Where Is The Money To Come From
A Canadian budget debate commentary questions public revenues and expenditures as parliaments in Ottawa and provinces face demands for more services. It notes highway costs, license fee disputes, and the push for pensions and social programs, arguing that taxes are the only funded source and urging economics training for leaders.
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Dominion
Canada
Ottawa
Pricr
Goce
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Imperial Oil Dominates Turner Valley Drilling Effort
Imperial Oil through its Reyalite unit drills seven wells in Turner Valley near Calgary. Dalhousie and Foothills are also active as Imperial holds interests in more than 20 wells. Royaltie No 4 remains Canada's largest producer with over 500 barrels of crude naphtha daily for 3.5 years.
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Royalite No. 4
Canada
Reyalite
Turner Valley
Calgary
Imperial
Dalhousie
Foothills
Royaltie No. 4
The Unexpected Happens More Often Than the Expected
An idle truism notes the surprise factor in daily life as often as predictability, suggesting outcomes deviate from plans. The saying frames how people handle unforeseen events and adjust expectations accordingly.
Canadian agricultural implement industry 1926 production report
Agricultural implement and machinery production in Canada totaled 35 269 214 dollars in 1926, up 54 percent from 1925. Of 69 firms, 45 were in Ontario, 13 in Quebec, four in Manitoba, Alberta each, and one plant each in Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Cannibal Mission Teaches Manners with Knives and Forks
A humorous exchange notes a missionary claiming success with cannibals by teaching them table manners. The joke hinges on redefining cannibalism through civilized dining etiquette.
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Marie
Music Teacher Question and Bright Boy Answer
A classroom exchange features a music teacher asking for the national air of Italy and a student offering a humorous reply, Garlic. The moment captures a playful miscue in a school setting.
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Italy
Western Canada aviation firms plan fleet growth
The Canadian Aircraft Company of Winnipeg applies for a charter with $50,000 incorporation. It has three Mallard type planes under construction on Lombard Street and sees a growing Western Canada market. Each 3 passenger biplane with Rolls Royce engines costs $2,350. Western Canada Airways orders six more Fokker aircraft, bringing its fleet to twelve planes.
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Canadian Aircraft Company of
Winnipeg
Lombard Street
Canada
Western Canada Airways
Byrd Plans Long Antarctic Flight Expedition
Commander Richard E. Byrd says his South Pole flyover expedition is nearly ready. The party, about 55 men with 12 scientists and three Eskimos, will depart New York on September 10 aboard the wooden ice ship Samson en route from Norway. They expect a 24 000 mile trip with a year and a half of food and three aircraft aboard.
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Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
New York
Byrd
Samson
Norway
New Diamond Dyes Offer For Delicate Wardrobe Items
A fifteen cent envelope of Diamond Dyes promises to duplicate fashionable tint in lingerie and stockings without streaking. The ad touts true dyes for dresses and drapes with new colors over old, and offers a free Diamond Dye Cyclopedia and Color Craft book from Windsor Ontario at the local druggist.
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Dept. N
Windsor
Ontario
Canadians Failing to Check U S Work Conditions
An Eastern paper cites an interview with a Canadian who spent months in California noting high unemployment. It recalls New York demonstrations demanding food and shelter, and labor bureau figures show 215 applicants per vacancy. The piece urges Canadians to study U S conditions before crossing. It mentions Sweden’s Orson as a tax-free town due to fruit trees planted by ancestors.
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California
New York
Labor Bureau
United States
Britain
Canada
Orson
Sweden
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promoted For Internal Use
An advert extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as suitable for internal and external use. It claims relief for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and many ailments with a low cost and constant usefulness for home medicine.
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Thomas
Worm Exterminator advert targets children and beauty critique
An advertisement urges use of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator to spare children suffering from worms. The text then shifts to social commentary claiming friction in churches and critiques feminine beauty as undermining masculine intelligence.
Waiters on skates serve tea to skaters in Swiss hotels
In a winter feature, waiters glide on skates to deliver tea to skaters at select Swiss hotels. The anecdote notes the playful hospitality and the lingering charm of Minard's in the Medicine Chest, a product cited by W. N. U. as the source of the reference.
Canada boots and shoes made in 1927 reach nineteen million
In 1927 the Dominion produced 19,517,218 pairs of footwear across 179 factories. The figure reflects Canada wide output for boots shoes and other footwear in that year, indicating substantial industrial activity in the sector.
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Canada
Dominion
Rich Red Blood A Real Nerve Tonic
Many run down by overwork and anxieties suffer tiredness headaches and low spirits. The only real nerve tonic is rich red blood, so Dr Williams Pink Pills are urged as a remedy. Irene Denne of Washago Ontario credits the pills with restoring health and strength. The ad notes pills sold by dealers or mailed for 50 cents per box. A concluding line remarks only one in three London children gains education beyond elementary schooling.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Ill Health and Beauty Restored by Dr. Pierce’s Prescription
Mrs. George Turansky of Hamilton Ontario reports relief from ill health, nerve troubles, back and side pains, and distress eating after using Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. She says her appetite returned and nerves are splendid. Trial tablets offered by mail.
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George Turansky
Piesce
Art of Making Tea Promotes Careful Brewing
Mr. Spalding Black of Salada Tyga Company outlines The Art Of Correct Tea Making. He notes 26,000,000 cups daily in Canada and urges ceremonial prep to extract full flavor. Rules cover tea quality, fresh water, proper teapot, scalding, leaf ratio, steeping time, and pouring technique.
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Spalding Black
Salada Tyga Company
Canada
Cherry Salad With Fruit Garnish and Whipped Cream
Mix equal parts stoned oxheart cherries cut marsh giallows and pecans with whipped cream. Place pineapple on lettuce leaves with banana upright on top. Drizzle sparingly with dressing to resemble a wax flame and crown with red cherry. Fill a half pear with cheese, set on lettuce, stud with clove and paprika. Serve with whipped cream.
Meatloaf Style Roast With Lemon Zest
A meat preparation combines one pound round steak and one pound raw ham with one percent eggs, bread crumbs, nutmeg pepper salt lemon juice and lemon rind. The mixture is chopped blended and packed into four greased bread pans then steamed four hours and served cold in thin slices.
Pilots in London Earn High Wages for Dock Work
A reader recalls a woman on a ship remarking that once the pilot has set the ship in the right direction there is no steering left to do. The article notes that pilots in the Port of London earned substantial incomes with many pilots averaging over £1000 last year.
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Port of London
Minard’s Liniment Kills Warts Reported In Danish Factory Inspection
Minard’s Liniment linked to wart removal sparking interest as Danish authorities begin early factory inspections led by women. The report notes Denmark among first European countries to implement such oversight, signaling broader labor and health scrutiny.
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Denmark
Mount Amery Named After L C M Amery in Alberta
The Geographical Board of Canada with Alberta approval names a 10 900 foot mountain Mount Amery to honor Col. the Right Hon. L C M Amery and mark the site near the Alexander River and North Saskatchewan. Miller's Worm Powders offer a remedy for worm infestations in children with potential vomiting as a sign of action.
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Alberta
The
Dominion
Momentary Echoes of Sight and Sound
A fragmentary line evokes sensory theater as pupils become drums in the ears and vision merges with rhythm. The poet frames perception as a performance where listening and seeing intertwine in a surreal, lyrical moment.
Minard's Fishing Trips Advice on Tools
A brief tip advises using Minard's on fishing trips. It suggests dipping screw ends from brooms and mops into glue before mounting to prevent loosening or extraction.
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Minard’s
Castoria touted as harmless remedy for babies
An advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a safe, gentle nonprescription remedy for colic, constipation, and diarrhea in infants. It emphasizes pure vegetable ingredients, pleasant taste, and the accompanying care book, advising to call a doctor for real sickness.
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Fletcher
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Alberta Oil Development
Phillips Ot Mach
Western Canada Aviation
Vicks
Vicks Vapor
UB Dover
U.S
Minard
London
Betty Barclay
Tim Unes
W. K. Rockler, Limited
Mutual St
Toronto
Auction School and Business College
Decatur
Indiana
Mount Amery
Castoria
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