Wireless music experiment impresses Montreal audience
A large crowd at Chateau Laurier heard gramophone music from Montreal and Miss Sutton singing over 100 miles away via wireless telephone. Dr. A. S. Eve supervised the experiment during a Royal Society of Canada address on war inventions, at nine o clock. The Magna Volt unit carried the distant voice clearly to all sections of the hall.
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Chateau Laurier
Montreal
Sutton
A. S. Eve
Royal Society of Canada
Presence of Mind Scot Two Eyes Please
A brief dialogue fragment shows a Scot ordering a meal with a prank request for eyes in a humorous exchange about price and a wee bit of ham. The waiter confirms no price difference and the Scot chooses the ham enhanced option.
Pennsylvania Glass Powerhouse Fuels U.S. Industry
Pennsylvania supplies more than one third of the nation’s glass output, underpinning factories and commerce across the United States. The state’s glassmakers drive production for domestic markets and export demand, shaping a key regional industrial backbone.
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America
Pennsylvania
Unskilled Workers Are Well Paid In Hawaii Plan
sugar price at 19.50 cents a pound triggers a 345 percent monthly bonus for Hawaii sugar plantation laborers. The lowest unskilled worker earns $3.42 daily or $69 monthly with basic wages of $20, rising to $84 for a $24 wage. If sugar hits 20 cents, the lowest paid would reach $71 monthly. Under the plan, wages plus 75 percent of the bonus are paid monthly, 25 percent held until year end.
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Hawaii
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Blood Action Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications, as they do not reach the disease seat. Catarrh is a focal condition influenced by constitutional factors. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. It is made of tonics and blood purifiers, claiming to produce wonderful results in catarrhal conditions. Druggists 75 cents, testimonials free. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
Edmonton's Oldest Citizen Recalls Western Frontier Life
Tlesphore Alexander Blair, born along the St Lawrence 89 years ago, recalls daring experiences from his days as a frontier mail-carrier, scout, hunter and trapper. He traveled from B C to Manitoba and the Yukon to the Dakotas, becoming a long-time janitor in an Edmonton mission.
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Edmonton
Tlesphore Alexander Blair
St. Lawrence
Daddy Blair
Alberta
West
Prairie
Northand
B. C
Manitoba
Yukon
Dakotas
Chicago Judges Tackle Record Hundred Murder Cases
Six Chicago judges now handle a calendar of one hundred murder cases, the largest homicide docket in U.S. history. Henry Barrett Chamberlain of the Chicago Crime Commission calls the crimes a stark example of the need for Americanization of aliens, arguing the foreign-born and new Americans have not absorbed the American spirit.
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United States
Chicago
Chicago Criminal Court
Henry Barrett Chamberlain
Chicago Crime Commission
Carnival of Crime
Astronomers Plan Mars Message Reception Flight
Professor David Todd of Amherst College and Leo Stevens, noted American aeronaut, will attempt another ascent to listen for messages some scientists say are being wirelessed from Mars. Todd aims to prove a race with scientific wisdom dwells on Mars. Cotton has been grown in India since prehistoric times.
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David Todd
Amherst College
Leo Stevens
Mars
Todd
Red Planet
India
Returned Soldiers Flock to the Land in Saskatchewan
A report shows 3,162 Saskatchewan loans totaling 12.5 million out of 15,540 Dominion loans. Saskatchewan has 2,869 settlers of 13,497 Dominion total, with 9,266 qualified settlers nationwide. The Soldier Settlement Board lists 60 million in loans including land purchases and stock, with 6,625 soldiers taking free land in the western provinces.
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Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Soldier Settlement Board
Western Canada Colonization Association Aims for Settlement
The Western Canada Colonization Association seeks to foster east west unity in Canada by offering guidance to settlers for 20 million vacant arable acres within twenty miles of railways. It plans a $1.5 million fund to promote immigration, not to buy land, and will assist settlers until they are established.
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Canada
Western Canada Colonization Association
Hudson Bay Company
Western Provinces
Minard's Liniment praised by hotel proprietor
A testimonial from Al. Fred Rochay of Rexton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables endorses Minard's Liniment as the best medicine available for use in his family and stables after years of positive experience with the product.
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Minard’s Liniment Co., Limited
Fred Rochay
Rexton Pond
Preserving Spider Webs by Shellac Treatment
Naturalists describe preserving spider webs by spraying a shellac solution then pressing ordinary geometric webs against glass plates. After drying, the plates are stored in a cabinet for later use. A quip about hacking coughs and cures follows two odd lines.
Canada builds 60 ships with 325000 deadweight tonnage
The government announces construction of sixty ships totaling 325000 DWT. This initiative aims to boost maritime capacity and national logistics, reflecting a sizable state program with broad economic and defense implications.
Vast irrigation expansion taps southern Alberta lands
Water delivery into the main ditch of the Canada Land and Irrigation company east of the Little Bow Reservoir signals the completion of a decade long effort. The project will irrigate 220000 acres across Warehall and nearby farmland, with 5000 acres purchased by American settlers now ready for crops this year. Lake McGregor reservoir supplies the operation, while the 175 mile main ditch serves as the artery for the system now in use.
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Alberta
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Little Bow
Warehall
United States
Calgary
Snake
Lake McGregor
Husband’s Logical Mind Irks Mrs Bigbrow
Conversation shows Mrs Bigbrow praising her husband’s logical mind while Mrs Tuntwist notes his habit of joining a different lodge each night, implying a joked critique of his steady routines.
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Mrs. Bigbrow
Neuralgia and Sciatica Pain and Pink Pills Remedy
The article explains neuralgia can affect any nerve including sciatic nerve causing severe pain. It attributes relief to Dr Williams Pink Pills, citing Mrs Thomas McGuire of North Maldon Ont who saw lasting improvement after months of use. Pills sold locally or by mail from Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
A Perfect Antidote for Aphasia in Shoplifting Cases
Two rich girls in New York were arrested for shoplifting last week. Each case sees lawyers claiming aphasia as the cause, the moments of the crime followed by a blank world until detectives tapped them on the shoulder and announced arrest. A New York correspondent notes the idea of a good detective as a perfect antidote for aphasia.
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New York
Prospects Rise in Alberta Bow Slope Irrigation Block
A productive Bow Slope district north of the Bow River in southern Alberta near Brooks thrives under the Canadian Pacific Railway irrigation project. Up land Swedish colony, established in 1918 with about 300 people, now crops 8,500 acres as flax and alfalfa expand. Wheat seeding finishes on Duke of Sutherland lands, with 2,000 acres in crop and irrigation ditches nearing completion ahead of water turn on by early June.
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Brooks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Alberta
Bow River
Whiat
Bow Slope
Upland
Duke of Sutherland
Poland’s Improved Position Victory in Russia Prompts Peace Talks
Polish victories in Russia have put Poland in a position to resume peace negotiations with the Bolsheviks. The government states it seeks peace, notes Poland’s peaceful Ukrainian policy, and will let the Soviet government choose the venue from among Poland’s proposed sites.
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Russia
Poland
Legation
Platinum Found In Pieces Weighing Up To Ten Pounds
A report notes rare platinum occurrences where metal has surfaced in chunks weighing as much as ten pounds. Experts caution such large fragments are unusual and highlight implications for mining and alloy use. The finding underscores platinum’s geological rarity and value.
Brother's Watch Sold by German Hawker in War Spoils
A Shropshire resident Sankey bought a watch hawked by a German trader at Pontesbury. Upon opening it, he found his brother's name inscribed inside. The brother served with the Scots Guards and was killed in France in 1914.
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Pontesbury
Shropshire
Sankey
Scots Guards
France
Little-known Esquimaux and a Odd Housing Request
Fragment from a period column notes a man seeking a 24 by 12 feet sitting room for a gentleman while an agent complains of finding space. The piece juxtaposes a quirky housing request with a humorous aside about a household remedy and a remark on divorce as rare among the Esquimaux.
Spring Tonic Promises Health Through Blood Purity
An old fashioned herbal remedy, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, is touted as strengthening blood and nerves for both women and men. The spring is suggested as ideal to assess health, with a note that the medicine contains no alcohol or narcotics. A vial can be obtained by sending 50 cents to Dr. Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
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