Keeping the Farm Boy: Future of Rural Youth in Western Canada
An opinion piece argues the farm boy question hinges on suitability and opportunity. It notes mechanization and improved management may push many rural youths toward other careers while highlighting Western Canada’s diverse resources and expanding industrial outlets as future options.
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Solon
Africa
Canada
Increasing Poultry Holdings in the West
Dominion poultry husbandman Fred C. Elford reports Western farmers boosting poultry holdings to hedge crop fluctuations after touring the region and Vancouver. He notes record sale of day old chicks this year as a sign of rising poultry farming activity. In earlier Saxon marriages a bride’s shoe presented by her father signified the groom’s authority.
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Fred C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Vancouver
Mr. Elford
Ice Breaks on Yukon River at Dawson Opens Navigation
The Yukon River ice in front of Dawson began breaking up and moving downstream at 6.43 on May 10 signaling summer and navigation. First prize in the sweepstakes for guessing the date and time went to Francis J. Durton of Whitehorse and W. R. Sherwin of Fairbanks with a 642 guess, sharing $5,670.
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Yukon River
Dawson
Francis J. Durton
Whitehorse
U.T
W. R. Sherwin
Fairbanks
Alaska
Overcoats for Rent Prove Popular in East Ham
A London store at East Ham reports a successful business renting out overcoats during the cold spell. The charge is four cents a day with a small deposit, and many customers rent for only a single day.
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East Ham
London
England
Monument to Adam Prominent in Baltimore Ohio
In Baltimore Ohio a monument to Adam stands as a local landmark. The brief note highlights community pride in memorializing an early figure associated with the town.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Adam
Stunts Planned For This Year Across Seas And Skies
A bulletin of daring feats includes airmen aiming to glide across the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin, a footwear inflated bag walk across the English Channel, a miniature submarine Niagara crossing, and a blindfolded climb atop Britain’s tallest building. A Birmingham airman, Mr Aled B Traf ford, seeks the Irish Sea glide after German glider experience, while Mr J Hazzard plots a wave crossing with inflated bags and a pump aided shoes and a mid channel refreshment counter.
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Irish Sea
Holyhead
Dublin
English Channel
Britain
Aled B. Trafford
Birmingham
Germany
J Hazzard
Pearson's Weekly
All Nerves Restored by Dr Williams Pink Pills
A 1910s era ad explains nervous debility from overwork and worries. It condemns sedatives and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood-building tonic. The copy claims improved appetite, stronger nerves, and vitality after a course, with a mail order price of 50 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
Unusual Souvenir Postmarks Across States Highlight Stamp Tale
A Hartford woman sent a letter through Garden Michigan Eve Kentucky Eden Vermont with stamps from George Washington White Plains and Pilgrims series to obtain multiple postmarks. The piece ends noting Persian Balm skincare for women accenting beauty and complexion care.
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Garden
Mich
Hartford
Eden
Coffee Board Banquet Toasts With Coffee At inaugural Dinner
Three hundred guests at Grosvenor House Park Lane London attended the Coffee Board of Great Britain inaugural banquet. They honored a toast in coffee draining their cups to the last grounds. They toasted coffee producers and the Coffee Board in champagne and liqueur, but the Immortal Beverage remained plain coffee.
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Coffee Board
Grosvenor House
Park Lane
London
England
Coffee Board of
Great Britain
Timber land reclassification boosts BC assessed value
Special timber cruises to determine true timber holdings value and shift from wildland to timber land categories in British Columbia raise assessed value from 15 822 927 in 1927 to 25 81 970 in 1928. Coffee is made under heavy steam pressure in a French inventor's pot.
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British Columbia
Heal the Sprain with Minard's
Colombia exported 2 863 171 bags of coffee last year. The statement mixes a health remedy claim with trade data. This brief notes the coffee export figure while presenting the slogan as a commercial tag line.
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Colombia
Catarrhozene Promises Quick Relief for Colds
An advertisement touts Catarrhozene as a vapor inhalant that quickly soothes bronchitis and catarrh. It claims healing bal sams spread through the breathing apparatus within two seconds and banish congestion and illness.
Catarrhozone Claims Cure After Two Months Treatment
Advertises Catarrhozone with claims no trace of disease remains after use and relief from nasal congestion headaches and buzzing ears. States two months treatment guaranteed with prices 1.00 for standard and 0.50 for smaller size at all dealers.
Peace Park at Border Proposed International Park
About 30 000 school children in Washington state contributed ten cents each and teachers gave twenty five cents each toward buying 85 acres north of the border for an international park at Plaine. A Vancouver trades council meeting heard from a Bellingham delegation that the project could become the first international park if Canada matches the land and support. An annual joint celebration on July 2 was proposed.
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Washington
United States
Plaine
Trades and Labor Council
Vancouver
Bellingham
Estate Costs of New Earl of Egmont Revealed
The former Alberta rancher will face about 800000 in estate and succession duties on a 2500000 estate and investments. Half a million goes to jointures of 10000 yearly to two dowagers, eldest frail. Investments total 1500000 with a 100000 art collection and valued wine cellar but no entitlement to it. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil recommended for scalds burns and other injuries. A bottle at hand saves medical fees.
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Earl of Egmont
Alberta
Lord Fgmont
Canadian Salt Deposit in Saskatchewan Surpasses Domestic Needs
Government investigation finds Saskatchewan sodium sulfate deposit exceeding 100 million tons of natural hydrated salt, enough to meet Dominion demands and allow export. The salt cake is a key input for producing kraft pulp and sulphate pulp in Canada.
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Department of Mines
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Canada
Stock Market Warnings Dull Cheer on Economic Outlook
After the October crash, financial experts offer no upbeat forecast. The piece notes widespread uncertainty about when better times might arrive and questions the certainty of any proffered outlook.
Read of a case like her own read of a case like her own
Mrs Assenavyr of Moncton New Brunswick describes weakness before her last child birth and credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with carrying her through the critical time. She says she cared for three children and recommended the medicine to two other women.
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Moneton
New Brunswick
Lydia E. Pinkham
Gis Assenavyr
Albert Street
Moncton
New Brumswick
Dominion Civil Service Employments Reach 42 790 in 1929
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the fifth annual statistics on civil service employment and salary expenditures for the year ended March 31 1929. Permanent workers numbered 28 055, temporary 14 735, nonenumerated wages 22 783 172 dollars, totaling 87 584 764 dollars. Monthly departmental figures and salary totals are provided.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Dominion
Blind Soldier-Lawyer Mulloy Pursues Law in Ontario
Colonel Lorne W. Mulloy, a blind South African War veteran known as Trooper Mulloy, is an active lawyer based in Iroquois Ontario. His pleadings are mainly in Cornwall and his career includes service as a recruiting officer in the Great War and a rapid law studies path urged by John Godfrey.
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Ontario
Lorne W. Mulloy
Colonel Mulloy
Mulloy
Iroquois
Cornwall
England
Sam Hughes
Royal Military College
Canada
John Godfrey
K.C
Toronto
Canadian Professor Plans Two Year Stay in Russia
Dr. Howard T. Barnes of McGill University announces a two year stay in Russia if Canadian interests are safeguarded. A Soviet commission studies his ice destruction method with engineers supervising. Barnes holds an honorary professorship at McGill and runs an ice engineering institute in Montreal, needing a replacement principal before departure.
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Dr. Barnes
Howard T. Barnes
Russia
Barnes
McGill University
Montreal
Driver’s heel ailment prompts carmakers to add heel mats
The article notes a new ailment among drivers caused by rough roads and constant pedal work. Doctors urge motor manufacturers to provide soft heel mats, especially in racing cars, to reduce pain and injury. It also mentions Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a vermicide and includes a quote about understanding women and a note on Babylonian promissory notes.
Paying Investment in Tourism Growth Forecast
An AAA official says Canada's tourist spending last year was only a drop in the bucket compared with the next five years. He predicts figures could double, aided by good roads effective U S advertising and fair treatment of visitors, seen as a regular gold mine for investment.
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American Automobile Association
Canada
United States
Edmonton J Journal
Attitudes to Burial Places of Statesmen in Westminster Abbey
The piece contrasts leaders' burial choices noting Lord Balfour preferred his estates while Bonar Law and Gladstone rest in Westminster Abbey. It also mentions Disraeli choosing a country church and Salisbury with Lord John Russell preferring family graves over the Abbey.
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Lord Balfour
Westminster Abbey
Bonar Law
Gladstone
Pitts
Peel
Palmerston
Disraeli
Salisbury
Lord John Russell
Pacific Coast Terminals Begins Egg Processing Plant
The new egg candling and processing plant at Pacific Coast Terminals Limited is now in operation preparing eggs for storage and candling them at the rate of 500 cases a day.
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Pacific Coast
Limited
Growth of black spruce valued for pulp rayon use
The slow growth black spruce of Northern Canada yields consistent cellulose and is praised as the world’s most valuable wood for pulp used in rayon. Separately, efforts to establish a theatre guild in Cardiff, Wales, have failed. Use Minard's for Burns.
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Canada
Cardiff
Wales
The Safe Speed Theory and Everyday Remedies
A fragmented page discusses a speed theory by an English science student on motorcycle crashes, claims faster impact reduces injury, and notes a shift in perception of speed. It also advertises Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy, mentions a quote about freedom through noncompliance, and a tidbit on daddy longlegs spiders. The Netherlands is cited as a leading rayon exporter per capita.
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Netherlands
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