Is Democracy A Failure Questioning public judgment in crisis times
This column questions whether democracy is safe during war and crisis, asking if the system or the people are unreliable, and whether education and self-control can curb demagoguery. It notes the rise of the working class, universal suffrage, and the danger of panic and mob rule without clear answers.
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Hugh S. Johnson
Roosevelt
NRA
General Johnson
Johnson
Electrically Ringing Bells Solve Lucca Mystery
In Lucca Italy villagers believed bells at Santo San Pietro foretold a miracle as they rang day and night. The priest sealed the tower but the sounds persisted until an electrician traced the cause to a tramway overhead wire touching the belfry. The mystery ended and villagers slept.
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Santo San Pietro
Lucca
Italy
Maggiano
Farm Outlook for Saskatchewan predicts modest gains
The fourth annual Farm Outlook for Saskatchewan by Dr. William Allen and Prof. E. C. Hope foresees continued moderate improvement. Wheat remains doubtful but likely to rise. cattle and dairy prices may improve. sheep work horses and wool are expected to gain later in the year.
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Saskatchewan
William Allen
E. C. Hope
Department of Farm Management
University of Saskatchewan
Seventy-Year-Old Man Rebounds from Rheumatism with Kruschen Salts
A 70 year old man says severe rheumatism left him unable to work after Christmas. He credits Kruschen Salts for his recovery, claiming he now works 12 hour days and recommended the remedy to many. The ad notes uric acid dissolving salts and other ingredients that aid health.
Watch Recovered From Relief Food Bag Returned to Delta Woman
A wrist watch belonging to Mrs. Oscar Coleman of Delta, Saskatchewan, was found in a bag of relief foodstuffs sent to Luseland, Saskatchewan, last fall. The watch was recovered after a relief recipient found it and Saskatchewan newspapers publicized the search.
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Ontario
Saskatchewan
Oscar Coleman
Delta
Luseland
Sask
Coast to coast drive nets 1219 arrests by treasury agents
Treasury law enforcement agencies report 1,219 arrests nationwide in a coast to coast operation against law violators. Narcotic peddlers and addicts, smugglers, counterfeiters, liquor tax evaders and other treasury crimes were rounded up. Approximately 50,000 Canadian maple sugar farmers are active. Golden eagles allegedly fly faster than 2 miles per minute. 2091
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United States Treasury
Treasury
Will Leaves New Town Estate To Servants In Charge
The estate of Mrs. Jessie A. Goddard in New Town Massachusetts goes to her former staff the chauffeur William Wilson and his wife Annie the cook Margaret Macauley and maid Jane Douglass with others receiving about 200000 in bequests to friends charities churches and distant relatives.
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Newton
Mass
Jessie A. Goddard
William Wilson
Pile Torture Ad Promises Home Remedy Relief
An old advertorial touts Vanderhoof’s Pile Remedy as a safe private treatment to end piles pain without surgery or messy products. It urges sending names, addresses and 5 cents for a trial. A second snippet notes Canada to Great Britain cattle exports in 1935, January 1 to February 21, totaling 4,781 head.
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Vanderhoof
Canada
Great Britain
License Rules Limit New Cereal Varieties in Canada
The Canada Seeds Act requires that no new cereal grain variety be sold under its name without a license from the Dominion Minister of Agriculture following tests by the cereal division of the Dominion experimental farms.
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Canada Seeds Act
Canada
Dominion Minister of Agriculture
Dominion Experimental Farms
Uncle John’s gift and a proverb about money
Uncle John leaves his nephew a pound note with a wary proverb about money. Tommy replies with humor, thanking him for parting with the money anyway. Bunches of small carrots are worn as corsages by the ladies of Queen Elizabeth’s court.
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John
Tommy
Elizabeth
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United States
Dixie
Vanderhoof & CO. Limited
Dept
Windsor
Ont
Scott
Scottt
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