Postponement Urged for Prairie Land Sale Plan
Western Canada Colonization Association delays settlement work until prairie provinces offer a firm price list of unoccupied lands. The group seeks co operation from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta governments to avoid disaster and push forward immigration efforts and land development. The aim is to bring twenty million idle acres near railways into production, easing taxation and helping National Railways become self supporting.
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Western Canada Colonization Association
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Province
Western Canada
Remarkable 75,000 Mile Overland Trip by Canadian Owners
Toronto businessman J. T. Pears and Roy M. Jones completed a coast to coast overland tour traveling from Muskoka to Montreal the Adirondacks to the Atlantic then via Chicago St. Louis Winnipeg to Vancouver Los Angeles and back by New Mexico and Colorado route. They averaged about 125 miles daily slept in the car and faced no accidents while taking two monkeys as souvenirs photographed atop their 90 sedan.
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Edmonton
California
J. T. Pears
Toronto
Roy M. Jones
Muskoka
Montreal
Adirondacks
Atlantic
Chicago
St. Louis
Winnipeg
Rockies
Crows Nest Pass
Vancouver
Los Angeles
Pears
Mr. Jones
New Mexico
Colorado
Philippines
Willys Overland Company
Mr. Pears
Nerviline Believed Helpful Gas Relief From Reader Experience
A reader describes indigestion and persistent belching after eating unripe vegetables. The remedy Nerviline, taken in hot sweetened water, gave quick relief and is praised as a household necessity with 35c bottles advertised widely.
Sharp sayings from a shadowed street figure
A terse gallery of wry maxims on smoke and vice. The speaker notes Close fist as the stingest man he knew, claiming the man smoked to the last inch and still sought a use for smoke. It then contrasts natural beauty with self made charm, and laments shady figures basking in popularity.
Words are right when backed by brains in astronomy
The remark highlights that solid intellect drives success in scientific fields, noting that stargazing and astronomy reward careful research and analytical skill more than mere speculation. It underscores the value of disciplined study in pursuing celestial knowledge.
Saskatchewan Provincial Rifle Association Meet
The annual meet will be held in Regina on July 18 19 and 20 with $2 000 in prizes. Ammunition provided free and ample practice time. The S M L E rifle will be used. Prize lists are available from Major Styles the secretary at Regina.
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Saskatchewan Provincial Rifle Association
Regina
S.M.L.E
Styles
Suspense Exchange Between Jack and The Judge
Dialogue fragment shows a tense exchange where a woman asks if she is the first girl to kiss him and the judge weighs the moment. The lines reveal curiosity, hesitation, and a pivotal romantic tension between the characters.
Government installs four wireless stations from Peace River to Arctic
Four wireless receiving stations are being installed by the federal government between Peace River Crossing and the Arctic Ocean. The text notes a poetic aside about compliments and a recording angel signaling action.
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Federal Government of Canada
Peace River Crossing
Arctic Ocean
Quote on War Responsibility Reflects Mutual Accusations
A terse assertion notes that in every war each side claims the other as aggressor, capturing a theme of reciprocal blame and justification in conflict discourse.
Coffee trade shows Europe and North America dominate
The article notes that Europe and North America together consume about four-fifths of global coffee production, highlighting regional demand patterns and trade dynamics in the world market.
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Europe
North America
World
Union Bank to Open Fort Smith Branch in North
The Union Bank of Canada plans a Fort Smith branch at latitude sixty north, marking the first northern oil district expansion. The bank cautions profits may be slow at first but frames the move as part of national progress and frontier development.
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Union Bank
Fort Smith
Oil District
Union Bank of Canada
Thin, Watery Blood Signals Ill Health
A testimonial ad explains thinning blood causes fatigue, headaches, dizziness, and palpitations. It claims Dr Williams Pink Pills restore blood quality and cites Miss Delima Lafreniere of St Ambrose Manitoba as a user who improved after three boxes. Availability and price are listed from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Germany's Oldest Bell Broken in Berlin Funeral
Berlin reports the largest cathedral bell, cast in 1471 and weighing 8000 pounds, broke during Kaiserin Auguste Victoria's funeral. Once valued for its beauty, the six foot diameter bell was placed by Frederick the Great in 1747 in the Lustgarten tower and moved to the current cathedral seventeen years ago.
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Berlin
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Germany
Frederick the Great
Lustgarten
Immigration restraints may shift traffic to Canada
Officials assume stricter U S immigration laws will divert excess transatlantic travel to Canada and may cause some New York bound vessels to relocate to Montreal. The move is seen as a natural sequence of enforcement and border policy.
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United States
Canada
New York
Manitoba Butter Production In 1920 Exports Reach 3 Million
Manitoba produced over 8 million pounds of butter in 1920 as reported by L A Gibson provincial dairy commissioner. Of this total, 3 million pounds were exported.
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Manitoba
L. A. Gibson
Try Frozen Desserts Try Frozen Desserts
Loreto C. Lynch explains simple home freezers and quick fruit based frozen desserts. She notes cost savings, easy operation with coarse salt and fine ice, and offers lemon and orange pie styles plus frozen berry mixtures.
Agreement Allows Cattle From Accredited Herds Across Border
A joint effort by U S cattle breeders and the Bureau of Animal Industry led to the Accordited Herd Plan to control tuberculosis. The program tested herds and accredited over a thousand as free of disease, prompting Canada to adopt it in 1919. An agreement now allows cattle from accredited herds to move between the two countries without detainment or testing.
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United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington
Canada
Regina to Get Municipal Air Harbor at Regina
Regina moves toward a municipal air harbor after two sites were submitted to the Canadian Air Force Association. The association chose a 100 acre site and the remaining steps are receiving and erecting the Bessoneau hangar reserved for Regina by the Canadian Air Board. A light moral note follows about a clever girl and a peacemaker.
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Regina
Canadian Air Force Association
Canadian Air Board
Minards Liniment Promotes Dandruff Solution
Advertisement claims if we love our enemies we show it by using Minards Liniment for dandruff it urges readers to try the product as a remedy.
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Minard
Manitoba Farmer Regains Strength With Tanlac
Saint Clair Manitoba farmer John Brown credits Tanlac with restoring his health after two and a half years of indigestion gas poor sleep and weight loss. He says he sleeps well eats three meals a day and can work full time again praising Tanlac as unmatched by any medicine. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
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Manitoba
Tanlac
John Brown
Saint Clair
Taniac
Harbor Cut Out Of Solid Rock
A British harbor improvement began before the war and continued through wartime, opening a basin of 2.5 acres with 1500 feet of new quays. The basin was cut from solid rock to reach an average depth of 13 feet, with excavated material reclaiming land from the sea near the harbor.
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Great Britain
Silos Boom Reported in Alberta District
A Lethbridge firm reports heavy construction of silos with eighteen disposed of this year and an estimate that two hundred to four hundred silos will be erected in the district this summer.
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Lethbridge
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Wireless
North
Angel
Dominion
St. Pei St
BY Loretto C. Lynch
Air Harbor
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Castoria
Dominion Express
America
West Saratreet, New York
U.S.A
Whitmore
Hecine Compost Trewange
Cassy
Panama Canal
U.S. Army
Whitmore Manufacturing Co
Lubricating Engineers
Cleveland
Ohio
McDermot Ave
East
Scarth St. North
Victoria
Pacific Coast
Canadian Rockies
Ontario
Gal
ALBER
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Tofield
G.T.P
Jasper Park
Mount Robson
Canadian National Railways
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