World Happenings Briefly Told
Italy celebrates redeemed territories in formal annexation while Algernon West, secretary to Gladstone, dies. Influenza outbreak hits US occupation troops. Cobienz Vancouver population data and land metrics noted. Ontario Agricultural College’s Lewis named agricultural missionary in West China University. US school children malnutrition cited by Mary McCormick. Turkey Russia treaty promises mutual recognition of acts. A Bere Switzerland pastor officially dead, then revived after 14 hours. Alfred G. C. elected US Canadian vice president. Undelivered medals and citations for US veterans prompt Adjutant General appeal to American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Russia
Bere
Switzerland
Adjutant General
US. Army
American Legion
Pains About the Heart and Kidney-Liver Pills
Pains about the heart are linked to gas build up from indigestion. Relief is claimed from Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills which stimulate liver and kidney activity, addressing chronic indigestion caused by sluggish organs and bowel constipation for lasting relief.
Oral Hygiene Education Series Highlighted
A public education note promotes an "Oral Hygiene" series targeted at residents. The program outlines basic dental care routines and preventive tips for daily use, aimed at improving overall health through regular brushing and flossing practices.
First Stage of the Decay of the Teeth Explained
A dental health note explains caries start when food packs between teeth forming plaque. Bacteria produce acid that dissolves enamel, leading to decay. enamel is the hard outer tooth layer, and pain signals advancing decay.
Industry Expands Education Across Private Sectors
Canada leads in applying private organizations to mass education with farm science schools using motion pictures and lectures on moisture conservation weed control seed quality and labor economics. Federal provincial and municipal support backs these free agricultural schools as models for broader curricula in colleges and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Principa
Iran
Staking Oil Claims Near Fort High Reported
Nineteen oil claims covering five thousand acres have been filed with the Fort High recording agent. The area around Fine Point on the Great Slave Lake's tenth shore, west of Fort Resolution and the Little Buffalo River, shows staking activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort High
Theen
Fine Point
Great Slave Lake
Fort Resolution
Litte Buffalo River
Honors Were Even Amid Rail Journey Conversation
A man boasts of a pleasant journey after meeting a pretty girl on a railway trip in England. He reveals he is married, prompting the girl's witty reply that she has no disadvantage, claiming she is an escaped fanatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bread as Daily Food Fails for Much of World
A report shows less than one third of the global population can rely on bread as a daily staple. Health, supply, and affordability barriers limit access in many regions, while some areas maintain bread-based diets despite scarcity elsewhere.
Women Engineers Pioneer with Diverse Technical Roles
The article highlights women engineers in Britain, noting Miss Griff’s progression from motor era work to consulting engineering after gaining expertise in valves, pumping plants, engines, machinery, plows, and reactors. It mentions other English women in electrical and civil engineering, drafting, office tasks, and medical X-ray machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Institute of Automobile Engineers of
Great Britain
Putnam’s Corn Ex tractor Promises Easy Corn Removal
An advertisement from the Birmingham Age Herald touts Putnam's Painless Corn Ex tractor as a simple, painless remedy that lifts out corn with root and all leaving skin smooth. The copy extols its effectiveness and notes a price of 25¢, claiming no failure with Putnam's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam's
One of the Best Known Travellers in Canada
Fragmentary OCR text references FRANK B JOUNS of Montreal as a traveler. The piece appears to discuss a renowned Canadian traveler, with garbled lines about sea, weather, and journeys, but no clear events or dates emerge. The readable portion centers on a notable Montreal figure linked to exploration or travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Weromenia
Mediares
Sheenen
Troot Xu
Ieee
Wil
Geen
Frank B
Jouns
Montreal
Safe home remedy claims ease for aches and sore throats
The report notes a home remedy mixing cold water and flour for burns and cramps, claiming relief by physicians and a large steel plant executive, with mentions of Dr Thor and widespread past use over fifty years. It references various uses for cats and human pains, presenting a cautious tone about efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor
Alf Tre
Trans-Canada Limited To Commence May 22
Trans-Canada Limited service will be inaugurated on Sunday May 22 with all steel equipment built at Angus Shops Montreal. Trains 13 and 14 will maintain the fast schedule praised last summer. So0-Pac press will start June 5 between St Paul and Vancouver, four trains daily operated by Canadian Pacific during the summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trans-Canada
Suma
Brst
M Teal
Toronto
Vane
Angus
Montreal
So0-Pac Press
St Paul
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Japan Orders Planes and Parts for Vast Air Network
Japan places large orders with English firms for airplanes and parts as part of a government led push to develop commercial aviation. Sea planes are included and officials say within two years a network of land and coast air routes will connect major Japanese cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yan
Japan
Green cotton fashion for early spring style
By Marie Belmont a cotton homespun in a cheerful green shade shapes an early spring outfit. The long waistline displays a panelled shirt over a straight undershirt with pink rosettes and a pink silk tie. Sleeves are long and wide with a nearly elbow-length slash accentuating the look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Brown
Dee
Lumbering in B C A 1930s wage report from province
Statistics from the Provincial Department of Industries show total wages in the British Columbia lumber industry reaching 31,474,573 dollars. The average daily wage in 1920 was 4.42 dollars in sawmills 5.25 dollars in logging and 3.4 dollars in planning mills and woodworking plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Department of Industries
Jews May Form Mercantile Marine With New Ship
A likely near term development could see Jews own and operate their own mercantile fleet. The first vessel to fly the blue and white falcon was the Hecolutz, recently sailing from Jaffa, owned and crewed by Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaffa
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Advertised Relief
A Nova Scotia reader endorses Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for weak heart and nerves, claiming several doctors failed to help but six boxes restored health and sleep. The ad invites purchase by mail or at dealers from The Milburn Co. Limited of Toronto, Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn
Daniel Bezanson
Los
T. Mibura Co. Limited
Toronto
Cost of the British monarchy and parliamentary funding
The piece argues that Britain funds its monarchy through Parliament, claiming rulers historically yielded incomes by parliamentary vote. It asserts monarchs like Victoria Edward VII and George III relinquished rights for smaller sums, while the people decide future costs, and that the empire spends less than other nations on its sovereigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
British Empire
William IV
Victoria
Edward
George
Wise mothers praise Mother Graves Worm Exteror value
A pamphlet extols Mother Graves Worm Exteror as essential. It notes that about 9,500 acres of forest are cut daily to supply pulp for paper manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Graves
Worm Exteror
Farmland values rise across Canadian provinces
The value of Canadian farmland is steadily increasing with occupied land averaging $175 per acre in British Columbia, $70 in Ontario and Quebec, $49 in Prince Edward Island, and notably lower in Nova Scotia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The report compares current values to $46 per acre in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Bureau
Williams Pink Pills Help Run Down Sufferer
A Nineveh Nova Scotia reader describes chronic fatigue and nerve pain eased by Williams Pink Pills. After trying the remedy he reports improved sleep, reduced headaches, and regained vigor, urging others with similar symptoms to obtain the pills from The Williams Medicine Co in Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Johnson
Nineveh
N.s?ays
McIe
Williams
Tam
Dr Wiliamms Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Dairying in Alberta Expansion of Butter Production
The article notes dairy growth in Alberta and Manitoba with creamery butter output rising from 14 million pounds in 1913 to 27 million pounds in 1919. It highlights Famonton Alberta as a leading butter center, provinces' organized dairy departments, and butter standardization efforts, alongside a mention of Holloway's Corn Remover removing corn roots without harming flesh.
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Prairie
Albertewan
Manitoba
Famonton
Alberta
Holloway
Government to auction 22000 acres at Osoyoos irrigation district
The British Columbia Government plans to put 22,000 acres of land in the irrigated district at Osoyoas in the Okanagan Valley on the market early next spring. The land is described as among the world’s richest fruit growing areas. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Osoyoas
Okanagan Valley
Mining Developments Foresee Survey on Vancouver Island
Hon. William Sloan predicts an immediate survey of 22,000,000 acres of mineral bearing lands on Vancouver Island by the Pacific Railway. The plan aims to develop coal discoveries and likely lead to further establishment on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C
British Columbia
William Sloan
On Pacific Railway
Vancouver Island
Million fire losses in Alberta show 870 fires
Complete returns of fires and fire losses for the year throughout Alberta show 870 fires causing damages totaling 1,004,191 dollars. A fragment mentions a delicate organ and care, and a note about Dr Thomas and a Shakespearean signature on the wall of Hampton Palace dated 1006, with uncertain coherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Thomas
William Shakes
Hampton ‘Out Palace
Worm Powder Claims and Odd Bird Heights
An old advertisement fragment touts Worm Powders to expel worms and improve health, linking child comfort to worm removal. It references birds like eagles and larks allegedly soaring to 6 000 feet, with a chaotic mix of mis-typed phrases and unrelated figures about telephone subscribers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's
Life Was A Misery To Her
A Ontario reader describes ten years of female organic trouble and pain. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her symptoms eased and she recovered strength. She urges others with similar troubles to try the remedy and offers to publish the letter for others seeking help.
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Owen Sound
Ont
Thad
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hermy A. Mrrcwett
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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Italy
Algernon West
Wm E Gladstone
United States Occupation Army
Cobienz
RM. Lewis
Ontario Agricultural College
West China University
Mary G. McCormick
New York State
Inter
Chicago
Ada Alfred G
Canake
Aa Akan
Birmingham Age Herald
Eck
Drvegiees
Bebes Tipi Fic
Trans-Canada ” Limited
Carter
Marie Belmont
Edmonton
Minard
Dandruff
Cuticura
Chinen
Tale
Sord Rian Suttorrey Coedgebengt Lad
Tari
Caparri Medicinis
Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
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