Calarrhorone Co. Pill Dealers Advertise 25 Cent Sale
A fragmented antique ad from Montreal promotes Dr Hastie Eashuuwepa and Dr Hamilton's Pills priced at 25 cents. The text lists ail dealers of The Calarrhorone Co. and references hard soca aoe phrases. The readable fragment suggests a medicine sale with multiple names and a geographic tag for Montreal.
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Streegih
Leabother
Hastie Eashuuwepa
Dr. Hamilton
Calarrhorone Co
Montreal
Bar 6 Ranch Visit Describes Dip and Mission Call
The writer recalls a trip from Bar 6 Ranch to an Indian Mission on a reserve twelve miles away. A guide explains cattle dipping as a British-imposed disease control step, forcing cattle into a narrow reservoir where they swim to escape immersion. The scene notes Agency buildings forming a village near the Mission.
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Winnipeg
Mr. Livingstone
Brett
Death's Head Hawk Moth Inspires Awe and Learning
A 1922 tale recounts a boy who discovers the Death's Head Hawk Moth and learns from it. The moth’s eerie skull pattern unsettles relatives yet spurs curiosity about hawk moths and their life cycle. The piece links the encounter to the boy's later fame as a naturalist and notes the variety within the Sphinx family.
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Iite
xDeath
Picturesque Indian Reserve visit amid western hills
A Canadian diary recounts a tour to an Alberta Indian Reserve. The author visits a white-painted residence in a fan shaped hollow, meets the Indian Agent and his wife, and describes the mission school housing about a hundred children with boys in blue uniforms and girls in ribbons. The piece notes missionary influence, local women, and social dynamics, including a critic’s view of a zealous reformer and Ellen Prince of Wales as a local celebrity.
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Mr. Livingstone
Ellen Prince of Wales
Edward
Week End Visit Near Mission School Grounds
Narrative notes Ellen and Mrs Bingham as friends visiting the Mission area. A speaker describes keeping dogs from causing trouble as Ellen's son travels with a retinue of dogs of various ages. The scene hints at ongoing events with a teaser line to continue.
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Ellen
Bingham
Discoverer of Radium Seeks Scientific Assistants
Mime Curie faces financial strain as France trims 50,000 government posts. The radium laboratory suffers from a shortage of qualified assistants, and a philanthropist is urged to fund several hundred dollars yearly to retain the staff at its current but inadequate level.
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Mime
Curie
Mme. Carie
Greeks Foretold Weather Wind Directions Lore
The ancient Greeks were skilled in weather lore linking wind directions to forecast patterns and seasonal changes. Their observations tied specific winds to impending conditions, reflecting early systematic thinking about meteorology and climate.
Tired and Run Down in Vancouver
Vancouver woman Mrs. J C Garaves testifies to the benefits of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after years of fatigue headaches sleeplessness and poor appetite. The ad claims the remedy lifts tired housewives by addressing nervousness backache and side pains and notes the medicine has been trusted for nearly fifty years.
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Vancouver
B. C
Lydia E. Pinkham
Washington
J. C. Garaves
Hornby St
British Columbia
Dominion Livestock Receipts Show Shifts In 1922 Markets
The Dominion weekly Grand report notes western cattle, calf, sheep and hog marketings up versus 1921, offsetting eastern declines. Totals for Sept 7 at Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton reveal higher receipts across cattle, calves, hogs and sheep, with mixed regional price changes and Calgary bucking the trend with stronger cattle prices.
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Dominion Livestock Grand Weekly
Dominton
St. Honiface
Manitoba
Dominion
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Papes Diapepsin Promises Instant Stomach Relief
An advertisement claims Papes Diapepsin quickly cures indigestion and sour stomach after meals. It asserts relief from sourness, gas, heartburn, and pain the moment the tablet reaches the stomach, with a guarantee from druggists. Ends stomach trouble for a few cents.
Indians Harvest Grain Mah Noh Min Wild Rice
Indians gather wild rice today as in the days of Hiawatha, piloting canoes through rice beds. The grain is snipped or pulled, beaten from the stem, then heated to hull and treaded with moccasin feet. Wild rice is an aquatic perennial staple used since time immemorial. The work is so tedious that few white people attempt it.
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North America
Asia
Alberta Coal Production Rises in Drumheller Fields
Coal production in the Drumheller fields has reached 6,825 tons daily and will rise to 8,000 to 9,000 tons. All Alberta and eastern British Columbia coal camps are operating, with much of the output shipped to Saskatchewan and Manitoba to meet Western Canada needs.
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Drumheller Fields
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canada
Renounce Pension Shocks Official World In Scotland
Lord Strathclyde, aged 63, voluntarily relinquishes a £3750 yearly pension granted after retiring as Lord Advocate for Scotland, citing weak health and inability to participate in judicial work. Critics note royal generosity for retiring officials as contrast.
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Lord Strathclyde
Scotland
House of Lori
House of Commions
House of Lords
Lindewe Sear
Piy
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Pediatric Bowel Cleanse
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use genuine California Fig Syrup to relieve constipation in children. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness tomorrow and lists symptoms like colic and sour stomach as indications for cleansing the bowels. The bottle carries printed directions for babies and children, warning to say California to avoid imitation.
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California
Manitoba Beekeeping Emerges as Major Industry This Year
Manitoba's beekeeping flourishes with about 1,000 beekeepers producing 7,000,000 pounds of honey this year. Provincial apiarist Floyd predicts revenue of 400,000 dollars this year and potential doubling next year if development continues.
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Manitoba
Floyd
Decrease in Canada’s net debt in August report
The Finance Department shows a further fall in Canada’s net debt for August. The net debt on August 31 stood at 2,387,676,265 dollars, down from 2,492,542,628 dollars at the end of July.
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Canada
Finance Department
Money Thrown Away By a Painful Leg Treatment
A Winnipeg reader recounts wasted cash on a city medical course for a leg ulcer that failed until using Zam-buk herbal balm. She describes multiple doctors, slow relief, then dramatic improvement and a healed leg. The ad touts Zam-buk for eczema, ringworm, wounds, boils, abscesses, piles, cuts, and burns.
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James Efeworth
Selairk
Vail
Tas
Zimchuk
Automatic Car Detective Stops Car Thieves With Siren
The piece describes a new automatic detective device fitted to motor cars that triggers a loud long-range alarm on movement. Police authorities will order stops for cars sounding the alarm. Owners deactivate it with a switch upon returning, and activate it again when leaving, using a Yale-key style mechanism.
Canada Emerges as Center for Automobile Exports
A report by H. W. Chisholm notes about thirty four percent of automobiles in use in India are built in Canada. British preferential tariffs push Canada to rapid export growth with new U S carmakers establishing plants there to serve export business.
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India
Canada
H. 4
Chisholm
London Women Police Cost City 150000 A Year
Keep Minard's Lintment In the House reports that London maintains women police at a cost of 150000 pounds annually with limited actual police authority, signaling bureaucratic inefficiency. The article questions the necessity and effectiveness of such a unit within the city’s policing framework.
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London
Divided By Earthquakes Classroom Joke
A classroom exchange features a student answering “By earthquakes” when asked how the earth is divided, prompting the teacher to move on to the next student. The brief anecdote captures a simple, humorous moment in school.
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Byelinor Marsden
Bar
Tena A. Senith
Cantry Harbor Cross Road
N. S
Dr. Chase
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Seo
Swett
Downe
Torezzo
Ores
Bayer
Iasigt
Bayer Company
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