Sims Spent Younger Days in Toronto
Rear-Admiral William Sowden Sims spent his teen years in Toronto with his parents. His father, a civil engineer, moved from Philadelphia to Port Hope in 1854 and then to Toronto in 1873 to oversee the Toronto and Nipissing Railway. The elder Sims later served as a railway official listed at the Queen's Hotel in Toronto.
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William Sowden Sims
Great Britain
Washington
United States Navy
Toronto
Philadelphia
Port Hope
Lindsay
Toronto and Nipissing
Beaverton
Cannington
Coboconk
Queen's Hotel
Front Street
Mans Greatest Asset per Pitu Health campaign urges public interest
The Red Cross Society in Canada led a nationwide enrolment effort not to raise funds but to spur active public concern for personal hygiene and public health. Dr Kellogg warns of rising disease and declining birth rates, urging health promotion and school-based health focus as essential national policy.
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Red Cross Society
Canada
Journal of Health and Sanitation
J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Kellogg
Dr. Kellogg
United States
England
Wales
France
MacNeill
Battleford
Sask
Regina
Denmark
Hvidhede
Germany
Goose's Appetite for Corn Probed by Observation
An experiment tested how many grains two hungry geese would eat in two hours. Experts guessed 2000 to 3000 grains, but the observed result showed a single goose consuming exactly 31 grains in the same two hour period.
It Pays to Patronize Home Industry
A compact exhortation encourages buying from local merchants to support the town’s economy and keep money circulating within the community.
Innocent Tots Humor About Venus de Milo
Two children stand before the Venus de Milo and joke about a marriage proposal while a second note remarks that fifteen days are needed for the average human body to recover from two consecutive nights without sleep.
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Norried
Nerviline Advertises Quick Relief for Neck and Throat
The ad promotes Nerviline as immediate relief for stiff neck and sore throat. It claims deep rubbing over the chest and neck relieves congestion and soreness and touts a bottle as a universal home remedy, with large bottles selling for 35 cents at dealers.
Canada reports record wheat acreage for season
The total wheat area in the Dominion reaches 18,654,100 acres, up about 500,000 from 1920 and a new record. Fall wheat accounts for 309,109 acres, leaving 17,945,000 to be sown in spring. The prairie provinces hold 17,418,900 acres, up 577,000 from last year.
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Dominion of Canada
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Blood Purification
Catarrh is described as a local disease shaped by constitutional factors. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is touted as a tonic and blood purifier that cleanses the blood and strengthens the system to restore normal conditions and aid nature. Available from all druggists. circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
German Note Details Destruction of Big Berthas
The German government reports seven long range guns used by Germany in the war. Four destroyed before the armistice others scrapped in April 1919 at Essen Meppen and Magdeburg in November 1919.
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Inter-Allied Military Control Commission
Essen
Meppen
Magdeburg
Baby's Own Tablets Endorsed by Ontario Mother
Mrs W Beesley of Mille Roch, Ontario says she relies on Baby's Own Tablets for indigestion and teething in her baby. She praises the tablets as mild yet thorough laxative that regulate bowels and ease teething. Sold by dealers or 23 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Equinoctial storm myth debunked by observer report
An astute observer from the United States Weather Bureau cited by Scientific American challenges the idea that the equinoctial storm is real. The belief, likely handed down through generations, persists as old weather saws resist elimination.
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United States Weather Bureau
Manitoba Free Press Crop Report Highlights Stronger Conditions
The Manitoba Free Press crop report dated June 7 notes conditions are more favorable than those on May 17 across a wide territory. It calls the overall outlook generally satisfactory and emphasizes broad positive conditions for crops.
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Manitoba Free Press
The
Free Press
When Women Suffer And Need The Hamilton Pills
An advertisement urges women to seek Hamiltons Pills for weakness headaches restlessness and the blues. It claims the remedy relieves constipation cleanses wastes and poisons and keeps the system running smoothly with widespread use across dealers in Montreal at 25 cents.
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Dr. Hamilton
Habits Formed in Childhood Weaken Dental Health
The article warns that early habits form quickly in children and long term damage can result from thumb sucking. It explains changes to the mouth and nasal passages due to thumb sucking and advises against medicated dentifrices, recommending twice daily brushing with water and a mild paste.
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Cam
Japs Plan To Raft Timber From B C To Japan
A Japanese firm seeks to raft timber from British Columbia to Japan using the Davis raft design. The first raft is set to depart the West Coast around August with a piled log super structure laced in cable. Previous attempts failed, except a San Francisco to China voyage about twenty years ago.
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British Columbia
Japan
San Francisco
China
Phosphorus Found by Brand in 1670 Discovery
In 1670 the chemist Brand prepared phosphorus from bones in small quantities. The glowing substance sparked mystic views of life, a sensation later echoed by the radium discovery about 250 years afterward.
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Brand
Miller's Worm Powders Vermifuge
One of the most effective vermi fuges on the market is Miller's Worm Powders. They will clear stomach and bowels of worms and regulate the infantile system for healthy condition. No harmful ingredients. safe for children when directions are followed and will destroy all worms.
New camera promises range beyond human sight
Scientists at the United States Bureau of Standards describe a new photographic process recently perfected. The method will have immense military value for the air service and broad scientific and commercial uses, enabling aircraft to photograph from extreme altitudes and penetrate hazy air beyond human vision.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Air Service
Stock Breeding Through Automobile Crosses Surprises Boston
A Boston cor respondent notes odd stock breeding ideas where crossbreeding animals with cars is said to yield blood lines. The piece humorously suggests a pig struck by a motorist yields a blooded Belleshire and prices for slaughtered chickens, while a yellow barnyard car represents a wire-haired fox terrier. It claims calves carry Alderney or Guernsey blood and asserts crossing stock with automobiles as a supposed improvement.
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Boston
Alderney
Guernsey
Not a Match, Either. A Gunpowder Line Clash
A pompous machinery maker boasted of a fine machine to a stranger who countered that their own line, gunpowder, outshines anything. The exchange ends with the remark that fiction is sometimes less strange than truth, as they compare their trades.
Crowded Chinese District in London Faces Expansion
The Chinese population in London's district is rising rapidly and the area, long settled by celestials, is becoming overcrowded. Encroachment into neighboring districts is reported as more residents move in.
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London
The
Celestials
Growth of Orchid Species Reaches Ten Thousand
A century ago about 300 orchid species were known, though imperfectly, and recent authority now places the known total at 10,000. The leap reflects extensive discovery and classification in this plant family.
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Oral Hygiene
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Davis
University of Toronto
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Ontario Dept. of Agriculture
Ontario
Veterinary College
Ronto
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Vancouver
Victoria
Pacific Coast
Canadian Rockies
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Saskatchewan
Calgary
Edmonton
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