World Happenings Briefly Told
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Eastern British Columbia Railway roundhouse and machine shops at Corbin with an estimated loss of 70000 dollars. Ten people died and fifty were wounded during Polish aerial maneuvers at Putzig when a bomb landed among spectators. Mt Sir Douglas in British Columbia, 1174 feet, was conquered again by Alpine Club of Canada members led by Rudolph Remmer.
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Eastern British Columbia Railway
Corbin
Putzig
Sir Douglas
The
Alpine
Lub
Canada
Rudolph Remmer
All Metal Aeroplane Emerges in Britain
Britain completes the first aeroplane made wholly of metal. Aluminum is used throughout and the Government conducts extensive strength and corrosion tests. Officials treat the model as experimental and await long term validation before judgment.
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Great Britain
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Corn Relief
A vintage ad touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a fifty year trusted remedy that painless removes corns between the toes. It claims reliability and results with a 25 cent price everywhere.
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Putnam's Corn
Testing Tractors and the Rise of Field Measurement
A British engineer designed a practical instrument to record tractor pull and test durations during ploughing. The device produces a chart of test time, draw-bar pull at each moment, and furrow depth, aiding farmers and governments in comparing models.
Millers Worm Powders Promised Fast Worm Relief
Millers Worm Powders were devised to promptly relieve children from worms. The simple preparation destroys stomachic and intestinal worms with minimal shock to the system. It acts thoroughly and painlessly. occasional vomiting may occur, seen as a sign of powerful action rather than a nauseating property.
Vancouver Wheat Trade Likely To Match Last Year
A leading Vancouver grain dealer says wheat movement through Vancouver will at least equal last year’s total after a trip through Alberta and Manitoba. He notes rising Chinese and Japanese inquiries with initial shipments due in late October or early November.
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Vancouver
Alberta
Manitoba
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Relief for Cold and Bronchitis
An old advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a no-drug throat and bronchitis remedy. It claims a piney healing vapor reaches the irritated throat, kills germs, and dries up catarrh, with a two month outfit priced at $1.00 and smaller and sample sizes available.
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Encouraging Pig Clubs Distribute Berkshire Sows to Youth
Seventy two purebred registered Berkshire sow pigs were given to thirty six boys and girls in pig clubs at Brooks and Bassano. The pigs cost 29 dollars each delivered and banks financed members with 40 dollar loans on notes. Members will feed and show the pigs at the school fair.
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Brooks and
Bassano
Halls Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Relief
Catarrhal deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. The remedy is claimed to work constitutionally through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, with circulars available from druggists.
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Halls Caarma
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Afro American Banks and Insurance Firms in the United States
The piece notes sixty nine negro banks with resources near 12.9 million dollars, sixty one in the south, and twenty five negro insurance companies with about 6.34 million. It ranks negro banks as older institutions and cites Virginia as home to the first negro bank.
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United States
South
Virginia
Necro Bank
Keep Minard's Liniment in the house
The fragment presents a dialog about visiting new neighbors. One speaker suggests keeping Minard's Liniment in the house while the other doubts the neighbors and notes they are not the sort to do anything they cannot afford.
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Boston ‘Transcript
30 000 Claims Presented in Clean Sweep Campaign
The Dominion Command G W V A reports over 30 000 claims presented for adjustment up to August 1 in the tenth month campaign. Adjustments reach over two million dollars for war service gratuity pay pensions and other monetary matters plus hospitalization medical attention discharge certificates medals scrolls and civil service bonuses.
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Dominion Command
G.W.V.A
Dominion
R. B. Maxwell
King to sponsor great air race from Croydon to Glasgow
The Royal Aero Club will organize a two day air race in early September for the King's Cup with outward leg to Glasgow and return to Croydon. Cities along the route include Birmingham Manchester Bristol and Newcastle. British pilots and machines only will compete under a handicap with subsidiary prizes to be awarded as professional centers support the event.
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Croydon
Glasgow
Birmingham
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Manchester
Bristol
Royal Aero Club
Moon Maps Surpass Africa Interior Knowledge Says Astronomer
Sir Robert Ball notes that careful mapping and photography have revealed the moon's surface in great detail. Half the moon is mapped with named features while the other half remains unknown. Large dark areas are visible, and sharp shadows reveal peak heights. some craters exceed 60 miles in width and walls rise 16,000 feet.
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Robert Ball
Africa
Sheep from Canada sent to Montana for release
Twelve mountain sheep were presented to the United States Bureau of Biological Survey by the Canadian National Parks Branch to be liberated on the Montana National Bison Range. The sheep were secured from Rocky Mountain Park and arrived in excellent condition. Their future will be watched with great interest by big game enthusiasts.
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United States Bureau of Biological Survey
Canadian National Parks Branch
Montana National
Bulbe Perpetual Motion Clock Demonstrated in London
A ten year no winding clock named Bulbe by British Hero-Electric Limited in Kingsway demonstrates electric operation. The device uses a battery enclosed in a brass cylinder to power a pendulum which also acts as motor and dynamo, generating the current and keeping the battery alive.
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Hero-Eectric, Limited
Kingsway
Nerviline touted for stomach upsets and cramps
An old remedy Nerviline is claimed to relieve stomach risings gas heart burn sourness and cramps when taken in water. The ad promises quick relief for internal and external use and urges keeping a bottle handy for the whole family. Sold at all dealers.
Brooks Exhibits Highlight District Agrarian Exports
Exhibits from Brooks showcase the district’s long standing agricultural dominance with requests for samples of alfalfa clover Velches peas timothy brome grass western rye grains and grass seeds. Contracts have been awarded to multiple local farmers by both Dominion and Provincial Governments for several carloads of exhibition bundles to be distributed in the United States and Europe.
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Brooks
United States
Europe
Baby's Own Tablets Guard Infants In Hot Weather
In hot weather infants face higher death risk from diarrhoea dysentery cholera infantum and stomach troubles. Prompt medicine is crucial and Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont can prevent or relieve distress. available for 25 cents a box from medical dealers or by mail.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Discoveries at South Pole Reported by Shackleton Rowett
Members of the Shackleton Rowett Expedition report a diamond bearing soil on a small island near South Georgia and yellow quartz. The Quest team notes giant undersea forests and new fishing grounds with fish so plentiful no bait was needed. Depths reached 2790 fathoms.
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Antarctic
South Georgia
South Pole
Quest
American Branch Factories Expand in Canada This Year
American industry extends into Canada with new plants in Toronto copper and brass, Hamilton cutlery, Wel l and Oshawa electric bulbs, Guelph hosiery, Sarnia Windsor auto parts, Cowansville silk mills, Hamilton auto plant, Drummondville silk dyeing, and St Johns textile dyeing.
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Canada
Toronto
Hamilton
Welland
Oshawa
Guelph
Sarnia
Windsor
Cowansville
Auto
Drummondville
St. Johns
Scientists Question Brain Necessity Claim
A remark by scientists about human life without a brain sparks critique of scientific certainty. The comment questions established beliefs, highlighting skepticism toward absolute claims in science.
Locomotive From Scrap Iron Built by Buenos Aires Genius
A Buenos Aires man spent eleven years crafting a working miniature locomotive from scrap iron. The model runs on compressed air and requires no heat in fabrication. It measures just over six feet, weighs 170 pounds, and includes a coal tender and passenger coach. More than 1,300 screws and 2,000 rivets were used, with a full detail finish modeled on British railway equipment.
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Buenos Ayres
Minard's Liniment hailed as universal remedy
Char Robbins of Chebogue Point touts Minard's Liniment as essential in every household for burns bruises sprains frostbites chilblains and severe colds and cites a ten cent experience reclaiming a lost section of a valued cow's udder to support its wide usefulness for both man and beast.
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Minard
Beast
Chas. Robbins
Chebogue Point
Dirigible Flights Planned From Poles to World
Rear-Admiral William A. Moffatt, head of the U S Navy aeronautics division, spoke at Chicago's Pageant of Progress about new dirigible construction near Philadelphia larger than the England loss and bold plans for trans continental polar and global flights.
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William A. Moffatt
Division of Aeronautics
United States Navy
Pageant of Progress
Chicago
Philadelphia
England
President trims professor's salary over cost claim
The President questions a professor of domestic economy who argued a family of four could live well on $718 annually. The professor asserts the figure with statistics, then faces a 40 percent salary cut for the coming year.
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Absoltely
New York Globe
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy for relief
Toronto woman recounts years of left side pain cramps and fatigue after unsuccessful doctor visits and patent medicines. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from pain and says the medicine saved her life. She offers to let others use her letter and requests the company book on ailments peculiar to women.
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Toronto
Ontario
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mas. H. A. Goonomas
Rockvale Ave
Lydia EB. Pickham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Masa
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Joronto
Arthur O'Brien
Gaelic League
London
Free State
Maryborough Warracks
Riga
Times
Berlin
Paris
Moscow
M Tchitcherin
J. B. Craig
J. A. Richardson
Winnipeg Crain Exchange
Robert Magill
Militia Department
Air Force
Naval Service Department
Ottawa
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Detroit
League of Nations
Kharkov
Russia
Aire
Aluminum
Berkshire
Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Windsor, Ontario
Gw.v.a
Moon
Liniment
Wletts
Lis
Poles
Holloway
W. WN. U
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