World Happenings Briefly Told
E B Borthwick named chief of The Parare and police de partments. Scots Guards band tours Canada on April 22 for war veterans charities. George Baldwin Selden 77 inventor of the first gasoline propelled vessel dies in Rochester. German steamer Vesta explosion kills eleven crew and wife of chief officer. ten crew survive. Maude Adams donates 300 acre Lake Ronkonkoma estate to Our Lady of the Cenacle valued at 130000. Dublin minister cites Irish emigration pause due to trade and unemployment. December cost of living down seven percent from 1921 peak. 92 percent of 1914. Reichstag bill seeks destruction of fortresses per Versailles treaty. Montreal found guilty of gross negligence in death of Lillian Manning. city ordered to pay 665 to parents.
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Scots Guards
Canada
Dominion
George Baldwin Selden
Rochester
Dublin
New York
Ireland
United States
Reichstag
Wesel
Cologne
Coblenz
Mayence
Rhhemish
Rhine
Friedrichsort
Kield
Heligoland
Montreal
Lillian Manning
Joe Manning
Manning
Grain Growers Ring Up Profitable Year At Winnipeg Meeting
Five hundred delegates representing 30 000 shareholders attended the United Grain Growers annual meeting in Winnipeg. All retiring directors were reelected. The year ended August Bist profits totaled 233 743 dollars and current assets were reported at 5 975 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Grain Growers
Winnipeg
Bist
Union Bank of Canada
W. R Allan
H. B. Shaw
W. R. Allan
John Galt
Victoria
Galt
H. B Shaw
Saskatchewan Fish and Fish Product Value Report
The Department of Labor and Industries reports Saskatchewan fish and fish products worth 300000 annually. White fish catch totals 2420600 pounds valued at 21269. Gold eye is the scarcest marketed fish with only one ton valued at 240. Other commercial varieties include mullet pickerel pike sturgeon trout and tullibee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Department of Labor and Industries
Nerviline Promises Fast Relief For Strained Muscles
In minor sprains the muscle is strained and a vigorous rubbing with Nerviline is said to draw extra blood away and restore normal condition. The label claims deep penetration and superior pain destruction for rheumatism lumbago neuralgia and sciatica with about five times the power of an average liniment. Sold everywhere, 360 per bottle.
Winnipeg Plans Industrial Credits Scheme
Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council announces a tentative plan to launch an industrial credits program early next year. Aimed at lending to small industrial concerns at a modestly higher rate than administration costs, the project would require about 5 million dollars to finance, raised through a loan.
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Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council
Putnam's Corn Exterminator Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Corn & Wart Exterminator as a simple, nearly painless remedy. It claims relief with a small nightly and morning application, guarantees results, and sells for 25 cents at dealers with a warning to refuse substitutes.
Logical Quip Sparks Friendly Debate
The exchange features Archbishop Whateley and the Archdeacon debating arithmetic rigor. The friend claims Whateley won’t admit premises, while the Archdeacon jokes that two and two could make twenty two, illustrating a playful clash of logic and language.
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Whateley
Weather Strips and Long Fell Wants
Brief, quirky note suggests settling debts as you go and exploring upcoming changes in weather strip classifications. It treats personal grudges as unnecessary and advocates paying promptly.
Blotting Paper Production Begins in Canada
Canada witnesses the first locally produced blotting paper by Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd in Cornwall Ontario after exhaustive testing. Previously Canadian blotting paper relied on imports valued at about half a million dollars annually.
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Canada
Howard Smith Paper Mills, Ltd
Cornwall
Ont
Keep Little Ones Well in Winter
Winters a dangerous season for the little ones. The days vary from bright to cold and stormy, keeping children indoors in overheated rooms. Baby's Own Tablets regulate the stomach and bowels and drive out colds, allowing the baby to weather winter safely. 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Joke misprint and a worm powder ad in one page
A humor submission mix up shows a writer asking if his joke arrived, with the editor replying the joke arrived but has not yet been seen. The page warns mothers about worms in infants and promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a quick expulsion remedy.
Guitar's Entry into Europe Traced to Spaniards and Moors
The guitar reached Europe via the Spaniards who learned the instrument from the Moors, a line of transmission showing cultural exchange across civilizations.
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Europe
Pastel charmeuse dress for a young miss with roses belt
A pastel shell colored charmeuse gown suits the younger girl. The ingenue style features a straight across bodice with shoulder drape and a plain fitted bodice. Roses decorate the belt front and three narrow folds trim the skirt top fading toward the waist, inspired by a mother’s frock.
Catarrhal Deafness Relief With constitutional remedy
Catarrhal Deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. When inflamed, it causes rumbling, impaired hearing, or deafness if untreated. All’s Catarrh Medicine claims to act through the blood to reduce inflammation and aid natural restoration. Circulars free. All Druggists. KF J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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KF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
England Takes Bulk of Wheat Exported From Vancouver
The season's barley shows 100000 tons of wheat booked for export from Vancouver with England taking about two thirds of the total.
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England
Vancouver
Canada Immigration Totals for November 1921
Immigration to Canada in November 1921 totaled 4 560 with 1 404 from the British Isles 1 747 from the United States and 1 409 from other countries. For April to November the eight months of the fiscal year the Dominion saw 76 575 arrivals including 5 941 British 23 279 from the United States and 17 355 from other countries.
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Canada
British Isles
United States
Dominion
Saskatchewan liquor control delegation asks government for sale takeover
A Regina delegation urged Premier Martin and Saskatchewan ministers to assume liquor purchase and sale duties. Martin declared the government has no intention of changing the existing liquor law.
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Saskatchewan
Martin
Regina
Alberta Turkeys Sent to States During Christmas Season
Alberta shipped twenty thousand pounds of turkeys to Minneapolis and St Paul via the egg and poultry branch. The department handled forty thousand pounds of Alberta farmers surplus poultry overall.
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Alberta
States
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Egg and Poultry
Department of Agriculture
Peevish Children Suffer From Worms Promoted Cure
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator promises to remove parasites and restore health in sickly children. The notice features H Hoffman of Paris described as the handsomest man in France, weighing 210 pounds with a 66 inch waist.
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Mother Graves
France
H. Hoffman
Paris
Saskatchewan Revenue Highlights 1420-21 Fiscal Year
Provincial secretary reports revenue of 1,618,950 paid into the provincial treasury for 1420-21. Motor licenses produced 945,783 and corporation taxes 416,684. The year saw 206 joint stock companies incorporated with capital of 8,733,080 and 143 theatres operating in the province.
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Saskatchewan
British Columbia Mineral Production to 1921
The report sums BC mineral production through 1921: placer gold 75,944,203. lode gold 102,753,823. silver 53,668,284. lead 46,637,221. copper 161,513,864. zinc 19,896,466. miscellaneous 1,037,408. coal and coke 212,573,492. building stone and cement 32,168,217, totaling 706,192,978 in value.
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British Columbia
Danderine Promises Hair Renewal At Low Price
A 5 cent bottle of Danderine is advertised for hair treatment in drug stores. The copy claims one application leaves no trace of hair loss and that each remaining hair appears healthy with life vigor and rich color.
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E. B. Borthwick
Swift Current
Parare
Police
Hamburg
Lisbon
Lowestoft
Maude Adams
Peter Lan
Lake Ronkonkoma
L.L
Sisterhood of
Our Lady of the Cenacle
Financial Report
Winnipeg Planning Industrial Credits
Cuthura
Carne H. Frisbis
Gray
Dry Mills
Canadien Depot
St. P
St. W
Postum
Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Windsor, Ont
By Marie Belmont
Immigration
Minard
MR FB B. Shaw
Revenue of
Castoria
Harold C. Shipman & CO
Strawas Canada
B.C. Minerals
Dr. Chase
Edmanson
Ba Box Tech
Toronto
Dominion Express
H .Gibbs
East 71St Street
America
Pratts Poultry Regulator
Pratt Food Co. of Canada, Ltd
Teronto
Danderine
WH Clay Glover Co
West Swist Street
USA
Addresag the
Cook Medicine CO
Toroeto, Ont
Wistser
W. NW
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