Henri Dunant Hero of Red Cross Birth Centenary Observed
A tribute recalls Henri Dunant’s Solferino encounter and founding of the Red Cross. It notes his role in sparking voluntary aid for wounded soldiers and the organization’s enduring neutrality and global mission. The piece places Dunant among great humanitarian figures and praises the Red Cross’s wartime and peacetime work.
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Dunant
Italy
Solferino
Francis Joseph II
Henri Dunant
Henri D Dunant
Sted Cross Society
Red Cross
League of Nations
League
Florence Nightingale
Pasteur
Jenner
Lister
Ference Nightingale
William Booth
Curie
Textile Plant Planned in Edmonton by Western Canada Mills
Western Canada Woollen Mills, Ltd. plans a summer plant in Edmonton to convert Western wool into fabrics. After extensive technical tests the mill will produce blankets tweeds overcoatings velours flannels and related cloths suited to provincial wool.
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Mint
Edmonton
Western Canada Woollen Mills, Ltd
Rich Red Blood a Real Nerve Tonic
An advertisement promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to strengthen nerves and enrich blood. It cites Irene Denne of Washago Ontario who improved after using the pills and urges readers to begin taking them to restore health. Pills cost 50 cents a box and may be mailed from Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Faces Carved On Building At Imperial Chemical Works
New Imperial Chemical Industries building at Westminster Exchange nears completion with stone carvings featuring Sir Alfred Mond and other chemical leaders. The sculpture, including peacocks, symbolizes incorruptibility in a major national project.
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Imperial Chemical Industries
Westminster Exchange
Alfred Mond
Alberta Fish Stocking 1927 Aims to Boost Provinces Waters
Alberta issued 1,624,675 potential game fish units in 1927 including eyed eggs fry and fingerlings of Loch Leven Cutthroat and Rainbow trout. The province also released nearly three million whitefish eggs into commercial fishing waters to sustain the growing industry.
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Alberta
Loch Leven
Clock to time House of Commons debates like hockey games
A clock developed by W. F. Martin of Port Arthur after twenty years of work will be installed in the House of Commons. It is designed to measure time with hockey precision for the 40 minute rule during debates, including interruption cuts, matching game timing accuracy.
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W. F. Martin
Port Arthur
House of Commons
Indigestion Remedy From Phillips’ Made Easy
Two hours after meals many suffer sour stomachs called indigestion caused by oversensitive stomach nerves and excess acid. Neutralize with an alkali. Phillips’ Mak is a tasteless, pleasant dose to take in water. Efficient relief is promised.
Philips Milk of Magnesia Endures Fifty Years
A promotion claims Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the standard quick method trusted by physicians for five decades. It emphasizes instant results and authenticity with directions and drugstore availability.
Calgary to start British film series under quota law
Production begins in Calgary this month May 1 with local capitalists P Burns and A E Cross backing the project. Neal Hart named director for the first western flavored film. Also notes Holoway's Corn Remover contains no poisonous ingredient and is safe to use.
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Calgary
Great Britain
P. Burns
A. E. Cross
Neal Hart
Holoway
Saskatchewan Farmers Purchase Record Registered Seed This Year
The Saskatchewan Registered Seed Association reports farmers across the province bought more registered seed this year than any previous year and show growing interest in seed quality. There is heavy movement of tractors from U S sources into Saskatchewan and motor truck sales have risen. Farmers appear increasingly interested in mechanical power.
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Saskatchewan Registered Seed Association
United States
Saskatchewan
War Era Claims German Forces Raised to 12 Million
The fragment asserts that Germany raised 12 million men during the war. It also includes an advertising slogan urging acceptance of Minard's Liniment with no alternatives.
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Germany
Queen Georgia's Cake Instructions for Layer Cake
Betty Barclay presents a recipe for Queen Georgia's cake with shortening sugar eggs sour milk raisin juice nectar raisins and spices. The method lists creaming shortening and sugar adding eggs and chopped raisins then mixing with flour spiced and baked in three pans followed by a boiled frosting.
Salad plates with pineapple and grapefruit topping
Cover individual salad plates with crisp head lettuce. Arrange pineapple strips orange pulp and grapefruit sections. Top with flavored whipped cream and a cherry or strawberry. Just before serving, add lemon sauce with sugar. Ideal for wedding feasts or company dinners.
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For & Company
April 1928 Canada construction awards reach record totals
Building activity reports show April contracts totalled 56,345,800 with new work valued at 57,139,700 contracted. Contemplated work for the Dominion in April reached 116,962,300, the highest monthly total on record. The four month cumulative contracts amount to 125,647,100, notably large versus prior years.
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Canada
Dominion
Calgary Population and Growth Suppressed in Spring Report
Calgary's municipal population totals 72,500 this spring, up from 65,513 in the 1926 census. The city added 200 houses last year and 300 are planned this year, with a 30 percent rise in household goods imported by newcomers. Blocks and apartments are full and hotels run at capacity.
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Calgary
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promoted for Camp Use
Explorers surveyors and hunters are urged to keep Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil in camp. It dries wet feet and legs and prevents muscle pains and serves as a dressing for cuts contusions or sprains.
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Thomas
Power plant unit to be built in Estevan coal field
Montreal Engineering Company announces a $750,000 project to develop a central generating station in Saskatchewan for wide distribution. The venture marks the first actual power development in the province.
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Estevan
Montreal Engineering Company
Saskatchewan
Minard’s Oiniment and a Hair-Raising Joke
A compact note ties Minard's oiniment for hair loss with a quip about wasting energy. It jokes that telling a hair-raising story to a bald man wastes effort while noting heat transfer in an electric refrigerator from hot to cold.
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool builds fastest North American grain elevator
Construction has begun on a 6.9 million bushel terminal elevator at Port Arthur for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The Terminal No 7 project, 1,544 feet long and 226 feet wide, will handle 500 cars daily in rush periods, ship at 150000 bushels per hour, and be operation by October 15 1928. It links to Canadian National and Canadian Pacific railways.
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Port Arthur
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
North America
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Farm hand and girl witness horse collapse during buggy ride
A farm hand takes his girl on a countryside buggy ride. Nine miles out, the horse dies suddenly. Louise fearfully expects her own demise, then a playful remark about a kiss as a supposed remedy leads to a humorous twist by suggesting kissing the horse.
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Louise
Carling
Appointment Is Popular New Inspector Of Taxation In Saskatchewan
Hon George Scott is congratulated on his appointment as Inspector of Taxation in Saskatchewan. He has wide experience in education business agriculture and public life and will bring needed expertise to the post. Scott served in the Legislative Assembly for Arm River where he earned respect as Speaker and as a public servant. The rest notes travel ads Pillars of Hercules and unrelated facts about Gibraltar and early newspaper printing.
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George Scott
Saskatchewan
Scott
Legislative Assembly
Arm River
Regina
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Sou
Minard
Betty Barclay
Queen Georgia
National Wealth of Canada
Garters
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Pool Country
Gazette de France
Forges
Strait of Gibraltar
Gypsum and Alabastine Limited
Winnipeg
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