Wheat Marketing Policy Urged to Stabilize Western Crop
A call for a controlled gradual sale of the Western Canada 1922 wheat crop to prevent a price drop. The piece argues that without a Wheat Board, mass liquidation will harm farmers and ripple through banks, merchants, manufacturers, and the broader economy, stressing debt repayment and financial stability. It links fair prices to employment and credit restoration while noting the danger of dumping grain after threshing.
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Wheat Board
Canada
West
Modern Slavery Shifts To Machines In Work World
A Minneapolis News editorial argues that automation supplants human toil, noting 100 pair of shoes would require 1,025 hours by hand but only 80 hours by machine and a saw can match 16,000 hours of hand work in 272 hours. It declares the machine a modern slave and says people rely on many such slaves to sustain higher living standards. It adds a remark that two auto tires can serve as a strong sling for lifting barrels.
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Minneapolis News
Ancient Egyptian Obsidian Head Sells at Sothebys
A carved head of Amenemmes III, king circa 3000 BC, cut from obsidian and praised as unmatched in Egyptian art, sold at Sotheby’s for £10,000. The expert, Prof Percy E Newberry, calls it a supreme masterpiece. Local buyers urged to purchase locally.
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Sotheby's
Amenemmes III
B.C
Percy E. Newberry
What If Nature Struck A Witty Chronicle Reflection
A Kingston Standard quips about nature never striking and working nonstop, imagining the chaos if the natural world halted its duties. The tone is humorous, praising nature as a dependable, kind authority.
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Kingston Standard
Overworked nerves and Dr Williams Pink Pills claim relief
An advertisement describes early nervous debility with restlessness, fatigue, headaches, and sleeplessness. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure that builds blood and roots out the trouble, citing a Stratford Ontario testimonial and offering pills by mail from Brockville.
Curiosity Sparks Questioning Between Mother and Kate
A mother warns Kate about asking too many questions with the proverb curiosity killed the cat. Kate retorts by asking what the cat wanted to know, highlighting a playful exchange about inquiry and misunderstanding.
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Kate
Mt Everest Named After Englishman
The highest peak was named in 1856 for Sir George Everest, head of the Indian Survey. His son is still alive, and the mountain’s Tibetan name remains debated. Everest helped map India and even checked the Cape colony survey for errors prompting a renewed effort.
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India
Sir Greorge Everest
Jomo-Kang-Kar
Asiatic Yak Added to Alberta National Park Herd
A number of Asiatic yak have been added to the animal herds at the National Park in Wainwright Alberta. The plan is to cross them with buffalo to create a hybrid, an experiment that zoologists will watch with interest.
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Wainwright
The
National Park
Alberta
Stock Exchange Quip Sparks Market Banter
A tradesman quips that he entered the market not as a bull or bear but as an ass, sparking light humor amid speculation about stock moves.
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Stock Exchange
Would you like to take a long walk
A woman invites a young man to walk and he joyfully agrees. She says not to let her detain him, and he responds with enthusiasm. The exchange reads as a light domestic moment.
The Problem Of Grave Social Menace Not Properly Understood
An analysis of mental defectives in Canada detailing degrees of impairment from idiots to imbeciles. It links feeble mindedness to prostitution, venereal disease, crime, and school epidemics, arguing for segregation and specialized training to reduce social costs. A follow up will discuss remedies.
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Canada
Board of Education
Vancouver
Dr Thomas Electric Oil A Trusted Healing Aid
The advertisement claims Dr Thomas Electric Oil has earned public favor since its introduction due to healing efficiency. It promotes use for cuts burns scalds and inflammatory pains as a proven remedy with an unblemished record.
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Dr. Thomas
Hitchcock proposes giant World Bank for international trade
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska advances a plan for a World Bank with 2.4 billion dollars capital. He spoke to the National Retail Dry Goods Association at Grand Central Palace, New York. The plan would substitute bank issued paper for gold as the basis of international credit.
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Hitchcok
Nebraska
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Grand Central Palace
New York
Hitchcock
Physical culture joke sparks family laughter
An enthusiastic young woman explains arm exercises with a rod to her father. He praises her effort and quips about the rod's other end and straw, joking about sweeping, in a light humorous moment from American Legion Weekly.
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Dad
American Legion Weekly
Grow Your Own Fuel on Prairie Farms
A Dominion Forestry Nursery report from Indian Head Saskatchewan shows 18 cords of fair firewood grown on just over one acre in eight years from Rus sian poplar cuttings. The plantation yields about two cords per acre per year valued at $8 per cord, or $16 per acre annually, suggesting western wheatland could gain fuel security and higher profits through liberal tree planting.
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Prairie Provinces
Dominion Forestry Nursery
Indian Head
Sask
Canadian Forestry Association
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator Promises Lasting Relief
Claims to ease suffering of children and erase anxiety for mothers. Describes effects as sure and lasting from the worm exterminator product.
Wireless underground signals from British mine experiments
Experiments in a British coal mine show wireless telegraphy can transmit underground. An aerial was set up a quarter of a mile from the open, and signals were received from several high power stations, including a large Berlin station.
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Berlin
Fatally hurt driver asks officer to tell wife of his fate
An injured man requests that news of his fatal injuries be carried to his wife. He urges the officer to comfort her and mentions that he had the right of way, a detail the policeman intends to relay.
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Detroit Free Press
Powerful Sermon Promise Defines the Undefinable
A colored pastor told his congregation he would preach a powahbful sermon this morning to define the undefinable explain the unexplainable and unscrew the unscrutable. The sermon aims to reveal hidden meanings and challenge understanding through fiery oratory.
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Brethren and Sisters
Princess Mary besieged by photographers at garden party
Photographers swarm Princess Mary, more than most, following her every movement since her marriage to Viscount Lascelles. Cameramen attend even church events and at a garden party she had to request they desist.
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Princess Mary
Lloyd George
Viscount Lascelles
Relief from Asthma by Kellogg's Remedy Found in Public Notice
Relief from asthma described as complete after using Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. The soft gentle influence relieves tightened air tubes and brings joy, making asthmatic affliction a thing of the past for thousands. It never fails and is sold by good druggists nationwide.
Alberta Urban and Rural Population Growth
Alberta population figures show urban growth from 18 553 to 222 904 over twenty years, an average rise near 10 060 yearly. Rural population expanded at about 15 500 per year in the same period.
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Province
Alberta
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