World Happenings Briefly Told
World Happenings Briefly Told covers global and local incidents including W K Rogers planning four northern ranches next year in Bootland, Montreal allowing only Sunday film theatres, Maurice T Graham drowning in Blind River Ontario, and new motor buses for a Monte Carlo route. Additional items note Lord Peel appointed transport minister, a prairie accident in Saskatchewan, UPA Calgary convention, Irish Free State sailings, and a Soviet decree on furniture seizure from former Moscow residents.
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W.K Rogers
Bootland
Montreal
Maurice T. Graham
Blind River
Ont
Burnt Lake
England
Monte Carlo
Hallan
Desert Cactus Uses and Food From Various Parts
The woody trunk yields table legs chairs veneer and trim. Spikes become toothpicks pins and mending aids. The stem fiber is dried and used as food while the peppery sap is stewed or fried. Cactus fruits supply cheese making materials and red juice colors. Some species reach sixty feet and fruits are eaten fresh dried or as a hunger and thirst suppressant.
Nerviline ad promises quick relief for sore spots
Nerviline claims to soothe sore tissue with a warm glow spreading through the area after application. The copy notes fast pain reduction and eventual forgetting of soreness. The piece mentions large Nerviline bottles and widespread sale, plus Emma Goldman being in Riga seeking permission to return to the United States after deportation in December 1918.
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U.S
Emma Goldman
Winter Hard on Baby and Moon Nearer Earth
A crowded jumble notes winter hazards for infants with advice to use Baby's Own Tablets for stomach and bowels, promo from Dr Williams Medicine. It mentions a Cleveland Plain Dealer opinion on a national work week and an odd moon approach. The fragment ends with a question about women's dressmaking versus cooking.
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Dr. Willams
Medicine Ekville
Somelass
Cleveland Plain Dealer
There’s A Difference In Sight And Vision Argument
An Owen Sound Advertiser item argues about the difference between sight and vision. It claims people may call a girl a vision and be told she is merely pleasant, questioning nerve and outcomes if one waits to see what happens.
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Owen Sound Advertiser
Alberta Industrial Survey To Probe Province Markets
The Alberta Government orders an industrial survey to be led by provincial trade commissioner Howard Statenbury. It will gather information on existing industries, reasons for idle capacity, and potential for widening markets and creating new ones. The study aims to cover all established sectors and propose promising new lines for the province.
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Alberta
Howard Statenbury
Diamond Dyes Promise Colorful Fabric Dyeing
A readable ad like fragment touts Diamond Dyes for home use on fabrics from cotton to wool. It claims easy directions, simple results, and guaranteed color that will not fade or streak.
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Wenan
Edie Racol
Igor
Black fashions and global reach in historic Paris trends
The piece notes persistent black dominance in fashion with new media expressions such as a broadcloth coat dress featuring a self covered buckle and white vest, while also highlighting Canada’s Dr Thomas’ Electric Oil as a famous product whose name spread worldwide from its birthplace.
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Paris
Canada
Thomas
Central
South America
West Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Sfield
The Christmas Stocking and a Doctor's Drowsy Day
A garbled Christmas reflection mentions Saint Nicholas and a cold Saint Nicholas scene. A physician asks a junior colleague about practice, noting mornings are quiet and afternoons less busy. The Buffalo Enquirer notes on guilt amid bystanders and a line about Minard's Liniment for cows.
Cotton Wool Highway Eases Desert Motoring in West
Report describes cotton laid on sandy roads in California and Arizona to firm a passable surface. Farmers in Imperial Valley and Salt River Valley use discarded cotton to create a resilient layer, allowing motor travel like paved streets. Also notes Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy offering relief for bronchial irritation and asthma.
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California
Arizona
Ranch Kien
California Imperial Valley
Salt River Valley
The Christmas Carol and the Christian Message
The article discusses the Christmas Carol as a reflection of Christianity, noting its genuine Christian truth despite incomplete or domestic framing. It argues that there is a truth in Christianity mediated through family relations, which society may overlook or despise.
Germany backs Harding plan says former foreign minister
Ion Simone, former German foreign minister, voiced strong support for President Harding’s world peace proposal in an interview. He urged arbitration to avert future wars and criticized Germany’s prior stance at The Hague peace conference as a crime. He warned against joining any military alliance and said Germany would not accept a U.S. invitation to discuss the association.
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Harding Tion
Germany
Explorer Bruce Buried Ashes Near Antarctic Ocean
Dr Bruce the explorer left instructions to bury his ashes as close as possible to the Antarctic Ocean. A southern trader will carry the remains and consign them to the sea in the extreme Southern Atlantic.
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Antarctic
Bruce
Edinburgh
Antartic Ocean
Atlantic
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promoted Amid Old Remedies
An old newspaper item touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a trusted remedy for corns and warts. It references Sweden's forest cultivation and contrasts rural care with American farming, highlighting the enduring belief in topical cures and agricultural steadiness.
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Putnam's Corn
Putnam's
Lalwaya
Sweden
America
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Lord Peel
Min
Transport
Eric Geddes
Washington
Russell Long
UPA
Calgary
First Baptist Church
Carcunars
New York
Moscow
Wittress
Mexico
Point Isabel
Pope Arepet Fe
Earth
Industrial Survey
By Marie Belm
Paday
Italy
Nicholas
Omaha World Herald
Buffalo Enquirer
Minard
WN. UL
Harding
Sloan
SiGar
Yarmouth
the Arnott Institute
Kitchener
Saber
Jarsat
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