Eight Years of World Service and the League of Nations
Review of the League of Nations on its eighth anniversary notes mixed results. It has helped mediate conflicts and fostered international law, yet has not guaranteed world peace or complete disarmament. The article stresses the need for continued effort, unity among powers, and a broad peace consciousness to destroy war.
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League of Nations
League
Lord Cecil
Europe
London Daily Herald
Assembly
Russia
United States
Youngest of World's Large Families Found in Usurtu
A 10 year old peasant named Agha Faoka heads a family of seven wives and twenty three children living in a single shed. The Moslem law allowing four wives is being revised and the eldest wives will be separated from the younger ones. The first four wives remain, while the last three wives are to be divorced, a source of sorrow for the family.
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Usurtu
al Fope
Agha Faoka
Home With a Sick Mother
A Peterboro Ontario item reports a person noting escalating trouble after following a medical remedy. The text mentions Dr Misesta tablets or liquid and a Des reece package, suggesting confusion or issues from the treatment.
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Peterboro
Alice
Emperor of Japan Wears Two Watches at Dinner
Article notes the Emperor of Japan uses two watches as a frugal example, costing under 10 dollars in yen terms. He wore plain nickeled timepieces at a palace dinner for Premier Tanaga and other officials, while cultivating rice in palace grounds and harvesting with his own hands.
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Japan
Nicka
Imperial Palace
Tanaga
Empire Marketing Board Advertises Canadian Apples
The Empire Marketing Board uses illustrated ads to educate the public about Empire products. Two recent campaigns spotlight Canadian apples, highlighting their quality to stimulate internal trade and demand for imported fruit from distant parts of the Empire.
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Empire Producto
Empire Marketing Board
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promise Blood Renewal
Run-down people find new health through Dr Williams Pink Pills a blood building tonic praised by Mrs Thomas Ahearn of St Malo Quebec who regained strength and cheerfulness after using a dozen boxes available from Brockville Ont for 50 cents a box.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Must Be Convinced Before Calendar Reform Proposal
The author argues that before any calendar reform proposing thirteen months or four weeks per period can pass, it must convince the millions who pay twelve payments annually that the plan will not increase their costs. The piece urges careful persuasion to avoid public resistance.
Edmonton Cannery Expands Local Plant and Land Lease
The Emonton Cannery announces a new Edmonton location leasing land to grow peas beans spinach and other vegetables for local canning. Additional shipments of tomatoes will arrive from British Columbia to support the plant’s operations.
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Emonton Cannery
Canning Company
Edmonton
British Columbia
To Women of Middle Age Discover Lydia E Pinkham’s Cure
A farmer’s wife describes severe backache and nervous illness relieved by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She reports regaining health after two months of bed rest and offers to answer questions. Address given as Ontario contact Wilsox, 47 Haran. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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Pas Metcarel
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sam
Druggist Advice Leads to Relief for Indigestion Case
Miss Ruth Horowtis of Bronx New York writes she suffered months of indigestion from constipation. A druggist recommended purely vegetable laxative oil. Since taking one at night she feels normal again and can eat almost anything without fear of an attack. Carter’s Little Liver Pills sold by druggists in red two pack 73 cents.
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Ruth Horowtis
Bronx
N.Y
Carter
Canadian Literature Vanamam novks Inaugurates Reading Plan
The Carillon Book Club of Canada plans to supply the public with books by Canadian authors printed in Canada. Members pay 10 dollars annually for six new books delivered postpaid every two months. The program is nonprofit and aims to promote wholesome Canadian writing. President C. C. Knight of Ottawa invites inquiries for full details.
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Vanamam Novks
Canada
Carillon Book Club
Cansaa
C. C. Knight
Exchange Building
Ottawa
Myopia linked to fishlike eye traits by optometry group
At the American Academy of Optometry convention a theory proposes nearsightedness stems from retained fishlike eye traits. Eyes diverge sideways, and to maintain parallel vision, inner eye muscles strain, producing myopia. Also touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil with widespread house and stable uses for ailments in humans and horses.
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American Academy of Optometry
Thomas
Beef Roast with Lemon Tenderness and Pineapple Garnish
Beef dish night soak with lemon juice onion carrot and water then bake slowly until tender. Thicken gravy with flour and optional sour cream add vegetables and serve with a sauce. Pineapple lettuce nests with celery nuts and orange garnish complete the plate.
French secret warplane tests reveal great capacity
A highly secret French aircraft, described as the greatest warplane yet built, features eight machine guns and capacity for two tons of bombs with a 500 mile range. It climbs to 18,000 feet, lands on fields with a double-wheel setup, and starts like a car engine. It includes a crew balcony, wireless, map room, bomber cabin, and can drop one bomb or the whole load, with an hour to convert to a seaplane.
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France i
Wolfhound Wigger Deterred Burglars In Geneva Case
Judge Marc Collio credits a wolfhound named Wigger for halting thefts in 1927. The dog allegedly deterred criminals across Vaud, traced culprits, found missing persons, and located a drowned body after following a man’s scent to a lake shore.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Marc Collio
Wigger
Carlier
Vaud
Observations on Hudson Strait Break-Up Schedules
Deputy Marine Minister Alex Johnson said terminal facilities at Fort Churchill UW should be completed by 1980 in Montreal. Aerial ice observations in Hudson Strait Hindson Strait continue with focus on spring break up to determine earliest sailing date through the bottle neck between Hudson Bay and the Atlantic.
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Fort Church
Alex. Johnson
Montreal
Hindson Strait
Johnson
Hudson Bay
Atlantic
New British Tele-Cinema Promises London Viewings From New York
A British invention called wireless-operated tele-cinematography would allow a film shot in New York to be viewed in London about one hour later. It transmits at two stills per second, then develops and screens at sixteen frames per second on the receiving end. The system could broadcast a football match across Great Britain the same afternoon.
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New York
London
Glasgow
Great Britain
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