Opening of British Empire exhibit set for April 22 1924
World events note a fixed opening date for the British Empire exhibit on April 22 1924, George's Day, while UK unemployment falls by 14520 to 1180200. Quebec contemplates tax relief for auto owners and adjusted auto succession dues. Tangier status talks signed by Britain France and Spain keep an open door policy. Belgium signals potential German minister acceptability via Dr Leopold Von Boesch. Prime Minister King marks his 49th birthday with work. Liberal government praised. Canada may fund pig iron and related product bounty to aid British Columbia. A Chinese officer with pilots certificate from Dubendorf plans to buy fast planes for China. US plans to lift turret guns range on battleships are discussed with $500000 appropriation. Unemployment relief emphasized as municipal provincial matter. front money requires parliamentary approval.
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Oliver
Iron and Steel
British Columbia
Dubendorf
Zurich
China
United States
Burne and Scalds Eclectric OM for quick burn care
In kitchens a handy oil treats burns and scalds without preparation. Apply the oil to the affected area and pain subsides quickly, often without lasting damage. The product promises rapid relief and convenience for household accidents.
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St. Thoons
Prince Wiliam of Sweden Debuts as Dramatist
Prince William of Sweden, second son of King Gustaf V, known as a hunter, poet, and critic, has become a dramatist. His first play has been accepted for production by Gu Swedish Thatne in Stockholm.
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Wiliam
Sweden
Gustaf V
Wade
Gu Swedish Thatne
Stockhying
Power From Waves Inventor Seeks Ocean Energy Breakthrough
Professor Trischetto, an Italian inventor, claims a new wave motor can extract power from ocean waves, generating ten horsepower per square yard of water. He says previous models failed or were too costly, and he has been refused government aid and will seek British and American capitalists once perfected.
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Trischetto
London to house Empire Exhibition crowds study
Canadians planning to visit the British Empire Exhibition next year learn that London accommodation is being organized by the Dominion Welfare Association. A central bureau handles housing inquiries with registers of rooms in central suburban and outer London and a separate list for willing hosts or those ready to rent out their houses to meet demand.
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London
Dominion Welfare Asociaion
Pink Pills Promise Rheumatism Relief Across Joints
An old advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood enriching remedy for rheumatism. It cites a Canadian patient from Washago Ontario who credits the pills with lifting a yearlong, near bedbound rheumatic attack. The copy urges readers to buy by mail or through dealers, with prices at 50 cents a box.
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Williams
Misa Gertie Denne
Washago
Onl
Pr. Williams
Dr. Willams
Honsg
Svii- Yama
Reconstruction of Rheims Cathedral Progress Report
The Hellas Cooperative Lucien outlines four years of Rheims rebuilding under Marquis de Poligny. He notes 180 million francs spent this year in Ruelma and says if work continues the Rheims restoration could finish within five years.
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Hellas
Lucien
Rheims
Marquis de Poligny
Ruelma
Erace
Turning Airplane Sharply Causes Unconsciousness and Death
Physicians explain that a sudden sharp turn or tilt can create centrifugal force that drains blood away from the brain, causing unconsciousness and death. Minard's Liniment for Distemper.
Insulin Fails in Tropics Says Burma Study
An official Burma government communique reports insulin loses potency rapidly in tropical climates. Tests at the Pasteur Institute of Burma show European and American insulin retains only a fraction of strength within weeks, making it largely useless in India and Burma unless reformulated for stability. Researchers urge investigation into Indian manufacture and storage to achieve an effective product.
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Banting
Europe
Tropica
Tropics
America
Burma
India
Ran- Koon
Pasteur Institute
Pioneer Editor Passes James Hooper of Manitoba
James Hooper a pioneer Manitoba newspaperman died at his Winnipeg home after years of failing health. Born in Devonshire in 1835 he came to Canada in 1868 and worked on London papers before launching The Herald at Morris in 1880. He helped found the Winnipeg Tribune and served as managing editor of the Winnipeg Telegram and on the Winnipeg Free Press. He was King's Printer for Manitoba from 1900 until several years ago and later did newspaper work and writing as health allowed.
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James Hooper
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Mr. Hooper
Devonshire
Canada
London
Herald
Morris
Man
Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg Telegram
Winnipeg Free Press
Government favors municipal women voting in France
The French government told the Chamber of Deputies Suffrage Committee it supports municipal women’s voting but stops short of full women’s suffrage as urged by the committee. It backs the family vote in principle but opposes assigning one vote per child, proposing two votes for four children or three votes for six.
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Chamber of Deputies
California Fig Syrup Advertisement for Sick Children
A vintage health ad urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to constipated and feverish children. It claims the product sweetens the bowels, stimulates digestion without griping, contains no narcotics, and supports safe use with pharmacist directions. The copy warns against counterfeits and encourages insisting on genuine California Fig Syrup.
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California
Fewer Divorces in England Revealed in 1922 Statistics
England's divorce petitions fell 13 percent from 1921, with numbers also down 42 percent from 1910 and 48 percent under 1919 highs. The report notes shifts in divorce trends across Great Britain. In the Netherlands, nearly half of 836 professions and trades are held by women.
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England
Great Britain
The
Netherlands
Catarrhozone Advertising Breathes Cure For Colds
An old promotion touts Catarrhozone as a nostril inhalation remedy to clear nasal passages and treat catarrh. The ad claims quick relief from colds, with a two month supply priced at $1.00 and a mail size option offered by The Catarrhozone Co. of Montreal.
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Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Busy Sapiro Adds Yet Another Job in Legion Post
Aaron Sapiro, renowned cooperative marketing advocate, becomes chairman of the national legislative committee of the American Legion. He helped form California cooperative selling groups and aided potato growers in Maine, Western Canada grain merchants, Dakotas fruit growers, Arkansas tobacco growers, and central west dairy producers. He shaped Kentucky Burley tobacco producer protection and rose from peddling papers in Oakland to UC Berkeley Law graduate in 1911.
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Sapiro
Aaron Sapiro
American Legion
United States
Ile
California
Maine
Western
Canada
Arkansas
Kentucky
Central West
Burley Tobacco
Sapho
Oakland
Cal
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Law College
University of California
Iis
Organization of California Citrus Growers
Proposal Rejected on Timber Export Ban in British Columbia
The British Columbia legislature rejected a Bowser proposal to prohibit exporting unmanufactured timber to the United States during a Forest Act discussion. It was the opposition’s second push for export prohibition. Corns are caused by tight boom pressure, and Hollowny’s Corn Remover is advertised as a remedy.
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British Columbia
Jeader
W. J. Bowser
United States
Hollowny
Favorable Trade Balance Shows Canada Upward Trend
Canada reports a strong rise in total trade for eight months ending November, totaling 1.324 billion dollars, up from the prior year. November trade reaches about 711 million, with exports up roughly 70.9 million and imports up 105 million, though imports for November decline by four million and domestic exports rise by about seven million.
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Canada
Toll of the Automobile Automobiles killed 232 persons in New York
Sages in November. Pighty: AX persons lost their tyes In New York ty alone.
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New York
Sages
Bermuda Rainfall Dictates Island Water Supply
The 20 000 inhabitants rely on rainfall collected from roofs and stored in tanks to feed Bermuda's water system, as every shower determines available freshwater on the coral island.
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Bermuda
Movement to urge provincial aid for Hudson Bay Railway
A plan to organize provincial government support for completing the Hudson Bay Railway will be discussed at the Saskatchewan Growers Association annual convention in January. A resolution proposing the idea has arrived at SGGA headquarters from the Kerrobert constituency convention.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Tala Growers’ Association
Kerrobert
Manitobans Win Dominion Batter Scoring Lead
Manitoba tops the Dominion educational batter scoring contest with 97.01, per the Agriculture Department Ottawa. Other provinces follow with Nova Scotia 96.88 Quebec 96.10 Saskatchewan 95.90 Alberta 95.30 Ontario 95.23 New Brunswick 95.20 British Columbia 99.54 Prince Edward Island 94.46.
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Manitobs
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Pitoco Edward Island
End Stomach Misery with Papes Diapepsin Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as quick relief for indigestion gas and stomach distress. A few tablets supposedly relieve acidity and heartburn, with druggists selling millions of packages at a low cost.
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Pape
Western crop values fall from 1922 totals
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Western Canada's principal crops at 466 million dollars this year, down from 500 million in 1922. Western wheat shows declines: Manitoba 24.8 million versus 49.8 million in 1923, Saskatchewan 212 thousand versus 1922, and Alberta 102.0 million versus 50.0 million in 1922.
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Western Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
November Railway Accidents Across Canadian Railways
Report to the Dominion Railway Commission records November totals of 837 railway accidents. Thirty people were killed and 416 injured. Twelve passengers were injured with no deaths, while 165 others were killed and 281 injured. Seventeen crossing incidents caused six deaths and 16 injuries, with unprotected crossings in most cases.
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Dominion Railway Commission
Myex
Not Difficult Chinese Language Claim At Columbia
A Columbia University Chinese professor asserts Chinese is not a difficult language to learn and that any intelligent person can gain working knowledge in three months. The statement emphasizes rapid language acquisition potential for motivated learners.
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Columbia University
Heart and Nerve Pills Restore Ailing Woman’s Health
Mrs. O B Fitzgerald of St Thomas Ontario describes severe heart pain and lingering nervous weakness in fall 1927. After trying several remedies she used seven boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills and reports full recovery. The advertisement states pills sold by druggists or mailed by The T Milburn Co. Limited Toronto Ontario.
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Milburn
Tam
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Kaiser claims fade as Prussia ends royal designations
Fragmented OCR notes discuss William and Crown Prince of Prussia losing royal status by a ministerial decree. The text pivots to a separate line about the annual cost of owning 14,000,100 motor vehicles in the United States totaling 5.6 billion dollars and a reference to Minacci’s Liniment for Coughs.
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William
Prince
Prussia
United States
Photographs Transmitted Over Wires by Belin System
Belin telephotography enables transmission of photographs drawings longhand and Chinese writing by wires. A photorelief on gelatin plate drives a microphone to vary currents, while Blondel osillograph and rotating drums reproduce a new photo. Synchronization ensures the receiving drum aligns with the transmitting drum on each cycle.
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Belin
Royal Society of Arts
Bella
Common Worm Exterminator for Infants Complaints
A historical note praises Mother Ceexvos' Worm Exterminator as a common remedy for infants suffering from intestinal worms, highlighting its effective application as a popular treatment.
New Supersensitive Lena Captures Sound Disturbances
A drifted inventor builds a camera that records sound waves as atmospheric disturbances, claiming it reveals visible ripples for sensitive lenses. Used to analyze gasoline engine exhaust, it may diagnose motor faults by sound quality though complex tones like an orchestra elude it. Also notes beet sugar production decline from 20 to 6 tons per ton due to science. Gyrrassic exercises urged by a German medical scientist for weak or overweight babies.
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Lena
Axserma
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Alverte
Cithas
Minard
James Hoper
King's
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Rex Tailoring Co. Ltd
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Nat Pied
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