Canada Keeps Faith as War Ends a World War One Year
The year 1919 closes with world war peace hopes but continued hostilities on paper. Nations draft a League of Nations covenant and labor charter while Canada faces political shifts and labor upheavals. The Scapa Flow German fleet incident marks a grim note in the aftermath alongside calls to honor fallen soldiers.
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Europe
Siegning
League of Nations
Scapa Flow
Canada
Colonel McCrea
Flanders’ Fields
Canada must keep faith and embrace cooperation in 1920
The passage calls for renewed national resolve following World War I. It praises citizen support for veterans and dependents, urges faith with the dead, and stresses education health and moral improvement. It argues prosperity alone is not enough without high ideals and unity, urging Canada to adopt cooperation as its watchword for 1920.
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Canada
West
Notron
Worm Exterminator Promoted for Child Health
An old advertisement touts Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a remedy for worm infestations in children, claiming most children suffer from worms and urging parents to use the product to spare them suffering.
Belgium expands industry with new transatlantic company
Belgium forms the Compagnie Transatlantique Belge with a 25 million franc capital. The Lloyd Royal Belge orders its first 12 000 ton steamship to build a South America service, signaling broader industrial growth.
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Compagnie Transatlantique Belge
South America
Lloyd Royal Belge
Growth of Sheep and Goat Industry in Canada
The sheep and goat industry in Canada continues to grow driven by profits from mutton and wool and the tuberculosis resistance of goats. Milkh goats are expanding in several provinces, with large herds in British Columbia where the milch goat industry is becoming substantial.
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Canada
British Columbia
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Advertised for Women
An advertisement touts Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills as essential for women's health. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. P. H. Ryan of Sand Point Nova Scotia describing relief from nerve troubles after six boxes, with a price of 50 cents per box and mail order options through T Milburn Co. Limited Ironto nt.
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Milburn
P. H. Ryan
Sand Point
N.S
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Ironto
Danish Employers Union Drives EU Leadership in Strike Response
The Danish Union of Employers in Copenhagen leads Europe in forming an employers’ alliance to counter strikes. Transport workers who walked out were warned they must return by a deadline or face a boycott by all employers.
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Danish Union of Employers
Copenhagen
Europe
Holloway's Corn Cure Promises Painless Rooting
An advertisement touts Holloway's Corn Cure as a painless method to remove corns by targeting the root, offering relief without surgery. benchmarks and endorsements are implied but not explicitly quoted.
Big irrigation scheme eyed near town
An irrigation project north of town named the Lethbridge Irrigation District is estimated to cost three to four million dollars and would cover about 100000 acres.
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Lethbridge
Putnam’s Ex Tractor Claims Quick Corn and Wart Cure
An old offender is said to be affected by Putnam's Corn Ex tractor, which allegedly pulls out roots and cures corn or warts within twenty four hours for 25 cents at all dealers.
New Poor Invited to Canada by Ontario Agent General
Brig Gen R Manley Sims Agent General for Ontario in England says Canada offers hope for the new poor from Britain fixed incomes since 1914. He writes to The Times inviting these families to emigrate to the Dominion to cope with rising living costs.
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Canada
Ontario
England
British Isles
R. Manley Sims
D.S.O
the Times
Dominion
Alberta's Boy Sheep Breeders Aged 12 and 14 Earned Over $500
Two Edmonton boys, Willis and Robert Carlisle, sons of the provincial livestock commissioner, report a year of earnings over 500 dollars from sheep. They started with a small flock, sold wool and sheep, raised lambs, and exhibited two lambs winning first and second at a spring show while running a large poultry operation.
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Edmonton
Willis
Robert Carlyle
Parmelees Vegetable Pills Praise Widely Enduring Value
The advertisement extols Parmelee's Vegetable Pills as the most enduring and favored among many pills. It claims widespread use and public esteem, asserting they stand as a peerless standard vegetable preparation with no further advertisement needed.
Audiences in Russian theatres barred from applause
A Russian theatre policy bans audience applause during performances. The rule aims to maintain hush in venues and aligns with state cultural management. No further details on enforcement or dates are provided.
Air Mail Service Expands With New York Chicago Route
Aerial Mail Service reports fivefold growth in U S air mail activity over six months. The gain follows the New York Chicago route, a 710 mile line, with 85 planes now in operation. Improvements include fire proof mail compartments carburetor screens preventing backfire and automatic compressed air extinguishers.
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U.S. Post Office Department
New York
Ear ache cured by Minard's Liniment claim
A reader reports cure from ear ache and sensitive lungs attributed to Minard's Liniment. The endorsement mentions Mrs S Kaulback as the claimant.
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Minard
WM. Brown
Petrified Forest of Arizona Transformed to Stone Giants
Within Arizona's desert lies sixty square miles of petrified forest where ancient giant trees fifty feet long and five feet in diameter have become rock. The trees, now quartz and jasper with opal hues, show stunning detail preserved by petrification likely from mineral spring waters infusing silica into the tissues.
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Arizona
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company profits and growth
The Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company reports a net profit of 193599.12 dollars for the financial year and outlines rapid expansion from 46 elevators and 2580 shareholders to 316 elevators and 63813 shareholders within nine years. Grain volume last year reached 21841556 bushels with Estlin's elevator leading the season at 238750 bushels.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Farmers’ Company
Estlin
Large Northward Hereford Shipment Reaches Grande Prairie
A million cattle shipment totaling about one thousand Hereford head has been sent from Calgary and Edmonton stockyards to Edmund Thompson's Kieskun ranch at Grande Prairie. The two trains carry the largest north country cattle movement on record, with most animals sourced from Southern Alberta and described as top quality.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Edmund Thompson
Grande Prairie
North Country
Alberta
Well Satisfied With Baby's Own Tablets
Mrs A Bernard of La Presentation Que praises Baby's Own Tablets for her baby citing gentle but thorough relief. The tablets aid digestion and bowels addressing indigestion constipation colic and colds. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Ranchers Import Polled Angus Cattle Carload
Ranchers in the interior have bought substantial breeding stock. A key importation into the Otter Valley by a rancher syndicate brought in a carload of pure bred Polled Angus cattle at $400 per head.
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Otter Valley
Pains About the Heart AXY Derangement
An article notes pains around the heart may reflect gas from indigestion. Relief is claimed via Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills which promote organ activity and thoroughly cure indigestion and its symptoms.
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Dr. Chase
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Cuticura
Lilian M. Taylor
Bracebridge
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