Immigration and unemployment a global viewpoint
The article argues unemployment stems from deeper global changes amid broad growth and shifts in industry. It notes mass production, credit expansion, labor-saving tech, and migration trends as factors, urging nations to adjust domestically and study solutions rather than assign blame. It highlights Canada’s position and calls for united, informed action.
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George
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
World going crazy says eminent psychologist
An eminent psychologist warns insanity is rising and predicts the world may become largely daffy in the future. He notes rapid increases in madness and imagines a future where a squirrel could be king in a nutsy universe while contrasting gloomy views with those who remain hopeful about keeping society running.
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Los Angeles Times
Slogan for Headache Relief Via Liver Pills
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick headache remedy while warning against bromides and hop. It claims headaches stem from decayed food and urges gentle liver stimulation and bowel cleansing as a cure. The ad cites a 25 cent red package from druggists.
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Carter
Agricultural Conferences to be Held in Winnipeg
Winnipeg will host two major agricultural conferences in the next two months. Dr J H Grisdale deputy minister of agriculture says a March meeting will bring together all government departments and agencies doing research. Dr H M Tory head of the National Research Council will attend. A second barley conference will also be held and Dr Grisdale plans to issue a statement on barley in a few days.
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Winnipeg
J. H. Grisdale
Grisdale
H. M. Tory
National Research Council
Regina Considers Unemployment Relief Sewer Plan
Regina city officials weigh a new unemployment relief project costing 20000 to replace an existing program. So far this winter workers have dug eight and a half blocks of sewers and started an 18 block plank walk project at a cost of 5000.
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Regina
If Hard Luck Drives a Man to Drink Quote
A pithy reflection on fate and fortune noting that misfortune drives one to alcohol while wealth could ruin a man. The line contrasts hardship with prosperity and hints at personal restraint amid advantage.
Women Drivers Share Small Fraction of NY Traffic Violations
Commissioner Charlies A. Hartnett notes women in New York State are 16 percent of drivers. In four months 27 130 men vs 653 women violated traffic laws. Daily arraignments average 250 men and four women. Four months show 3 918 men speeding to 66 women, 4 635 men vs 69 women for car light offenses. Seventeen men charged for smoking motors but no women. one woman jailed for intoxication. 132 men accused of driving while drunk. Thirty women failed to keep right, 4 075 men did likewise. Seven women mistook a one way street vs 481 men. Thirty two women lacked licenses at crucial moments. One thousand two hundred twenty six males showed similar memory lapses.
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Charlies A. Hartnett
New York State
Influenza's Victims and Pink Pills Promise Recovery
An ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building nerve tonic to prevent and aid recovery from influenza complications. It cites a Belleville Ontario testimonial and notes pills are available from Brockville Ontario and druggists for 50 cents a box.
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Canada
Williams
F. H. McMullen
Belleville
Ont
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Tribute to Canadian Industry On a Tour of the Dominion
Six post graduate graduates toured Canada under the British Institute of Certified Grocers. They visited Salada Tea Company Limited in Montreal and deemed its plant the neatest and cleanest tea blending warehouse and packing centre in the world. The report by secretary C L T Beeching appeared in the Tea & Coffee Trade Journal.
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Dominion
British Institute of Certified Grocers
Montreal
Salada Tea Company, of Canada, Limited
C. L. T. Beeching
Tea & Coffee Trade Journal
New York
Salada Tea Company
Canada
Heart and Nerves Relief Advertised by The T Milburn Co
Mrs Joseph Price of Red Pine New Brunswick writes she suffered heart and nerve trouble with numb cold hands and feet but after using the advertised remedy for a period she reports no recurrence. Price is 50 cents a box from druggists or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont.
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Joseph Price
Red Pine, N.B
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Alberta to use Tyndall stone for Edmonton admin building
Alberta approves Tyndall quarry stone over Indiana for the Edmonton administration building with a $700,000 cost and a $250,000 stone bill. Premier Brownlee telegrams Manitoba Premier Bracken seeking continued coal market cooperation and urges further use of Manitoba coal in government institutions. Manitoba officials and Winnipeg Board of Trade welcomed the decision amid protests over U S. contract.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Edmonton
Tyndall
Indiana
Brownlee
Bracken
United States
John Bracken
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Western Canada press group backs news service extension
Publishers and editors from western Canada gathered in Vancouver to support expanding the Canadian Press News Service after wire circuits from Winnipeg to Victoria are wired. The plan doubles wordage and widens cross province and international coverage. The meeting endorsed management proposals and urged a Tokio staff representative for Canada with Japan’s new ministry.
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Canada
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Victoria
Tokio
Japan
Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy Featured for Relief
An advertisement urges readers to consider Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy for asthma distress. It touts a long record of success across continents and years and promises significant relief for sufferers and their families.
Canada to Redeem $20,000,000 Loan in Cash
The Canadian Government will redeem in cash a loan of 20 million dollars due February 1, 1930. Revenue in the first ten days of the current fiscal year exceeds the entire year 1868. Last year’s surplus would have paid off the national debt as it stood in the early 1870s.
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Canada
Automatic umbrella vending in Berlin city streets
When rain threatens Berlin pedestrians can find a corner machine selling umbrellas. Insert 15 cents for a dry shelter that lasts for about a dozen storms. Also notes that so called Arabian horses originated in North Africa, domesticated by Libyans as early as 2000 B.C.
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Berlin
North Africa
B.C
Saskatchewan Premier to Convene Educational Conference
Saskatchewan Premier J. T. Anderson announced an informal conference in Regina with representatives from many groups to discuss educational development. He aims to learn firsthand the pressing problems and gather ideas for curriculum changes aligned with rural life and civic needs.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
J. T. Anderson
Anderson
United Farmers of Canada
Trades and Labor Councils
Boards of Trade
Edmonton’s Oldest Local Veteran Dies After Brief Illness
Riel veteran Murdock McLeod aged 85 of Edmonton died recently after a brief illness. An apprentice at 15 with the Hudson Bay Company, he was a Riel Rebellion prisoner. In 1875 he led a trek from Winnipeg to Edmonton with 55 men 22 women two children 15 half-breeds and 50 vehicles. The notes also mention a worm remedy, US telephones, and Canada’s wheat prospects per the Toronto Globe.
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Murdock McLeod
Edmonton
Hebrides
Hudson Bay Company
Riel
Prairies
Winnipeg
London street accidents claim four lives daily
Accidents on London streets kill four people and injure 176 each day, highlighting ongoing road danger in the capital and the need for safety improvements.
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London
Zam-Buk Medicinal Soap and Balm Health Ad
An old advertisement extols Zam-Buk as a comprehensive skin cure for winter damage. It promises protection from frostbite chapping and sores with Zam Buk Soap and Zam Buk Balm, claiming fast relief and antiseptic healing for cracks burns and wounds at 50 cents.
Canada’s Water Power Growth Through Public Electricity
The piece traces Canada’s hydraulic development from early French settlement to the 1920s, noting 5,349,232 horsepower in hydraulic installations by 1928. Most, 4,445,693 hp, powered public electricity distribution as the generator era expanded. It then briefly promotes Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for children's worms and stomach upset.
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Canada
British Columbia Lumber Industry Highlights 1928 Output
Four hundred plants in British Columbia operate to produce lumber with a 200 million dollar investment. In 1928 the sector cut over three billion feet, employing forty thousand workers and paying sixty million dollars in wages annually.
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British Columbia
Stand Alone Resolve Echoes in Natures Penalty
A reflective line contrasts strong and weak natures, asserting that those who master independence must not complain when left to stand alone. It underscores personal accountability and resilience as moral balance in solitary endurance.
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