Montreal typhoid crisis linked to impure milk and lax safeguards
A harsh editorial condemns municipal failures after the theatre fire and typhoid outbreak in Montreal. It argues officials neglected milk safety and public health duties, urging adoption of the Seymour Plan and broader health campaigns to prevent preventable diseases and protect citizens. The piece calls for accountability and proactive measures by health departments, councils, and communities.
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Montreal
Prale
Lesson in multiplication on chessboard grain count
A thought experiment compares wheat on chessboard squares with exponential growth reaching a total of 18.46 in the series. A remark contrasts parental control with temper and memory of a compliment paid to a deceased wife.
Pseudo Speech Scramble From Paris Morning Caller
Fragmentary quote shows a misheard radio style monologue with references to Fort Worth Winnipeg Boston Bologna Italy and a 30000 seat stadium. The fragment mentions a husband becoming violently religious and ends with a quirky caution directed at a man about dictating to a woman.
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Paris
Radion
Bologna
Italy
Canada Destiny Emphasized by Viscount Willington
Viscount Willington told the Canadian Club in Victoria that Canada has a destined role as a distinct nation within the British Commonwealth. He urged a more independent yet loyal empire, arguing that greater administrative variety strengthens unity despite postwar troubles.
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Willingdon
Domintor
Canada
Beitish Commonwealth of Nations
Viscount Willington
Victoria
Birliain
Igor
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Stomach Cramps
An ad touts Nerviline as a fast acting remedy for stomach cramps, gas, and fermentation. It claims substantiated instant relief after twenty drops in water and urges households to keep Nerviline on hand, noting it is five times stronger than rivals.
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Zoe
British Officer Tracks Wreck Laurentic Wins Reward
Commander Geofrey Unsworth DSO DSC RNR located the Laurentic wreck and salved 25 million dollars in bullion. A former pilot in Irish waters, he saved the ship’s con but endured exposure, was treated in Londonderry Hospital, and later led a steamer between Grimsby and the Continent.
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Laurentic
Admiralty
Geofrey Unsworth
Dso
DSC
RNR
Laurentie
Unsworth
Lough Swilly
Londonderry Hospital
Fas
Westminster Abbey guards 100000 documents from eighth century
The Muniment Room at Westminster Abbey holds over 100000 historical papers, some dating to the eighth century, kept in iron-bound chests and now being prepared for publication. Dr. Scott of the British Museum compiles a precis of 57000 key documents as part of the effort. The Dominion Elections Act would fund chief electoral officers by House of Commons resolution at 1000 per year, replacing the current provision that they also act as counsel for the Crown. Col. M. Biggar holds both roles with a 12000 salary. An item notes advertising in Australia and a flood of mail from Britain across the seas.
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Westminster Abbey
Scott
British Museum
House of Commons
Crown
M. Biggar
Aeronautical Map Highlights Western Ontario Waterways Network
A Winnipeg District Aeronautical Map covers a large region from Winnipes to about 50 miles east of Kenora and to the Ontario Manitoba boundary. It emphasizes a complex system of lakes and rivers, colored to show main waterways for aviators and useful to the public. Available from the Topographical Survey Department Ottawa at 25 cents, or in folder form for 0 cents.
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Winnipeg
Winnipes
Kenora
Ontario
Manitoba
Res
Dor
Topographical Survey Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Eat Raw Wheat Craze Captures Paris Intellectuals
Andre Vapun a dietetics writer praises daily germinating wheat consumed before lunch claiming it supplies lacking vitamins and nerve stimulants. Articles in Commedia note many followers and fashionable doctors recommending the regimen. Restaurants prepare a magic teaspoonful as a hor d oeuvre.
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Andre Vapun
Com Wedia
Loneliest man in the world visits Kingston
James Thom, called the loneliest man in the world, visits Kingston Ontario to see his sister. Thom, employed by Hudson's Bay Company, has lived near Avette circle for years and is on furlough from Wagar Outlet, located about 2,400 miles north of Winnipeg, with a six week summer and no trees in his district.
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James Thom
Kingston
Ontario
Thom
Hudson's Bay Company
Avette Circle
Wagar Outlet
Winnipeg
Hig
Vessels Wrecked in 1926 Total Three Hundred Lost
World losses totaled 291 ships during 1926 with 2,014 passengers aboard wrecked vessels, and 175 perished. The Bureau of Navigation released its annual compilation noting most losses came from merchant and passenger ships.
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Bureau of Navigation
Pool to Acquire Elevators Decided by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool announces plans to own additional elevators, listing 64 sites across towns such as Adanac Anerly Antler Asquith Aston Brancepeth Bromhead Can lac Cheviot Claydon Echo Clean Corinne Cory Creigaton Downs Su es Driver Dulwich Ettington Ev stam Fenton Findlater Forgan Fusilier Howard Holdfast Horizon Hughton Jay's Siding Killstey Khedive Lanigan Macoun Mardine Marengo Montmartre Metageart dort Norquay Outram Pasqua Pangman Pelly Phippen Pym Qu Appelle Redvers Spruce Lake Stenen St Brieux Togo Tuxford Valparaiso Vance Whitewood Wil Ale Windthurst Wolf with delivery minimums for the 1925-26 and 1926-27 crop years at specified stations</S>
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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Pool
Adanac
Anerly
Antler
Asquith
Aston
Brancepeth
Bromhead
Canlac
Cheviot
Claydon
Echo
Clean
Corinne
Cory
Creigaton
Downs Sues
Driver
Dulwich
Ettington
Togo
Tuxford
Valparaiso
Vance
Whitewood
Wil- Ale
Windthurst
Wolf
British Doctors Call International Code for Sea Medical Voices
British physicians urge an international code to standardize wireless medical communications at sea. The proposed system would use predefined signals to transmit remedies and bridge language gaps between doctorless ships and ships carrying doctors, aiming to remove language difficulties in maritime consultations.
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Orimans
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Canadian National Carbon Co., Limited
Toronto
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