World Happenings Briefly Told From 1922 Records
Toronto population rose to 529083, Ferguson B C resident Alexander Cummins 54 died. Maneyrol wins 5000 glider prize and receives the Legion of Honor. Mexico City ranchers and miners meet to oppose Bolshevism. Vancouver morphine smuggling plot thwarted with three arrests. Harkness named magistrate for Winnipeg juvenile court. Lone Jack Mine bunkhouse avalanche near Chiliwack spares 23 men. UK Prime Minister Bonar Law says two new battleships to be built under Washington treaty. Senator Simmons pushes soldier bonus as shipping bill amendment. Soviet defences near Oranienbaum Krasnaya Gorka to guard Petrograd Kronstadt. Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Fridtjof Nansen for relief work and League efforts.
The Secret Of Success From a Chicago Herald Quote
Thomas A. Fdison recalls making machines and says he sweat blood over each one. The piece cites Dante and urges, Nothing worth while is easy. It concludes with a Chicago Herald and Examiner admonition that only hard work yields results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Fdison
Dante
Chicago Herald and Examiner
When Overtaken By Nausea Try This Simple Remedy
An advertisement touts Nerviline for sour stomach gas bloating and nausea. It claims twenty drops in sweetened water cures vomiting sensations and notes large 25c bottles are sold by all dealers. The closing line makes an odd cultural reference to ancient Rome.
Pure Blood Foundation for Health in Youth
Health ad urges every boy and girl to build rich red blood for growth and nerves. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as direct blood builders, sharing a testimonial from Mrs. R. Kinch of Hepworth Ontario about her daughter's recovery and detailing purchase options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iri
Dr. Williams
Pr. Williams
Winter Excursions to the Pacific Coast on Canadian Pacific Rly
Canadian Pacific Railway promotes winter trips to Vancouver Victoria and New Westminster from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with a long list of excursion dates. Fares on sale from December through February and return limit apply. Rockies viewed in winter from two CP trains. Ask an agent for illustrated leaflet and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba
Winnipeg
West
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Canadian Pacific
Negroes Plan Theatre Hotel in Chicago South Side
A combined theatre and hotel for colored people is under construction in Chicago at a cost of $150,000 on the South Side. The same promoters recently opened a bank, the first financed and directed by negroes there, and are now building another project costing $225,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Religions Originated in Asia and Wives as Partners
The sentence notes that major world religions Judaism Buddhism Christianity and Islam originated in Asia. It also defines a wife as either a man's better half or the whole thing, highlighting varied phrasing about marriage roles.
Hog Grading Rules Distilled for Markets
Dominion Livestock Dominion district reports hog grading grades ranges from select bacon to extra heavies with weights 120 to 260 pounds and over. Lower and upper weight limits may receive ten pounds more at certain points and provincial associations may apply for a grading centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Livestock
Wiltshire
Provincial Producers’ Association
Dominion Livestock Commissioner
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for Children
A childhood remedy touted as a safe and effective treatment for intestinal worms. The product scene highlights its use for young patients and its promise of gentle relief.
Radio Repair Ship Gold Star Promises Wireless Fixes
The United States Navy has launched the first radio repair ship named the Gold Star. It weighs 7,000 tons and carries 300 crew, to maintain ten wireless stations in Alaska, signaling a new era alongside cable ships for sea communications.
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United States Navy
Alaska
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promotes Natural Restoration
Catarrh article promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic that acts through the blood to mucous surfaces. It claims to assist nature in restoring normal conditions and offers free circulars from J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Trotsky's Army Said To Be In Fine Condition
A German correspondent reported Trotsky's army in fine condition with uniformed, fed troops and better outlook than peasants. An English writer in the Fortnightly Review described a Moscow review with twenty airplanes aloft and Trotsky's defiant address. He noted weak artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Trotsky
Moscow
Curious Irish superstition links broken pencil to domestic strife
A remark notes an old Irish belief that a broken pencil point foreshadows trouble at home. The offhand line frames superstition as a folk warning about quarrels and domestic discord.
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Ireland
All men born free yet equality fades before the undertaker
A wry reflection on human equality noting that birthright freedom is suspended by mortality. The line casts death as the ultimate equalizer, rendering ordinary rights moot in the face of final judgment.
Everywoman's Fund Urges Help for Tuberculosis Mothers
A Royal Commission report shows 1600 active TB cases in Saskatchewan not in care. The Everywoman's Fund aims to raise 50000 for 60 mothers in 1982 3 to give free treatment, asking readers to donate one dollar to Mrs Bates or A B Cook or the local newspaper to aid poverty stricken tubercular mothers and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Commission On Tuberculis
Saskatchewan
Everywoman
F. W. Bates
Angus Street
Regina
A. B. Cook
Fort Qu'Appelle
Corns Between the Toes Removed with Putnam’s Extractor
An old reliable remedy promises painless corn removal between the toes. Putnam's Corn Extractor has sold for fifty years and is advertised as a dependable treatment available for 25 cents everywhere.
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Putnam's Corn Extractor
Rosary Flower Company Expands to Six Acres Under Glass
The Rosary Flower Company of Medicine Hat plans three new greenhouses and will exceed six acres under glass. The firm serves many U S points and Eastern Canada and claims it will become the Dominion's second largest plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rosary Flower Company of
Medicine Hat
United States
Canada
Dominion
Sores Heal Quickly with Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil
Persistent sores may heal faster with Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil applied as a dressing. It stops sloughing, removes proud flesh, draws out pus, and cleans a path for new skin. Many attest it heals when properly used.
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Thomas
Cherubim and Seraphim Difference Reconciled
An inquisitive old lady asks her minister about the difference between Cherubim and Seraphim. The minister thinks, then replies that they had a difference but have made it up. Christian Advocate.
Weather Radio Ping Delivers Global Forecast Salutation
A novelty weather exchange travels across the Atlantic as the New York Electrical Society sends a wireless query to London Paris Berlin and Bergen. London answers raining mild Norway overcast mild France lovely weather and Germany gloomy cold with greetings in return.
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Atlantic
Engineering Societies
London
Paris
Berlin
Bergen
Norway
New York Electrical Society
France
Germany
Dog Derby Set For February 22 At The Pas
The Pas Dog Derby Association decided to hold the annual 200 mile event this winter on February 22 with a $2500 purse. The race runs from The Pas to The Pas Lumber Company camps on the Carrot River and back. Entries expected from St. Paul Minnesota Northern Ontario and Vermont. a team of Labrador huskies may enter.
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Pas
Canada’s Fur Trade Value in 1919 20 Season
The 1919 20 fur season in Canada yielded pelts valued at 21197372 dollars. Canadian fur farmers now breed silver black red and blue foxes Persian lamb raccoon mink muskrat and skunk.
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Cabot
Henry VII
Canada
City of Opportunity Watch Pawned Every Forty Five Seconds
In New York, the city of opportunity, a watch is pawned every forty five seconds, a statistical note cited by the Atchison Globe highlighting rapid pawn activity in the metropolis.
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New York
City of Opportunity
Atchison Globe
Heart pain relief after Milburne and Nerve Pills
A Canadian reader from St Catharines describes chronic heart and nerve pains unrelieved by two doctors. After five boxes of Milburne and Nerve Pills she reports improved energy, sleep, appetite, and ability to work, praising the remedy.
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John Case
St. Catharines
Ont
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Ad in 1900s Trade Sheet
The ad promotes Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills priced at 50c a box from The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto. A note states a Japanese girl cannot sit with a man in a movie house. A quip comments on how older women use fewer adjectives.
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T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Also Mentioned on This Page
NLM Neast Cakes
Alexander Cummins
Ferguson
B.C
Revelstoke
M. Maneyrol
Mexico City
D. B. Harkness
Manitoba Social Service Council
Juvenile Court of
Eastern Judicial District
Lone Jack Mine
Chiliwack
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Simmons
North Carolina
Harding
Administration
Riga
Oranienbaum
Krasnaya Gorka
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Fridtjof Nansen
Dr. Nansen
Asia Minor
League of Nations
America
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Dominion Express
Georgetown Woollen Mills
Jeter
Negoes
Asia
Minardo
Liniment
Yarmouth, N.S
Soviet
Everywoman's Fund For
Medicine
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Milburn
FOR
Canadian Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Front Street
Windsor
Ontario
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