Wicked inequality of wages and living costs across Canada
An era of distorted prices is hurting Western farmers while Eastern interests profit. The article compares farm product prices, costs of necessities, and wages, citing Washington wheat growers petitioning Congress to buy farms. It condemns Western–Eastern Canada tensions and urges cooperation to heal the disparity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Farm Journal
Cleveland Trust Company
Washington
Congress
United States
Canada
Capada
West
Dairy and Poultry Shortfalls Across Southern States
In a Southern state where cotton is dominant, 20 percent of farms produce no eggs, 37 percent raise no poultry, and 36 percent have no dairy cows. Another state, favorable to poultry, imports 19 million dollars in poultry products yearly. A third state with 1,000 farms has only 70 dairy cows.
Grown-Up Deliberations on Lamb or Mutton at Market
The exchange shows a cautious shopper debating meat quality with a butcher over lamb versus mutton. A note cites Desert covering twenty five percent of earth and estimates Lithuanian residents in the United States at one million.
British Fleet Shifts Power To Mediterranean Waters
The Royal Navy is moving strength from the North Sea and Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The Iron Duke flagship transfers to Admiral Sir Osmond Brock s command, replacing the oldest destroyers with the fourth flotilla of new ships. Six of Britain s seventeen modern battleships and six of sixteen light cruisers are now in the Mediterranean, with two destroyer flotillas stationed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sea
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Iron Lake
Jellicoe
Sir Osuond Brock
Britain
Flottilla
Nerviline Claims Quick Relief for Stomach Upsets
The advertisement touts Nerviline as fast relief for sour stomach gas cramps and upset stomachs. It promises immediate improvement when taken in sweetened water and urges family use with a 35 cent bottle offered today.
Rafts for Lifeboats Considered by Board of Trade
London officials study replacing lifeboats with rafts to save space and carry more safety gear. Dr. Leonard Hill reports on passenger protection experiments. Wireless recovery could handle ship disasters within six hours, though women and children risk exposure. a proposal suggests thin mackinaw sweaters be kept in raft lockers for immediate use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
London
Eng
Leonard Hill
Department of Applied Physiology
Baby's Own Tablets Ideal Medicine for Little Ailments
Mrs Ernest E Adkins of Bretton Sask says she has used Baby's Own Tablets for four years and always keeps a box on hand. Thousands of other mothers confirm their satisfaction. The tablets are a mild laxative that relieves minor childhood ailments and are sold by dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Adkins
Bretton, Sask
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Onr
Shared Ignorance and Reading Ilusions
Health cannot be looked for in the child subject to worms as Miller's Worm Powders claim to expel worms and restore health. The ad links worm infection to developmental setbacks and promises safer growth.
Present-day Iyptomotives Built on Century-old Principles
The text argues that modern Iyptomotives derive from the same underlying principles as those of a century ago, implying continuity in design philosophy and motivation across generations.
Observer Claims Found Color of the Wind
An observing man asserts he discovered the color of the wind and describes going outside to see it blow.
Canada urged to unite for a stronger nation
In Victoria Hon. Ernest Lapointe urged Canadians to shatter sectional barriers and ignore pessimism to build a thoroughgoing, confident nation. He noted Canada’s wartime economy at par and that 80 percent of national debt is owed to Canadian citizens, urging confidence and youth in the country’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Victoria
Campaign to make anaesthesia safer nationwide
Members of the congress of anaesthetists in Chicago announced a nation wide safety first campaign to prevent all needless deaths under anaesthetics. The National Anaesthetic Research Society and the Associated Anaesthetists of the United States and Canada have committed to perfecting hospital anaesthesia service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Anaesthetis
Chicago
National Anaesthetic Research Society
Associated Anaesthetists
United States
Canada
Democracy and the lesson from Washington
The Stratford Beacon Herald notes Lloyd George praised George Washington as founder of the British Empire’s democracy. It argues Britain possessed a strong democratic spirit before Washington and suggests the United States still has lessons to learn from Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
New York
British Empire
George Washington
Great Britain
United States
Stratford Beacon Herald
Corn Extractor Painlessly Removes Toe Corns
A fifty year old remedy, Putnam's Corn Extractor, promises painless removal of toe corns. Sold everywhere for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam's Corn Extractor
Relics of Ancient Race Found in Southwest France
Dr. Henry A. Hall of the University of Pennsylvania Museum reports unearthing bones and animal remains in a clay bank in Southwest France. He describes the find as Neanderthal type humans from a Paleolithic culture using crude flint implements. The bones likely washed from an escarpment where a prehistoric settlement may have existed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Henry A. Hall
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Hall
Europe
Hebrideans urge kin to join settlers in Canada
Hebridean settlers in Alberta, Canada, praised for contentment announce efforts to bring back parents, brothers, and friends. A supporter urges: “Tell them to come if not succeeding here, or if succeeding there.” Also promotes Holloway's Corn Remover as painless corn removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Canada
Scotland
Holloway
Park Encounter Sparks Uneasy Exchange
A brief dialogue shows a passerby reacting to a tramp in the park with a terse remark about not speaking to them, revealing social tension and casual disdain during springtime.
Little Foxes Series for Children and Adults
The weekly Little Foxes articles offer wholesome entertainment and instruction for children with guidance useful to grownups as well. The note warns that family trees are not useful to the lumber dealer, implying practical lessons.
The Best Crop Of Wild Oats Grows On Poor Soil
A proverb notes that the finest wild oats often thrive where soil is poorest, suggesting resilience and unexpected success arising from adversity.
Dog Survives Twenty-One Days Trapped in Groundhog Hole
A farmer near Ingersoll Ontario searched for his missing dog for three weeks. On the twenty first day he found the dog with its head stuck in a groundhog hole. The animal lived, though injured, prompting questions about how long it endured confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Ont
Dr Fowler’s Wild Strawberry Extract Aids Teething Diarrhoea
A Canadian mother reports her baby sick with diarrhoea during teething improved after using Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry. The remedy, endorsed by many mothers, is sold by The T Milburn Co. Limited of Toronto for 50c per bottle.
New Island Found Near Franz Joseph Land Claim
The Norwegian explorer Captain Viktor Arnesen reports discovering an island about twelve English miles in circumference near Franz Joseph’s Land at latitude 80 degrees 40 minutes. He says it was hidden by a massive iceberg, now melted, reflecting thawing Arctic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viktor Arnesen
Arctic
Franz Joseph's Land
Woman tea-taster at Mincing Lane in London
A young woman tea-taster in the London wholesale tea area of Mincing Lane samples hundreds of teas. In a remarkably brief period she evaluates 30 or 40 cups, driving home a line about riches having wings but no tail to salt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mincing Lane
London
Not Mobilizing For War The Moscow District Denies Mobilization Claims
Moscow district military chiefs told the press that six military classes are summoned for militia training but deny any mobilization for war. They say 1902 and 1908 groups receive 240 hours of preliminary training while 1898 to 1901 will only rehearse prior training. The effort aligns with building a new territorial army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Military District
Psaee
Canada crop yields rise in latest Dominion estimates
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada estimates for field crops with wheat at 469,761,000 bushels, oats 541,378,000, and barley 80,357,000. Average yields per acre are 20 percent for wheat, 38 percent for oats, and 28 percent for barley. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta together harvest 446,570,000 bushels of wheat and 345,797,900 bushels of oats amid large rye flaxseed hay crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Kellogg Asthma Remedy Offered at Low Cost
Thousands spend on asthma cures with little relief. Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy is inexpensive and claimed to be a national remedy. Available through local dealers.
Government Elevator Project Planned for Edmonton
Preparations begin for a million dollar government storage elevator to be built at Edmonton on the National Railway line.
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Edmonton
Pearl Found in Fresh Water Mussel on River Conway
A pearl discovered in a freshwater mussel from the River Conway in North Wales is described as forming one of the crown jewels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
North
Wales
Castoria Sanctioned Child Remedy Sold For Decades
A household note promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a long established gentle substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. The card claims narcotics content and urges readers to follow directions on the package while noting physician endorsement and the familiar signature on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
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