World Happenings Briefly Told
Work has begun on a large grain elevator in Vancouver. Canada confirms the Royal title for its air force. France reports living costs three times higher than in 1914. Germany sent reparations freight to Yugoslavia in 1922 including trains and workshops.
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Vancouver
Ministry of Labor Publeries
France
British Columbia
Sumas
Fraser Valley
Canadian Air Force
Department of National Defence
Royal Canadian Air Force
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Jugo Slavia
Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil Promoted for Internal and External Use
The advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil as effective for internal and external use. It claims benefits for sore throat croup whooping cough chest pains colic and related ailments. It emphasizes low cost and value in keeping a bottle on hand.
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Thomas
Imperial Oil Limiteds Calgary Refinery On Track for 1923 Start
The $2,500,000 Imperial Oil refinery near Calgary is under construction and, per CO Stillman the president, should begin operation by the end of 1923.
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Imperial Oil Limited
Calgary
CO Stillman
Concern
Irrigated Land Boost Planned for Southern Alberta
The Alberta Irrigation Council reports spring water access on two projects the Lathbridge Northern and United. About 40 600 acres to be offered at 45 to 50 dollars per acre. A mailing list of 1000 and over 400 inquiries have been received amid colonization efforts. Twenty prospective settlers have been shown land on the projects.
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Alberta
Lathbridge
United
Irrigation Council of the
Province of
Relieved after Nine Years of Suffering by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Manitoba man Mr. P. R. Bolssino reports nine years of kidney trouble ended by Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy restored his health, improved sleep and appetite, and allowed him to work on the farm again. The Pills claim to strengthen kidneys and purify blood.
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PR. Boissino
Dodd
Laroquerie
Man
P. R. Bolssino
Soap Batch Sparks Gold Smuggling Ring
A Budapest widow buys soap cakes that yield gold crowns when rubbed, triggering a scheme to empty a Vienna shop of the brand. Police seize stock after an error in the bill of lading sends the shipment to a side station. the £260,600 consignment is sold at auction for a small sum.
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Austria
Budapest
Vienna
Canadians Naturalize 10,260 Foreigners in 1921 22
During the fiscal year ending March 1, 1922, 10,260 foreigners were naturalized in Canada. Americans numbered 2,206 and Russians 2,966, the leading nationalities among new citizens.
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Canada
Canada Expands Dominion Reach Across Vast North
The piece celebrates Canada broadening its development from Ontario to Quebec and the Prairies, with Quebec pushing settlements into northern valleys and Labrador, Ontario extending railways to Hudson Bay, and mining openings along the route. It notes BC and the north wealth, farming, fishing, lumbering, and mining growing northward, with railway demand driven by northern prospects.
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Ontario
Quebec
Prairies
British Columbia
Uist
Labrador
Hudson Bay
Manitoba
North End
Alberta
Vancouver
Milburn Heart and Nerve Bills touted by relieved patient
Mrs. John Case of St Catharines Ontario reports severe heart and nerve distress for two years then relief after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Bills. She bought five boxes and now resumes work and appetite. Price 50c per box. The Milburn Co Toronto. Also a note claiming cancer and tuberculosis exist in large sea monsters and may inform early life studies.
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John Case
St. Catharines
Ont
Milburn
New British Instrument Records Microscopic Steel Strains
A leading British firm introduces a clock driven device that records tiny material strains directly on a chart. It does not require batteries, uses a pen on tape, and can register vibrations over a thousand times per second as trains cross bridges.
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Great Britain
Building Permits Rise in Canada for January
Canada’s Bureau of Statistics reports building permits valued at 3 705 256 dollars issued in January, up 772 221 dollars from January 1922, a 26 percent rise. Officials anticipate strong activity in Canada’s building trades this year.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Winter Hard On Baby With Stuffy Rooms
The article warns that cold, poorly ventilated rooms worsen infant health during winter causing colds and upset stomachs. It recommends keeping Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont at 25 cents a box to regulate stomach and bowels and break up colds.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Sun Powered Miniature Engine Demonstrated in College Lab
Bernard Grossman, a College of the City of New York graduate, demonstrated a sun driven miniature engine in a lab. A copper parabolic mirror focused sunlight onto water to produce steam which ran the tiny motor. He envisions sun powered heat and power for offices and sun driven motors for trucks and plans a larger model to prove the theory.
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College of the City of New York
Bernard Grossman
Grossman
Arctic Mail Route by Husky Sled With Two Months in Wilderness
The post office will open a regular mail service between Fort McMurray and Aklavik, the Arctic trading center, carried by five husky sleigh relays. The mailman endures two months in the wilderness per trip, sleeping under the open sky. Swift air routes cited threaten the venture, as Stefansson plans Arctic paths within years. Mothers warnedworms and Miller's Worm Powders claim to expel worms, with occasional vomiting as a sign of action.
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Post Office Department
Fort McMurray
Alberta
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Canadian Arctic
Jack London
Stefansson
Arctic
Winnipeg Tribune
Wolf dogs pass Edmonton on way to Canff for films
About forty huskies or wolf dogs traveled through Edmonton en route to Canff Alberta. An American motion picture company will use them in filming northern pictures.
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Edmonton
Canff
Alberta
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Fabric Color
Diamond Dyes claim simple directions for dyeing or tinting old garments at home. The package suits wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics and guarantees rich fade proof color without staining spots or running.
Monster Sawfish Caught in Bay of Panama
A massive sawfish weighing two and a quarter tons was caught in the Bay of Panama. The creature measured twenty nine feet in length with a girth of nineteen feet, providing a striking record for local fishing reports.
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Bay
Panama
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Relief
Catarrhal Deafness stems from inflammation of the tympanic tube lining. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, taken constitutionally, claims to reduce mucous inflammation and restore normal conditions through the bloodstream. Circulars free. available from all druggists. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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HI All
Flour export orders flood Medicine Hat mills
Large export orders of flour are being received by the Medicine Hat milling companies from the Orient and the United Kingdom. Markets have seen large shipments in recent months as mills operate at capacity and struggle to meet demand for low grade flours.
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Medicine Hat
Orient
United Kingdom
Doctors Plan Black List To Target Nonpayers In London
London doctors discuss creating a black list of patients who switch doctors to avoid paying bills. The plan aims to curb debt by identifying repeat offenders across medical practices.
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London
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm’s Son Writing War Book
Former Crown Prince of Germany, son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, is drafting a book on war topics. The project aims to document military history and reflections on recent conflicts.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Crown Prince of
Germany
Ogden Boy Trains Wild Cat to Walk to School
A 13 year old Ogden Utah student trains a wild cat to accompany him to his daily school routine. The boy reportedly feeds and guides the animal along streets to the school yard, attracting attention from neighbors and authorities.
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Ogden, Utah
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Y. Milburn Co., Limited
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