Canada Diamond Jubilee Celebration urged across Dominion
A national committee formed by Parliament calls for widespread Jubilee observances to mark Confederation's sixtieth anniversary. Provinces plan ceremonies in capital cities and local communities are urged to create public amenities such as libraries parks and halls to honor Canada with educational contests and literary prizes.
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Canada
Wrettont
Ottawa
Jaminion
Reading Daily
Dominion
Confederation Park
Canada Community Hall
Confederation Avenue
Confederation
Gorgeous car for Nigerian chief charms royal taste
A newly completed vehicle for the Emir of Kano showcases a blue steering wheel red springs and a gilded striped body. The chassis features a 2 G cylinder engine, polished aluminum dashboard, gold lines, green body, and vivid green interior with red accents.
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Kano
Castoria Advertisement Claims Gentle Relief for Children
An old advertisement touts Castoria used for over 20 years to ease constipation, colic, diarrhea, and feverishness in babies and children. It promises regulation of the stomach and bowels and improved digestion with a natural, non opiate formula, bearing the genuine signature.
Exotic Camouflaged Car Delights Kano Emir in Africa
A blue leather car with a normally black engine has been painted silver. In bright African sunshine the vehicle speeds along, pleasing the Emir of Kano who is known for his love of speed, giving a striking impression of a rainbow bird.
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Africa
Kano
Switzerland Opens Sea Access and Swiss Navy Jokes Rise
The Rhine is opened to Basel enabling Swiss ships to reach the sea and the mercantile marine gains prominence at the Swiss Industries Fair. Many European canal river and ocean traders have offices at Basel serving U S. markets. Holloway's Corn Remover is praised for easy corn and wart removal and is highly recommended.
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Switzerland
Rhine
Basle
Swiss Mercantile Marine
United States
Cinderella tale traced to Rhodopis and Nile sandal
An historian links the Cinderella story to Rhodopis a young woman whose sandal blown by the Nile wind reached the Egyptian king. The king offered a reward for the sandal then married Rhodopis after she claimed it.
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Cinderella
Rhodopis
Nile
Proposed New Paper Mill At Whitemud Falls Manitoba
New York Montreal and Chicago financiers plan a 600 ton paper mill at Whitemud Falls Manitoba with a federal application pending. The project seeks 11 500 cords of pulpwood timber limits. Brazil enforces a 15 day annual vacation for workers. Minard’s Liniment advertised for distemper.
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New York
Montreal
Chicago
Whitemud Falls
Manitoba
China’s women rise as factor in national readjustment
Mrs Grace Thompson Seton told the Women’s Press Club in New York that Chinese women are becoming key in the country’s readjustment. She cited a woman author with 34% books published and a woman running a school who has adopted 109 children, noting banks for women are being established.
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China
Grace Thompson Seton
Women's Press Club
New York
Nova Scotian Recaps Back Pain and Chest Relief Journey
A Nova Scotian recounts overcoming chronic back pain and a sore chest with personal strategies and perseverance. The account highlights healing steps, resilience, and gradual improvement through trial and effort.
Nerviline praised as best remedy for chest congestion
Miss Lucy Mosher of Windsor Nova Scotia attests Nerviline clears chest cold rapidly. She recalls fourteen remedies failed until Nerviline rubbed on and gargled relieved congestion and restored health, noting its power and penetrating effect used in many homes for minor illnesses.
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Lucy Mosher
Windsor
N.S
Alberta Telephone System Reports 1926 Profit
The Alberta Government telephone system shows a 1926 operating profit of $270 000 with revenue up over 1925 by more than $151 000. Rural subscribers reach 20 413 and urban 6 517, totaling 56 926 across the system, up about 500 from the prior year.
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Alberta
Dr Williams Pink Pills Spring Blood Purifier Ad
Spring impurities due to poor blood and anemia call for Dr Williams Pink Pills. The ad claims pills enrich blood, improve appetite, digestion, and skin clarity, easing spring fatigue and related ailments. Also mentions royal trains and Kellog asthma remedy but these are brief product notes.
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Dr. Williams
Willams
Williams
Russian photographer hits millionaire by photo booth idea
Anatol Josepho, a New York based photographer born in Omsk, received a 1 006 000 check in the Sulgrave Hotel from a New York syndicate led by Henry Morgenthau for his automatic photo making machine. The device prints photos on a strip for 25 cents. Josepho plans to use half his wealth for charity and to aid fellow inventors.
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New York
Anatol Josepho
Kenry Morgenthau
United States
Turkey
Josepho
Park Avenue
67Th Street
Dhe
China
Omsk
Siberia
Engineering Institute
Milford woman’s struggle with breath and nerves shows relief
Mrs. Nelson Moore of Milford Ontario describes severe shortness of breath and heightened nerves, saying even small noises felt like shocks. A friend recommended a remedy and she notes substantial improvement.
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Nelson Moore
Milford, Ont
Milburns Heart Allaby marketed as nerve pills
An advertisement touts Milburns Heart Allaby heart and nerve pills praising dramatic health benefits. It claims the pills cost 500 per box and are sold by druggists or mail order from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto.
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T. Milburn Co
Toronte, Vee
T B Taking Heavy Toll Deaths Among Greenland Eskimos
The American Museum of Natural History expert H C Raven told the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto that tuberculosis is causing heavy deaths among Greenland Eskimos. He linked the disease to unsanitary igloos with up to twelve people in cramped spaces during a summer spent in Greenland in 1926.
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H.C. Raven
Department of Comparative Anatomy
American Museum of Natural History
Royal Canadian Institute
Toronto
Greenland
Vitaglass Promises Ultra Violet Light Through Windows
A British report promotes Vitaglass as a window solution that preserves light and health by transmitting curative ultra violet rays. It cites Medical Research Council findings that ordinary glass blocks these rays and notes installations in hospitals and schools.
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Medical Research Council
Vitaglass
Binningham
E. E. Lamplough
Great Britain
Smithwick Borough
Morning Post
A Model of Cleanliness in Modern Milk Condensaries
An article describes clean Borden condensaries with Kayhe Brand and St Charles brands undergoing daily rigid cleansing. It details steaming sterilization of all containers and piping, the evaporated milk preserving only natural components, and sweetened condensed milk treated with sugar.
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Borden
Kayhe
St. Charles
Se Charles
Canadians Lead Tea Drinking Nations Globally
Canadians drink over four pounds of tea annually, about five times the U S per capita. Britain tops the world with nearly 400 million pounds, followed by the United States at 100 million and nine tenths of a pound per person. Australia and Canada follow with smaller totals. The piece stresses tea must be fresh and sealed, not old tea, and notes no reliable data for China or Russia. Hon Harry Lewis seeks more time to extend space contracts for the U S exhibit at the World Poultry Congress.
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Great Britain
Northern Ireland
United States
Australia
Canada
China
Russia
Harry Lewis
U.S
The
World’s Poultry Congress
Coliseum
Lansdown Park
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