Manages Health Crusade Urges Public Beatth Awareness
The Red Cross in Canada led a national enrolment drive not to raise funds but to spur personal interest in disease prevention. Dr Kellogg warns modern habits threaten humanity, citing data on illness, mortality, and declining birthrates, urging health promotion as a core national policy.
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Red Cross Society
Canada
Beatth
Journal of Health and Sanitation
J. H. Kelfoge
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Kellogg
United States
England
Wales
France
MacNeill
Battleford
Sask
Regina
Denmark
Hvidhede
Germany
Goose Eats 431 Grains in Two Hours
A test of a hungry goose showed it consumed exactly 431 grains of corn in two hours. The experiment promotes buying from local merchants to support home industry.
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Gerts
Innocent Tots Joke and Sleep Fact
Two children joke about the Venus de Milo marriage status and a punchline about her lack of a hand. The second fact notes the body needs about fifteen days to fully recover from two consecutive nights of lost sleep.
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Boston Transcript
Torontos Spent Younger saga and naval officer's family ties
The text recalls Sims family roots in Canada and the early life of a future admiral. It notes his pro ally speeches in Great Britain leading to recall to Washington, his Toronto birthplace, and his father’s move from Philadelphia to Port Hope in 1854 and later to Toronto in 1873 where he worked as superintendent of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway.
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Lsted
Queen’s Hotel
Front Street
Nerviline Fitness headline not provided
Nerviline advertised as immediate relief for stiff neck through chest and neck rubs. Claims to reach congested parts at once and relieve tightness and soreness. Endorsed as a half century household remedy with large bottles offered at dealers.
Canada’s Huge Wheat Area Reaches New Dominion Record
The total area sown to wheat in Canada this season is estimated at 18,654,100 acres, up 500,000 from 1920 and a new record. Fall wheat accounts for 709,100 acres, leaving 17,945,000 to be sown in spring, with the prairie provinces holding 17,418,900 acres and a year rise of 577,000 acres.
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Dominion of Canada
Prairie
Dominion
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Blood Purifier Benefits
An old circular describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier. It claims cleansing the blood and strengthening the system restores normal conditions and enables nature to heal. Circulars are offered by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Ball
Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohi
German claim on Big Berthas details seven guns destroyed
The German government replies to an inter allied control commission note listing seven long range guns called Big Berthas. Four were destroyed before the armistice and the rest were scrapped at Essen in April 1919 Meppen in 1919 and Magdeburg in November 1919.
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Inter-Allied Military Control Commission
Essen
Meppen
Magdeburg
Baby’s Own Tablets Praised by Ontario Mother
Mrs W Beesley of Mille Roche Ontario says she would not be without Baby’s Own Tablets after eight months use for indigestion and teething. She notes the tablets ease teething and laxation, while another mother claims they regulate bowels and sweeten the stomach aiding digestion. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Myth of cequinoctial storm debunked by weather observers
The Scientific American notes an astute United States Weather Bureau observer finds the cequinoctial storm myth false. The Manitoba Free Press crop report of June 7 says conditions are more favorable than May 17, praising the broad, generally satisfactory findings across a wide territory.
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United States Weather’ Bureau
Scientific American
Manitoba Free Press
The
Free Press
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promoted For Nerve Headache Relief
Advertisement touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as gentle relief for headaches and ill health. Claims soothe nerves remove wastes and poisons, suitable for women and girls, endorsed by many as the sole regulator of the system. Sold at 25 cents through dealers and The Catarrhozone in Montreal.
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Dr. Hamilton
Fera
Thumb Sucking Habits In Children Warned By Dentist
The article warns that early thumb sucking shapes the palate and nasal passages, pushing upper teeth forward and altering bone. It advises against medicated dentifrices for children and recommends twice daily brushing with water and a mild toothpaste.
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Cain
Japs Plan To Raft Timber From B C
A Japanese firm proposes to raft timber from British Columbia to Japan. They believe the Davis raft structure with logs laced by cable can endure trans-Pacific travel. The first raft would leave about August with a piled fogs super-structure.
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British Columbia
Japan
San Francisco
China
Phosphorus Found By Brand In 1670
The element now known as phosphorus was first prepared by Brand in 1670 from bones. The discovery sparked mystic views on life and echoed later sensational finds like radiun. Miller's Worm Powders are advertised as effective vermifuges for humans and children, claimed to clear worms without harming delicate stomachs.
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Brand
Radiun
New Photographic Process Promises Military and Scientific Advances
Scientists at the United States Bureau of Standards unveil a perfected photographic method with vast military potential for air service. The technique enables photographs from extreme altitudes where aircraft are invisible and can pierce haze beyond natural vision, promising wide scientific and commercial uses.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Air Service
Not a Match, Rither in a Factory Visit
A pompous machinery maker boasts his shop while a stranger retorts that their goods outshine his. The visitor replies with a quip about his own trade name Gunpowder, suggesting truth is stranger than fiction.
Crossing Stock With An Automobile
A Boston correspondent notes road incidents where a motorist strikes animals. a pig becomes a Drooded Berkshire, a chicken fetches $40 to $50, and a yellow barnyard fur resembles a wire-haired fox terrier. The text ends mid-sentence with references to Alderney or Guernsey cattle bloods and unclear conclusions.
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Berkshire
Boston
Alderney
Guernsey
London Chinese District Faces Overcrowding from Celestial Influx
The Chinese population in London is growing rapidly and overcrowding the district allocated to celestials. Encroachment into neighboring areas is now reported as a concern by residents and officials.
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London
The
Celestials
Orchid Species Count Reaches Ten Thousand Noted
A century ago only a few orchids were known and described, but current authorities now list about 10 000 species. The update reflects substantial growth in recognized diversity within the orchid family.
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