Harvest Help for Western Canada Requires Fair Treatment
The article discusses recruiting tens of thousands of harvest hands for a record crop across Western Canada. It warns that weather, wages, housing, and fair treatment will shape immigration and the future pool of seasonal workers, stressing farmers must offer decent pay and conditions to attract and retain labor.
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Canada
United States
British Isles
Atlantic
British Columbia
Western Canada
Arsenic Output in Canada Rises in 1922
Canada produced 2576 tons of arsenic in 1922 valued at 321037 dollars, up 73 percent in quantity and 37 percent in value from 1921. About four fifths came from smelting silver cobalt nickel ores in Northern Ontario. Only a millionaire can afford to wear a misfit suite.
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Canada
Ontario
Swiss farmer with $70,000 seeks Calgary farm via CN Rail
Immigrant from overseas brought to Western Canada by the Canadian National Railways in August intends to settle in Calgary. He carried $70,000 for farm investment and was rerouted from Winnipeg to Calgary to begin operations.
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Western Canada
Canadian National Railways
Overseas
Winnipeg
Calgary
Fruits Grow Well in Southern Alberta Irrigated Lands
Displays at the Lethbridge fair show cherry and plum trees and small fruits thriving on irrigated lands. Farmers exhibit tobacco and a wide range of soil products from the United Farmers of Alberta at Vanlaball. The fruit industry expanding in Southern and Northern Alberta, growing each year with broader adoption and success.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Vanlaball
Wheezy Chest Colds Subdued Overnight
A trained nurse explains how wheezy chest colds ease by morning. She outlines simple remedies and home care steps to break up congestion and reduce wheeze overnight.
Nerviline liniment praised by nurse for home use
Nurse Carrington endorses Nerviline as a superior liniment for chest colds earache toothache and aches. She claims it relieves congestion quickly and has been a trusted home remedy in Canadian households for nearly fifty years. A 35 cent bottle is advertised.
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Carrington
Ontario to Send Experimental Peach Shipment to Britain
An experimental shipment of several thousand cases of peaches will be sent to Great Britain next month by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. High quality peaches are being selected for this shipment, seen as the forerunner of a broader Canadian export push.
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Great Britain
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Symptoms of Anaemia and Brown Blood Remedies
Symptoms describe thin blood and gradual onset including tiredness pallor and breathlessness. The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a home remedy for anaemia, claiming success when combined with pure air and wholesome food and offering mail order at 50c per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Fruit Air Transport To Bring Dutch Harvest To London
Daily fruit specials will fly from Holland to London via Daimler Airway. High demand from Dutch fruit-growers and London importers prompts a partnership with Royal Dutch Air Service to operate Napier D H 34 agroplanes. Morning harvests reach London for afternoon sale.
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Daimler Airway
Holland
London
Royal Dutch Air Service
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Aids Children
A historical ad promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as safe for children and effective. It claims palatable taste and prompt action, presenting a product touted for household pest control.
North Sea Warmth Alters Faroe Islands Climate
The Faroe Islands in the North Sea have experienced radical warming as a warm southern ocean current surrounds the area. Scientific studies note increased island temperatures, faster vegetation growth, milder nights, and shorelines bearing numerous octopus scales from a species previously unseen north of England's south coast.
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Faroe Islands
North Sea
England
If an employee doesn't know his place he need not expect to keep it long
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. The ad uses a bold warning about loyalty and obedience, urging households to stock the liniment for trusted remedies.
Returned Soldiers Insurance Plan Opens to Ex Service Men
The Returned Soldiers Insurance Act allows ex service men to apply now for policies from 500 to 5000 dollars with no medical exam required. Applications must be made before September 1 1923 at Soldiers Civil Re-Establishment offices or by writing to Commissioners Returned Soldiers Insurance Daly Building Ottawa. Monthly premiums apply and pensioners can have deductions from monthly checks. For a 5000 policy at age 30 on a 20 year plan the premium is 9.20 monthly and beneficiaries receive 1060 lump sum at death with rest paid over 5 10 15 or 20 years. Offices: Veteran Block Regina and 610 Canada Building Saskatoon.
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Returned Soldiers
Department of Soldiers’ Civil
Commissioners
Returned Soldiers’ Insurance
Daly Building
Ottawa
Department of Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment
Veteran Block
Regina
Sask
610 Canada
Saskatoon
Dr Thomas’s Eclectric Oil touted for people and horses
The ad claims Dr Thomas’s Eclectric Oil treats cuts bruises burns scalds rheumatism and sciatica sore throat and chest for people and similar ailments in horses. It emphasizes long use over fifty years and many loyal customers.
Gems Found In Australia Near Wyangala
A remarkable find of diamonds, rubies, sapphires and turquoise was reported near Wyangala, about twenty-five miles from Cowra in New South Wales. Experts have judged the stones genuine after examination of blue pug clay similar to South African diamond deposits. The sapphires are bright, the rubies deep red.
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Wyangala
Cowra
New South Wales
Mount McDonald
Canada Sees Wheat Surplus Of 290 Million Bushels
Canada estimates a wheat surplus for the season totaling 290 million bushels available for export. The figure suggests ample supply amid global demand, with farmers benefiting from favorable yields and larger harvest prospects nationwide.
Farmers Move to St Walburg Drought Area for North Farm
A Saskatchewan drought region south of Swift Current sends farmers to St Walburg district near Battleford. John Balfour reports settlers adapt to bush country with fishing trapping milk cows. Winter shipments show fish worth 50000 dollars and fur pelts about 75000 dollars.
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Saskatchewan
Swift Current
St. Walburg
C.N.R
Battleford
John Balfour
Regina
Balfour
St. Wakburg
Corn Removal Product Ad Claims Fast Relief
An advertisement promotes Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a quick fix for corns. It asserts the product lifts out corns no corn can last if Putnam's is applied and notes a 25 cent price everywhere.
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Jones
Smith
Putnam
Placing Fish In Saskatchewan Lakes
Department of Fisheries this year removed over 42 000 suckers from Lake Winnipegosis and destroyed them. They planted 281 adult fish and 5 530 000 eggs in western lakes where stock is limited. Transfers include 650 catfish from Selkirk to Prince Albert and Quill Lake, 180 yellow perch to Wascana Lake, Round Lake, and Lovering Lake, plus 72 pikes and 60 perch to the Moose Jaw River. Stocking with older fish supplements fry hatchery programs.
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Department of Fisheries
Lake
Manitoba
Prince Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan River
Quill Lake
Fort Qu’Appelle
Wascana Lake
Round Lake
Lovering Lake
Lady Lake
Moose Jaw River
New Townsite Nears Practical Completion at Soco
Dominion Construction Company finishes work on Soco townsite with eighty five employee homes completed at a cost of 300000 dollars. Roads sidewalks and modern facilities installed as extension work wraps up for Imperial Oil Company employees.
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Dominion Construction Company
Soco
Imperial Oil Company
Grain Cars Ready Fivefold Grain Car Boost for 1923 Movement
The Canadian National Railways distributed fifty thousand grain cars across the west to handle the 1923 grain movement, including one thousand new grain cars.
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West
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Rockies Vast Region Spans Over European Lands
The Canadian Rockies cover an area larger than France Belgium and Switzerland combined ensuring a vast expanse of mountains and wilderness.
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Canadian Rockies
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Canada Forest Wealth Yields Half Empire Resources
Canada holds over half of the Empire's forest area and more than 85 percent is privately owned. The forest industry generates about 500 million dollars annually from 11 branches with over 100 thousand workers processing products and nearly 400 thousand dependents on forest prosperity. Pulp and paper employ 33 thousand with ten million in wages. lumber employs 55 thousand with sixty million in wages.
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British Empire
Canada
Wid
Remedy for Earache Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement extols Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil as a simple earache remedy. A few drops on lint or medicated cotton placed in the ear are said to relieve pain quickly.
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Thomas
Eclectric O11
Threads as Headdress Marking Marriageable Women in China
In parts of China young women wear a long single hair braid woven with a bright scarlet thread. This ornamentation signals that the wearer is marriageable and thus sought after by suitors.
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China
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