British strike shows world link and push for modernization
A global view of the Great Britain strike highlights how wartime shifts in coal demand and industry modernization pressures threaten miners. Experts urge replacing pick and shovel with machinery to cut costs, boost output, and restore employment and wages across British industry.
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British Isles
United States
London
New York
Devonshire House
Regent Street
Canada
Britain Plans U S Aid for Rum Running Control
The British Government outlines a plan to help the United States tighten control over rum running. It would allow U S revenue cutters to visit the Bahamas and work with British ships on contraband liquor searches, though not a formal treaty. In Constantinople, Turkish female industrial workers rise from none to twenty thousand in four years.
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United States
United States Revenue
Bahamas
Constantinople
An Oil that is Famous and Far Reach of Dr Thomas Oil
The article praises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a famous compound not born in Canada but flourishing there and selling widely in Central and South America the West Indies Australia and New Zealand. It argues the oil’s good name abroad and notes a modern saying on simple pleasures and a startling figure about Japanese lepers.
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Canada
Thomas
Central
South America
West Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Pilot Sets London to Paris Record in Ninety Minutes
Captain Mackintosh of Imperial Airways flies a six ton fifteen seater Handley Page air liner from London to Paris in 90 minutes with a loaded payload. The 256 mile course averages 154 mph, nearly matching the faster Napier D H express plane’s 87 minute record.
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Mackintosh
Imperial Airways
Handley-Page Air Lner
London
Paris
Nova Scotian Overcomes Back Pain And Chest Soreness
A Nova Scotian describes relief from back pain and chest soreness after treatment. The account highlights personal struggle and the improvement felt, detailing steps taken and the sense of renewed well being.
Nerviline hailed as best remedy for cold and chest congestion
Windsor Nova Scotia resident Miss Lucy Mosher endorses Nerviline for colds and chest tightness after trying fourteen remedies. She says rubbing, gargling, and daily use restored her symptoms and notes the product’s wide home use for minor illnesses. A 35 cent bottle is advertised today.
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Lucy Mosher
Windsor
N.S
Dutchman Patent Aimed at Power from the Atom
A Dutch inventor has patented a method to run an engine using heat from atom disintegration. Heating mineral sands containing titanium to 1700 degrees drives the reaction, with heat transferred via tubes to a boiler to power a turbine. The patent, though little noticed, signals a potential dramatic leap to atomic energy.
Fortune Telling Refused By Prince Of Wales Palmist
London Mail notes a London palmist claimed to predict the future for the Prince of Wales. The royal refused further fortune telling saying advisers warned of two outcomes death in a hunt or marriage. An ad then promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to ease infant fretfulness and restore health.
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London
Prince of Wales
London Mail
Farm Lands Rally As Demand Surges Across Prairies
F H Harman president of the Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange reports a revival in farm land buying matching 1918 levels. A company is selling about 20 000 acres monthly since October to bona fide farmers, with substantial initial payments and prompt follow ups. Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta show the strongest demand.
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F. H. Harman
Winnipeg Real Estate Exchange
Mr. Harman
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bargain Seeker Buys and Sells Odd 50 Cent Article
A man offers one dollar for a fifty cent article he desires. A woman bids forty cents for a fifty six cent article she does not want. The exchange sketches quirky market behavior and preference dynamics.
Sousa Early Music Teacher and Conductor at Young Ages
A brief reminiscence notes John Philip Sousa teaching music at age fifteen and conducting orchestras by seventeen, reflecting on his early musical rise. Also mentions Minard's Liniment and W N U 1628 in a terse historic fragment.
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John Philip Sousa
Stomach Trouble Tells to Carter’s Liver Pills
Jersey City resident Mr J Pauli describes morning taste and foul breath relief after trying tablets mouthwash and camouflages. A dentist found teeth in good condition and a friend suggested constipation. After taking Carter’s Little Liver Pills his stomach and bowels eased and gases improved. Druggists offer 25 and 75 cent packages.
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Jersey City
J. Pauli
Carter
Youngest Pilot Mary Huffman Flies 15 Minutes in Record Flight
Mrs. Mary Huffman aged 104 of Indianapolis is piloted by Farnum Parker 15 of Anderson in a 15 minute flight hailed as a world age record for passengers in an aeroplane. Also aboard was Huffman’s five year old great great grandson Carrol Davies.
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Mary Huffman
Indianapolis
Farnum Parker
Anderson
Bishop to Tour Haiti Parishes by Naval Airplane
The Protestant Episcopal bishop Harry Roberts Carson of Haiti will travel from parish to parish by naval aircraft. Orders issued by naval authorities authorize use of planes to reach parts of the island otherwise inaccessible.
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Harry Roberts Carson
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Haiti
Pink Pills Promise Digestive Relief and Rejuvenation
An ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as the best tonic to improve digestion by enriching blood, claiming relief from indigestion, pain after meals, gas, sour stomach, and vomiting. It cites Port Malcolm Nova Scotia resident E G Malcolm praising the remedy after years of illness, with a sales note for Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Hudson Bay Route Progress Questioned
The Hudson Bay railway project has long been a government priority with funding from four prime ministers across party lines. It has reached within seventy to eighty miles of Hudson Bay and is expected to be finished, countering claims of waste or bribery as partisan talk. The Toronto Star notes improved national discourse will curb dishonest political rhetoric.
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Canada
Hudson Bay
West
West Middlesex
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Toronto Star
Growth of Wheat Pool Expands Alberta Share
At the London annual meeting of Spillers Milling and Associated Industries Chairman M. Baker said the Alberta wheat pool now accounts for 70 to 80 percent of the province's wheat acreage. The pool's growing size and control increased bargaining power over line elevator services, reducing Spillers' interest to an investment role and prompting retirement from the line and terminal elevators while keeping the milling programme unchanged.
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London
Spillers’ Milling and Associated Industries
M. Baker
Alberta
Spillers
Submarine Encounters Giant Whale Near Provincetown
In an unprecedented marine clash the giant submarine V-1 submerged near Provincetown Massachusetts and surfaced to a 650 foot whale wedged on its bow. The crew dispatched the creature with improvised harpoons and suffered no damage while the whale died from the encounter.
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Provincetown
Mass
Chinese Use Of Animal Bones In Industry Described
The article notes Chinese industrial use of animal bones to minimize waste. It states the cow back leg yields mahjong tiles with native bone deemed superior, rib bones supply knife and fan handles, and sections from sheep leg bones make cigarette holders and pipe stems, with pipes popular in some regions.
Telephone cable links New York to Chicago longest in the world
Minard's Liniment is mentioned in the context of stables and the recently completed telephone cable from New York to Chicago. The line runs 61 miles and is noted as the longest of its kind, with a cost of $25,000,000.
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New York
Chicago
Eskimo Lifespan and Minard's Liniment for Burns
A brief note reports that Eskimo lifespans average around 50 years. It mentions Minard's Liniment as a remedy for burns.
The Chinese thief uses a hook and line to steal from upper windows
A report notes thieves angle through hotel windows using a hook and line tied to bamboo. Guests frequently wake to find missing clothes and pocket items taken overnight, illustrating a common lodging district risk.
Mrs Thrush Reports Headache Relief With Favorite Prescription
Mrs J W Thrush of Hamilton Ontario says she suffered severe nervous headaches for over three years with spells about every two weeks. After two bottles of Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and the Pleasant Pellets she reports wonderful improvement and after four bottles no further headaches. She recommends obtaining the remedy at a local drug store or sending 10 cents for a trial package from Dr Pierce's Factory Bridgeburg Ontario.
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Margarett St
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Trades Union Congress
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Japan
Fletcher
Minard
Liniment
Charles Darwin
H. J. Whittier
Butte
Kansas City
Ion
Ann Wentesees
Epimsel Bate
Dominion of Canada
Ts Atoe Beales Eae
J. W. Thrush
Shaw Studie
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