Imperial Economic Conference and Empire trade policy
The Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa aims to craft mutual Empire gains by removing internal trade barriers and possibly establishing an Empire currency. It envisions a unified monetary standard across the Empire and a shift toward inter Empire trade, benefiting Canada Britain Australia and others, with broad hopes for global economic renewal.
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Ottawa
Britain
Canada
Australia
Buy Locally Support Local Merchants Prompt Reason to Shop Nearby
The piece urges buying locally to back neighborhood merchants who stand behind purchases. It contrasts with door-to-door salesmen who visit briefly and lack ties to the community, arguing local shops offer recourse if a product is unsatisfactory.
Earth Upheaval tour Of Island In Bering Sea
Father Bernard R Hubbard reports a volcanic island growing in the Bering Sea region near an isolated island populated by two herds of immense sea lhomys and birds. He described a steaming lava mound pushing from the earth altering a harbor area on a Bristol Bay voyage aboard the Polar Bear.
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Bering Sea
Bogo- Sof
Bernard R Hubbard
Seward
Santa Clara University
Bristol Bay
Death of Pioneer Col Herbert Swinford, Winnipeg Veteran
Col Herbert Swinford, 83, veteran of the Red River Rebellion of 1870 and the North West Rebellion, died recently in Winnipeg. Born in London, he came to Canada as a boy and joined the Wellington Rifles during Lord Wolseley's expedition. He later ran steamboats on the Red and Assiniboine Rivers and served as general agent for the Northern Pacific Railway in Winnipeg and Vancouver before returning to Winnipeg six months ago.
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Herbert Swinford
Red River
Winnipeg
London
England
Canada
Wellington Rifles
Guelph
Vancouver
No Fool Proof Rule For Edible Mushrooms Debated
Dr. Fred Seaver of the New York Botanical Gardens says no fool proof test exists to distinguish edible mushrooms from poisonous ones. He urges learning mushrooms by experience, noting no clear line between toadstools and mushrooms. The piece also touts Miller's Worm Powders as a trustworthy worm exterminator for children.
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Flunter
Fred Seaver
New York Botanical Gardens
New York
Woman Finally Receives Bates College Diploma After 65 Years
Mrs Sibyl Chase Ballard of Minneapolis waited 65 years to receive her Bates College diploma. She completed courses in 1367 but was denied a degree when Bates did not confer them on women. Now Bates is coeducational and she finally graduates.
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Bates College
Sibyl Chase Ballard
Minneapolis
Faith and duty clash in sermons and risks
A university president urged faith in medicine with declamatory zeal, while a minister warned that many people gaze toward heaven with one eye while listening to earthly consolation. The anecdotes illustrate how belief shapes action and the tension between faith and reasoning in public addresses.
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Univerty
Heaven
Earth
Reduced Freight Rates For Livestock Below Full Carload
Canadian Freight Association announces experimental one year program to lower rail rates for livestock moved in quantities under full carloads. Cattle minimums drop from 20 000 lbs to 12 000 lbs with a 6 000 lb option. hogs and sheep from 16 000 lbs to 11 000 lbs or 6 000 lbs. Rates higher than full car lots but helpful when stock is scarce. Applies to prairie province points within 200 miles with potential intermediate stop for load completion at $3 per car.
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Canadian Freight Association
Persian Balm Advertises Ideal Toilet Requisite
Persuasive ad promotes Persian Balm as an ideal toilet requisite for every woman. Claims provide cooling and refreshing effects, relief from itchiness, and a velvety lotion that tones and stimulates the skin. Describes a rose-leaf texture and elegant distinction.
Prison de Luxe Opens on Welfare Island in New York
A New York paper portrays a new women’s detention prison on Welfare Island as a social event and compares its lavish features to a deluxe residence. The piece notes hot and cold water, showers, metal mirrors, and a radio in every cell, implying an unexpectedly palatial facility. It mentions a humorous ad line about Douglas’ Egyptian Liniment for hoof rot.
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New York
Gothram
Manhattan
Canada
Dandelion Defies Odds Amid Harsh Environments
An ode to resilience from a poem praising the dandelion described as arriving on time no matter the setting. It thrives despite adversity, rising after being cut and proving yellow is not a color of quitters. The excerpt notes 1929 cancer deaths totaling 111,569.
Salada Tea Company 40th Anniversary Origin and Rise
Forty years ago this month Salada Tea Company packed its first pound of tea in Toronto. Peter Larkin founded the firm in 1892, expanding to Montreal and Buffalo as the brand grew. He pioneered metal packaging and introduced a Ceylon and Indian blend, naming the product Salada to reach consumers via newspaper advertising. The business established three large tea packing warehouses in Toronto Montreal and Boston and became North America’s largest selling packaged tea.
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Front Street
Toronto
Salada Tea Company
Peter Larkin
Montreal
United Is
Buffalo
Boston
China
Japan
England
Ceylon
Larkin
Rth
America
Stop to Cough Irritation and Dr Thomas Electric Oil Claims
Coughing is caused by irritation in respiratory passages from inflammation of the mucous membrane. The ad promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a treatment to allay inflammation and stop the cough, urging readers to try it for satisfaction.
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Thomas
Badly Taken In A Marmalade Jar Con Game Tale
A man pays guineas for a jar touted as valuable. A connoisseur friend inspects it and asks how much was paid. The punchline notes the dealer fleeced him yet the jar still yielded marmalade, highlighting a comic fool’s errand.
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The
Imperial Economic Conference
Ioned
A. Gauducheau
Paris
Cuba
Isle of Pines
Mra
Lardry
Mondtoo
N.B
Dr. Fowler
Red River Rebellion
Oman
Eno
Deten
Sal Ada Tea Company
Alfred Bungay
North Sydney
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