Canada must balance tax cuts with debt relief and growth
The piece argues for reducing income tax tariffs and freight rates while urging cuts to national expenditures. It notes Canada’s heavy war debt, calls for more employment and resource development, and urges economy and productivity to sustain growth and fund obligations. It warns against overexpansion via large public works that would worsen debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Hudson Bay
St. Lawrence
Canada
Dominion
Civil Service
Coolidge
Washington
Vancouver Port records February ship traffic
The Vancouver Merchants' Exchange reports 1265 foreign and local ships entered Vancouver in February while 1244 ships passed outward through the first narrows. The note hints at hidden depths in every person awaiting discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Love and Not Fear Sermon Says Religion Should Be Love
The Bishop of London argues it would almost be comic to hear a sermon on fear and bill. He asserts the core of religion is now interpreted as love rather than fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bill
Reaps Good Returns From Forty-Acre Wheat Field
Near Magrath Alberta farmer J H Anderson reports 1924 wheat field income of 2000 dollars from forty acres or about 59 dollars per acre, indicating strong harvest results for the season.
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J. H. Anderson
Magrath
Alberta
Ex-King Prempeh of Ashante Released from 24-Year Exile
The ex king Prempeh of Ashante and his retinue were freed after 24 years in exile in the Seychelles. He once ruled with about 700 wives, sent 12 back home, and has since become a Christian. He arrived in Liverpool aboard the Anchor liner Olympic, accompanied by many mourners and chiefs, now scarce in number.
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Prempeh
Ashante
Seychelles
Indian Ocean
Liv*rpool
Premupeh
Church
Olympic
Liverpool
Diamond Dyes Offer Easy Home Tinting Solutions
Advertisement promotes Diamond Dyes as a simple cold water tint or boiling color system for fabrics including lingerie silks and dresses. Each 15 cent package provides directions and notes to specify wool silk linen cotton or blends to the druggist. Also mentioned Dr Martha Jones reporting a cure for rickets using small amounts of hydrochloric acid in milk based on puppy studies.
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Martha Jones
Department of Pediatrics
University of California Medical School
Unsurpassed for Childhood Ailments Tablet Remedy
Mrs. Howard King of Truro Nova Scotia endorses Baby's Own Tablets for children's stomach and bowel regulation. Thousands of Canadian mothers rely on the tablets to ease constipation indigestion colic fevers and teething. Sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont or local dealers.
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Howard King
Truro
N.S
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Moose Jaw Golf Club Backs August Provincial Tournament
The Moose Jaw Golf Club executive recommended the provincial association hold the tournament in Moose Jaw during the week of August 10 and suggested F. R. Nason of Moose Jaw as tournament secretary. The endorsement highlights Holloway's Corn Remover as its strongest recommendation due to its ease of removing corns and warts.
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Moose Jaw
Holloway
Canadians Return Immigration to Canada Surges in February
February arrivals totaled 2 210, up 203 from January, per the Department of Immigration and Colonization. Of these, 542 came from Britain, 8060 from the United States, and 868 from other countries. Canadians returning from the United States after six months or more totalled 2 012, with 1 044 such returnees since the fiscal year began.
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Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
United States
Japan suspends work on electrification of government railways
Japan halts plans to electrify about 449 miles of government railways due to unspecified reasons. The move affects stated routes and delays anticipated modernization efforts across regional lines.
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Japan
Man Passes. Alberta Editor R N Whillans Dies
R N Whillans a well known Alberta editor and staffer at the Edmonton Bulletin twenty years ago died at Peace River Crossing after a long illness. He edited the Tofield Mercury and founded the Standard at Peace River Crossing. He had recently returned from Colorado and left a widow and two daughters, Mrs Dunning and Miss Jean Whillans, at Peace River Crossing. He was about forty.
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R. N. Whillans
Edmonton Bulletin
Peace River Crossing
Mr. Whillans
Edmonton
Ottawa
Tofield Mercury
Colorado
Dunning
Jean Whillans
Asiatic Problem Said To Be Growing More Acute
Anglican Bishop J A Doull of Kootenay warns the Asiatic issue is worsening with Chinese controlling Pacific coast markets and taking roles in fishing and lumber trades. He urges a regulatory shift to bar property ownership and require Chinese to learn a trade. A separate ad touts Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for worm infections in children.
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J. A. Doull
Kootenay
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Doull
Prairie unity urged to finish Hudson Bay Railway project
Rezina Leader argues the real halt to completing the Hudson Bay Railway is lack of western unity. Colonels Webb and the paper say Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta must unite to overcome opposing interests and secure a direct, economical route to Europe.
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Hudson's Bay Railway
Colonel Webb
Dominion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hudson's Bay
Prairie Provinces
Europe
Rezina
Dodd's Kidney Pills Bring Relief to Nova Scotia Man
Upper Grand Mira Nova Scotia resident Mr. McMullin reports severe Rheumatism Lumbago and back pains that left him bedridden. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he saw great improvement from the first box and plans to continue their use claiming no other remedy builds him up like them.
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Nova Scotia
Dodd
Grand Mira
N.S
Mr. McMullin
Canada
Dead Germans Found In Scuttled Destroyer
Workmen clearing the scuttled German destroyer fished out five German officers and sailors from Mill Bay Scapa Flow. The bodies were concealed beneath the wreckage and the men appear not to have been warned when the fleet was sunk.
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Mill Bay
Scapa Flow
Employment Improves in Canada At Start of March
The department of labor reports from 5 696 firms show 715 158 people on payrolls in early March, up 6 921 from February 1924. Manufacturing activity rises while other sectors show seasonal declines.
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Canada
Department of Labor
Manitoba farmer profits from 22 feeder steers on feed
A Manitoba farmer bought 22 head of feeder steers ten months ago and sold them recently after spending $25 per head on feed, realizing a net profit of $28 per head. The Calgary Herald notes success comes from skill in buying and finishing cattle, not luck, especially in a tough cattle year.
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Manitoba
Calgary Herald
Women Made Over a Quarter of Philadelphia's 1920 Gainful Workers
The 1920 Philadelphia labor scene shows women comprised 26 percent of all employed workers. This indicates a notable participation of women in the city’s economy as the decade began.
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Philadelphia
Maiden Commons Speech by Blind MP Ian Fraser
Captain Ian Fraser of St Pantras North, a blind Conservative and chairman of St Dunstan's Hospital for Blind Soldiers, delivered a clear maiden speech in the House of Commons opposing the treasury's job policy for ex service men. His speech impressed colleagues, as he spoke without notes and without sight.
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House of Commons
Ian Fraser
St. Pantras
North
Fraser
St. Dunstan's Hospital
Treasury
Moving pictures used to treat insanity in Swedish hospitals
Swedish hospitals for the insane employ moving pictures as a therapeutic diversion. The method is claimed to aid cures and is likewise used in tubercular sanitariums.
Youthful British Farm Students Sent to Alberta Farms
Sixty British boys from Vermilion agricultural school in Alberta have been sent to local farms to gain practical experience, reinforcing hands on training in agriculture.
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Alberta
Vermilion Agricultural School
Air Patrol Extends Across Canada For Major Survey Work
The Royal Canadian Air Force will expand surveys across about 80 000 square miles this year in cooperation with the Interior department. Photographic work for surveys and historic site documentation will be done, forest patrols for fire detection enlarged, and surveys cover regions from Nelson River to Port Nelson, Hudson's Bay coast, Churchill, The Pas mineral area, and Saskatchewan to B C coast.
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Prince Edward Island
Royal Canadian Air Force
Department of the Interior
Air Force
Nelson River
Port Nelson
Hudson’s Bay
Churchill
Pas
Prince Albert
Battleford
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Jasper Park
Brazeau
Victoria
Fort Assiniboine
Red Deer
Stewart
B.C
Manitoba
Lake Winnipegosis
Rockies
British Columbia
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for Home and Farm Use
A farmhouse remedy promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a cure all for people with colds croap and pains and aches and as a useful medicine for sick cattle with directions included. It suggests keeping a bottle in the house to save journeys for the doctor.
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Thomas
Spanish Women Seek Education At University
Spanish women slowly seek higher education with 363 female students in the year ending 1923 versus 60 in 1917. Pharmacy drew 128. philosophy 105. science 78. medicine 46. law 6. Authorities say they are bright and perform better than men.
Change Religion to Secure Divorce
The discovery that 20 000 Polish Catholic couples obtained divorces by joining the Russian Orthodox Church alarms the Polish government. Measures are under consideration to restrict the move and curb religiously based divorces.
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Ment
Vancouver Port
Ona
Fletcher
WW. N. U
Man
H. B
Allan McMullin
Mitard
Lumbago
Aes
Bayer
Raver Man
Bayer Company
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