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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
3
Western Canada farmers are urged to conserve soil values to sustain fertility and wealth. The piece stresses careful cultivation, crop rotation, and returning cheap fertilizers to fields to prevent soil exhaustion and maintain Canada’s agricultural wealth for future generations.
The Prince of Wales earned top honors with his Clydesdale stallion Baron Blackwood as grand champion at the Calgary show. King of the Fairies won mature bull class then senior and grand championships, matching last year’s performance. Insurance rates in Canada rose May over May, with Manitoba Alberta and Newfoundland posting varied results. Canada’s combined insurance sales totalled £34,577,000, about $1 million daily. Rumor says Ramsay MacDonald may visit Canada this year, privately with few public engagements. A portrait of Harding was engraved on a pie crust.
A Brandon Sun excerpt contrasts rural and urban youth paths to financial ruin. It argues the country boy learns thrift from farm work while city youth face fleeting roots and distractions. It warns that lack of saving culture leads to a bleak financial future.
The Dominion apiarist advises requeening in late July or early August with a young queen to build the strongest wintering colonies. He notes that colonies headed by queens under one year old outperform older-queen colonies in 1923 and 1924, and that a good fall queen yields robust spring strength for a strong honey flow.
Saskatchewan field crops commissioner M P Tullis reports in a bulletin that sheep and cattle will eat sow thistle, making eradication easier when pasture is broken up. Allowing hay removal then pasturing helps destroy the root system. black fallow followed by sowing a hay crop also aids weed control, supported by Minnesota and North Dakota trial reports.
A Toronto Star excerpt notes that a railway wreck killing six will receive ten times the space of an equal death toll in an automobile crash, due to the rarity of train disasters and their dramatic news value. The piece also cites Dr. John Roach Straton criticizing churchgoers who sin during the week, saying church attendance alone does not make a man virtuous.
A distraught wife describes her husband's illness as worse than critical, calling it abusive. She says she does her best to please him but cannot satisfy him. She speaks in a somber tone, seeking understanding of the situation.
An obscure note references a pearl shell inlay found in Pompeii related articles and a remark about a man named Lazy testing everything with his wife. The fragment hints at a described object and a rule or practice tied to Pompeian artifacts.
Mr. W. Rh. Wise, head of the seed division, states color is the main quality guide for hay sold in market No. 1. He notes that hay retaining green color and free from foreign material fetches the best prices, with curing, storage, and timing of cutting affecting palatability and nutritive value. He advises swift stacking after cutting to prevent leaf loss and sun bleaching, and minimal delay before storage after curing.
Counsel to Hay Shippers II cites Frederic Hurd, Canada’s trade commissioner in the U S, urging standards for hay shipments. He cites widespread complaints in New York Philadelphia and Boston about poor quality consignments and notes Canadian hay sells for less than domestic grades. Last year Canada shipped 291000 tons to the U S while the prior two years averaged 17000 tons. To sustain foreign trade with a $4 a ton duty and other costs, shippers must improve quality packing and shipping.
Based on Dominion bureau of statistics crop estimates, Canadian farmers will gain 250 million dollars more from crops this year than last. Wheat barley oats rye and flax alone should add 195 million more at October prices, boosting circulation to around 805 million. Dairy output is also expected to break records, with hay vegetables and animal husbandry contributing further. The Royal William became the first steam powered Atlantic crossing in 1833 from Quebec to London.
United States provides about eighty percent of China’s cigarette imports, highlighting a significant cross border tobacco trade dynamic. The figure underscores long standing trade links and regulatory considerations affecting consumers and industries in both nations.
The Vancouver Sun laments diminishing Canadian pioneering energy and urges reviving memories of rugged pioneers. It argues that nation building in industry science culture and government requires a continual renewal of pioneer legends to sustain national spirit.
Ottawa reports the fruit season arriving with berries, cherries, peaches, plums and apples in vast quantities and varied packaging. A Dominion Bureau of Statistics 1922 record shows 14,906,392 berry boxes 15,830,021 baskets and 1,025,175 crates produced, with most containers sourced from forests using millions of board feet of softwood and hardwood and veneer.
The first group of 250 boys will leave London for Australia in September to work on farms. Each boy will have a job and be supervised by an Australian adult. Premier S M Bruce and cabinet members plan to support youthful immigrants upon arrival. Richard Dinton, Melbourne businessman, organized the movement, with hopes it will expand to other dominions. The note ends with the cost of laying an ocean cable averaging five thousand dollars per mile.
Presidents of Vancouver Winnipeg Montreal Halifax and Toronto boards of trade back an informal early fall conference to unite Canada in addressing national issues. The non-creedal non-political event aims to foster acquaintance and share broad ideas, with details to be worked out by four city boards.
A roof top sports ground on the roof of St Pauls Choir House in London has hosted cricket and football for about fifty years. Youngsters in football shorts or flannels use a wire netted cage the length of a cricket pitch for daily exercise near the St Pauls Cathedral site under repair.
The Netal Advertiser argues in a satirical tone that Britain applies two different laws in international finance. It notes Britain will lend or borrow as needed, yet neither forgives nor expects debt forgiveness from others. The piece critiques perceived double standards in global money matters.
A Yonkers newspaper notes advertising evolved from simple classified lines to full display pages. It contrasts old merchants with today’s ads and mentions the Vancouver port shipping 1,640,773 cases of canned salmon this year as packing ends and next season begins.
A judge questions a defendant about subconscious complicity in theft. The prisoner concedes awareness of his real self, while the judge contemplates a six month period to let the subconscious lead imagination and action, framing the case in psychological terms.
A small boy asking why his grandpa lies in a coffin is told it is to take him to God. A week later at lunch he asks if God has unpacked grandpa yet, reflecting on death with innocent curiosity.
District reports say sugar beet stands reach about 90 percent. Raymond beet sugar plant progresses toward operation to handle first grower shipments. London exhibits a Queen Victoria etched collage over eighty years old. Landseer influence noted in her art training from Queen Victoria.
The article traces Canada's early fish culture beginnings from Richard Nettle in lower Canada to the 1924 network of 41 Dominion hatcheries distributing about 86 million fry and older fish. It notes Canada’s leading pioneer role, later matched by the United States in hatchery numbers, and highlights the growth and impact of government fish culture as a national service.
Mrs. C. Alderson of New Westminster B C has built an electric searchlight on her raspberry ranch to enable night picking. The 24 foot high swing pedestal casts beams over 1 25 acres, keeping fruit cool for long distance shipping and reducing mosquitos. cost is 100 dollars for the light and four cents per hour to operate.
Rats invaded Ailsa Craig, a key sea bird breeding site at the Clyde entrance, but the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds contracted a firm to exterminate them. Poisoning eliminated many rats at a cost around $800, restoring the island to its former status as a sea bird sanctuary.
E W Howe's Monthly notes that there are good and bad doctrines social and political and warns against assuming every criticism fits all. It argues that discomfort from critique indicates personal guilt and urges careful discernment of aims and impacts.
Canada exported 8,758,254 barrels valued at 62,252,147 dollars for the ten months ending May 1925, up from 16,505,252 barrels valued at 54,103,547 dollars in the same period a year earlier. During the latest period 16,836 barrels went to the United States, 2,316,194 to the United Kingdom, and 6,425,324 to other countries.
A German inventor unveils a phonograph record capable of playing for one hour. An industry expert notes that pearls are rare, estimating only one shell in a thousand contains a pearl.
A silver cup from the Shorthorn Society of South Africa honors the best Shorthorn at the Maritzburg livestock show. The trophy commemorates the visit of the Princes of Wales who personally handed the cup to the winner on the show grounds. The Maritzburg Shorthorn display drew perhaps the largest crowd at any South African show, with a reception for members present to meet the Prince.
Western butter production climbs rapidly with Saskatchewan reporting about a 30 percent May 1925 rise from May 1924 to 1,218,913 pounds, while Manitoba notes an even larger May increase around 52 percent.
An East London hospital patient admitted for an operation was assigned bed 13 and told the nurse he did not expect to survive. After a restless night he requested bed 124 to ease his mind, and the doctor granted the change. The operation proceeded and proved entirely successful.
A short dialogue shows Mrs. A instructing her colored maid to recognize a tall thin man when Mr. G calls. The maid confirms the description, noting a familiar look that is “so few,” reflecting racial and social stereotypes in the period.
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