What is Right with Canada A Moderate Optimist View
A column urges balanced optimism, praising Canada’s health, peaceful outlook, strong moral fibre, robust institutions, and social progress. It contrasts Canada with warlike nations, noting fewer unemployment woes and sturdy railways, urging readers to focus on right aspects to diminish obsession with wrongs.
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Canada
North
South America
Dominion
United States
Predictions of orchards across the Prairies by G F Chipman
Western Orchard editor G F Chipman of the Country Guide foresees a future where standard eating apples dominate orchards replacing wheat regions across the Prairies. Darrell laments his spelling error as Bill tries to help him choose which 'i' to erase from "professor".
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G. F. Chipman
The
Country Guide
Prairies
Ontario Gold Output Rises Over 1929 in Eight Months
Ontario reports gold production valued at 23 million plus for the first eight months, an increase of more than 1.26 million over the same period in 1929. A courtroom exchange reveals a lawyer seeking full disclosure and a prisoner admitting to hiding money for himself.
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Ontario
Lifespan of Common Household Furnishings
An investigation shows average lifespans for furnishings: rugs nine years, living room chairs about twelve years, and dining tables around fifteen years.
Bookseller Chooses Fiction or Serious Work for Art-Green Binding
A dialogue reveals a bookseller and a customer debating book type while agreeing the binding must be art-green to match the wallpaper. The exchange emphasizes aesthetics over genre and blends consumer choice with interior design.
Phillips' Milk of Magnesia Antacid Ad
A vintage ad touts Phillips' Milk of Magnesia as a safe effective antacid. It claims the product neutralizes stomach acid quickly, relieves pain in minutes, and has been prescribed by physicians for 50 years. Each bottle includes directions and is available at drugstores.
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Tvo
Irish poet AE arrives in New York to promote farm co operation
George Russell known as AE, Irish poet essayist and economist, has landed in New York to tout a system of agricultural co operation as a path to economic relief for farmers. He plans a six month stay and aims to visit every state.
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George Russell
New York
Union
Spuds Highlight Canada Visit by Potatoes Growers
A Pennsylvania potato delegation toured New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to study Canadian farming methods. Provincial agriculture departments hosted the 160 visitors, showcasing the seed potato production that has given Canada a market reputation in American trade.
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Maritime Provinces
Canada
Pennsylvania Potato Growers’ Association
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Departments of Agriculture
Baby's Own Tablets Ease Child Constipation
Constipation is a common childhood ailment that hinders growth. Regular bowels and a sweet stomach are vital. Baby's Own Tablets offer a mild thorough laxative, safe for newborns. Thousands of mothers trust this medicine, sold by dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Refreshing church suppers and festivals crowd late summer
The piece extols rural church suppers and festivals as wholesome community events offering food and sociability beyond ticket price. It promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a safe remedy to restore infant sleep by removing worms, noting no harm to delicate babies.
Memory of a Farm Amid Administrations Shifts
Senator Thaddeus E. Caraway recalled his farming decline through Wilson Harding and Coolidge to Hoover prosperity, calling his holdings now a memory. Separate forest temperature tests noted a ten degree rise ahead of advancing flames from draft and heat.
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Thaddeus E. Caraway
Arkansas
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Impatient Rally Presses Quick Disarmament At Geneva
Impatient demonstrators urge rapid League of Nations disarmament work and early general conference. J. J. Loudon pledges November 3 meeting of the preparatory disarmament commission to clear the path for a congress seeking a general armament scheme. Neutral and war disarmed nations alike call for swift league action.
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League of Nations
League Assembly
Geneva
J. J. Loudon
Preparatory
League
German Property Sequestered in Canada To Be Discussed
German officials in Berlin plan talks with Hon. C. H. Cahan secretary of state, accompanied by Thomas Mulvey, about sequestered German property in Canada. $600,000 of unliquidated assets remain, mainly land and securities hard to market, with enough left to settle civilian reparations claims.
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Canada
C. H. Cahan
Thomas Mulvey
Mr. Cahan
New York
Berlin
Dominion
Last Man of His Family Keeps An Old Fire Burning
In Saluda North Carolina a log cabin built around the time of the Declaration of Independence still holds a fire started by William Morris's grandfather. He lives alone tending the flame that has burned for over 150 years and he is said to be the last of his family. An ad notes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil a non alcoholic blend of six essential oils.
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Canada
Major Yeats-Brown
England
London Spectator
Saxony
Saluda
N.C
William Morris
Dr. Thomas
An Artist Without Arms Henry Wiegman Builds Art Career
Henry Wiegman, a Cicero student artist born without arms, paints with his teeth and tongue. At twenty three he aims for commercial illustration or his own shop, a skill he learned to write with before his art.
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Henry Wiegman
Cicero
Chicago
Wiegman
Conjuring Creek Named From Wizard Lake Source
The northern Saskatchewan river Conjuring Creek was first named after its source Wizard Lake. The Cree name for the stream is Pawgomow.
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Saskatchewan
Wizard Lake
Britain to Create Library of Historic Naval Photographs
A government-backed project will assemble a public archive of historic naval photographs. The collection aims to preserve naval heritage and provide researchers with access to images detailing ships battles and personnel across different eras.
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Britain
Singing as Valuable Exercise for Lungs
Singing is highlighted as a highly beneficial activity for lung health, emphasizing its role in improving breathing and overall respiratory strength. The note frames singing as an effective, enjoyable form of physical exercise.
English Taught in German Schools in New York Visit
Professor Max Zimple notes German education aims to cultivate an aristocracy of learning with selective high school completion and vocational apprenticeships. He says German students show keen interest in America and English pronunciation mirrors southern England. The piece contrasts German and American systems and ends with a humorous bystander exchange about social differences.
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Germany
Max Zimple
New York
America
England
United States
Visting
Mysterious Push At Tax Collector Rumors Fly
A man allegedly shoved a tax collector from a third floor window. The act is not believed to be intended to harm the official, with authorities seeking details and witnesses. Also noted: a familiar dodgy remedy and a child's holiday misadventure quoted in light fashion.
Bring the Family Motto Seen at Arkansas Schools
The report notes a family oriented enrollment with Mr and Mrs W H Carter of Scranton their son Jack and daughter Hilda enrolled as summer students at Arkansas Polytechnic College Russellville. At the University of Arkansas Fayetteville eight members of W H Smiths family studied in the school of education including five children two grandchildren and a son in law.
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Arkansas
W. H. Carter
Scranton
Jack
Hilda
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Russellville
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
W. H. Smith
School of Education
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