The Coming General Election in Western Canada
The article urges Canadian voters to consider national progress and Western Canada’s prosperity as Parliament dissolves and a general election nears. It discusses voter duties, deciding on candidates, and the need for decisive leadership to end drift and implement reform.
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House of Commons
Canada
Dominion
Dominion of Canada
Western
Ottawa
Mattet
Great Britain
United States
Tibet Flag Noted For Complex Design And Color Triads
The article highlights Tibet's national flag with its unusually intricate main design and interlaced spaces of red and blue triangles. It mentions a deer at Racine Zoo in Wisconsin described as a confirmed tobacco chewer as a curious feature.
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Tibet
Racine
Wis
Quote on Curzon era banners and women's education in India
Sir Tan Malcolm notes a street banner greeting Lord Curzon as God Bless Our Horrible Soul reflecting natives’ view of Honorable Lord. He adds the average education level for Indian women is under 3 percent.
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Tan Malcolm
Lord Curzon
India
Triumph of British Optical Industry in Postwar Innovations
British makers of optical instruments showcase advances such as a cinematograph machine delivering 4 360 pictures a second. The device demonstrates projectile impact on armor plate and signals a widening lead over foreign rivals. Before the war German lenses were seen as best, but Britain now supplies German state institutions.
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Germany
Nerviline Liniment Claims Fast Relief for Joints and Nerves
An old promotional note touts Nerviline as a quick penetrating liniment that eases muscular and nerve pain, stiff joints, and soreness. It boasts fifty years of success and bottles priced at 35 cents, sold widely.
Cuticura Heals Woman’s Severe Pimples
Miss Helen Budnik of Necedah Wisconsin describes a three year battle with red hard pimples and itching before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After two months of treatment she says she was completely healed and urges reliance on Cuticura products.
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Helen Budnik
Necedah
Wis
Esparto Grass Paper Produced by Bureau of Standards
The Bureau of Standards has produced paper from esparto, a North African wild grass, on a commercial basis and has made samples available to American industry as a government test. Reports indicate that the imported grass pulp, after cleaning, yielded 68 percent papermaking fibre.
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Esparto
Bureau of Standards
Passenger fear at Hampstead tube blast
A Hampstead tube train leaving Belsize Park Station in London caused alarm after a loud bang. Passengers, including a housewife with parcels and a frightened child, reacted as a balloon fragment and string appeared. The tale then shifts to a medical ad for Drede D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy claiming quick relief of airway constriction.
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Hampstead
Belsize Park Station
London
Reliable Tonic Restores Strength for Run-Down Women
The ad urges Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for breakdown and tired nerves among women. It cites Mrs Atex McInnes of Bowsman River Manitoba who recovered from anemia and heart palpitations after weeks of treatment. Pills sold at 50 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Pr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Sunday School Lesson on Paul motives and slander
The lesson examines Pauls motives in Thessalonians, arguing his perseverance came from divine strength. It warns against slander and urging readers to avoid gossip and suspicion, quoting Denney on loving truth and avoiding evil thoughts.
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Paul
Thessalonians
Philippi
Jesus
Pau
Ramsay
James Denney
Last Peace Pipe Headed to New York Museum Collection
D A Cadzow curator of the museum traveled from Regina after months in Saskatchewan reserves securing ancient artifacts. He obtained a likely last Cree peace pipe along with old knives blankets beads and trinkets destined for the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation in New York. The piece is valued as a centuries old relic.
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New York
Museum of American Heye Foundation
D. A. Cadzow
Regina
Saskatchewan
Disposition and Virtue Call for Early Cultivation
A speaker urges that kindness and self restraint in old age must be nurtured early, arguing character is shaped by early habits. The piece contrasts a self relying youth with a benediction of mature conduct and notes worms harm children, promoting Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy.
Rifian fighters hold their own against France and Spain
Sir Charles Hobhouse, returning from Tangier, says the Rif Union can maintain independence for now. He notes the Rif tribesmen are well equipped, led by Abd-el-Krim, and predicts Africa may outlast Europe in the ongoing conflict.
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France
Spain
Morocco
Charles Hobhouse
London
Tangier
League of Nations
Europe
Africa
Abd-el-Krim
Insulin Supply From Fish Islets and Ox Pancreas
Prof J J R MacLeod of the University of Toronto told the physiological section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science that insulin could be obtained in large quantities from fish islet tissues. He noted there was no longer a shortage, since insulin was also obtainable in sufficient amounts from the ox pancreas.
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J. J. R. MacLeod
University of Toronto
Dr. Banting
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Printer's Sick Stomach Headaches Almost Cost Job
Woodhaven New York printer K M Collins reports relief from sick headaches and sour stomach after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. He says his health and ambition improved and life is worth living. Pills claimed to cleanse the liver and bowels as a gentle laxative with no after effects and are sold at all drug stores.
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K. M. Collins
Woodhaven
N. Y
Carter
French Morrocan air force unveils new heavy armament plane
The French naval air service in Morocco deploys a metal armored fighter with a bullet proof tank and 1.5 inch quick firing guns. Crewed by five men, the aircraft offers a large action radius and is touted as among today’s most powerful air machines. Also noted are grenade-throwing bomber experiments and other new weapons.
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Morocco
Naval Air Service
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Leicester
England
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Minard
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Rosine
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Ontario
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Westian Cleansers Limited
Calgary
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Vancouver
B.C
Winnipeg
Donald St
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