World Happenings Briefly Told
The London Daily Mall says Princess Mary will wed Viscount Lascelles on February 28. A bottle drifted six years from Japan was found near Portland Oregon. Real estate firm offers 20000 feet of lumber to each home purchaser. Moose Jaw issued building permits for 192 totaling 500177 dollars, including 1 million for the CPH station and office. An auto hood emblem led to arrests in Hull Quebec over a death in Montebello. Windsor patrol ordered to dismantle wireless gear unless 100 amateur radio operators apply for Dominion licenses. A Belgian passenger deported from New York drowned off Plymouth after jumping from Zeeland. A bomb in Dinkalebuahl Navcuria market injured 66. several jailed. Charles Phillips London wedding postponed when he sent his brother to France. New Year liquor toll reported four dead and six hospitalized in New York. cases of alcoholism noted. Vickers Armstrong offers to buy Woellersdorf Arsenal to convert into locomotive plant for Balkan orders.
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Princess Mary
Viscount Lascelles
London Daily Mall
Japan
Portland
Ore
Birmingham
Ala
Moose Jaw
C.P.H
Hull
Quebec
Jos
Senecal
George Baker
Joseph Paquette
Montebello
Dominion
Windsor
Ont
Canadian Mounted Police
Dinkalebuahl
Navcuria
Charles Phillips
London
Phillips
France
New York
Vickers Armstrong Company
Great Woellersdorf
Balkan States
Profitable Mining in Cobalt District Sets Record
Estimates for 1921 show silver mine profits reaching a vast level with total dividends expected over 92 million dollars and a net profit surpassing 59 percent of the value produced. The district aims for a robust year as treasury surpluses grow and disbursements rise.
Hiccups and Heartburn Cure and Northern Manitoba Tobacco Plan
The article promotes Nerviline as a remedy for hiccups and stomach issues, claiming relief from belching and bloating when taken in sweetened water. It notes Nerviline is sold by dealers at 1 cent per bottle and highlights a Belgians’ experiment in tobacco growing in Northern Manitoba with plans for large scale cultivation next year.
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Manitoba
Messrs
Jacob and
Guspin
Quebec
Winter hard on baby in stuffy rooms
The article notes that cold indoor air in a long winter keeps infants indoors, causing colds, upset stomachs, and fussiness. It advises using Baby's Own tablets to regulate digestion and colds, sold by Dr Williams' Medicine Co. for 25 cents a box, Brockville Ontario, or through mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wiliams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Hemp crop to reach five hundred tons at Portage la Prairie
A Winnipeg company directing hemp cultivation says the 1921 season will yield a large crop with farmers in the province seed and sowing extensively. Projected production reaches five hundred tons at Portage la Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg youth survey counts 10705 in city schools
A Winnipeg School Board survey of youths aged 11 to 18 in Winnipeg reports 10,705 children in the city. The group includes 5,966 boys and 5,652 girls. The survey aims to gauge how many students completing public school studies proceed to secondary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Inexpensive Melts and Oxtail Dishes From Farmhouse to City Markets
The article describes affordable melts beef pork and sherry melts available at city markets and in hotel kitchens. It gives two melt recipes using pork melts with carrots onions and stock, plus serving suggestions with potatoes and sauce. It then covers preparing oxtails by soaking washing trimming cutting into pieces and cooking until tender. Oxtails are showcased as a restaurant specialty and are paired with cheese rice or curry and baked in a crust for a pie-like dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mest Mar
Diamond Dyes Promise Simple Home Dyeing For Any Fabric
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as a simple home dye kit that can revive worn fabrics from skirts and dresses to draperies. It claims no streaking, fading, or running, instructs buyers to specify wool silk linen or cotton, and guarantees results. Also notes a pawn shop for workers and promotes Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy, urging support of home merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Pere Feet
Ayeet
Halls Catarrh Medicine Promises Deafness Relief
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube linings. Halls Catarrh Medicine, a constitutional remedy, claims to reduce inflammation through the blood and restore normal conditions, with free circulars and availability from Dr. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natiere
Ir. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Onig
Holloway's Corn Remover Declared Safe for Use
The product is described as free of poisonous ingredients and safe to use without danger or injury, asserting reliable topical effectiveness for removing corns.
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Holloway
Woollen mill proposed for Victoria by British syndicate
A British syndicate proposes establishing a woollen mill in Victoria to process raw wool into high quality worsted saltings. The plan covers cleaning, preparation, and full production of finer worsted fabrics.
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Victoria
Counting House Genius Seals and stamps envelopes automatically
An electrically driven device moistens envelope gum folds the flap seals, stamps, counts, and ejects finished mail at about one hundred per minute, streamlining postal preparation.
Coal Mines Under Sea Operate From Cumberland to Nova Scotia
Describes sea bed mining in Cumberland and Nova Scotia with parts of Cumberland workings extending two miles offshore under the sea near Workington, England in 1837 and a fatal inundation. Mentions Windsor Castle as a large residence area with many inhabitants.
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England
Cumberland
Workington
Nova Scotia
Cascarets Ad Promises Quick Bowels Cleanse
An old advertisement claims Cascarets cure biliousness and headaches by cleansing the stomach and bowels while you sleep. It targets people with coated tongue bad breath and digestive issues, urging a 10 cent box to relieve foul taste dizziness and unsettled stomachs by morning.
Value of British Columbia Mineral Productions 1921
An official returns estimate the value of BC mineral productions in 1921 at 24,553,909 dollars.
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British Columbia
Miller's Worm Powders Restore Digestive Health in Infants
It is stated that pale sickly restless children suffer from worms. Parasitic worms inhabit the stomach and intestines, causing digestive disorders and preventing nourishment. Miller's Worm Powders claim to destroy worms and restore digestive organs to healthy action.
Marvels Of Aluminum When Alloyed And Used In Industry
Aluminum alloys greatly increase strength with little weight change. British research over seven years at the National Physical Laboratory shows alloys promising for cars, railways, engines, and steam systems. Commercial production remains the main challenge, with government factories beginning pilot outputs. Minard's Liniment. For Warts. Corns. Etc.
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Great Britain
National Physical Laboratory
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promotes Quick Healing
An advertisement urges readers to keep Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil in the medicine chest for cuts sprains bruises sore throat and chest ailments. It touts broad community recognition of its healing power and positions the product as essential for emergencies.
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Dr. Thomas
Initial Apple Shipment From Grand Forks to Glasgow Route
An initial shipment of 770 boxes of apples departed Grand Forks bound for Vancouver for direct transit to Glasgow, Scotland via the Panama Canal, outlining a transcontinental route for the fruit.
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Grand Forks
Vancouver
Glasgow
Scotland
Panama Canal
Minard's Liniment Distemper Adopts Horse Over Auto Trucks
A Chicago department store offered for sale nineteen used auto trucks and, in the same week, placed an offer for fifty heavy draft horses signaling a shift in inventory focus from mechanized vehicles to draft animals.
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Chicago
California Fig Syrup for Constipation Mothers Ad
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a reliable remedy for constipated and ill children. It promises gentle cleansing of the liver and bowels, claiming quick results and easy use for babies and kids of all ages. It warns customers to request genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
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California
Lady Strathcona Aids Blind Fund Allocation Plan
Lady Strathcona donates 1000 pounds to the Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fund. At Lady Pearson's suggestion the sum will be split into thirds for the blind fund Sir Arthur founded one third to the National Institute for the Blind and one third to other blind charities. Subscriptions open across the British Empire. The memorial fund aims to be a perpetual encouragement for those in darkness.
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Pearson
Sir Arthur
National Institute For the Blind
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Sloan
Ptin
Sarbanes
Zeeland
Plymouth
Ene
Canada
BY Loretto C. Lynch
Chili
Woollen Mill
WHI
Windsor Castle
Marte Eye Remedy Co
Chicase
B.C
Canadian Poster Cereal Co. Ltd
Windsor, Ont
Minard
Mit
Ww. N. U
Lady Strathcona Aids Institution For Blind
Sir Arthur Pearson
Lady Strathcona
Yarmouth, N.S
Deninion Express
Chase
Dr. Chase
Dr. & Ox
Edmanson, Batea & Co., Limited
Toronto
Cook
Cook Medicine Co
America
WH. Clay
Pratts
Advicke Free
Pratt Food CO. OF Canada, Limited
RC Lae Eres Ra
Clark
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