Strength And Courage In Wartime Reflection
The column reprints an editorial from the National Home Weekly, urging resilience after Remembrance Day. It recalls General Currie’s 1918 Canadian Army address and compares wartime resolve to current global and domestic troubles, urging unselfishness, courage, and steadfast sacrifice to secure peace and equality.
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National Home Weekly
Winnipeg
Currie
Scarpe
Oise
General Currie
Language reach and a worm terminator in a newspaper blurb
The item notes English widely spoken and understood numbers for German and French, cites Chilean commodity price increases of 25 percent year over year, and records 3 000 radio licenses issued in England. It ends by praising Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an effective vermicide saving many children.
Stolen Auto Uses Novel Alarm From Shanghai Inventor
A Chinese inventor in Shanghai has perfected the Bing-bong alarm for cars. The small electrical box is placed in the vehicle and activated when parked. If touched, it emits a shriek and continues indefinitely until stopped, aiding in theft deterrence.
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Shanghai
Put Up Only by The T Milbern Co Led
The notice indicates a single-entity listing stating that services are offered solely by The T Milbern Co Led, with emphasis on exclusive control or provision. No other organizations or individuals are named in the readable fragment.
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T Milbern Co
Obnoxious Billboards Spark Highway Safety Campaign
Two counts allege the billboard mars scenery and distracts drivers by cluttering the highway. It obscures important traffic directions amid garish commercial signs, prompting calls for highway department signs to take precedence for safety.
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Highway Department
Woman loses weight gains energy after Kruschen salts
A 53 year old woman 5 ft 154 lbs began Kruschen Salts non diet plan losing 7 lbs to 147 dressed and reports better breath and stamina. She now climbs stairs easily and feels lighter and more energetic while not changing her eating habits. Kruschen claims to use six minerals to support glands nerves blood and organs for health and steady weight loss.
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J. H. Kruschen
Paris Tower Ad Sparks Split In City Factions
The Citroen electric sign on the Eiffel Tower shifts fourteen times generating revenue and provoking debate. Supporters call it artistic and practical while opponents deem it sacrilege. The display features evolving shapes, a rose bush, lightning flashes and a skyward fountain before spelling Citroën once.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Wake up your Liver Bile With No Calomel
An advertisement extols a vegetable liver stimulant to correct an out of balance liver function. It claims the liver should pour daily bile into the bowels and dismisses laxatives, candy, or chewing gum as ineffective. The product promises safe, quick relief and is priced at 25 cents.
Tortoise Sale Sparks Laughable Time End
A joke exchanges between a customer and dealer about a tortoise advertised to live 300 years. The customer laments its death, and the dealer quips that the 300 years must have been up.
Cause of asthma and a claimed remedy
Uncertainty exists about what triggers asthma but the text asserts a sure cure with Dr J D Kelloggs Asthma Remedy. It claims irritants such as street dust flowers and grain provoke the condition and touts a universal sale and relief for asthmatic victims.
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J. D. Kellogg
Sir William Law Williams Takes Tan Gier Hotel Waiter Post
Sir William Law Williams, eighth holder of the Cornish baronetcy, 25, educated at Cambridge and former Royal Welsh Fusiliers officer, vows to serve six months as a hotel waiter in Tangier.
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Tangier
William Law Williams
Cambridge
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Submarine Fleet Sends 27 Boats to Restoration
Twenty seven United States submarines are out of commission as the Navy initiates lengthy repairs and reviews of aging hulls. Officials say the pause affects a portion of the combat force while modernization plans proceed.
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United States
Quebec Bill Would Shield Landlords With Lien Priority
A bill to grant landlords priority of lien on installment goods will be presented at the next Quebec session. Rosario Gaudry, secretary of the Property Owners' League of Montreal, says the measure would safeguard landlords from tenants who overextend on long-term purchases.
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Quebec
Rosario Gaudry
Property Owners’ League of Montreal
Gaudry
Persian Balm Promises Lovelier Complexion
Describes Persian Balm as a cooling soothing lotion that smooths rough skin caused by weather. Claims delicate fragrance adds charm to appearances and softens and whitens hands, presenting it as a peerless toilet requisite for women.
Apartment Living and Cabbage Dinner Gossip
A country man remarks that apartment dwellers know little about neighbors. The flat resident retorts that one cannot have cabbage for dinner without all building residents learning about it, highlighting social scrutiny in close living quarters.
Calhoun Unique: Only Vice President to Resign
John C. Calhoun, serving under John Quincy Adams, stands as the sole vice president in U.S. history to resign from the office. His departure marked a singular political moment in early American governance.
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John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
One finger controls new autogyro flying machine near Glasgow
A new autogyro windmill type flying craft under license near Glasgow can be flown and landed with a single finger. It uses a single control for all movements aside from throttle, enabling operation of the entire craft with one finger.
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Glasgow
An OU That Is Famous
Though Canada was not the birthplace of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil it is the home of that famous compound 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
West Indies
Australia
New Zealand
Longest-lived Britons Found Near Newcastle Rural Districts
Britain's longest-lived people have been found in rural districts near Newcastle where inhabitants maintain quiet primitive lifestyles.
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Britain
Newcastle
Miller's Worm Powders prove highly effective in cleansing
Miller's Worm Powders remove worms completely with no traces left in stools. The pills sweep the intestines clean and prevent any worm lodging while in use, delivering thorough and desirable results.
Great Rift Valley Extends Through Africa and Palestine
The vast Great Rift Valley runs from northern Palestine southward, spanning about 5000 miles and forming Africa's largest geological valley.
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Great Rift of
Africa
Palestine
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