Freight Rates Could Lift North American Economy
A House committee studies freight rate cuts to revive industry and aid Western agriculture. Proponents argue lower charges may boost traffic, raise railway revenue, and reduce unemployment, with historical Canadian data showing deficits shrinking after earlier rate changes. The plan contemplates funding a temporary tax-supported loss to spur broad recovery.
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House of Study
National Railways
Close To Commons
Canadian Railways
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Dominion
Fac
Canada
Farmers as Premiers Shape Canada Leaders
The Vancouver Province notes multiple Canadian premiers align with farming as occupation, with Manitoba, British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and Saskatchewan premiers identified as farmers or lawyers for the five of nine. It adds Japan built a 60 foot rear arch in Tokyo to commemorate war dead.
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Canada
Ontario
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Japan
Tokio
Japan to buy Vancouver Island lumber amid high demand
Kobe trader J Sito arrives in Victoria with Japanese buyers representing about 35 million dollars. He says Japan will make unprecedented demand for Vancouver Island lumber this year due to a ban on native creosote lumber production. Inquiries for nearly all lumber types have been streaming into the island market.
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J. Sito
Kobe
Victoria
Japan
Vancouver Island
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Painless Relief
An old reliable corn remedy claims to remove corns between the toes painlessly. Putnam's Corn Extractor, said to have lifted corns for fifty years, is offered at 25 cents everywhere.
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Putnam's Corn Extractor
Mary Ann Carr Dies at 85 Remembered Nelson Victory Days
Mary Ann Carr born in the cockpit of Nelsons ship Victory near the spot where the admiral fell has died at Portsmouth aged 85. She kept vivid memories of early life aboard the ship recalling a sailor flogging she witnessed once and later sent ashore to avoid the scene.
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Mary Ann Carr
Nelson
Victory
Portsmouth
Be the Sculptor of Your Own Character
Motivational adage urges personal reform and self control, noting that each person can shape a better self by disciplined effort and inward change.
Emigration Suggested to Solve Britain's Overcrowding
A London Sunday Pictorial note recalls a statesman remark that Britain's population grew by 2,000,000 in the last decade. The author agrees emigration is the only remedy, warning the surplus lies among townspeople rather than rural workers needed by new countries.
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Britain
London Sunday Pictorial
Nervous breakdown relief advertised for Williams Pink Pills
The pamphlet explains nervous debility starts with irritability and restlessness and can lead to breakdown. It claims blood enrichment from Williams Pink Pills improves appetite digestion sleep and mood. A testimonial from Mrs John W Macdonald Cardigan Ontario credits twelve boxes with restoring health and urges purchase by mail or local dealers.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Alberta Agricultural and Livestock Values for 1921
The 1921 estimated value of Alberta agricultural and livestock products totals 137,455,706 dollars. Grains fodders and vegetables reach 82,795,290 dollars, animals slaughtered and sold 17,290,416, dairy products 25,500,000, wool 300,000, game furs 1,500,000, poultry and poultry products 8,470,000, and horticultural products 1,600,000.
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Alberta
Miller's Worm Poun ders A Worm Destroyer Health Tonic
Morbid stomach and bowel conditions feed worms. Miller's Worm Pouders claims to alter those conditions almost immediately and sweep worms away. The medicine is described as a worm destroyer and a health giving tonic for young constitutions.
Bacterium Count Found In Half-Pound Fruit Samples
A scientist reports calculated bacteria numbers in fruit samples. Gooseberries show about 1,000,000 per half pound, grapes 8,000,000 per half pound, and cherries 12,000,000 per half pound, per Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim and Canadian Farm Plans
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a blood acting liquid for catarrh and deafness related to catarrh. The ad notes it is sold by drudgists and circulars are free. A proposed experimental farm in Northern British Columbia aims to attract U.S. farmers with rich resources.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
B.C
Canada
British Columbia
United States
Desert Sea Loses Tons of Water Daily by Evaporation
The Dead Sea region ranks among Earth's hottest areas as the sea continually evaporates, shedding multiple tons of water each day.
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Dead Sea
Canadian National Excursions Plan Summer Trips to Coast and East
Canadian National Railways announces summer excursion rates to the Pacific Coast and Eastern Canada. Includes a 750 mile voyage between Prince Rupert Vancouver Victoria and Seattle with land and sea options. Eastern Canada trip covers rail and lake rail routes visiting Toronto Quebec Thousand Islands and Niagara Falls.
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Canadian National Railways
Pacific Coast
Canada
Canadian Rockies
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Toronto
Jasper Park Lodge
Lac Beauvert
Jasper
Alta
Minaki Inn
Winnipeg
Nervous Breakdown Remedy Advertisement
A fragmented ad outlines nervous breakdown symptoms including headaches low mood restlessness and disturbing dreams. It urges immediate action at first heart or nerve weakness and promises a remedy to quiet nerves strengthen the heart and build the system.
Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills Aid Nervous Woman
Mrs M Damegand of Youngs Cove Road New Brunswick writes she suffered heart nerves nervous headaches dizziness and insomnia and loss of appetite before trying Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills. She reports improvement after the first box and recommends them. Price 50 cents a box available at dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont.
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T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Manitoba Farm Land Prices Compared In Legislation Report
Prof Bracken of the Agricultural College reports in the legislature that Manitoba land prices are comparable to Illinois and Iowa at 400 dollars an acre. The Dominion survey shows Manitoba farm land averaging 35 dollars an acre.
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Manitoba
Illinois
Iowa
Bracken
The
Agricultural College
Dominion
Requisite on the Farm Promotes Eclectric Oil Use
The notice urges farmers and stockraisers to keep Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil at hand as a remedy for family illnesses and as a potent horse and cattle medicine. It claims it surpasses sweet oil for treating equine colic and related issues.
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Thomas
The Mysterious Dogs Phonograph as a Police Device
A fruit farmer in the United States rigged an old phonograph inside a beehive to mimic fierce dog barking. He linked it by electric wire to his house near a road so when a car stops the barking sounds frighten thieves. The thieves flee without seeking the source.
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United States
War Base at Suez Dismantled Its Deserted El Kantara Decline
The British army base El Kantara on the east side of the Suez Canal has been dismantled since 1920, transforming from a major wartime city into a barren site. Once a sprawling war center with barracks, cattle enclosures, and prison camps, it was handed to the Egyptian Labor Corps as a dilapidated empty hulk.
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Suez
el Kantara
Suez Canal
Port Said
Army Service Corps
Disposals Board
Egyptian Labor Corps
Diamond Dyes Promise Simple Home Dyeing for All Fabrics
Each Diamond Dyes package offers easy directions for dyeing faded skirts dresses waists coats stockings draperies and more. Just tell your druggist material type wool silk linen cotton or mixed and enjoy streak free color that won’t run or fade.
Living dangers of exotic plants alarm researchers
A South American vegetable octopus near Lake Titicaca reputedly attacks humans with rope like fibers that ensnare and blister skin. The Australian cannibal tree and the Indian telegraph plant are described for their lethal or shocking effects on people who intrude on them.
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South America
Lake Titocaca
Australia
India
Grazing Leases Amendments Issued by Timber Branch
Ottawa Timber and Grazing Lands Branch releases amendments to grazing leases under an April 12 Order in Council. Applies to Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and the Peace River tract. Provisions allow renewal of leases with under five years left, at two cents per acre per year as compensation for improvements left by the lessee. the four year cancellation is eliminated.
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Timber and Grazing Lands
Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peace River
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Restored Sleep
An advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a cure for worms in infants, claiming it clears stomach and intestines and restores health, reducing fretfulness and sleeplessness.
France's La France: Largest Sailing Ship Afloat
The French five masted La France is described as a steel bark of 5,633 tons burden with 26 sails and a crew of 54. Her best fair weather run is 322 knots in 24 hours, though she has logged 421 knots in a hurricane. Few steam freighters match these speeds.
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la France
Mrs Edmonds Gains Fifteen Pounds on Tanlac in Winnipeg
Wm A Edmonds of 398 King Edward St Winnipeg credits Tanlac with saving his wife and restoring her health after two years of indigestion heart palpitations nervous spells and weakness. After treatment she regained strength and gained fifteen pounds. Tanlac is sold by all druggists.
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Tanlac
Canada
Wm. A. Edmonds
King Edward St
Winnipeg
Tanlae
Surface spending mirrors education in American life
The article notes Americans spend 750 million dollars yearly on face powder cosmetics and 1 billion on education, observing the powder outlays rival the entire educational budget. It adds that teacher salaries pale beside cosmetics spending as teachers strive to teach while students apply makeup. The Christian Herald.
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America
The
Christian Herald
Remedy Praised for Asthma Relief by User
A grateful user credits Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy with providing relief after thirteen years of seeking help. The ad claims early use prevents years of suffering, notes simple use and low cost, and says it is widely purchasable.
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J. D. Kellogg
Canadian Manufacturing Exports Per Capita Compared
J. S. McKinnon president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association notes Canada exports of manufactured goods are valued at 47 dollars per head of population while the United States exports reach 50 dollars per person, illustrating Canada’s manufacturing growth.
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Canada
J. S. McKinnon
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Freezone promised to ease corns quickly and safely
The advertisement claims Freezone stops corn pain instantly and lets the corn be lifted off with fingers. It markets a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, suitable for hard corns soft corns or corns between toes and calluses without soreness or irritation.
Silk secret guarded by China fueled ancient riches
Chinese guarding of silk culture persisted for centuries after its discovery, preserving a secret craft and exporting silk to India, Persia, and Arabia, enriching the nation through trade.
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China
India
Persia
Arabia
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