Be on the Job The War Call to Duty Across Canada
The text urges Canadians to sacrifice personal interests for the national good as World War I reshaped values. It argues enduring effort now prevents hardship later and notes a postwar pullback to slack work habits threatens civilization and future recovery. It stresses steadfastness will advance national and personal welfare and prepare for future adversity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seevina
Canada
Patriotic Fund
Red Cross
Danderine Promise of Hair Shine and Health
An old advertisement extols Danderine as a hair tonic that moistens a cloth and runs it through hair to remove dirt and oil, promising softer, glossier hair with added color and volume. It claims to prevent dandruff and hair loss while urging purchase at drug or toilet counters. A second note mentions beliefs about sneezing signaling fortune, with luck varying by noon and midnight.
Britain on Canada Debt Balance Reveals $214 Million Owed
Ottawa based Toronto Globe correspondent reports Imperial and Dominion governments settled most accounts leaving Britain owing Canada $214,684,439 after wartime settlements. Prior adjustments include Canada owing Britain $251,976,738 and Britain owing Dominion $466,661,177.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Toronto Globes
Domin
Great Britain
Canada
Big Road Contracts to be Let Thankful Mothers
Tenders for grading about 800 miles of roads will be called for in Manitoba within the next two months under The Good Roads Act. About 1,200 miles graded and 400 miles gravelled so far. over 100 concrete bridges planned including a 650 foot steel bridge over the Red River and a 100 foot clear span concrete arch over the La Salle River. Up to date 384 bridges have been built under The Good Roads Act, 271 concrete.
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Manitoba
Red River
la Salle River
Assiniboine River
Canada
David A. Anderson
New Glasgow
N. S
Dr.Williams Medicine Co
Brortville
Ont
Fastest vessel loading records set at Duluth docks
The steamship N B Ream passed through the Duluth ship canal on May 29 and completed loading 11 880 gross tons of iron ore in 3 hours 45 minutes after the same passage. Later, H D W 16 loaded 12 786 gross tons in 45 minutes at the dock and 3 30 harbor time, while D G Kerr took 12 689 gross tons in 35 minutes at the dock. Duluth Missabe North road docks are cited as the speediest pre loading piers in the world with ships W A McConagle and L C Hanna unloading coal at 1 150 and 1 272 tons per hour respectively.
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N. B. Ream
Duluth Ship Canal
Idock
H. Dd. W
D. G. Kerr
Duluth
Missabe & Northern Road
W.A. McConagle
L. C. Hanna
Duluth and Western
Berwind No. 2
Sun Life Buys Large Block of United Grain Bonds
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada purchased three quarters of a two million dollar issue of United Grain Growers six percent twenty year first mortgage gold bonds. The bonds are secured on Grain Growers elevators and real estate in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Winnipeg hosts the United Grain Growers head office with J T P Crerar as president and F L M Black as treasurer. Sun Life holds its head office in Montreal.
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Sun Life Assurance Co
United Grain Growers
West
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
E. A. Macnutt
Sun Life
Canada
Sun Life of Canada
Canadian Life
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Offcers
Jion
TP. A. Crerardsr
C. Price Jones
J. Renne
T. A. Hand
FL M. Black
The
Montreal
Food Shortage in Egypt Strains Wheat Supplies
Egypt faces serious food shortages with natives unable to obtain wheat flour. The crisis follows years of neglecting food crops due to cotton wealth, worsening import dependence while social discontent grows amid scarce provisions.
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Egypt
Fayot
Syrup of Figs Adverts Promoting Child Laxative
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It urges mothers to look for the California label, promises a tasty fruit flavor, and notes full dosing directions on the bottle.
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California
War forms yield oddly honest enlistment reply
An Australian clerk poring over wartime enlistment papers found one form with the question state in which listed answered "strictly sober" rather than a place. The anecdote highlights the blunt, humorous edge of bureaucratic submissions during the war.
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Cneck
Englishman and Pat trade quips on arithmetic and yards
An Englishman tests Pat with a joke about shirts from four yards. Pat answers it depends whose yard you get into. The saying ends with a quip about how no woman can reform a husband by continuous lecture.
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Pat
British steel firm to locate in British Columbia
A powerful British iron and steel company plans to establish a complete plant in British Columbia to produce all industry products. The venture, to be capitalized at five million pounds, will use native BC ores and involve preliminary work on flotation for Western Canada. Rail and water connections will be provided by an established coal company.
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Tron and Steel Industry Co
Pack Coast
British Iron and Steel Company
British Columbia
I Vancouver
BLC
England
Iwestern Canada
Mill for Grinding Alfalfa Signals New Local Industry
A $15,000 alfalfa mill bought by a Southern Alberta company promises to turn the entire alfalfa plant into meal. Farmers in the Lethbridge and Coaldale areas see this as proof of growing yields and a new, economical feed solution, marking the start of an important local industry development.
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Lethbridge
Coaldale
Alberta
The Bigger the Smoke the Smaller the Fire
A brief saying reflects on frictious effort as workers strive to labor for someone else, suggesting misdirected or crowded action without clear leadership. The line captures workplace tension and the paradox of visible activity masking weak outcomes.
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Sean Phade
Britain
Minard
Asi
B.C
Bovril
Boirsaying
Rawat Pek Sa
Otto Higel
Senoure
Span
Martin-Senour Co. Ld
Boniface
William Rogers
Dominion
WM. Rogers Mfg. CO. Ltd
Wm Falls
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