Education and Religion in Western Canada and U S trends
Western provinces favor state aided education with secular public schools yet allow minority religious instruction during school hours. Proponents cite parish run teachers and textbooks, with about eight hundred communities in over twenty states adopting weekday religious instruction.
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Roman Catholica
Father Ryan
United States
Sunady
Council of Church Boards of Education
New York City
Iowa
Minnesota
Ohio
Oregon
South Dakota
Praise For Anti Toxin Care Reduces Diphtheria Cases
Dr Theodore B Appel secretary of health in Harrisburg reports a 60 percent drop in diphtheria cases and deaths in Pennsylvania over recent years. He attributes the decline largely to toxin antitoxin therapy and says its effectiveness against the disease is well proven.
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U.S
Pennsylvania
Theodore B. Appel
Harrisburg
Appel
New Blood Needed in the Spring Time
The ad urges everyone to boost blood with Dr Williams Pink Pills as spring drains winter blood. It claims improved appetite nerves and color, citing John A. O Nielsen Port Hood NS as a user who regained health after using pills and recommends trying them this spring. The pills are sold by dealers or mailed for fifty cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Night Lights Shine From Muottas Mu Rail Hotel
Narrative fragment recalls a Swiss hotel on Muottas Mu crest near St Moritz with lights like stars. A dialog snippet shows Nancy asking about helping others and a tense exchange with a servant and visitor mentioning Mrs Green and a yard scene.
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Muottas Murail
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Mrs. Green
Banff Talc Deposits Targeted for Development
The article notes plans to develop blue and white talc deposits near Banff Alberta. It highlights uses: blue talc for electric insulators and gas burners and white talc for cosmetics. It also promotes Dr Kellogg asthma remedy and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil without alcohol.
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Banff
Alberta
Dr. Thomas
Talk ing Books move toward practical device
Dr. Willis R. Whitney of General Electric envisions a long film strip read aloud by a speaker at about three times normal reading speed to aid the blind the ill and tired eyes. Historical note recalls noisy cabbage hawkers in St Paul’s churchyard and silk production data from China.
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Willis R. Whitney
General Electric
St. Paul's
London
Red Cross Centennial Observances Across Nations
Fifty eight national Red Cross bodies will mark the hundredth birthday of founder Henri Dunant on May 8 1928. In Toronto Ontario Division hosts a April 25 banquet for delegates, with notable speakers and broad provincial observances amid celebration of Dunant’s humanitarian work and the Geneva conventions.
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Red Cross
Henri Dunant
Toronto
Ontario
Canadian Red Cross Society
Central Council
Dunant
Lombardy
Solferino
Castrigione
Geneva
Red Cross Society
Wurtemburg
Switzerland
Great Britain
Prussia
Russia
United States
Dominion of Canada
Turkey
Red Crescent
Vancouver District Gains Over 100 Miles of Trackage
Canadian Pacific Railway to complete more than 100 miles of trackage in the Vancouver District. The project supports steady trade growth and westward grain movement, which this year reached a record 52,000,000 bushels. The note follows a statement by the district general superintendent.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Music as a sales tactic at Arnold Constable Co
Arnold Constable & Co in New York adopts music to stimulate business with a chorus from all departments performing from 8:39 to opening at 9. Executives report satisfactory results as early buyers are intrigued by melodies and feel the store starts the day with vim and swing after the songfest led by a competent leader.
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Arnold Constable & Co
New York
Tory
New Diamond Dyes Offer For Delicate Garments
A fifteen cent envelope of Diamond Dyes promises to duplicate any delicate tint in underwear and lingerie. The ad urges using true dyes for fabrics and warns against synthetic tints. It offers a free Diamond Dye Cyclopedia with color samples and directions, available at druggists and a Color Craft book from Windsor Ontario.
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Dept
Windsor
Ontario
Returned Soldiers Insurance Act Poli cies Worth 57 Million
L H Scammell reports 26000 policies under the Returned Soldiers Insurance Act amounting to 57 million dollars today. Cash collected stands at 5.09 million, excess of death claims. act operating loss sits at 1.2 million due to idle insured time.
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Returned Soldiers’ Insurance Act
L. H. Scammell
Special Parliamentary Committee On
Canadian Rockies Enlarge Vastly Beyond Europe Nations
A claim states the Canadian Rockies span an area larger than Ilrance Belgium and Switzerland put together. The assertion compares major regions to emphasize the Rockies' expansive reach.
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Canadian Rockies
Ilrance
Belgium
Switzerland
Farmers Dominate Parliament as Lawyers Rank Second
The article shows farmers and lawyers as the largest groups in the 245 member Federal House of Commons with 70 farmers and 50 lawyers. Cabinet ministers include six lawyers and four farmers, all with Western Canada constituencies, and each began farming on homestead land. The four ministers are Forke, Motherwell, Stewart, and Dunning.
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Federal House of Commo
Robert Forke
Immigration and
W. R. Motherwell
Charles Stewart
Interior
Charles Dunning
Canada
Forke
Dunning
British Isles
Motherwell
Stewart
Ontario
Horace Greeley
Saskatchewan
Alberta
London job dream mocks farmer son’s plan
A farmer questions his son’s reply after graduation as the young man boasts about seeking a London position at five hundred pounds a year. The father quips that the figure is likely five hundred pounds per year, highlighting a humorous misinterpretation.
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London
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Cwenses
Spgrn Medical CO
Coshen, MD
Britain
White Star
Montreal
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Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatoon
TPP
A Ada
Dad
Minard’s
King OF
Pain
Liniment
Hercules Permanent Building
Hercules
Cppleford Paper Products
Hamilton, Canada
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