World League of Nations: Path to Lasting Peace or Endless War
An extended reflection argues that despite the Armistice and League of Nations, Allied occupation, reparations disputes, and Italy Greece tensions threaten Europe. The piece urges strong public support for the League as the world’s best insurance against future war, noting American isolation and widespread economic strain.
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Armialice
League of Nations
Germany
France
Bugles
Sulien
Russia
Turkey
Balkan
United States
Léague of Nations
Europe
Great Britain
Greece
Auselas
Serbia
Italy
Althgugh
League
League of Nafiona
League of Natons Society
Masterpiece or Blank Canvas in Curtain Painter Tale
A curtain painter confined in an asylum proclaims his latest masterpiece to visitors. He insists the canvas shows a sea and distant terralites, while observers see only an expanse of bare cloth. Meanwhile, Saskatchewan farmers earned 229 prizes from 1911 to 1922 at national and international shows for grain, grasses, and vegetables, including sweepstakes and first prizes for wheat.
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Bex
Saskatchewan
Canada
United States
Manitoba cattle loan scheme aims to boost livestock
A loan scheme for cattle feeding announced by the Manitoba Cattle Loan Company seeks to help farmers feed and hold cattle to meet market requirements. The move is expected to markedly increase provincial livestock and improve farmer returns, while notes the Capstan Sea is gradually disappearing.
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Manitoba Cattle Loan Company
British Laws Tie American Canadian Legal Traditions Highlighted
At the American Bar Association banquet in St Paul the Chief Justice Taft and Earl of Birkenhead spoke on close ties between American and Canadian legal systems. J Hamilton Lewis and others attended as Taft praised a planned London visit, stressing gratitude for shared legal principles and a wish to strengthen the old home of the law.
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American Bar Association
St. Paul Auditorium
Taft
Earl of
Stooping Drastically Ties To Old Age, Says Dr MacDonald
Dr Peter MacDonald opened a British Medical Association conference in Portsmouth arguing that shoulder stoop hastens aging. He claimed lifting a book by a layman reversed years of deformity, making him appear decades younger, and urged maintaining upright posture to extend life.
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Peter MacDonald
British Medical Association
Portsmouth
Dr. MacDonald
MacDonald
Dr Hamilton's Pills Promised Health Benefits
Advertisement claims Dr Hamilton's Pills regulate the system to improve bowel function kidney tone and blood renewal. It promises quick effects and renewed health with a yellow box packaging priced 25 cents.
Inland seas yield vast 1921 fish values in Great Lakes area
The National Resources Intelligence Department notes Inland waters in the Great Lakes region stretching 1600 miles from east to west and including Lake Winnipesaukee yielded freshwater fish worth over 4 million dollars in 1921. Species include whitefish lake herring lake trout and pickerel with other varieties. Further west the plains Rockies and Hudson Bay waters offer future expansion potential though valued under 1 million dollars. Bear Lake teems with large high quality fish rarely marketed.
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National Resources Intelligence Department
Great Lakes
Winnipee
Manitoba
Great Plains
Rockies
Hudson Bay Area
Great Bear Lake
Ottawa Citizen
A Fine Complexion Linked to Blood Health
An older advertisement argues that pale skin in girls signals blood deficiency and impurities. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a corrective tonic, claiming improved appetite, energy, and rosy cheeks, with purchase via dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont. It ends with a light note that a boy refusing pie reflects health issues or the pie.
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Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams
Medicine
Blood Test for Horses Sparks Debate on Purchases
Dr Christan P Neser of Onderstepoort claims a blood test can gauge a horse endurance better than ever, noting red corpuscles rise with stamina. Ordinary work horses show about 23 percent red cells, trained racers up to 26 percent, implying higher oxygen delivery and longer, faster runs. Also mentions Holdoway's Corn Remover, cattle loading records, global agricultural workers, and a misquoted line about a theatre pioneer.
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Christan P. Neser
Onderstepoort
South Africa
Neser
Hair Cloth From Human Hair Woven For Mills Demand
A southern factory threads human hair into cloth to meet cottonseed oil mill needs for durable fabric. After tests a weaving method was devised and supply sought in China. Coolies were procured and hair bound in huge bales, arriving sterilized for weaving into rolls of cloth half an inch thick and weighing about 400 pounds.
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China
Orient
Saskatchewan Binder Twine Demand Reaches Historic High
Heavy demand for binder twine spreads across Saskatchewan with sales far above prior years. One firm reported six million pounds sold and total season consumption estimated at 50 to 60 million pounds, while prices fell about half a cent per pound over last year.
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Saskatchewan
Air Force to Install Radio Nardio This Winter
Major W A Steel of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals announces wireless equipment will be installed at Jericho Beach and in flying boats to keep seaplane pilots in constant voice contact with base stations. The system aims to aid the Forest Patrol Branch by focusing forest-fire responses to remote areas in the Yukon and Dawson City deployment.
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Nardio
Vancouver
Royal Canadian Air
W. A. Steel
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Corps of Signale
Dawson City
Yukon
Jericho Beach
Forest Patrol
Air Force
Minards Liniment for Corns Sparks Curious Rhyme
A humorous item notes a young man sowing his wild oats hoping for change, with a playful line about corn remedies and a popular liniment brand. The brief quips illustrate light, period voice advertising humor.
Oil Field Activity Spurs Interest in Southern Alberta
Developments in Southern Alberta oil fields draw wide attention as drilling progresses and expected results loom. Construction begins on Standard Refining Company plant with completion hoped by year end or early next spring. New York skyline note contrasts past five story era with today's towering skyscrapers. A whale can swim at 12 miles per hour, and Minard's Liniment is advertised for headache.
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Alberta
Standard Refining Company
New York
Has Altered Fashions The Death Of Stambuliski
The death of Stambuliski, former Bulgarian premier, sparked a fashion shake up. Bosla reports women rushed to order long dresses and high heel shoes, after Stambuliski's ban on short dresses and flat heels and police enforcement. Demand in Sofia outstrips shops.
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Stambuilsk
Bulgaria
Bosla
Stambuliski
Nerviline touted for fast relief of muscle and joint pain
An advertisement touts Nerviline as a superior pain remedy for muscle stiffness and joint discomfort. It claims deep penetration, greater strength than ordinary preparations, and quick relief, urging readers to purchase a 5 cent vial today.
Ancient beliefs and demographics in early societies
The text notes strong aversion to red hair among ancient Magne tans and cites early authorities claiming a yearly burping ceremony to purge an unlucky person with red hair. It also mentions Falkland Islands demographics with five men per woman and says tapers are nearly unknown in Japan.
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Falkland Islands
Nervous wreck woman credits Pinkham's Compound
Mrs Emily Davis of Winnipeg writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helped her through severe nervous exhaustion and irritability after childbirth. She reports renewed ability to work enjoy motherhood and nursing and recommends the remedy to others.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Onipee
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Ina
Mekars
Emily Davis
TA McGee
TA McGee Bevel, Winnipeg, Man. E. Pinkham
Ae Medicine Co
Eas
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World Insurance
Uly
Taft Paya
the Inland Fisheries
Quebec
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
India
Basi
Samoa Burbage
Ie Agic
Land
N.c
Wm. Sloan
B.C
Matifen
J. D. Kellogs
Minard
Japan
Mrs. Davis
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