World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup notes Britain closes prisons for economy. 25 wedding party drownings as ice breaks on Thetes River. English brass works chase demand for Put and Take tops, two million weekly. Gandhi shifts from civil disobedience. Buddha and spiritualism draw interest. A Budapest girl linked to Buddha sayings. Canadian manufacturers survey West Indies trade prospects. South Africa bans livestock imports from Britain amid foot and mouth disease. Shackleton honored by Uruguay. Norman Strong crew safe after storm. British Empire Exhibition may delay to 1924. mission to SA and Canada set for August 2.
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Great Britain
Thetes
Brass Foundries
England
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pan-Cooperationists
Buddha Ix
Medhya
Budapest
Buddha
Toronto
West Indies
Canada
Islands
South Africa
Canadian Wheat Demand Sparks Vancouver Market Inquiries
Merchants' Exchange in Vancouver reports 5 000 tons of Canadian wheat required by a Bombay concern with price quotations sought. Authorities hint demand could precede a permanent market as soft and hard wheat blends attract Indian buyers. Indian millers prepare to blend Canadian hard wheat to compete with imports from the Dominion, Britain, and the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ahsprig
Vancouver
Regina
Merchants’ Exchange
Canaan
Bombay
Zoft
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
Treat Rheumatism Through the Blood Pill Ad
A dated medicine ad promotes Williams Pink Pills as the proven way to cure rheumatism by restoring blood. It cites Mrs. James Gillan of Charlottetown, describes prior failure with liniments, and claims the pills rebuilt her health and helped her daughter, offering boxes for 50 cents each or six for 250 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co at Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linimenty
Williams
James Gillan
Charlottetown
Pell
Dr. Thomas
Potatoes To Cuba From New Brunswick Shipment
Two thousand barrels of New Brunswick potatoes arrived in Cuba from Saint John. An additional eight thousand barrels have departed for the same destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.B
Cuba
New Brunswick
St. Johan
Jiggs Shows Off Lamp as Eye Shade Gift
Casey asks about a Christmas gift. Jiggs points to his discolored eye and says his wife gave him a beautiful lamp.
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Casey
Jiggs
Tanlac claimed to restore health for Aurora woman
Mrs. Mina Raber of 446 Farnsworth Ave Aurora says Tanlac relieved two years of distress after meals and awful smothering spells. She reports improved heart, headaches, and back pain vanish, calling Tanlac the best medicine under the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
Mina Raber
Farnsworth Ave
Aurora
Vanlac
Saskatchewan Winter Fair Prize List Issued for Livestock
Official prize list for the Seventeenth Saskatchewan Winter Fair shows 10000 dollars in total prizes for horses cattle and poultry. Fair set for March 15 with March 4 as key date. Operated by Regina Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association Ltd located in Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association, Ltd
McCallum-Hill Building
Regina
Your Teeth Partial Plate Advice and Hygiene
An article on replacing missing teeth discusses partial plates as an alternative to fixed bridges. It emphasizes the importance of healthy remaining teeth for support, removable cleaning benefits, and caution against attempting to save hopeless teeth that interfere with partial plate success.
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fesUi
Beaded Chiffon Frocks Spark Paris Spring Dance
Beaded chiffon dance dresses receive strong sponsorship in Paris presenting youthful airy frocks. White chiffon features crystal bead loops, with bodice lines and bead loops on the girdle. Colorful versions in coral citron green and lemon yellow appear, offering infinite options.
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Paris
A Possibility World Might Survive Despite Doubters
A line from the Baltimore Sun notes there is always a chance the world will endure despite those who wring hands and ask why someone does not act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baltimore Sun
California Fig Syrup Ad Promises Quick Bowels Relief
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a reliable laxative for children. It claims a teaspoonful opens bowels within hours, removing constipation and bile to restore a playful, well child, and warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with proper bottle directions.
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California
Worm Exterminator Promoted for Child Health
An advertisement touts worms as a threat to child health and promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as an effective remedy to expel parasites from the system.
Crown Lands for Sale in British Columbia Agriculture Plan
Reserved crown lands in British Columbia will be sold for farming at 5.00 per acre for first class arable land and 2.50 per acre for second class grazing land. Minimum purchase 40 acres, maximum 640. A survey fee of 0.50 per acre applies. unsurveyed lands must be surveyed at buyers' expense within six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Young Indian Girl Delights London Luncheon Audience
Miss Frances Nikawa, Bush Cree, Great Blackfeet lineage, born York Factory Hudson Bay, debuted at a Canadian Club of Great Britain luncheon in London. She gave two dramatic recitations both by Pauline Johnson, with The Castle Thief evoking prairie life. she hopes to perform soon before London audiences.
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Club of Great Britain
Great Britain
Frances Nikawa
Prince of Wales
York Factory
Hudson Bay
Pauline Johnson
Miss Nikawa
London
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promised to Restore Normal Conditions
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine for frequent colds and nasal catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood to reduce inflammation and aid healing, with free circulars from K J Cheses & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Ian
Hall
Lea Te
Thales
K. J. Cheses & Co
Toledo, Ohio
German Dyes in China Stir Trade and Technology
The low value of the mark aids the German dye trade in China while Britain’s industry fears a shutout by a German dye monopoly rebound. A new airplane design is claimed to reach 184 miles per hour, signaling advances in aviation technology.
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China
Federation of British Industries
Chin
Alberta dairy drive aims at farm industry growth
The Alberta Department of Agriculture campaigns to boost dairy on province farms and will issue new bulletins to instruct farmers. An asthma relief claim highlights Dr J D Keb logzs Asthma Remedy offering prompt relief and safeguards against future attacks through inhalation of smoke or fumes from the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Minister Sermon and Organ Donation Riff in Court
In a courtroom exchange, a judge quips about a minister preaching on golf while noting Mr. Platestey, the would be donor of the church organ, is described as the chief offender. The remark frames a light moment amid legal proceedings.
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Platestey
Careful Cab Caret Laxative Ad Fragment
An OCR fragment advertises a laxative product named Caz Carets described as candy like. It claims to ease dizzy headaches colds biliousness indigestion and upset stomach and promotes liver and bowel cleansing with small doses. The text is fragmentary and unspecific about dosage or claims.
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United Kingdom
Union of South Africa
Uraguayan
Ernest Shackleton
Woodville
South Georgia
Norman Strong
Newfoundland
Xed
Azores
Cadiz
Mas
Aurora, Ui
Saskatchewan
Orient
Medicine- Hat
Europe
Panama Canal
Canadian Poem Cereal Co
Limiud
Windsor
Oat
Br Epfrotor Smoeros
Eder of
Dra Hygiene
By Marie Belmont
Pisatiyevanix
Pennsylvania
Mingrd
Tay
Yarmouth, N.S
Dominion Express
Toe Ram
Yu Oduitle Ce
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