Egg Laying Contests Continue Across Canada Next Year
F. IC Elford Dominion poultry husbandman announces that egg laying contests will be continued next year under the experimental farm system across Canada. Contests begin Monday morning November 1 with events in the West at Brandon Manitoba Indian Head Saskatchewan and Lethbridge Alberta. The Ovawa contest will crown the Dominion title while others award provincial honors.
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F. IC. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Canada
Brandon
Man
Indian Head
Sask
Lethbridge
Alita
Dominion
Treaties laid before Canadian House of Commons
Copies of several treaties laid on the table by N W Rowell Acting Secretary for External Affairs. The list includes agreements with Czecho Slovakia Serb Croat Slovenes arms traffic liquor traffic South Africa and the Berlin and Brussels acts. Sir Edmund Kemp signed them for Canada as overseas Minister of Militia.
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House of Commons
N. W. Rowell
South Africa
Berlin
Brussels
Canada
Edmund Kemp
Manitoba to establish permanent assessment commission
The Hon. Edward Brown announces a permanent provincial assessment commission in Manitoba. Its first duty will be to equalize assessments across municipalities, with sequ judicial powers and scope. Manitoba would be the first Canadian province to enact such legislation. The piece notes social sentiment and restraint as influential factors in life.
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Edward Brown
Manitoba
Canada
Nervousness Relief Claim From Dr Chase Nerve Food
Kingston Ontario resident police officer Earnest Clark reports three years of nervousness and insomnia eased after using Dr Chase's Nerve Food. He credits seven boxes for full recovery and better health. Product sold for 50 cents a box through Edmonton Bates & Co in Toronto.
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Dr. Chase
Dr. Cuan
Edmanson, Bates & Co, Ltd
Toronta
Careful Cass Carets Offer Gentle Night Dose
A brief ad extols Cascarets for relief from headaches indigestion and constipation. It touts no griping or sickness and promises a painless sleep aiding remedy at little cost. It urges readers to take Cascarets nightly to feel better and more comfortable.
France’s postwar recovery gains noted in spring meetings
News from France reports renewed optimism as Reconstruction proceeds. Despite extensive war damage, rail lines, bridges, canals, and housing are rapidly being rebuilt. Of 403 miles of railways destroyed, 1 26714 miles are ready. 637 bridges rebuilt. 672 miles of canals with 437 2 miles usable. 260,000 agricultural tools replaced. 80,000 houses repaired, 16,225 huts provided, 60,000 under construction. 1,340 square miles of tillable land restored and 74 million cubic meters of trench waste filled.
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France
Tiwe
Obliging Editor Seeks Help for Hospital Fund Drive
A visitor offers support for the port's hospital while the editor promises a poet for an American Legion Week appeal. A Chicago traffic policeman orders a 61st car off Michigan Avenue by 1895, with Minard's Liniment advertised everywhere.
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Port's Hospital
American Legion
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Inca Canal Built by Viracocha Aims to Drain High Andes
Ancient Peru canal 34 meters deep and about 650 kilometers long was ordered by Viracocha. It traverses Huancavelica and Ayacucho, turning Castrogilleina and Cangallo plains into pasture land. Builders faced rock removal without machinery and bridged high slopes over rivers.
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Per
Pizarro
Au Sul
Ansdem
Castrogilleina
Cangallo
Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills Promote Recovery
A booster pitch claims modern life causes nervous strain and heart trouble. It cites a Ottawa man Mr. W A Wright who credits six boxes of Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills with curing his condition and restoring work ability. Price 50c a box available at dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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Milburn
W. A. Wright
Hopewell Ave
Ottawa
Ont
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Poland Considers New Slotny Currency To Unite Varied Money
Warsaw financial authorities plan a new national currency called Slotny to replace the many circulating forms. Current money in Poland includes Kosciuszko marks, requisition money from German occupation, German and Austro-Hungarian currencies, various rubles, and other regional issues from Ukrainian and Bolshevik eras, all targeted for eventual exchange into Slotny.
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Poland
Warsaw
Geneva
New York Evening
Pest
Minsk
Ukrainian Republic
CPR to Complete Lethbridge Weyburn Line by 1921
Officials announce the Lethbridge Weyburn railway gap will be filled and the line completed in 1921. The statement comes from D C Coleman CPR western lines general manager. A proverb is quoted about wisdom and money. Remarks on European wild horses in the Stone Age appear in the same snippet.
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Lethbridge-Weyburn
D. C. Coleman
C.P.R. Western Lines
Sports Among Citizen Soldiers
Australia's cadets under compulsory home defense are building unity through sports. Brigadier General Brand, state commandant and respected wartime leader, champions senior cadet work paired with athletics to foster healthy rivalry, skill, and discipline across battalions brigades and training areas in Victoria.
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Australia
Brand
General Brand
Victoria
After Effects of Influenza and Blood-Tonic Promise
The piece argues influenza leaves lasting weakness and poor blood. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a life building tonic to restore red blood, nerves, digestion and energy after 1918 19 illness with a testimonial from Andrew Marty of Bathurst NB. Pills sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Andrew
Marty
Bathurst
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Britain May Seek Compensation From United States
In a London House of Commons debate Andrew Bonar Law said Britain may seek compensation from the United States for the delay in turning over German ships allocated by the peace conference. He cited losses from retaining steamships such as the Imperator after serving the United States. The British Ministry of Shipping had made representations to Washington. The ships discussed are not those halted by injunction but vessels briefly given to the U.S. to aid repatriation of American forces.
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United States
Britain
London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Imperator
Washington
Ministry of ‘Shipping
United Sta
No Chance Science Brief Mentions Jam and Earthquake Shifts
The text notes a prank where a married man is accused of scraping raspberry jam adulterated with rhubarb from a luncheon cloth and failing to get caught. It also reports recent earthquakes changing the ocean bed off Central America from a depth of 1,000 feet to 5,000 feet at a point once recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central America
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George Lane
Minard’s Liniment
Minard's Liniment Co, Ltd
Yasmouth, N.8
Cook
Cook Medicine CO
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Purzalou
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Evy Pacraary
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Europe
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Kiing
Wiselle En Bluc
Athletic Billiard Parlors Ltd
8Th Ave
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Spohn
Spohtn
Spohn Mesick “Ct Company
Goshen, Ind
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Cori Oro
Lombard St
U.S
America
Authority Hover CO
West List Street
New York
U.S.A
P. R. Brecken Limited
C.F. Bidg
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Sprucex Polish Co
Caledonian Block
Eight Avenue
Alberts
Dominion Express
Scotch Clydesdales
Scotland
Andrew Dollar
High River
Mach Winda
Nady
Magdalena Cream CO
Ourse
Espn
Easy Rid
Ang
Ford Maxwell Chevrolet
Gers
Carte Free Service
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Superior Auto Specialties, Ltd
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