Calendar reform gains global attention and commission study
The world debates a thirteen month calendar with 28 day months and Year Day. Proponents cite easier year to year comparisons and fixed holidays. Opponents, led by churches, argue sacred days would be disrupted while noting calendars are man made and can be improved for uniformity.
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League of Nations
League of Nations Commission
United States
National Committee
E. Coteworth
Vancouver
Russia
China
Indians and rivers and bridges and other oddities
Jim Curran of the Soo Star notes that few Indians can swim and fear taking chances away from shore. He muses on forefathers crossing rivers with few bridges, cites the Simpson tunnel as twelve and one half miles, and remarks that rats are not native to America having arrived on slips. He adds Canada’s name on the Pont des Invalides renamed Pont du Canada and includes a series of quirky exchanges and a bank speed remark.
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Jim Curran
The
Soo Star
Michipicoten
America
Pont Des Invalides
Paris
Seine
Place Des Invalides
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Promises Quick Acid Relief
Reduce the Acid advertises Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a safe tasteless dose to neutralize stomach acid. It claims fast relief in five minutes, notes fifty years of physician approval, and urges readers to choose the genuine product with full directions.
Saskatchewan Leads Campaign Against Cancer Clinics Planned
Saskatchewan steps to combat cancer with two clinics planned in Regina and Saskatoon and a radium purchase valued at 120000. The report notes cancer ranks fourth in deaths in the province while tuberculosis mortality is now the lowest in America. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Regina
Saskatoon
America
Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim Blood Purity Fights Rheumatism
An advertisement asserts rheumatism stems from bad blood and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to enrich and purify the blood. A testimonial from Mrs John C McPherson of St Marys Ontario describes years of pain and disability improving after taking the pills. The ad notes the pills cost five 50 cents per box and are sold by dealers or by mail from Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Overseas Trade Echoes Canada Liverpool Rise in 1929
Canadian representative C. M. Le Consteur on a West visit cites a 1929 increase of over 400000 tons in trade through the Port of Liverpool, with prairie grain flowing via Winnipeg and machinery and dry goods returning. Asthma causes remain uncertain, but Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy is advertised as a proven relief.
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Canada
Liverpool
C. M. le Consteur
Western Canada
Prairies
Winnipeg
J. D. Kellogg
Doubtful Apology in Field with Bull
A city youth crossed a country field when a enraged bull charged and threw him over the fence. He, uninjured aside from shock, shouted at the bull about its feigned politeness. Separately, the Chinese peanut crop now surpasses American output, tracing to four quarts of US peanuts sent to China by a missionary forty years ago.
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China
Public Telephone Woes Highlight Honest Service From Post Office
A Londoner’s two penny call failed at a public booth leading to a later refund of stamps after store staff traced the caller. The incident is cited as proof the British Post Office Department remains scrupulously honest and courteous despite its vast reach. A second note touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a reliable remedy for human and animal ailments.
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British Post Office Department
Thomas
Land Sales Boost as CNR Reports Good Year
The Land and Townsite Department of the Canadian National Railways reports a satisfactory year with strong land payments and rising settlement. Representatives from the three prairie provinces attended the annual meeting led by Land Commissioner EF. Field. Ten new townsites opened last year, mainly in central Saskatchewan, with thirty-one more surveyed and to be opened this year as new lines attract farm settlers and increased cultivation.
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Canadian National Railways
EF. A. Field
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Fainting and Dizziness Help With Heart Tonic Claim
Mrs. Norman Bishop of Salisbury New Brunswick reports relief from fainting and smothering spells after using a heart tonic. She says sleep improved, doctor cited heart and nerves, and one box ordered by mail or bought in stores at 50 cents. The tonic is from The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto Ontario.
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Norman Bishop
Salisbury
N.B
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Coal Riches in Alberta Ensure Generations of Fuel
The text asserts Alberta holds a coal reserve of 1,059,000,000,000 tons sufficient for the Dominion for centuries. It notes 247 mines in the province produced 7,334,179 tons last year, with 2,432,729 tons shipped to other provinces. It also mentions the Naval Conference and compares diamond value to emeralds.
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Canada
Alberta
Dominion
Germany Honors Stresemann by Renaming Koniggratzer Street
Berlin officials decree Koniggratzer Street be renamed Stresemann Street to honor the late Foreign Minister Dr. Gustav Stresemann, a peacemaker in modern Germany, replacing a name linked to the 1866 battle of Koniggratz.
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Berlin
Germany
Gustav Stresemann
Koniggratzer Street
Austria
Koniggratz
Stresemann
Law student claims he ate two cows at university
A senior in the law school at the State University in Norman Oklahoma asserts he has eaten two cows. He says his diet consisted of four hamburgers daily, totaling 1 620 pounds of beef during his time at the university.
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Law School of the State University
Norman
Oklahoma
Headache Relief Tip From Carter's Liver Pills
An ad promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safe solution for headaches, claiming quick relief without heart risks. It advises correcting the headache cause by improving digestion and liver function, and ends with druggists offering 25 cent red packages.
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Carter
Aerial weddings banned in France limit to civil ceremonies
France declares aerial marriages illegal noting only civil vows performed by mayors in town halls are legal. Yet Le Bourget airport remains a honeymoon magnet with the airport restaurant fully booked at noon for months as bridal parties visit the field where dozens of planes land and depart daily.
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Paris
le Bourget
Monument to mark origin of Manitoba land tenure planned
The Historic Sites Monuments Board of Canada will erect a monument in Manitoba at the site where the present system of land tenure for Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and the Northwest Territories began. A surveyor's post was driven July 10 1871 twelve miles west of Winnipeg at the Portage highway intersection with the principal meridian. It will be placed next summer and may form part of Manitoba's diamond jubilee ceremonies. India has twelve rivers held sacred by natives.
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The
Historic Sites Monuments Board of Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Winnipeg
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Fable Phrase
A compact reflection notes the shift from yesterday to today and envisions tomorrow as unreal or fictional in tone. It frames time as mutable and challenges linear storytelling. The piece uses a philosophical angle to question truth and certainty across days.
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Minard
Wrigleys
Wrigley's
Wrigley
Britain
Londoner
C.N.R
Ala Alia Ile
Naval Conference
France
India
Spahr
Ted Kitchener Tonsilitis CO
Kitchener
Para- Sani
Para-Sani
Appleford’s
Oene
Hunter-Martin & CO
SASK
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