Canada must relocate settlers to viable farming lands
The article argues Canada should improve settlement policy by relocating farmers stuck in drought and unviable plots. It notes many immigrants left for the United States, warns against mislocation, and praises future extract homestead provisions to place farmers where they can succeed.
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Canada
Aoe
Peailona
Argoust
British Isles
United States
Europe
Morehan
Immigration Department
Dollinton
Tower of Babel project looms as Moscow plans mega edifice
The Montreal Star notes a proposed seven hundred million dollar Moscow Tower of Babel to house thousands, claimed to be the largest tower in the world. Designers aim to divert Russian workers from hardship, but skeptics doubt the project will ever reach completion. If funded, Moscow would claim both a record building and enduring public suffering as signs of regime strength.
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Moscow Sorier
Montreal Star
Dabel
Moscow
Imonjsk
Russia
Guard the Children From Autumn Colds
The article warns mothers to protect children from autumn colds as weather shifts. It promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a preventive aid and laxative, available from medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario London Building Largest Reservoir notes London's plan for a vast new waterworks reservoir with 6.5 billion gallons capacity after a decade of construction.
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Dr. Wiliams’ Medclne Co
Brockville
Ont
London
London Waterworks System
Tanlac Proven To Aid Recovery Says Calgarian Rickson
Rickson of Calgary Alberta testifies Tanlac improved his health after four years of decline. He dropped from 158 to 130 pounds with weak nerves and poor sleep. After taking five bottles he reports hearty appetite better sleep and regained weight. He endorses Tanlac as a solid remedy available from good druggists.
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Jerry Rickson
St. West
Calgary
Alberts
Canada
Rickson
Tanlac
St.” Tanlac
Touching Tribute Notes Secretary Absence
Chairman at two meetings laments the secretary is absent and misses the vacant chair and face, expressing a solemn tribute to the missing official.
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Tondon
California Fig Syrup and Dr Thomas Elecrtic Oil Ad
A historical newspaper excerpt promotes California Fig Syrup as a reliable remedy to clean bowels in babies and children, praising its fruity taste and urging mothers to ask for the genuine product. It also advertises Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for pain relief, colds, wounds, and rheumatism as a home remedy.
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California
Thomas
Canada harvest yields record potato crop this year
Canada reports a total potato harvest of 93 485 100 bushels. Prairie provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta contributed 15 025 000 bushels. Quebec led with 36 089 000, Ontario 28 480 000, New Brunswick 9 715 200, Nova Scotia 7 055 400, Prince Edward Island 4 474 500, and British Columbia 2 646 000.
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Canada
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Ontario
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Inland
British Columbia
Grotesque dialogue reflects on war and peace in fogey banter
A dated exchange mocks grandiose notions of power as a Suffragette mass meeting is referenced. The dialogue nods to Garden of the Gods and Niagara Falls while critics urge peace over arms. The Enquirer quote cautions against hydrophobia by mass dog-raising policies.
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Garden of the Gods
Niagara Falls
Nein Nali Enquirer
Constantine’s thrifty exile and restored pension
The exiled Constantine lived frugally in Switzerland while feigning poverty to gain sympathy in Greece. After restoration he received 1 000 000 gold drachmas and 500 000 for other household members, with his salary paid in gold. He stored abroad much inheritance and now is worth several million dollars.
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Constantine
Switzerland
Tino
Greece
Athens
Maximos
National Bank
Covatantine
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Praised Across Continent
An oil introduced over fifty years ago for a small market quickly gained fame and is now valued nationwide. The remedy is said to have no equal and is prized everywhere.
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Thomas
New York Club Delegates Ban Long Skirts
Delegates at the Federation of Women's Clubs convention in New York City vote unanimously to abolish ankle length skirts, limiting garments to seven inches from the ground. The move aims to modernize dress and reduce dirt carried into homes, urging women to adopt more practical attire.
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New York
New York City
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Phonograph Alarm to Wake Sleepers With Music
A new clock uses a phonograph mechanism with a talking machine alarm to wake the sleeper at the set hour with a favorite record. At night the record is loaded and the alarm set for daybreak. Mothers are offered Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to treat worms in children.
First Step Doctor Urges Vacation For Nerves
A patient complains nerves are weak and seeks a vacation while the doctor prescribes rest. The exchange from the Boston Transcript frames a light medical cartoon moment about taking a break to restore nerve strength.
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Boston Transcript
Cascarets 10c laxative ad claims candy flavor
The notice promotes Cascarets at 10 cents per box as a quick relief for constipation and digestive discomfort. It touts the product as the most effective laxative for both adults and children and claims a candy flavor.
Alberta Phones Expanding Rural Lines in 1922
The Provincial Telephone Department completes its 1922 plan with about three thousand miles of line added across the province. New exchanges at Calgary and Lethbridge and items in the Peace River district enhance service. Minard's Liniment for Colds continues to appear in advert sections.
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Alberta
Provincial Telephone Department
Gever
Calgary
Lethbridge
Peace River
Dr Chase's Nerve Food Aids Anaemia Sufferer
Mrs. F. G. Simmons of Brantford Ontario reports eight years of anaemia with poor circulation cold hands and headaches. After using Dr Chase's Nerve Food she felt brighter and headaches disappeared. The remedy costs 50 a box from dealers or Edmanson Bates Co Toronto.
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Chase
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
Peeved Fifty-Two Years Later In Vermont Town
A Vermont woman has stayed in bed for fifty two years after a quarrel with a neighbor. In New York two brothers who once ran a business have not spoken in about twenty years over a telephone installation dispute.
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Vermont
New York
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Cepeninneene
Dawson
Deparent
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