Memorial City Geopolis Proposed in Belgium by Inter Allied Commission
The inter allied commission favors founding an international city in Belgium named Geopolis as a permanent memorial site. Located on a neutralized sector of the front, it would serve as the League of Nations permanent seat. Mothers are urged to protect children from worms with Mother Graves Wort Exterminator.
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Inter-Allied Commission
Geopolis
Brussels
Belgium
League of Nations
Minneapolis firm sells 40000 acres in Saskatchewan deal
The J. E. Martin Land company of Minneapolis moves 40 000 acres of Saskatchewan farm land at an average 40 an acre totaling 1 500 000 dollars. About 200 buyers travel from Minneapolis in a special train, the third land buyers train this season.
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Regina
Sask
J. E. Martin Land Company of
Minneapolis
Snipe Lake District
Saskatchewan
New Zealand Thanks America For Troop Ties
New Zealand expresses gratitude for American hospitality shown to its troops in the United States and for frontier camaraderie. Lieutenant Morton reports a warm reception after a lecturing tour in America. Wellington City Council sent appreciation to Panama and Colon officials for New Zealand soldiers passing through the canal. Australia also cabled thanks through the imperial government.
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Auckland
New Zealand
United States
Republic
Dominion
Morton
America
Wellington
Panama
Colon
Canal
Australia
Panama Canal Administration
Westminster Lords Debates on Animal Protection Bill
In the House of Lords the measure making certain operations on horses dogs cats and bovines illegal without anaesthetics was read a second time and sent to a select committee. The year is seen as prosperous when many mortgages are raised.
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Westminster
England
House of Lords
Select Committee
Moving Pictures For Esquimos Trade Scheme In Arctic
Arctic expedition under Christian Leden sails with four companions to show Esquimos moving pictures of white life and win interest in a trade scheme. The auxiliary yacht carries lumber for houses and miscellaneous trade goods to exchange for gold copper and other minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Esquimos
Christian Leden
Leden
Explorer
Lemon Skin Whitener Recipe Promises Beauty Boost
A vintage beauty blurb extols lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a quarter pint skin lotion for face neck arms and hands. It claims to remove freckles sallowness and tan while softening rough skin and is sold as an affordable spa remedy.
Canada Seeks Big Poultry Industry to Pay War Debt
Montreal reports F. C. Elford urges Canada to expand poultry. He cites 1,000,000 farms with 100,000,000 hens plus 10,000,000 in towns. At ten dozen eggs per hen, output could reach 1.1 billion dozen annually, worth about 660 million dollars at 60 cents a dozen, suggesting barnyard fowl could fund national needs.
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Canada
Montreal
F. C. Elford
Mr. Elford
Uncle Sam
United States
Winnipeg to Grow 50 Community Clubs in Coming Years
F C Middleton acting secretary of the Social Service Council predicts Winnipeg will have 50 community clubs in the next few years. The community movement is spreading across the city and country as the Winnipeg tie up underscores the need for united citizenship. Cannibals and politicians live off other people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Middleton
Social Service Council
Winnipeg
Summer Complaints Kill Little Ones
Health advisory on treating infant illness during heat using Baby's Own Tablets. Promotes prevention for well children and relief for sudden troubles, cites government safety guarantee, and lists Brockville Ontario seller details. Includes an unrelated hotel waitstaff joke and an ad for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Germans Will Always Be Huns
Premier Massey denounces regeneration of Germans and predicts continued hostility after war. He argues German chemists may pursue new means of destruction and urges a decisive peace on German soil.
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Vancouver
B.C
W. F. Massey
New Zealand
Massey
Catarrh Bronchitis Claim Inhaler Advertisement
An old advertisement touts Catarrh ozone inhaler as a cure for catarrh and bronchitis. It promises immediate relief by breathing through the inhaler, producing a vapor said to destroy germs and soothe sore nostrils and throat.
Britain’s Progress In Food Production
London report on Frederick Keeble’s Royal Institution address praising wartime gains in British food output. He notes allotments, fruit and vegetable cultivation, and army contributions, warning of future policy needs and urging continued productive farming in Britain. The piece includes a dated testimonial for a liniment from Isaac E. Mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Frederick Keeble
Royal Institution
Great Britain
France
Mesopotamia
Allied War Veteran Plan Sydney Inter empire soldiers join
The article notes Allied War Veteran plans in Sydney with talks of affiliation by organizers forming a society of allied war veterans from repatriated American soldiers. It mentions potential interempire soldiers association shaping before the allied veterans movement. It also includes a Toledo Ohio affidavit by Frank J Cheney pledging to pay $100 for catarrh cure with Hall's Catarrh Medicine, sworn December 6 1884.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Returned Sailors’ and Soldiers
Imperial League of Australia
State of
Ohio
Toledo
Tacar County
Frank J. Cheney
Frm
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Greason
Cheney & Co
Joffre Given Precedence in France’s Victory Parade
France honors Marshal Joffre as the man who saved the nation when odds were heavy and the German advance seemed unstoppable. He rode ahead of Marshal Foch under the Arch of Triumph, a tribute to his early leadership in winning the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Marshal Joffre
Marshal Foch
Joffre
Winnipeg Free Press
Germany to Reduce Prices for Renovation Goods
Germany plans price cuts on renovation materials and related goods to ease living costs. Government officials say the move targets a broad range of items including building supplies and home improvements.
Saskatchewan offers breeding stock to farmers at cost
The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture will supply farmers with breeding stock at first cost to promote mixed farming. Regina holds 24 pure bred bulls including Short horns Herefords Polled Herefords and Aberdeen Angus. Sires are available for cash or easy terms. last year 125 sold and this year expected 150 to 175.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Regina
Britannia Rules the Air and Waves in 1939-20 Outputs
The New York Tribune notes Britain leads in aircraft appreciation since 1914 and plans for 1939 20 see civil aviation experiments funded at 15 million dollars and military naval joint service at 315 million dollars for a total air program of 330 million.
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Cass
New York Tribune
Germany
France
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Naval Joint Service
Wawe
Britannia
War Facts And Figures From Haig’s Last Dispatch
British army statistics show immense logistics from France with daily telegrams and rail capacity. Figures include 1 9 000 telegrams in one day, 3 400 letters by despatch riders, 23 000 daily telegrams on lines, 3 688 miles of rail, 1 800 trains weekly, and six week ration support for 800 000 civilians.
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Douglas Haig
France
Gold Find Reported at Copper Lake North of The Pas
J. P. Gordon reports a twenty by five thousand foot quartz dyke at Copper Lake containing gold. Values run nine to fourteen dollars per ton and a mild rush is under way as prospectors confirm the strike. Copper Lake lies east of the Flin Flon copper mines and recently yielded fish fossils.
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Pas
Copper
Man
Copper Lake
J. P. Gordon
Hudson Bay Railway
Mer. Gordon
Flinflon
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Minard
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Terest
Ken
Thomas
House of Commons
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Isaac E. Mann
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Wagstaffe
Real Seville
Britain
Jage
Wagg
Dun
Poveras
Ia Varetour
Beecham
Mickly
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Seer
Teelsebeer
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the Consumers’ Association
Windsor
Ontario
Manitoba
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