Western Canada Sees Vast Crop Prospects and Labor Rush
Rains across Western Canada boost confidence in record grain yields with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta expecting large harvests. Officials report 10 000 to 15 000 extra harvest hands needed as labor moves north from central states aided by low railroad rates and government offices in Winnipeg and border towns.
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Canada
Mant“Toba
Saskatchdwan
Berta
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Province of
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Kanst2
Nebraska
South Dakota
Ninois
Central States
Boundary Points
Chicago
Ill
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Wis
Kananee City
Omaha
Neb
Des Moines
Watertown
S. D
St. Paul
His One Chance
An impatient man puts aside a telephone and declares he will go fishing. He notes he rarely fishes, but this is his only chance to find himself at the end of a line when the world is not busy.
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Europe
Calotabs Promises Nausea Free Detox
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a tasteless nausea free calomel tablet for biliousness and indigestion. One tablet at bedtime cleanses the liver with no griping or salt taste and a refund guarantee if not satisfied. Also a note urging balance between work and play.
Eatonic Proves the Best After Ten Years
Paraphrased testimonial from Mrs Delia M Doyen praising Eatonic after ten years of stomach trouble. Advert claims over half a million used it last year and that Eatonic removes excess acids poisons and gases to aid recovery. Encourages readers to buy from their druggist with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
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Bress
Eatonic
Delia M. Doyen
Adv
Giver’s Cheerful Toll: A World of Generous Hearts
An aphoristic note speaks of divine approval for cheerful giving, asserting that every person on earth benefits from and contributes to acts of generosity. The passage frames generosity as a universal duty and blessing.
War Cost Hits Europe Far Higher Than Prewar Beliefs
English financier Edgar Drummond told the Bankers’ Institute that European belligerents’ postwar losses exceeded £20 billion, with Germany the heaviest loser. He said only the United States and Japan gained prosperity, while Europe’s wealth and trade shift toward London and the United States reshaped global finance.
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United States
Japan
Germany
London
Edgar Drummond
Bankers’ Institute
Drummond
Spain
Holland
Switzerland
Greece
Scandinavia
America
Europe
Crummond
Cotton consumption rises in June per census data
Washington reports June cotton use at 555,521 bales of lint and 33,960 of linters, per the census bureau. The previous June saw 474,330 bales consumed.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Speech Recovery After Bowling Game Incident
Trooper W Hart, once speechless for three years after shell shock in the war, suddenly regained his speech amid a bowling game. He was playing for the Davisville Military Hospital team in Niagaranra on the Lake Ontario area.
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Niagnara-on-the-Lake
Ont
W. Hart
Davisville Military Hospital
Prehistoric Texas Cannibals Unearthed In Burned Rock Mounds
University of Texas anthropologist James H Pearce reports evidence Texas hosted prehistoric peoples distinct from later Indians. The nomadic culture used flint tipped weapons, hunted deer, and left kitchen middens along the Edwards plateau. Cannibal behavior is indicated by human bones found among refuse.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
James Ih. Pearce
University of Texas
Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Ethonology
Pearce
America
Beef Imports Grow Amid Slump in Canned Meats
A historical report shows 1919 to 1920 fresh and refrigerated beef imports near unchanged while canned and cured meats plunged from 126.6 million pounds to under 2 million pounds, driving a sharp drop in total meat imports. A stray tale follows of a farmer finding a long lost ring worth two hundred dollars while digging.
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United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
United’ States
Hunter Finds Long Lost Diamond Ring in Garden Dig
Chester, Pa. John Hunter unearthed a diamond ring he lost over 12 years ago while digging in the rear yard of his Holland street home near Badystone. He recalled losing it from a pocket during the digging.
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Chester
John Hunter
Holland
Badystone
Hunter
Needle Halts After Needle In Arm Incident at Home
Mrs Noel Anderson felt a needle enter her shoulder while resting on a davenport at home. A physician was called and the needle was found to be traveling toward the lungs. She was rushed to a hospital where an operation was performed.
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Greensburg
Ind
Noel Anderson
Will Not Be One Day Without Peruna
Mrs. Mary Fricke of Belleville shares a long diet of stomach cramps headaches and loss of strength reversed by Peruna after twelve bottles. She weighs nearly two hundred pounds now and works as hard as her daughters, praising Peruna for restoring health and vigor. The ad claims Peruna cleanses blood soothes mucous linings improves digestion and nerves and prevents coughs colds influenza with wide distribution and a call to try the remedy sold everywhere.
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Mary Fricke
Bornman §&T
Belleville
Tfl
Peruna
Peru
Peru-Na
Dont Let Catarrh Drag You into Consumption
The ad warns of catarrh’s dangers beyond nasal symptoms and notes its downward spread to the lungs. It argues local sprays do not cure and promotes S S S as a blood-targeted remedy, urging readers to obtain a bottle and seek free medical advice from the Atlanta director at Swift Laboratory.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Algiers Rich in Sundays and Social Notes
A correspondent notes three Sundays a week in Algiers but only one is a true day of rest. Muslims shopkeepers pray at mosques with little risk of theft. The French Sunday remains distinctly French and Jews keep Sabbath with restrained talk, their traditional attire recalling Old Testament imagery.
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Algiers
Ear Ornaments In Burmese Custom
Burmese men and women adorn their ears with large holes through which they wear objects. The lobe is bored to an astonishing size and carries pieces of wood jewels or rolls of gold or silver. When unadorned the holes serve for cigars or small items, and women use them as bouquet holders.
Father and Daughter Clash Over Mothers Plans
A ten year old girl notes that her father is the mother’s goat after years of constant arguing. She explains she calls him out for always butting in on mother. The scene ends with mother laughing at the remark.
Motion pictures show new US Bureau of Standards building
Government representatives present the films to engineering societies. The Industrial building of the United States Bureau of Standards rises from ground during ten minutes of film made by daily exposures over ten months of construction.
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Popular Mechanics
United States Bureau of Standards
A Student of Steam Rollers
Mrs Torkins questions the use of a steam roller at a convention and jokes that the noisy machine is easier to sidestep than it seems Charley explains the term is only a figure of speech and alludes to the contrast between noise and ease of avoidance.
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Charley
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