Canadian Journey Leaves British Visitor In Awe Of West
A prominent British woman shares vivid impressions from her tour across Canada. She praises Vancouver’s scenery and the Rockies, extols the prairie as Canada’s greatest heritage, and notes Western cities’ freshness and freedom. She predicts a future return and praises West Coast weather as bracing yet mild.
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Canada
Atl
Abe
Vancouver
Pegland
Rockies
Prairies
Previncy
Canadian Rocks
Alps
Winnipes
Ifugao Tribes Build Auto Highway To Their Terraces
The Ifugao in the Bontok region complete roads allowing motor traffic to reach their rice terraces at 5,600 feet above sea level. Their irrigation method using simple tools has drawn interest from irrigation engineers worldwide.
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Ifagao
Bontok
Ifugaos
Demand for Horses in the Horseless Age
Thomas E. Moore secretary of the Montreal Team Owners Association argues that streets should retain more snow to aid horse teams. He claims $12,000,000 invested in the horse industry, $15,000 paid annually to drivers, and $4,006,000 spent yearly on horse feed. He says demand for strong truck horses grows and they are more economical than motor trucks.
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Thomas E. Moore
Montreal
Team Owners’ Association
Moore
Canada Ranked Second in World Wheat Production
The article notes Canada as the world’s second largest wheat producer in the last five crop years, behind the United States. It cites 1923-24 export figures with the U S at 625,801,000 bushels, Canada at 292,424,1 bushels, and mentions Canada exporting nearly as much as the United States Argentina and Australia combined.
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Canada
United States
Comada
Argentine
Australia
Canada’s Distance from Washington Narrowed over Fifty Years
A quote from Sir George Foster says Canada is farther from looking to Washington than it was fifty years ago, reflecting ongoing shifts in national perspectives and policy alignment between Canada and the United States.
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Canada
Washington
Sir George Foster
Kitchen Intrigue In Marys Domestic Postulate
A mistress accuses Mary of entertaining a man in the kitchen last night. Mary deflects, claiming she was making do with the materials available. The exchange hints at domestic tension and a hint of improvised storytelling.
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Mary
Alberta Sugar Factory to Begin Construction at Raymond
Alberta prepares to build a one million dollar Raymond sugar plant to process beets from six thousand irrigated acres. The Yakima Valley plant is moved due to pests and two additional facilities may follow if Raymond succeeds. The plant aims to slice beets by October with 75 600 to 100 000 tons expected from well prepared sand land.
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Raymond
Alberta
Propreta
Pictures For Swedish Hospitals Movement Brings Art to Wards
Swedish hospital wards will gain selected works of art to replace bare walls. Patients and doctors support the plan after Moerby County Hospital patients urged Stockholm papers to bring art to hospitals, noting the need to escape white walls. Experts endorse with reservations.
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Sweden
Moerby
Stockholm
Immigration of Farmers to Canada Rising Since 1920
A recent analysis shows Canadian immigration policy attracting farmers laborers and domestic workers. Agriculturists and domestics rose from 32 percent in 1920 to 35 percent in 1921, then 55 percent in 1923, 47 percent in 1924, and 51,036 of 100,576 total arrivals in nine months of 1924.
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Canada
Flying For Health Says Flammarion Boosts Recovery
The French astronomer M. Camille Flammarion cured influenza after a balloon ascent and urged friends to try upper air trips. A war shell shock sufferer regained speech at fourteen thousand feet, and doctors note high altitude flights may benefit lung conditions with crisp clean air.
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M. Camille Flammarion
Trouville
Aix-les-Bains
Cross Fertilization Yields Highlight Ontario Wheat Varieties
Ontario Agricultural College reports that among the top winter wheat varieties tested over five years, the six highest yielding lines were all produced at the college through cross fertilization and selection. In the past year, 13 of the 52 tested high yielders came from the college, with only Dawson's Golden Chaff and Red Rock as notable outside exceptions.
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Agricultural College
Ontario Agricultural College
Ontario
Dawson's Golden
Red Rock
Lecturer Irvid Cobb Hosts New York Dinner Panel
The Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegram reports Irvid Cobb a Chautauqua lecturer attended a New York dinner where topics included tabletapping and clairvoyance. A woman questioned his sleep talk and Cobb replied he is a Chautauqua lecturer.
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Irvid Cobb
New York
Mr. Cobb
The Day Is Lost Without Laughs
A witty maxim notes a day wasted if no laughter occurs. It urges finding humor in moments and cherishes joy as a daily essential.
Should we emigrate to Canada
A discussion spurred by the Yorkshire Post and The Montreal Star argues about emigration to Canada. It highlights perceived misery in Britain as a counterpoint to Canadian opportunity, noting Canada can absorb workers if they accept gradual adjustment and avoid demanding top jobs.
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Canadal
Yorkshire Post
Canada
The
Montreal Star
Outpost Education Plan Aims to Reach Fringe Saskatchewan Children
The Saskatchewan Department of Education will launch an outpost correspondence school for Grades I to VIII to serve about 250 children living in sparsely populated fringe districts without organized school jurisdictions. The program aligns with provincial aims to provide elementary education access to every child where possible.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Education
Regina
League May Meet In Canada Proposal by Canadian Official
Canadian director of finances for the League of Nations has floated the idea of convening the Venevan assembly in the Co mintern in Canada. The proposal suggests bringing together league delegates in a Canadian setting to discuss finances and administration.
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Canada
League of Nations
Venevan Assembly
Comintern
Market for Western Fish Moves Six Million Pounds
Figures from G F E Bellerose show over six million pounds of Manitoba fish moved by express from Western Canada to Eastern Canadian and U S markets between November 15 1923 and March 1 1924. Refrigerator car service quickens delivery to New York by the third day after Winnipeg departure, boosting western lake fisheries industry profits.
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Manitoba
Canada
United States
G. F E. Bellerose
Canadian National Express Company
New York
Winnipeg
Western Lakes
Western Canada
Wheat Milling Qualities Predicted to Replace Visual Grading
F K Loomis of Grand Forks North Dakota a former Saskatoon grain testing chemist predicts Western Canada will market wheat by milling quality within five years. He notes protein tests widely used in North Dakota and Montana reward 16 percent protein with premiums up to 60 cents a bushel above Minneapolis market. A 10 to 16 percent premium scale exists and British mills show interest.
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Canada
F. K. Loomis
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Saskatoon
Montana
Minneapolis
Trade Pact Advocated Benefiting Australia and Canada
Hon. E. C. Page treasurer of Australia urged Canada to ratify a mutual trade treaty. He said Canada should buy Australian wool fruits and leather while supplying Australia with newspring machinery and other manufactured goods now imported from the United States or Britain.
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Australia
Canada
E. C. Page
Commonwealth of Australia
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Great Britain
Manitoba Agricultural Output Flees Past Prior Year
Manitoba agricultural products in 1924 totaled about 164.31 million dollars double the previous year’s value. The rise is mainly due to higher field crop values, with other crops and livestock contributing as well.
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Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Ontario Offers Breeding Sheep to Saskatchewan Trade
At the Ontario Sheep Breeders Association annual meeting in Toronto President James Bowman cited a wool and breeding stock shortage while R. W. Wade of Ontario Agriculture praised Ontario as home to North America’s finest breeding stock. He noted sheep breeders in Saskatchewan could buy Ontario stock in carload lots and have it shipped under association supervision.
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Saskatchewan
Ontario Sheep Breeders’ Association
Toronto
James Bowman
Guelph
R. W. Wade
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Dairy Production in Saskatchewan Rises Rapidly
Saskatchewan dairy output has doubled in five years. J A Smith president of the Saskatchewan Dairy Association cites 1924 creamery butter production at 12 560 600 pounds and total dairy product value of 19 323 829 dollars. Winter dairy ing attracts many farmers.
Poultry and Egg Pool Formed in Saskatchewan
A special Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association committee decided to organize an egg and poultry pool on a contract basis with provincial agriculture support. The 1926 and current year pools will operate under contracts. Representatives named include G. P. Edwards W. H. Beesley H. W. Ketcheson W. Waldren Mrs Ida McNeal and Mrs John Holmes.
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Saskstchewan
Saskstchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Department of Agriculture
G. PF. Edwards
S.G.A.4
W. H. Beesley
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan Marketing Association
H. W. Ketcheson
Davidson Co-operative Association
W. Waldren
Saskatchewan
Ida McNeal
Expanse
G.G.A
John Holmes
Wig.g.a
Canada to improve Wembley exhibit for 1925
Hon James A Robb minister of immigration and colonization says Canada will remodel the Wembley pavilion to better showcase natural resources and industries including motor cars. All dominions and colonies that attended last year will be represented again, aiming to make the Canadian exhibit a chief attraction at the 1925 exhibition.
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Wembley
Canada
Wemble
James A. Robb
Immigration and Colonization
Dominion
Buffalo herd to trek 700 miles to northern reserve
The government plans to move about two thousand young buffalo from Wainwright to a northern sanctuary along the Slave River to join the wild wood buffalo. The relocation aims to ease surplus stock pressure at Wainwright while preserving Canada’s large buffalo herd in a protected reserve.
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Wainwright
Slave River
Hay River
Peace River
Canada
Cost of Living Rises in January as Prices Advance
Dominion bureau of statistics shows wholesale price index up 4.2 points in January to 165.2 from 160.9 in December. Eighty quotations higher, sixteen lower, one hundred forty unchanged. Index equals highest since August 1921 when it stood at 165.5.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada’s 1923 confectionery output tops the scale
In 1923 Canada produced 83 million pounds of chocolate and sugar confectionery 36 000 tons of biscuits 2 760 000 gallons of ice cream and 2 400 000 dollars worth of chewing gum, reflecting a sweet economy.
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Canada
Fond Mother Reads Of Heaven To Child
A mother urges her daughter Margaret to listen as she reads about heaven and its golden streets. The child resists, preferring to be surprised upon arrival.
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Margaret
Heaven
English Boys Heading to Vermilion Farm Settlement
English boys depart for the Overseas Settlement Board Farm at Vermilion as more parties travel to fill the farm quota of 100 boys.
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Overseas Settlement Board
Vermilion
Seventy Four Lives Saved By Ship Rockets On Coast
Seventy four lives were saved around the coastline of Great Britain last year through the use of ship rockets according to coast guard reports and maritime safety records.
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Great Britain
A Genius Man Induces Others to Paddle His Canoe
A concise quip defines genius as the ability to persuade another man to paddle his canoe for him.
Liquor licenses issued in Northwest Territories in 1023
A total of 2264 gallons of intoxicants were authorized for consumption in the Northwest Territories sub arctic region in 1923. Officials issued 119 permits mainly for one and two gallon limits. Scotch was the favorite, rum second, brandy third. Wine was not popular.
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Arctic
Dominion
Northwest Territories
St Florence Tug Joins British Columbia Fleet
The St Florence tug built for the British Admiralty at 156000 pounds arrives for Canadian Pacific BC service. From Leith to Victoria via the Panama Canal she carries a steam towing machine and 12 knot power, classed Al for towing, enabling emergency towing of large liners in Vancouver Island routes.
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Admiralty
St. Florence
British Columbia
Leith
Scotland
Victoria
Panama Canal
Vancouver Island
Vancouver
Lloyds
Pacific
Hhe
Planting Trees Symbolizes Westward Permanence in Canadian Forest Note
C.J. Broderick in Canadian Forest and Outdoors highlights irrigation and new tree plantings near Lethbridge as a sign of enduring settlement. He visits a tract north of Lethbridge showing farmers moving from dry farming to irrigation and planning long term, including groves and hedges.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Wilson's
Hfe
C.J. Broderick
Immigrant Landing Receives Greater Protection at Quebec Port
The article reports expanded protection for incoming immigrants at the port of Quebec starting late April. Railway police plus plainclothes federal officers will surveil sheds and docks to deter swindlers, with agents blending in among the newcomers after harbor examination to guard against fraud before and after boarding trains.
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Quebec
Elis
Butter Production In Saskatchewan Rises In January
Saskatchewan creameries produced 690,319 lbs of butter in January, up 214,286 lbs or 45 percent from the same month last year. Central Saskatchewan led with 89,535 lbs, up 84.7 percent. the south yielded 251,365 lbs, up from 198,210. the north produced 129,469 lbs versus 110,205 previously.
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Saskatchewan
Pea crop yields large return for Emo area farmers
In Emo Ontario Rainy River district a contract grown pea crop on 100 of 160 acres brought in 7200 from peas while the 7 500 land cost and improvements were offset. Farmers also fed winter cattle with ensilage from pea straw and earned 40 cents per pound for clover seed plus a premium for seed potatoes mainly shipped to the United States.
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Emo
Rainy River
Ontario
United States
Western Provinces Report 1924 Homestead Numbers
Free grant and soldier grants in four western provinces reached 3151 homesteads by end of October 1924. Manitoba recorded 475 homesteads and 62 soldier grants, Saskatchewan 1500 homesteads and 281 grants, Alberta 980 homesteads and 176 grants, British Columbia 19 percent and 27 grants. total soldier grants 553 versus 462 in 1922.
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Western
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Wheat Surplus Seen As Nuisance Across Regions
The Calgary Albertan commentary notes that excess wheat creates a global problem as abundant stocks overwhelm storage capacity and markets. It warns a bushel in storage may be worth more than extra supply in the field and stresses the risk of oversupply.
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Caprada
Calgary
Are We So Funny Predicts Laughs Across a Century
The Buffalo Post suggests scientists claim no laughter in 106 years, but predicts people in 100 years will still laugh about us. The item hints at humor enduring beyond forecasts.
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Buffalo Post
Do You Love Me Riddle Timeline
A brief riddle notes three exchanges about love across years. The first year phrases yearning, the second year proclaims affection, the third year replies with a simple yeah. The compact dialogue frames evolving romantic certainty.
Boy Argues With Mother During Conversation
A mother tells her son Eric to stop talking until she finishes speaking, while the child complains that she never gets through. The exchange captures a lively domestic moment as guests are present.
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Eric
Woman Who Sees Through Conundrums Finds Quick Answers
A witty profile highlights a woman who mirrors a puzzle master by rapidly delivering clear responses. Her approach blends sharp logic with practical insight, turning tricky questions into concise solutions.
Wool supply shortage noted by Canadian wool growers chief
G. bk. O'Brien of the Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers Association warns of soaring world wool demand postwar. He cites lower global sheep numbers, reduced Canadian flocks from 1921 to 1924, and falling shorn clips from 15.9 million to 10 million pounds, predicting a 1925 clip around 12 million pounds. He urges domestic production to benefit farmers and consumers.
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London
G. Bk. O'Brien
Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers’ Association
Canada
Manitoba Butter Dominates at Canadian and U.S. Fairs
Manitoba butter makers achieved strong results in 1924 fairs across Canada and the United States. They won 61 first places, 6 second places, 51 third places, 19 other prizes, 2 provincial championship firsts, one silver cup, the highest average score award, and a sweepstake.
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Canada
United States
Manitoba
Estimates For Pensions Increases Tabled In House
The main estimates tabled in the House of Commons show pensions totaling $34,154,073, up about $1,000,000 from last year. Of this sum, $34,000,000 funds pensions from the war and active militia services, an increase of $1,010,000 over the prior European war and militia vote.
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House of Commons
Ontario Highway Vote Proposed for Northern Roads
Lyons to ask Ontario Legislature for a 6 000 600 funding under the Northern Developments Act to spend on colonization roads in the northern part of the province.
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Lion. J
Lyons
Ontario
British Columbia Mineral Output Seen Surging in 1925
Hon. William Sloan, minister of mines, told the British Columbia chamber of mines that the province’s mineral production in 1925 will exceed 50,600,000 dollars. He said the 1925 development activity is expected to surpass any previous year.
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British Columbia
William Sloan
Vot
B.C
Frightened Passenger Sparks Fatal Airplane Crash
An airplane crash at Ceres in Santa Fe Province killed four passengers and seriously injured the pilot when a frightened passenger seized the controls causing the plane to crash. The incident occurred eight miles from America.
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Ceres
Santa Fe
America
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