Population growth and immigration key to rail profits
A Ottawa arbitration column argues Canada must raise population and production to boost railway traffic and reduce deficits. It emphasizes immigration, settlement of western lands, and a national policy to spur manufacturing and farm output to drive freight growth and long term railway profits.
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Board of Arbitration
Ottawa 92
Canadian National Railways
Canada
Ottawa
F. P. Brady
A. C. Egan
Yalions
Odo
Ancient court, debt talk and mayfly note
The column blends a romance line where a young girl rejects a thrice‑married wealthy suitor with a French debt forecast stating France’s national debt will reach about 19.82 billion francs by year end. Senate finance chair M Lacroix notes interest totals near 14 billion francs, with total near sixteen billion. A Mayfly entry notes their brief lifespans from hours to a day.
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Frances
M. Lacroix
Senate Finance Committee
Aspirin Immitation Warning Cautions Bayer Brand Details
An advertisement warns buyers to insist on Bayer aspirin in an unbroken package with Bayer Cross to avoid imitations. It cites physician developed directions over 21 years and lists uses including headache earache toothache neuralgia rheumatism and neuritis. Made in Canada and sold by druggists, the message emphasizes Bayer as the genuine manufacture and points to the Bayer Company logo on tablets.
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Bayer
Canada
Nota
Bayer Company
Quest for Adventure and Triumph Amid Polar Expeditions
A fragmented passage from the London Daily Telegraph discusses Quest in pursuit of new material, exploration branches of science, and the unquenchable thirst for discovery. It reflects on expeditions past and the equipment representing accumulated experience of explorers and savages.
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London Daily Telegraph
Sure Protection For You While You Travel
Travel safety tips mix with old medicine ads as Nerviline promises quick relief for stomach cramps and headaches while Dr Thomas Electric Oil claims to quickly ease lame backs. The jumble mentions Haddocks laying up to 1,500,000 eggs in a sea.
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Haddocks
Minard's Lintment for Garget in Cows
A fragment notes Minards Lintment for garget in cows and hints at origins of Free Masonry or similar lore, suggesting uncertain traceability and missing context within a clipped historical snippet.
Restore Stomach Tone with Williams Pink Pills
A claim that craving any food can be satisfied by restoring stomach tone and blood health. The ad promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as best for indigestion and dyspepsia, citing a Talbot NL patient who improved eating and health after six boxes. Pills sold through dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Economical Hubby Questions Medicine Spending
Witery argues against paying 32 for medicine and wasting it as he feels worse when taking it. The exchange centers on frugal health choices and skepticism toward pricey drugs.
Egyptian Diet Back Then to Prevent Throat Ulcers
A fragment claims dates are essential to Exiptian life and says a spounfal of Dr. Belectric Belectric Or Add sugar to it alleviates throat irritation and prevents ulceration. It also notes quincy immunity and references ancient carvings from 4000 BC showing beds and furniture and mentions Minard's Liniment used by veterinarians.
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Thomas Belectric
Prairie Provinces Plan Rural Road Expansion
Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta unveil five year road plans totaling about 13.5 million dollars with 9,117 miles of rural highways. Federal subsidies are expected to reimburse roughly 4.7 million across the three provinces as the highway network links the region.
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Wes
Canada
Manitoba
Willesult
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fe Eral
Prairie Provinces
Wow Watt
Centenarian Charles Quick Still Works at 100
Charles Quick, celebrating his first birthday recently, is reportedly Vancouver’s oldest working man and possibly Canada’s. At his shop on 1549 Pender Street he continues to craft and send out horse racing saddles worldwide from his small workshop.
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Charles Quick
Vancouver
Canada
Pender Street
Different Methods Elsie My Mamma Got a Present
A fragment from a Boston Transcript chemistry class dialogue shows a teacher prompting students to name a fluid that will not freeze. Little Jimmie answers with boiling water as the example, while a personal family moment is briefly noted.
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Elsie
Eddie
Oston Transcript
Veacher
Jimmie
Blue Eyes And Genius Fact Or Folklore
An odd mix of claims links famous men to blue eyes and other traits. The text cites presidents, generals, and scholars, then pivots to life expectancy and a patent worm powder remedy promising relief by expelling worms and improving digestion and beauty.
Northern lake trout shipments reach McMurray Iron
A scow load of lake trout arrives at the Mackenzie Basin Fisheries plant in Black Bay, Lake Athabasca, marking the first northern trout shipment to McMurray for markets in Canada and the United States. Additional shipments are expected before the river navigation closes.
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P! Black
Providential Sermon Echoes in Testimony at Prayer
A fragment reflects a speaker named JG. Leste praising Providence and claiming religious zeal over education. The remark about “I thank the Lord that I have three wives in heaven” appears as part of a broader testimony during prayer.
Among Those Present The Heap Remark Atop The Heap
A tense exchange shows a successful man claiming credit while a less successful voice counters that without the rest there would be no heap. The Philadelphia Recon is noted as always finding potatoes or resources in the midst of the debate.
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Philadelphia
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Holloway
Leteur
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Saan
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Trave
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