Heart of Voltaire Found in Paris After Sixty Years Hidden
In Paris, Voltaire's heart, locked in a silver casket and once placed in the National Library, was discovered under dust in a disused room by M. Martel, head of the library. The casket lies before Houdon's statue, awaiting an opening by the minister of education before transfer to the Pantheon.
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Voltaire
National Library
Paris
M. Martel
Houdon
Education
Pantheon
France
Lumber orders drive spring business nationwide
American buyers place solid orders for lumber from Interior Mountain Mills of British Columbia and Western Alberta, fueling strong spring commerce. A biplane recently hit an astonishing speed of 248 miles per hour.
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Interior Mountain Mills
British Columbia
Alberta
Woodstock cow tops 305 day class sells for 1000
Three-year-old Holstein Colantha Mer cena Ormeby from Woodstock led the 305 day R.O.P. class and has been sold to the Japanese government for 1000 dollars. The Border Cities Star editorializes that if cows can fetch 1900 dollars, farmers should raise that quality and not settle for scrub stock.
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Woodstock
R.O.P
Catarrhozone Promoted For Sore Throats And Colds
An advertisement urges readers that a sore throat may worsen into chronic coughs and consumption. It touts Catarrhozone in haler as a remedy to draw out inflammation, relieve coughing, and kill germs, selling a two month dollar outfit and urging mail orders from The Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal.
H M S Lion Sold for Scrap Under Washington Accord
The Admiralty announces the battle cruiser Lion must be scrapped under Washington terms. Sold to shipbreakers for £77,000, its fate remains uncertain and its end as a relic is debated. Lion fought at Dogger Bank and Jutland, with Major Harvey earning the Victoria Cross after flooding magazines.
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Admiralty
Lion
Beatty
Dogger Bank
Jutland
Harvey
V.C
Standby cakes for tea and luncheon desserts
A housewife’s standby cake recipe that stays fresh with age. Cream butter and brown sugar, beat eggs, mix in flour spices and optional nutmeg, stir in raisins and nuts, drop spoonfuls on greased pans, and bake until brown.
Sixty Thousand Apply for Posts in German Circus
Sixty thousand people of all ages and classes applied for jobs with the German Sar rasani circus which recently left Dresden for a South American tour. Emigration with paid passage was the lure. Applicants included aristocrats and ex officers, with a former cavalry general seeking a groom post and a military engineer aiming to be a stage hand.
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Sarrasani Circus
Dresden
England's converted submarine chasers as cozy house boats
In England many people have bought submarine chasers and converted them into house boats. Stripped of their large high speed engines, they make cozy homes.
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England
Daring Stunt Plans Rubber Ball Niagara Falls Ride
Bobby Leach, famed for crossing Niagara Falls in a steel barrel on July 25 1911, announces negotiations to build a rubber ball for a falls crossing early next June. He will also perform three parachute leaps from the upper steel arch bridge on successive Sundays prior to the trip.
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Bobby Leach
Leach
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Help Woman in Sask
Miss Jessie Peterson of Zealandia Sask says a three year weakness of heart and nerves improved after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She notes relief after five boxes and urges others to try them. Pills cost 50 cents per box and are sold by dealers or mailed by The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont.
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Jessie Peterson
Pincher Creek Timoth y Seed Cooperative Forms in Alberta
Success in timothy seed production in Pincher Creek district leads to a cooperative sale association. Local growers won high honors at Winnipeg and took three of four prizes at the provincial seed fair. Exports to the British Empire Exhibition in London are planned. The association has over 200 members and controls 75 percent of local tonnage.
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Pincher Creek
Alberta
Winnipeg
London
Engineers plan 1200 foot concrete wireless tower
Engineers prepare plans for a concrete wireless tower proposed to rise about 1,200 feet high. The project envisions a tall communications structure as a landmark at the site.
Toronto Woman Advises Young Mothers
Mrs Rose Peters of Sackville Street testifies to Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription aiding pregnancy and postnatal strength. She credits the tonic for relief from nausea and maintaining health through four pregnancies, noting babies benefited as well. The ad urges readers to obtain Favorite Prescription in pill or liquid form from Dr. Pierce's Bridgeport laboratory after sending 10 cents.
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Toronto
Ont
Rose Peters
Sackville Street
Dr. Pierce
Bridge
May Abolish Passports In Canada Britain Formally Urged
Strong representations are made to the foreign office against the requirement for Canadians to obtain passports to enter Great Britain. Britons entering Canada face no passport need, and continued British formalities against Canadians are viewed as unfair. The passport price hike from two to five dollars strengthens the movement, with hopes regulation will be rescinded immediately.
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Foreign Office
Great Britain
Canada
Women Can Dye Any Garment Drapery
Women can dye any garment or drapery and tint worn, faded items. This service offers a fresh look at low cost, with dyeing and tinting priced around 15 cents.
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing for All
Diamond Dyes assures perfect home dyeing even for first timers with guaranteed results. Druggists carry all colors and each package includes directions for use.
Elijah and Baal on Mount Carmel Specter of divided faith
Sunday school lesson on Elijah's challenge to Israel to choose between God and Baal. The account recalls the crowd's indecision on Carmel, the call to wholehearted devotion, and a devotional note urging steadfast, single‑minded worship.
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Ahab
Elijah
Baal
Mount Carmel
God
Jehovah
Christ
F. B. Meyer
Baby Health Tips for Spring Care and Remedies
Spring brings anxiety to mothers with infants as overheated rooms cause colds. A box of Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont is recommended, 25 cents a box, to aid digestion and prevent colds, constipation or colic.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Lightnin on Tour Promises Capacity Audiences Next Week
Northwest Canada audiences prime for capacity crowds at Walker Theatre as John Golden brings the original Broadway cast led by Thomas Jefferson and Bessie Bacon for an introductory tour beginning Monday night April 14. The company includes the famed courtroom scene veteran and plays Winnipeg with added Good Friday matinee. Additional stops span Saskatoon Regina Moose Jaw Medicine Hat Lethbridge Edmonton Calgary Vancouver and Victoria before returning to Seattle and Portland.
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Lightnin
Walker Theatre
New York
Chicago
John Golden
Canada
London
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Bill Jones
Bessie Bacon
Frank Bacon
Miss Bacon
Winnipeg
Lightnin” Company
Saskatoon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
States
Seattle
Portland
Radio Diagnoscope Claims Precise Human Insight
Dr Z Bissky of Kiev proposes a hand sized radio diagnoscope that supposedly diagnoses medical moral and intellectual traits. He says it has inspected hundreds of criminals in Kiev and Warsaw prisons and correctly labeled cases from murderer to innocent.
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Z. Bissky
Kieff
Bissky
Corruption Is Rare Ambassador Says Things Not So Bad
Frank B Kellogg, United States ambassador, told London Press Club that British readers misjudge American society. He said US public service is generally capable and moral, corruption is rare and prosecuted, and that press coverage of prohibition distorts liquor use in the country.
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U.S
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
London Press Club
England
Child labor debate and state role in U S
The piece notes child labor increases as a result of poverty and hunger for wages in prosperous times. It cites Supreme Court limits on federal power to regulate child labor and places responsibility on states, some lacking adequate laws.
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Supreme Court
Congress
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promises Quick Relief
Advertises external use as a brisk rub to open pores and relieve trouble. Internal use claimed to ease throat irritation and coughing and to relieve bronchial and respiratory affections. Consumers urged to try it to be convinced.
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Thomas
Average Farm Wages in Canada Rise Slightly in 1923
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows farm help wages up in 1923 from 1922. Men earned about 61 dollars per month including board during summer 1923 versus 59 in 1922, while women earned 39 dollars, unchanged from 1922. The annual average for males including board was 611 dollars in 1922, compared with 418 dollars in 1922.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Chinese Law Requires Parental Consent for Divorce
Under a new Chinese law a divorce can be granted only after obtaining the consent of both parents. The reform emphasizes family involvement in marital dissolution and may affect procedural timelines and appeals.
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China
Mounted Police Posts Planned for Far North
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will open three detachments this summer at Fort Rae on Great Slave Lake, and at Fort Providence and Fort Good Hope on the Mackenzie River. The move follows rising trapper activity in the Northwest and Arctic, plus new hunting and trapping preservation regulations for Indians and Eskimos.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Fort Rae
Great Slave Lake
Fort Providence
Fort Good Hope
Mackenzie River
Northwest Territories
Arctic
Mounted Police
Edmonton Bulletin
Holloway's Corn Remover Claims Root Removal
An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Remover as effective at removing corns from the roots. It urges readers to try the product and prove its claimed results.
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Holloway
Tourism Drives Canadian Economy Strongly in Last Year
The Dominion Parks Branch reports tourism value at 136 million dollars for last year with expectations to top this in the current year. British Columbia leads provinces with about 36 million from the industry, while over nine tenths of last year's traffic came from the United States.
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Dominion Parks Branch
Department of Interior
Canada
British Columbia
United States
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Spohn Medical CO
Coshen. Ind
Niagara Falls
Timothy Seed
Mrs. Rose Peters
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