Wicked wage inequality splits Canada East and West
An analysis in the Cleveland Trust Company bulletin warns that farm prices and manufacturing costs are out of balance. It cites postwar price shifts from 1913 to 1925, showing farmers' purchasing power drop while costs rise, urging East–West cooperation to remedy the disparity and warning Western dependence on Eastern markets. It notes Western farmers petitioning Congress and contrasts Western and Eastern views on industry, trade, and shipping.
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United States Farm Journal
Cleveland Trust Company
Washington
Presiden
Congress
United States
Canada
Hastern
Western
West
Hudson Bay
Pacific Coast
East
Lars
Dairy Farm Stats Reflect Regional Agricultural Differences
In a southern state where cotton dominates, 26 percent of farms produce no eggs, 37 percent raise no poultry, and 36 percent lack dairy cows. Another state with strong poultry farming imported poultry products worth 19000.40 dollars. A third state with 1006 farms had just 76 dairy cows.
Lamb versus mutton dispute at market and stark figures
A shopper argues the meat is mutton, while the butcher insists it is lamb. In a separate note, deserts claim twenty five percent of the earth’s surface and Lithuanians in the United States are estimated at 1,000,060.
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United States
British Fleet Shifts Power to Mediterranean Center
The British striking force moves from the North Sea and Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The Tron Puke, former flagship of Adgatrat Jeilicne, becomes Bagship of Admiral Sir Osmond Brock commanding the fourth battle squadron. Eighth destroyer flotilla returns home. fourth flotilla with new destroyers stays. Six of seventeen battleships and six of sixteen light cruisers, plus two destroyer flotillas, are now in the Mediterranean.
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North Sea
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Adgatrat Jeilicne
Osmond Brock
Britain
Sine
Nerviline Relief for Stomach Distress and Indigestion
An ad-style note extols Nerviline cures for sour stomach and gas. It promises quick relief from cramps and upset stomach with tiny doses in water, urging family use and keeping a bottle ready at hand.
Rafts Considered to Replace Lifeboats on Ocean Ships
The Board of Trade in London debates substituting rafts for lifeboats on ocean going ships to save space and allow more craft. Dr Leonard Hill reports on passenger safety experiments and wireless rescue could reach a ship in six hours. Women and children face exposure so thin mackintosh hooded coats are proposed for raft lockers.
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Board of Trade
London
Eng
Leonard Hill
Department of Applied Physiology
Baby's Own Tablets On Hand Says Mrs Adkins
Mrs Ernest E Adkins of L Brotron Sask writes she uses Baby's Own Tablets with great success for four years and always keeps a box. Thousands of mothers agree they are the ideal medicine for little ones as a mild laxative that relieves minor ailments. Sold by dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Br Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Ernest E. Adkins
Lbrotron
Br. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Mr Simpson Writes and Reads One-Act Banter
A street meeting leads to a witty exchange about reading and writing. The Houston Post notes a health advert discussing worm infections in children and endorses Miller's Worm Powders as a cure to restore health and promote growth.
Locomotives Keep Core Design Through a Century
The article notes that modern locomotives operate on the same fundamental principles as those from a century ago. It contrasts evolving technologies with enduring mechanical concepts, emphasizing continuity in railway engineering.
Man Claims To Find Color Of The Wind
An observer asserts he discovered the wind’s color after going outside and noting the breeze. The claim centers on a personal sensory impression rather than scientific proof.
Campaign for nationwide safety in anaesthesia announced
At a Chicago session, the congress of anaesthetists stated that the National Anaesthetic Research Society and the Associated Anaesthetists of the United States and Canada have committed to safer hospital anaesthesia and to preventing all needless deaths under anaesthetics through a nation wide safety first campaign.
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Congress of Anaesthetists
Chicago
National Anaesthetic Research Society
Associated Anaesthetists
United States
Canada
Real Democracy Viewpoint on Washington’s Legacy
The Stratford Beacon-Herald quotes Lloyd George in New York claiming George Washington founded the British Empire’s democracy. It notes Britain’s democratic spirit predates Washington and argues Americans could learn from Britain’s example.
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Lloyd George
New York
British Empire
George Washington
Great Britain
United States
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Corns Between the Toes Painlessly Removed
Putnam's Corn Extractor is advertised as a fifty year old reliable remedy that lifts corns between the toes and costs 25 cents everywhere.
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Putnam’s Corn Extractor
Relics of Ancient Race Bones Found in Southwest France
Dr. Henry A. Halli of the University of Pennsylvania Museum reports unearthing relics of a Neanderthal like race in a clay bank at the foot of a hill in Southwest France. The find includes human bones and animal bones from a Paleolithic era where crude flint implements were used. The bones were likely washed down from an escarpment that once housed a settlement.
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France
Henry A. Halli
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Hall
Europe
Hebridean settlers urge relatives to join Canada
Hebrideans in Alberta who came from Scotland express contentment and insist they bring parents brothers and near relatives to Canada. A list of relatives is being drawn up and one man urges the able and hard working to move everyone. The note ends with a promotion for Holloway's Corn Remover.
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Alberta
Canada
Scotland
Park encounter sparks old prejudice with spring mood
A passerby ignores a tramp in the park citing a longstanding prejudice. The exchange reveals social distance and seasonal tensions as strangers navigate courtesy and unease in public space.
Little Foxes series for children and adults readers
The paper presents a wholesome weekly series titled Little Foxes designed to entertain and instruct children. The items are also useful for grown ups, with a note that family trees have practical value for the lumber dealer.
Canada urged to shed pessimism and unite for growth
Hon. Ernest Lapointe urged Canadians at a public meeting to pledge themselves to remove sectional barriers and silence pessimism. He said Canada’s wartime finances show only debt to citizens, not foreign lenders, and urged faith in the nation’s vigor and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United
Ernest Lapointe
Marine and Fisheries
Dog Survives Twenty-One Days Buried Beside Hole
A farmer near Ingersol Ontario searched for his missing dog for three weeks. On day twenty one he found the animal alive with its head wedged in a groundhog hole. The dog endured extreme conditions but survived until rescue.
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Ingersol
Ont
Teething Diarrhoea Relief Promoted by Dr Fowler’s Extract
A Canadian mother reports her baby sick with diarrhoea during teething and credits Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry with rapid improvement after a few doses. The remedy, endorsed by many mothers over 70 years, is sold by The T Milburn Co in Toronto for 50 cents per bottle.
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Dr. Fowler
New Island Discovered Near Franz Josephs Land
The Norwegian captain Viktor Arnesen returns from the Arctic claiming a new island twelve English miles in circumference near Franz Josephs Land at latitude 80 degrees 40 minutes. The isle was hidden by a 70 to 80 foot iceberg that has melted, illustrating unusual Arctic thawing.
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Viktor Arnesen
Arctic
Franz Joseph's Land
Woman tea-taster tests hundreds of samples in minutes
In London at Mincing Lane a young woman runs the tea center, testing hundreds of samples with rapid precision. Her bobbed hair and beauty accompany her work as she sips 20 to 40 cups in swift sessions, a feat noted amid the wholesale trade.
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Mincing Lane
London
The Best Crop of Wild Oats on Poor Soil
A concise proverb notes that the finest harvest of wild oats often grows where soil is least fertile. It implies talent can emerge despite adverse conditions and underscores resilience and self-reliance.
Russia Denies War Mobilization Amid Territorial Army Push
Moscow officials clarified that six militia classes are not a war mobilization. They said 1902 and 1903 classes face 240 hours of training, while 1898 to 1901 groups rehearse briefly, part of establishing a new territorial army.
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Moscow
Dominion yields show Canada Wheat Oats and Barley Up
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s 1923 field crop yields with Wheat at 469,761,000 bushels vs 399,786,400 last year, Oats at 531,378,000 vs 491,239,000, and Barley at 80,557,000 vs 71,865,300. Prairie provinces crop totals include Wheat 446,570,000, Oats 45,797,000, Barley 62,569,000 with other crops also noted.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Kellogg Asthma Remedy Offered At Low Cost
Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy, promoted as a national treatment, costs little and is within reach of all. The ad claims thousands spend on other remedies without relief, while this product provides actual relief at a minimal price.
Government Elevator Project Planned at Edmonton
Preparations begin to construct a million dollar government storage elevator at Edmonton on the National Railway line marking a major public works effort.
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Edmonton
Pearl Found in Freshwater Mussel In River Conway Crown Jewel Claim
A pearl found in a freshwater mussel from the River Conway in North Wales is described as forming one of the crown jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
North
Wales
Castoria Promises Safe Relief for Children
An advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a decades long safe substitute for castor oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. It emphasizes lack of narcotics and that proven directions appear on every package for physicians and mothers.
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Fletcher
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