Harvest Help in Western Canada on Trial
The article notes a planned mobilization of about 60 000 harvest hands for a record crop in late June or July. It stresses fair treatment, prompt pay, decent housing, and reasonable wages to attract and retain workers from Canada, the United States, and overseas, warning that poor treatment harms immigration and farming viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
West
United States
Atlantic
British Columbia
Western Canada
Cobalt Produces Bulk of Arsenic in Canada 1922
Canada produced 2 576 tons of arsenic in 1922 valued at 221 937 dollars. The rise in quantity reached 73 percent from 1921 while value grew 37 percent. About four fifths came from smelting silver cobalt nickel ores in northern Ontario. Only a millionaire can afford to rear a misfit circuit.
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Canada
Ontario
Swiss Farmer Seeks Calgary Farm Investment From Winnipeg Arrival
Immigrant to Western Canada aboard the CNR in August carried $70,000 for farm investment. He registered in Winnipeg and planned to settle in Calgary. The article notes a detail about focusing after determining the original point and mentions a pinhole as a sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Canadian National Railways
Overseas
Winnipeg
Calgary
Fruits Grow Well in Alberta Irrigated Lands Display
The Lethbridge fair showcased successful tree fruit cultivation on irrigated lands in southern Alberta. Exhibits featured cherries plums and tobacco grown on irrigation plots. The United Farmers of Alberta presented soil products at Vauxhall, while fruit growing expands across southern and northern Alberta with growing momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Alberta
United Farmers of Alberta
Vauxhall
Wheezy Chest Colds Subdued Overnight, Nurse Says
Trained nurse explains how chest colds ease overnight with rest fluids and steam. The article notes common symptoms and home care tips for quicker relief and outlines when to seek medical advice for persistent wheezing.
Nerviline praised as dependable home remedy
Nurse Carrington extols Nerviline as a fast absorbing liniment for chest colds earache toothache and other common ailments praising its fifty year history in Canadian homes. The Ontario Department of Agriculture will ship several thousand cases of peaches to Great Britain next month as a potential boost to Canadian export trade.
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Carrington
Great Britain
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Symptoms of anaemia and the Dr Williams pills
The article explains how thin blood or anaemia develops gradually with tiring, paleness, and breathlessness. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as an effective early treatment and notes they can be bought at 50c per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Improve Your Complexion With Cuticura Tools
Bathe with Cuticura Soap and hot water to free the pores of impurities and follow with Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. They are ideal for the toilet, as is Cuticura Talcum for powdering and perfuming. Soap 2Se. Ointment 25 and 50c. Takem 25. Sold throughout the Dominion, Canadian Depot Limited, 344 St. Paul St. W. Mestreal. Cuticurea Soap shaves without mug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
St. Paul St
Returned Soldiers Insurance Offered to Ex Servicemen
The Returned Soldiers Insurance Act restricts applications after September 1 1923. Ex-service men may obtain forms from the Department of Soldiers Civil Re Establishment offices or Commissioners Returned Soldiers Insurance Daly Building Ottawa Ont. No medical exam required. Policies range from 500 to 5000 with low premiums. A 5000 policy on a 30 year old on a 20 year plan costs 9.80 monthly. death benefit 1000 lump sum plus balance paid over 5 10 15 or 20 years. Offices listed in Regina and Saskatoon.
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Returned Soldiers’ Insurance
Department of Soldiers’ Civil
Commissioners
Daly Building
Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Department of Soldiers’ Civil Re Establishment
Veteran Block
Regina
Sask
610 Canada
Saskatoon
Fruit Air Transport to London From Holland
Daily fruit specials will fly from Holland to London via Daimler Airway and Royal Dutch Air Service. Inquiries from Dutch growers and London importers prompt special Napier D H 34 aircraft to bring morning fruit to London for sale in the afternoon.
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Daimler Airway
Holland
London
Eveat
Royal Deutch Air Service
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator Proves Palatable to Children
A curious note describes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as sweet and acceptable to children while asserting it works promptly. The item frames a household remedy with a blunt claim of effectiveness.
North Sea warming raises Faroe Island temperatures
The Faroe Islands in the North Sea have seen a radical temperature rise as a warm southward ocean current encircles them. Scientists report heavy fish scales washed ashore from an octopus species previously unknown north of England's coast, and vegetation is growing faster with milder nights.
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Faroe Islands
North Sea
England
Employee must know his place or risk losing it
A short editorial urges workers to respect rank or face removal, using a metaphor about Minard's Liniment and a mouse to warn against disrespectful behavior in the workplace.
Many Uses for Th Thomas’s Eclectric Oil in House and Stable
The old remedy Dr. Thomas's Eclectric Oil is marketed for cuts bruises burns scalds rheumatism and sciatica sore throat and chest in humans and similar ailments in horses. The text claims widespread efficacy across humans and animals with fifty years of popularity.
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Dr. Thomas
Gems Found In Australia Near Wyangala
Remarkable find reported near Wyangala twenty five miles from Cowra New South Wales not far from Mount McDonald mines. Stones include diamonds rubies sapphires and turquoise submitted to experts who declare them genuine. Diamonds found in blue pug clay similar to South African diamond host rock. Sapphires bright and rubies deep red.
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Wyangala
Cowra
New South Wales
Mount McDonald
Canada Expects 290 Million Bushels Wheat For Export
Officials project a surplus of 290 million bushels of wheat from this season's crop for export. The figure underscores strong production and anticipated demand in foreign markets.
Farmers Move to St. Walburg From Drought Area
A Saskatchewan drought area in the southwest near Swift Current sees many farmers relocate to the St. Walburg district at the end of the steel on the C N R northwest of Battleford. John Balfour reports settlers are clearing land by fire and relying on fishing and trapping to supplement farm income. Milk cows are common but dairy prices have reduced activity in that sector.
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Saskatchewan
Swift Current
St. Walburg
C.N.R
Battleford
John Balfour
Regina
Balfour
Placing Fish In Saskatchewan Lakes
Fisheries officials report extensive stocking and removal programs to protect whitefish and commercial species. Over 42 000 suckers were removed from Lake Winnipegosis. 281 adults and 5 530 000 eggs were planted in western lakes. Catfish moved from Selkirk to Princes Albert and Quill Lake. yellow perch released in Wascana Round and Lovering Lakes. pikes and perch released into Moose Jaw River. Stocking with older fish supplements fry stocking from hatcheries.
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Department of Fisheries
Lake
Manitoba
Princes Albert
Sask
Saskatchewan River
Quill Lake
Fort Qu’Appelle
Wascana Lake
Round Lake
Lovering Lake
Moose Jaw River
New Townsite Nears Completion in Soco
Dominion Construction completes work on the Soco townsite. Since work began years ago over eighty-five employee homes for Imperial Oil Company are raised at a cost of $300,000 with roads, sidewalks and modern facilities installed.
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Dominion Construction Company
Soco
Imperial Oil Company
Grain Cars Prepared for 1923 Grain Movement
Canadian National Railways distributed fifty thousand grain cars in the west to handle the 1923 grain movement, including one thousand new grain cars added to the fleet.
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West
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Rockies Span Vast Expanse Larger Than Three Countries
The Canadian Rockies cover an area greater than France Belgium and Switzerland combined, highlighting the vast scale of this mountain region across western Canada. The comparison underscores their extensive reach beyond a single nation’s borders.
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Canadian Rockies
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Canada Forest Wealth and Public Ownership
Canada holds over 60 percent of imperial forest area with many trees owned publicly. The forest industry sustains about 100000 workers directly and 400000 indirectly, including 33000 in pulp and paper mills earning 40 million dollars, and 55000 in lumber paying 60 million annually.
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British Empire
Canada
Remedy for Earache From Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
A simple home remedy claims Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil eases earache when a few drops are placed on lint or medicated cotton and inserted into the ear. The text promotes the product as an easy relief for pain.
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Thomas
Threads as Headdress Signifies Marriageable Ladies in China
In parts of China young women wear a long single plait with a bright scarlet thread woven through it. This ornamental style indicates the wearer is marriageable and ready for courtship.
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China
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