Uniform Price System Advocated for Canada
J D McKenna of St John New Brunswick urged a uniform price system across Canada to distribute benefits of tariffs and equalize production costs. He argued Montreal and Toronto monopolize tariff benefits and proposed absorbing freight to set equal prices from Halifax to Vancouver. A Saskatchewan group backs price equalization to offset freight and tax costs hurting Western farmers. The West will watch eastern responses with interest.
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Canada
J. D. McKenna
St. John
Royal Commission
Nova Scotia
Bir. McKenna
Montreal
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
McKenna
Halifax
Regina
Vancouver
John Harry Jones
Leeda University
England
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan Group
Loas
Border Board Members Cross Border To Repair Idle Hospital
The sanitary board from Derry crossed into the Free State by taxi to inspect Ballyrattan Hospital near Moville County Donegal. Opened thirteen years ago to treat infectious disease on ships, it has never housed a patient due to the national border split. The board plans repairs, noting the current situation cannot continue.
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Derry
Hag
Northern Ireland
Free State
Taxia
Ballyrattan
Moville
County Donegal
Smuts Calls South Africa Exit From Empire Dead
A South Africa secession from the Empire is deemed dead by General Smuts. The Ottawa Journal recalls Smuts 34 years ago fighting the Empire on the veldt, contrasting history with current conciliations between Briton and Boer.
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South Africa
Smuts
Saya
Ottawa Journal
British Air Expansion Aims at World Peace
Lord Londonderry warns the international scene worsens and disarmament talks falter. He argues Britain’s air expansion is not a threat but a contribution toward global peace and urges swift action without panic.
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Lord Londonderry
Home and Empire
Sault Daily Star Foresees Global Doom and Housing Crunch
The paper ridicules earlier wartime debt cancellations and imperial policies, mocks hopes of Indian independence, and warns that a gold tax could ruin mining. It notes experts estimate 588,797 new houses needed in London if every family is to have a separate dwelling.
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Sault Daily Star
Britain
India
London
Ledger of Abraham Lincoln Displayed in Springfield Bank
The Springfield Marine Bank in Springfield Illinois shows a ledger of Abraham Lincoln with an account balance of 01.44. Lincoln was a depositor from March 2 1853 until his death and his estate was managed by Judge David Davis of Bloomington Illinois, ending May 22 1847. The glass showcase displays a page titled A. Lincoln with entries indicating his legal income was sometimes meagre.
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Abraham Lincesin
United States
Baliance
Springfield Marine Bank
Springfeld
Ilinois
Lincoln
David Davis
Bloomington
A. Lincoln
Blessing in Kruschen Salts Recovers Rheumatic Hand Use
Mrs J H writes of severe rheumatism in her arms and hands. She could not sleep or sew or hold objects and feared loss of use. After three weeks on Kruschen Salts she improved, sleeping through the night and regaining function. Kruschen claims two ingredients dissolve uric acid crystals and the rest aids natural expulsion.
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Kruschen
J. H
Wheat Situation Shows Tight Supply For 1934 35
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports 1934 35 wheat supply tightly linked to demand. A second US crop disaster and low Canadian yields shrink world production. European declines and Australia’s small crop heighten the prospective balance for the coming cereal year. U S agriculture also notes record small output across corn wheat oats barley rye and flaxseed.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Canada
Australia
Bureau
United States Department of Agriculture
Value Of The League In Deterring War
The Times argues that no European country would blindly follow leaders into war and that nations have renounced war as policy. The League of Nations exists to prevent war and would be invoked if conflict loomed, its collective power acting as a deterrent to smaller nations and those distant from Geneva.
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Europe
League of Nations
League
Geneva
London Times
Dry Ice Cooling Planes Tested for Indian Travel
An Indian transport firm tests dry ice cooling to air condition aircraft. If successful it could enable future flights across India with Calcutta and Bombay cited for summer routes. A stray dialogue about a dog and a doorkeeper follows the technical note.
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India
Calcutta
Bombay
Remarkable Eye Surgery Restores Vision For Memphis Woman
A Memphis woman regained about 75 percent normal vision after a delicate eye operation. The surgeon used twenty platinum needles heated by electricity to pierce the eye and detach a contracted muscle then sewed it. For two weeks she lived in darkness as the retina settled and healing progressed.
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Memphis
Westwood Sayre
Interesting Old Clock Timepiece Of Catherine The Great To Be Repaired
A 17th century English clock by James Keeks, given to Catherine the Great by Potemkyn, is to be restored after years out of order since 1915. When working, the noon mechanism displays a peacock, crows by a cock, and an owl rings bells on a branch.
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Catherine the Great
James Keeks
Marshall Potemkyn
Leningrad
Faster Planes Needed for Paris Defense Says French Air Staff
Paris would be helpless against invasion air fleets unless France acquires faster aircraft. Reports from four days of aerial maneuvers show Paris cannot be defended with present air force speed. Officials note rebuilt pursuit planes fail to match heavily loaded bombers averaging 140 miles per hour.
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Paris
France
New Ships Enter Greek Service Amid Growing Fleet
A note mentions many new commercial ships are being put into service in Greece, reflecting a growing maritime fleet. A casual exchange about a photo delays knowing how a Scottish boyfriend looks, as the photo has not yet been developed.
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Greece
Ontario Municipal Debt Questioned by Finance Leader
Thomas Bradshaw of North American Life Assurance told the Ontario Municipal Association that Ontario has the largest municipal debt in default among Canadian provinces. He cited forty Ontario municipalities defaulting to $96,640,819, far above Quebec’s $15,000,000, and warned that Ontario faces a severe municipal debt problem.
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Canada
Thomas Bradshaw
North American Life Assurance Company
Ontario Municipal Association
Ontario
Bradshaw
Quebec
Moose Runner Reaches 35 MPH Says Nova Scotia Man
Charles Mumford of Yarmouth Nova Scotia insists a moose can run 35 miles per hour. On a night trip a bull moose darted ahead of the car at 25 mph then slowed to 20 mph before leaping a rise and getting tangled in barb wire. Passengers freed the animal by shaking the fence and allowing its escape.
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Charles Mumford
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Mumford
Switzerland Tops World Milk Use With 280 Quarts Per Person
The Department of Agriculture reports Switzerland leads in annual milk consumption at 280 quarts per person. United States and Germany tie for second at 220 quarts, followed by Canada at 200 quarts. Other large drinkers include Great Britain 120 quarts, France 100 quarts, and Chile 30 quarts per person.
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Department of Agriculture
Switzerland
United States
Germany
Canada
Great Britain
France
Chile
Evidently He Knew a Deserting Husband in Refugee Remark
A magistrate rebukes the accused nicknamed Sambo for deserting his wife. Sambo defends himself, claiming the woman as “that lady” would show him as a refugee rather than a deserter, speaking in dialect as the exchange unfolds.
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Sambo
Advertising Chain of Ads Pulls Weight Like One Strong Link
The passage urges linking ads into a continuous chain to form a powerful pull. It compares scattered ads to a bushel of chain links and argues that a connected, weekly run of advertisements yields stronger results.
Long Distance Motoring Tale Promises Record Miles
A fragmentary note hints at vast highway mileage and ambitious travel tales. The text mentions extraordinary miles and a journey scope, implying a feature on endurance driving or pioneering routes.
It Could Be Done Midland Gardener Wins Prizes
A Midland Bank Horticultural Society show winner took seven prizes watering blooms entirely with wastewater bath and basin water not tap water. The speaker boasted he had not used a drop of fresh water for months of drought. A London Daily Mirror moral on conserving water concludes with a royal remark.
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Midland
Midland Bank Horticultural Society
Edward
London Daily Mirror
Alberta’s Race for Future Prosperity by Liberal Leader
W R Howson MPP and provincial Liberal leader described a planned future for Alberta that would fuse its abundant natural resources with cosmopolitan population ideals. He spoke in Edmonton outlining a “super-race” vision for the province.
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Alberta
W. R. Howson
M.P.P
Edmonton
Royal Stamp Purchases Highlighted In Historic Records
A note mentions King George V paying eight thousand dollars for a rare stamp. It also references U S shipments of shoe polish to Africa and a vague remark about its use as cold cream by locals.
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United States
Africa
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