Confederation Jubilee Sparked by National Planning
The article urges nationwide observance of Canada's Diamond Jubilee with Ottawa as focal point. It calls provincial ceremonies in capital cities, local celebrations in towns, concerts, fireworks, and lasting projects like parks or libraries to boost national unity. A national committee and school oratory contests are highlighted as focal efforts to foster Canadian pride and development.
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Jere
Dominion
Canada
Ottawa
Natonal Committee
Confederation Park
Confederation
Car for Nigerian Chief Showcases British Maker Style
A newly completed luxury car for the Emir of Kano displays lavish design features. The vehicle uses no black on exterior parts for religious reasons, with a polished aluminum dashboard, red-painted springs, and red fuse carrier. The body sports red and gold stripes, while the green load and vivid interior complete the opulent presentation intended for a powerful Nigerian ruler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emir of Kano
Kano
Castoria Advertisement Claims Gentle Relief for Infants
An old advertisement touts Castoria as a remedy for constipation flatulence wind colic and fevers in babies and children. It promises regulated stomach and bowels and natural sleep without opiates, claiming the genuine product bears a signature.
In Africa a Camouflaged Car Roars at Speed
The blue leather car, its engine hidden by silver paint, speeds under Africa’s dazzling sun. Rumors say Kano’s favorite, the Eimtr, relishes velocity, creating the impression of a swift, rainbow bird in motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Kano
Swiss Navy Emerges As Rhine Opens To Sea
Switzerland gains access to the sea as the Rhine flow reaches Basle widening trade routes. Swiss mercantile marine grows with firms opening offices in Basle and merchandise moving via canal river and ocean to the United States. Holloway's Corn Remover praised for easy removal of corns and warts.
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Wanger
Tosing
Switzerland
Basle
Swiss Mercantile Marine
Aay
Cinderella tale traced to Rhodopis origin in Egypt
An historian links the Cinderella story to Rhodopis a young woman whose sandal blown to the Nile feet of an Egyptian king who promised a reward for the owner. Rhodopis claims the sandal and is married by the king.
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Cinderellia
Cinderella
Rhodopis
Nile
Proposed New Paper Mill at Whitemud Falls Manitoba
A plan to build a 606 ton paper mill at Whitemud Falls Manitoba has been reported with barcal men from New York Montreal and Chicago involved in the proposal. An application to the Federal Government is said to have been submitted. The project seeks timber limits of 11 500 cords of pulpwood. Separate note states Brazilian workers are mandated to take a fifteen day annual vacation. Distemper Minard's Liniment mentioned.
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New York
Montreal
Chicago
Barcal
Whitemud Falls
Manitoba
Chinese Women Progressive Are Becoming a Factor in Readjustment
Mrs Grace Thompson Seton told the Women’s Press Club in New York that Chinese women are reshaping the country. She cited a woman author with three books and a educator who has adopted 109 children, noting women moving from subjection to leadership as banks and salaries open to them.
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China
Grace Thompson Seton
Women's Press Club
New York
Nerviline Praised By Nova Scotian For Colds Chest Trouble
A Windsor NS reader extols Nerviline as a cure for chest congestion and lingering throat soreness. She states a chest cold resisted fourteen remedies before Nerviline, taken three times daily, fully restored her. The advertisement touts Nerviline as powerful and penetrating for relief and prevention of minor ailments.
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Wey Mosber
Windsor
Alberta Telephone System Shows 1926 Profit
The Alberta Government telephone system reported a 1926 operating profit of 270000 dollars, up over 45000 from 1925. Rural subscribers reached 20413 and urban subscribers numbered 7, totaling about 20420 subscribers for the entire system.
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Alberta
Dr Williams Pink Pills touted as spring blood tonic
An advertisement urges Dr Williams Pink Pills as essential for spring cleansing of impure blood. It claims the pills enrich the blood, boost strength, appetite, digestion, and general vigor, preventing eruptions, rheumatism, and other spring ailments. Sold by dealers or mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario. A precision weighing machine is also noted as shop equipment.
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Williams
Wiliams
Milford woman overwhelmed by shortness of breath
A Milford Ontario resident recalls severe breathlessness that left her barely able to perform housework, describing episodes of faintness and a persistent cough that prompted concern and a friend’s recommendation. Medical advice and diagnosis are not provided in the fragments.
Igoe ihe toate Uke Sees box at all dreggists or Sealern or Sires
The readable fragment mentions boxes and druggists or sealers or syrs, suggesting a catalog or ad note. It is too garbled to identify a clear event, name, or place, but indicates a product or prescription context with druggists referenced.
Russian photographer makes million from silent self portrait machine
Anatol Josepho, a Russian photo pioneer with socialist leanings, arrived in New York three years ago with little money. In the Sulgrave Hotel he accepted a check for 1,009,000 from a syndicate led by Henry Mer senthan for his automatic portrait machine that prints photos for 25 cents. He will use half the proceeds for charity and half to aid other inventors, while remaining committed to socialist ideals formed from an early career in Omsk and Siberia.
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New York
Imind
Ruselin
Anatol Josepho
Henry Mersenthan
United States Am Bassador
Turker
Josepho
Park Avenue
62Th Street
Jospho the
Josephio
China
Omsk
Siberia
Royal Trains Use Diminished as King and Queen Travel Plainly
Royal travel shifts reduce need for multiple royal trains as King and Queen move with less ceremony. Officials note infrequent royal train usages due to changing royal habits. Princes of Wales notably seldom ride the royal train, with routes sharing carriages on ordinary trains when appropriate.
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Prines of
Wales
Greenland Eskimos face heavy toll from tuberculosis
H C Raven of the American Museum of Natural History told the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto that tuberculosis was prevalent among Greenland Eskimos, linked to unsanitary housing crowded into igloos. He cited cases of as many as 12 people in four foot by ten or twelve foot spaces during the summer of 1926.
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Greenland
H.C. Raven
Department of Comparative Anatomy
American Museum of Natural History
Tie
Royal Canadian Institute
Toronto
Vitaglass Offers Ultraviolet Light Through Windows
An early health-focused report touts Vitaglass as a new window material that passes ultraviolet rays while remaining affordable. The article cites Cornell Medical Research and The Morning Post, noting vitaglass transmits natural light and UV, improving bodily well being, with uses in hospitals and schools and claims low cost compared with quartz glass.
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Cornell
Vitaglass
Birmingham
E. Lamplough
Great Britain
Smithwick Poroush Couneil
Morning Post
Vita Elass
Cleanliness in Condensaries Shapes Pure Milk Products
A housewife could visit modern milk condensaries where pure country milk is prepared. The plant is cleaned daily and every container and piping is scalded with live steam. Evaporated milk has nothing added except a portion of natural moisture. tinned and sterilized for long keeping. Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk adds only pure cane sugar to fresh country milk. The scene shifts to a theatrical line about a decision and a play, with stray dialogue from Voice from the Gods.
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Borden
Eagle Brand
St. Charles Wille
Charles
Canadians Lead World in Tea Consumption say Experts
Canadians are heavy tea drinkers, consuming over ten times the per capita amount of Americans. The article notes Canada, including Northern Ireland, tops global tea consumption, with the United States second at about a tenth of a pound per person annually, while other nations show lower per capita tea use. It cautions tea's delicate nature, deteriorating when sealed or exposed to air, and argues for public education on fresh tea to preserve flavor.
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United States
Sialla
Canada
China
Russia
U S Plans Big Exhibit At World Poultry Congress
Hon Harry Lewis, US commissioner in charge of the commercial exhibit, asks for an extension of time and notes that the United States exhibits have filled the original space. Additional exhibits will be housed at the Coliseum at Lansdown Park.
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U.S
Harry Lewis
US. Commission
World's Poultry Congress
United States
Lansdown Park
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the Gods
Spohn
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Sien
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Hon Ae A Ni. Pye
Futon
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Raxecunive
Vultee Staats
Toon
Leelee
Me Farm Power
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Eveready
Eveready Columbia
Honger
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