How The Sun Life Made Thirty Eight Millions Profit In 1927
Montreal March 19 The Sun Life Assurance Company reports a record 1927 with income of 102 million and profit of 38 million. The president outlines growth in new assurances to 325 thousand and assets above 400 million, plus higher in force and larger surplus. He pledges Canadian control against Wall Street influence and previews a Parliament bill for protection.
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Montreal
Sun Life Assurance Company
Government of Canada
Tne
Sun Life
Rex
Wall Street
Oir
Couner
Macaulay
Sout
Restored health claims in questionable tonic ad text
A damaged OCR style health ad promotes a vegetable compound promising restored health. It mentions a daughter of unspecified age and several dubious testimonials, naming various individuals and places in a nonspecific sales pitch without clear medical results.
Sun Life Reports Rapid Growth and Strong Reliability
The company touts high earnings after investment expenses and a perfect record of interest and dividends paid. Sun Life argues growth has accelerated, doubling in size every four to five and a half years, with Sun Life of Canada leading an impressive 23 percent rise in new business. Directors emphasize safeguarding the future, with three new directors added and a strong roster including Lorne Webster and Taschereau.
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Life Assurance
Sun Life
United States
Canada
Sun Life of
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T. B. Macaulay
FLA
FAS
Arthur B. Wood
Robert Adair
W. M. Birks
Raoul Dandurand
Redpath Dougall
Herbert S. Holt
Abner Kingman
J. W. McConnell
C. E
Asbestos Deposits in Eastern Townships Quebec
Canadian asbestos deposits supply the bulk of the world demand for short fibre. While noted elsewhere, the productive areas are confined to the Eastern Townships in Quebec where active mining began in 1580.
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Quebec
First public opera staged at French royal wedding
The first public operatic performance is believed to have been staged 327 years ago at a French royal wedding. In Butte Montana the earth temperature has been reduced to as low as 10 to 20 degrees by proper ventilation in the mines.
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Butte
Montana
World Happenings Briefly Told
Four men sail from Rotterdam in a 20 foot lifeboat aiming for New York in forty days. Milk distribution via penny slots starts in Newcastle upon Tyne. Geoffrey Riddehough becomes Classics instructor at UBC. Belgian consular agent to study Canada trade. Hymans reports in Senate. Veregin leads Doukhobors on a Winnipeg mission. Athlone’s governorship extended two years from Jan 21 1929. John Beck dies in Winnipeg aged 78. mule team transport linked Winnipeg to Fort Ellice. Soviet winter wheat area up 3.3% in autumn 1927. Great Lakes navigation won’t open before May 1. upper lakes delayed.
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Rotterdam
New York
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
Geoffrey B. Riddehough
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
Canada
Paul Hymans
Peter Veregin
Winnipeg
Farl
Soviet Russia
International Institute of Agriculture
Great Lakes
Rest and Reflection in Sunday School Devotion
A devotional lesson on rest for Christian workers notes Mark 6 31 41 and John 6 35 urging retreats to desolate places to restore the spirit. It cites Ruskin and Dr Thomas oil as examples of quiet restoration and warns against the pace of modern life that drains moral and spiritual vision.
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Ezekiel
Aris
Jesus
Mark
Christ
Jowell
Ruskin
Wireless Pioneers Predict Page Transmissions by Radio
Senator William Marconi predicts soon full newspaper pages could be transmitted by wireless between England and Canada within a month or two. He envisions facsimile and beam radio experiments, claiming radio will reshape global connections and may replace code transmission. He also touts a cryptograph system for automatic coding and decoding of messages.
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England
Canada
William Marconi
Marconi
Heart and Nerve Pills Claim Cure For Weak Heart
Mrs F Wilson of Lethbridge Alberta reports five weeks bedridden with a weak heart. A doctor found no heart flaw after examination. Auburn's Heart and Nerve Pills sell for fifty cents a box via druggists or mail order from The T Mulburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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Auburn
Drggiste
T. Mulburn Co. Limited
Toronto
MacDonald Proposes Coal Commission to Study Market Issue
Finlay MacDonald of Cape Breton South proposed a five member commission to study the whole problem of moving Canadian coal to central Canada. The panel would include coal companies, the railway traffic department, coal-using industries, business men, and miners, aiming to discover a remedy for coal marketing.
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Finlay MacDonald
Conserv
Cape Breton South
Central
Canada
MacDonald
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