World uproar over Japan disaster prompts global relief
A vast disaster struck Japan on September 1 with a mighty earthquake followed by fires and enormous tidal waves. Tokio and Yokohama suffered near total devastation as thousands died and cities burned. International sympathy poured in with relief efforts led by Canada and the Red Cross.
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Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Osaka
Canada
Vancouver
America
Red Cross
Dominion
Canadian Red Cross
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Increases in Canada Purebred Animal Numbers
The article notes large rises in purebred animals between the 1911 and 1921 censuses. Horses show a 44 percent increase, cattle 139 percent, sheep 73 percent, swine about 44 percent. In 1921 Canada held 296,655 purebred horses, 93,643 sheep, and 1,143 swine.
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Canada
Dominion
Trade growth improves BC industrial life in 1922
The provincial deputy minister reports a notable 1922 upturn in British Columbia industry. Across 432 manufactured articles and 2,718 establishments, a renewed interest in the province’s vast wealth is noted. A final line recalls the first Meerschaum pipe was crafted 200 years ago by a Hungarian shoemaker.
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British Columbia
Wartime relief ends ban on margarine trade in Canada
Parliament revoked permission for selling oleomargarine and related dairy substitutes as a wartime relief measure. From now on only dairy products free of nonmilk fats may be sold. Manufacture and importation ceased by August. retailers have until February 1924 to dispose of stock. Other products face import and sale bans after October following fat content rules.
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Cambada
Canada
Nerviline Promises Fast Relief For Pain and Joints
A vintage ad touts Nerviline as a thin non oil preparation that quickly penetrates tissues to soothe and heal nerves and joints. It claims rapid action on muscular or nerve pain, with about fifty years of success and availability in 35 cent bottles.
Roof Parking Cars Drive-Through Building Planned
A Los Angeles project introduces a nine storey structure by a leading props company. Cars will enter, be secured to a floor, then moved to a roof parking station for business transactions. This autonomous parking tower aims to ease traffic and showcase novel skyscraper design.
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Los
Fall Weather Harms Little Ones Promotes Baby's Own Tablets
Canadian fall weather flits from warm to wet and cold causing colds and cramps in babies. Baby's Own Tablets are advertised to soothe the stomach, regulate bowels, break up colds, and aid growth. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from Dr. Williams Medicine Co Rockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Urockville
Ont
Prospective Land Buyers Explore Farms Across Western Canada
Eighty prospective land buyers and settlers from Iowa Illinois and Indiana travel through Alberta and Saskatchewan to inspect farms. Twenty entered via Winnipeg and sixty via North Portal. Since June the association has brought 200 US farmers into the prairies on farm tours. Many have been relieved of coins by Hallows Corn Remover, whose powerful effect is noted.
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Western Canada
Iowa
Wllinois
Indiana
The
Canada Coloniuation Association
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
North Portal
United States
Prairis
Amundsen Plans Relay Flight Across Polar Basin
Capt Roald Amundsen announced in Seattle with Haakon Hammer that three all metal planes would relay a flight from Spitzbergen to explore one million square miles of the unexplored polar basin. He will return to Norway to finalize plans for next summer night. Hammer noted German built planes for the relay flight. A separate note mentions a parachute jump record of 124000 feet in 34 minutes.
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Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Alaska
Haakon H. Hammer
Seattle
Amundsen
Polar
Norway
Plang Fox
Paderewski Concert Prompts Kindness by Students in San Jose
Early tour brought Paderewski to San Jose where two Stanford students arranged a recital. They guaranteed $2,000 but box office only brought $1,600. The pianist allowed deduction of expenses and 20 percent from the remainder, then paid the rest. Twenty years later Herbert Hoover recalled the mercy and repaid the kindness.
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Paderewski
San Jose
California
Leland Stanford University
Alt Castle
Paderewsk
Poland
Herbert Hoover
Putnam’s Painless Corn Extractor Promises Quick Relief
An old-time ad touts Putnam’s Corn Extractor claiming it removes corn tissue without trace. It emphasizes immediate effect and urges purchases through dealers for 25 cents, warning against substitutes.
Major Speranza eyes 500000 English for Canada plan
Major J E Speranza, secretary of the Veterans' Association of London, says up to 500000 of England's best men could be secured for Canada if an arrangement handles them well after arrival. He tours Canada, will visit Ottawa on return, and submit a concrete proposal to immigration. Also mentions Dr Thomas Electric Oil ad content.
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J. E. Speranza
Veterans’ Association of
London
England
Speranza
Canada
Ottawa
Immigration Department
Common Expression About a Lady Sparks Humorous Verse
The Boston Transcript mocks the phrase a lady in every sense of the word by likening an ideal woman to an absurdly specific object such as a roofing slate or the calcareous stomach of a lobster. It argues critics’ judgments shape tastes and notes the high-brow’s uncertain stance until post-critique reactions.
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Boston Transcript
Manitoba Province Name Debate Echoes Across Papers
Canadian newspapers discuss proper pronunciation and spelling of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Bran don Sun and the Free Press argue for dignified, full provincial names and preserving last-syllable emphasis, while noting historic pronunciations urged by Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
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Manitoba
Brandon Sun
Free Press
Canada
Saskatchewan
Wilfrid Laurier
Edmonton Journal
California Fig Syrup Ad for Sick Child Relief
A period style advertisement urges mothers to give genuine California Fig Syrup to ill or constipated children. It claims harmless laxative action without griping and notes the product tones the bowels and liver, contains no narcotics, and should be purchased from a druggist with directions.
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California
August 1923 Canada construction contracts rise over year
Construction awards in August totalled 27,488,700, up from 26,187,600 a year earlier. Residential, business, industrial, and public works share the August total. new work valued at 32,374,900. First eight months 1923 contracts reached 223,664,400, up 26.2 percent from 184,238,700 last year. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a safe remedy for worms in children.
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Canada
A Silver Lining for National Finances
The Westmin gler Gazette from London argues that the current financial state is not worse than after the Napoleonic wars, with wealth up though the debt is higher. It notes past growth from steam driven industrial expansion and anticipates gradual gains in our ability to meet global markets.
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Westmingler Gazette
Loudon
Nansen to Visit Canada and United States
A dispatch confirms Dr Fridtjof Nansen will tour Canada and the United States under the League of Nations Society in Canada. He is due in Winnipes on November 21 and 22 to deliver several addresses.
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Fridjof Nansen
Canada
United States
League of Nations Society
Dr. Nansen
Winnipes
Speedier air trips possible in five years says officer
Lt Col Harry Graham of the U S Army Air Service predicts flights from New York to San Francisco could take five to six hours within five years. He cites high altitude air currents racing 150 to 300 miles per hour that travel elliptically and differ by altitude. He notes electrically heated cabins and oxygen for safety at 30 000 to 40 000 feet.
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New York
San Francisco
Harry Graham
U.S Army Air Service
Col. Graham
End Stomach Misery Relief with Pape's Diapepsin
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quickest relief for indigestion gas and acidity. It promises near immediate stomach comfort from a few tablets and notes Druggists sell millions of packages.
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Pape
Honest money quote from Emmet Dalton echoes old gang era
Says Honest Money to Best Emmet Dalton the last of the famous Dalton brothers gang once terrorized the west a century ago he claims a dollar honestly earned is worth $10 000 obtained by fraudulent means. He spent fourteen years in prison to expiate his crimes.
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Emmet Dalton
Dalton Brothers
West
Never Saw One Father Son Exchange on Wisdom
A brief humorous exchange where a father cites an immortal saying about hitching a wagon to a star, and the son asks what a wagon is, illustrating a playful misinterpretation of a famous maxim.
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Emerson
No More Depth Promised in Great Day Coming
A Toronto Telegram line envisions a future era described as great and glorious for prdes trians, noting a day with no more depth. The quotation frames a prophetic tone about progress and unity.
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Toronto Telegram
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Canaan Sta, N.B
Dr. Chase
Chase
Canadian Colonization Association
Halloway
Minard
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Tay
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Nansen
Clement Telrom
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