Canada Needs Modern Roads Across Western Provinces
The article argues that Canada’s roads are poor compared with Europe and the United States. It urges the Western Provinces to adopt a centralized, engineer-led program for building and maintaining main highways, with provincial responsibility and municipal care for minor routes. It links road quality to economic efficiency, farm viability, and winter employment opportunities.
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Europe
America
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Quebec
Ontario
West
Hudson's Bay opens $5,000,000 store in Victoria
The Hudson's Bay Company formally opened its new five million dollar store building in Victoria. An official luncheon was attended by E. W. Beatty President of the Canadian Pacific Railway and other prominent provincial business figures. The event highlighted the duties and labor behind success.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Victoria
E. W. Beatty
The
Canadian Pacific Railway
Uncle Sam Faces Tiny Taxinamic Postage Fiasco
In Manhattan a restaurant patron accidentally sold two ice cream plates with a meal and owed 4 cents to the Government. He mailed 2 two cent stamps, paying 2 cents postage, learned stamps were not legal tender, and sent a 4 cent certified check. In total he spent 6 cents on postage or 650 percent more than the tax due, a comic opera of absurdity as noted by the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Internal Revenue
Manhattan
Brooklyn Eagle
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief For Stomach Troubles
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a household remedy for sour stomach and gas. It claims twenty drops in sweetened water relieve belching and bloating quickly and markets a 35 cent bottle as essential in every home.
Germany's Motor Ships Boost to Shipbuilding Program
Germany's shipbuilding program shows a surge in motor vessels with about twenty ships totaling 133000 tons net under construction or planned. Also, twenty sets of machinery have been salvaged from former submarines and installed in merchant ships, hulls converted from warships to sailing vessels.
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Germany
Liverpool Weekly Post
Britain Launches Large Reforestation Cone Drive
A sizable workforce is gathering fir and hemlock cones around Port Coquitlam B C to supply Westminster with seed for export to the British Isles. The goal is a major reforesting program tied to the empire's timber needs.
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Port Coquitlam
B.C
Rangers
Westminster
British Isles
Corns Between The Toes Painlessly Removed
A longtime remedy named Putnam's Corn Extractor promises painless corn removal. Described as dependable and tested over fifty years, it is advertised at 25c everywhere.
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Putnam’s Corn Extractor
Amateur Gardener Plants Fried Potatoes This Year
The article notes a hobbyist woman gardener who, this year, has chosen to plant fried potatoes, expressing a personal preference for that unusual preparation as her vegetable crop.
Agriculture In The Northland Bountiful Harvest Noted
The Northland reports exceptional grain yields with abundant tomatoes and cucumbers. Large cabbages reaching four and a half feet in circumference and potatoes over twenty inches long weigh more than two pounds each, signaling a bumper crop beyond oil earnings.
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Northland
The Useful Corncob Uses Suggested by Agriculture
The Department of Agriculture notes corncob paste can bind wall board and similar materials. The residue yields about 10 percent high grade furfural, a key chemical for coal tar products used in dyes and photographic materials.
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Department of Agriculture
Buffalo Express
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Lures Readers
Catarrh described as a local disease influenced by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic taken internally, acting through the blood to restore normal mucous surfaces. Circulation notes provides free circulars from F. S. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Neture
F. J. Cheney & Cog
Toledo
Ohio
Kerr attacks Admiralty battleship program in review
Vice Admiral Mark Kerr argues the command of the oceans has passed from battleships and that Britain has sufficient battleships for any European contingency. The Septem ber review cites Kerr’s assertion against the Admiralty plan.
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Mark Kerr
Admiralty
Admiral Kerr
Europe
London Sunday Pictorial
Star Betelgeuse Vastly Surpasses Sun in Size
Betelgeuse in Orion is reported to be 27 million times larger than the Sun in volume marking it as one of the universe’s largest stars. The comparison highlights enormous stellar dimensions and scales in astronomy.
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Orion
Speaks Highly of Baby's Own Tablets
A mother from Charlottetown Prince Edward Island praises Baby's Own Tablets after eight months of use for her infant. The advertisement claims the tablets are a mild thorough laxative, safe for newborns, and sold at 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
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Fred Murphy
Charlottetown
P.E.I
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
When Does Bronchial Trouble Begin To Get Serious
An early throat tickle can grow into a severe cough that travels to the lungs and becomes hard to treat. Catarrhozone is advertised to heal sore spots ease irritation and ease breathing. The ad claims it prevents colds and catarrh and bronchial trouble with a two month treatment priced at one dollar and smaller sizes at twenty five and fifty cents.
Her Mistake in the Elevator Room Dispute
An elderly guest argues with a bellboy claiming her room is awful. The clerk dismisses her, insisting the space is the elevator and ordering her to enter. The exchange reveals class tension and frustration in a hotel setting.
Hope and Ambition Reflected in Perceived Selves
A reflective line on hope driving ambition, noting that if people saw themselves only as others do, they would lose sight of their own image and purpose.
Large Sale of Fairfax Hereford Cattle at Camrose
One of the largest Northern Alberta sales saw Hon. W. W. Smith dispose of his herd at Kickum Ranch Company Camrose Sexsmith Alberta for 25000 dollars. One hundred fifty head of cattle were shipped by the Ranch Company all of the Fairfax Hereford breed. Do right yourself and you will help another to do right.
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Alberta
W. W. Smith
Camrose
Kickum Ranch Company
Sexsmith
Fairfax
The True Identity of Robin Hood Remains Undetermined
The article discusses ongoing debate over who the legendary hero Robin Hood really was, noting that historians have never established a single definitive identity. It highlights competing theories and the enduring mystery surrounding the figure.
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Robin Hood
Prosperous Prospect for Grande Prairie District Growth
Indications point to unprecedented prosperity for Grande Prairie district with crops valued at ten to fifteen million dollars. A large influx of high class settlers and substantial capital accompany heavy lumber orders and rising business activity.
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Grande Prairie
Mother Graves Exterminator Promises Lasting Relief
An advertisement asserts that mothers can ease their anxious suffering children using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator. It claims sure and lasting effects and targets caregivers seeking reliable relief for their afflicted kids.
Simplon Tunnel Links Switzerland and Italy
The Simplon tunnel, Europe’s longest, spans 12 percent miles connecting Switzerland and Italy. The Severn tunnel on the Great Western Railway is England’s longest under ground, running miles beneath.
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Europe
Simplon
Switzerland
Italy
England
Severn
Great Western Railway
Corn Remover Promises Quick Relief for Corns
An ad touts Holloway's Corn Remover as a tough solution for stubborn corns. It claims effectiveness and urges readers to try the product for relief.
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Holloway
Wise man avoids pleasing self and woman together
A proverb notes that one should not attempt to please both oneself and a woman at once, implying a counsel of restraint and focus in personal aims and relationships.
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