Carbon City Exhibition Draws Riverside Crowd and Sights
The Carbon City Annual Exhibition attracted crowds from nearby ranches over two days. A parade of entertainment filled the fairgrounds with a seventeenth-rate troupe, an eighteenth-rate circus, and a famous Giantess appearing in the hotel. The local play A Knight of the Prairie impressed reviewers with its melodrama and Forest of Arden backdrop.
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Canada
O'Hara
Carbon City
Bar B
Mr. Livingstone
Jerry Brown
Forest of Arden
Lucan man reports relief from neuritis after medicine
A Lucan Ontario resident Mr John Woodward P T O writes to praise a medicine that relieved his neuritis and pains. He states his nervous system is restored and thanks the remedy for his recovery.
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John Woodward
P.T.O
Lucan, Ont
What Chickadees Are in a Fairy Tale with Pimzie and Stella
Stella explains to Pimzie Snookums and Lorykins what Chickadees look like and why they charm, noting their size about five inches, black throats, white cheeks, gray wings, and cheerful chirp. They stay through winter, nest in tree hollows or old woodpecker holes, and eat canker worms, seeds, and kernels.
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Pimzie
Stella
Snookums
Lorykins
Lorvkins
Kinkajou
Indian Parade Impresses At Alberta Fair
A diary recalls a Alberta fair with an Indian parade of about fifty braves in war paint and feathered regalia. The event included a lively grandstand, a humorous piano imitation, prize pigs, quilts, beadwork, and a squaw race amid rough steer roping and a fatal-style late-night incident. The writer notes both charm and sorrow, praising the entertainment while condemning animal cruelty.
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Dience
Paderewski
Western Exhibition Reflections and a Steer-Roping Controversy
The writer recalls a Carbon City Western Exhibition with steer-roping admired by some and criticized by others. Law rence Paget earns applause for humane action, while Mr. Livingstone admits disapproval of steer-roping but notes bucking horses and outlaws as a different matter. The piece ends with hints of a continuing diary about Elba and hidden secrets.
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Lawrence Paget
England
Livingstone
Elba
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Cure At Home
Catarrh sufferers can fix colds sore throat and bronchial trouble at home by inhaling Catarrhozone a piney healing vapor breathed into the lungs and air passages The formula uses balsams and antiseptics to kill germs destroy secretions and restore natural healing Colds throat trouble and bronchitis claimed to end quickly with use Ages and prices noted two months for $1.00 small size 50c dealers nationwide The Catarrhozone Co Montreal
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Pas Lumber Company to hire 3300 to 1400 men for winter camps
The Pas Lumber Company plans extensive logging this winter with seven to eight camps. The initial crews have left and workers from harvest fields will be drafted as needed. The report notes Avon Island natives 700 miles west of Behring Strait kill old people as an act of mercy.
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Pas Lumber Company
Avon Island
Behring Strait
Desertion of Children Added to Extraditable US Canada List
A supplementary 1922 London convention adds wilful desertion or non support of minors to extraditable offenses between the United States and Canada. Signed May 15 by Hon. George Harvey and Lord Curzon, ratified July 28, effective ten days after publication. Ottawa Canada Gazette issue Oct 14 records the notice.
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United States
Canada
London
George Harvey
Lord Curzon
Ottawa
Canada Gazette
Dominion
California Fig Syrup Promotes Quick Child Relief
Mothers use California Fig Syrup to cleanse the liver and bowels in sick children. A teaspoonful reportedly cures constipation and sour bile, returning a playful, healthy child within hours. Ask for genuine syrup labeled California to avoid imitation.
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California
Curious Venezuelan Cow Tree With Milk Sap Described
A South American tree in Venezuela yields a sap that resembles milk in color and taste. The tree can reach over 100 feet, often remains smooth for 80 feet, and milk flows from wounds in the bark for days before forming a waxy substance. Women suffer asthma globally and Cottra D Kellogge's Asthma Remedy is marketed as a remedy with widespread testimonials.
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South America
Venezuela
Cottra D. Kellogge
Dalmatian Fishermen Dye Nets Brown and Green
Dalmatian fishermen dye their nets brown and bright green to avoid catching wise fish. The practice aims to reduce bycatch and improve selective fishing.
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Dalmatia
Radio power transmission eyeing future potential
Dr E F W Alexanderson of the Radio Corporation predicts wireless power transmission may become possible, following a 16 hour test of electron tubes replacing large alternators. He notes the Niagara Falls to New York link as a future goal and calls tube development the next key step in wireless.
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Niagara Falls
New York
E. F. W. Alexanderson
Radio Corportion
Atlantic Ocean
Maroon
Emotions and Health Prompt New Hospital Instrument
A theory that mind is material gains some support from a new instrument installed at a large rural hospital. The device shows emotions affect electrical forces in the body, claimed to mark a valuable step toward health improvement.
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Ruial
Montreal Gazette
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Chickadee
Chisraler
Alberta
Scott
U.S
Queer
Marconi
Wile the
King OF
Pain
Piatsons
WM. Dawson & Son, Ltd
Toronto
the Cock Medicine CO
Iherica
Dor Hemedies
Cl.ay Gloveh
West
24Th St
U.S.A
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