Good Roads for Western Canada Demands Systematic Plan
An article arguing for major Western Canada road improvements contrasts European and Canadian road quality and urges provincial led planning by engineers. It emphasizes maintenance, winter work, and using unemployment to foster year round road construction, with focus on roads linking farms to markets.
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Europe
America
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Quebec
Ontario
West
Hudson's Bay opens new Victoria store building
The Hudson's Bay Company unveils a new 5 million dollar store in Victoria. An official luncheon honors the opening with E. W. Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and prominent local business figures in attendance.
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Hudson’s Bay Company
Victoria
E. W. Beatty
The
Canadian Pacific Railway
Unpaid 4 Cents Tax Prompted 60 Percent Postage Snafu
A restaurant man accidentally sold two ice cream plates separately and owed the government 4 cents. He sent two 2 cent stamps to the Manhattan collector, who declined them as non tender. The collector then sent a 4 cent certified check and charged 40 cents in postage, a 60 percent overpayment. The Brooklyn Eagle cites the comic episode.
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Internal Revenue
Manhattan
Brooklyn Eagle
Nerviline Stomach Aid Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as a household remedy for sour stomach and belching. It claims twenty drops in sweetened water relieve gas and bloating within minutes, and promotes Nerviline as a useful 35 cent bottle for many common ailments.
Germany’s Motor Ships Rise in Shipbuilding
The Liverpool Weekly Post notes Germany’s growing motor ship program with about twenty motor vessels on order totaling roughly 193000 tons and an average of 6650 tons each. It adds that twenty sets of machinery were repurposed from former submarines to power merchant ships, with hulls converted from warships to sailing vessels.
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Germany
Liverpool Weekly Post
Agriculture In The Northland Yields Profuse Crops
The Northland reports exceptional grain yield this year with abundant tomatoes and cucumbers. Cabbages reach four and a half feet in circumference and potatoes grow twenty inches long and weigh over two pounds.
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Northland
When Does Bronchial Trouble Begin To Get Serious
An early throat tickle can grow into a severe cough that travels to the lungs making treatment difficult. The advertisement urges Catarrhozone to soothe sore spots ease irritation loosen phlegm clear nostrils and prevent colds and bronchial trouble with regular use. Available in two month 1.00 medium 30c small 5c from sellers nationwide.
Prosperous Era Foreseen for Grande Prairie District
Indications point to unprecedented prosperity for the Grande Prairie district with crops valued at ten to fifteen million dollars. A large influx of settlers with substantial capital is expected, and orders for lumber are heavy as business shows marked activity.
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Grande Prairie
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Relief Promised
Ad copy-style claim urges mothers to trust Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for lasting relief from their children's suffering. Product promises sure effects and reduced anxiety for households.
Europe’s Longest Tunnels Highlighted in Europe
The Simplon tunnel links Switzerland and Italy as Europe’s longest at 12 miles, while England’s Severn tunnel on the Great Western Railway runs four miles underground.
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Europe
Simplon
Switzerland
Italy
England
Severn
Great Western Railway
Holloway's Corn Remover Promises Quick Relief
The ad touts Holloway's Corn Remover as the solution for stubborn corns, urging readers to try the product for rapid relief. It emphasizes effectiveness and ease of use, appealing to those seeking relief from painful corn discomfort.
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Holloway
Wise saying on pleasing self and others
A traditional adage notes that a prudent person should not seek to please both himself and a woman at once, implying balance and prudence in personal conduct. The maxim suggests avoiding conflicting loyalties and prioritizing modest, steady behavior.
Britain Advances Large Reforestation Scheme
A sizeable workforce is collecting fir and hemlock cones near Port Coquitlam to supply Westminster. Seeds will be extracted for export to the British Isles to support a major reforesting program there.
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B.C
Port Coquitlam
F.c
Rangers
Westminster
British Isles
Putnam’s Corn Extractor The Old Reliable Remedy
A long established corn treatment claims painless removal of corns between the toes. The ad promotes Putnam's Corn Extractor as dependable and time tested, marketed at 25e everywhere.
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T. Putnam
Amateur Woman Gardener Plants Fried Potatoes This Year
Acknowledging a local gardener, the amateur woman planted fried potatoes this year, showing a preference for preparing the vegetable in its fried form.
Speaks Highly of Baby's Own Tablets
Mrs. Fred Murphy of Charlottetown P E I writes that she has used Baby's Own Tablets for eight months and cannot speak too highly of them. The tablets are described as a mild thorough laxative safe for newborns and sold at 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Fred Murphy
Charlottetown
P.E.L
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Her Mistake In Elevator Confusion Over Hotel Room
An elderly hotel guest argues with a bellboy over her room and money. The bellboy interrupts, insisting the woman is in the elevator, not in her room, and orders her to enter. The exchange highlights rural prejudice and hotel protocol tensions.
Hope as Key to Ambition Woven In Expectant Theme
A reflective note links hope to ambition, portraying hope as the instrument that tightens the rope of striving and shapes the pursuit of goals with intrinsic motivation. The line presents hope as essential to ambition without detailing specific events or people.
Mirrors as Others See Us Would Change Our Self View
The saying suggests self perception would shift if depicted by external eyes, implying identity is forged internally rather than reflected by appearance mirrored back at us. It frames vanity and social image as secondary to inner understanding.
The Useful Corncob Opens New Industrial Uses
The Department of Agriculture says the corncob can yield a paste that binds wall board and similar products. The remaining residue contains about 10 percent high grade furfural, a fundamental chemical for coal tar derived products and the broader chemical industry.
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Department of Agriculture
Buffalo Express
Catarrh Cure Ad Promotes Constitutional Health
An old health advertisement claims catarrh is a local defense shaped by constitution. It promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine as an internal tonic acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. Wallis Catarrh Medicine is said to assist nature in restoring normal conditions. Circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
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F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Oho
Admiral Kerr criticizes Admiralty battleship plan
In a September review Vice-Admiral Mark Kerr argues the command of the great oceans has passed from battleships and that Britain already has sufficient vessels for any European eventuality. The note cites the London Sunday Pictorial and adds a stark astronomical fact about Betelgeuse being 27 million times larger than the sun.
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Mark Kerr
Admiralty
Admiral Kerr
Europe
London Sunday Pictorial
Large Sale of Pure Bred Livestock at Camrose
One of the largest Northern Alberta sales saw Hon. W. W. Smith dispose of his Fairfax Hereford herd at Elekum Ranch Company in Sexsmith for $25,000. The deal included 150 head of cattle delivered to the Camrose sale. The piece closes with a proverb about doing right and notes the true identity of Robina Hood remains undetermined.
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Alberta
W. W. Smith
Camrose
Elekum Ranch Company
Sexsmith
Fairfax
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