World Happenings Briefly Told
The National Assembly at Athens backs Glucksburg dynasty and a Greek Republic. Washington lawmakers allocate 10 million dollars for destitute German women and children food. A mute harp from Syria, 3700 years hidden by Euphrates banks. Lenin’s body likely to be embalmed again for perpetual viewing. Italy’s air force deemed capable of defending its air power. Beaver district reports over 50 high grade ore claims as new camps emerge. France plans to fund eighty to ninety billion francs of foreign debt to solidify gains from the franc battle.
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National Assembly
Athens
Glucksburg
House
Washington
Germany
Paria Louvre
Syria
Euphrates
Nicolai Lenine
Italy
Beaver District
Keno
V.T
France
Putnam's Corn Ex Tractor Ad and College Suspicion
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Ex tractor as painless relief for corns. A mock inquiry about a student named Johnson notes he is suspected of cutting football games, reflecting sensational humor in a period ad and brief society jab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam’s
Johnson
Miller's Worm Powders Promoted as Safe Remedy
The pamphlet claims no repulsion from Millers Worm Powders and compares them to sugar in taste. It states they may cause vomiting if the stomach is unsound, but this sign signals cleansing, not harm, and asserts the powder reliably clears worms from the body.
Sins of omission explained to Sunday school class
A clergyman asks which sins are sins of omission and a boy answers that they are the sins we ought to have done but did not. The exchange captures a simple moral lesson in a Sunday school setting.
Hidden Russian Aid Costs in Murmansk War Effort
Article reveals Britain financed the Tsar’s armies with hundreds of millions for the 1917 offensive, including the Murmansk railway project. Submarines sank ships off the Murman coast while most aid passed through Bolshevik and German hands after the Russian revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murman
Britain
Russia
Turkey
Warsaw
Archangel
Murmansk
Catarrhozone Promises Nose Relief by Inhaled Ozone
An advertisement from The Catarrhozone Co. of Montreal promotes inhaled ozone to clear nasal passages and fight catarrh. It touts two months of treatment for $1.00 and a 50 cent small size, urging readers to avoid substitutes and order by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Weak Air Power Imbalance Highlighted by Guardian View
The Manchester Guardian notes that France maintains about 600 first line aeroplanes under the Independent Striking Force ready to strike at war’s outbreak, while the United States has roughly one-tenth that number in similar frontline capacity. It argues France is far stronger overall in air power, with about 400 additional aircraft available to support the army, leaving the Allies vastly outmatched in the air.
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France
Manchester Guardian
Beggar and Lady Exchange Wit in Street Exchange
A brief humorous dialog depicts a beggar asking for money from a lady. The lady notes the beggar's impaired sight and refuses, prompting the beggar to adjust his request to a nickel. The exchange showcases quick streetwise humor.
Holloways Corn Remover Promises Powerful Relief
The advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Remover as a potent remedy that will relieve painful corns with noticeable effectiveness. It emphasizes the product's own governing power to deliver results.
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Holloway
Probation Program Sees Strong Results in Ontario
Ontario probation department reports that of 400 men and women given a second chance for crimes in Toronto and York County between November 1922 and October 1923, 21 failed to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
York County
Ontario Probation Department
Wife Encourages Man to Smoke Pipe at Home Companion
A home scene depicts a man with a pipe or cigar as his constant companion. The wife, portrayed as wise, urges him to smoke, framing it as a shared domestic habit.
Wireless licenses in England near six hundred thousand
England has nearly 600000 wireless licenses in force, reflecting widespread use of mobile and radio services across the country. The figure highlights broad device and infrastructure exposure, with ongoing regulation by communications authorities.
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England
Wheezy Chest Colds Subdued Overnight Nurse Explains
A trained nurse explains how wheezy chest colds are quickly broken up. She describes relief methods and at home care steps to ease breathing and ease congestion overnight.
Nerviline liniment praised by Nurse Carrington
Nurse Carrington endorses Nerviline as a dependable home remedy for chest colds, side pain, stiff neck, earache and toothache. The product, a long standing household article in thousands of Canadian homes for nearly fifty years, is offered at 35 cents per bottle.
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Carrington
Sacrifice of Dairy Calves Prompt Heifer Rearing Urged
At a Dairy Cattle conference in Ottawa dairymen were urged to rear heifer calves from good stock to save calves for city trade. The practice of buying up the best cows and shipping them out weakens future progeny and milk supply. Advocates called for using improved bulls and forming heifer clubs for youth to rear calves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ontario
Cannot Speak Too Highly Of Your Medicine
Ontario woman testimonial praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for relief from neuralgia backache and headache. Mrs. T. Armstrong of Sprucedale notes both her husband and she benefited after using several boxes. The ad links cures of rheumatism lumbago urinary troubles diabetes and heart disease to sick kidneys.
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Sprucedale
Ont
Dodd
First Bananas Sent to London Rot Unsold
The initial bananas shipped to London could not be sold at any price and were left to rot because no one would eat them.
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London
Baby's Own Tablets Aid Constipated Children
A health notice promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative to relieve constipation indigestion and associated illnesses in children. The testimonial from Mrs Gaspar Daigle of Demain Quebec praises quick relief and improved health. Sold by druggists or by mail 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Gaspard Daigle
Demain
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Milk replaces whisky as Glasgow workmen shift drinks
Glasgow publicans switch to milk due to high whisky prices causing workmen to abandon liquor. Milk shops rise as former licensed houses lose goodwill value, with pubs gradually becoming milk outlets.
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Glasgow
Minard's Liniment for Coins
Comic exchange jokes about the minister memorizing his sermon as neighbors hear extra noise at the parsonage. The line mocks preaching while implying effort behind pious display.
London The British Empire Exhibition Era Entertainments
The article surveys London's theatre hubs around Leicester Square and famed venues from Drury Lane to the Palladium and cinema houses, noting foreign visitors often seek Parliament, the Law Courts, Tower of London, and Zoological Gardens. It recalls Madame Tussaud's appeal and the 1862 International Exhibition at South Kensington with its vast domed galleries and later Alexandra Palace on the Wood Green site.
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London
Leicester Square
Drury Lane
The
Gaiety
Haymarket
Savoy
Lyceum
His
Majesty's
Adglphi
Criterion
Vaudeville
Garrick
Wyndham’s
Daly’s
Shaftesbury
St. James
Alhambra
Coliseum
Hippodrome
the Palace
Winter Garden
the Palladium
Law Courts
Tower of London
Westminster Abbey
Regent’s Park
Baker Street Station
West End
Wembley
Great Red Palace
Madame Tussaud
Charles Allston Collins
Wilkie Collins
Charles Dickens
Tussaud
Horticultural Society
South Kensington
St. Peter’s
Prince Consort
United States
Alexandra Palace
Wood Green
Crystal Palace
Asthma Remedy Promises Help From Dr Kellogg
To asthma sufferers Dr J D Kellogg offers an asthma remedy described as a helping hand to a sinking swimmer. It is portrayed as time tested and self evidencing, with thousands said to have found relief.
Canadian Merchant Marine to Run 11 Summer Services
The government Canadian Merchant Marine plans about 40 vessels to operate in 11 regular summer services from Montreal to Vancouver, as outlined in a new schedule.
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Government
Merchant Marine
Montreal
Vancouver
The Kingdom Rent Asunder Sunday School Lesson
An analysis of Jeroboam’s challenge to Rehoboam after Solomon’s death with the Northern Tribes seeking relief from heavy taxes and labor. The text notes Jeroboam’s leadership at Shechem and a commentary on social justice, labor, and economic policy.
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Jeroboam
Shechem
Solomon
Rehoboam
Jerusalem
Egypt
Hebrew Federation of Labor
Hough
Cattle Shipments to England From Canada
Noel Buxton reports in Parliament that April 1923 to March 1924 saw 28 183 cattle shipped as stores to England from Canada. Of these 27 died or were killed en route, 10 896 were slaughtered at the landing port, and 17 260 or 61 percent were placed on the land.
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Noel Buxton
House of Commons
England
Canada
Dominion
Canada urged to cut taxes to match rivals
Walter G. Mitchell, K M P, urged lower taxation at the Rubber Association of Canada banquet in Montreal, arguing the United States is Canada’s main threat and that high taxes push investment southward as Americans lower theirs.
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United States
Canada
Walter G. Mitchell
The
Rubber Association of Canada
Montreal
Brethren Calls for Stricter Raw Milk TB Protections
G. A. Brethen of Progressive Peterboro Ontario declares plans to raise in the House the need for tighter regulations to guard Canadians against tuberculosis linked to raw milk from tubercular cows.
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G. A. Brethen
Progressive
Peterboro
Ont
Canada
Peace Effort Faces Tremendous Task Says Lord Cecil
Lord Cecil states there are 3 750 000 men under arms in Europe, just 100 000 less than before the war. He notes millions more are trained and demobilized, awaiting reform. The Christian Guardian warns the peace task is daunting but required, urging continued effort despite the evident folly of the current situation.
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Lord Cecil
Europe
Christian Guardian
Worm Exterminator Promises Child Health Protection
A 19th century physician advertised Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator claiming to guard children from convulsions and death caused by worms, urging prompt use for prevention of distressing afflictions.
Britain Backs Peace by Cutting Naval Budget to Prewar Level
Ottawa Journal notes Britain's drastic naval spending cut returns to pre war levels as a sign of strong disarmament desire. The piece emphasizes Britain's sincere pursuit of peace with no great power matching such restraint in history.
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Britain
Ottawa Journal
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De.Chase
Dr. Chase
E¢emanson, Bates & Co., Ltd
Mr. and
Mrs. T. Armstrong
Milk
Minard
Government Merchant Marine
St.charles
Cros
Co, Limited
Imperial Tobacco CO. OF Canada Limited
Scotts
Harold C. Shipman & CO
Dominion Express
Pene
Tae
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