What Is Right With Canada A Moderate Optimist View
A piece arguing for moderate optimism about Canada, praising health, peace, moral fibre, law and order, strong institutions, and advancement in education and social betterment. It contrasts Canada with England and other nations, urging focus on right aspects to dull concern about wrongs. It cites Major Yeats Brown as a model.
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Canada
Yeats-Brown
England
London Spectator
North
South America
United States
Orchard forecasts and a word misspelling pun
Western Orchards editor G F Chipman predicts orchards of standard eating apples will flourish across the Prairie wheat belt. A comic exchange has Darrell in a hole over spelling professor with two Fs. An average life span study shows a rug nine years, a chair twelve, and a dining table fifteen.
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G. F. Chipman
The
Country Guide
Prairies
Ontario Gold Production Rises in Eight Months
Ontario bullion output valued at 23 287 735 dollars for eight months, up over 1 260 000 from the same period in 1929. A lawyer questions the defendant about full disclosure while a prisoner responds about concealing money. A bookseller asks a preference for fiction or serious works and a woman desires art-green binding to match wallpaper.
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Ontario
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Antacid Ad
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick effective antacid. It claims a single spoonful neutralizes acids, relieves sour stomach, and promises fast relief within minutes, urging readers to insist on the genuine physician prescribed product with full directions in each bottle.
Irish poet AE George Russell arrives in New York planned six month visit
Irish poet, essayist and economist George Russell known as AE has landed in New York to promote agricultural co operation as a path to farmer relief. He intends to visit every state during his six months stay, sharing his system and views.
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George Russell
New York
Union
Canadian Seed Potatoes Impress American Growers
A Pennsylvania Potato Growers' Association delegation of 160 visited New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to study Maritime seed potato methods. Provincial agriculture departments hosted the group and showcased cultivation practices, underscoring Canada’s reputation for top seed spuds in North America.
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Maritimes
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Pennsylvania Potato Growers’ Association
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Departments of Agriculture
Baby's Own Tablets for Constipation in Children
Constipation is a common childhood ailment that hampers growth. The advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a mild, thorough laxative safe for newborns, claiming thousands of mothers rely on them. Sold by medicine dealers or $0.25 per box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Refreshing Treats at Rural Church Supper and Festival
The article lauds church suppers and festivals as wholesome community events that offer food and social value beyond price. It also advertises Miller's Worm Powders as a safe remedy to eliminate worms in infants, claiming improved sleep and health after use.
Memory of a Farmer Echoes Through Administrations
Senator Thaddeus E. Caraway of Arkansas described himself as an ex-farmer in a speech to the state Democratic convention. He traced his farm from ownership under Wilson to only an echo after Harding Coolidge and now a memory under Hoover prosperity. Temperature tests near a forest showed a ten degree difference ahead of the advancing fire.
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Thaddeus E. Caraway
Arkansas
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Impatient For Disarmament League Action At Geneva Rally
A heated demonstration at Geneva in the League of Nations disarmament committee urged rapid action on disarmament. J J Loudon, chair of the preparatory commission, pledged a November 3 meeting to push toward convening a general conference for an armament reduction plan. Neutral and disarmed countries joined the call for the League to advance its long delayed goal.
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League of Nations
League Assembly
Geneva
J. J. Loudon
Preparatory
League
German Property Sequestered in Canada to be Discussed
German government officials and Hon. C. H. Cahan will discuss sequestered Canadian property during the war. Accompanying Cahan is Thomas Mulvey as under secretary. Discussions will be in Berlin as about $600,000 in unliquidated assets, mainly land and securities, remain.
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Canada
C. H. Cahan
Thomas Mulvey
Mir. Cahan
New York
Berlin
Dominion
Last of a North Carolina Family Tends 150-Year-Old Fire
In Saluda North Carolina William Morris, a descendant of a long line, keeps a fire burning at a warped log hut that began with his grandfather over 150 years ago. He is the family’s lone survivor. A separate note mentions Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil using six essential oils with no alcohol.
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Saxony
Saluda
N.C
William Morris
Thomas
Artist Without Arms Draws Success In Cicero Suburb
Henry Wiegman, a 23 year old Cicero student artist born without arms, paints with his teeth and tongue. He aims to earn a living through commercial illustration or a gift shop he plans to open, a skill begun when he first learned to write by the same method.
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Henry Wiegman
Cicero
Chicago
Wiegman
Athletes Recommend Minard's Ointment
Athletes praise Minard's ointment for its effectiveness. Conjuring Creek in northern Saskatchewan traces its name to Wizard Lake, with Cree heritage named Pangamon. Britain plans a library of historic naval photographs. Singing is valued as lung exercise.
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Saskatchewan
Wizard Lake
Britain
English Taught in German Schools Gains Popularity
English instruction in German schools draws strong student interest as Prof. Max Zimple, in New York, notes German aims favor a learning aristocracy and emphasize selecting top pupils for higher schooling while training others for trades. The piece contrasts German and American systems and ends with a Punch quip about a tax collector incident.
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Germany
Max Zimple
New York
America
England
United States
Visting
Piri
Douglas Egyptian Liniment Promises Rapid Back Relief
An efficacious household remedy Douglas Egyptian Liniment claims instant relief for lame backs and muscular rheumatism. It also purportedly eases inflammation burns sores corns and warts. Tommy asks where the bathroom at the country cottage is and mother says there is none promising a real holiday instead.
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Tommy
Bring the Family Motto Echoed at Arkansas Colleges
The article notes Bring the family too as a motto at Arkansas schools. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Carter of Scranton with son Jack and daughter Hilda enrolled as summer students at Arkansas Poly technic College Russellville. At the University of Arkansas Fayetteville eight members of W. H. Smith’s family were summer students in education. They include five children, two grandchildren, and a son-in-law.
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Arkansas
W. H. Carter
Scranton
Jack
Hilda
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Russellville
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
W. H. Smith
School of Education
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Quebec
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France
Duchess of York
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Liverpool
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IDE
Antwerp
R. W. Greene
C.P.R
Edmonton
G. BR. Swalwall
Saskatoon
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C.P.R. Building
Winnipeg
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Western Representatives
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Regina, Sask
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