Manitoba farmer Samuel Larcombe 70 celebrated for 30 years of prize winning farming
Samuel Larcombe of Birtle Manitoba marks his seventieth birthday while celebrated for a thirty year farming career. He has won around three thousand prizes including a wheat world championship in 1917 and a top exhibit award in 1918. His roots lie in Devon and Winnipeg, and his success boosted Western Canada’s farming reputation.
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Tim
Samuel Larcombe
Birtle
Manitoba
Peoria
Devon
Larcombe
Winnipeg
Dominion
Canada
Lorecombe
World events briefed from distant shores and capitals
Drought in British Columbia may force cattlemen to sacrifice half their stock. Sir Harcourt Butler appointed to sue, Sir Reginald Craddock to be Lieutenant Governor of Burma. St Paul Cathedral faces collapse risk and seeks 100000 to fund repairs. Captain John Ross, veteran pilot of Maid of the Mist, dies at 73. Duke of Devonshire invited to royal honors commission. Soviet trade agency reorganizes to stop flour and sugar purchases. F Ho Lem led a Calgary regiment in London aviation contest with 104. British unemployment benefits total 77000000 pounds in two years. Great War Veterans urge reforms with H S Beland. Soviet note protests Allied failure to stop Greek warships through Dardanelles. Honduras allocates 120000 to German merchants as war-indemnity relief.
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Harcourt Butler
Reginald Craddock
Burma
St. Pana
Vatican
British Empire
Christopher “Wren
John Ross
Niagara Falls
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Foreign Trade Department
F. Ho Lem
10Th Regiment
Calgary
City of London
Ontario Rifle Association
Toronto
Great Britain
Focal Boards of Guardians
Jack Stewart the Highland Scot Who Built the Empire
London Sunday Times reports on General John W. Stewart known as Jack Stewart a modest yet pivotal figure in wartime railways and harbor projects. From Assynt to Sutherlandshire he rose from farmhand to billionaire contractor, earning praise from Lloyd George for rapid front line logistics and rail progress despite Canadian Parliament opposition.
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Yny
Oland
John W. Stewart
Gold Coast
T. P. O'Connor
London ‘Sunday Times
S. Harbor
Canada
Jack Stewart
Ative Assynt
Sutherlandshire
Quebec
Assynt
Fle
Scotch College
Montana
Downing Street
Lloyd George
Stewart
Mr. Lloyd George
War Office
Jack
Ounce
Ilna
Aglynt Ia
House of Peers
Worm Exterminator Aids Children, Praised by Healers
Recognized as a leading specific for worm destruction, Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator has proven a boon to suffering children everywhere. It seldom fails to deliver relief, earning broad notice among caregivers and communities seeking safe parasite control.
German Press Seen As Autocratic In New Edict
A German Republican Government order forces provincial newspapers across Pruasta to align editorial stance with official demands or lose official advertising revenue. The piece argues this maintains autocratic control in a new guise, echoing Russia Ireland and the French Revolution, warning that changing labels does not change human nature.
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Thea
Pruasta
German Republic
Russia
Ireland
Lusitana
Edith
Cavell
Angel
Oltaws Journal
The Strike Problem by Richard Spitlane
The piece argues strikes are results of unresolved causes and will persist until addressed. It advocates applying common sense and the Golden Rule, infused with industrial insight, to remove the underlying causes and guide workers and employers toward better relations.
Keep Children Well During Hot Weather
Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small children. Cholera infantum diarrhea dysentery and stomach troubles are rife and can kill in hours. Baby's Own Tablets in the house help prevent or safely carry through sudden stomach or bowel trouble. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Willams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Cotton Base For Tower On Sandy Soil History
An article notes cotton used as foundation material for towers on sandy ground. It cites ancient Leasowe near the Mersey Dee, where shipwreck cotton mixed with sand formed a solid base that withstood storms. Also mentions Dr Thomas Electric Oil for neuralgia and back pain relief.
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Leasowe
England
Mersey and
Dee
Early Native War Gear Decorated Saddles With Enemy Heads
Before Spanish contact, warriors adorned horse saddles with enemy heads. To reduce weight they used a secret process to remove bones and embalm the heads, creating ghoulish relics from battles.
Wild Strawberry Extract Story From New Brunswick Lady
Mrs Ervin W Statrs of East Water Ville New Brunswick reports success with Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry for a large family of ten. She says it helped during cholera outbreaks and aided two children with blood in urine, urging buyers to seek the Doctor Fowler's exact product amid imitators.
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Mra
Ervin W. Statrs
East Waterville
N.B
Dr. Fowler
de Fowler
Fowler
Gloomy Earthquake Prediction From Dr Nobles
A gloomy forecast claims Southern Europe Northern Africa and Asia will be destroyed by earthquakes within 30 days with all residents killed. Ir M A Nobles a physician geologist educated at Syracuse University in 1881 cites 70 active volcanoes and targets Hungary near Budapest while predicting wider continental devastation.
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Europe
Africa
Asia
Ir. M. A. Nobles
Syracuse University
United States
Rocky Mountains
Dr. Noble
Canadalso
Budapest
Farmer seeks skilled worker amid quirky ad in Home Recorder
A Kansas farmer advertises for a farmhand with rustic humor. The notice mocks dancing lessons and breakfast plans while promising wages to anyone who can tell a cow from a talking machine and rise by 6 o clock. Apply at Steve Wiguin Place Intervale Road. The piece ends with a sales pitch for Holloway's Corn Remover.
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Kansas
Home Recorder
Steve Wiguin
Intervale Road
Russia bans child baptisms under new church rule
A Soviet controlled church council proposes a future ban on infant baptism in Russia. The plan fixes baptism age at 18 with written consent filed to authorities. The article also notes scattered dialogue quotes and unrelated social quips.
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Russia
Supreme Council of the Church
Heroic Loss Aboard Corinaldo as Second Officer Dies
In Montreal a gale on August 4 sinks second officer Ancus J. Glasgow from the steamer Corinaldo who refused rescue to save two sailors. The ship crew reports the tragedy as the vessel returned to port. Also notes Yellowstone Park measures 62 miles by 54 miles.
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Nea Waa
Montreal
Corinaldo
Ancus J. Glasgow
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Great War Veterans’ Association
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Republic
Avery
JD Chase
Aeeaneail Aan
Eneral
John Stewart
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Leo Arey
Richard Spitlane
Philadelphia Public Ledger
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U.S
Continents
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Napoleon
Minard
Yellowstone Park
Domision Express
York Belling Co
York St
America
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Clay gLoven Co., Inc
New York
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Wrought Iron Range Co of Canada
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