Vanderhoef Shows Bright Future For District By Rail Line
A thawing Britt Columbia town in the Nethacko Valley along the Grand Trunk Bacitte railway between Ldtacleton and Prince Rupert is described as a promising agricultural center. The land is suited for mixed dairying, sheep raising, and stock, with a proposed creamery at Widerhoo. The district offers fishing, hunting, mineral wealth, and a mild climate, suggesting strong growth prospects.
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Cts
Rete
Widerhoo
New Building Material Experiments in Vancouver
Reports describe experiments using marble dirt and sawdust to build houses in Vancouver. Proponents claim the cost would be six coats per foot versus sixty rents for standard materials. The material is said to be durable and polish well. In Japan few women wear shoes except uniformed girl students.
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Vancouver
Japan
Bolshevik Brutality Described by Toronto Luncheon Speaker
O D Stevenson of Toronto, once in British intelligence, portrays the Bolshevik regime as bloodthirsty and parasitic. He cites mass killings, torture, and vendettas against religion, claiming tens of thousands died and bodies hung in public streets to terrorize locals.
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la’ Inteligence Department
O. D. Stevenson
B.A
Toronto
Strauford
Chamber of Commerce
Stevenson
British Intelligence Department
Russia
Mr. Stevenson
Lift Off Corns Quickly With Freezone
A small bottle of Freezone costs little at drug stores. Apply a few drops to the corn or callus between the toes or on the bottom of the feet. It relieves pain instantly and allows you to lift the corn or callus out, root and all, without soreness.
Alberta to U S grain shipments surge in early 1940
United States consul at Calgary reports Alberta exports of grain to the United States, especially wheat and oats, rose in the first four months of 1940. Wheat shipments exceeded 374,430 bushels valued at 1.16 million dollars, while oats topped 1,131,090 bushels worth 674,320 dollars, amid embargo effects and favorable exchange.
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Alberta
United States
Masi Tka
S.C. Reat
Calgary
Santana
Catarrhozone Promises Quick Cold Relief and Cures
Ad touts Catarrhozone as an instant remedy for colds and catarrh. It claims to clear breathing passages with a soothing vapor and promises cures for bronchitis and throat trouble, with a guaranteed dollar outfit, 50c and 25c trial sizes at dealers.
Alfalfa Seeding Methods and Nurse Crop Guidelines
Alfalfa should be sown with a nurse crop in good rain if land is not more than one crop from last summer. Use light seeding of barley or oats as nurse crop. without a nurse crop perform best in dry areas. If seeding alone, top work earlier and seed after June. Fall plow stubble and inoculate seed unless previous alfalfa grown. North seed varieties suggested. inoculation aids success per Indian Head Experimental Farm notes.
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Grimm
N.D. McKenzie
Indian Head Experimental Farm
Americans Eye Western Lands Bond Purchase Probe
A planned inquiry by two New York financial houses into the Lethbridge irrigation project aims to assess buying bonds of the Irving Hungarian district. Barrister B. Meg Roberts, returning to Calgary from New York, says engineers will study the undertaking in June. The open option for bond purchase remains flexible for the irrigation district.
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Lethbridgeorthern
New York
Irungarian
B. Meg Roberts
Calgary
Roberts
Currie Named Principal of McGill University
The article notes General Sir Arthur Currie, famed for his wartime leadership and prior business in hunger relief and real estate, accepting the role of principal at McGill University. It mentions his international connections in Auckland and Washington, and references his rising status in the New World.
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Arthur Currie
McGill University
Auckland
Mans Will Montreat
Geddes
Britington
New York
Minard’s Linim nt Used by Physicians in Ads
A clipped exchange notes Minard’s Liniment advertised to physicians. The bachelor friend is said to be improving slowly after reports of illness, but the man clarifies he has not been sick and was merely sewing buttons on his clothes.
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Minard’s Linim
Strangers to Truth Sermon Ends With Roman Error
A preacher planned a Sunday on Liars and asked believers to read Romans 17. When he asked who had read it, the congregation stood, revealing there is no seventeenth chapter in Romans. The preacher thanked them and admitted the mistake.
A Losing Game He Life with Me Has Been a Failure
Fragmentary lines reveal a speaker lamenting wasted opportunities and a life spent hiding age and youth through personal grooming. The mood is rueful and self-critical, with references to time and aging.
Nourishing Food and Good Hours Boost Health Power
A health advice piece extols resisting disease through proper nutrition and regular hours. It touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic free from opiates, citing a testimonial from Mrs EK Taylor of Hanover Cat and urging purchase by mail from The Williams Medicine of Brockville.
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Dr Williams
Taylor Hanover
Cat
Dr. Williams
Willicas Medicine
Brockville
The Only Safe Place Why Goes Missouri Stares
A Missourii paper questions the safe place to stand while discussing mules and misprints. The exchange cites a headline about Missouri and a quirky misspoken phrase, reflecting a fragmented newspaper page.
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Missouri
Danderine Promises Hair Growth and Beauty Boost
A vintage advertisement extols Danderine as a hair tonic that thickens and revitalizes hair. It claims to restore color vitality and luster, offering a 3scent bottle at drug or toilet counters to refresh the scalp and reduce dandruff.
Bee Culture Proves Profitable in Alberta
Alberta beekeeping proves lucrative as William Wensel of Edmonton expands from nine to twenty one hives in 1918. He imported Italian queens from Tennessee and notes honey sales at 35 to 40 cents per pound. He advocates wintering outdoors with choky coverings and spring checkups, predicting early activity and healthy colonies.
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Canada
Wiliam Weasel
Edmonton
Wensel
Tennessee
Weasel
Mr. Weasel
Rural depopulation and farm father son conflict pondered
A reflective note laments rural depopulation citing young men leaving farms due to fathers’ actions. It urges renewed understanding and support, warning of loss to virile youth and urging openness to opportunities amid social critique. Dust from shoddy milly is noted as fertilizer in Kug'snd.
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Iman
Canada
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Aids Middle Age Women
A Quebec reader reflects on relief from menopause symptoms using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges others with hot flashes dizziness headaches and related signs to seek the remedy and request free advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
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Lascelles
P.Q
Lydia E. Pinkham
Brown
Lydiggz Sea Tape Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
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