Learning through adversity guides Canada toward unity
The piece argues prosperity hides core lessons, while downturns force reforms. It notes oil and gas scrutiny, debtors and creditors trials, and calls for unemployment insurance reform, a constitutional overhauls of the BNA Act, and a national conference to redefine Dominion and provincial powers for a unified Canada amid economic hardship.
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House of Commons
Royal Commission
Railways of Canada
Federal Treasury
Joseph of Old
Canada
United States
Privy Council
B.N.A
Distressed Times Warn of Hazards and Remedies
In hard times families barter basics like ashes soup dogs hogs vegetables brooms and even a $40 gun and $19 dog to hunt 19 cent rabbits. A warning on child convulsions and death urges care with Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to protect children from distressing afflictions. It notes a belief that a full moon weakens radio signals.
Bicycle Boom Boosts Travel Across Cities
Travel writing notes bicycles regain popularity as cycle makers see demand rise beyond the past seven or eight years. England’s Bedford stands out as a bicycle town with high bicycle ownership due to flat surroundings. Abroad Copenhagen and the Hague rely heavily on bikes, while Berlin streets fill with bicycles during commuting hours as factories on the city outskirts house thousands of cycles for cheap travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
England
Copenhagen
Hague
Berlin
Hunted Foxes Display Remarkable Ingenuity
Hunted foxes and hares display ingenuity by running along railway lines to cover scent. The tactic, linked to hunted animals’ habit of running in a stream, may be aided by the cold rails and is seen as a further scent-destroying trick rather than heredity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rathway
How to alter skirts by redyeing and bleaching
A reader explains a plan to lengthen old short skirts by dropping hems and redyeing the dress. Using Diamond Dyes, the writer bleached first then re dyed the fabric for a darker under panel effect. The method promises smooth, even colors that resist wear and washing.
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G.C
Lewis
Quebec
Demand For Heavy Horses In Eastern Canada
H F Gorrell of New Dayton Alberta reports continued demand for good quality heavy horses in Eastern Canada after selling a carload in Montreal. Extra good animals sold well while average westerns had only fair demand. The note hints at market conditions for working stock among Canadian buyers.
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Canada
H. F. Gorrell
New Dayton
Alberta
Montreal
Cottage industry blooms with Czech flowers in Slovakia
Artificial flower making has grown into a cottage industry in Czecho Slovakia. Stars observed are reported to range from 5 000 to 20 000 times brighter than our sun in the cited observations.
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Czecho- Slovakia
Pink Pills Restore Strength for Anemic Woman
Mrs. W P Fitzpatrick of Marquis Sask describes severe fatigue from anaemia. After little relief from treatment, her sister recommended Dr Williams Pink Pills. She took ten boxes and regained energy, sleeping well and climbing stairs without fatigue. The pills claim to build red blood and renew vitality, also suited for growing girls, sold at druggists in a glass container for 50 cents.
Famous Dental Expert Dr James L Williams Dies
Dr James L Williams a noted dental scientist and inventor died recently at 160 Riverside Drive New York. He claimed Piltdown teeth were human and proposed three universal tooth types guiding artificial tooth production. Williams practiced in London and New York and allied with Dental Supply Co serving as editor and author on dental topics.
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James
Leon Williams
Riverside Drive
New York
Sussex
England
Williams
Embden
Maine
London
Sir Arthur Keith
The
Dental Supply Co
Journal
For Dental Research
Shakespeare
Gray
Irving
Edison Granted Patent for Nickel Plated Diamonds
The United States Patent Office issued Thomas A. Edison a patent for an apparatus to electroplate nickel on diamonds used in grinding tools. The device allows diamonds to be mounted in tools and also proposes mounting diamonds for phonograph needles. Edison's signature appears on the patent drawing.
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Edison
United States
Patent Office
Thomas A. Edison
Eminent British physician challenges early rising myth
Sir Robert McAlpine, an eminent British physician, debunks the saying early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. At 85 he asserts he believes in hard work but not in early rising, noting he has not risen by breakfast ten times in thirty years.
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Robert McAlpine
Sir Robert
Scientists question end of world heat death theory
Dr Richard C Tolman and Morgan Ward of California Institute challenge earlier doom calculations by heat death, suggesting a possible continuation of heat radiation and a shrinking end. Quick action urged to reduce worry. Also contains obsolete product pitches and forest area estimates in Manchuria.
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Richard C. Tolman
Morgan Ward
California Institute
Hanson named first United States president, not Washington
The article notes Seymour Wemyss Smith posthumously published work arguing John Hanson of Maryland was the first U S president, elected eight years before Washington and serving one year. Smith cites official documents and private letters to support the claim.
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John Hanson
Maryland
George Washington
United States
Seymour Wemyss Smith
Smith
Hanson
Washington
Rope Bridges Across Rivers Inspire Fear and Innovation
The piece compares nerve wracking rope bridges used to cross the Jhelum River in India with Chinese designs where two twisted vegetable fibre ropes support a sliding wooden block. In India novices face a daunting walk while Chinese bridges employ a downward sloping two-rope system that speeds crossing.
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Jhelum
India
China
Simple Remedy For Bad Stomach Gives Quick Relief
Victims of stomach troubles can avoid strong medicines and starvation diets. A week’s trial of Bisulated Magnesia tablets after meals may neutralize acidity and keep the stomach sweet, with many cases of distress improved.
Tapestry Damaged at Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
A priceless tapestry depicting the childhood of Christ in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity was slashed by a knife in the absence of the usual police guard. The tapestry, gifted by France in 1874, hangs in a site visited by thousands each Christmas.
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Christ
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
France
Faraday’s Steel Invention Sparked Stainless Progress
English physicist Michael Faraday pioneered early stainless steel work introducing key ideas that spurred later alloy development and metal science advances.
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Michael Faraday
Nearly 90 Firms Engaged in Scotch Tweed Industry
About ninety firms are now active in Scotland’s Scotch tweed industry. The surge reflects growing demand and regional craft in weaving. Local mills report expanded orders and investment in looms, signaling a robust revival of traditional textile production.
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Scotland
Sweden Underwater Gold Mine Ranks Third Worldwide
Sweden hosts what officials call the third largest gold mine, buried under a northern lake. Officials say engineers since 1918 have opened over forty shafts in Skelleften, with silver zinc and arsenic byproducts funding underwater mine work. Count Albert Ehrensvard, Swedish minister in Paris, predicts Sweden could rise as a top gold producer.
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Sweden
N'A
Count Albert Ehrensvard
Paris
Count Ehrensvard
Skelleften
Baltic Sea
Bouden
English Cricket Team Plans Tour Across Canada in 1933
Plans for an English cricket team to tour Canada in 1933 have been finalized. Sir Julien Cahn will lead a six weeks' tour beginning in Montreal and ending in British Columbia, following a trans Atlantic phone call with R. W. Sharp, secretary of the Toronto and district cricket council.
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Canada
Sir Julien Cahn
R. W. Sharp
Toronto and District Cricket Council
Sir Julien
Domainion
Montreal
British Columbia
Worm Powders Said Harmless and Pleasant to Take
Advertisers claim Miller's Worm Powders are not repulsive and as pleasant as sugar. They may cause vomiting in an unhealthy stomach but are presented as cleansing and reliable for removing worms from the body.
Musical quips on wives and girls in era remarks
The fragment references a husband and wife in music, noting a wife who “plays second fiddle to his mother” and that “she's not even in the orchestra.” It contrasts modern girls minding their p's and q's with their t's and a's, reflecting period humor about propriety and social roles.
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Minsk
Kemploy
Dr. Williams
Thomas Edison
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Barber
Manchuria
Washinton
Hansen
St. Charles
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