British Imperial policy boosts settlement in distant dominions
The Overseas Settlement Board funds and coordinates emigration from Britain to Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa. Canada examines immigration needs while Canada Australia and other dominions plan joint settlement schemes to steer British settlers to productive lands under favorable prospects.
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United States
Europe
Canada
Dominion
Ftd
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Keeome Hin
Dominions
Overseas Settlement Board
British Isles
Overseas British Dominions
London
Australa
Alog
Charles Stewart
Western
Prince Receives Large Mail at York House Daily
The Prince of Wales normally gets about seven hundred letters daily at York House. On busy days the mail can exceed fifteen hundred letters. Weeks before his Indian tour the daily mail rose to around two thousand one letters. The comptroller of the Prince’s establishment, aided by a secretary, handles the letters and flags communications needing the Prince’s personal attention.
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Prince of Wales
York House
Idres
Mystery in a Laundry Ticket Reveals Hidden System
The article describes a polite Chinese laundry boss explaining that the only writing in the shop is a number in Chinese New York law. It contrasts this with a note on cocaine cultivation in Java, noting a shift from medicinal use to large scale production and an expected 4.5 million pounds of coca leaves exported that year.
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Iwao
New York
Java
Peru
Shelter for Mackis and Machinery
An inexpensive shed can be built by setting uprights and roofing with lap, lumber, rubberoid, or sewaw materials. Use trees for posts, rough finish bark ends, and straw packed wire for walls. The shed should be deep and low to block drifts, sheltered, and kept in good order with paint or grease to protect machinery. Keeping equipment under cover saves time and preserves value, especially during busy seasons.
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promised to Restore Health for Women
An advertorial note urges women in poor health to use Dr Hamilton's Pills claiming to cleanse the system, regulate bowels, purify blood, and restore energy. The pitch targets women seeking strength, stating the remedy costs 25 cents and is sold by The Catarrhozone Co. in Montreal.
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Dr. Hamilton
No Traveller First Yokel Writes About Mars
A local exchange mocks a self described professional from town who has penned a Mars book. The speaker questions the author Will and his Mars expertise after years without travel beyond the town.
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Will
Mars
Childhood Ailments and Remedies Promoted in Ad Copy
The article advertises Baby's Own Tablets as quick laxatives for common childhood ailments and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Alcide Lepage of Ste. Beatrix Quebec. It notes the tablets cost 25 cents a box and are sold by The Dr Williams Medicine Co. It also mentions Jersey law on married women opening bank accounts without husband signature and promotes Miller's Worm Powders to treat intestinal worms and repair damage.
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Alcide* Lepage
Ste. Beatrix
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockylite
Ont
Island of
Jersey
Broad-minded remark on thinking and tomorrow
A quoted line shows a broad minded speaker refusing to impose thought on others noting tomorrow may differ. The passage shifts to a simple health ad about Hollo way's Corn Remover promising to remove painful corn growths.
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Holloway
Device to Keep Ships From Rolling
The Hawkeye State, a passenger steamer between Baltimore and Honolulu, is fitting a 126 ton fuse gyroscope stabilizer to prevent rolling. It reaches 889 revolutions per minute and is controlled by small gyroscopes that sense roll direction and auto adjust to steady the ship.
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Baltimore
Honolulu
Canceled Debts Linked to International Claims Settlement
Fragmented text notes cancellation of debts and a general settlement of international claims. Mentions sacrifices and a western region element, but context is unclear. No identifiable people or organizations are clearly named due to damaged text.
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Weastzin
Passenger Agents Convene in Canada Rockies This Year
The American Association of Traveling Passenger Agents will meet in the Canadian Pacific Rockies this month. The convention strengthens U S Canada travel ties and promotes mutual trade while showcasing Canada's cities and resorts to American visitors. The Salt Lake City 1921 invitation and growing U S interest point to a record attendance and lasting impact on cross border travel traffic.
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Canada
American Association of
Canadian Pacific Rockies
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
United States
America
Willeh
Ynlese
North American
Salt Lake City
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Minard's Liniment Promotes Lumberman’s Tooling Trade
Old promotional note claims nails grow at different rates with the middle finger nail growing fastest while thumb nails grow slowest. The ad uses curious bodily detail to praise the product’s vigor and utility for workers in lumber and related trades.
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Talowest
Marking cattle marketing timing based on stock yard chart
The chart from Union Stock Yards St Boniface shows price patterns for prime butcher steers from 1923 to 1922. It notes most western cattle are sold late year due to market immaturity, while winter finished cattle fetch better prices in January to June with May and June offering peak prices. A short winter feed period can raise cattle grade and improve sale timing.
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Union Stock Yards
St. Boniface
Western Canada
Revival in German sea trade reflected in Hamburg port stats
Hamburg port statistics show 1913 May as a banner year with 1 143 vessels totaling 1 243 000 net registered tons arriving, while May 1922 had 1 242 vessels totaling 1 193 000 tons. Departures in May 1913 reached 1 469 vessels and 1 228 000 tons, compared with 1 963 vessels and 1 254 000 tons in May 1922.
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Hamburg
Patronize Your Local Printer Policy Note
A brief urging readers to support local printers. It argues sending work out of town hurts business and profits regardless of perspective. The note emphasizes practical economic reasoning and community benefit.
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Dodd
MacDonald
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