Canada Colonization Plan Aims to Help Struggling Farmers
A column endorses extending the Canada Colonization Association policy to current farmers facing failures due to unsuitable land. It proposes relocating troubled settlers within Canada, settling debts, and forming local clubs to support new locations while proving the program’s value through demonstrated success and minimal new publicity.
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Canada
Canada Colonization Association
Dominion
British Columbia Apples and Pears Win Prizes at Imperial Food Show
Dispatches from London report British Columbia apples won four first prizes at the Imperial Food Show and British Columbia pears earned two third prizes, highlighting the territory’s fruit quality and international competition.
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London
England
British Columbia
Backslider Bess and Maiden Aunt Clash Over Shilling
A humorous fragment describes a counterfeited shilling passed to Bob a year ago and his ongoing trouble. Maiden Aunt expresses horror asking if the young man ever attends church, highlighting social satire.
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Bess
Bob
Churcch
Experience of One Dollar in Chicago Circulated by Chamber
A new Moor bill circulated in Chicago by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce with a circular to record its experience. It circulated 14 days and changed hands many times including for salary tobacco cigarettes candy and other items.
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Chicago
North Shore Chamber of Commerce
Can The Deaf Be Made To Hear
An advertisement claims Catarrhozone cures deafness caused by catarrh. It describes relief through ear passages and inflammation reduction, promising quick improvement after two months of treatment for one dollar. Sold widely or by Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
What 14K 18K 22K Carat Means in Gold Jewelry
The article explains that gold is divided into 24 parts, with pure gold at 24 carats. A ring marked 14K or 18K has 14 or 18 parts pure gold, the rest being alloy, typically copper. Pure gold is too soft for jewelry and would wear poorly, so it must be mixed with harder metals.
Fall Weather Harms Little Ones Prompts Home Health Aid
The piece warns of rapid autumn weather swings harming babies with colds cramps and stomach trouble. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario as a remedy, claiming they sweeten the stomach regulate bowels break up colds and help babies thrive.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Father and son spar over fractions in classroom joke
"Why dont you get your father to help you with your lessons, Willie?" "I did, but he tried it once, and he doesn't know any more about fractions than I do."
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Willie
Australian Poet Lawson Feted In State Funeral
Australia's famed poet and novelist Henry Lawson died penniless but received a government funded state funeral in Sydney. Pledges of national mourning and public readings followed as citizens, critics, and officials reflected on a life of poverty despite lasting literary influence. The will listed simple bequests including clothing, a pipe, spectacles, and tobacco.
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Henry Hertzberg Lawson
Sydney
Lawson
Australia
New South Wales
Nerviline touted for quick throat relief in changing weather
Cure claims describe Nerviline as fast-penetrating and non oily. It allegedly draws out inflammation eases pain and speeds chest and throat recovery. Advertisers say Nerviline relieves coughs colds and hoarseness with many endorsements and 35c bottles sold widely.
Object Lesson of Contentment Nine Years on a Hospital Cot
Anthony Modjeski of Cedar Rapids Michigan has been confined to a hospital cot for nine years and is steadily ossifying. Since age thirteen every joint has hardened and jawbones fixed. A tooth had to be pulled to insert a feeding tube. Dr. A H Edwards, who has studied the case for twenty years, calls him an object lesson in contentment. His hobbies include big league baseball chop suey and radio. friends recently supplied a radio.
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Anthony Modjeski
Cedar Rapids
Mich
A. H. Edwards
Modjeski
No surgical operations needed to remove corns
The Holloway's Corn Remover claims corn removal without surgery. The statement suggests painless, non invasive treatment options for corn relief without professional operation.
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Holloway
Idaho farmers complete 1500 mile prairie schooner journey to Alberta homesteads
After a summer of travel from Idaho, farmers W. W. Harris and H. H. Hall finished a 1500 mile trek in a prairie schooner and secured homesteads in the Pouce Coup country of Alberta, fulfilling their goal.
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Idaho
W. W. Harris
H. H. Hall
Pouce Coup Country
Alberta
Oil that is Famous Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
Though Canada was not the birthplace of Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil, it is the home of the famous compound. From here its good name spread to Central and South America, the West Indies, Australia and New Zealand where it is on sale and in demand.
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Canada
Thomas
Central
South America
Ines
Australia
New Zealand
Confidence in Canada Brims From Forester Findlay Visit
J Arthur Findlay of Glasgow reports growing optimism about Canada after visits to the Pacific coast and Winnipeg. He cites government afforestation goals at Indian Head Sask and plans for a large prairie forest plantation. He notes the value of trees to communities and expresses strong confidence in Canada's future.
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Canada
J. Arthur Findlay
Glasgow
Scotland
Findlay
Pacific Coast
Winnipeg
Indian Head
Sask
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
The ad claims immediate relief after taking a tablet with no sour or upset stomachs. It promises removal of heartburn gas and distress, with a low cost and a druggist guaranteed satisfaction for overcoming stomach trouble.
Swedish mothers invest for wealth at child's first bath
In a local superstition Swedish mothers place money in a newborn's bath to bring future wealth. In Uniontown Pennsylvania police are prohibited from wearing mustaches or whiskers as part of a city rule.
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Uniontown
July 1922 Canadian coal output rises but trails three-year average
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports July coal production at 858000 tons, up 6 percent from June by about 47000 tons, yet 203000 tons, or 19 percent, below the July average of the prior three years. First seven months show a 14 percent shortfall against the three-year calendar average. Coal imports fell to 447000 net tons in July, while exports for foreign destinations rose to 243000 tons from 90000 in June.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims to Cure Catarrh
The advertisement states Hall's Catarrh Medicine will treat catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh by a liquid taken internally that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. It offers free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio and is distributed through all druggists.
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Hall
Circulara
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Thirty Yard Rescue Tunnel At Washing ton Colliery
A 30 yard tunnel through a stone and coal fall saved three men entombed for 48 hours at the F Pit of Washington Colliery near Newcastle. Narrow 2 ft passage, relays of workers, passing debris and timbering, while the entombed men were reached. The rescued men recovered. one returned to his garden to tend vegetables.
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Washington Colliery
Newcastle
England
Burt
Lightning Restores Sight in Brooksville After Fire
Mrs. Alfred Condon, long blind for fifteen years, suddenly regained sight during a lightning strike and blaze at her brother's home on Penobscot Bay. The dramatic moment occurred as neighbors fled the fire and witnesses reported her exclamation, I can see.
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West Brooksville
Penobscot Bay
Alfred Condon
No clear headline due to fragmented text
The fragment discusses differing appetites and men who think they should boss the work, noting unequal outcomes between the ples and wives and the tendency of men to assume control.
Saskatchewan Adds Ninety School Districts Last Year
Ninety new districts were organized in Saskatchewan, bringing totals to 4,480 with 4,268 in operation amid hard finances. Attendance rose to 178,000 and the districts show an estimated assets over liabilities of about 14 million dollars.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Farmer Threshed 11278 Bushels Wheat on 249 Acres
J H Jordeson of Grace district harvested 11,278 bushels of wheat from 249 acres of summer fallow in Saskatchewan. The No 1 grade grain weighed 65 pounds per bushel, yielding an average of 52 14 bushels per acre.
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Saskatchewan
J. H. Jordeson
Grace
Miniature Fountain Pens On Watch Chains
Fountain pens now come in a miniature three inch size and hang inconspicuously from a watch chain, offering a compact writing option.
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Bayer
Bayer Company A
Prairie Schooner
Scottish Loan Company
Minard
Pape
Dominion Express
Oriel Vroducta Company, Inc
Washington Place
New York
N.Y
America
A. Gat
U.S
Peru
Ceta
Pe-Ru-Na Company
St. Poul Se
N. U
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