Exchange Problem Attracts Global Interest In Currency
The piece discusses exchange rates and balance of trade among Canada the United States Britain and Europe. It notes Britain and other nations hold debts to the U S while Canada owes the U S and must settle in gold or goods. It cites a World balance of over 800 million dollars in Canadas favor despite debt to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euratiz
Otter
Canada
United States
United
Great Britain
New York
Europe
Canada should boost export focus to Britain over US balance
The piece argues Canada must reduce US imports and increase British goods and diversified exports to restore balance. It urges Ottawa to lower tariffs on production inputs and raise the British goods preference to fifty percent, while expanding Canadian output for strong foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Great Brisin
France
Eosin
Ottawa
Britain
Large Timber Deal Near Union Bay in British Columbia
Vancouver region reports the sale of a Crown grant timber tract of 6 000 acres near Union Bay to Messrs Binedel Welch and Stewart for about half a million dollars. A railway line of three miles will transport logs to Holewater. Camps are being established and local payroll expected for hundreds of workers. The deal mirrors similar activity opposite Myrtle Point across the Gulf of Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Hou
Oxo Cubes Promise Handy Prime Beef Nourishment
The article extols Oxo Cubes as compact beef nourishment ready by hot water and a biscuit. It mentions Edith and a query about marriage with lines referencing phrases like He May Be A Dummy and His name is Bridge. A Basten Transcript is noted in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Bridge
Basten Transcript
Danderine Hair Beautifier Promises Restored Shine
A vintage ad touts Danderine as a tonic to revive lifeless hair. It claims long thick gleaming hair, renewed color, vigor and vitality with a 35 cent bottle bought at drug or toilet counters.
Fragmented note on quotes about fishing and pleasant places
A fragment mentions lines of a poor pact being cast in pleasant places when he goes fishing. The wording resembles a literary aside about fishing and favorable settings.
Cure Your Cold With Catarrhozone Inhaler
An advertisement touts Catarrhozone inhaler as a two month supply from The Cytarrhozene Co. Kingston Canada promising rapid relief by destroying cold germs with piney vapors. The copy shifts to wartime world politics criticizing distrust and isolation, and notes a number of moving spectacles caused by harsh landlords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cytarrhozene Co
Kingston
Canada
Public Interest Urges Lumber Trade Probe Limiting BC Output
The Regina Grains Growers Association meeting calls for an investigation into housing scheme effects while the legislature notes Canada’s requirements unmet due to U S buyers outbidding for British Columbia lumber. Prices rise, supplies grow scarce, and an export embargo may halt building. The Vancouver World laments high costs and cites Australia seeking lumber in Vladivostok as BC output nears capacity.
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Regina Graln Growers’ Association
Yast
Ces
Andin
Canada
United States
British Columbia
Prairie Province
Vancouver World
Australia
B.C
Siberia
World
Prairies
Vladivostok
Winter Weather Hard on Little Ones
A Canadian winter piece notes severe conditions keep babies indoors in overheated rooms leading to colds and irritability. It suggests Dr Williams Tablets, a mild laxative, to regulate the stomach and bowels and prevent colds, available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Big English aviation combine plans trans Atlantic airship service
London advices report four major English aviation firms negotiating a combine aimed at developing a trans Atlantic airship service. The plan includes converting airships for passenger and cargo use for military and civil needs and a bi weekly New York service after short trips to Scandinavia and Holland.
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England
London
United States
Army
Navy
Scandinavia
Holland
New York
Prairie government nurseries distribute millions of trees
Over five seasons the Indian Head nurseries have supplied nearly five million trees per year to prairie farmers. Since 1901 the nurseries have distributed 53,142,400 seedlings and cuttings across the prairie provinces to about 4,405 farmers annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Head
Prairie
Novel in the furniture zine describes a dav enport
A novel in a furniture zine describes a dav enport that houses a phonograph on one end and space for records on the other.
Russia Completely Mobilized Now
A correspondent for the Amsterdam Handelsblad describes Soviet Russia as fully mobilized with all able-bodied men up to 25 in the army and no age limit for officers. He notes disciplined soldiers and lists salaries for various ranks, including officers and former imperial generals on Trotsky's staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam Handelsblad
Soviet
Russia
Desirter
Trotsky
Lenine
Famous Tree El Bu Lini Blown Down in Gethsemane
During a recent snow storm the famous El Bu lini tree in the garden of Gethsemane was blown down. Tradition ties its fall to the Turkish empire, and the tree had previously been bound with iron braces to prevent it from collapsing.
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Jerusalem
el Bulini
Garden
Gethsemane
A Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets as tonic and laxative without nervousness or head ringing. It notes a single product with E W Grove’s signature on the box and a 30 cent price. The piece recalls a history claim about the first medal given by the emperor of Ching f in the first century to military commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.W. Grove
Ching F
Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff Tale
Dated prose notes a humorous claim that Minard's Liniment cures dandruff. A playful line extols a young man intoxicated by Jove as having his own ideas about the world’s workings.
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Minard
Developing Natural Resources Drilling For Oil In Saskatchewan
Developing natural resources in southwestern Saskatchewan East End Lethbridge Weyburn area on the CPR branch line set to be the drilling center. Imperial Oil Company has completed negotiations to buy the oil drilling outfit there. A spring geological survey will explore oil and gas possibilities. East End also called Frenchman Creek and White Mud due to soil. It is the centre of large pottery works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
East End
Lethbridge-Weyburm Ling
Imperial OF Company
Frenchman's Creek
Our Great Blessing Motivation and need in daily life
The passage reflects on the value of being needed as a source of human happiness. It argues that needing others can feel burdensome yet is a fundamental blessing that binds people and gives meaning to action.
Soldier credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for relief in Egypt
Special correspondent Eugene Cornect recalls suffering kidney disease and rheumatism in Egypt. He credits five boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing him by cleansing the kidneys and blood to remove uric acid. He urges readers to ask neighbors about the remedy.
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Cape St. George
Nad
Eugene Cornect
Newfoundland
Dodd
Mr. Cornect
Egypt
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Mort
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Miss Alseda Swilisma
Youngs Cove
N.ul
Doogise & Co
Propre
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S. F. Tolimie
Ig Gull
N. Uz
H. Davy
Minard's Liniment
Templeton
Templetons
King Bt
Templetona
King B. W
Toronto
Henry Purfort Eames
Ll.b
Cosmopolitan School of Music
Brunswick
Dept. W.H.L
Yonge St
P.O
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