Canada Joins League of Nations and Expands Global Role
The article argues Canada’s status has shifted from colony to equal partner with Britain and other nations. It urges Canadians to study world politics and finance, participate in international affairs, and foster tolerance at home to overcome parochial views as Canada assumes broader responsibilities in a global order.
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Empire
Canada
United States Senate
United 5
League of Nations
Rational Sense 5
British Isles
Britain
Canada’s rise after war and a new national consciousness
The piece urges embracing immigrants and diverse influences to strengthen Canada. It argues Canada must rearm from foreign lessons, expand trade and the mercantile fleet, and build production for world markets. It envisions a confident nation shaping its destiny beyond sectarian quarrels.
Catarrhozone Claim Promises Fast Catarrh Cure
Ad touts Catarrhozone as a non drug healing vapor that stops catarrh colds and bronchitis in ten minutes. It claims surfaces cure congestion irritation and phlegm removal with a two month large size for 1.00 and small size 50 cents with warnings against substitutes.
Plane repairman triumphs in canal zone rescue
A telegraph trouble-hunter in the Panama Canal zone repaired a downed plane and returned to his base in under two hours, a journey that would have taken three days by horseback. A deserted woman lamented that he left four years ago.
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Islace
Panama Canal Zone
Newton Kansan
Settlers' Wives Learn How Creameries Are Run
Unusual interest in a Moose Jaw Saskatchewan short course draws soldiers’ settlements from surrounding districts. The program aims to teach operations of creameries and dairy management for local settlers and their families.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Dodd's Kidney Pills Praised By Mrs Miles Wood
March 18 report features Mrs. Miles Wood endorsing Dodd's Kidney Pills as a remedy that reduced swelling and improved health. She claims the pills helped kidney trouble and related symptoms, noting women in Canada view them as a standard kidney remedy.
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Padd
Miles Wood
Canada
Dodd
Seed Wheat Price Reduction Ordered by Canadian Board
The Canadian board ordered seed wheat price reductions to 245 per bushel effective midnight February 21. Previously seed wheat cost millers 280 plus one cent, dating from December 31, 1919. The action follows requests from the United Farmers of Alberta and Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association to aid farmers facing crop failure. Fort William hosts the annual convention.
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Neat Board
Prairie Provinces
United Farmers of Alberta
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Mera
Fort
Removal of Warts with Putnam's Corn Extractor
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn and Wart Extractor as a permanent cure for corns and warts with painless, reliable results. It claims universal druggist approval across America and offers bottles for 25 cents.
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America
Calgary plans reveal over 200000 new public buildings
The article describes major city investments in Calgary including a normal school technology institute, a new post office, Allen theatre costing 300000, Herald addition 100000, Yale Hotel addition 50000, and a campus on a 110 acre site. The Normal School and Institute of Technology, designed by provincial architect R P Blakey in Collegiate Gothic style, will cost about one million dollars and sit northwest of the Bow river.
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Calgary
School of Technology
Allen
Herald
Yale
Normal School
Institute of Technology
Bow River
Can
Jada
R. P. Blakey
Sunshine Thos Who Brighten Others Also Suffer Within
Quote attributed to J M Barrie appears on a page feature noting that those who bring joy to others often struggle with personal unhappiness. The item frames a reflective thought about empathy and inner life.
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Sunshine Thos
J. M. Barrie
Penitentiary Fargy Implements Intensive Farming Gains
The report from Edmonton Alberta describes penitentiary farm operations with 70 acres showing strong returns. A tractor and stump plow cost 1314 dollars, yielding a net profit of 4191.17. Potatoes produced 3500 bushels from Hin acres, oats averaged 85 bushels per acre, and wheat on 914 acres was threshed from the eastern side.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Pento
Lift Off Corns With Freezone Foot Care Tips
A small bottle of Freezone promises quick relief for corns and calluses on fingers, between toes, and feet. It claims to remove hard skin and stop pain without draining or soreness, letting users lift away bothersome corn or callus easily.
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Production Rise Reported
Deputy Minister FH Auld of Saskatchewan states butter production in the province rose by 30 to 35 percent over the past year, reflecting advancing dairying speeds in 1918. The statement ties butter output growth to wider dairy industry gains.
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FH. Auld
Saskatchewan
Saskatas
Baby's Own Tablets A Remedy for Constipation
Mothers praise Baby's Own Tablets as a mild thorough laxative that regulates bowels and stomach, relieves colds fevers and minor ills. Mrs. Oscar Bedard of Ste Sophie Que says they helped her constipated child when nothing else would and recommends them. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 23 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Oscar Bedard
Ste. Sophie
Farm land sales hit around $110 per acre
OCR fragment notes farm lands selling for about $108 to $110 per acre in a town, with mention of a representative and street area. The readable text lacks clear dates, names, or organizations to specify beyond the price range and location context.
Ploughing Advances in British Columbia Farmland
News notes unusually favorable weather in Hazelmere and surrounding areas boosts early ploughing. Farmers expect seeding to proceed faster than last year as virgin soil shows significant cultivation progress across the district.
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British Columbia
Hazelmere
British Co’Ia
Catarrh remedy ad and labor bureau figures from 1919
An old clipping notes a catarrh remedy claim tied to cure via the blood and cites Chesey & Co Toledo Ohio. It also reports Alberta government labor bureau data for 1919 with 33 399 persons applying and 33 399 jobs found for 30 018 men and 3 381 women. costs per applicant and per placement are given, plus provincial and Dominion funding shares.
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Labor Bureau
Alberta
Dominion
Greatest of All Cunning and Hidden Snares
A fragmentary quotation extols the ultimate cunning as seeing traps while others are blind. The passage attributes the thought to Rochefoucauld and cites a product name Lintment claimed to relieve neuralgia, though the text is garbled and uncertain.
Cascarets Tonic for Gentle Liver and Bowel Help
A vintage health blurb touts Cascarets as the gentlest liver and bowel tonic. It claims the product cleanses the colon and bowels of waste without griping, never sickening or inconveniencing users, and notes twenty five million boxes sold yearly.
Food Jump in Britain Hits Pre War Levels in January
The cost of food in England rose to 36 percent above prewar levels in January, according to statistics prepared by the American Chamber of Commerce in London. Overall living costs including rent clothing light and fuel stood at 126 percent of prewar levels.
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England
American Chamber of Commerce
London
Minard’s Liniment Cures Burns and More
The notice highlights a legal panel in New York where the first Chinese person called for jury duty serves. It notes Burns and other items referenced in the snippet, reflecting a period glimpse of civic participation.
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New York
Unfulfilled Prophecy of Air Armada in World War I
A wartime forecast spoke of an air amada sweeping the Atlantic and darkening skies in France and beyond. A Washington house committee reported the armada included 213 clumsy and dangerous airships, with 720 planes used by American aviators supplied by Toronto Star.
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United States
Atlantic
France
House
Washington
Toronto Star
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