Tanlac hailed as worth its weight in gold by Ottawa matron
Mme Beatrice Charlebois credits Tanlac with ending a ten year ordeal of nervous collapse and digestive distress. She describes strength return, steadier nerves, better sleep and appetite. A local recommendation urges readers to build health with Tanlac, available from druggists.
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Ottawa
Mme
Beatrice Charlebois
Tantae
Prestrice Chaslebuin
Row St
Ortara
Fanlar
Nature
Home ownership in Canada rising says Dominion report
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics finds 62 percent of Canadian families own homes, with rural ownership high and urban renters more common. Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island show strong ownership, Ontario trails, and Quebec lags in urban home ownership. Building costs and lots in Western cities deter new home building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Tattle
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Abaskatchewan
PELL
Ontario
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Quebec
United States
Death of Miss Fazabeth Webb Linked to Radium Clock Painting
Poisoning by radium is believed responsible for Miss Fazabeth Webb's death at Presbyterian Hospital New York. The 25 year old Waterbury Connecticut resident had been exposed while painting clocks and related items with radium paint and was brought to hospital in a deteriorated condition. Medical Examiner notes radium poisoning as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farum
Presbyrian Hospital
New York
Fazabeth Webb
Waterbury
Poison research notes on bone rot and flesh cancer effects
Documentation states every effort was made to check the poison which causes bone rot and resembles cancerous decay in flesh, detailing tests and observations on its harsh effects.
Rolling stock sold to Soviet Russia after long wartime layoff
A vast amount of Eastern Canadian railway material built for Russia, stored near Wert Coquitlam since the late years of World War I, has been sold to the Soviet Government. The frames will be assembled in Manchuria and used as freight cars on the Trans Siberian Railway, with enough parts for about 4 000 cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wert Coquitlam
Canada
Russia
Pacific
Siberia
Manchusia
Trans-Siberian Railway
A Woman's Mind Like a Bed Must Be Made Up
A curious aphorism compares a woman's mind to a bed that needs occasional straightening. The ad copy ends with a brief mention of Athletes Ute Minard's Liniment promising relief for aches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ute Minard
World’s Smallest Seaplane Delivered for French Navy
The Passker, the world’s smallest seaplane, was delivered at Suresnes for potential use aboard French submarines. It rises from water in 9 seconds, reaches 2 feet high within minutes, and can be packed aboard after recon missions. The design promises rapid air deployment and retrieval to support submarine operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suresnes
Marcel Besson
Nerviline Promises Quick Pain Relief For Strong Aches
The ad proclaims Nerviline as a fast acting remedy for stubborn pains after other options fail, with deep penetration claimed to reach big pains more effectively than standard liniments. A 35 cent bottle is advertised at all dealers. A separate note reports the Nationalist Union of Terges protesting Denmark over Greenland sales talks with Canada and a Greenland department official traveling from Copenhagen to Canada.
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Union
Terges
Greenland
Greenland Department
Copenhagen
Canada
How to Relieve Children’s Colds
A home remedy guide urges prompt relief for early cold symptoms in children. Baby’s Own Tablets are praised as safe and effective, non narcotic, tasteless, and easy to administer, with a Massachusetts mother endorsing them for colds and constipation. The ad notes availability from The Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario at 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cadieux
Holyoke
Mass
Raby
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Canada leads world asbestos output in 1926 totals
Canada remained the top asbestos producer in 1926 with 266000 tons, part of a global 510000 ton output. Rhodesia contributed 654000 tons while Russia and Cyprus together produced 24000 tons.
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Canada
Dominion
Rhodesia
Russia
Cypress
Golden Medical Discovery Delivers Relief for Indigestion
Francis Henry Cook reports improved health after using Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach troubles and indigestion. He notes relief from abdominal distress and increased strength and urges others to try the remedy. Available in liquid and tablet forms at 1.35, with extra bottles and free advice from Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Golden Medical Discovery
Jenny Coek
Elizabeth & All Dealers
Pierce's Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Modern newspaper ideal urges clean reading over sensationalism
The St John Globe argues that readers prefer educated, progressive coverage. It condemns party influenced and commercial press as outdated and calls for uninfluenced, untarnished news that educates and pleases the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Globe
Wallace Bruce Memorial Fund to Erect Edin burgh Memorial
A legacy grows to six thousand pounds from one thousand left in 1832 by Captain Hugh Reid for a Wallace Bruce memorial. The edifice will rise in Edinburgh with unveiling planned for 1929, marking the six hundredth anniversary of Robert the Bruce granting Edinburgh its charter. The piece also mentions Dr Thomas Ecclectric Oil for humans and horses alike.
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Morial
Sir William Wallace
Robert the Bruce
Edinburgh
Hugh Reid
Wallace-Bruce
Forage Crop Cars to Tour Saskatchewan and Alberta
Canadian National Railway with the Field Crops Departments of Saskatchewan and Alberta governments will run forage crop demonstration cars in February March and April. A passenger coach seed car and staff coach travel to listed towns in both provinces offering alfalfa clover corn and grass seeds at cost and lectures on crop rotations and forage crops.
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Field Crops Department
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Grayburn
Riverhurst
Central Butte
Mikbank
Darmody
South Elbow
Euclid
Dunblane and
Beechy
Tirsay
Dinsmore
Saskatoon
Kindersley
Flaxcombe and Alsask
Brock
Netherhill
McGee and Fiske
Rosetown
Harris
Zealandia
Laura
Tessier
Delisle
Nutana
Regina
Manyfield
Kelso
Langbank
Kipling
Glenaven
Montmartre
Odessa
Lrricana
Belseker
Swalwell
Three Lillis
Troclhu
Huxley
Elvora
Delburne
Mirror
Bashaw
Ferlitesh
Duhamel
Camrose
Edberg
Donads
Red Willow
Wig Valley
Rumsey
Munson
Delia
Craigmyle
Drumheller
Rockyford
Remedy for Earache Promises Simple Relief
An 19th century style note promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a simple earache remedy. A few drops on lint or medicated cotton placed in the ear is claimed to relieve pain, presenting the ear as delicate and care needed from a doctor.
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Thomas
Linen Drying Technique Emphasizes Warp Thread Tension
A brief note explains linen should hang with weight on the warp threads, the long running fibers, to ensure proper tension and even drying. It stresses correct orientation to prevent sagging and maintain fabric quality.
Transcontinental Mail Flier Wins Harmon Trophy
Airman Shirley Short wins the Harmon Trophy for 1926 best American flier. He piloted the Chicago to Cleveland transcontinental mail route, logging about 2,000 flight hours with no serious accidents. The award signals aviation progress and daily reliability, as Short’s work makes flying feel routine compared to driving in Chicago.
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Trans-Continental Mail
United States
International League of Aviators
Cyrd
North Pole
Shirley Short
Short
Chicago
Cleveland
King Prachuaipok Cuts Regal Electric Bills
In a bid to reduce royal costs, King Prachauipok of Siân trims the costly electric light bill once as high as 500 dollars per day, dimming many lights to lower expenditures from the annual 4.5 million dollar total.
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Prachauipok
Sian
Regal Establishment
Papes Diapepsin Offered as Quick Indigestion Relief
Stomach misery and indigestion relief with Pape's Diapepsin marketed as the fastest remedy for indigestion gases heartburn sour stomach and acidity. A few tablets provide nearly immediate relief. Sold by druggists in millions of packages.
Aftermath in Belgium as war traces fade
Report paints a calm Flemish landscape with no shell holes or barbed wire remaining. It notes deep hillside wounds healed, no ruins visible across Belgium, and claims about half a million unexploded shells removed from the soil.
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Belgium
Did Not Fear Plane Trip In Panama War Report
A War Department report from Panama recounts an army airplane transporting an elderly native woman about 400 miles to die among her people in the Chiriqui region after Panama City Hospital physicians deemed her case hopeless. An interpreter asked if she feared flying. she replied, When one must die, one dies.
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War Department
Panama
Panama City
Castoria Uses for Babies and Children Highlighted
The advertisement promotes Castoria as a trusted remedy used for over 30 years to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea in infants and children. It claims to regulate the stomach and bowels aid food absorption and provide natural sleep without opiates with a genuine signature on the bottle.
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Fletehber
Alarm Clock Borrowed At Quiet Inn
A travelling salesman staying at a small hotel asked the proprietress for an alarm clock to catch an early train. She lent him the clock and warned that it may stick, but touching the blue hammer would make it ring if it failed to go off.
Gold Mines Profitable in Transvaal for November 1926
The Transvaal Chamber of Mines secretary in Johannesburg reports November 1926 profits from gold mines at £1,110,254. Some workers managed to dodge sufficient labor to keep a dozen people busy.
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Transvaal
South Africa
Transvaal Chamber of Mines
Johannesburg
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Montreal
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Griffiant
Francis Henry Cook
Mirard
Bruces Seeds
John A. Bruce & Co., Limited
Hamilton
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