McGill to Welcome Back J A Bancroft This Autumn
World news items note Dr J A Bancroft resigning his metallurgy chair at McGill last year but returning in autumn. Other reports include Pederewski touring North America next fall, a deadly German rail yard fire, a Los Angeles plane tragedy, a Belgian farm hand’s corpse found near Winnipeg, Swiss arms control stance, Dublin food shortages, Elko-Waldo pulp mill plans, the Orbita fog navigation trial, and peat water softening discovery.
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John Collins
High Bluff
Winnipeg
St. Germain
Dublin
Elko
Waldo
B.C
Crow’s Nest Pass
Chicago
Elko River
C. D. MacNab
Minard Liniment Praised by High School Baseball Team
W. E. McPherson, secretary of Armstrong High School baseball team at Yarmouth N S writes that since the season began they suffered sore muscles and sprains until using Minard's Liniment Co Ltd product. He urges every player to keep a bottle on hand.
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O. McPherson
Armstrong, B.C. Minard’s Liniment Co
Yarmouth
Minard
W. E. McPherson
Armestrong
Screened car windows lift with window rise
A novel street car design uses a heavy wire screen attached to the bottom of each window. As the window is raised the screen is lifted to cover the opening, creating a protective barrier.
Your Home Medicine Chest Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
A promotional note extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as essential for home medicine chests. It claims broad relief benefits for rheumatic and sciatic pains sore throats chests coughs burns scalds cuts bruises and sprains across many households.
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Thomas
Blind Man Invents Automatic Bookmark
A blind inventor develops an automatic bookmark using a weighted flexible strip that drops into place as pages are turned, aiding readers without sight.
Holloway's Corn Remover Destroys Corn at Root
An ad asserts Holloway's Corn Remover penetrates to the root to kill growth, claiming corns cannot exist after use.
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Holloway
Population Growth Boosts New York City Rank
Over the last decade New York City added 854,268 residents, placing it second only to Pennsylvania Illinois and New York state in population among states within the metro area.
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New York City
Pennsylvania
Iollinois
New York State
Record-setting Sunday School Attendant Honored
Owen Jones of Liverpool England is noted for a Sunday School attendance streak spanning over 94 years, making him a likely world record holder in the field.
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Owen Jones
Liverpool
England
Chicago gum maker turns $32 into $30 million empire
A Chicago chewing gum manufacturer began with $32 capital and built an annual turnover exceeding $30,000,000. The firm is described as the largest advertiser of a single product in the world.
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Chicago
Growing Boys and Girls and Dr Williams Pink Pills
An article argues anaemia affects both sexes and that weak blood makes teens pale faint and weak. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for both boys and girls with low appetite and low energy, featuring a testimonial from Mrs. P. Garvey of Mono Mills Ontario. Pills priced 50 cents a box, six for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Williams
P. Garvey
R.R. No
Mono Mills
Ont
Distention of ear lobes a New Guinea beauty idea
The text notes that in New Guinea both men and women are subjected from infancy to a stretching of the ear lobes until adulthood the ear opening can admit a ring as large as a child’s hoop. This is described as their notion of beauty.
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New Guinea
New Device Measures Range of Human Perceptions
A newly designed apparatus can gauge color vision hearing touch and other senses in individuals providing a compact method to quantify sensory perception across modalities and profiles.
Widower Remarry Ban in Borneo Tribes
In Borneo head-hunting tribes custom forbids a widower to remarry until eight months after his wife’s death, a rule observed as part of traditional mourning and social balance.
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Borneo
Dangerous cargoes aboard ships warned by old sea tale
A sailor warns that not only dynamite but sugar coffee cotton acids and acetylene gas pose serious risks in holds. Heat and leaks can create sour smells deadly carbonic gas and slow combustion threatening crew safety aboard ships.
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Grst
Falkland Islands
The Family Physician and Home Remedies Claim
The article extols using Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as a reliable home remedy for inflammatory pains, cuts, scratches, bruises and sprains when a doctor is unavailable, noting it saves fees and supports family medicine chest stock.
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Thomas
Circle Tours Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies
Circle Tours Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies offers a magnificent mountain and inland water trip passing Banff Lake Louise Field Glacier Arrowhead steamer through Arrow and Kootenay Lakes. It winds past majestic peaks touching West Robson and Nelson. The trip can be taken in reverse at low cost. Canadian Pacific agents provide full information and arrange details.
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Banff
Lake Louise
Field and Glacier
Arrowhead
Arrow
Kootenay Lakes
West Robson
Nelson
Canadian Pacific
Manitoba butter wins big at Calgary and Edmonton expositions
Manitoba butter from the Brandon branch of Crescent Creamery Co captured top prizes at Calgary and Edmonton shows. The exhib it earned two firsts on May butter at Calgary, plus a first and second and two thirds at Edmonton. Calgary awarded a bronze medal and a diploma for high score, plus a $15 special prize and provincial ribbon. Twenty two creameries from Quebec to British Columbia competed.
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Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Calgary
Edmonton
Brandon
Crescent Creamery Company
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Gibson
Major Telephone Directory Network Costs Big Print Run
About 1,500 different telephone directories with a total annual circulation of 25 million copies are issued by the principal telephone system in the United States. Printing and distribution costs for the directories run around 8 million dollars each year.
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United States
Iowa Man Invents Fountain Paint Brush Weave
An Iowa man is the inventor of a fountain paint brush that combines the accuracy of a hand brush with the speed of a spray device.
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Iowa
Mackenzie Region Size Reveals Largest Canadian Division
The Mackenzie region is described as Canada's largest political division with an area of 562 182 square miles. An opera performance in Berlin was heard 800 miles away via wireless telephone, illustrating early long distance transmission reach.
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Mackenzie
Canada
Berlin
Woman founder of David Greig firm laid to rest in London
The burial of Mrs. Greig at Putney Vale marks the end of an era in London's provision trade. Born in Montrose Scotland she left for London in 1870 to open a small shop in Hornsey. Her son David Grieg expanded the business, and the firm now runs about 100 stores across London.
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London
Putney Vale
Brixton
England
Engaging Chinese General Wu Emerges in Politics
An American observer portrays General Wu as a rare, modest figure in Chinese politics. He is said to seek unity, end militarism, revive industry, and win global respect, without office hunger or cunning. The profile highlights his perceived honesty and intellect compared with Sun Yat-Sen and Chang Tso-Lin.
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General Wu
Sun Yat-Sen
Chang Tso-Lin
China
The Secret of the Prince's Conquest Described
The passage extols the heart of a prince and his influence over conditions of menses in his nature and goodwill. It asserts his unconcealed sympathy and his presence as a symbol of ordered liberty and happiness for all under the King's rule as described by the London Daily Mail.
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London Daily Mail
Tanlac praised by Vancouver woman for stomach and nerves
Mrs. C Spruitenburg of North Vancouver British Columbia credits Tanlac with curing long standing stomach trouble and nervous insomnia. She says after starting the medicine her digestion improved, her nerves stabilized and she now sleeps well, urging others to try Tanlac from reputable druggists.
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North Vancouver
Tanlac
Holland
Indians Unearth Antiques on Christian Island Fort St Marie Relics Found
Indigenous diggers on Christian Island uncover items linked to the French Jesuit mission era. Among artifacts are an inscribed cornerstone from the first mainland fort, an iron ink well, two old keys, and two knives, tied to the River Wye treasure hunt and Ontario history.
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Christian Island
Jesuit Treasur
Fort St.Marie
Ontario
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Gillett Company
Toronto
Montreal
J. A. Bancroft
McGill
Ignace Jan Pederewski
Orenstein and Koppel
Spandau
Germany
W. H.robinson
Los Angeles
Canadien Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Windsor
Circle
Canadian Pacific Rockies
C.P.R
Beecham
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