Western Rye Grass Proving Very Important to Prairie Farmers
The Dominion experimentals report Western rye grass shows wide yield and nutritive differences among seven to twelve varieties tested for prairie farming. In 1920 yields ranged from 12 pounds to 109 pounds per 360 plants, with some varieties over five times as productive as common types. Dominion chemists note high nutritive content in top varieties, prompting propagation for increased farm productivity. Also noted is United Order of Canadians urging uniform textbooks in Canadian schools and a course in literature at Manitoba University.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Tate
Aileen Winnipeg
Manitoba University
Night Air Fear Keeps People Inside Rooms
The Ottawa Journal notes that laboratory tests show night air carries fewer bacteria than daytime air, yet many fear the cold night air and keep windows closed in winter, leading to repeated colds from recycled indoor air.
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Otawa
The Queer Greek
The modern Greek has a distinctive etiquette and gestures. A Greek beckons to call a friend, even to signal departure in other lands signaling to go away. Arrival etiquette differs as one must initiate calls. An envelope uses Esquire before the name. Notably the Greek nay means yes, while English negation differs.
Damaged Wheat Draft Brings Hope for Farmers in Saskatchewan
Hundreds of Saskatchewan farmers anticipate salvage from ruined last year crops with thousands of dollars at stake. Damaged wheat, once thought valueless, is now being threshed and graded Nos 2 and 4 Northern Spring. Harvest work continues with promising yields this season.
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Saskatchewan
Jesuits
All depositors in the USPS Savings Bank face fingerprint rule
Early 20th century policy requires every depositor at the United States Postal Savings Bank to supply fingerprint data before opening an account. Authorities say biometrics will enhance security and track savings activity across branches nationwide.
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United States Postal Savings Bank
World Opens Court to All Nations in IOJ Ruling
The League of Nations Court of International Justice will allow Russia, Germany, Hungary, Turkey, and Mexico to bring cases before it. The condition is that they accept the court's decisions and refrain from declaring war over disputes. The quote notes growing global acceptance of collective responsibility.
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Council of the League of Ha Tiene
Court of International Justice
Russia
Germany
Turkey
Fungary
Mexico
Christian Science Monitor
Help of Men Addressing the Canadian Club at Vancouver
Miss Joan Arnoldi urged Vancouver men to aid women in becoming good citizens. She asked for sympathy and support, not criticism, noting some women expect sweeping world changes but stressing men remain the community’s elder brothers in guiding life.
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Vancouver
Joan Arnoldi
Employment Service Canada March 192
In March 192, Employment Service of Canada made 27 407 references to positions and placed 16 319 people in casual work. Applications registered reached 41 144 with 3 maybe men and 하 women. Men received 21 687 vacancies while total vacancies numbered 36 653.
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Employment Service of Canada
Exterd Railway Contracts Extend Lacombe North
Railway contracts awarded to extend the Lacombe and North Western Railway twelve miles from its present terminus. The line serves a prosperous settled agricultural district and the extension is needed to provide improved transportation facilities.
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Lacombe
Canada’s Oldest Industry Far in Fur Trade
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes fur production in Canada shows fluctuating values since 1920 with high prices then a decline. It lists major trade centers Montreal Ottawa Edmonton and Vancouver and cites 5.936 million wild fur contracts in May and 2.6 million in 1919, urging strict animal protection laws to sustain the harvest.
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Canada
S. A
Montreal
Ottawa
Edmonton
Vancouver
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Offawa
Hard to Climb Everest
A group including a Canadian doctor plans to reach Mount Everest's 29000 foot summit despite dangers from thin air and cold. The article explains oxygen shortages hamper exertion and digestion, and explains why airplanes cannot reach Everest due to surrounding high land and low air density.
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Mount
Everest
Bavarian Burgomaster Refuses Weddings Over Cooking Skills
Rimmel the Bavarian burgomaster declares he will not officiate marriages where the bride cannot prove housekeeping ability. He has refused to marry a couple after the bride admitted ignorance of cooking in a case reported by the Argonaut.
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Rimmel
Burgomasier
Argonaut
Scotland Yard Catalogs 3 Mi Gager Prints in Minutes
Scotland Yard preserves three Mi Gager prints as perfectly classified records. Any special item can be located within one minute using the system.
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Scotland Yard
Richest Man in Ireland Celebrates Seventy Fifth Birthday
Lord Pirrie, regarded as Ireland’s leading shipbuilder, marks his 75th birthday. Born to Irish emigrants in Quebec, he rose from shipyard apprentice to head of Harland & Wolff, owning the firm and directing major steamship lines, rails, and banks. He has served as Lord Mayor of Belfast and earned many honors.
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Lord Pirrie
Ireland
Quebec
Haz Tate
Belfast
Harland & Wolff
Great Steamship Lines
Wool market optimism from Canadian cooperative report
The Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Limited reports improving wool prices with ranges for fine to coarse grades. Foreign markets show buoyancy as London and Australia show strength and US western wools rise, hinting at potential shipments to Great Britain despite tariffs.
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Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers, Limited
Tates
London
Australia
England
America
United States
It Pays to Advertise in the Modern Era
An old public ledger quote laments resistive business leaders who refused new technology and publicity. It contrasts a life insurance company’s outdated stance with the benefits of embracing telephones electricity and advertising for progress.
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Bucipes
Life Insurance and Trust Company
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Odd Cargoes and Peculiar Exports Reported in London
A London paper notes strange shipments including two million calms of fuel for Spanish troops in Morocco and a vast batch of Spanish banknotes. A master stevedore won compensation after old horse shoes fell on him at Albert Docks. An English firm exports melted waste shelter and lead cast into moulds as Eastern god images.
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Albert Docks
London
Rare Indian Relic Found Near Nimkish in Vancouver District
An enormous carved Indian treaty bowl, over fifteen feet long and weighing 690 pounds, was found fourteen miles north of Nimkish near Vancouver. dating from the stone age and linked to the five tribes ceremony, it is believed to be over 500 years old and is thought to be destined for the Vancouver Museum.
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Nimkish
Eerie Vancouer
Vancouver Museum
Tiny European kingdoms keep independence through centuries
The piece notes Monaco Liechtenstein San Marino and Andorra as miniature states that preserved sovereignty amid larger neighbors. It highlights Monaco’s constitution in 1911, Liechtenstein’s debtless governance, San Marino’s army, Andorra’s Alpine seigneury status, and Andorra’s Catalan culture under French and church influence.
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Europe
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Isues Jis
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Austria
Hluxely
USG
France
Vaduz
San Marino
Italy
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
United States
Andorra
Andora
Pyrenees
Charlemagne
Urgel
Ng. Dinomalic
Hse
Rafiwas
Canadian Electric Railway Dinner Speaker Praises British Rule
C K Kenry of Indianapolis told the Canadian Electric Railway Association's annual Quebec dinner that the British flag benefits all under it and noted Irish roots. He said Empire policy changed 25 or 50 years ago could have united Canada and the United States.
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C. K. Kenry
Indianapolis
Canadian Electric Railway Association
Que
British Empire
Canada
United States
Ancestral Shrines and Tablets in Chinese Homes
Chinese households keep ancestral shrines with tablets inscribed with names and kinship. Ceremonies twice yearly on the departed's birthday and death day honor the tablets with obeisances. The tablet serves as a symbol to keep living relatives remembering the deceased.
World's Largest Plane Shown In Final Tests At Orly
The largest biplane, a Farman design with four propellers and four 400 hp motors, finished tests at Orly and will soon launch trans European flights. Pilot Boussot will fly it at speeds near 100 mph with a 7 ton load of 20 passengers luggage. Some experts say it could serve as a high altitude bombardment weapon.
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Orly
Atlantic
Farman
Boussetrot
Goliaths
Salon d'Aviation
Potatoes to Motor Fuel Feasibility Tests Near Edmonton
Edmonton hosts tests to convert Alberta grown potatoes into motor fuel. Forest Heights farmers face surplus stock and seek relief. Trials reference German results of 22 to 95 gallons of alcohol per ton, with tubers averaging 19 to 20 percent starch.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Forest Heights
Germany
Seed Centre Formed By 45 Farmers In Bible District
Provincial Minister of Agriculture reports that 45 farmers in the Bible district have formed a seed centre to produce high class seed grain in large quantities. Plans include installing cleaning machinery, standardizing grain, and selling to Manitoba wheat producers or via country agents in Minnesota and the Dakotas where Manitoba seed demand is steady.
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Bible District
Manitoba
Minnesota
Dakotas
The Wife and Husband in a Midnight Strife
A domestic quarrel unfolds with The Wife challenging The Husband who claims to have been at the union considering a strike. She dismisses him with a jab about staying downstairs and a joke about a cranky lock, highlighting tension in a late night argument.
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United Order of Canadians
Whole
Court of Inter
Jozn Arnoldi
Work of Employment Service
Fiva Simmons
the Advance
Rimbey
Protaler
Morocco
Morosco
Spain
Alaska
Enies
G. W. Fiske
Winnipeg Free Press
Bec
League OF Nations
Dayton News
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