Summer Holiday Season Urges Safe Outdoor Living
Western Canada urges outdoor life during the long vacation while stressing health, clean water, and safety. Parents should ensure sanitary facilities at camps, teach swimming, supervise children near water, prohibit solo canoe outings, and prevent campfires and litter. Emphasizes learning about flora and safety alongside rest and recreation.
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Lakeside
Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
Cs.et
G.C
Canada
Kumier
Resoria
Violin Making in Czecho-Slovakia Booms with Skilled Craftsmen
Industry in Czecho-Slovakia benefits from natural forests of hardwoods and skilled workmanship. About 4,500 home workers produce high quality instruments. In a year, around 133,000 violins were finished along with 2,100 cellos and 1,200 double basses.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Brazilian Centennial Exposition awards Phillips' Mik of Magnesia
A Rio de Janeiro cablegram reports Phillips' Mik of Magnesia won the Grand Prize at the Brazilian Centennial International Exposition. The recognition crowns the product's world supremacy in its category and boosts its market prestige.
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Yankee Doodle
South America
Rio de Janeiro
Phillips’ Mik
Magnesia
Swat Spark Your Eut-xlasa Ring Test
A stray note describes testing authenticity by the sound when a device is swatted. It emphasizes a simple ring as the telltale sign of genuineness and hints at practical, if informal, verification. The tone is casual and instructional with minimal context.
Mailing Papers to Old Land Rates in 1923
The Post Office weekly bulletin dated June 16 lists 1923 rates for sending papers to Great Britain and Empire destinations. Canadian newspapers mailed by private individuals cost one cent per four ounces to each separate address. Other newspapers and periodicals priced at two cents per two ounces or fraction thereof to each separate address.
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Post Office
Great Britain
Postal Guide
Pearl Found at Broome Worth $60,000 In West Australia
A 101 grain puddle-button pearl was found at Broome and valued at 69,000 pounds. The discovery surpasses the famed Star of the West, weighing 101 grains and valued at 350,000 pounds.
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Broome
West Australia
New Austrian Vessel Recorder Tracks Passages by Light
An Austrian invention uses a small searchlight and a selenium light sensor to detect and record every passing vessel or person over water. Tests near Vienna covered three and a half miles, recording all objects in daylight with a 5 candlepower lamp as the light source.
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Austria
Fnvenisra
Vienna
Duke of Devonshire Speaks on Western Canada Education
The Imperial conference on education opened in London with the Duke of York presiding. Duke of Devonshire praised Dominion progress, noting Canadian priorities by acres and miles, and cited Western Canadian universities planning for centuries ahead. Peter Larkin supported the high commissioners in seconding the vote. A later asthma remedy advertisement claims relief and restored vigor.
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Dominions
British Empire
London
Duke of York
E. F. L. Wood
Board of Education
Duke of Devonshire
Peter Larkin
Canada
Great Britain
Apricot and Raisin Pie and Cherry Marmalade Recipe
Household hints outline two fruit desserts: an apricot and raisin pie with overnight soaked apricots and lattice top baked in two stages, plus a cherry marmalade made from red cherries oranges raisins and sugar cooked to thick jam then jarred for preservation.
Keep Children Well During Hot Weather
Mothers know hot months threaten infants with cholera infantum and diarrhea. Babys Own Tablets from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont offer preventive care and quick relief, selling for 25¢ a box through medicine dealers or by mail.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Britain pays six months interest to United States in debt
In written replies to House of Commons questions Financial Secretary William Joynson-Hicks announced that Great Britain paid approximately £14,464,000 in six months interest owed to the United States on the American loans due June 15. He also denied that a recent German gold shipment to the United States was credited to Britain.
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Britain
United States
House of Commons
Wm. Joynson-Hicks
the Treasury
Great Britain
Sir William
Germany
Solomon Island District Officer Commands Island Justice
W R Bell, district Officer of Malaita in the Solomon Islands, is the sole white administrator for a 50 000 population. He blends British law with native customs, balancing strict justice and cultural understanding to prevent rebellion and maintain order on Malaita. Malaita spans 120 by 46 miles. Also noted is Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy for worm infections in children.
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W. R.bell
Malaita
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Kingdom
Baby Diarrhea Remedy Promoted by Local Adverts
A long advertisement extols Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a safe remedy for infant diarrhea or summer complaint with claims of saving many babies. It cites Mrs S Lafontaine of Great Desert and notes price and distributor The T Milburn Co Toronto. A quip about astronomy and a note on Thomas Electric Oil for catarrh are also included in the piece.
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S. Lafontaine
Great Desert
Uni
Dr. Fowler
T. Milburo Co., Limited
Toronto
Ont
Thomas
Path to Peace Through International Unity and Law
Sir Robert Laird Borden argues in the Yale Review that world peace hinges on public right and international justice, with periodic conferences and equal-footing national representatives. He notes the League of Nations has prevented wars, settled dangers, and established a court of international justice, while urging enlightened public opinion to sustain order and justice.
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Common Council
United States
League of Nations
League
Europe
Supreme Allied Council
International Justice
Sir Robert Laird Borden
Yale Review
New Type Airplane To Be Tested In England
An aeroplane described as a Bying wing will be tested in England. The body is a lifting surface with little dead weight and is expected to carry more than a ton. It aims to be faster and more economical than prior types. It will be multi engined with a twenty five passenger saloon and space for malls and baggage.
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England
Antwerp carpenter buys Rembrandt marked painting
An Antwerp carpenter purchased a secondhand painting labeled Jesus baptized in the River Jordan for a few francs. An Antwerp art expert found 1640 on the work and Rembrandt’s signature, valuing the painting at 2,000,000 francs.
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Antwerp
Jesus
River
Jordan
Rembrandt
Impressive Lecture Sparks Mixed Reactions
Attendees described Minard’s talk as impressive though one listener admitted understanding was limited. The exchange highlights a divide between praise and comprehension during the lecture.
Wool sale yields strong price at Ray Knight ranch
The Ray Knight Ranching Company's wool crop, about 220000 pounds, sold to American buyers at 4 cents per pound. The deal involved roughly $75000 and shows a higher price than last year.
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Ray Knight Ranching Company
Carpets Made on Paper Mesh Foundation in Germany
A report notes that carpets are being manufactured in Germany using a paper mesh foundation. The item highlights production methods and regional industry practices without extrapolated details.
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Germany
Auto Monopolizes Accident Column In Early News
The Woodstock Sentinel Review notes a Perth County incident where a horse ran loose and a driver died. It argues automobiles then monopolized traffic accident coverage, pushing horses from the news as railways shifted to passenger service.
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Perth County
Umea
Woodstock
Good Natured Rivalry In Canadian Dairy Industry
A lively rivalry exists among Ontario Quebec and British Columbia provinces for dairy records and supremacy. Canada holds world records with Ontario Quebec and BC cows trading honors as imports of Canadian dairy cattle spread influence and raise production while export volumes reach millions of pounds of butter domestically and abroad.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Dominion
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Constitutional Help
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to treat catarrh by acting through the blood to mucous surfaces. It purports to improve general health and assist nature, with promotional text inviting Druggists and offering free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohla
British Navy Scraps Many Warships For Breakup
Numerous battleships dreadnoughts cruisers destroyers and submarines have been withdrawn from active service by the British Admiralty and sold for breaking up. Many will be recycled into razor blades and other metal products.
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Actioe
British Admiralty
Time Tested Thoms Electric Oil Gains Wide Praise
Dr Thoms Electric Oil has stood for over fifty years and proven a blessing to thousands. It enjoys high favor across Canada and its fame extends beyond the seas. It would be cheap at double its current price.
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Dr. Thoms
Canada
Not a Big One Self centred mother and outspoken girl clash
A brief Chicago Tribune quip has a self centred young mother declare her vanity while an outspoken girl retorts that she won’t pay income tax. The exchange mocks vanity and fiscal attitudes in a witty roadside dialogue.
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Chicago Tribune
Fragmented Advice on Bed Springs and Sunlight
A fragment suggests painting bed springs white to avoid rust or mattress distress. It then presents a line about the sun’s bareface being 12,000 tlics lighter than the earth, a cosmic comparison without clear context.
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Old Land
Mary Hocking
Madoc
Dr. Chase
Franks
J. W. Vince
Bordens
EAGLE
Thelles Montreal
Boeke
Brita
Solomon Island
Pat
League of Nations A Great Court of International Justice
Minard
Cutiura
Colum
Dr. Casse
Aedalt
Devin
Atestes
G. J. Kendall Company
Racebury Polis
U-S.a
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