Franco American debt pact okayed by cabinet
The French cabinet approves the tentative text of the Franco American Provisional debt payment agreement. A Pan American highway commission is planned to link Detroit to South America with a $200,000 appropriation. The German War Office orders fortress demolitions on the eastern boundary to be completed within four months.
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Pan-American Peoples Great Highway Commission
Detroit
Mich
South America
Senate
War Office
Germany
Paris
Cascarets Urge Quick Relief for Constipation and Lethargy
An advertisement touts Cascarets for torpid liver and clogged bowels causing headaches, indigestion, and bad breath. It claims a 11 cent box cleansed bowels overnight, keeps stomach liver and bowels regulated, and notes benefits for both adults and children.
Proposal to investigate unemployment and sickness insurance
In the House of Commons a proposal will urge the committee on industrial and international relations to examine and report on establishing an insurance system against unemployment sickness and invalidity. The resolution will be introduced by A. A. Heaps of Winnipeg North. An Indian reform movement is noted as an Arab saver converts his hoarded gold into 350000 dollars in government securities.
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Committee On Industrial and International Relations
House of Commons
A. A. Heaps
Labor
Winnipeg
North
India
Britain Aims for Air Nation as Light Planes Drop
Britain moves toward a truly air faring nation as flying clubs spur interest and a market for light aeroplanes, with the Avro Avian price cut to £675 and De Havilland Moth to £759. Service stations open in Manchester and Southampton. Air Ministry control keeps costs high, notably the £250 engine.
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Lord Thomson
Britain
Teust
The
Evening News
Avro Avian
Manchester
Southampton
Air Ministry
Saskatchewan Bonds Auction Report
Province of Saskatchewan bonds are listed for sale with the names Nay and James Fecina associated in the text. The snippet implies administrative or financial notes tied to the issue. Further details about dates or amounts are not provided in this fragment.
Rural Sanitation and the Call for Better Farm Health
Rural sanitation urged by A W Rothwell and CC W Peterson as a health priority. Notes nine of ten farm homes lack running water, linking dirty water to typhoid and infant mortality while praising pipes and sewers as essential and Canada’s rural health reform needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Rothwell
U.S.A
Rual Health
U.S
Commission to Make the World Christian
The lesson reflects Jesus command to the disciples to go to all nations and make followers. It traces the spreading gospel from Jerusalem to Judaea, Samaria, and Rome, noting the widening circles of evangelization and quoting authorities on the boundless horizon of Jesus’s mission.
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Isaiah
Galilee
Jesus
Christ
Jerusalem
Judaea
Samaria
Rome
James Russell Lang
Babcock
Working Women Seek Funds to Boost Socialist Parliamentary Cares
Women in the Socialist and Labor movements in England argue that working women lack real representation in parliament as candidates while high rank women gain nominations easily. Plans are under way to raise 15000 dollars yearly to give working women a better chance at Parliamentary honors within the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist and
Labor Movement
England
Canadian National lecture car reports strong attendance in Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railways with University of Saskatchewan Extension Service report encouraging results from the lecture car tour in Saskatchewan. Since January 17 the car, despite cold and stormy weather, drew 507 school age children and many farmers who traveled long distances to hear talks on cereals, tillage, crop rotation, goat seed, farmstead beautification, and livestock roles in a diversified farming plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Dan M. Johnson
Agriculture Department
Attractive New Dress Pattern Promises Smart Fashion
An attractive dress pattern No. 1524 features a one piece front and back with optional View A flare. Allover lace accents deep vest and pointed sleeves with a belt buckle closure and tie collar. Sizes 36 to 42 bust. View A and View B require specific yardage and lace. Pattern price 20 cents. Fashion Book price 1½ cents.
Remarkable Testimony on Dodd's Kidney Pills by Mrs Griffin
Mrs M Griffin reports relief from influenza after long back pains and weakness in 1918 19. At 63 she claims to run a foot race and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring her vigor. Purchasers advised to get pills from druggists or The Dodd's Medicine Co Toronto Ontario.
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Lake Thelma
Alberta
M. Griffin
Pedd
Dodd's Medicine Co., Ltd
Toronto
Alberta Honey Output Surges in 1926 Districts
Alberta honey production rose 1926 output 50 percent above 1925 values with $36 000 in value versus $23 000. Lethbridge district saw a producer haul about 50 tons and another 16 tons. Miller's Worm Powders offer a remedy for worms in children causing vomiting as a sign of thorough expulsion.
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Alberta
Lethbridge
City Prohibits Killing Mad Dogs in India
City council rules against harming mad dogs, equating them with lunatics and calling for asylum placement. Mention notes that west end London property remains under leases from three to four centuries ago.
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India
West End
London
Lithium Ore Carload Heads to Germany from Canada
The first carload of lithium ores including podumene and Lepidolite leaves Lac du Bonnet Manitoba bound for Saint John New Brunswick and Germany. H W Lumsden of the Canadian Pacific Railway notes it as a new development in Canadian iron mineral exploitation. The Sydney government Savings Bank of New South Wales holds deposits totaling 76000 600 and 2785000 with a large depositor base.
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Germany
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba
Saint John
New Brunswick
H W. E. Lumsden
Canadian Pacific Railway
Sydney
Australia
Government Savings Bank of
New South Wales
Dictated Letters Prompt Bad Spelling Joke
A quirky exchange between Ted and Jerry about dictation and spelling. Ted notes letters read as dictated while Jerry jokes his spelling is so bad he lacks a stenographer. The humor centers on language, writing, and self-deprecating wit.
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Ted
Jerry
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Quick Relief
Advertises an effective remedy for worm infections in children, claiming most are affected at birth and promising to spare them suffering. The copy emphasizes a quick cure and safety for youngsters.
Should be in every home says Mme Villemaire
Eliza Villemaire of Ottawa testifies to Tanlac as a miracle cure for long illness including back pain stomach trouble and nervous sleeplessness. She praises its effects claiming complete relief and urges others to use Tanlac as a universal remedy. The ad claims over 2 million bottles sold and urges readers to buy today.
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Mme. Villemaire
Eliza Villemaire
Patrick Street
Ottawa
Canada
Nature
Turken cross between a turkey and a Rhode Island hen
A Canadian bird called turken, a cross of a turkey and a Rhode Island hen, was showcased in Edmonton with claims it could revolutionize poultry farming. George Spurgeon raised it, noting a hen body and turkey head and promising superior traits.
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Rhode Island
Edmonton
George Spurgeon
Must Be Good Dodger Pigmies of New Guinea
A Berkeley professor reports that New Guinea pigmies face a severe marriage test. A groom must shoot at by archers in a clearing and may wed only if he survives, earning the right to cut off the first joint of the index finger.
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New Guinea
Stirling
Berkeley
Smithsonian Institute
Ore
Sugar Beets Rise as Top Cash Crop in Taber District
The 1926 average net income from sugar beets in Taber Irrigation District was $71.58 per acre, far above wheat at $25.01. The district secretary-manager says beets are becoming the leading cash crop.
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Taber
Green walls calm surgeons in San Francisco hospital ORs
San Francisco hospital operating rooms feature green walls claimed to be more restful for surgeons than white. The color choice aims to reduce eye strain and improve focus during procedures.
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San Francisco
Cuba's New Highway Plan Expected From American Firms
Cuba unveils a 905 mile highway project costing 70 million dollars to be built by American concerns. The plan signals a major transportation expansion and potential US involvement in Cuban infrastructure.
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Cuba
Anerican
Early Egyptian Script Pioneered Sound-Reproducing Characters
The passage notes that ancient Egyptians developed a writing system that imitates spoken sound, making it the earliest use of characters to reproduce spoken language.
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Prince of Wales
Grove
Lenton
Nottingham
Christchurch
Kampshire
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United States
Chamberlain's Coush
Saskatche
Nay
James
Fecina Sask
CC. W. Peterson
Mhemimne
Making the World
C.N.R
Pern Pree Tamil
Dodd
Mrs. M. Griffin
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
A. A. Morton Co., Ltd
Ontario
Taniac
Holloway
Eveready
Belter
Evereadys
Canadian National Carbon Co., Limited
Montreal
Vancouver
Ture
CKY
Everead
RADIO
Barrer
Minard
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