Our Greatest Asset The value of children to nations
The article argues the nation's greatest asset is its children and homes not wealth or power. It cites US census figures showing about one million children ages ten to fourteen in labor, highlighting long term harms to intellect and future society. It notes Canada’s stricter retirement laws and debates school attendance age and child labor.
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Fan
United States
Tony
Queen Seare
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LWW
Canada
Village Prosperity and Farm Welfare Emphasized by Leader
A speech by Mr Levitan urged supporting nearby villages to lift farm values and keep families on the land. He warned villages’ access and prosperity directly affect farm prosperity and urged purchases in town to sustain land values and community vitality.
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Levitan
A Good Medicine for the Baby Promises Relief
A vintage notice touts King can equal Babs Own Tablets as mild yet effective laxative and remedy for colds fevers and constipation in infants. A Quebec mother, Mrs Saluste Pelletier, endorses them as essential for households with young children. Advert claims 25 cent tablets sold by dealers or mail order.
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King
Babs
Saluste Pelletier
Tnanas
de Williams Medicin
France Faces Wheat Shortage Amid Low Crop This Year
France faces a wheat deficit for 16, with production far below annual needs. Oats and barley are more abundant, while total imports reach about 17 million quintals to cover shortfalls. Canada is seen as having a surplus aiding European needs.
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France
Ministry of Agriculture
Capafla
United States
Tess Cuan
Peices
Paris
Canada
Europe
Heen
Nerviline Offer for Neuralgia and Related Ailments
Apply Nerviline to the sore spot and feel a warm glow spread as soothing effect reaches deep tissue. Pain eases quickly and the soreness vanishes in a short time. For neuralgia seratica rheumatism nemine is a boon.
New York Lawyer Plans Massive Moderate Rent Tenements
Samuel Untermyer, a New York lawyer, champions building new tenements to house 45 500 families at about five dollars monthly. Critics note the scale shifts to housing 2 000 families with rents likely staying affordable, signaling a social effort to aid fellow citizens.
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New York
Samuel Untermeses
Cai
Untermeyer
Prince of Wales altered by India tour in early middle age
London reports say the Prince of Wales has changed after his Indian tour. He appears weighty and watchful, no longer the bright, carefree figure. Friends note a lasting impact, suggesting a happy marriage might restore his former ease.
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London
Manitoba leads in student share among regions says board
The Winniper Board of Trade boasts that Manitoba has more university students per capita than any province in Canada or state in the U S A and notes that the number of places selling intoxicating liquors in London has declined over the past decade.
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Winniper Board of Trade
Manitoba
Quebec
United S
London
Monks Plant Trees to Replace Forest Cut by Monastic Order
A report from an Aurora beacon notes Benedictine monks near Florence harvest timber from a historic forest. They plant new trees at a rapid pace to replace each felled trunk, highlighting concerns about widespread forest loss and a vow to replant in response to heavy logging.
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Sears
Florence
Ata
Wales
America
Aurora
Purifying of Silver Crude by Mercury Contact
Fragmentary notes describe silver purification through mercury contact then distillation by masters. text hints at refinement steps and personal attitudes when no other tasks are available.
Speeding the Typist
A new typewriter with twenty two extra keys promises higher typing speed. The device prints full words and handles spacing automatically, enabling phrases like we fare and the and. The inventor claims significant speed gains from these improvements and includes a notable feature in their timing calculations.
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Sous Sing
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