles away using a new 45 yantnd fens nine inches thick, leaving readers puzzled by the distant image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elf
Detroit
Harvard Library receives anonymous Bunyan rare book
A 1688 edition of John Bunyan's A Book for Vie rs and Girls, one of only two known copies, is donated anonymously to Harvard Library. George P. Winship announces the find and Miss Miller in Helmsdale, England discovered it and sold it at auction for 16550 dollars to a London dealer. The volume is placed in memory of Lionel De Jersey Harvard 1915 killed in France during the Great War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunyan
Harvard
George P. Winship
Lionel de Jersey
Mace
France
Saskatchewan Opens Marsh Lands for Fur Farming
Negotiations between the Saskatchewan and Dominion governments on freeing marsh lands for farming are complete. The province will lease crown lands for fur farming, with large marsh areas in the north available while southern land is limited due to watercourses. Applications may now be received by Saskatchewan authorities from individuals seeking to take up such lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
C. M. Hamilton
Nerviline and Bamboo: Home Remedy Promotion
An advertisement extols Nerviline as a fast acting cure for aches pains colic and diarrhea through vigorous rubbing suitable for all ages. It also notes Nerviline costs 30 cents at dealers. The text adds a brief item about bamboo as a new commercial paper material once considered a weed in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Regained Health Through Dr Williams Pink Pills
Mrs. T D Bernier of Quebec credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after headaches weakness and insomnia. She reports improved sleep weight gain and happiness and urges others to try the tonic for anemia rheumatism neuralgia and nervousness. A free booklet Building Up the Blood is offered with a trial order of 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T D. Bernier
D'Arcuillon Street
Quebec
Tr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
New X Ray Discovery Reveals Inside Human Body
Three British scientists from University College of London and the British Instructional Films Company announce a new X ray based method to film heartbeat lung movement and digestion. The technique uses N ray illumination and enables medical teaching and research without skin injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Melville
University College of London
RE. E. Warnford
E.W. Edwards
British Instructional Films Company
Huge Amount Left By Auto Tourists
Canada reaped about 194 million dollars from US automobile tourists in 1926, per Dominion Commissioner A W Campbell. For ten months ending October 31, 1926, US cars entering Canada generated 27.26 million in one day and 159.22 million from thirty day permits, with millions more in six month entries.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
A.W. Campbell
British Columbia
Los Angeles-Vancouver
Lord Selkirk Iighway
Emerson
Twin Cities
Winnipeg
Soo
Sarnia Port
Port Huron
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Bridgeburg
Kingston
Prescott
Brockville
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Niagara
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Heritage
The originator Kay Y. Pierce M D practised in Western Pennsylvania then Buffalo where the World's Dispensary was established. The medicine is said to increase appetite digestion enrich the blood clear skin and restore youthful vitality with no harmful ingredients. Trial tablets offered by mail from Bridgeburg Ontario.
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Pierce
Kay Y. Pierce
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
N.Y
Doctor Pierce
Golden Medical
Dr. Pierce
Bridgeburg
Ont
Iowa 14 Year Old Flew 300 Miles Alone
Lawrence Koons of Des Moines, aged 14, flew solo to Omaha and back in three hours to deliver a message for aviator Roy Peterson. He started learning six months ago and plans to fund college as a pilot, remarking on the trip as ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Browns
Hucklebury Finns
Lawrence Koons
Iowa
Lawrence
Des Moines
Omaha
Roy Peterson
Deg Moines
Soo
Britain Reducing War Debt to United States
Washington dispatch reports Great Britain has paid 642 830 000 to the United States under the 1922 debt funding agreement. It notes ongoing obligations and provides year by year figures for interest and principal payments through 1925, totaling 547 820 000 in interest and a 95 006 000 reduction in principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Maurice Low
Washington
London
Great Britain
Unite States
United States
United Staes
Alberta Fur Catch Totals Two Million Dollars for 1925 26
Alberta's fur year 1925 26 shows provincial totals of 2 122 780 dollars, up from 2 030 174 the previous year. Only furs trapped within Alberta are included, excluding Mackenzie country catches though marketed via Edmonton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Branc
Mackenzie
Edmonton
Both House and Stable Morphology and Remedies
The text notes similarities between humans and lower animals in ailments and injuries. It promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a universal remedy for both humans and animals. A conversation joke about a maid and insulted telephone talk is included, followed by a Britain living cost comparison and a cranky wife gag about gifts. It also cites Constantinople claiming 20 percent of Turkish newspapers with a total daily circulation of 171,400 copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Constantinople
Turkey
Zam-Bak praised as cure for skin injuries abroad
Mrs J C Lemon of Glendale California extols Zam-Bak as a universal remedy from Canada to Michigan and California. She cites a burnt face healed in days and a foot wound treated to prevent infection, praising its antiseptic, healing properties in multiple family cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zam-Bak
J.C. Lemon
East Broadway
Glendale
Calif
U.S.A
Ontario
Michigan
California
Canada
Zam-Bok
Zam Bok
Zam Buk
Japan to Disappear. Geologist Predicts Island Submersion
United States geologist Levis Noble warns Japan’s islands will sink beneath the Pacific after gradual geological changes. He cites a vanished Kyusu bay island 300 years ago with 5,000 lost, while some regions like South America once lay entirely under water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Levis Noble
United States Geological Survey
Pacific
Kyusu Bay
South America
England
New York American
Child's Christmas Letter Reaches Northland North of the Soo
A Houston Texas child mailed a letter to Santa Claus in Northland Canada and, aided by postal workers from both nations, the letter arrived 24 miles north of the Soo. Also notice Dr Thomas Electric Oil offering relief for rheumatic pains and injuries in humans and animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Santa Claus
Northland
Canada
Soo
Magistrate Questions Witness on Humorous Mockery Incident
A magistrate records a testimony where the accused allegedly mocked the victim with a monkey reference and comments about string. The victim recalls the exchange turning abusive as the interaction escalated.
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W. Irwin Haskett
Inverim
Britain
Minard
Harvard Library
Mr. Nouveau
Mrs. Nowveru
Castoria
Fletcher
Mother Graves
Dupedin
New Zealand
Fahy
TAB Tns
W. N
Yesterdaay
Scott
Crank
Shaft
J. J. Kellogg
Chamberlain
Ramsey Company
International Patent Attorneys
Hank
Heck
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