World Happenings Briefly Told
Bear trapping is prohibited in British Columbia and only three bears may be shot in one season. A new throat transmitter reduces onside noises. Ontario publishes 99 newspapers and periodicals now, down from 745 before the war. Royal Canadian Mounted Police will supervise machine betting at Brighouse Park Vancouver this year. The Empress of China will join Canadian Pacific’s Pacific fleet, renamed from its former title.
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British Columbia
Ontario
Brighouse Park
Mancouver
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ralph M. Haynes
Chelsea
Mars
Germany
Whe
Canadian Pacific
Pacific Ocean
China
This Woman's Recovery at Chesley Ontario
A fragmented clipping notes a recovery or health claim involving Lydia E. Pea Vegotshie Coop in Chesley Ontario with unclear context and incomplete details. The readable text references a woman and recovery, suggesting a medical or consumer note.
Artist Frank Schwartz Wins Rome Prize After Tenement Eviction
Twenty year old Frank Schwartz of Exar Side New York challenged by eviction for unpaid rent learns he has won the Rome prize from the American Academy. The award includes free travel to Rome tuition and a $1000 annual stipend for three years. The Globe notes his troubled youth and prior army service in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schwartz
Exar Side
New York
Fetter
American Academy
Eternal City
Rome
Chicago
Chicago Art Institute
France
Toronto Globe
Catarrh Relief Promoted by Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is recommended for internal and external use to relieve catarrh. Sufferers report prompt relief when used as directed and many have sent testimonials of improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Buffalo Slaughter Planned at Wainwright Reserve
Due to the growing buffalo herd at Wainwright, 1000 animals will be slaughtered. A special building is being erected for this purpose. The hides will likely be disposed of by the Dominion Government. The Wainwright reservation holds the last large herd with about 3000 animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wainwright
Dominion
Wainwright Reservation
Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Promoted
An advertising jokey note advocates Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor as a quick corn remover. It mocks substitutes and urges using the named product to lift the wearer’s comfort quickly, suggesting a strong sales pitch and dismissive language toward alternatives.
Taber irrigation project shows high return in first year
The Taber irrigation scheme on 17 000 acres near the Canadian Pacific area costs sixteen dollars per acre to build with 13 000 acres under crop yielding twenty bushels per acre compared with eight on dry land. Farmers praise the initial operation and fields report 35 to 40 bushels per acre. A Senlac Salt Company development and a Calgary soap factory use the output, boosting local industry with wider Winnipeg demand likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railways
Senlac Salt Company
Senlac
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Wisconsin
Winnipeg
Alberta Coal Production Reaches Historic High in 1920
Alberta records total coal output in 1920 at 7 010845 tons valued at 33 919 240 dollars. Anthracite 130 5H tons and bituminous 3 419 021 tons, domestic coal 3 359 308 tons. Briguettes 101922 remain listed in the production figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Japan Top Market for Canada in Far East Says Bulletin
Canada lists Japan as its chief Far East market in a weekly trade bulletin. Major exports to Japan last year included 1 million dollars of unbleached sulphite wood pulp 3/4 of 4 million dollars of bleached pulp over 0.5 million dollars of fine nickel and zinc spelter 7 349 tons of iron and steel bars and rods plus Douglas fir square tinder dry salted horsing ammonium sulphite rails lead in pigs and wrapping paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Far East
Japan
Department of Trade and Commerce
Prince Exhibits Shropshire Sheep at Western Canadian Fair
The Prince of Wales brings Shropshire sheep from his High River ranch to Alberta fairs this summer and they have already won numerous ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Ranch
Prince of Wales
High River
Alberta
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Health Boost
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine builds up the system to resist colds. It warns recurring acute catarrh can become chronic and urges readers to ask for the product, noting Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio offer free circulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Miners Head Warns Against Overproduction
Alexander Howat president of the Kansas Miners Union told laborers in Kansas City that the current low mood stems from overproduction. He urged workers not to produce too much or risk losing their jobs as employers demand rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Howat
Kansas Miners’ Union
Kansas City
Time Has Tested It Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
The product has stood on the market for many years and gained wide favor in Canada and beyond the seas. Its good fortune is shown by praise and demand, with claims of its effectiveness making it a highly valued liniment globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thomas
Canada
Australia launches colonization plan with farming push
Australia announces a new colonization campaign with the slogan two million farmers and a million farms for Australia. Canada offers space and urges settlement of untouched lands as the Antipodean Commonwealth seeks British settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Canada
Victoria Times
Infant Teething Dangers and Care Warnings
Mothers face stress as babies teeth, with symptoms from diarrhoea to dysentery and colic. The note warns of swollen gums and mouth sores, cankers, and wasting that may lead to fatal outcomes. It advises giving few doses at first signs of loose bowels.
Dr. Fowler's Extract of a Wild Strawberry Teething Claim
An old advertisement touts Dr. Fowler's Extract of a Wild Strawberry as a teething remedy used for 76 years to ease babies teething pain and to save a child from suffering with an untried remedy.
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DR. Fowler
Fashionable summer dress from organdie and dotted Swiss
The article describes a dainty summer dress crafted from white organdie and dotted Swiss. It notes pink yellow and blue dots on a pale blue backdrop, with deep ke bound by white organdie piping, a waist highlighted by organdie, a Swiss inset belt, and a tunic in the dotted fabric.
Seals Recover After Protection Boosts Northern Pacific Herd
The great seal herd from Washington to Alaska has rebounded from a low under unrestricted slaughter to an estimated 600000 seals. Indians expect to capture about 2000 this year and the skins taken since 1917 are valued around 500000 dollars.
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Northern
Pacific
Washington
Alaska
How to Fight Wheat Sawfly
Advising the best methods to be followed in combatting the wheat stem sawfly which has made considerable inroads in the crops in some districts this year, a bulletin has been published by the field crops branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture. Stubble burning of deep fall plowing are recommended to prevent infestation its subsequent crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Endorsement for McLnard's Liniment from Maritime Province Publisher
The publisher of the best Farmers' paper in the Maritime Provinces writes that McLnard's Liniment has stood the test of time. He says it is an unfailing remedy in his household and outlives many competitors and imitators.
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Maritime Provinces
Ous
Mlnard
Praise For Lord Byng as a Model English Gentleman
A laudatory Daily Telegraph piece on Lord Byng of Vimy, Canada’s new governor general, compares him to the Duke of Devonshire as an archetype of English gentlemen. It praises Dominion unity within the Empire and expresses pride in Canada’s prosperity under Byng’s governorship.
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Lord Byng of
Vimy
Canada
London Daily Telegraph
Devonshire
Ravi
Lord Byng
Plan for ex-officer colony in British Columbia discussed in London
Montreal reports two London meetings on forming a colony for ex officers and families in the Lilloet district of British Columbia. About 30 000 acres would be taken and developed by a company funded by regular shareholders, with half the capital for investors and the other half issued to intending British settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
London
England
Lilloet
British Columbia
Scotland Census Shows Population Rise Despite War Losses
Scotland records a population of 5 882 157, up 120 000 from 1911, with war deaths and emigration limiting gains. Counties drained by Glasgow and nearby cities mirror a global pattern of urban migration from the countryside as census timing weighs on the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Glasgow
Monreal Gazette
Dr Williams Pink Pills Aid Blood and Headache Relief
A promotional notice claiming thin impure blood causes frequent headaches and female anaemia. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to build red blood, alleviate headaches, insomnia, neuritis, neuralgia, and rheumatic pains, with price and mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brackville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brackville, Onts
Lime in Agriculture Prompts Proper Use and Time
The Ottawa Department of Agriculture issued a revised bulletin on Lime in Agriculture. It details lime classes, sources in Canada, and cautions against using kiln refuse. It explains neutralizing sourness, improving soil structure, and highlights time’s role, with regional limestone data across Canadian provinces.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion
F. T. Shutt
Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Winnipegosis
Prairies
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Imperial Oil strikes gas and oil at Pouce Coupe
News from Pouce Coupe reports Imperial Oil struck oil and gas at 180 feet at Rollo on the Pouce Coupe River. Oil is being forced into the well by gas and bubbling is audible nearby. Experts expect reaching the oil-bearing body within sixty days at about 700 feet. Samples indicate very high grade oil.
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Imperial Oil Company
Rollo
Pouce Coupe River
Peuce River
Swede Banishment For Disloyalty Over Berlin Visit
An Indian national Chatto Padyaya was refused entry to Sweden after a Berlin visit. The Prime Minister said Padyaya aimed to carry on an agenda for the separate gent British influence.
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Chatto Padyaya
Sweden
Berlin
Padyaya
Aganda
New B C Industry Starts Plant on Industrial Island
The National Industries Corporation plans a large manufacturing plant on Industrial Island B C to produce rivet less sickle blades for standard grain and hay cutting machines. The ad notes relief for corns with Holloway's Corns Remover.
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B.C
National Industries Corporation
Alberta Pacific Grain to Build Elevators in Peace River
Alberta Pacific Grain Company announces plans to construct multiple grain elevators in the Peace River district, expanding storage capacity and regional agribusiness infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Pacific Grain Company
Peace River District
Gar for thr coming year should be, "Buy at. Hoagie".
Buy at Hoagie is suggested as a gar for the coming year. The note adds a brief directive about grocery or food purchases and implies a humorous or informal tone.
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Gillett Company Limited
Toros. Canad, i
Chas
Labrador
Rance
Vatican
Jones
Smith
Putnam
Putnamn
Hayne
Bromontn
Lee
Maric Belmont
Lilloet District
Beecham
Holloway
Seat
Dominion Express
Breom
Cook Medicine CO
Toronts
Farmarty Waster
America
New, York
USA
Bayer
Aspinia
Cana Et
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