World Happenings Briefly Told
Quebec autocisia will protest the government decision to raise the gasoline tax from two to four cents per gallon. James Kagan a furnace stoker was taken to a New York hospital after a steam scalding. Ten Russians seeking entry to Argentina drowned when their launch sank crossing the River Uruguay. A Spanish airplane dropped a bomb over Ceuta killing one native and wounding thirteen. Australia warns tariffs may endanger trade with the United States. A Haymon of Carleton Sask was elected president of the Saskatchewan branch with Ro McSweenes as vice-president.
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Quebec
Autocisia
Eovernpment
New York
James Kagan
Argentina
Uruguay
Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
United States
Australia
Age
Australian House of Representatives
Chicago
A. Haymon
Carleton
Sask
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association
Dominion Progressive Party
Regina
Ro McSweenes
Cupar
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil A Remedy For Burns Cuts and Sprains
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil provides prompt relief for scalds and burns and speeds recovery. It soothes pain and aids healing and also treats cuts bruises and sprains and inflammations. A bottle at home or stable saves a doctor and veterinary fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Eastman Will Reveals Sale Owner In Probate Bond
The Chicago Daily Journal notes Jo fin Eastman died recently and that among his employees the will disclosed Eastman was sale owner. The probate judge set a bond of 1,600,000 dollars for the executors, with no property estimate provided.
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Chicago Daily Journal
Jo&fin
Eastman
Windsor man praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Chas M Brush of Windsor Ontario says the medicine built up his rundown constitution and nerves. He suffered indigestion and weak zeroes before taking several bottles, after which his health and nerves improved and he felt steadier. He mentions sending 19 cents to Dr. Pierce's Laboratory.
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Dr. Pierce
Chas.m. Brush
Caron Ave
Windsor
Ont
Deotor
Britain's Pensioners Claims and Supplies After War Year
The report covers 1913-14 English Great War pension actions with 7,261 new death or disability claims disposed and 18,113 admitted. Death claims reached 6,685. first pension awards fell by 7,465 from prior year. Weekly end-year claims reached 120. total expenditure £72,236,000. cumulative £532,236,000 since 1914. Artificial limbs and eyes issued include 4,755 legs, 1,201 arms, and 3,376 eyes.
Ontario Woman Credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for Health
Mrs. G. Woonch of Sprucedale Ontario reports that Dodd's Kidney Pills relieved her backache neuralgia and lumbago and left her feeling like a new woman. The ad claims kidney disease causes many illnesses in women and urges others to obtain the pills from druggists or The Dodds Medicine Co. Ltd Toronto Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprucedale, Ont
Dodd
G. Woonch
Dodds Medicine Co. Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Canadian Government Annuities How to secure old age protection
A government annuity handbook is offered free by mail via coupon. The plan promises larger returns for the amount invested than similar securities and provides protection against poverty in old age. Write for the booklet to learn about Ottawa’s government plan.
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Tfe
Ottawa
Electric boot cleaning machine promises ninety pairs per hour
A London demonstration shows an electric boot polisher processing shoes from a chute to a belt and out cleaned. The device handles varied boot styles but will not mix black and brown pairs.
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London
Miller's Worm Powders Advertised for Children
An advertisement extols Miller's Worm Powders as a safe effective medicine for children to eradicate intestinal worms. It claims the product clears parasites from the body and restores health, deeming it an excellent remedy for the described behave.
Land Boom In Tokyo Ushers Postquake Upswing
Land prices in Tokyo rise toward prequake levels as fears of aftershocks fade. The government pledges no move of the capital to Isaak. Tokyo is being turned into a modern, attractive city with new parks boulevards and American style buildings that withstood the quake.
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Tokyo
Isaak
Irish leaders deny famine in the West of Ireland
President William T. Cosgrave and Republic leader Eamonn de Valera assert famine reports are unjustified though distress in the West of Ireland remains abnormal. They caution against alarm and urge calm while monitoring conditions.
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William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Eamonn de Valera
Republic
Ireland
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Praised by Ontario Reader
Mrs Geo E Bowman of Morrisburg Ontario writes about her two year struggle with heart and nerve problems. She details dizziness and extreme breathlessness with minimal exertion before starting Milburn's pills.
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Geo. E. Bowman
Morrisburg, Ont
Milburn
Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills Endorsement Notice
An endorsement testifies to the pills improving heart and nerve conditions. H. and N. Pills are sold in drug and general stores, manufactured solely by The T. Milburn Co. Ltd., Toronto Ontario.
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T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Trained Goldfish Teacher Kantz Demonstrates Tricks
German imagician Kantz teaches Adolph the goldfish a sequence of tricks. The fish can imitate human speech and signals agreement by diving downward and answering no by darting upward, showcasing surprising behaviors.
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Kantz
Adolph
Alberta sericultural products show first table entry
Minard's Liniment for the Grippe is listed as a product. Alberta reports 160 beekeepers and a past season honey production of 53,000 pounds valued at about $15,000.
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Alberta
Dr Thomas Electric Oil Promises Pain Relief
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Thomas Electro-T Oil for neural pain and lumbago. It claims rubbing in the solution relaxes nerves, eases back pain, and yields quick comfort, arguing a trial will prove its efficacy.
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Thomas
X ray pantograph aids precise heart measurement in Britain
A British hospital reports use of an X ray pantograph apparatus to achieve precise measurements of the human heart. The device enables detailed tracing of heart structures, enhancing diagnostic accuracy for cardiac patients.
World population dwarfed by yeast in cake estimate
A three cent cake of yeast is estimated to contain twenty two times as many yeast cells as there are people on Earth, illustrating the vast microscopic scale compared to global human numbers.
Biography Of War President Work For Publication
Ray Stan nard Baker of Amherst Mass begins a authorized biography and compilation of papers of the war president Woodrow Wilson. The work will take years. The last letter Wilson wrote before his final illness to Baker promises access to papers describing the World War Paris peace and his life. The letter, dictated January 25 1924, was never sent. Wilson died February 3.
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Woodrow Wilson
Ray Stannard Baker
Amherst
Mass
Lfe
Wilson
Nerviline Promises Backache Relief From Two Years’ Pain
E. H. Sloane of Georgetown testifies that a two year backache was cured by Nerviline after visiting Smith Bros. Drug Store. He urges others with weak backs or stiff muscles to try Nerviline, priced at 35 cents at all dealers.
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Sloane
Georgetown
Smith Bros
Corn and Livestock Benefit Farm Fertility and Yields
Farmers emphasize corn as a versatile feed crop that supports livestock and soil health. Proper land preparation with manure and alfalfa or sweet clover, fall plowing, and timely planting with drills or planters boost early maturity and moisture retention while reducing weed pressure.
Col J H Essenden Dies in England at 34 Rank
News arrives of Col J H Essenden DSO formerly of Peterboro England. A Kingston Military College graduate he was the youngest British officer promoted to full colonel at age 34. He saw extensive service with the British Imperial corps.
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England
J. H. Essenden
D.S.O
Peterboro
Essender
Kingston Military College
Imperial Corps
Dean Tucker Calls for Unity to Rebuild Social Order
London Ontario clergyman Dean Norman Tucker told Social Service Council delegates that the League of Nations is lifeless and that self indulgence among elites and common leisure pursuits fuel societal ills. He urged reconstruction of man and cooperation between capital and labor to restore social harmony.
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Dean Norman Tucker
London
Ontario
Social Service Council of Canada
Hamilton
Dean Tuckert
Saskatchewan Aberdeen Anguss Club adds prizes for calf classes
The Saskatchewan Aberdeen Angus Club announces extra prizes for Aberdeen Anguss calf classes at Regina and Saskatoon fairs. Three new prizes of 30, 20, and 10 dollars will be awarded to boys and girls in winter calf classes, plus 5 dollars to the owner of each calf shown. Grand champion steer and heifer at both fairs receive 25 dollars in addition to regular prizes.
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Saskatchewan
Aberdeen
Western Retail Lumbermen Endorse Transport and Immigration Policy
The Western Retail Lumbermen's Convention in Winnipeg passed resolutions urging early completion of Judson's Bay Railway and selective immigration policy. They backed forest conservation and branch-line construction in districts needing transit, and presented a Crow's Nest Pays freight rate agreement, urging Parliament to view the contract from policy and justice perspectives.
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Judson's Bay
Western Retail Lumbermen’s
Winnipeg
Prominent Dominion figure William Duncan Scott Dies
William Duncan Scott a key figure in immigration and colonization died in Ottawa after a lengthy illness. He served as assistant deputy minister of the department of immigration and colonization and helped shape development and settlement over forty years.
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Dominion
William Duncan Scott
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Ottawa
Doctors Score Victory in Iodine X Ray Diagnosis
Doctors describe a method using iodine injected at the skull base to trace spinal abscesses via X ray. The iodine stops X rays, revealing the blockage in images, enabling a targeted second incision to remove the fluid and treat the condition.
Inventions by Women Highlight 172 Haverhill Factories Output
A report lists this year's women inventors with items such as a transparent umbrella interchangeable scissors blades a portable bathing tent and a hatpin substitute. Haverhill Massachusetts features 172 factories producing feet and shoes.
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Bent
Gilletts
Chas. M. Brush
Levy
Britain
Army of Pensioners
Kraft Maclares Cheess Co. Ltd
Moetres
Tokio
Minard's Liniment
Minard
Anadas Depot
Jas. D. McGregor
Clencarnock Stock Farms
Brandon
Manitoba
Minnard
League
Dean Tucker
League of Nations
Aberdeen-Angus Club
Yid KS
Haverhill
Borden Co. Limited
Montreal
Department of Labour, Annuities
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