Wheat Board Appoints Stewart To Lead New Canadian Board
Ottawa announces James Stewart of Winnipeg, ex-head of the wheat purchasing commission, named president of a new Canadian wheat board. The board will have ten to twelve members with an executive committee. The government clarifies there is no minimum price. instead farmers receive a set initial price and the difference is earned on world markets after transport and charges.
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James Stewart
Wheat Purchasing Board
Ottawa
Sir George Foster
Trade and Commerce
Winnipeg
Wheat Purchasing Commission
George Foster
Naval Pageant in Old London Honours British Sea Power
A five mile Thames procession marks five years since Britain's naval mobilization. King George in royal barge leads as banners of St George Patrick Andrew and David decorate embankments. Tower Bridge start point with Chelsea as the tail reaches the mile point amid music cheers and royal salutes.
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London
Sea Service
St. Gorge
St. Patrick
St .Andrew
Re. David
Tower Bridge
Thames
Mary
William
Great Britain
Navy
Mercantile Marine
Chelsea
King George
Cadogan Pier
Ersea Park
Tipperary
Ames
Missing London Record Offices Trace 7000 Unaccounted Men
London record offices for overseas forces tally missing service members. About 7000 men, mainly Australians and Canadians, remain unaccounted for though some are furloughed or settled. South Africans show 25 absentees. New Zealanders about 300 short. Dominion governments warn men to return by a set date or lose gratuity and passage home.
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London
Dominion
Hall's Catarrhal Deafness Cure Claimed
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as the only remedy for catarrhal deafness. Explains deafness results from inflammatory mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube and promises $100 for any case not cured by the medicine. Circles to F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. price 75 cents.
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Hall
Tee F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Rolling Stock in Canada in 1918
Canadian railways contained 5 756 locomotives. Passenger cars numbered 6 376 and freight cars 209 243. Company service cars totaled 18 890 according to the Department of Railways and Canals statistics.
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Canada
Canadian ‘Railways
Department of Railways and Canals
Miller's Worm Powders Promote Trusted Parental Endorsements
The text claims testimonials from mothers would back Miller's Worm Powders, but asserts the powders will prove themselves. It states the medicine acts quickly and thoroughly, with the child showing improvement from the first dose.
Population declines under Bolshevik rule in major cities
Documents and newspapers from Bolshevik prisoners claim Omsk and Petrograd populations fell from over 2,000,000 in 1912 to about 800,000. Moscow’s population is said to have decreased by around 40 percent.
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Omsk — Petrograd
Moscow
Trying To Shift The Blame Copenhagen
A letter from former Prince Henry of Prussia published in Hamburger Nachrichten urges King George not to extradite the former German emperor. He accuses allied statesmen of planning war to ruin Germany and calls for bringing British leaders before a tribunal. He claims German resilience and condemns Britain for the blockade and wartime actions.
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Copenhagen
Henry
Prussia
George
Hamburger Nachrichten
Germany
England
Great Britain
Prince Henry
M. Sasozonoff
Balmoral
Winter Flying Feasible With Heated Gear Says Aviators
Winnipeg aviators claim winter air travel is possible in Manitoba with electrically heated clothing and small power units. Capt A L Cuff notes a five pound apparatus from a compact engine keeps pilots warm, enabling safe winter commercial flights. Capt G A Thompson adds experiences from winter sorties in France and stresses the value of heated gear.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
A. L. Cuff
Royal Air Force
G. A. Thompson
Guelph
Ont
RAF
France
Mitte
Manitoba Wheat Crop Looks For 45 Million Bushels
Manitoba expects to harvest about 45 million bushels of wheat this year with an average yield of fifteen bushels per acre on nearly 3.9 million acres. At an estimated $2.25 per bushel, the crop would be worth about $11.52 million, down from last year’s 51 million bushels and $112.7 million. Red rust is reported in several districts.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Valentines Winkler
Freezone Says Corns Lift Out Painlessly
An Cincinnati authority claims that corns and calluses can be removed by applying a few drops of Freezone directly to the corn. The drug, sold for a small cost, dries instantly and does not irritate surrounding tissue. The notice notes high heels are stressing women’s feet.
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Cincinnati
Prohibition Party to mark 50th anniversary with banquet and mass meeting
Chicago observers the fiftieth anniversary of the Prohibition Party with a September 1 banquet and September 2 mass meeting. Leaders of the party will address the crowd. The page also contains odd items about Minard's Liniment, a noted cartoon quote, and a theatre plan dispute.
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Chicago
United States
Prohibition Party
The Cause of Sickness Almost Always Due to Weak Blood
An ad asserts most illnesses stem from poor blood or exhausted nerves. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder and nerve tonic, claiming they restore red blood and strength. The notice offers mail orders from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brackville Ont.
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Williams
Caught At Last Comforts a Laughing Family Moment
A father questions his daughter about a late guest named Simpson. The daughter insists it was not late and reveals she was already in bed when her father came home. The exchange ends with a humorous misfire about lighting the lamp and burnt hands.
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Simpson
Fanny
London to Australia Flight Prize Rules Issued
The Royal Aero Club announces terms for a 10000 pound prize by Australian Government for a Britain to Australia flight. The aircraft must be built entirely in the British Empire and start from Hounslow or Calshot with a single Singapore control point for identification. Entry: Bert Hinckler with a Sopwith Dove bi plane and 80 hp Le Rhone engine.
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London
England
Royal Aero Club
Great Britain
Australia
British Empire
Hounslow
Calshot
Singapore
Bert Hinckler
Pershing Receives Warm Welcome in Paris Review
General Pershing and American troops were reviewed in the Bois de Vincennes with an enthusiastic ovation. He stated he would not return before early September and predicted demobilization by September 30, save 6 000 to 7 000 in occupation duty with Coblenz as the likely HQ. He also addressed postponement of return until after the war.
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Pershing
Paris
Bois de Vincennes
United States
Army of Occupation
Coblenz
Far East As Field For Canadian Trade
Sir Edmund Walker president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce urged a systematic campaign to capture East Asian trade after an Orient tour with Logan of San Francisco and Holt of Vancouver. He said the East offers many opportunities for Canadian commerce and that a concerted effort is needed to secure it. A Wyoming settler paid 150 dollars per acre for a Coaldale Alberta irrigated land quarter-section, a new farm price record cited by Winnipeg immigration report.
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Vancouver
D.C
China
Japan
Edmund Walker
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Orient
Logan
San Francisco
Foreign Exchange Department
Bank
Holt
East
Edmund
Alberta
Wyoming
Coaldale
A. R. and L. Block
Winnipeg
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promoted As Safe One Day Remedy
An advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a painless safe treatment that removes corns and warts in one day. The copy emphasizes the product costs 25 cents and is sold by all dealers.
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Putnam's Corn
Putnam's
France Holds Feast of Gratitude in Rebuilt Provinces
A national gratitude feast was held across France including Alsace and Lorraine. Messages from President Poincare Premier Clemenceau and Marshal Foch were read as religious exercises. In many cities school children laid wreaths at soldiers' graves honoring those who fought to save the nation.
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Paris
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Poincare
Premier Clemenceau
Marshal Foch
Callings Followed By Returned Soldiers Ottawa
Up to now 273 444 Canadian army members completed demobilization questionnaires. Of these 87 771 want stock-raising or agriculture, 20 269 leave other work for farming, and 4 716 switch away from farming for other lines. Agriculture nets 15 553 gains. Accessions to professions total 20 409 while 12 708 leave those occupations. One in five soldiers plans a new method of earning a living after khaki.
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Ottawa
Department of Soldiers Civil
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Relief For Cold and Bronchitis
Advert describes Catarrhozefic and Catarrhozone as cures for catarrh cold sneezing and bronchitis. It claims immediate soothing relief and thorough cure with an inhaler included in a dollar outfit, with smaller and sample sizes available at dealers.
June Inland Revenue takes in over four million
In June the department of inland revenue collected 1,478,025 in war taxes and total monthly revenue from all sources reached 4,586,088, a sharp rise from June 1918. The tobacco excise led with 2,425,650.
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Ottawa
Department of Inland Revenue
Department
Treasury
Child asks to draw future dream of marriage
A classroom moment shows a teacher asking children to draw what they want to be grown up. A little girl responds she wants to be married but cannot figure out how to draw it.
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British Sea Services
Halloway
Harvey W. Wiley
Ital
Corns
Minard
Peck
Mrs. Peck
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Far East
Aan
Kingston, Owranr
Bummer
Mavibation
Geo. Y. Chown
Dodds
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