Peace Day Address in Canada Looks Toward A United Dream
Lt-Col Parney of the Great War Veterans of Canada spoke at a Vancouver luncheon urging Canadians to unite as the land of their dreams. He praised veterans and all Canadians for sacrifices, calling for national harmony, reduced sectarianism, and wise use of resources to make Canada a global peer. He emphasized equality, liberty, and a shared future beyond war, with insistence on service and patriotism among all citizens.
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Vancouver
Parney
Dominion
Great War ‘Veterans of ‘Canada
G.W.V.A
Canada
Andda
Nastaire
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Jaime Heira
Canadian Education Drive Urges Immigrant Community Unity
Governments of three prairie provinces push to raise education standards and aid non English speaking settlers. Public spirit is urged to support a movement to foster community unity, reduce friction, welcome newcomers, and promote duties alongside rights. Peace Day on July 19 calls Canadians to honor veterans and renew reconstruction and regeneration efforts.
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Prairie
Canada
Farmer paints barn with jail-like disguise
Farner Jim Smith repeats odd wartime learning from Haard's Dairyman. He paints his barn a battleship grey and marks a fake window with black stripes at fifty feet to fool passersby into thinking it is a county jail. Neighbors question the strange method.
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Smith
Jim
Cammyfage
Genuine Bayer Aspirin Identified by Bayer Cross Mark
The ad urges readers to use only Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross and warns that unmarked tablets are acid imitations. It claims Bayer is Canadian owned, lists uses from pain to neuritis, and notes box sizes and a Canadian trademark.
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Canada
Bayer
Bolshevism Fails in Russia Aims to Restore Prosperity
Daily Express notes that Bolshevism has failed as nationalized industries falter and workers grow weary. The piece argues for restoration of Russia with foreign aid and signals urgency to overturn the creed before it's too late, praising potential revival yet shadowed by ongoing upheaval.
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Russia
Sagital
Tiguay
Daily Express
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promise New Blood and Energy
A testimonial claims nervous weakness in mothers improves with Dr Williams Pink Pills. Mrs. Harry P. Snider of Wilton Ont details severe postnatal weariness, relief after using multiple boxes, and recommends the pills to others. Available from medicine dealers or by mail at six boxes for 50 cents per box, Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Child Health
The advertisement asserts worms in children cause convulsions and death if untreated. It promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy to protect children from distressing afflictions, framing the product as a safety measure for families.
Buried Hatchet at English Camp Ceremony in San Juan Island
Four hundred Masons from Victoria, Friday Harbor, and Bellingham buried a hatchet at English Camp San Juan Island to symbolize peace between Britain and the United States. A white dove staff rose above as flags and national anthems accompanied the ceremony.
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Bellingham
Victoria
B.C
Friday Harbor
America
Canada
Irrigation District Proposed for Alberta Area Near Cardston
Farmers near Cardston 12 miles west seek to divert Belly River water to the Blood Reserve tip to water about 30 000 acres across townships. No surveys yet. Commissioner Peters lacks funds but petitions for an Alberta Irrigation District have been filed. If surveys finish this year the district could award ditch contracts next spring. Much land is owned by the Mormon church.
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Mormon Church
Purchase British Dirigible Would Aid US Shipbuilding
Henry Woodhouse of the Aero Club of America urged purchasing or using the British airships R-34 or R-33 as working models for American dirigible construction. He said army and naval experts favored the plan, to train personnel and develop larger airships in the United States.
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New York
United States
Henry Woodhouse
The
Aero Club of America
Teddy Lost the Bear and Galactic Corn Remedies
A miscellany of short items note Putnam’s Corn Extractor advertised for corn cure, a German emperor joke about sawing logs with one arm, wartime dispatch quips, and a Yukon sulphur rain report. Also mentions Minard’s Liniment as a home remedy and a sprained ankle recovery tale.
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Amerongen
Holland
Buffalo Express
Vorwärts Denounces Peace Treaty as Scrap of Paper
Berlin Vorwaerts calls the peace treaty a scrap of paper, saying extortionate pressure renders its signature worthless and that treaties based on violence last only while force exists. Kreuz Zeitung counters by urging resistance to a crushed Prussian spirit.
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Vorwaerts Berlin
Berlin Vorwaerts
Vorwaerts
Kreuz Zeitung
Germania
Calgary Police Chief Cuddy Named Alberta Provincial Chief
Edmonton reports Chief Alfred Cuddy of the Calgary police to head the reorganized Alberta provincial police. The force shifts from a commission to direct control under the attorney-general's department. Cuddy has served eight years in Calgary, and his departure will be a serious loss for the city.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Alfred Cuddy
Calgary Police
Provincial Police of
Alberta
Cuddy
Attorney-General’s Department
Unemployed Rate in Canada Unions Drops in May
The May Labor Gazette from Ottawa shows unemployment among trade union members at 4.38 percent, down from 5.62 percent in April. A quirky exchange about Wyoming poker humor appears in the same clipped entry, illustrating light local color amid the data.
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Canada
Ottawa
Labor Gazette
Department of Labor
The Wettest Places on Earth and Sea Variations
The Pacific seabed lies six miles down but the wettest area is Cherra Punji in Assam India where annual rainfall averages 58 inches with 300 inches in summer. A daily summer average of three inches may rise to over 30 inches per day for five consecutive days totaling about 150 inches in 120 hours.
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Pacific Ocean
Cherra Punjl
Asgam
India
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