The Coming Liquor Referendum in Western Canada
A long campaign culminates October 25 as citizens in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta vote on bone-dry prohibition and importation. The piece urges accurate voter lists and honest ballots, urging decisive action and consistent conduct from supporters and opponents alike.
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Castla
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Issve
Prairie Provinces
Western
Canada
Putnam's Painless Corn Ex tractor Offers Quick Bunion Help
A brief advertisement touts Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a remedy for bunions warts lumps and callouses. It promises rapid relief with a small price of 25 cents and claims effectiveness without pain.
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Putnam
Rebound Courteou in Streetcar Mirth
A playful exchange in a streetcar ends with Grigas noting a man may sing to a young, handsome woman around a curve while Briggs-Ought questions if a strap should be given to a lady.
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Courteou
Briggs
Grigas
Inard's Liniment and Forest Fire Notes
A compact page fragment notes Inard's Liniment claims for neuralga relief and a quip about cows and milk usage. British Columbia reports no forest fires this year, with 981 fires and costs of 183080 to battle, plus a worm remedies pitch and social quips about work and behavior.
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British Columbia
Forest Branch
Department of Hands
Feeding Swedes to Sheep Safety Tips for Early Rations
London Live Stock Journal warns that feeding immature swedes to sheep can cause scour and injury. Size does not indicate suitability. buyers should mix with cabbage as an intermediate food to allow swedes to ripen and reduce risk. Cabbage is wholesome regardless of maturity.
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Sweden London Live Stock Journal
Heart and Nerve Pills Claim Quick Relief for Breathing Trouble
A testimonial from Stephen Crouse of East Clifford NL describes five years of heart trouble with breathlessness and weakness. After using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, three boxes restored strength and allowed him to work on the farm again. Price 50c a box. available from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milburn
Stephen Crouse
East Clifford
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Elevator Charges Up in Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Board
Hon. Geo Langley minister of municipal affairs and director of the Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Co says a reasonable advance in storage charges by local and terminal elevators will be considered by the commissioners after representations from elevator men to the board.
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Geo. Langley
The Color of Your Eyes Discovery by Dr Bryn
Norway’s Dr Bryn examined 83 people and outlined inheritance patterns for blue eyes. When all grandparents were blue eyed, all children were blue eyed. if any grandparent had brown eyes about 90 of 100 children were blue. If both parents were blue eyed 70 of children shared the same eye color while 2 were blue. If one parent was blue eyed and the other brown eyed, blue and brown eyes divided evenly among children.
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H. Bryn
Norway
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure All
An old advertisement promises $100 for incurable catarea cases and asserts the medicine reaches the bloodstream to treat the condition. The misspelled copy reflects vintage marketing wording and unclear product claims.
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HALL
HALLS
Fox Farming Pays Big in Fox Ranch Profits
Fox farming yields high returns with litters averaging four per ranch, valuing each pup at 500 to 750 dollars. Old-timers report 75 to 200 youngsters on their ranches, suggesting substantial earnings from quality foxes.
Rivals the Spoonerville Line
A humorous exchange on a passenger train as a longtime conductor deflects an impatient rider asking to speed up. The passenger recalls 15 years on the line, then exclaims in surprise about where he boarded, highlighting the comic tone of a bygone era railway moment.
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Spoonerville Line
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Declared Poor Man's Friend
The advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as potent in concentrated form, claiming it surpasses 100 times the strength of many unguents. Sold in tiny portable bottles for a small price, it is urged as essential for every dealer to stock.
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Dr. Thomas
Poincaré Urges Germans Language Study For France
Former President Poincaré told the Association of Language Professors that mastering German is essential to understanding its science and preserving French literary primacy. He urged officials and Army officers in occupied regions to learn German as the government reintroduced it into officers’ training. Alsace Lorraine.
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Poincaire
Association of
Germany
M. Poincaire
Alsace Lorraine
Alberta butter output to reach twelve million pounds
Alberta’s butter production this year is forecast at twelve million pounds, said by a leading creamery man. Despite feed shortages last winter and slow spring, the output surpasses 1919’s eleven million pounds and ahead of the same period last year. Edmonton led Canadian cities in 1919 butter production.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Canada
When Baby Is Cross and The Remedy Promises Relief
Mothers are advised that when babies cry and fret the remedy is a mild laxative tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Packaged for constipation and indigestion, the tablets claim to ease colds and fevers in little ones. Customer Mrs. Oscar Bedard of Ste. Que. endorses the product, noting relief after use. Sold for 25 cents a box by druggists or by mail from Brockville.
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Oscar Bedard
Ste. Que
Sethine Sted
Dr. Wiliams” Medicine Co
Brockville 3
Helium reserves in Canada raise airship potential
Prof. McLennan reports that Alberta deposits could yield over ten million cubic feet of helium and other regions about two million more, enough to support a substantial fleet of airships. Helium, a rare nonflammable gas with strong lifting power, could be secured from natural gases in Canada for military uses.
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McLennan
Canada
British Admiralty
Alberts
Kellogg's Asthma Remedy Promises Ocean to Ocean Relief
Dr. J. D. Kellogg's asthma remedy is presented as distinctly different from other so called remedies. The ad asserts it has continued its great work of relief across the country and holds a reputation in the hearts of thousands who have known its benefit.
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J. D. Kellogg
Kellogg’s
Tard's Liniment For DandruffHeadline Not Present
One half of the world envies the other for not knowing how it lives. Following in the footsteps of an indulgent man is costly traveling.
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Academia
Bunions
Inard
Neralga
Norah
Maguire
BAYER
al Pope Lataleckan Bayes
van Mare
Gulag
Mayer
Bayer” San
Manefacture
Tard
St. Kitts
Yever
Cane Mola Co., of Canada, Limited
Notre Dame Street
Mestres
Laselle
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