The War to End War and the League of Nations Faith
Analyzes postwar aims as the world still battles on with peacekeeping tasks. Notes the League of Nations pushes for universal disarmament and binding global accords while urging citizen support to curb militaries and ensure lasting peace. Highlights speeches by Generals Verraux and Von Schoemaich advocating disarmament.
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Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
France
Italy
Britain
Poland
Rumania
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
Yugoslavia
League of Nations
League
Geneva
Verraux
von Schoemaich
Berlin
Velraux
Hutterites Thresh 40 Bushels an Acre in Drought Year
A Southern Alberta community, the Hutterites, thresh 40 bushels an acre on stub land and high yields on sum ss raties, reflecting industrious farming. Their religion and politics drew opposition during the war, yet their value as tillers of the soil is affirmed.
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Calgery
Canada Poised for Prosperous Decade Says High Commissioner
Hon. P. C. Larkin, Canada's High Commissioner in London, declares the next ten years will be the most prosperous in Canada's history and asserts the country holds a superior position globally.
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Canada
P. C. Larkin
London
Germany Gains On US In World Merchant Fleet
The 1923 Lloyd's register shows many new ships but a world merchant tonnage decline of about 1,142,000 tons. Germany and Japan forge ahead faster than rivals while the United States declines rapidly and Germany presses the US for leadership.
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Lloyd's New Register
Germany
Japan
United States
Italy opens first road reserved for automobile traffic
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy opened a 30 mile road from Milan to Lake Varese built exclusively for cars. The project aims to extend the route to Lakes Maggiore and Como in a later phase.
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Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Milan
Varese
Maggiore
Como
Hope For Cancer Cure In Toronto May Yet Triumph
Sir David Perrier spoke at the Hospital Medical School London on cancer cures noting Toronto’s hopeful work parallels Banting's diabetes treatment but British progress remains uncertain. He urged balanced optimism while cautioning against overconfidence in ongoing investigations. Sir Humphrey Rollestone called for one physician per thousand people and lamented fewer entrants, especially women, to medicine.
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Toronto
David Perrier
King’s College Hospital
National Hospital For
Hospital Medical School
London
F. G. Banting
David
Humphrey Rollestone
Royal College of Physicians
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Corn Removal
The advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as the fastest method to remove corns. A minute application in a hot foot bath is claimed to soften and frizzle the corn or callous, making removal easy and painless with antiseptic properties and low cost.
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Putnam’s
Prince Arthur Connaught Faces Viceroy Prospects in India
The visit of Prince Arthur and Princess Arthur to India spurs discussion of offering the viceroyalty to a royal. India has pressed for a royal envoy to avoid party politics, with the Aga Khan endorsing the idea. The Duke of York is also named but unlikely to be chosen.
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Princess Arthur of Connaught
India
Aga Khan
Duke of York
Renewed Health From Dr Williams Pink Pills
Advertising copy claims thin watery blood causes fatigue and poor appetite. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a simple cure to build up blood and vitality, noting improved energy and appetite, available by mail for 50 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Medicine
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Supreme In Cheese Booklet Offers Free Recipe Guide
A Kraft advertisement promotes The Supreme In Cheese, a illustrated booklet with nearly 100 tested cheese recipes. It can be obtained free by writing to Kraft MacLaren Cheese Co Limited in Montreal and mailing a coupon with name and address.
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Kraft-MacLaren Cheese Co., Limited
Montreal
Kraft MacLaren
Cheese Co
Okana Valley exports 792 cars of produce in new period
The number of carts carrying fruit and vegetables moved from the Okana gan Valley during June 1 to August 31 reached 792, compared with 526 in the same period last year.
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Okanagan Valley
Britain's first aerial battleship Cubaroo flies at two miles a minute
The Blackburn Cubaroo, weighing over nine tons and powered by a 1000 hp Napier engine, made a trial flight from Hrough Aerodrome with Flight Lieutenant Paul Burman. The coastal defence plane seats three, folds its wings for compact storage, and carries bombs or torpedoes.
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Britain
Hrough
Paul Burman
Royal Air Force
Blackburn Aircraft Company
Bulman Handle
Cubaroo
Japanese Women In Canada Immigrant Trends Rise
Statistics from the Department of Immigration show Japanese women arriving in Canada at 233 in the last fiscal year and 139 in the first five months of the current year, with an annualized rate near 330. Adult Japanese males totaled 101 in the same five months, across occupations including farmers and laborers. The gentlemen's agreement caps farmer and laborer emigrants at 150 annually, in effect since August last year.
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Department of Immigration
Canada
Dominion
Women Attend Diet Sessions in Record Numbers
Advocates say women’s rights gain momentum in Japan as 4000 of the 14600 visitors in the Diet’s August extraordinary session were women. No prior Diet session attracted such female attendance.
Not Worth the Risk
A troubled dialogue unfolds as a man states self-doubt about his adequacy while a woman responds with resolve to withhold a chance for reconciliation. The exchange centers on relationship risk and personal doubt.
Katmai Volcano Crater Forms 14 Mile Circumference
The Katmai crater, part of the U.S. national monument, measures about 14 miles around its rim.
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Katmai Volcano
United States National Monument
Ice Dwelling Worms Found by Olympic Mountain Expedition
An expedition into the Olympic mountains photographed worms that live only in ice. The black half inch creatures crawl to cooler ice when exposed to sun and melt with surrounding ice. They have not been previously known in the United States and survive only within icy habitats. The worms die as soon as the ice melts. Their food source remains unknown.
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Olympic Mountains
Dodwell-Rixon Pass
Olympics
United States
Smuts Sees End Of Hertzog Government In South Africa
Former South African premier J C Smuts told a Maritzburg audience the nationalist rise would endure only until tested. He warned that the Hertzog government was already showing outcomes he feared, while urging patience to let promises become practical.
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Smuts
South Africa
J. C. Smuts
Maritzburg
London Daily Telegraph
Capetown
Hertzog
Herizog
The Oil for the Farmer
An old advertising note promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for home use on people and sick cattle. It claims children benefit from colds and croap and adults gain relief from pains and aches, urging households to keep a bottle ready.
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Thomas
Porcelain Ape Images Traced to 500 B.C. China in Ireland
Ancient porcelain images of apes found across Ireland, with 50 unearthed since 1780, are claimed by Chinese scholars to originate in China and date to 500 B.C. The finds raise questions about early Chinese exploration and contact.
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Ireland
China
Silver chair of the pope valued at sixty thousand dollars
The pope owns the world's costliest chair crafted from solid silver valued near sixty thousand dollars. The item stands as a luxury relic in papal holdings and illustrates opulent ecclesiastical art.
Future Advertising Promise From Great Nations
Lord Waring in London at the International Advertising convention foresees a future when England and America advertise a shared constructive policy promoting honesty truth and service. He argues nations are interrelated and that friendly rivalry and strenuous effort bring prosperity while war is suicidal and destructive.
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Lord Waring
London
England
America
Christian Science Monitor
Heart and Nerve Pills Help Mrs Rutledge in Nappan
Mrs James Rutledge of Nappan Station Nova Scotia describes years of heart and nerve trouble with fainting spells and long bed periods. After starting Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills she reports improvement and renewed hope for life.
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James Rutledge
Nappan Station
N. 8
Milburn
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills advertised
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills are praised for relief after using the first box and continuing use. The Milburn company markets K. and N. Pills through druggists and dealers, produced by The T. Milburn Co. Limited in Toronto, Ontario.
German Car Worries Pedestrians
A Berlin car with the engine in the rear carries an odd look as the front mimics a car’s rear. The strange design appears to be moving the wrong end first, alarming pedestrians.
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Germany
Berlin
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