Radio ties Canada and Europe for peace through broadcasting
The Royal Commission on Radio promotes national and international understanding via aerial communication. It highlights Europe’s use of radio to teach languages and share culture, arguing bilingual education and cross‑border broadcasts boost national strength, trade, and world peace.
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Royal Commission On Radio
Dominion
Canada
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Radio Commission
Europe
Germany
England
Poland
Austria
Hungary
France
Paris
Warsaw
Berlin
Hamburg
Vienna
Budapest
Britain
London
Prairies
Protecting Canada's Fisheries From Depletion
A defense of conservation measures to guard rivers lakes and seas, arguing that guarding finny stocks is essential to sustain Canada s aquatic resources and economic interests across habitats and seasons.
Canada’s Fisheries Policy and Hatchery Network in 1927
The Canadian Government prioritizes preventing depletion and limiting fishing impact. It enforces close seasons, regulates nets and gear, and curbs obstructions and pollution. A broad fish culture program operates 25 main hatcheries, six subsidiary hatcheries, and four salmon rearing ponds in 1927.
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Dominion
Money, hardship, and overheated metal become superconductors
The text contrasts frugal living with the waste of wealth and notes that extreme cold can make metals such as silver and copper superconductors. It uses a simile about a woman’s face as a detour.
Lightning's speed measured by British physicist
Dr C U Boys, a British physicist, reports that a lightning flash lasts about one seven thousandth of a second and ends unite in mid air after nearly the same instant. He achieved these results after twenty six years of photographing storms, following a stroke of lightning in New York that provided the data.
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C. U Boys
New York
Northern air mail network extends to Manitoba settlements
Hon. P. J. Veniot announced in the House of Commons that Oxford Godsland and Island Lakes in Manitoba will join the northern air mail chain. A weekly government aircraft service will move mail to and from these points and Norway House at the north end of Lake Winnipeg for forestry patrols.
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Manitoba
Oxford
Godsland
Island Lakes
P. J. Veniot
House of Commons
Vennot
Government Forestry Patrol
Norway House
Lake Winnipeg
Rheumatic Pains and Dr Williams Pink Pills Claim
The article argues rheumatism stems from thin blood and anemia and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood-building cure. It cites Mr Thomas Martin of Novar Ontario reporting relief after use and says pills are available from druggists or by mail for 50 cents, from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Record shipment of 36000 Leghorn eggs to Petaluma
The Poultry Breeders' Association of British Columbia sent a batch of pedigreed White Leghorn hatching eggs to a Petaluma, California hatchery. The shipment totaled 36 000 eggs valued at 5000 dollars.
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Poultry Breeders’ Association of
British Columbia
Petaluma
California
Death ray device claimed by San Francisco engineer
H H Nelson Smith of Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco describes a San Francisco invented death ray by J B Martin capable of three million volts. The device is reportedly housed somewhere in San Francisco with secret whereabouts. He says it would instantly snuff out anyone in its path and alter blood chemistry.
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H. H. Nelson-Smith
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Francisco
J. B. Martin
Martin
Nelson-Smith
Electric Company
Hungarian Tribes Found in India by Prof Gujard
Professor Stephen Gujard returns from a year long India expedition claiming discovery of two Hungarian tribes named Mar and Marva in central India. He reports ruins of an ancient palace with manuscripts statues and ceramics proving Hun link and links the tribes to Magyar nomads who swept Europe with Attila about a millennium ago.
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Stephen Gujard
India
Mar
Marva
Europe
Attilla
Vacations In Canada booklet guides tourists
The Department of the Interior publishes Vacations In Canada a 96 page handbook listing regional attractions climate motor roads historic sites fishing hunting canoeing and camping plus a summary of customs regulations. It describes principal cities popular resorts and is distributed free from the Natural Resources Intelligence Service in Ottawa.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Dominion
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Ottawa
Salmon pack in British Columbia shows modest gains
The BC salmon pack improves under conservation methods with 1928 total at 2,035,637 cases, 29,561 below the 1926 record. Pinks total 792,362 cases, 19,369 above the 1926 peak, indicating a rebound in pink runs while overall pack remains near historic levels.
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British Columbia
Miller's Worm Powders Safe for Children
Miller's Worm Powders can do no injury to the most delicate child. Any child or infant in adolescence infested with worms can take this preparation without a qualm, and will find relief and protection from these pests, which cause sickness and suffering to many children.
Worm Exterminator Promises Health by Clearing Worms
Advertisement portrays a worm killer for children claiming to cure fretfulness and poor sleep. It emphasizes the product removes stomach and intestinal worms and restores health, with a boastful maternal caregiver scenario and a dismissive dialogue about geography knowledge.
Record Rainfall at Baguio 1911 Fails Normal Limits
From July 14 to 17 in 1911 the Philippine Islands city of Baguio registered 88.15 inches of rain with a single day totaling over 45 inches, a historic downpour in the region.
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Baguio
Philippine Islands
Norwood teen wins Manitoba oratorical contest
Marceliene Brunet, 17, of Norwood Manitoba representing French speaking schools won the Manitoba oratorical contest over ten English speaking entrants in the final. She will represent Manitoba in the Canadian finals and attended the convent at St. Adolphe Manitoba.
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Marceliene Brunet
Norwood
Man
Manitoba
Miss Brunet
St. Adolphe
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Pain Free Removal
Early warning signs of a corn mean applying PUTNAM'S CORN EXTRACTOR. The ad claims the product removes corns without pain whether hard or soft, on top or between toes, and roots them out swiftly. It emphasizes strong results and urges insistence on PUTNAM'S CORN EXTRACTOR.
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Harriet Hamilton
Box
Yarmouth
N. S
Putnam’s
Putnam's
Health and High Blood Pressure Tied to Car Accidents
Psychologists from the personnel research federation report experiments showing a definite link between health and motor accidents. Men with high blood pressure showed more than twice as many accidents as those with normal pressure, indicating heightened driving risk.
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Personnel Research Federation
Corn remover touted as safe for corns
An advertisement claims no surgery is needed to remove corns using Holloway's Corn remover. It also notes Jacksonville Florida's beach can hold forty cars abreast at low tide with sand as firm as a paved street.
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Holloway
Jacksonville
Fla
Einstein as Train Caller Or Bellhop Joke
A humorous remark suggests Einstein would excel as a train conductor or bellhop since no one can understand his speech. The quip plays on the eccentricity and wit attributed to the physicist, reflecting a lighthearted critique of communication style.
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Einstein
Child Linguist George Grando Excels in Bilingual Skills
George Grando, a four year old from Vader Washington, speaks English and Croatian fluently. He can read the alphabet and count to twenty in both languages and converses freely. His parents came from Dalmatia, and he was born in America. More than fifty million rabbit skins are processed into felt hats annually in the United States.
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George Grando
Vader, Wash
America
Dalmatia
United States
Calgary Woman Seeks Heart Remedy Advice
Mrs. Fred P Averill of 136 12th Ave Calgary writes of severe heart pain and sleepless nights. She describes waking with screaming and a pounding heart and mentions a neighbor suggesting a treatment.
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Fred. P. Averill
12Th Ave
Calgary
Alta
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Agency For Peace
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Sabon
Wen Dempeny
Ww. N. U
Minard
Minnard
Northern Air Ports
Lydia E. Pinkham
Evelyn Bourque
Alma Street
Moncton
New Brunswick
Ea F Ucm Routh
Iit Ee Ee
J. D. Kellogg
Heart of India
B.C. Salmon Pack
Bobbie
No'm
Minnesota
Hamilton
Ontario
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
SASK
Firestone
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO. OF Canada, Limited
Firestone Tires
T. Milburn Co. Ltd
Toronto
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