Education as Provincial Duty Shapes Western Canada
The text argues that education policy is a provincial responsibility in Canada, with Western provinces prioritizing strong elementary systems. It highlights school hygiene, nurses, health and fitness, clubs, fairs, gardens, rural and urban training, free textbooks, and rising teacher standards. It notes large education spending in Saskatchewan and the goal of cultivating Canadian citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurische- Man
Proviecks
Législsieres
Sipd
Ahkove
Dominion
Canada
Chatigday
Department of Education
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Divorce from Corns Offered by Putnam's Extractor
An old advertisement promises a quick painless corn removal with Putnam's Corn Extractor. It claims the remedy works in 24 hours and costs 25 cents per bottle at dealers.
McGill Subscriptions Report Details Year End Total
The McGill centenary campaign reports year end subscriptions totaling 6,390,640 dollars with daily updates continuing. The executive committee notes ongoing contributions to the headquarters drive.
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McGill
Come
Fragmentary OCR Reflects Confusion in Classified Snippet
A garbled passage mentions being indebted and phrases about duty and reception. Names and clear context are unreadable, leaving only fragmented sentences about payment and fear in a dubious, corrupted text segment.
Steamers Prepared for Mackenzie and Peace River Service
The Hudsons Bay Company plans two stern wheel steamers for operation on the Mackenzie and Peace Rivers. They will be sent knocked down to the north for reassembly. Fort Simpson, serving the Skeena River, will be dismantled and shipped to the Mackenzie to aid the anticipated spring rush.
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Mackenzie
Peace Rivers
Hudson's Bay Company
Mackenzie and Peace Rivers
Vancouver
British Columbia
Fort Simpson
Skeena River
Mackenzie River
Community urged to fight child malnutrition through improved diets
A citywide health push gathers mothers to discuss nourishing meals for children. Advocates stress milk cereals and eggs, while offering practical recipe ideas like cocoa milks, custard and tomato soup with added milk to bolster growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Health
Sue
Radium Demand Drives Move to Mesothorium Substitute
A push to reduce radium use in industry seeks to reserve it for cancer treatment. Mesothorium, a thorium by product, is proposed as a substitute. Thorium ores come mainly from Brazil and India with limited US supply. Mesothorium glows at night and is used in luminous clock faces and dials.
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Brazil
India
United States
Union hospital districts forming across Saskatchewan
The union hospital district program proceeds across Saskatchewan with new districts formed in Shaunavon Indian Head and Melfort. Boundaries of existing districts are also altered under the act provisions.
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Union Hospitals
Saskatchewan
Shaunavon
Indian Head
Melfort
Long Seaplane Flight Sets U S Nonstop Record
U S Naval Air Station reports the NCS seaplane made a 702 mile non stop flight from Point Loma San Diego to Magdalena Bay Lower California in 9 hours 15 minutes setting a naval aeronautics record. The triple engine craft carried pilot and five passengers at an average speed of 72 mph.
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U.S. Naval Air Station
United States
United States Naval Seaplane
NCS
San Diego
Cal
Magdalena. Bay
California
Point Loma
Magdalena Bay
Naval Air Station Here
Naval ‘Aeronautics
Delicate Girls Made Strong Through Health Promoting Pills
Health advice promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for strengthening blood and appetite in growing girls and women. Anecdote from Violet Booth of Glenarm Ont credits improved health to six boxes. Offers home treatment and mail orders. Also mentions Ontario rural credits plan and a German Yule log tradition. Military gunner practice notes U-boat 88 sunk with Wickes firing shells.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams _ Medicine. Co
Brockville. A
Deskroyer
Wickes
Bean
School Hygiene Progress in Saskatchewan This Year
Seven new school nurses joined, boosting hygiene work across Saskatchewan in 1519. Ninety five schools were visited and fourteen thousand seven hundred twenty six pupils inspected. Homes of children were visited and sixty meetings addressed. A health education course ran at the Summer School for Teachers at the University. Prizes offered for prompt tax payments by citizens.
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Saskatchewan
Oracis predicts trouble in 1921 from Paris astrologist
Madame De Teleme of Paris foresees serious political and labor troubles for 1921. She predicts upheaval in England Belgium Italy Spain Portugal and Turkey with Russia and France facing disorder and a change of government in summer. She also warns of financial crises and a threatened capitalist upheaval.
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Wilson
America
Madame de Teleme
Paris
Madame de Thebes
England
Belgium
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Russia
Lenine
France
Socialist Party
Tiny Berlin autos captivate city residents
Automobiles barely larger than baby carriages gain popularity in Berlin Germany. Each car holds one person and may add a small trailer for luggage. They run on electric batteries about four hours per charge with recharge stations across the city. Night storage occurs in compact garages about the size of a dog kennel.
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Berlin
Germany
Worm Powders Restore Digestive Health in Children
A claim that pale sickly peevish children suffer from worms and that Miller's Worm Powders kill the worms to restore digestion and nourishment. The advertisement presents a remedy to cleanse the stomach and intestines and improve overall health.
Canadian Artist First To Paint Japan Emperor Portrait
J W L Forster, a Canadian artist, became the first to paint portraits of the Emperor and Empress of Japan while in Tokio as a World Sunday School delegate. Neither monarch sat for the portraits, and the artist secured glimpses by special arrangement. the works pleased the rulers.
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Japan
J. W. L. Forster
Tokio
Forster
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Claim Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as a remedy for heart trouble and nervous weakness. It features a testimonial from Mr. Stephenn Crose of East Clifford, Nova Scotia, claiming five years of breathlessness cured after three boxes. Available for 50 cents a box from The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto.
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Milburn
Stephenn Crose
East Clifford
N.S
Home discipline guards high school pupils from midnight mischief
The Detroit News notes that proper home discipline keeps high school age youths from midnight revelry and risky outings, while lax discipline turns youngsters into a menace to schools and community. Geese spend more time on land than any other webfooted birds.
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Detroit News
California Syrup of Figs Ad Endorses Brand Name
An advertisement urges parents to accept the California Syrup of Figs brand by checking for the word California on the package. It promises a child friendly taste and harmless relief for stomach upset, fever, and bowels with full directions on every bottle.
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California
Danderine remedy note on hair loss and thinning
A fragment mentions Danderine as a treatment for fallen hairs and thinning hair. Details are sparse and unclear about usage or results. The readable text focuses on a cosmetic product claim rather than medical advice or endorsements.
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Vencombia
Minard
Thomas
Ontario
Quebec
Manning Doherty
Peel County
U.F.O
Black Forest
Oracis
Bayer
Danderine
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