Canada Diamond Jubilee Year Calls for Nationwide Civic Study
A call for a Canada First year to celebrate Confederation’s 60th anniversary urges Canadian clubs service organizations and schools to hold monthly programs on Canada’s history development and nationhood. Alberta and Saskatchewan also plan to highlight growth through floats parades and pageants next year. The aim is to foster national pride and unity among long‑standing and immigrant citizens alike.
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Canada
Canadian Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Lions, Gera
The
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YWACA
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Empire
League of Nations
Alberta
Sakatchewan
Dominion
Considerel
Objectionable Motor Signs Targeted in New Jersey Licenses
Commissioner Dill of the New Jersey motor vehicle department said licenses may be revoked for motorists who display offensive placards beneath registration plates. He cited marks with profanity as unacceptable and noted one sign reading If you can read this you are too damn close. Separately a drilling report near Medicine Hat described fossils found at 3 720 feet with fossils washed into the well and other mineral finds including talcum rock at 750 feet.
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Dill
New Jersey Motor Vehicle Department
Medicine Hat
Okanagan Lake Steamship Service Opens by CN Railways
Canadian National Railways launches a Kelowna to Penticton steamship service on Okanagan Lake. The new Pentowna will run two trips each way daily except Sunday starting July 15, extending the passenger offering after the Kemloops to Kelowna line, and linking Penticton with the Continental Limited east and west from Kamloops.
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Penticton
Okanagan Lake
Pentowna
Canadian National
Kemloops
Continental Limited
Kamloops
Cactus Invasion Spreads Across Queensland Farmlands
Australia faces a prickly pear menace as a few cactus sprigs brought by settlers grew rapidly. The plant now covers much of Queensland's arable land, an area about 67,000 square miles, threatening agricultural use.
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Queensland
Australia
Moscow shirks blame over aiding British strikers
Detroit Free Press argues Moscow could have prevented funds sent from Russia to support British trades unions during and after a strike. The piece contends Soviet authorities lie about prohibitions, noting Moscow could reimpose controls and that permits imply control is possible at any time.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Russia
Miners’ Federation
Detroit Free Press
Nerviline advertised as backache cure and Manitoba industry sizes
A testimonial claims Nerviline cured a two year backache in Geopetown. The ad urges sufferers to try Nerviline. Separate item notes Manitoba wood and paper firms lead with 213 establishments, followed by vegetable 19 chemical 129 and textile 89 plants.
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Manitoba
Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
GIRLHOOD DANGERS AND THE PROMISE OF PINK PILLS
An advertorial urging mothers to watch teenage girls for signs of anaemia during rapid growth. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder and cites Mrs George Justason of Black’s Harbor praising their effects on her daughter Margaret. The pills are sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 50 cents a box.
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Dr. Williams
George Justason
Black's Harbor
Osayve
Invited To Palace Spanish Workman Did Not Recognize King
A Madrid area story recalls King Alfonso of Spain stopping to help a tired passerby. The king’s car stalled, a worker asked for a lift, and the monarch gave him a ride to his slum home. The worker was astonished by the king’s courtesy and later invited him to visit the palace.
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Madrid
More Bicycles Than Cars In France
Report shows France has about 6.4 million bicycles and ten times as many bicycles as autos. The figure highlights a strong cycling culture with bicycles outnumbering cars by a wide margin.
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France
Wheat Pool A Huge Success in Melville Meeting
A. J. McPhail, chairman of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, told 300 farmers at Melville that effort will push pool acreage up by a million this season. He praised the pool as a unifying force for farmers in three western provinces and said it stabilizes prices without aiming to artificially raise them.
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Saskatchewan Pool
Melville
Sask
A. J. McPhail
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Wireless phones for aeroplane passengers tested in Germany
Experiments on German air service pilots using wireless telephones prove successful. Passengers on night routes between Berlin and Paris and other lines will soon access phones despite engine roar, with calls possible to any city subscriber in Germany.
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German Air Service
Ger
Stockholm
Templehofer
Berlin
Air Service Directorate
Paris
Berlin-Stettin
Berlin-Danzig-Koniexberg
Hamburg
Girl Receives Bronze Medal for Lighthouse Duty
Ethel Langton, 15, daughter of Bembridge St Helen's Fort keeper, receives the Lloyds bronze medal for three days of lighthouse duty during a gale. She kept the lamp burning alone with her dog, climbing a 20 foot ladder to tend the lamp while her parents could not return.
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Ethel Langton
St Helen’s Fort
Bembridge
Japanese Seek Canadian Radio Train Insights
Japanese travelers Kikojiro Suzuki of Tokyo and K Togasaki of San Francisco tour Canadian National Railway trains fitted with radios. Suzuki notes Japan’s government railways are testing radio on trains and seek to learn how CN trains operate radio equipped services.
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Canadian National Railways
Kikojiro Suzuki
Tokyo
Japan
K. Togasaki
San Francisco
Mr. Suzuki
Canadian National
Novel air race beats pigeons despite handicap
An aeroplane 23 percent faster than the fastest pigeon raced against 50 homing pigeons from Hammondsport to Auburn over 62 miles. The winning plane, though forced down, finished three minutes ahead of the first pigeon after 48 minutes at 821 miles per hour. A compound counteracts poisonous gas. when overwhelmed by despair, walk to cope.
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Hammondsport
Auburn
Nature
Modern mothers blamed for looser speech among schoolgirls
Miss Mary Morrison, head of the Francis Holland School for Girls in London, told a conference that maternal language now rivals paternal swearing, contributing to freer speech among girls and reflecting a broader cultural shift. A separate ad touts Dr Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a natural, air-clearing treatment sold nationwide.
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Mary Morrison
Francis Holland School For Girls
Head Mistresses’ Association
London
Aliss Morrison
Population growth drives militarist recruitment aims, Spectator says
The London Spectator notes militarists push for rising populations to secure future recruits while also deeming war inevitable due to crowding. Separately, Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is marketed as affordable and accessible at druggists.
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London Spectator
Death Pact Sequel Ends in Murder Conviction
An 18 year old man and his sweetheart agreed to die by their own hands in a death pact. The girl died and the man failed to fulfill his share, leading the court to condemn him to death for murder. The law holds that agreeing to die together makes the survivor guilty if one dies.
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Southport
Bamboo organ of Las Pinas endures after a century
A bamboo organ built into the church of Las Pinas Manila by Augustinians over 119 years ago still produces sweet tones. The instrument, carved from nearby jungle bamboo, has weathered damage from both an earthquake and a typhoon. Minard's Liniment for Rheumatism.
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Las Pinas
Manila
Bandit Crossword Puzzlers Roam British Hotels
Scotland Yard pursues two suave but illiterate con men posing as gentlemen farmers who swindled a dirt farmer from Aylesbury out of his bank roll. The crooks chase quick riches while discussing crossword clues with hotel patrons.
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Scotland Yard
Aylesbury
Powerful Medicine in Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil
The six essential oils in Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil concentrate heating properties into every bottle. It serves as a beneficial liniment praised for pain relief and overall health benefits. Despite strong efficacy, it is sold at a relatively small price.
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Dr. Thomas
Arrival from the old country sparks telephone confusion
A man new to the country misuses the phone to reach his wife but mistakes the operator’s request for a number with a joke about his pronunciation. The humorous exchange highlights immigrant adaptation and language gaps in everyday tasks.
Miller’s Worm Powders Promise Cure for Worms
Advertising claims say Miller’s Worm Powders wipe out intestinal worms by correcting stomach morbid conditions that nourish them. The medicine supposedly evacuates worms with bowel waste and improves a child’s health as organs become sound. A separate Italian tax system levies charges by taxpayer weight, fat men taxed by their poundage.
Oldest English boat Royal Barge dates to 1689
The Royal Barge, built in 1689 for King William, is described as England's oldest vessel still known today. Its survival highlights late 17th century royal craftsmanship and maritime history.
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William
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