Does It Pay The Farmer To Hold His Wheat
Analyzing U S and World grain markets the article weighs holding versus selling wheat after harvest. Using Minneapolis Fed charts from 1903 to 1913 and 1876 to 1920 it finds in ten-year prewar periods selling in fall usually yields higher average prices, with holding costing on average 5 1 to 14 cents per bushel and losses about four to one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pen
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Chicago
Minneapolis
Why Corporations Delay Receiving Until Nothing More
A corporate entity may defer accepting new obligations until liquidity and strategic options are exhausted. Waiting prevents overextension, preserves cash, and avoids undervalued assets or adverse terms. The aim is to maximize bargaining power and protect solvency.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Praised
Regina reader describes relief from change of life symptoms including headaches nervousness and insomnia after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She calls it a spring tonic helps with constipation and recommends it to friends.
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Regina
Lydia E. Pinkham
ManTiéa
Robinson St
Native Platinum Found in British Columbia Mine
Native platinum in leaves or plants is reported as the first such occurrence in Canada. The Drum Summon mine in the Skeena district near Hartley Bay and Kitimat is a gold property being developed 500 feet underground. A second shaft, started two years ago, sits a mile from the beach and will push capacity to about 100 tons per day after improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Drum Summon
Britign Columbia
Skeena
Hartley Bay
Kitimat
Hotel Clerk Propes Room With Bath Exchange
Dialogue records a hotel clerk offering a bath room to a guest. Ezza Dimbleby declines stating he already washed before leaving home, as implied by a judge's remark.
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Ezza Dimbleby
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Aids Children Worldwide
Recognized as a leading specific for destroying worms, Mother Graves worm exterminator has proven a boon to suffering children everywhere. It seldom fails.
Oyster reproduction and wastage in mature populations
The text notes that each mature oyster can produce about one million offspring annually, but the wastage is huge with only one or two expected to survive on average. It discusses high fecundity versus low survival in oyster populations.
March Was Originally the Year’s First Month
A historical note explains that March served as the first month in earlier calendar systems before January and February were added. It details how renumbering and reforms shifted the start of the year, with March retaining seasonal significance in many cultures.
Canadian Airmen For Conference
A Canadian delegate will be named by Ottawa to act on a special committee to consider a comprehensive scheme for airship and aeroplane travel along Empire routes. The committee will report to the Imperial Conference and cover bases and fuel supplies. It is appointed by the prime ministers conference and will be chaired by the Secretary of State for Air.
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Ottawa
Imperial Confer
Air
Canada
India
Lord Gorrell
F. H. Sykes
Air Ministry
G. L. Barstow
Treasury
J. Stevenson
Colonial Office
Ross Smith
Australia
New Zaland
H. Mentz
South Africa
Dominion News Service
Nerviline Ad Claims Quick Relief for Backache
An old advertisement urges readers to rub Nerviline for backache muscle pain and sciatic distress. It touts immediate soothing relief after one or two applications and claims use for cramps colic dysentery and external muscular pains with a 35 cent bottle sold widely.
Submarine U-20 to become seaside refreshment room
Efforts continue to raise the stranded submarine U-20 off the Jutland coast. Plans envisage rebuilding the vessel into a refreshment room at a seaside resort for visitors and locals.
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Jutland
Guard the Children From Autumn Colds
The article warns mothers to guard children against seasonal colds, noting variable fall weather. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a preventive and relief aid, describing gentle laxative effects and usable for sudden colds. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Potatoes Troubled in Hamilton District. Saskatchewan to Sell
Hamilton district reports potato crop failure as growers foresee low prices and freight costs. Saskatchewan plans to offer potatoes for sale, with prices likely well below nine dollars per bag before snow. Miller's Worm Powders claim to purge worms and repair digestive damage, restoring vigor and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ont
Saskatchewan
Mrs Lilian Taylor Credits Cuthura For Baby’s Healing
Mrs Lilian M Taylor of Bracebridge Muskoka recounts how Cuthura Soap and Ointment relieved her two week old baby’s severe facial rash and itching. She bought more after trying a free sample and notes Cuticura products cleansed and soothed, with talcum completing daily use. Canadian depot listed in Montreal.
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Lilian Taylor
Cuthura
Cary
Lilian M. Taylor
Bracebridge
Muskoka
Ont
Dominion
Canadian Depot: Limited
St. Paul St
Montreal
Paris Plans Mosque Near Botanical Gardens
Paris will build a mosque in the old quarter near the Botanical Gardens funded by the Mohammedan Society. The city grants the site and Parliament votes an appropriation. Marshal Lyautey in Morocco backs the effort and a single dignitary contributes 125000 francs to the fund.
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Paris
Mohammedan Society
Marshal Lyautey
Morocco
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Promotes Natural Restoration
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a tonic taken internally that acts through the blood to mucous surfaces. It assists Nature in restoring normal conditions and is available through all druggists with circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Debtor Warning by Lancashire Shopkeeper
A Lancashire shopkeeper devises a debt collection method by threatening to "put the new act in force" if accounts remain unpaid. No debtor has asked what the act entails, though he claims its terrors since invention deter all defaulters. Dr Thomas ECLECTIC Oil praised for healing and use on cuts burns inflammations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancashire
Dr. Thomas
Northern lake trout shipped from Mackenzie Basin
The first northern lake trout shipment reached McMurray en route to Canada and the United States markets. From Black Bay on Lake Athabasca, additional loads will follow before navigation ends. MacKenzie Basin Fisheries showcases modern plant, new buildings, and advanced machinery signaling northern development through capital and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMurray
Canada
United States
Athabasca
Mackenzie Basin
Black Bay
Lake Athabasca
Big River
Bush Terminal owner eyed London skyscraper idea
Irving Bush of New York expressed plans to build a tall principal structure in London as part of a new kindred building project. He noted officials rejected a skyscraper while joking London’s sky could use a good scraping.
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Irving Bush
New York
London
Minards Liniment Lumbermans Friend Bread Method Claim
A reader notes a claim that Ching-Noung, a Chinaman, taught the method of making bread from wheat nearly four thousand years ago, tied to Minard’s Liniment branding. The statement appears as a historical attribution in a reader comment or anecdotal item.
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Ching-Noung
South Africa Plans £5 Million Loan in London Market
The South African Government intends floating a loan of five million pounds on the London market at 96 with interest at six percent. The redemption date is 1940, but the loan may be repaid at par after 1930 at the government's option. Funds are for railways harbours irrigation land settlement and other industrial improvements.
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London
Alberta White Fish Heads Toward Chicago Market
In under a week twenty car loads of Alberta white fish from Lesser Slave Lake and Lac La Biche moved through Edmonton toward Chicago. An estimated eighty carloads remain to be marketed this season from Lesser Slave Lake.
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Chicago
Alberta
Lesser Slave Lake
Lac la Biche
Edmonton
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Fabric Dyeing
A Diamond Dyes package advertises simple directions for dyeing or tinting garments at home. It claims dyes will not spot fade streak or run and instructs buyers to tell the druggist the fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Matrimonial Trouble Quips on Holiday Weddings
Humorous exchange turns on a couple wed on Labor Day and Day of Rest. Mary answers a question about their unhappy marriage with a regional joke about the holiday scheduling.
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B. C
Keen Minard
Canadian Airmen For Conference
Europe
Ence
Athabasca Lake
Thomas
Minard
Liniment
Carter
Scarter
Chopin
Peru
Dominion Express
Toronto Hospital
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
New York City
Newark
Cook
Bel
Ree Pamph
Cook Carotcine Co
Toronto
Fermer'y Windor
America
Clay Glover
West 3St Street
USA
Cient
Angie
Serre
Rae el Artes
Unas
Rita
Peeta
Ice Bile
Splnsund
Clare Bros. Western
Meme
Stanfield’s
Stanfield
Stanfield’s Limited
Truro, N.S
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