Gold Premium Boosts Northern Ontario Miners Revenue
Northern Ontario gold mines gain an $4 per ounce premium from selling at 18 percent above US prices. Hollinger mine produces about $24,300 daily, earning $3.70 per ounce and an extra $136,738.12 each month, totaling $1,640,857.50 yearly. The piece notes Chili hosts the world’s largest iodine works with 400,000 pounds annually.
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Porcupine
Ont
Ontario
United States
Hollinger
Chili
Investigating Western Industrial Resources
An official of the Canadian Trade Commission will visit West during January and February to learn firsthand about local and export products. The Calgary Herald notes the survey could be invaluable, revealing prospects and attracting investment for new manufacturing plants in Western Canada.
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Canadian Trade Commission
West
Dominion
Calgary Herald
Canada
Saskatchewan Auto Investment Shows Prosperous Agriculture
Figures from the Saskatchewan Automobile League estimate 221 435 184 invested in cars in Saskatchewan with 54 754 cars in the province. Upkeep costs reached 48 246 170 in 1919, reflecting widespread farmer ownership and a prosperous agricultural province.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Automobile League
Elder age tempers no dispute says old proverb
A terse admonition urges avoiding quarrels with men over seventy and with any woman, suggesting restraint in disagreements. The saying implies wisdom in choosing battles and valuing peaceful conduct over confrontation, reflecting a traditional cultural guideline.
Wisconsin man designs grasshopper crushing field device
A Wisconsin inventor creates a device to push across fields. Grasshoppers jump against a polished metal surface and slide between rollers where they are crushed. The invention claims to relieve neuralgia through its lubricant and pest control capabilities.
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Wisconsin
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tells Cold Relief
An old ad notes cold symptoms including headaches and body aches relieved by LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets with E. W. GROVE'S signature on the box. Also mentions a gas engine powered brick cleaning machine at 300 bricks per hour and a fact about U.S. rainfall equaling ten Mississippi rivers.
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E. W. Grove
Markets for Toys in Great Britain Offer Canadian Opportunity
A Canadian government trade report says British demand favors higher quality toys and Canadian manufacturers can seize large market share. It notes German competition will target cheaper toy grades, leaving room for premium Canadian products in Britain.
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Great Britain
Germany
Women Royals and Kaiser's Court in Europe
A historical review describes how royal women connected to the German house of Hohenzollern were dispatched to foreign thrones to advance German interests. It lists five royal women who suffered lose of throne or life due to such assignments, including Alice of Hesse and Sophia of Hohenzollern, and notes their tragic fates. It also reports on British Columbia's 1919 forest production, projecting not less than $62 million in value, with lumber shipments and pulp and paper sales rising from 1918 levels.
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Germany
Europe
Wilhelm
Ierests
House of Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Sophia
Junkers
Alice of Hesse
Russia
Sophia of
Hohenzollern
Greece
Clementine of Coburg
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Draga
Serbia
Jutta
Medenberg
Montenegro
British Columbia
The Best Tonic for Nervous People
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood and nerve tonic for nervous debility and related symptoms. It cites Mrs Jenny Marr of Port Rowan praising relief after eight boxes and notes price and mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Williams
Jenny Marr
R.R. No. 3
Port Rowan
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ontario
Farmers persevere in Sask hail insurance over 120 municipalities
The Saskatche wan Municipal Hail Insurance Association has faced discouragement but farmers press on hoping for better times. Only four rural municipalities have withdrawn, leaving 120 that continue to place their faith in municipal hail insurance on the assessment plan.
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Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance Association
How to Be Fit at Sixty by Dr. Lee Herbert Smith
An early 20th century health column urges readers to adopt a fitness routine for older adults. It promotes fresh air, army setting up exercises, dumbbell use, hot water upon rising, occasional laxatives, high water intake, and Anuric Tablets from Dr. Pierce. It touts uric acid reduction and invites trials via mail order from Buffalo New York.
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DR. Lee Herbert Smith
Pierce
Strauss
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Lithia
Western Canada Board of Trade Plans Federated Action
Western Canada boards of trade move to form a federated body for united action in boosting the region. Winnipeg and Brandon have accepted the plan, with other western cities reportedly favoring it. a convention to decide definite action may be called soon. A resolution advocating public ownership of water power on Canadian waterways was moved by W. M. German and seconded by J. L. Brown.
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Western Canada Board of Trade
United Action
Western Canada
Boards of Trade
Winnipeg
Brandon
Canadian
W. M. German
K.C
J. L. Brown
United Farmers of Manitoba
Minard's Liniment Claims Cure for Child's Elbow Injury
A letter from J. B. Livesque of St Joseph dated August 18 1900 reports a sleigh accident injuring his 13 year old daughter. Four bottles of Minard's Liniment allegedly cured the stiffness and pain lasting three years and she has been free of trouble for two years.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
J. B
St. Joseph
P. O
Adjustable handle aids new saw for easy horizontal cuts
An adjustable handle on the new saw simplifies making horizontal cuts. The design aims to improve control and accuracy for carpentry tasks.
Satisfying Relief From Lumbago
An old medication advertisement touts a warmth giving congestion scattering circulation stimulating remedy for external pains lumbago sprains strains stiffness headaches bruises. It promises quick relief without rubbing and suggests keeping a bottle for the whole family with sizes 133c 70c and 1400 made in Canada.
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Canada
Wireless phones to replace lines says Marconi
Italian article by Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy, claims the United States leads in wireless inventions. He notes Western Europe lags, while China uses wireless phones for intercity and rural communication. He predicts wireless phones will cut line costs and weather interruptions this year.
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Guglielmo Marconi
United States
Europe
China
Signor Marconi
Hog slaughter totals rise in Ontario and Quebec
Government-inspected packing houses slaughtered 2,332,400 hogs last year, up 72,000 from the prior year, with gains driven entirely by Ontario and Quebec. Western numbers declined. Jamaica ginger maintains prices above rivals, and under favorable conditions an acre yields up to four thousand pounds.
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Ontario
Quebec
West
Jamaica
Nest High: Australian Jungle Fowl Builds 15 Foot Tower
A jungle fowl in Australia constructs an extraordinary nest reaching 15 feet in height and spanning 150 feet around, showcasing remarkable avian nesting behavior and shelter-building.
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Australia
Labor Leader Warns of World Crisis and Worker Strain
London report quotes J. H. Thomas, railway workers' leader, saying urgent action is needed or a crash will come with workers bearing the worst burden. He calls for British workers to work a quarter harder, French workers twice as hard, and Germans eighteen times harder. Thomas also blames Labour party strife on internal jealousies rather than rivals.
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London
J. H. Thomas
Thomas
California Syrup of Figs Advertising Claim
Versified ad copy promotes California Syrup of Figs as the best harmless laxative for a child’s stomach liver and bowels. It urges mothers to look for the California name on the bottle and to follow the dosage directions, claiming children love the fruity taste.
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California
The Widow's Spite The Parson in London Passing Show
The dialogue portrays Mrs. Smithers offended at a minister while The Parson recalls his funeral tribute remark as the cause. The Friend comments on the joke during the London Passing Show segment highlighting social sniping at a funeral.
Minard’s Liniment Cures Burns and the Minimum Wage Tale
In old England two miners discuss the minimum wage. They joke that the wage is what they get for going down the mine and that to earn more they must work harder elsewhere. The anecdote illustrates the industrial era by linking a medical remedy to labor conditions.
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Old England
Bill
Hides and Leather Prices Drive Cattle Profit
A small change in wholesale hide prices shifts beef values by 14 cents per hundredweight. Old butchering spoiled hides, but modern packing uses eight or ten experts to grade leather. Specialization yields better leather grades and higher cattle prices than local butchers. Take care and grow wealth gradually.
overcrowded Warsaw faces strict era limits and dense dwellings
Warsaw the capital of Poland shows extreme density with about seventy residents per building versus seven or eight in London. Historical fixed city limits set under the Russian regime restricted outside construction for military reasons.
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Warsaw
Poland
London
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Praised by Eva Yateman
Miss Eva P. Yateman of Krugersdorf Ontario writes that Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills cured her heart nerves and fainting spells after four years of illness. She tested several remedies before finding relief and urges others with heart troubles to try the pills. Brazil’s new president urges irrigation of over two million acres in the northeast to combat famine blamed for over a million deaths since 1877.
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Eva P. Yateman
Krugersdorf, Ont
Milburn
Brazil
Republic
Argentina Plans Parana River Falls Power Scheme
The government outlines a plan to harness the Parana River falls for generating electric power, signaling a major push in national energy projects and infrastructure development.
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Parana
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Chase
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Mississippi
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