Wored Happenings Briefly Told
Prince Edwant Inland provincial sections set for July 26 in a frecent notice. Notable figures Scott MacMahon and Royalist circles noted. Ships and rail lines expansions discussed. Bulgarian manifesto on treaty dignity. Lyons Restaurant in Piccadilly, the world’s largest, opened with mass service. Eight Chinese captives freed after Shanghai Peking express raid. Royal Mail Packet warns of extending England Vancouver service via Panama Canal to boost inter empire traffic.
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Prince Edwant
MacMahon
Donald MacLean
Attéon
Howard McCon
Saskatoon
University of Say
Lethbridgs
Berta
Kentville
Iowa
Sco
Zankgf
Bulgaria
Vernallies Treaty
Reapec
Lyons
Piccadilly
Whon
Ita
Suchow
Royal Mail Packet
England
Vancouver
Panam Canal
Compapr
Kcy
Saskatchewan Corn Growers Plan First Provincial Show
The Saskatchewan Corn Growers Association forms amid growing interest in maple creek for a provincial corn show next November with a substantial prize list. The article also notes the origin of the word longshoreman from along-shore man.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association
Maple Creek
Prospects for record Western Canada crop this year
The article notes exceptionally favorable conditions across Western Canada with ample moisture and warm weather accelerating growth. Wheat fields stretch green to the horizon, city trees and lawns bloom, and farmers with two decades of experience report prospects never better for this season on the prairies.
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Canada
Western
Putnam's Paloless Corn Extractor Ends Corn Pain
Schoolboy discovers British Guiana one cent stamp from 1856, the rarest in the world, sold by a boy for six shillings. It traveled to Scotland, then to collector Philip von Ferrary and later to Arthur Hind of Utica for £7,342, a record price achieved last year.
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British Guiana
British Gulana
Scotland
Jana
Philip von Ferrary
Arthur, Hind
Utica
Low Spirited and Low in Spirits Feature Health Tonic
A nostrums advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for low mood and weak nerves. It claims fresh blood boosts vitality, improves appetite, lifts spirits, and renews energy, citing Mrs G Reid of Napanee Ontario as a testimonial. The notice adds where to buy and includes a domestic tip about chilling milk in warm weather.
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Mall
Dr. Williams
Medi-cine Co
Brocklifte
Ont
The Habit of Being On Time for School Duties
A hopeful guide extols regular timely study and daily routines for children. It argues punctuality builds ease, self control, and reflection, comparing time discipline to virtues noted by early writers. It also mentions Minard's Liniment for distemper and a stain removal claim for cloth.
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Ume
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil touted as healer for wounds
An old advertisement extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for healing persistent sores and sloughing flesh. It claims to stop sloughing, draw out pus, and foster new skin. It also markets the oil for sprains bruises and paint cleanup with turpentine.
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Thomas
Catarrh Cure and Domestic Tips Highlight Historic Ad Claims
An old advertisement style reads Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic for catarrh aiding natural balance through blood and mucous surfaces. Also notes cake-baking tips using lard and flour, corn remover claims, and mentions two U S health service researchers Miss Ida Bengston and Miss Alice Evans at a hygienic laboratory.
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Hall
Nature
Circulara Tree
Epey de Co
Uncle Sam Sre
Ida C. Bengston
Alice G. Evans
United States Health Service
Pocket gramophone sings in a vest pocket era
A Hungarian mechanic creates a gramophone as small as a watch named the Mikophones. It winds like a watch and includes a speed regulator with ten disks holding twenty selections. A champagne glass elevates the sound for a ballroom, promising an all night session in a vest pocket.
Calgary Stampede to Feature Hudson’s Bay Fort Replica
A replica of an old-time Hudson’s Bay fort will be erected at the Calgary Exhibition Grounds from July 9 to 14 as part of the Stampede. Special camping arrangements are being made for Old-Timers with chuck wagons and cowboy gear.
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Hudson's Bay
Great Company
Calgary Exhibition Grounds
Dr. Hamilton's Pills Restore Tired Women Quickly
An old advertisement proclaims Dr. Hamilton's Pills cleanse and tone the system, sharpen appetite, relieve headaches, and restore strength and buoyant spirits. It urges frequent use to feel good and regain self. The pills cost 25 cents at all dealers.
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Dr. Hamilton
Western Canada Wheat Demand Expands Internationally
Western Canadian grown wheat commands growing demand across the United States and Europe. A Winnipeg seed company recently landed an order for 500 000 bushels of seed wheat from Argentina. Miller's Worm Powders claim complete efficacy by expelling worms and repairing digestive and constitutional damage caused by parasitic intruders.
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Canada
United States
Old World
Winnipeg
Argentine Republic
Circle Tours of Unrivalled Splendor
Advertisement touts Circle Tours of the Canadian Pacific through Calgary and the Rockies with routes via the Gap Graft Lake Louise Glacier and Arrow Lakes, plus a second loop through Sicamous Okanagan Lake and Penticton. Debates reverse direction options and notes mid season excursion fares valid daily to September 3 with stopovers. return omits October 21. Also includes a school joke about a skeleton being a man without meat.
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England
Adirondacks
Calgary
Rockies
Gap
Lake Loulae
Glacier
Arrow Lakes
Kootenay Lake
Crow’s
Prairie provinces to link as direct Manitoba Alberta line
A two way conference in Regina announced Manitoba and Alberta will gain direct telephonic communication within weeks via Saskatche wan with repeating equipment to be installed at Brandon in the next two weeks. Saskatchewan rates remain under discussion by the provincial government as Manitoba and Alberta move toward a complete prairie telephone unit.
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Manitoba
Alberta
Saskachewan
Prairie Provinces
Regina
J. E. Lowry
J. W. Delaney
R. E. Baxter
W. €. Bruce
Saskatchewan
D. C. McNabb
W. Warren
Brandon
Umbrella Stand Worth More Than Its Price
A shopper questions a $3 umbrella stand, while the salesman playfully argues the first umbrella left inside could be worth more than the price, in a concise Boston Transcript exchange.
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Boston Transcript
Constantinople Beauty Spoiled by Global Qualor Critique
A writer contrasts Istanbul as both lovely and filthy, blaming decay on inherited Greco Turkish legacies and a crumbling ancient masonry. Another view sees Constantinople as a geographic sink drawing Levantine scourges, shaping modern city character.
Canadian Mines Wealth Over Fifty Percent Owned In Dominion
In twelve years Canadian mines yielded an appraised wealth of two billion dollars. Securities tied to Canadian mining enterprises total about 774.7 million dollars, with more than half the stock owned domestically. Investors in Canadian mines have received 210 million dollars in dividends over the period.
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Dominion
Canada
Calgary leads North America in telephones per person
According to recent statistics the city of Calgary Alberta with a population of 4000 has more telephones per capita than any other community on the American continent. There is one phone for every 4.10 persons and Calgary uses automatic type telephones.
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Calgary
Alberta
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