Canada Colonization Plan Stresses Help for Troubled Farmers
The article urges the Canada Colonization Association to extend its settlement policy to current struggling farmers on unsuitable lands. It advocates relocating such farmers within Canadian provinces, forming local clubs to assist settlers, and using successful cases as publicity for broader immigration and land development programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minister of the Interior
Canada Colonizaion Association
Canada
Cloge
Gils
Canada Colonization Association
Attecesa
Teagh
Seillement Duder
Dominion
Canada Colonization Assocation
Iis
Duccess
British Columbia Fruit Wins Prizes at Imperial Food Show
A London report states British Columbia fruit despatches won four first prizes at the Imperial Food Show. BC pears also secured two third prizes, highlighting strong agricultural exports from the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
London
England
Counterfeit Shilling Passed on Bob A Year Ago
A reader recalls a counterfeit shilling passed on Bob about a year ago and notes he has not been able to clear it from his record. Maiden Aunt expresses shock at the idea and asks if the young man ever goes to pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess
Bob
Pictured
Experience of One Dollar Circulates in Chicago Trade
A North Shore Chamber of Commerce initiative circulated a new dollar in Chicago and tracked its journey. The circular notes its passage through seven spending categories over 34 days, including salary, tobacco, cigarettes, candy, clothing, meats, toothpaste, and other household needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
North Shore Chamber of Commerce
Can the Deaf Be Made to Hear
Paragraph claims Catarrhozone cures deafness caused by catarrh by penetrating ear passages and reducing inflammation. Promotes two months' treatment for one dollar and mentions Montreal company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
What 14 18 and 22 carat mean in gold rings and cases
The article explains that gold is measured in carats from 1 to 24, with pure gold at 24. A 14k or 18k mark indicates that 14 or 18 parts of the alloy are gold, while the remainder is alloy such as copper to harden the piece. Pure gold would wear poorly due to its softness.
Fall Weather Harms Infants and How to Help
The article warns that changing Canadian fall weather harms babies causing colds cramps and colic. It recommends Baby's Own Tablets to soothe the stomach regulate bowels and aid thriving, selling for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co
Brockville
Cnt
Famous compound spreads from here to the Americas
An article notes Dr. Thomas Eclectric Os, though not born in Canada, is linked to its fame. It describes how the compound’s name originated here and how it spread to Central and South America and the West. It references a conversation about fractions and school lessons between Willie and his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Canada
Thomas’ Eclectric Os
Central
South America
Confidence in Canada loan program grows on tour
J Arthur Findlay of Glasgow, after a trip to Canada and talks with local authorities, reports strong confidence in Canada’s future. He notes plans to plant five to six hundred trees on every quarter section of the prairie forest program, stressing the vital value of forests to the country.
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Pany
Canada
J. Arthur Fidd- Jay
Glaggow
Scotland
Findlay
Pacific Coast
Winnineg
Whi
Australia’s Poet Lawson Dies Penniless in Sydney
The Australian poet and novelist Henry Hertzberg Law, known as Australia’s greatest minstrel, died penniless and received a state funeral. Before death he had a small government pension. after death, public support revived interest in his works. His will lists two suits, an overcoat, necktie, collar stud, pen, pipe, matchbox, spectacles, walking stick, and two packets of tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hertzberg Lawson
Sydney
Lawson
Australia
New South Wales
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Hoarseness
Changeable weather causes congestion and sore throat. Nerviline quickly penetrates to draw out inflammation, ease pain, and restore chest and throat health. Aids coughs and colds. popular in 35¢ bottles sold nationwide.
Less Coal Mined In July 1922 In Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes July 1922 coal output reached 858000 tons, up about 47000 tons from June but 19 percent below the same month’s three year average. Seven month total lagged 14 percent. Coal imports fell to 447000 net tons in July, exports rose with a possible 243000 tons to foreign destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Object Lesson of Contentment Nine Years on a Hospital Cot
Anthony Madjeski of Cedar Rapids Michigan has spent nine years immobile on a hospital cot. Doctors say his joints hardened since age thirteen and his jawbones fixed, with one tooth removed for a feeding tube. He finds humor in his condition while giant hobbies include baseball chop suey and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Madjeski
Cedar Rapids
Mich
A. H. Edwards
Modjeski
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
The ad claims a tablet cures indigestion and related pains instantly with no sour stomach gas or heartburn. It notes a small cost and pharmacist guarantee. A stray line mentions Swedish mothers investing in a child’s first bath and Uniontown police banned facial hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggist
Fragmented OCR Mystery Text Clue Emerges
Scrambled line reads like stray OCR from a page with incomplete sentences. Key facts or names are unreadable, leaving only partial phrases and unclear context. The fragment offers no verifiable event, date, or proper nouns to summarize.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a liquid taken internally to cure catarrh and deafness by acting through the blood to mucous surfaces. It promises to relieve symptoms and restore normal conditions with a money-back or free sample offer from F. H. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohilo
Thirty Yard Rescue Tunnel at Washing ton Colliery
A 30 yard narrow tunnel was cut through a solid fall to reach three men trapped for 48 hours at the F Pit, Washington Colliery near Newcastle. Relays removed debris and timbered the shaft as the entombed men passed out in a chain, two recovering while one returned to his garden for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Colliery
Newcastle
England
Burt
Lightning restores sight after historic blindness in Maine town
Mrs Alfred Condon had been blind for fifteen years near West Brooksville on Penobscot Bay when a lightning strike on a brother's home ignited a blaze. Amid the commotion she suddenly cried out that she could see again, and her sight was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Brooksville
Penobscot Bay
Alfred Condon
A' Brother
Saskatchewan Adds Ninety School Districts in Past Year
Saskatchewan formed ninety new districts last year raising total to 4 480. Four thousand two hundred sixty eight districts operated despite tough finances. Attendance reached 178 000 with assets over liabilities about 14 million dollars across all districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Record of a Saskatchewan wheat yield by J. H. Jordeson
In the Grace district Saskatchewan farmer J. H. Jordeson threshed 14 278 bushels of wheat from 249 acres of summer fallow. The grain graded No 1 and weighed 66 pounds per bushel. Average yield was 53 44 bushels per acre. Fountain pens now come in miniature three inch lengths for watch chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
J. H. Jordeson
Grace
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Eave Ver
Lean Company
Holloway
Idaho
W. W. Harris
H. H. Hall
Pouce Coup Country
Alberta
Uniontown
Pan Rman
Petar T Eg
Pont
Dr.ase
Dominion Express
Tountry
Intro- Steta Company
Washington
Vince
New’ York
Asworicy
Dag Remadior
B. Clay Glover Co, Inc
New York
U.S.A
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