Canada Needs National Research Institute and Public Funding
The article argues Canada has lagged in science and proposes a centralized national research system. It recommends a National Research Institute in Ottawa with a $500,000 building, annual public funding, a Bureau of Standards, and private-pay confidential studies to spur industry while preserving private property rights.
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Dominion
England
United States
Germany
Japan
Bureau of Research
Government of
Canada
Ottawa
National Research Institute
Bureau of Standards
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
League of Nations
Reformatory Convicts Are Ex-Service Men Proportion
A prison official compiling statistics for the New York state re formatory for males finds that only a percentage of convicts aged 16 to 30 were ex service men. He argues that men who risk their lives for the country should not dishonor it by breaking laws. The Brantford Expositor notes the sentiment, while a separate German saying reflects fatalism about poverty.
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New York State
Trials of Wireless Experts Vagrant Signals Puzzle Experts
Professor John Ambrose Fleming of London University explains that mysterious vagrant wireless signals persist daily especially at night. He notes atmospheric electric gradients can drive large currents in tall aerials, potentially swamping weak signals and complicating long distance wireless reception. Fleming, inventor of the thermionic valve receiver, discusses this enduring reception puzzle.
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John Ambrose Fleming
London University
ioWi
Royal Society of Arts
Fieming
Barely Lived Through It Catarrhozone Praised
Edw J OConnor of Sault Ste Marie recounts a terrible asthma and catarrh ordeal. He credits Catarrhozone with soothing healing action that relieved coughing and breathing difficulties after two months of treatment priced at one dollar.
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J. O'Connor
Sault Ste. Marie
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Engaged Man Fined for Delaying Wedding in Argentina
In the Argentine Republic a man who drags his engagement past a reasonable time faces heavy fines. If a resident fails to marry, he is taxed until reaching age 80.
Rheumatism Gone Man Recommends Dodd's Kidney Pills
Saskatchewan resident Mike Karaim says two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills restored his health after two years with rheumatism. He notes the pills strengthen kidneys to flush uric acid from blood, a method he supports after trying other medicines.
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Saskatchewan
Dodd
Stoney Lake
Mike Karaim
Mr. Karaim
Canada
Weak Heart and Shattered Nerves Described in Health Appeal
An article discusses women’s health issues noting many suffer from weak hearts and shattered nerves due to disease or constitutional disturbance. It emphasizes the need for vitality and energy despite illness and references new medical stem therapies.
Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills Endorsed By Toronto Resident
Mrs W W Pearse of 14 Seaton Street Toronto reports weak heart and exhausted nerves after flu. She credits Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills with relief after six boxes, claiming she has not been bothered since. Price 50 cents a box, available from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto by mail.
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W. W. Pearse
Seaton St
Toronto
Ont
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Choosing A Home A letter on home ownership and citizenship
A letter urges newlyweds to rent first to test living conditions such as sunshine ventilation and sanitation. It weighs proximity to work post office church and school and says a one hour commute should be the limit. Owning a home is seen as fostering responsibility and better citizenship for a stronger America.
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America
Canada’s 1920 production valued at over five billion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s total production for 1920 at 5,716,.247,141 dollars. Agriculture contributed about 1.94 billion with field crops and farm animals leading. General manufactures total around 3.264 billion. An ad notes asthma remedies by J D Kellogg promising relief at low cost.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
General Manufactures
Justice Slow But Sure Italian Clerk Award After Twenty Years
A clerk dismissed from the Italian postal service twenty years ago for allegedly stealing a postal order is vindicated. While tidying a safe in Aquila a yellow postal note for a large sum was found, revealing the error. The government compensates the man with $26,000, equal to his lost salary over the period.
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Aquila
The
New York Tribune
Palobo Volcano Supplies Honolulu Water Supply
The extinct Palobo volcano overlooks Honolulu and now furnishes about 2,000,000 gallons of drinking water daily to the city. The increased flow supports municipal needs and highlights the volcano as a vital regional resource.
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Palobo
Honolulu
Architect Mistake Shapes London Admiralty Building
A London story claims the Admiralty building arose from asylum plans after an architect, hired for naval designs, inadvertently presented those for a lunatic asylum to Queen Victoria at Windsor. Her approval meant the asylum plans became the finished admiralty structure.
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Admiralty
London
Windsor
Queen Victoria
Nerviline Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Digestive Ailments
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as a swift cure for stomach risings gas heart burn and sourness. It claims cramps and spasms ease and urges keeping a bottle on hand for internal or external use with a 35 cent price at all dealers.
Canadian Farm Totals From Bureau Of Agricultural Statistics
Latest returns show 698,368 farms nationwide with Ontario at 184,337, Quebec 142,017, Saskatchewan 120,900, Alberta 86,600, Manitoba 55,184, Nova Scotia 46,269, New Brunswick 35,562, British Columbia 14,211, and Prince Edward Island 15,888. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised for rheumatic pains and related injuries with claimed fifty year track record.
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Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Vehicle counts by province in Canada total 400000
Of a total of 400000 motor cars in commission in Canada 156654 are located in the western provinces. In Manitoba there are 34814 in Saskatchewan 68285 in Alberta 36515 and in British Columbia 26500
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Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Keep Little Ones Well in Winter
Winter endangers young children as cold and stormy days keep them indoors in overheated rooms. Baby's Own Tablets, sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont, aim to regulate the stomach and bowels and help drive out colds so babies endure winter safely.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Diamonds Carried by Planes From Congo Mine to Town
A mining company in the Congo uses aircraft to shuttle extracted diamonds to the nearest major town for processing and transport. The operation highlights rapid air movement of precious cargo from remote mining sites to market hubs.
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The
Congo
Flour Exports From Medicine Hat Reach Notable Tonnage
Since July 1 shipments from Medicine Hat total 1,679 tons of flour for export to Europe via the Panama Canal. Orders await for a further 2,498 tons as demand continues.
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Europe
Panama Canal
Football On Horseback Among Kelgis Near Turkestan
An English traveler Miss Ella Sykes describes a mountainous region near Chinese Turkestan where men play a horseback football game using a goat skin ball. Women attend funeral feasts as their main pleasure in the area.
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Pamir Mountains
Chinese Turkestan
Ella Sykes
England Faces Foot and Mouth Outbreak and Trade Embargoes
A new English foot and mouth disease outbreak is blamed on Irish cattle and has prompted embargoes on English cattle by several Scottish counties. English papers demand lifting the embargo on Canadian cattle as Col. Mullings of Winnipeg reports a Liverpool firm moved ten thousand Canadian cattle last summer with minimal loss.
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England
Col. Mullings
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Livestock Exchange
Liverpool
New Mill to Rebuild at Grande Prairie by Northern Light Milling
The Northern Light Milling Company, whose plant burned in summer, says it will rebuild in early spring. The new facility will be one of the west’s most modern small mills with a capacity of 125 barrels per day.
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Northern Light Milling Company
Mother and Bobby in a Nickle Dispute
A mother refuses a nickel to Bobby as he laments a changing mind. The passage then shifts to a humorous aside about worms in infants and an ice cream remedy, followed by a trivial note that Jupiter takes about 12 years to orbit the sun.
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Jupiter
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Argentine Republic
Castoria
Flint Journal
Minard
Thomas
Ture
Sloan
Tains
Turkestan
Putnam's Corn Extractor
Putnam's
Grande Prairie
Bobby
Greece
Crete
SMP
China
Edmonton
Vancouver
Mistry
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