World Happenings Briefly Told From Calgary to Vancouver
Deyngit eawingle faces dismissal while a waste factory is noted. Detroit River float plans target smugglers and Comissioner Haynes cites immigration progress with 26 Londoners arriving at Prince Rupert to settle lands near Queen Charlotte Islands. J T Shaw urges Commons to back a push for a legal abolition of war. Vancouver will house the world’s largest telescope at Frye Observatory. Dogs from Britain, once banned for rabies, may now be imported. A National League of Women Voters calls for international laws to outlaw war. Russia issues a postage stamp showing a youth amid an army. Lee de Forest announces perfected talking movies with lines on film. New Zealand’s loan of 5 million pounds sells fast. Britain will receive big railway material from the loan.
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Detroit River
Haynes
London
England
Prince Rupert
Queen Charlotte Talands
Presen
Canada
J. T. Shaw
Calgary West
House of Commons
Vancouver Con
Shearman
Frye Observatory
Seante
Daly
Great Britain
Diary of a English Girl in Canada Serial Teaser
The piece previews a new serial fiction about a English heroine visiting Western Canada and keeping a diary of her impressions. Also advertised are Miller's Worm Powders praised for soothing worm trouble in children and improving digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Canada
England
Miss Eliot
Enlarging Grain Capacity at Kaministiquia North Western Elevator
Construction on the extension of the Kaministiquia River North Western Elevator progresses at a cost near 560000, adding 2000000 bushels storage and expected to be finished for the 1922 crop. Also notes on Dr Thomas Electric Oil and Kellogg Asthma Remedy with unrelated ad snippets included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaministiquia
Anc
Unpopular Opinion Echoes in Detroit Dialogue
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a man resisting warm regard for another despite acknowledging he is harmless. The conversation highlights social friction and personal bias affecting judgments of character.
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Detroit Free Press
Neuralgia and Sciatica From Starved Nerves and Thin Blood
The article explains neuralgia and its form as sciatica, both caused by starved nerves due to weak blood. It advertises Dr Williams Pink Pills as a nerve nourishing remedy and cites a testimonial from Miss Beulah M. Vairweather of Cumberland Bay NS who recovered after using the pills. The ad notes availability from dealers or by mail in Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Increase in personal crisis reports noted in 1921 league study
The Save-a-Life League issued a 1921 report on death by self action estimating 12 000 personal crisis reports with at least 3 000 unreported. The study notes 23 percent more reports in 1921 than 1920 and links modern life stresses to deranged nerves and low self control. Notables include editors writers teachers clergy judges lawyers mayors bankers and business presidents.
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Save-a-Life League
League
N.Y. Independent
Handling Deadly Serpents and the Nawab Satib’s Power
The piece investigates a claimed supernatural power used by Nawab Satib to control cobras through gaze and aura. An Indian civil service official and others witnessed his methods, including gathering snakes into a pot without instruments and purportedly provoking them with eye contact.
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India
Cornllil Magazine
Indian Civil Service
Imperial Service
Nawab Sahit
Nawab Satib
A. K
Snake Bite Warning and Toxins Reported in Cornhill Item
An excerpt notes a snake bite causing puncture wounds and a small yellow exudate described as poison. The account mentions immediate risk and the lack of avier efforts.
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Tle
Avier
Cornhill Magazine
Halis Catarag Medicine Claims Cure Alleges Deafness Treaty
A dubious medicine called Halis Catarag Medicine is advertised as a liquid remedy for deafness linked to cataracts. The text asserts internal use affects blood and nervous system to reduce defects, naming Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio as distributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreds Tree Val Cheney & Co
Toleda
Olio
War on Insect Post in British Columbia Budget Fight
The British Columbia government plans a major campaign against crop pests with 16 590 dollars already voted and 20 000 more funded by the government per Dr Warnock. Dr Thomas Electric OM touted as a clinical oil blend, claimed to heal and repair the body, gaining public favor since its debut.
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British Columbia
Warnock
Thomas
Alberta's Northern Lakes Ship Record Pounds Of Fish
Over the past year more than one million pounds of fish have been shipped from lakes in Northern Alberta. The northern fish show excellent quality and a ready market exists. A considerable industry is developing. Mothers testify to the value of Mother Graves Worm Exterminator.
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Alberta
Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Back Pain Relief
A St Paul reader testifies that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her back pain and enabled her to return to all work without pain. She praises the product and offers the letter as a testimonial from 801 Winlaw Street.
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St. Paul, Minn
Lydia
Pinkham
Pai
Mase
Winalow Bt
St. Paul
Statistical notions and a Moorish key in old Spain
A from the Edmonton Bulletin notes the large annual damage in the United States caused by various agents and mocks statisticians for tallying losses of what people never had. It then mentions a Moorish house keeping a great key to its old Spanish home.
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United States
Republic
Edmonton Bulletin
Spain
Moore
Indian Head Nursery Seedling Shipments To Be Heavy
Shipments of free Russian poplar willow and caragana seedlings from the Dominion forest nursery station at Indian Head will be among the largest in five years. They are used to plant shelter belts on prairie farms. Since establishment the nursery has distributed about sixty million seedlings and cuttings to prairie farmers.
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Dominion Forest Nursery
Indian Head
Minard's Liniment Co. Claim Longtime Customer Praise
A 25 year user extols Minard's Liniment as superior to others for colds in the head relief within 24 hours and for bruises and sprains. The letter notes frequent rubbing and inhalation as part of use. The text also includes a German physician's calculation about a man shaving fifty years spending 250 days of twelve hours at a mirror with a razor.
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Thomas
Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Minard
Matrimony Bonds Boosted by Cash Dividends Claim
A witty remark notes that matrimony bonds might gain popularity if they offered cash dividends as a lure. The quip frames marriage as a financial incentive.
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Deyngit Eawingle
Calgary
al le Meetine
Natonal League of Women Voaters
Baltimore
Savich
Russia
Werkinicn
Lee de Forrest
Germany
New Zealand
Fort William
Ne Hostentots
Guinea
J. D. Kellogg
Mabel
Boston Transcript
Windsor
Ontario
Puget Sound
Walter McCray
Alaska
California
McCray
Peace River
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia
Edmonton
Minand
Fletcher's
Enema
Desea Qarraaare
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Eee
Eerie
Weil
Indian Head Nursery
Dartmouth
York
Delting CO
Toronto
Ont
Burns
LTO Aeee
America
Dor Hemedics
H. Clay Wei
Fourthh Street
New York
U.S
Phys
TEX
Succeastas Poultrymen
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