Japan Earthquake and Aftermath Dominates World Relief Effort
A sweeping report describes the September disaster in Tokyo and Yokohama with fire, floods, and massive loss of life and property. It highlights international sympathy, Canada’s relief, Red Cross campaigns across Manitoba and the West, and plans to rebuild industrial Japan into model cities.
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Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Gsaka
Wurka
Canada
Russia
Vancouver
America
Red Cross
Dominion
Canadian
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Christian Nations
Increase in Pure-Bred Animals in Canada
The text notes large gains in purebred horses sheep and swine from 1911 to 1921 with increases of 44 percent for horses 139 percent for sheep and about 44 percent for swine. It cites 1921 Dominion counts of horses 47 828 cattle 296 656 sheep 93 643 and swine 5 143.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
British Columbia Industrial Growth Report for 1922
The annual report from the Deputy Minister of Industries notes a clear improvement in British Columbia's industrial life in 1922. It cites 432 manufactured articles across 271 establishments and highlights renewed interest in the province’s raw wealth. The piece also mentions the first Meerschaan pipe, made two centuries ago by a Hungarian shoemaker who was skilled in wood carving.
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British Columbia
Vie
Canada Bans Dairy Goods and Cleaned Butter Imports
Parliament revoked a wartime policy and barred cleaning carine and dairy produce from Canada. Manufacture and import cease August end, dealers allowed to dispose by February 1824. Other excluded items include renovated butter and filled dairy products with altered fat content.
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Peruasion
Canada
Nerviline Relives Swollen Joints And Nerve Pain
The ad touts Nerviline as a fast penetrating liniment that sinks into tissues to ease muscular or nerve pain and stiffness. It claims complete success and fifty years of local proof, with a 34 cent bottle sold widely.
Autos Parked On Roof Traffic Looms Over LA
In Los Angeles traffic grows odd with a nine storey building under construction by a famed props company. The plan allows driving a car into the building to a hired floor level without leaving the vehicle, then to a roof parking station for the owner's business.
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Los Angeles
Fall Weather Harms Little Ones in Canada
Severe autumn swings hurt infants with cold weather pushing cramps and stomach upset. Dr Williams Baby's Own Tablets claim to soothe the stomach, regulate bowels, and help babies thrive, sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Prospective Land Buyers Trailing Canadian Prairie Farms
Eighty prospective land buyers and settlers from Iowa Illinois and Indiana travel to Alberta and Saskatchewan to inspect farms. Twenty enter through Winnipeg and sixty through North Port. Since June first the association has brought 200 U S farmers to the prairies. Many have been relieved of coins by Hoalloway's Corn Remover. It has a power of its own that will be found effective.
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Western Canada
Iowa
Linois
Indiana
The
Canada Colonization Association
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
North Porta
United States
Prairies
Hoalloway
Amundsen Plans Three-Plane Relay Flight North Pole
Capt Roald Amundsen outlined a relay expedition from Spitzbergen to Alaska using three all metal planes. The aim is to probe the 1 006 000 square miles polar basin while he and Haakon H Hammer outline plans and note German build of the aircraft.
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Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Alaska
Haakon H. Hammer
Seattle
Amundsen
Polar
Capt. Amundsen
Norway
Hammer
Germany
Paderewski’s Kindness Inspires Hoover aid Years Later
An early Paderewski tour in San Jose saw two Stanford students promise $2,000 to the pianist but face debt after a small gate. He allowed deducting costs and 23 percent from the remaining gate receipts, paying the rest. Two decades later Herbert Hoover repaid the kindness to the maestro.
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Paderewski
San Jose
California
Leland Stanford University
Poland
Herbert Hoover
Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor Story
A vintage trade notice claims Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor ends corn pain and removes corn roots stems and kernels with no trace left. It markets a 75e price and states no substitute is accepted by dealers.
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Putnam
British veterans could bolster Canadian manpower says Major Speranza
Major J F Speranza, secretary of the Veterans Association in London, reports to the Canadian Press that as many as 500000 English veterans may be available for Canada if properly managed after arrival. He is touring Canada to assess conditions and will visit Ottawa to present a concrete plan to immigration officials, seeking data on hardships faced by intending servers on the land. Dr Thomas electric oil is advertised as a cure-all for coughs colds sore throats sprains and cuts.
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J. F. Speranza
Veterans’ Association of
London
England
Speranza
Canada
Ottawa
Immigration Department
Asd
Common Expressions and Stereotypes in 19th Century Speech
A Boston Transcript critique notes that a phrase like a lady in every sense would imply exaggerated refinement and even physical incongruities such as a roofing slate shape. The piece mocks high brow critics who decide liking a performance only after reading subsequent reviews.
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Boston Transcript
How Manitebs Was Originally Pronounced
A letter discusses correct pronunciation of provincial names Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The writer argues for preserving the original stress on the final syllable and cites Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s insistence on emphasizing the “bs” sound as key to proper enunciation.
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Manisaba
Tna
Free Pr
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Whfrid Lausier Slugs
Edmonton Journal
California Fig Syrup for Children Ad
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a harmless laxative for bilious and constipated babies and children. It claims to sweeten the bowels without griping and to start the liver and bowels acting, noting it contains no narcotics and urges customers to ask druggists for genuine California Fig Syrup with directions.
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California
Canada August construction contracts total rises over prior year
August Canada building contracts reached 27 488 700 up from 25 187 500 a year earlier with residential 5 630 900 business 7 762 500 industrial 1 778 500 and public works 9 516 800 while contemplated new work stood at 32 374 900. First eight months 1923 contracts 22 654 400 versus 184 833 700 last year noting a 26 2 percent rise.
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Canada
A Silver Lining
The financial state of the country today is not worse than after the Napoleonic wars. Total burden is higher, but national wealth is higher too. Past debt was borne during rapid industrial growth. future gains may steadily improve our ability to meet world markets.
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Westminster Gazette
Lotden
Nansen to Visit Canada and United States
A dispatch confirms Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will speak in Canada and the United States under the League of Nations Society. He is due in Winnipeg on November 21 and 22 with multiple addresses planned.
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Fridjof Nansen
Canada
United States
League of Nations Society
Dr. Nansen
Winnipeg
Speedy transcontinental flight to six hours predicted
Lt. Col. Marty Graham of the Army Air Service predicts flights from New York to San Francisco could reach six hours within five years. He cites high altitude air currents from 150 to 300 mph and elliptical paths. craft would need electric heating and oxygen to survive at 20 000 to 40 000 feet.
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New York
San Francisco
Marty Graham
Qe TS
Army Air Service
Col
Graham
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An advertisement touts Puape's Diapepsin as one of the fastest and surest remedies for indigestion gas flatulence heartburn sour stomach distress from acidity. A few tablets allegedly provide immediate relief with cheap dosing, marketed by druggists selling millions of packages.
Dalton quotes on honest work from last Dalton gang member
Emmet Dalton, last of the Dalton brothers gang, recalls a century of western terror. He asserts a dollar earned honestly is worth ten thousand gained via fraud. He served fourteen years in prison to expiate his crimes.
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Emmet Dalton
Dalton Brothers
West
Never Saw One Father, Emer Son Motto Echoed
A father and son discuss a famous saying from Emer son about hitching a wagon to a star, while the boy asks what a wagon is. The exchange hints at ambition and misheard phrases in a small domestic moment.
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Emerson
Great Day Coming Says Death May End One Day
Torontal Telegram quotes Great Day Coming Science predicting a distant era when death may cease entirely. The editorial remark envisions a world of endless life for pedestrians and public optimism.
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M. A. McNeill
Canaan Sta, N.B
Dr. Chase
Gs Oom
Canadian Colonization Association
Ninard
Ruth
Thomas
Belectric Gil
Nansen
Limited
St. Paul St
Honest Morey
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