Sun Life profits soar in 1927 amid Canadian control push
Sun Life Assurance Company posts 1927 results with 38,000,000 profit from total income of 102,000,000 and 328,000,000 new assurances. The firm plans legislation to keep Canadian control, distributes 11,100,000 to policyholders, and adds 3 new directors including Taschereau McMaster and McNaught.
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Montreal
Sun Life Assurance Company
Government of Canada
Wr. Macaulay
Wall Street
Sun Life
United States
Canada
Sun Life of
The
Ty. B. Macaulay
F.im
F.A.S
Arthur B. Wood
F.la
Robert Adair
W. M. Birks
Raoul Dandurand
J. Redpath Dougall
Sir Herbert S. Holt
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Ad
Buckingham Quebec mother of eleven says Pinkhams Vegetable Compound restored health and nerves after years of misery. Her daughter, years old, also used it and recommends it. Dame Edouard Bellefeuille Ramsayville and Dame William Parent of Buckingham endorse the remedy.
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Buckingham
Quebec
Pinkham
Edouard Bellefeuille
Ramsayville
William Parent
Lydia E. Pinkham
Canadian Asbestos Deposits and Mining History
Canada hosts the world’s leading sources of short fibre asbestos, concentrated in Eastern Townships Quebec with mining starting in 1880. The text notes other locales but emphasizes Quebec as the productive area and mentions a distant fact about Butte Montana mining conditions.
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Quebec
Four Men Sail From Rotterdam In Tiny Lifeboat Voyage
Four men depart Rotterdam in a 20 foot lifeboat aiming for New York with a 40 day crossing. Milk dispensing penny machines begin in Newcastle on Tyne England. Geoffrey Riddehough appointed classics instructor at UBC. Belgian consular agent to probe Canada trade prospects per Hymans. Veregin leads Doukhobors on political Winnipeg mission. Athlone term extended two years as Governor General. John Beck dies in Winnipeg aged 78. mule team transport operator. Soviet Russia reports 3.3 percent rise in winter wheat sown area for autumn 1927. Great Lakes navigation not opening before May 1 by agreement.
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Geoffrey B. Riddehough
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
Canada
Paul Hymans
Peter Veregin
Winnipeg
Earl of Athlone
John Humphrey Beck
Manitoba
Missouri
Beck
Lower Fort Garry
Fort Ellice
Man
Soviet Russia
International Institute of Agriculture
Great Lakes
U.S
Sunshine Vitamin D Now Sold As Medicinal Pellets
The Medical Research Council reports that Vitamin D, the so called sunshine vitamin, is produced by ultraviolet action on ergosterol and can be taken in pill form. Dr. O. Rosenheim and T. A. Webster describe experiments yielding the vitamin vital for teeth and bones development, addressing widespread dietary deficiency. Professor Windaus of Gottingen urged further tests after initial ergosterol experiments.
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Medical Research Council
O. Rosenheim
T. A. Webster
Rosenheim
Webster
Windaus
Gottingen
Ice needs for fruit in transit between California and Atlantic
An average of 19 tons of ice is required to refrigerate a car load of fruit in transit from southern California to the Atlantic seaboard.
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California
Atlantic Seaboard
Power Of Its Own and Ear Gossip Court Statement
A court scene features a woman denying gossip in life, lamenting deafness. An ad promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a powerful, valued liniment with vast uses for people and animals, while Holloway’s Corn Remover claims painless corn removal for readers.
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Thomas
Laughing Gas First Used for Tooth Extraction in 1841
Horace Wells first attempted using nitrous oxide to extract a tooth in 1841, marking an early milestone in dental anesthesia research and practice.
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Horace Wells
Man Finds Enemies Easier to Watch Than Friends
A witty adage notes a man struggles more with keeping friends aligned than monitoring foes, suggesting mistrust and discipline within social circles.
Wireless dreams of whole newspaper pages in next years
Senator Marconi predicted radio will soon transmit entire newspaper pages and handwriting via facsimile between England and Canada within a month or two. He foresaw rapid wireless growth, noting facsimile could replace code transmission and hinted at a cryptographic system for automatic coding and decoding.
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England
Canada
William Marconi
Marconi
Heart Ailment Confined Woman to Bed Five Weeks
Mrs. F Wilson of Lethbridge Alberta says her heart was very weak and she had to stay in bed for five weeks. Her aunt advised her to take a remedy, signaling a personal health testimonial from a local reader.
Milburn Pills Promoted After Surgery Comfort
An advertisement notes that a patient took Milburn Heart and Nerve Pills with good results after a serious operation and a doctor later deemed the heart healthy. The pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by The T. Milburn Co. of Toronto, Ontario, with mail orders available.
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Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
MacDonald Urges Coal Commission to Study Central Canada Markets
Finlay MacDonald Conservative MP proposes a five member commission to study moving Canadian coal to central Canada. The panel would include representatives from coal companies railway traffic departments industries consuming coal business leaders and miners with aim to find a remedy for coal marketing.
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Finlay MacDonald
Cape Breton South
Canada
MacDonald
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Butte
Montana
Rotterdam
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Trys
Holloway
McDermot Ave
Minard
Rie
Hercules Permanent Building
MR. Thinker
Hercules
Cppleford Paper
Hamilton, Canada
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