Paper Garments Exhibit Shows Cheap Washable Clothes
Washington exhibit by the Department of Commerce features paper clothing and related articles for display to clothing manufacturers. Items include workwear tables, collars, cuffs, a laundry bag, and a wall decoration. Prices shown range from about 15 to 55 cents, with a 49 percent paper suit valued at roughly 265 dollars in current exchange. Officials say these garments are washable.
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Washington
Ont of Commerce
United States
Austria
America
Beauty pills promise clear skin through liver aid
The ad claims liver health governs blood quality and skin clarity. It asserts Parmelie's Vegetable Pills act on the liver to purify blood and improve complexion, urging ladies to use them with confidence in satisfactory results.
Growing Northward to Port Burwell Station
Canadians set to establish Burwell port with Hudson’s Bay Company support. Customs officers to remain for two years after arrival. A Port Bay station planned as a follow up to the Port Burwell post. A steamer from NS with police presence reportedly involved.
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Burwell
Hudson's
Port Burwell
Customs Department
Port Bay
Morning Never Come Illustration Warns of Exhausted Nerves
A vintage advert warns that sleeplessness signals exhausted nerves and urges Dr. Chast's Nerve Food to restore vigor. It claims the product improves blood quality, strengthens nerves, and prevents serious nervous trouble through toning and nourishment.
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Chast
Curriculum that Could Be Dispensed With Some Day
The passage argues that much of schooling is wasteful and stresses the need to prune curricula. It predicts future creators may discard debris and elevate practical, life-connected subjects, while noting authoritative figures cling to conventional programs.
Wives and Mothers Benefit From Dr Hamilton's Pills
Women worn by duties and nervous exhaustion find aid in Dr Hamilton's Pills said to target kidney and bladder issues. The ad touts mild soothing effects and recommends use by girls and women of all ages, with a warning to refuse substitutes and to buy the Mandrake and Belladonna formula.
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Ige de Hanilion
Mandrake
Boutsraat
The Best Farm Magnet and Keeping Boys on the Farm
In a discussion on labor shortages H G Weaver argues the way to keep youths on farms is to make farming appealing and profitable. He says to orient farming as a business, reduce market speculation, and prove its profitability to attract the next generation.
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H. G. Weaver
August Building Activity Brings Varied Construction Value
The province shows new construction starts in August totaling 148,938 dollars, down from July's 816,446 dollars. New brick work equals 178.60 dollars and frame construction amounts to 3008 dollars.
Miss Vanity in Ancient Egypt Toilet Requisites Exhibit
The 5000 B. Egyptian beauty used a long stone palette with a central hollow to mix green eye paint, a delicate sta-shell for grease to stiffen eyelashes, ivory hair-pins, and ivory combs. An Egypt exploration fund exhibit in London displayed these items and other household goods like copper pans, stone blades, wooden bowls, and alabaster vases.
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London
Egypt Exploration Fund
Demand for New Saving Certificate Promises Growth
Seven months’ sales of a new form of savings certificates total two and a half million dollars. The certificates replace the war certificates and are issued in denominations of five dollars. They yield investors 5.5 percent interest and can be obtained directly from banks and money order post offices.
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Money Order
Apple Crop in Quebec Estimates Increase in Output
Quebec apple growers project a harvest of 100000 barrels this year, showing over a 25 percent rise from last year. The crop is reported to be of exceptional quality and the season promises strong market prospects for producers.
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Quebec
The Treasure of Good Health Dr Williams Pink Pills
A Canada wide testimonial touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a reliable tonic that restores strength by addressing root blood issues. A Luburg County land surveyor credits them with steady health while traveling and camping, urging their use in homes and recommending purchase from medicine dealers.
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Williams
Canada
Iams Medicine Co
Brockville
MilLons For Implements Demand Heats Farm Dealers
With the heaviest demand in years farm implement dealers foresee a shortage soon. Throughout the year $6,090,009 worth of implements have been sold in the province. Some old adages have lost their teeth, as demand grows.
Alberta Coal Industry Production Jump Seen
Official figures show Alberta coal output for six months ending in June at three million forty thousand tons, up from two million sixty nine thousand tons in the same period last year. The figures cover bituminous and lignite coal and reflect higher marketed sales in Alberta’s coal sector.
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Alberta
Miller's Worm Powders hailed as children’s remedy
Miller's Worm Powders are described as the medicine for children afflicted by worms. They immediately alter stomach conditions that feed the worms, drive them from the system, and tonically support digestive organs to restore health and immunity against future attacks.
Fortunes in Fish in British Columbia Rivers
It is estimated the fishing pack in British Columbia will total 12 million dollars this year. The industry has been especially strong in River and in the rivers of the northern part of the province.
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British Columbia
Testimonial for Minard's Liniment by WS Pinho
A citizen from Middleton Nova Scotia attests the long use of Minard's Liniment in their family calling it the best liniment for horse flesh. Signed WS Pinho from Woodlands.
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Minard
Pinfo Middleton
N.S. “Woodlands
Canada Revenue Surges in August and Year Forecast
Revenue in August this year doubled August 1919 totals. Officials project fiscal year total around 150 million dollars, up from 58.9 million in the prior twelve months. Strong gains cited across all sectors and continued momentum expected through year end.
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Canada
Flax Industry Growth in Canada Across Provinces
The report notes 1914 flax mills in Ontario and Quebec focused on rotting and scratching, with Western Ontario seeing the most progress. By 1919 production reached 2400 tons valued at about 5 million dollars, or 6 million with seed, although Western flax seed remains untapped in the West. It is shown that Canada can grow high quality fibre, with sixty mills currently operating.
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Ontario
Quebec
Canadian
Canada
Hail Insurance Board Imposes 12 Cents Per Acre Levy
Saskatchewan hail insurance directors announce an excess rate of twelve cents per acre on seeded acreage atop a four cent base levy. This year total hail losses reach 703000 with August 4 storms causing the heaviest damage.
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Pal
Saskatchewan Auiance Association
German Flag Display Permits Return in Rhineland
Public buildings may again fly the German flag and citizens may parade on special occasions across the Rhineland. The American High Commission requires a permit for each display, with Major General Henry A. Allen yet to approve the order for the area where armistice status remains in effect.
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Rhineland
Wool Output In Saskatchewan Rises With Co operative Branch
In Saskatchewan over the last four years wool consigned to the provincial department's co operative branch increased from 179 consignments weighing 69,704 pounds at 17.34 cents per pound to 916 consignments weighing 394,068 pounds at 61.12 cents per pound.
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Saskatchewan
Co-Operative
Department of Agriculture
Minard's Liniment For Burns and Fortunes
Minard's Liniment is advertised as a remedy for burns and related injuries. The snippet contrasts experiences, noting some men feel painfully honest when neighbors gain fortunes by dishonest methods.
Danderine Hair Growth Claim Ad
An advertisement touts Danderine as a quick fix for thinning hair. It promises sealing the scalp with two small bottles, claiming hair will stop shedding after several applications and appear fuller, healthier, and shinier.
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Denlorn
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Terentia
Oman
Alberta Coal Industry
Fortunes In Fish
Toronto
Skat
Burns
Big Neck
Ves
Chicago, HL
Dominion Expres Moser Orde
Shiloh
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Otto
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EPOLS
Cabloos Shoes
Acre
E. D. Smith & Sons, Limited
Cade
Merors
Smith & Sons, Limited
Qwerry
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Wingha
Watson
Traeed
Seah
Donald H. Bein Coe
Tee
Edmonton
Alba
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