Developments In Transportation and the Canadian Railways
A Canada focused discussion on the rise of motor buses and trucks and the strain on railways. The piece argues taxpayers have funded vast highway networks and rail investments, urging balanced reform to reduce freight costs while ensuring continued railway viability. It emphasizes the farmer, merchant, and worker perspectives, noting public funding and rate structures shaping transport today.
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Deus
Rid
Pansanger Bussee
Fea
Canada
Calmurisila
Epouses
Diate & Rears Pest Gam
Inews Aol
Tomes
Prone
Nore
Beter
Uae
Sasantaly
Farmer-Pentecor
Chad
Natn Nasrenery
Ang Acela Angel Penal
Ema
Ub Railways
Vallray
Tiquiatin
Best Seller Bunyan in Tibet Shelved by Society
A Tibetan edition of The Pilgrim's Progress prepared for Himalayan readers by the Religious Tract Society now has only two copies left. A drunken man mocked an enormous stuffed tarpon in a glass case, calling the angler a liar. Some funds will be spent on new public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bunyan
Tibet
Religious ‘Tract Society
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Claim Success
A reader from Asbern reports five years of heart palpitations and sleeplessness due to nerves, then credits Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills with relief. The testimonial urges others suffering to try the remedy, noting availability at drugstores or by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mias Rose Grifia
Asbern
Milburn
Returned Rhodes Scholars Teaching in Canada
An analysis shows many Rhodes Scholars now teach in Canadian universities and colleges. Of 140 scholars, 47 are in academia, including a McGill Law Dean who is an Oxford All Souls fellow. The trend highlights strong Oxford influence on Canadian higher education, especially in newer western institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
McGill University
All Souls, Oxford
West
Oxford
Montreal Star
Neighbors Praise Diamond Dyes For Wardrobe Savings
A theatre worker explains how she supports her family by using Diamond Dyes to refresh dresses and stockings. She shares that neighbors notice her many new garments and cites her wardrobe mistress as finding these dyes superior to others on the market. The woman calls Diamond Dyes the world’s most popular and easy to use.
Quebec to Represent Dominion in Washington Oratorical Contest
Quebec will uphold the Dominion at the Washington international eloquence contest this October 1931. Registration time has expired with no other provinces entering, leaving Quebec to send a youth to champion Canada's fame for eloquence against competitors from other countries.
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Quebec
Dominion
Washington
Canada
A Kruschen Salts Promise Prompts Daring Health Claims
A vintage ad touts Kruschen Salts as a miracle for weight, energy, and vitality. It claims a dose in water each morning will banish lethargy, sharpen activity, and improve digestion by flushing acids and toxins from the stomach liver bowels and kidneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Haven
Giant alien digger in Los Angeles touted to replace thousand workers
A massive digging machine in Los Angeles claims to replace 1,000 men by removing four cubic yards of earth every 35 seconds, with 40 trucks moving dirt as it piles up. Meanwhile Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is advertised as powerful, portable, and in demand wherever introduced, offered in 12s bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Thomas
Topographical Survey publishes sunshine nomogram diagram
Daily Hours of The Topographical Survey Department of the Interior Ottawa publishes a nomogram diagram to determine daily sunshine hours for any day and place. Many mothers praise Mother Graves worm terminator for its useful experience. Artificial graphite for electric furnaces produced near Niagara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
New Cunard Queen of the Seas Under Fast Construction
Work on the 73,000-ton Cunard liner progresses rapidly at John Brown and Company Clydebank with 24-hour shifts in factories across Britain. A massive rudder, over 150 tons, has been shipped from Darlington for fitting, and Southampton graving docks are under construction to serve the new vessel.
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Cunard
Ner
Cunard Line
John Brown and Company
Great Britain
British Isles
Darlington
John Brown
Clydebank
Southampton
Interesting Coin Exhibition At Chateau De Ramezay
Thousands of coins and medals fill displays across the Chateau de Ramezay galleries. The collection showcases coins spanning three millennia and features rulers from kings to pharaohs. It includes perhaps the continent’s finest Indian Peace and Treaty medals, many struck as gifts. A George IV medal once gifted to Andre Romain is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau de Ramezay
George IV
Andre Romain
Asthma Remedy Promoted By Doctor Kellogg
An advertisement urges prompt use of Dr J D Kellogg s Asthma Remedy noting its quick action on air passages. It claims the medicine brings relief and should be kept in homes where asthma is present.
Married life as Eden for Back To Nature couple
In a light exchange the couple from Back To Nature jokes about married life saying it feels like the Garden of Eden. They admit having nothing to wear and fear of being turned out, reflecting playful domestic concerns.
Notabilities plan diamond jubilee of BC confederation entry
A committee invited HRH Princess Mary and the Earl of Harewood to Victoria for the diamond jubilee of British Columbia’s entry into Confederation. Invitations go through the prime minister and officials for delegates, with U. S. Navy ships and British admiralty invitations being coordinated. Also noted are Manitoba butter-fat totals, a moth specimen from Honda, and London basement dwelling figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Earl of Harewood
Reg Hayward
P.M
Robert Hiscocks
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Victoria
United States
G. A Bucklin
Republic
United States Navy
Teat Milling Qualities Of Wheat In Saskatchewan
An extra grant has been ordered by the Saskatchewan Agricultural Research Foundation to study environmental factors influencing milling qualities of Saskatchewan wheat and the baking quality of flour produced from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Agrcultural Research Foundation
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Japan
SC Aay
Orine
Rhodes
Niagara
Seas
Montreal
H. G. Nichols
Kamloops
British Columbia
Pam
PAN Liniment
MacDonald
B.C
Confederation
Anitoba c
Reameries
Manitoba
Honda
London
Borden
Noah
Appleford
Western Representativ
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
SASK
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