Western Premiers Conference To Address Unoccupied Land
Manitoba Legislature announces Premier T. C. Norris will convene a prairie premiers conference to craft uniform legislation on unoccupied land in Western Canada. The aim is to aid settlers, bolster productivity, and guide immigrants to vacancies along rail corridors, with state maps and price lists to be issued for wider distribution.
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Manitoba
T. C. Norris
Prairie Province
Canada
West
Wester
Western Canada Colonization Association
The
Colonization Association
General McRae
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Board of Trade
Farmers’ Organization
Germany Lost Her Opportunity
The British premier argues Germany lost a chance to settle debts after World War I. He cites Germany’s shifting attitude from supplicant to avoiding obligations, condemning its refusals to face duties and describing later proposals as exasperating under pressure from Britain and France.
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Germany
Foch
Berlin
Gérmany
Rifles
Britain
France
Montreal Star
Blacks in Johannesburg raid large estates claim Israelite ties
Despatch reports police concentrating in Queens Town district as a large group of Africans, claiming to belong to a lost Israelite tribe, seize estates and commit crimes against Europeans. They say they await a divine summons to return to Palestine and that acts are preparation.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Queenstown
Israel
Palestine
Hog Load Brings Profit Despite Farm Slump in Canada
John Hamilton of Coaldale Alberta delivered a load of hogs to a Lethbridge butcher. The nine month old hogs weighed about 270 pounds after an eighteen mile journey, showing raising hogs remains profitable even as farm prices fall.
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Canada
John Hamilton
Coaldale
Alberta
Lethbridge
Discoverer of Radium and Remarkable Woman Marie Curie
Marie Curie, discoverer of radium, arrives in New York to receive a gram of the valuable element from American women. The Polish born scientist and Nobel Prize winner is praised as a leading world figure, noted for refusing decorations and earning honors from the Royal Society of Arts and other bodies.
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Marie Curie
New York
Sorbonne
Paris
Legion of Honor
Royal Society of Arts
Queen Victoria
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promised To Rejuvenate Blood Health
The piece advocates Dr Hamilton's Pills as a grand system regulator to strengthen nerves, improve blood, and build youth vitality. It claims thin aged blood lacks vigor and promotes using the pills to keep bowels clean and body free of waste. 25c at dealers of The Catarrhozone Co Montreal.
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Dr. Hamilton
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Tuesday Calamity Day is Highlighted by Tuesday Disasters
The notice claims Tuesday is a calamity day with statistics showing higher calamities on Tuesday than any other weekday. It cites railroad disasters and asserts Tuesday holds the record in each case.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promotes Health Balance
Catarrh described as a local disease influenced by constitutional conditions. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a tonic and blood purifier. By cleansing the blood and building up the system it restores normal conditions. Circulars free from W. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo
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Hall
W. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Chis
Manitoba directory gains 600 subscribers in Winnipeg
The latest Manitoba Government telephone directory lists 40,000 names for Winnipeg, up from 39,400 in January. The increase reflects new subscribers added in the current issue.
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Manitoba Government Telephone
Winnipeg
Well Satisfied With Baby's Own Tablets
A Quebec mother praises Baby's Own Tablets for curing her constipated baby and urges other mothers to use them. The Dr Williams Medicine Co sells a 25 cent box by mail from Brockville Ontario.
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Eugene Boisvert
East Aldfield
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Allies Will Care for Graves on Both Sides
Allies will care for German graves on French soil and Allied graves in Germany. A conference soon will bring together British French Belgian War Graves Commissions and German representatives to discuss the treatment of graves. Estimates show over 400000 German graves in France and under 30000 French graves in Germany.
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Germany
NYC Farms Count and Value in City Limits
The New York Times notes 800 farms within New York City valued over 35 million dollars. Manhattan has five farms, the Bronx 55, Brooklyn 54, Queens 565, and Richmond 121. Average farm value varies by borough from 558 dollars in the Bronx to nearly 3000 dollars in Brooklyn.
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New York City
City of
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queen's
Richmond
New York Times
Why Not Use Dried Fruit
A discussion on cleaning and preparing dried fruits like figs dates and raisins. It offers soaking washing and slow cooking tips to preserve flavor and minerals. Includes dessert ideas with prunes lemon gelatine apricot and banana pulp and a note on common greetings.
The Deadly Fly and the Lion's Dirty Claws
The Montreal Herald notes the lion’s scratch and its deadly bite, both worsened by unclean, rotting meat clinging to his nails. It warns flies mirror this danger on a smaller scale as they carry filth on their feet and spread deadly germs.
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Montreal Herald
London’s Missing Reach Hundreds of Thousands
London reports at least 30 000 missing annually with many never seen again while others return after weeks or months to resume previous lives as if nothing happened.
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London
Kaiser Recovers Health After Prolonged Liquid Diet Hype
Joseph S. Kaiser a Winnipeg boiler maker says a three year liquid diet left him frail and skeletal. After starting Tanlac he gained twelve pounds and regained vitality, claiming he now looks twenty years younger and is fully recovered with improved appetite and strength. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
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Kaiser
Tanlac
Joseph S. Kaiser
Beverley
St. Winnipeg
Barnardo Boy Dies in Ontario Barn Accident
A former Barnardo boy and Canadian farm laborer from Bowmanville Ontario was killed in a barn accident. He came to Canada from England twenty five years ago with no fortune and left an estate of 15000 dollars with 1000 to Bowmanville Hospital and 1000 to Barnardo Homes in England, the rest to a brother in England. He was forty four at death. An Oil Without Alcohol is promoted for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming no alcohol and lasting effects.
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Barnardo
Bowmanville
Ontario
Canada
England
Dr. Thomas
Bolshevists Abandon Food Control In Petrograd Letters Say
Letters from a Petrograd family describe worsening conditions after Lenin’s end of state food control. They report no food shops and peasants with little to sell while officials allow sales but refuse to accept paper rubles.
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Lenine
Russia
Berlin
Petrograd
Canadians Celebrate Empire Day Across New York
Canadians in New York observed Empire Day with the Dominion flag at several Canadian organizations and a schedule of social and patriotic events. The Dumbells, the Canadian soldier entertainers, performed at a local theatre and then gave a benefit show at Fox Hills Hospital Staten Island for the soldiers there.
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New York
Dominion
Lizard Skins Used for Women’s Footwear Mix
Uncommon animal skins including apes lizards walruses pythons and several alligators and crocodiles are being used to make women’s shoes.
Conserving Labor In Handling Grain
The Pennsylvania railroad installed at Baltimore four grain car dumping machines. A car is run onto the machine and supported as a removable grain door is pushed in and the car tipped 30 degrees sideways then 45 degrees endwise. The process reverses to discharge all grain in seven minutes. Each loader replaces the labor of ten men, speeding car release for service.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Ttain
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