British emi grants urged to settle in Canada amid immigration debate
Prominent Canadians returning from Britain press for Canada to pursue the best British settlers, arguing hundreds of thousands emigrate annually and Canada must target them. They urge relocating existing unsuitable holdings, granting extra homesteads, and locating new settlers near railway lines to lower transport and supply costs and boost national rail traffic.
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Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
England
Scotland
Tominson
Anada
Canada Colonization Association
Rmarket
Cottages Built For Luck And A Curious Superstition
The article notes English cottages with sloping walls built from superstition that a house exactly square will collapse. It mentions Halloway's Corn Remover as non toxic and safe. A woman visits a grand emporium, seeking false hair with the salesman guiding shade choices.
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England
Such a Bore of Life: a Woman’s Reform Tale
A fragment from the Albany Journal notes a wife who marries to reform her husband and finds the effort yields a dull life for both, illustrating a moral about domestic expectations and social norms.
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Albany Journal
Guard the Baby Against Colds Tablets
An old advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild laxative to keep a baby’s stomach and bowels working regularly. It claims well-ordered digestion prevents colds and promotes health and happiness, selling at 25 cents a box from Tier Williams' Medicine Co in Brockville Ontario.
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Tie Ir. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
New York Manager Owns Vast Suit Collection
A Jack Dempsey manager, reputed as owning more suits than any New Yorker, keeps two rooms filled with clothing. Coincidentally, a head of a major corporation and innovator of scientific value is found to own only two suits.
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Jack Dempsey
New York
Sundew Plants Use Gland Secretions to Digest Insects
The Sundew plant family possesses glands that secrete fluids capable of dissolving insects. This biochemical mechanism enables nutrient absorption from trapped prey, highlighting a specialized carnivorous adaptation in their leaf surfaces.
An American View Of Lloyd George at the Peace Conference
Pay Stannard Baker presents a vivid portrait of David Lloyd George at Paris as a volatile, charming figure. The account notes his shifting principles and bursts of enthusiasm, his habit of tea every afternoon, and a dramatic outburst about the air in the sealed conference room.
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Lloyd George
Pay Stannard Baker
Pari
California Fig Syrup Promotes Bowel Cleansing for Children
Fragments advertise California Fig Syrup as a trusted remedy to open the bowels in constipated or feverish children. The copy warns mothers to request genuine California Fig Syrup from the druggist and notes directions printed on the bottle.
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California
Druegist
Decline of Ontario Horses Amid Rising Canadian Total
Federal data show Canada’s horse numbers rose to 5 815 000 in 1921 from eight years earlier, but Ontario fell as prairie provinces nearly boosted totals. The shift is tied to tractors and belt power, with Ontario farmers using horses less for transport and shop needs, cutting horseshoe output over a decade.
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Canada
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
United States
Wheat Movement Breaks Record on Winnipeg Grain Day
History was made on the last day of October as Western Canada moved its big wheat crop. Winnipeg Grain Exchange receipts reached 2,824 cars, the most ever in Dominion history. High quality grain was under ten percent below grade three northern, while most volume was number one northern.
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Western Canada
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Dominion
Giant 78-Foot Fish Washes Ashore at Cape Mary
A 78 foot long fish weighing 15 tons washed ashore at Cape Mary. The huge creature is described as nearly the weight of five full grown elephants and drew onlookers to the shore.
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Cape Mary
Freight rate cuts and grain movement cited in Ottawa report
Ottawa officials note reduced railway freight on grain will save western farmers about 15 million dollars. Navigation closures shift wheat hauls, affecting railway earnings though overall grain volumes rise. Manitoba Farm Loans Association reports nine month profit of 1,653 after provincial repayment, with advances totaling 7.5 million dollars.
Farmers Move to New Lands Under Settler Removal Plan
Thirty six Southern Alberta farmers have received certificates to pursue new land under removal schemes. About 150 applications were received. 100 investigated. many held for arranging satisfactory locations. some refused. Removals proceed on straight purchase or lease of improved land, with north landowners reducing holdings. Government expects total northward movers to reach fifty. Dr Thomas Elelectric oil promotes camp use for feet and leg warmth and as a dressing for injuries.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Thomas
Quiet Place Draws Tourists Yet Sanatorium Plans Air Therapy
London Punch reports a sanatorium offering patients a half hour daily flight in an airplane to treat low mood. A church organist, a boy with no formal lessons, stands out as another striking vignette from the city’s scene.
Detroit Woman Wins Postal Service Mail Handling Championship
Miss Nina K. Holmes of Detroit Michigan won the U S postal service mailhandling championship by distributing 20610 letters in eight hours. The Farmers Sun reports the feat as a remarkable speed and accuracy test in sorting and delivering mail.
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Nina KE. Holmes
Detroit
Mich
US Postal Service
Tanlac Restores Health After Rheumatic Siege
John Ho King of Calgary Testifies Tanlac Restored Strength and Gained 35 Pounds After 55 Pounds Lost During Prolonged Rheumatism. He credits overseas illness and a ten month hospital stay with his decline and praises Tanlac for rebuilding his health after finishing four bottles. Tanlac sold by all reputable druggists.
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Tanlac
John Ho King
14Th Ave West
Calgary
Alberta
Tanilac
Radium Deposits Likely Found Near Pembroke Ontario
Provincial geologist W G Miller says traces of radioactive ores may lie along the Petawawa River near Pembroke Ontario but commercial value remains uncertain. He notes radium has appeared in Haldimand Hastings Parry Sound and Butte township but not in quantities posing profitable opportunities.
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W. G. Miller
Petawawa River
Pembroke
Ont
Jor. Miller
Haldimand
Hastings
Parry Sound
Butte Township
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Dodds
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London
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