Remarkable Wireless Music Experiment Reported
A Montreal event featured gramophone and Miss Sutton singing heard over long distance by wireless telephone apparatus devised by Dr A S Eve. The trial used a Muena Vok device to transmit the distant voice from Laurier assembly ball, and the audience listened as the distant singer’s voice carried for miles in a real war invention society project.
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Funence Laurier Assembly
Montreal
Sutton
Bieans
A. S. Eve
Mind Presence at Waite Shows Unclear Action
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Waite and Scot relations with price questions and waiter references. It is unclear what event or outcome is described beyond references to Pennsylvania glass and American supply.
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Lawell
Sugar Plantation Workers in Hawaii Receive Large Bonus
Unskilled workers on Hawaii sugar plantations receive a monthly bonus of 45 dollars based on the wage rate, elevating daily earnings for the lowest paid laborers. With basic wages around 20 dollars a month, the total wages including the bonus reach higher monthly totals, and an additional 5 percent bonus is retained for end of the bonus year.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Halls Catarrh Medicine Claim and Promotion
The advertisement touts Halls Catarrh Medicine as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. It claims the remedy cleanses the blood and surfaces, uses tonics and blood purifiers, and promotes a proven combination of ingredients to cure catarrh.
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Cieces & Cae
A Link With the Past Old-Timer Recounts Early Edmonton Life
Tlesphore Alexander BIn age 89 recalls a violent incident on the St Lawrence and his West exploits as a trapper and pioneer. The article presents him as one of Edmonton's oldest citizens, now a janitor, reflecting on frontier days from British Columbia to Manitoba and the Yukon to the Dakotas.
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Edmonton
Edmon
Tlesphore Alexander bin
St Lawrence
Daddy Bown
Alberta
Praire
Northland
B.C
Manitob
Yukon
Dak
West
Hundred Murder Cases in Chicago Court Spark Debate
Henry Barrett Cham of the Chicago Crime Commission cites a calendar of one hundred murder cases as proof of a crime carnival. Two judges long used to murder dockets request help, four more are added to clear the backlog as he discusses Americanization of alien elements and its social implications.
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U S
Cfsis
Chicago
Chicago Criminal Court
Henry Barrett Cham
Chicago Crime Commission
Ierlain
Messages From Mars Expeets Elevate Debate On Contact
Prof David Todd of Amherst College and Leo Steve lead discussions on listening for Mars messages. Debate centers on wireless communication with the red planet and its scientific implications for humanity and nature.
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Agson
David Todd
Amherst College
Leo Steve
Ameri
Mars
Todd
Red
Returned Soldiers Flock to the Land in Prairie Provinces
A report shows large numbers of returned soldiers settling in Saskatchewan and western provinces. It cites Soldier Settlement loans of 32.7 million for land purchases and 18.8 million for stock and equipment, with 6425 soldiers taking free land entries across the prairies.
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Prairie Provinces
West
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Western Canada Colonization Association Seeks Settlement Drive
A proposal outlines laying out twenty million acres of arable land near railways to boost co operation between east and west in Canada. The Western Canada Colonization Association aims to advise settlers, not buy lands, and to support new arrivals until they are self sufficient, backed by eastern financiers and western provinces.
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Canada
Western Colonization Association
Hudson Say Company
Western Canada Colonization Association
Deer Western Provinces
Ject
Alfred Rochan Seeks Medicine for Roxton Pond Hotel Stables
A damaged note from Alfred Rochan asks about obtaining Liniment for use at Roxton Pond Hotel and nearby stables. The text references long familiarity with MIN ARD'S LINIMENT and indicates ongoing use by his family. Exact request details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Liniment Co
Minard
Tay
Alfred Rochan
Roxton Pond Hotel and Cry Stables
Preserving Spider Webs with Shellac Pressing Method
The article describes preserving spider webs by spraying them with shellac, pressing ordinary geometric webs onto glass plates, severing posting threads, and storing the dried plates for scientific use. It notes a Canadian government shipbuilding program due to high deadweight tonnage.
Huge irrigation project brings 220000 acres under Alberta irrigation
Water flowed into the main ditch from Pow river intake 40 miles east of Calgary marking a culmination of a decade long project. The Lake McGregor reservoir nine miles long and the Little Bow reservoir feed the system that will irrigate 220000 acres in MI district, with 000 acres purchased by US settlers. The Canada Land and Irrigation company now turns water into ditches from the Snake Valley reservoir.
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Alberta
Soein
Canada Land and Tion Company
Little Bow
United States
Pow River
Calvary
Snake Valley
Lake McGregor
Mai
Little Row
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Sit
Minard's Li Jumbled Dialogue Sparks Curious Exchange
A fragmentary exchange features Minard's Li remarking on observations with Mrs Bighrow while Mes Tuntwist and Hes react to a quirky, tangled display of speech. The dialogue hints at a quirky, humorous scene with a dash of linguistic play.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Aid Sciatic Nerve Pain Relief
A testimonial from McGuire of North Manchester Ontario describes relief from severe sciatic neuralgia after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He notes initial long pain and difficulty walking, followed by improved health and freedom from pain after taking the pills, encouraging others with weak blood and nerve pain to try them. The advertisement promotes buying options by mail at various prices.
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McGuire
North Matcem
Sue
W. Pils
Williams Medicine
Brockville
A Perfect Antidote New Yo
A brief item notes an antidote for aphasia discussed in a New York correspondent report. The readable text is fragmentary, but the article hints at a potential treatment or remedy affecting language impairment. Further details are not available in the accessible text.
Prospects in Irrigation Block South of Brooks Alberta
A productive district along the Bow Slope near Brooks in southern Alberta benefits from the Canadian Pacific Railway irrigation project. Swedish Up land colony, established in 1918 with about 300 residents, farms roughly 8,500 acres, up from 600 acres in 1918 and 1,000 in 1919. Wheat and alfalfa are growing. irrigation ditches are being prepared as water is expected by June.
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Brooks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Bow River
Bow Slope
Upland
Pere Sloper
Esibasn
Duke of Sutherland
Poland’s Improved Position in Russia Opens Peace Talks Path
The Fol Legation cites Polish victories in Russia as strengthening Poland to resume peace negotiations with the Bolsheviks. It notes Poland’s Ukrainian policy shows no imperial aims and that Poland will dictate the negotiation setting, leaving the Soviet government to choose among proposed venues.
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Russia
Poland
Legation
War memory watch bought by surprized man in Shropshire
A Gere man hawked watches in Pontesbury Shropshire when Sankey bought one and found his brother's inscription inside. The brother, a Scots Guardsman from Poury, was killed in France in 1914. The incident ties wartime sacrifice to a serendipitous personal discovery in a rural village.
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Pontesbury
Shropshire
Sankey
Poury
Scots Guards
France
Fractured OCR Dialogue From 19th Century Ad Scene
A garbled excerpt shows a comic exchange about furnishing a room. A gentleman requests a bedsitting room about 24 by 12 feet, while an agent notes difficulty in finding such a space. The fragment hints at domestic satire and misheard phrases.
Spring Tonic Promises Health From Golden Medical Discovery
An old fashioned herbal remedy claims to boost strength and blood health for women and men. The advertisement urges spring checks of condition and promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as alcohol free and safe, offering tablets or a 50 cent vial from Dr. Pierce's Invalid Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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Tomer
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
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