Wireless concert travels far with distant singer
A large audience at the Chateau Laurie hall heard gramophone music in Montreal and Miss Sutton singing over 100 miles away by wireless telephone. Dr A S Eve arranged the demonstration for the Royal Society of Canada during a talk on war inventions. The Magna Volt device carried the voice clearly throughout the hall.
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Chateau Laurie
Montreal
Sutton
A. S. Eve
Royal Society of Canada
Presence of Mind Scot Two Eggs Request
A Scot orders two eggs with a small portion of ham. The waiter asks how he wants them done and notes price is the same. The Scot queries any price difference and agrees to eggs with a bit of ham. America’s beer glass remark is included as humor.
Unskilled Workers Are Well Paid in Hawaii Bonus Plan
Sugar plantation laborers in Hawaii receive a large monthly bonus based on 19.50 cents a pound. The plan adds 75 percent of the bonus to wages each month while 25 percent is retained until the bonus year ends, boosting daily pay to about 3.42 for the lowest skilled workers.
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Hawaii
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Blood Action Cure
An advertisement asserts catarrh is constitutional and local remedies cannot cure it. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is claimed to cure by taking orally and acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. The formula is described as a mix of tonics and blood purifiers. Druggists sell it for 73 cents with testimonials available.
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HALLS
HALL
J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Edmonton’s oldest citizen recalls frontier days
Tlesphore Alexander Blair nicknamed Daddy Blair, a French-Canadian long-time Edmonton resident and former frontier mail-carrier scout hunter and trapper, recounts his 89 years of travel across the West from B C to Manitoba and the Yukon. Now a janitor at a mission, he shares vivid memories of pioneer life and Indian wars along with a lifetime of edge-of-the-map adventures.
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Edmonton
Tlesphore Alexander Blair
St. Lawrence
Daddy Blair
Alberta
West
Prairie
Northland
B. C
Manitoba
Yukon
One Hundred Murder Cases Placed Before Six Chicago Judges
The Chicago Criminal Court faces an unprecedented homicide load with about a hundred murder cases assigned to six judges. Henry Barrett Chamberlain of the Chicago Crime Commission cites these cases as a stark example of the need for Americanization of alien elements, arguing that most murders stem from aliens or Americans lacking the American spirit.
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United States
Chicago
Chicago Criminal Court
Henry Barrett Chamberlain
Chicago Crime Commission
Carnival of Crime
Messages From Mars Promised Aerial Experiment
Prof David Todd of Ambhers College and Leo Stevens plan another ascent to hear alleged messages from Mars. The pair hope to prove a Martian race exists and communicate across space. The note adds that cotton has been grown in India since prehistoric times.
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David Todd
Ambhers
Leo Stevens
Mars
Todd
Red Planet
India
Returned Soldiers Flock to the Land in Saskatchewan
A Canadian Soldier Settlement Board report shows Saskatchewan led in postwar aid with 3,162 loans totaling 12.53 million dollars approved by April 10, out of 15,540 Dominion wide. Saskatchewan hosts 2,869 settlers, 89 trainees, and accounts show 32.7 million for land purchase, 6.57 million for permanent improvements, 18.77 million for stock and equipment, with 6,625 soldiers taking free land entries in the western provinces.
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Praire
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Soldier Settlement Board
Western Canada Colonization Association Promotes Immigrant Lands
The association seeks east west co operation to settle 20 000 000 acres of vacant lands across western Canada. It plans a 1 500 000 dollar fund to attract immigration and guide settlers to privately held arable land near railways, aiding production and reducing war debt.
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Canada
Western Canada Colonization Association
Hudson Bay Company
Western Provinces
Minard's Liniment Praised by Roxton Pond Hotel Owner
Alfred Rochay proprietor Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables writes that Minard's Liniment is the best medicine his family and stables have used for years. He endorses its value for both people and horses.
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Minard’s Liniment Co
Minard’'S
Alfred Rochay
Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stabies
Preserving Spider Webs by Shellac Pressing Method
Naturalists describe a method to preserve spider webs by spraying them with a shellac solution and pressing ordinary geometric webs onto glass plates. Once the solution dries, the plates with webs are stored in a cabinet for later scientific study.
Humorous exchange over hacking cough and head ache
A dialogue features a coughing person and a mother offering wood to “hack.” The reply declines the wood as the head ache is not of the splitting variety, delivering a light rural humor moment.
Canadian govt builds six ships with 325000 deadweight
The government declares a program to construct six vessels with a combined deadweight tonnage of 325000. Officials say the ships will bolster merchant capacity and naval logistics, with completion expected over several years.
Irrigation Boom Expands in Southern Alberta Area
Water turned into the Canada Land and Irrigators main ditch east of Little Bow Reservoir signals the completion of a decade long project. The Snake Valley Lake McGregor reservoir supplies the system feeding 175 miles of main ditch aimed to irrigate 220000 acres including 5000 acres purchased by U S settlers in the Vauxhall district.
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Alberta
Canada Land and Irrigators Company
Little Bow
Vauxhall District
United States
Calary
Snake Valley
Lake McGregor
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Minard's Liniment Noted by Physicians in Laugh
A humorous exchange highlights a physician praising Minard's Liniment while Mrs. Bigbrow compliments her husband’s logical mind. The dialog shifts to Mrs. Tuntwist noting his “terribly logical” nature and a joke about a different lodge each night of the week.
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Mrs. Bigbrow
Neuralgia and Sciatica Affects Nerves With Weak Blood Remedy
An article explains neuralgia and sciatica share the same cause starved nerves from weak thin blood. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a root treatment and cites Mrs Thomas McGuire of North Malden Ontario who recovered after months of use. Pills sold by dealers or by mail Brockville Ontario.
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Thomas McGuire
North Malden
Ont
Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Aphasia Lifts as Detectives Nab Shoplifting Pair
In New York two affluent girls were arrested for shoplifting as their lawyers say aphasia caused a temporary loss of speech and awareness. Detectives tapped them on the shoulder and the spell broke, restoring their senses and ending the incident.
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New York
Good Prospects in Irrigation Block
A productive district south of Brooks in eastern Bow Slope Alberta has grown over 1918 to 1920. The Swedish Upland colony, about 300 people over 8,500 acres, shows crop expansion from 600 to 8,362 acres seeded. Flax dominates with 4,000 acres. alfalfa starts on 200 acres. Duke of Sutherland farms seed 2,000 acres. irrigation ditches being readied for water by early June.
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Brooks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Bow River
Bow Slope
Upland
Duke of Sutherland
Poland Seeks Peace Talks After Russian Victories
Poland reports to its legation that recent Polish victories in Russia place it to resume peace negotiations with the Bolsheviks. The government says it seeks peaceful aims, citing Ukraine policy and absence of imperialism, and will allow the Soviet Union to choose the negotiation venue from proposals that suit Poland.
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Russia
Poland
Legation
Platinum Found In Pieces Weighing Ten Pounds
A rare finding reports platinum in chunks up to ten pounds each. Geological notes emphasize the unusual size and significance of these mineral pieces.
Bought Brother's Watch From Huw in Wartime Selloff
A German hawker in Pontesbury Shropshire sold a watch to Sankey after a heavy bargain. On opening the timepiece he found his brother's name engraved inside. The brother, from Pontesbury, served with the Scots Guards and was killed in France in 1914.
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Huw
Pontesbury
Shropshire
Sankey
Scots Guards
France
Keep Minard's oiniment in the house
An applicant seeks a bed sitting-room for a gentleman about 24 by 12 feet. The agent’s clerk laments finding such a room easily, joking about his height. The text also oddly states that divorce and domestic infelicity are nearly unknown among the Fsquwi miaux.
Strong Women By Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
Strong women and men can be healthy with good blood. If the blood runs thin or face looks pale one should take a spring tonic. The old fashioned herbal remedy Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is claimed safe and alcohol free. Send 50 cents for a vial to Dr Pierce's Invalidge Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
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