Canada Turns Northward for Second Great Growth
Canada readies a northern development phase that promises to deepen the nation and boost population, wealth, and industry. Projects across Quebec Ontario Manitoba and Alberta involve railways power resources and new cities, with air surveys and vast investments under way.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Maritimes
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie West
Perthern
De-eloment
United States
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Pew
Manitoba
Winnipes
West
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Hudson Straits
Saskatchewan
Coneet
Alberta
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Confederation Prize Suggested to Honor Canadian Literature
The Canadian Authors' Association proposes a yearly Confederation Prize for the most outstanding Canadian book of the year as part of Canada's sixtieth birthday celebration. The association asks the Prime Minister to allocate one tenth of the $256 000 Diamond Jubilee Fund to endow the prize in perpetuity.
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Confederation
Canadian Authors’ Association
Canada
Authors’ Association
Minard's Liniment Promises Wart Relief
Odd fragment text notes Minard's Liniment for warts amid a boastful line about knowledge and a woman unable to shop who calls a neighbor to talk shop. The passage reads like a fragmented 19th century ad and social aside.
Husbands Desert Wives Pitiable Suffering Cited By Editorial
The Montres Star notes editorial calling desertion by husbands a cruel tragedy. It cites court records showing 23 percent of sheltering children are orphans reliant on charity, and 24 percent of cases involve the mother left behind.
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Montres Star
Tully
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Aches and Colds
A vintage home remedy ad touts Nerviline as the safe relief for colds, sore throats, coughs, cramps, and minor stomach upsets. It claims rapid rubbing results and ease for all ages, with a price of 3 cents at dealers.
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Uffi
Hungarian Partridges Arrive From Alberta For Manitoba Release
The Brandon Wildlife Protective Association ships the first ten pairs of Hungarian partridges from Ben tinck game sanctuary in Leduc Alberta to Peddle Farm southeast of Douglas. They will be cared for through the season to boost prairie sport fishers.
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Brandon Wild Tirds” Protective Association
Bentinck
Leduc
Alberta
Peddle Farm
Douglas
Prairie Provinces
Dr Williams Pink Pills Offer Health Through Rich Blood
The advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a reliable remedy for anaemia and general weakness, claiming they enrich blood and improve bodily functions. It includes a testimonial from Mrs Armour of Ontario praising renewed health after use and urges readers to obtain boxes from drug stores or by mail. Also promotes Dr Kellogg Asthma Remedy and notes Swiss Industries Fair at Basel from April 2 to 12.
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South Monacian
Ont
Williams
Beneft
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Basel
Celery King Promises Spring Health Tonic
An old ad touts Spring Time Celery King as a family tonic to drive out winter ailments and boost appetite. It claims fast relief and broad use, with druggists offering 30c and 60c sizes.
Four French Women Honored for Hiding British Soldiers at Mansion House
At London s Mansion House four French women Julie Baudhuin Delmont Gobert Angèle Lesur and Louise Cardonche received annuity certificates and illuminated addresses for concealing British soldiers from Germans. The ceremony recalled World War I with a British father kissing Mme Cardonche s shoes after her son Corporal Hull of the Eleventh Hussars was betrayed and executed. An exhibit displayed the oak wardrobe used to hide Trooper Patrick Fowler for over three years.
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Mansion House
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Delmont Gobert
Angele Lesur
Louise Carden
Great Britain
Mme. Cardonche
Corporal Hull
Eleventh
Hussars
Mme. Cardon
France
Mme.elmont-Gobert
Patrick Fowler
Visit by Dunning to Hudson Bay July Tour Planned
Hon C A Dunning Minister of railways Major Graham Bell Deputy Minister and Frederick Palmer British engineer will visit Port Nelson and Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay this July. The party will travel by canoe from the Hudson Bay Railway end and may fly to Churchill via one of seven Fokker planes. Drills are active in Churchill harbor and data for the engineering report will be ready on arrival.
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C. A. Dunning
Graham Bell
Frederick Palmer
Port Nelson
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay
Hudson’ Bay
Churchill
Fokkers
Army air service camera can reveal unseen targets from afar
A new camera perfected by the Army Air Service can photograph invisible to the human eye. In war, planes could capture enemy positions from long range, with a single image covering 300 square miles or more. It could be used against the rum fleet and for forest patrols to locate fires.
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Ue Army
First friction matches century remembered in England
A hundred years since the invention of friction matches by English chemist John Walker of Stockton on Tees is celebrated. His early sales show a box of fifty matches plus sand paper sold for a shilling, and two years later sales reached 250 boxes, a modest income given the booming demand.
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England
Join Walker
Stockton
Walker
John Hixon
Britain must raise civil aviation to defend the realm
The London Daily Telegraph warns that Britain's public interest in aviation is lagging behind France and Germany. It argues aerial defense relies on an informed public and urges boosting air squadrons as essential for national defense, comparing the needed modern stance to past naval strength.
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Navy
London Daily Telegraph
Jasper Park Opens Up As Trails And Highways Grow
Jasper National Park in Alberta covers 4400 square miles and ranks among the world’s largest playgrounds. A northern portion remains largely unexplored while rapid development expands trails and highways.
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Jasper National Park
Alberta
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool to Build 57 Elevators
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool approves construction and acquisition of 57 country elevators, expanding the pool’s ownership to a larger network of facilities across the province.
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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Oil of Merit and mineral discoveries headline local note
A feature praises Oil of Merit from Tr Thomas Eclectric Ol as a careful, effective healing product. The piece touches on oils applied to the body and notes recent mineral discoveries in the Portland canal area, Prince Rupert district.
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Thomas
Portland Canal
Prince Rupert District
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