World Happenings Briefly Told
Venecouver port questions last year grain handling. King Alfonso signs decree abolishing jury trials in Spain. Eighty percent of harvesters from Great Britain stay in Western Canada per CN officials. Japan’s navy losses due to earthquake estimated at 100.8 million yen by Admiral Taka Trabe. Unemployed warned not to flock to coast by Deputy Minister J D McNiven. Margaret Craig dies in Montreal at 51, former Methodist missionary to Japan and McGill 1894 grad. October 2 marks Halifax 1758 assembly anniversary. Japan earthquake toll: dead 103000 injured 125000 missing 235000. France bans Simplicissimus comic paper. police seize existing copies. Imbros and Tenedos islands handed from Greece to Turkey per Lausanne treaty at Dardanelles entrance.
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Great Britain
Canada
Canadian National Railway
Taka- Trabe
J. D. McNiven
Washington
France
Imbros
Tenedos
Dardanelles
Greece
Turkey
Dr RB Pierce Honored for Fifty Years of Remedies
WeWeiti Meriteed celebrates Dr RB V Pierce a distinguished citizen honored for five decades of herbal remedies. His Golden Medical Discovery is marketed as a blood purifier and stomach tonic that improves skin, circulation, and pimples while stressing good blood from a healthy stomach and active liver.
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RB. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
History of Electric Light pamphlet from Smithsonian issued
Smithsonian Institution publishes a pamphlet on the history of electric light, tracing 123 years of research and invention by many nationalities. It notes widespread use with 250 million incandescent lamps in the U S and about 20 000 magnetic arc lamps, plus similar counts abroad. The work highlights the collaboration of scientists and practical electricians in illuminating streets and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
United States National Museum
United States
Old Folks Need A Mild Bowel Tonic
An old fashioned notice promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as a mild remedy for constipation aimed at older adults. The advertisement claims occasional use eases discomfort and supports regularity.
Dr Hamilton's Pills Offer Mild Constipation Relief
Advert says Dr Hamilton's Pills are active yet mild and popular with old folks. It claims prompt bowel regularity, improved health, appetite, digestion, and appearance. Sold for 25 cents at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Harmilton
University of Toronto acquires building for insulin manufacture
The University of Toronto has acquired a building to dedicate entirely to insulin production. Banting's diabetes cure will be manufactured in Canada for commercial sale worldwide, joining the small number of global facilities.
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University of Toronto
Banting
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Denmark
Guard the Baby Against Colds Baby's Own Tablets
An advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont as a mild laxative claimed to keep a baby’s stomach and bowels regular and help prevent colds. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Portable lantern shaped electric light patent description
A new portable electric light mimics an old-time oil lantern with a bottom battery replacing the oil reservoir and a lamp housed under a heavy glass globe. It remains steady despite jolts, can burn long, and recharging is faster than refilling a lantern. It is safer, clean, and cannot be blown out.
Improvements in Poultry Shipments to Eastern Canada
Improvements in shipping poultry to Eastern Canada have boosted optimism for future business. Alberta Provincial Poultry Commissioner J. H. Hare reports favorable comments from Eastern dealers and satisfactory recent shipments.
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Canada
J. H. Hare
Alberta
Coal output in Alberta for first half of 1923 rises
Figures from the preliminary Canadian mineral production report show Alberta mined 3,312,991 tons of coal in the first six months of 1923, up from 2,258,296 tons in the same period of 1922. Minard's Liniment for Headache.
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Canada
Alberta
Catarrhozone claims quick relief for colds
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone a pine resin remedy from Australia for colds coughs and catarrh. It promises rapid action in stopping a cold and warns against stomach-dopeing cough mixtures. A two month treatment costs a dollar with a trial size offered by mail from The Catarrhozone Co Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Woods
Ausatralia
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Bananas A Food Staple From Tropics To American Tables
Bananas, native to the East Indies and now grown in all tropical regions, form a major diet for a quarter of humanity. They require little care, spread rapidly via root stalks, mature in months, and yield a single bunch with nine hands of 10 to 15 bananas each. Only a few varieties reach large export markets due to quick deterioration.
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America
The
Milwaukee Journal
East Indies
Holloway's Corn Remover Claims Root Removal
An old advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Remover as a remedy that removes corns from the roots. The copy urges readers to try the product and prove its effectiveness.
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Holloway
Premiers Limit Banquets at Imperial Conference
In London for the Imperial Conference the Dominion premiers signal they cannot endure full hospitality and will attend only a small share of banquets. Menu plans are softened. The Daily Mail recalls 1907 when Laurier Botha and Jamieson fell ill from over banqueting.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Wilfrid Laurier
Botha
South Africa
Starr Jamieson
Cape Colony
Man With Asthma Seeks Relief Through Dr Kellogg Remedy
A sufferer with asthma longs for death to end his torment yet finds hope in Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. The ad claims faithful use will make asthma a thing of the past and offers complete relief.
Platinum Nuggets and Value in Mixed Metals
Platinum occurs as small grey particles with gold and chrome iron. Nuggets of platinum are rare and highly valuable with a 25 pound nugget worth over $30,000 at present.
Hearst Music Publishers plan head office in Winnipeg
Handful of Manitoba founders announce options secured for a downtown Winnipeg head office. The Hearst Music Publishers group reports a 50 percent cash and 45 percent stock distribution for 1923 and outlines a continent-wide publishing network with branches in Toronto New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston Pittsburgh St Louis San Francisco Montreal Vancouver Melbourne and a British distribution via B Feldman & Co. Limited. Joseph X Hearst serves as President and Managing Director with John W Wilton as Vice President and a full Winnipeg based leadership team.
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Hearst Music Publishers, Limited
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Toronto
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco
U.S.A
Montreal
Vancouver
Canada
John Anderson
Andrew Lloyd
Carl Fink
W. H. Galbraith
Hartney
William Dempsey
Killarney
Man
Everett Evans
N.Y
Castoria Advertisement Cites 30 Years of Use
A vintage ad touts Fletcher's Castoria claiming over thirty years of relief for babies and children from constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhoea. It promises fever reduction and better digestion aiding natural sleep without opiates, with the genuine product bearing a signature.
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Fletcher
Canada Leads in Auto Exports Amid Growth in Trade Figures
Canada shows a strong rise in auto exports for ten months ending August, ahead of other British nations. Dealers attribute gains to US branch factories and favorable tariffs. For the year to August Canada exported 61,543 cars, with August shipments totaling 5,613 across markets including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
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Canada
United States
States
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
British Empire
The Aim of Life and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Ad
A Globe style meditation on life’s adventure and effort behind bread winning. An accompanying advertisement promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for external relief through skin application and internal use to ease throat irritation and bronchial issues.
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Boston Globe
Thomas
Our Ancestors Population Gen generations
A discussion on human ancestry notes exponential growth: two parents, four grandparents, eight great grandparents, and 16 ancestors in the fourth generation. The piece estimates 1,050,000 in the twentieth generation and about 1,073,000,000 in the thirtieth, reaching 5,362,794,914,214,046 in the fiftieth generation.
World Peace Through Gradual Harmony
A Kansas City Star reflection argues world peace grows from gradual Addressing causes of discord through reasonable national goodwill. It rejects magical solutions like brittle league covenants that collapse under strain.
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Kansas City Star
Don't waste time reasoning with an angry man
A concise admonition warns against engaging with an angry person and urges keeping discussions brief and focused to avoid escalation. The saying underscores emotional control and practical communication in tense interactions.
Very Kind of Her Lady Might Help Tramp Find Work
A brief overheard exchange shows a woman directing a tramp to a carpet beating job two doors away as he thanks her for tipping him off about a cleaning house. The scene captures streetwise etiquette and assistance within a pedestrian neighborhood.
World’s largest boiler boils 190000 pounds of water hourly
A massive boiler outputs steam by converting 190 000 pounds of water each hour. This plant entity demonstrates extreme scale, highlighting industrial capability and efficiency in steam production.
CPR Plans 1924 Kipp Little Bow Branch in Alberta
President Beatty of the Canadian Pacific Railway announced at a Lethbridge Board of Trade function that the Kipp Little Bow branch will be built in 1924. The line will run through the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation district after flood repairs, with a Cardston delegation to consider an east west line serving southwestern Alberta.
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Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Board of Trade
Lethbridge
Kipp
Little Bow
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
Cardston
Earth weighs about six quintillion tons in estimate
A historical note states the earth's estimated weight as six quintillion tons. The figure reflects early scientific attempts to quantify planetary mass using available methods of the era.
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Venecouver
Alfonso
Spain
Japan
Methodist Church
McGill
Margaret Craig
Halifax
British North America
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NOU
Electric Lantern
Minard
Dominion
Dodds
Hearst Music Publishers
Imperial Tobacco Company of
Tandy
Bayer
Bayer Company
Bayer Crocs
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