17 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1921
Page
1
President Harding urged nations to meet at Washington for a council table talk, aiming for a friendly, neighborly disarmament conference. He said disputes should be settled without vengeance, through open face-to-face dialogue like neighbors over coffee and cigars.
A Toronto Saturday Night piece predicts Premier Meighen will call an autumn election amid western Conservative struggles. It argues dissolution before redistribution is likely, citing Alberta Saskatchewan by elections and Medicine Hat results as signs of weak support and mounting political risk.
After setting his house in order and facing a formidable challenge, the rival campaigns anticipate a race that will dwarf the famous reciprocity clash of 1911. Opponents warn that the upcoming ballots will reveal a contest of remarkable intensity. Wait and see.
The Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association argues that only a real method remains payment by the surplus of exports over imports. It states a vast volume of German goods must be imported by Britain, France, the United States, and Canada or by neutral markets like Argentina, China, and Sweden to displace Allied goods. The piece says this reparations problem is solvable but requires shifts in current state policies.
The League of Nations is entrusted with a man’s job in Upper Silesia as powers take the organization seriously at last.
The Boston Globe piece posits clothing as a clothes prison imposed by climate and modern life. It argues that swimming offers relief from sartorial burdens and that civilization means shedding superfluous garments as weather grows hotter.
A collection of humorous quips on styles manners and everyday observers. Notes include reflections on efficiency experts aging witnesses and the oddities of society with playful barbs about toys trends and public figures. The tone mimics a light column of witty observations and light satire.
The Los Angeles Times discusses a potential scientific theory to enlarge faith and understanding of the supernatural. It argues that material progress and world peace could advance through science guiding spiritualism toward higher, more intellectual ideals.
The Montreal Herald reports a growing French discussion on legalized polygamy as male population declines after the war. Juries increasingly refuse to convict in bigamy cases despite strong religious scruples.
Review of Reviews describes the settlement creating joint national and district boards. Over three months wages fall by specific shadings: 2s per shift in July, 2s 6d in August, and 3s in September on March rates. An October permanent settlement runs to December 1922 with notice. Standard minimum rises 20 percent above 1914, and standard profit on wages fixed at 17 percent. Surplus profit split 17 percent to owners and 3 percent to the men.
The piece reflects on seven years since World War I began, noting Germany’s heavy casualties totaling about 1.79 million killed and 4 million wounded, with 2 million graves and vast economic ruin. It argues war’s human toll and Germany’s decline in navy, trade, and industry.
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