Geopolis to be a permanent seat of League of Nations
Inter allied commission in Brussels recommends creating an international city in Belgium named Geopolis on a neutralized front sector. The city would host the future League of Nations and serve as a lasting memorial to the war. Meanwhile a Saskatchewan land sale reports 40 000 acres transferred by J E Martin Land Co for 1 500 000 dollars with 200 buyers traveling from Minneapolis.
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Brussels
Inter-Allied Commission
Belgium
Geopolis
League of Nations
Regina
J. E. Martin Land Company
Minneapolis
Snipe Lake District
Saskatchewan
At &My
Westminster Lords debate animal protection bill advance
In the House of Lords a measure making certain operations on horses, dogs, cats and cattle without anaesthetics an offense was read a second time and referred to a select committee. The text notes a prosperous year tied to rising mortgage numbers.
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Westminster
England
House of Lords
New Zealand Thanks America for Hospitality to Troops
The piece notes gratitude from New Zealand toward the United States for American hospitality to New Zealand troops visiting the U S and the camaraderie at the front. Lieutenant Morton, back in Auckland after lecturing in America, highlighted this sentiment. Wellington City Council sent a vote of appreciation to Panama and Colon officials for handling soldiers passing through the canal. Australia also cableged gratitude to the Panama Canal administration via the imperial government.
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Auckland
New Zealand
United States
Republic
Dominion
Morton
America
Wellington
Panama
Colon
Canal
Australia
Panama Canal Administration
Imperial
Moving Pictures For Esquimos Trade Scheme Aims
Arctic expedition led by Christian Leden plans moving pictures showings to win Esquimos interest in a trade scheme. The party sails on an auxiliary yacht with lumber for houses and trade goods. seek minerals like gold and copper in the frozen north over several months.
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Mr. Leden
New York
Esquimos
Christian Leden
Leden
Explorer
Lemon Skin Whitening Lotion Promised Cheaply
A newspaper item promotes a lemon based skin softener made by mixing fresh lemon juice with orchard white to create a quarter pint preparation. It claims to brighten freckles sallowness and tan, smooth rough skin and hands, and suggests daily facial massages. Also includes an aside joke and ad copy for Black Watch chewing tobacco.
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Conti
Canada urged to boom poultry for war debt payoff
Montreal reports F C Elford championing a poultry gospel to Canada saying 1,000,000 farms could host 100,000,000 hens and towns add 10,000,000 more. With ten dozen eggs per hen at 60 cents per dozen, egg revenue could reach about 660 million dollars annually, a bold view amid wartime food concerns.
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Canada
Montreal
F. C. Elford
Efford
U.S
Uncle Sam
United States
Winnipeg to Host 50 Community Clubs, says official
Acting secretary C Middleton of the Social Service Council predicts in coming years Winnipeg will host 50 Community clubs as the community movement grows. The piece notes nationwide reverberations and urges united citizenship amid local ties and tensions.
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Winnipeg
C Middleton
Social Service Council
Summer complaints kill little ones
An old newspaper notice urges parents to give Baby's Own Tablets to healthy children to prevent or treat summer illnesses. It claims safety backed by a government analyst and advertises 25 cents for two boxes from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario. A hotel gag about waiters and a health ad for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil are included as separate snippets.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Germans Will Always Be Huns Premier Praises Regeneration Skepticism
Premier Massey of New Zealand declares Germans are inherently Huns and doubts any regeneration. He criticizes peace terms, suggests German chemists may develop new destruction methods. In Westminster, Commons discuss Channel tunnel project, urging joint Briton French action with government backing.
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New Zealand
Vancouver
B.C
V “Massey
Massey
Germany
Westminster
England
House of Commons
Great Britain
France
Catarrhozone Inhaler Promises Cure for Catarrh
An old advertisement promotes Catarrhozone as a guaranteed cure for catarrh and bronchitis. It claims instant relief by inhaling a germ destroying vapor, stops coughing and sneezing, and offers two months of treatment with inhaler for one dollar. Kingston Ontario company listed as the maker.
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Kingston, Ont
Progress In Food Production In Britain During War
Frederick Keeble at the Royal Institution surveyed Britain’s wartime food gains, noting farmers and allotment holders boosted production while Germany faltered. He warned the shift to home cultivation must be managed wisely, highlighting army food efforts in France and Mesopotamia and predicting opportunities for profitable domestic farming.
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London
Eng
Frederick Keeble
Royal Institution
Great Britain
France
Mesopotamia
Joffre Honored At Victory Parade In Paris
Winnipeg Free Press notes Joffre riding ahead of Marshal Foch as France granted him precedence after the Armistice victory. The article argues Joffre saved France in the war’s early days and remains a symbol of national triumph in the heads and hearts of the people.
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France
Marsal Joffre
Marshal Foch
Joffre
Winnipeg
Free. Press
Supplying Farmers With Breeding Stock
The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture will supply farmers with breeding stock at first cost to encourage mixed farming. Regina holds 24 pure-bred bulls including Short horns Herefords Polled Herefords and Aberdeen Angus. The livestock branch plans to buy more sires such as Ayrshires and Holsteins for dairy farmers. Sires are sold cash or on easy terms. Last year 125 were sold. this year expected to be between 150 and 75.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Regina
Britannia Rules the Air as Britain Leads in Flight
The New York Tribune notes 1914 rankings placed Germany first France second Italy fourth and the United States last in aircraft appreciation. Armistice figures show Great Britain had 1 295,000 air personnel, the United States 185,852, and Germany 100,337 to 80,000 unknown. Britain plans 1920-21 air spending totaling 330 million with civil and joint services.
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The
New York Tribune
Germany
France
Italy
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Naval
Joint Service
War Facts And Figures From Sir Douglas Haig’s Dispatch
General Headquarters logged 9 000 telegrams and 3 400 letters in one day while army headquarters handled 10 000 telegrams daily. Line and rail networks expanded with 3 688 miles of railways and 1 800 drains weekly. Six weeks fed 5 000 000 rations to 800 000 civilians. daily ration strength reached 2 700 000. An extra ounce per man added 75 tons. 400 000 horses and mules and 700 vehicles used. 4 500 miles of main roads maintained. In 1914 one machine gun per 300 infantry. by armistice one per 20. Over 700 000 tons of ammunition fired on the Western Front last August to armistice.
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Douglas Haig
France
Gold Find Near Copper Lake North of The Pas Manitoba
J P Gordon ex chief engineer of Hudson Bay railway reports a wide twenty by five thousand foot quartz dyke at Copper Lake containing gold with uniform values between nine and fourteen dollars per ton. A mild prospecting rush forms as incoming miners confirm the discovery near Flinflon copper area and fish fossils recently found there.
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Pas
Man
Copper Lake
Here
J. P. Gordon
Hudson Bay Railway
Gordon
Flinflon
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