Peace Day address outlines Canada dream and duty
Lt Col Turney, Dominion President of the Great War Veterans of Canada, speaks at a Vancouver luncheon. He urges unity, sacrifice, and national purpose to make Canada “the land of our dreams,” praising returned soldiers and calling for end to race and religious discord while stressing cooperation and wiser resource use.
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Vancouver
Col Turney
Great War Veterans of Canada
G.W.V.A
Canada
Canada War Memorial and Peace Day Message
A historic public notice advocates public spirit and newcomer welcome as part of nation building after war. It calls Canadians to join Great War Veterans, observe Peace Day, and dedicate efforts to regeneration, community harmony, and duties alongside rights.
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Jay
Empire
Canada
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Told by Canada Makers
Advertisement guidance explains how to identify authentic Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross. It emphasizes that only tablets bearing the Cross are genuine and notes aspirin’s Canadian production. Also references Holloway's Corn Cure as a nonpowerful cure.
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Bayer
Canada
Holloway
Bolshevism Failures Highlight Economic Collapse
A London Daily Express critique quotes a defeated Bolshevik plan for nationalized industries, calling it a fiasco and urging reform. The piece argues workers suffer under the experiment, while Russian recovery depends on overturning Bolshevism and inviting capital and foreigners back.
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France
Pital
Russia
London Daily Express
Rainbow chasers seek payout for their chase
Rainbow chasers push for compensation after a multi-venue event where participants claim refunds or refunds or vouchers failed to materialize. The group cites organizers and sponsors and demands timely restitution and clearer future guidelines.
Pink Pills touted to restore nerves and health for mothers
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for nervous weakness in mothers, claiming they restore blood and nerve tone. It shares a testimonial from Mrs Harry P Snider of Wilton Ontario detailing relief after five boxes, and urges usage for children’s worm protection with Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Buried Hatchet Ceremony at English Camp 1859
A 400 Masonry ceremony at English Camp San Juan Island honors peace amid tension between Britain and the United States. The Hatchet is buried with a white dove flagstaff, and a Stars and Stripes Union Jack wedding is performed to the tunes of national anthems. Victoria and Friday Harbor participants.
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Stars and Stripes
Bellingham
Victoria
B.C
Friday Harbor
San Juan Island
Great Britain
United States
America
Canada
Black Watch Tongue-Tied: Best Black Jing Chewing Tobacco
Ad touts Black Watch as leading Jing chewing tobacco with bold flavor and full strength. Claims superiority over competitors and urges readers to try the product for robust taste and lasting satisfaction. No endorsements or official prices cited.
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Black Watch
Treaties Called A Scrap Of Paper By Berlin Papers
The Berlin Vorwaerts, a Socialist organ, labeled the peace treaty a scrap of paper and warned that extortionate pressure weakens its signature while treaties backed by force last only as long as force exists. The Kreuz Zeitung urged maintaining Prussian spirit and resolute nationalism.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Kreuz Zeitung
Germania
Irrigation Plan Discussed for Alberta District
In Macleod Alberta farmers press to survey and form an irrigation district to water about 30 080 acres across four townships from Belly River to Blood Reserve. They seek surveys this year and possible contractor awards next spring. much land is owned by the Mormon church.
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Macleod
Alberta
Watertown
Belly Rivers
Cardston
Belly River
Peters
Irrigation Branch
Mormon Church
Purchase of R-34 Model Airship for US Training Urged
Henry Woodhouse of the Aero Club of America proposed acquiring the British airships R-34 or R-33 as working models for U S dirigible construction and training. Army and naval aeronautical experts reportedly favored the plan, seeing them usable as patterns for larger vessels and as practice ships for personnel in rigid airship service.
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New York
Henry Woodhouse
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Aero Club of America
Woodhouse
Army
Naval
United States
How Teddy Lost the Bear
A fragment of an old newspaper rounded up a mix of ads and quips. It mentions Putnam's Corn Extractor for corns, a Newport speech by Brig. Gen. H. S. Davey recalling Gallipoli, a Spanish proverb about a gallant man and age, Minard's Liniment claims, Dawson City sulphur rain reports, and a wry line about whiskey and headaches. Names include Brig. Gen. H. S. Davey and Dawson, Yukon.
Calgary Chief Alfred Cuddy Heads Provincial Police
Edmonton announced that Chief Alfred Cuddy of the Calgary police was named head of the reorganized provincial police of Alberta. The force will move from a commission to direct control under the attorney-general's department. Cuddy has served in Calgary for years and his departure is felt as a loss for the city.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Alfred Cuddy
Calgary Police
Provincial Police of
Alberta
Cuddy
Sawing Wood With One Arm Critiques Abroad
A column quotes Reuters style satire criticizing claims about the former German emperor at Amerongen Holland sawing logs with one arm. The piece notes the absurdity of a two arm activity described as a one armed task and questions political motives behind such dispatches. It also references a German treaty delegate portrait and includes a brief, unrelated reader note about Minard’s Liniment from Archie E. Laundry in Edmonton.
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Amerongen
Holland
Buffalo Express
Strike Statistics and Unemployment in Canada May
The Labor Gazette from Ottawa reports unemployment among trade union members at 4.38 percent at the start of May, compared with 5.12 percent at the start of April. The piece frames labor trends in a period of economic reporting.
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Canada
Ottawa
Labor Gazette
Department of Labor
The Wettest Place on Earth in Assam India
The article notes Cherra Punji in Assam, India, as the wettest place on earth with annual rainfall around 438 inches. Summer brings about 300 inches, averaging three inches daily, while five consecutive days have seen over 30 inches and about 150 inches fell in 120 hours.
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Cherra Punji
Assam
India
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