Olympia Boy Scout Jamboree Calls for World Peace Rally
The article extols the Olympia Boy Scout Jamboree led by Sir Robert Baden-Powell as a potential peace celebration and world brotherhood. It urges Canada to send a strong contingent to join Scouts from nations for leadership, unity, and permanent world stability at Olympia London in late July and early August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Robert Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Scouts of the World
Olympia
London
Canada
Citizens invited to join Dominion of Canada international gathering
The piece urges inviting worthy emigrants to Canada and proposes sending a delegation of Canadian youths to display the benefits of citizenship. It argues this act would strengthen ties with the old land and encourage others to seek Canadian citizenship and its privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Dominion of Canada
Tian Ig
Canada
Dominion of
Saskatchewan Gravel Tests Aid Road Building Plan
The Saskatchewan department of highways reports 449 gravel samples from 200 municipalities tested for road making and concrete use. About 75 percent show suitability for road surfaces and 60 percent for concrete. A standard earth grade and gravel surface policy under federal aid is being pursued.
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Regina
Sask
Department of Highways
Government of Saskatchewan
Hus
Slavery in Arab Coast Trade and Intermarriage
The Edinburgh Scotsman notes that slave traffic along the Arab coast persists despite conventions. It cites rescued African children from a dhow, uses of slaves as servants and guards, and a seven year freedom rule upon embracing Islam. Intermarriage has spread mixed populations across Oman and Maskat.
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Behrein
Africa
Oman
Arabia
Maskat
Eden
Edinburgh Scotsman
Public Rejects Decimal System for British Coinage
The Royal Commission has decided against adopting decimal coinage in Great Britain. The report notes that change cannot be treated as an experiment and argues the public, including the least educated, measures income in shillings and pence and would resist altering long held value notions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Commission
Great Britain
Beavers Multiplied Along Raglan Road In Winnipeg
North Winnipeg residents report a growing beaver colony along Raglan road near a deep, muddy ravine. Observers note up to five beavers active at once building dams and planning a permanent riverside home near the city border.
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Winnipeg
Raglan Road
Free Press
France shifts purchases from Britain to Germany
France, facing abnormal exchange rates, is buying many articles from Germany that it previously sourced from Great Britain, altering trade patterns and supplier relationships.
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France
Germany
Great Britain
Fine New Citizens for Canada Welcomes Emigrants at Ports
The Canadian Pacific Railway Colonization and Development Department assigns Foster Parent colonization agents to aid new arrivals. Captain Andrew McDuff assists passengers from ship to train, arranging seating, baggage handling, and first leg travel to reassure newcomers Canada wants them. The program aims to ease landings and foster lasting positive impressions of Canada.
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Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Andrew McDuff
Dominion
Canada
Capt. McDuff
C. P. R. Colonization Department
St. John
C. P. O. S. Grampian
Fire Dangers From Children Playing With Matches In 1919
The fire commissioner notes 166 fires in 1919 caused by children playing with matches, ending in $47,414 in losses. Of 360 total province fires that year, 45 were from the same cause with $8,815 in losses. Many fires occurred in homes risking women and children, and in vacant buildings needing owners to secure them to curb danger.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Krupp Guns Reported By French General Staff
The French general staff reports Krupp factories continue making arms despite a treaty. A new air cooled light mitrailleuse with a special sight and a St Etenne style cocking device is described with an attached ammunition box. Germans fear this gun may be superior to any current model. The French suspect the German general staff masks its ongoing leadership.
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Krupp
St. Etenne
This Diamond Is Too Large Exhibition Shocks London
The Tiger's Eye, the largest diamond after the Koh-i-nor, weighs 61% carats and is valued at $150,000. Found by Captain Thomas Leach in South Africa, the golden amber gem is deemed perfect yet unsaleable, kept for exhibition to earn revenue.
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London
Thomas Leach
South Africa
Wait-a-While rail station noted in New South Wales
A historical note identifies Wait-a-While as a railway station in New South Wales. It highlights common lightning damage patterns in open rural country, conveying typical impact areas and risks.
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New South Wales
Saskatchewan Boys and Girls Club under School Agriculture
The boys and girls club work moves from university and provincial agriculture to the Education Department's school agriculture branch. Harry Saville is appointed assistant in school agriculture for club work, a University of Saskatchewan BSA graduate who studied soil management and served in the Royal Air Force before returning to extension work. The program will align with rural education associations and school fairs directed by F. W. Bates.
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University of Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
Harry Saville
Saville
Bracken
Saskatoon
Royal Air Force
F. W. Bates
Rural depopulation in the United States
Preliminary 1920 census estimates suggest farming population has fallen to 35 percent of the nation total. Forty years earlier rural residents accounted for 70 percent, and a decade ago about 5 percent lived in the country, now estimated at 35 percent.
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U. S
United States
The
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Surge in Western Canada Farm Machinery Demand
C. Rice Jones, vice-president of United Grain Growers, states that spring demand for agricultural machinery in Western Canada is unprecedented. He notes most demand is for seeding equipment, signaling plans for a large upcoming crop acreage.
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C. Rice-Jones
United Grain Growers
Canada
Chinese Belief Sees Gods for Every Disease
A saying notes the Chinese assign a god to each illness including the measles. The remark reflects on traditional beliefs and disease superstition.
Re-education and re equipment urged for maimed workers
Benefit General Sergt Major McNamara argues in legislature that maimed workers should be re educated and re equipped to earn a living. He cites advances in artificial limbs and rehab for blinded soldiers and calls for applying these lessons to industrial accident victims to avoid leaving such individuals to fend for themselves.
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McNamara
M.P.P
The
Toronto Star
Poisonous Plants Risk to Livestock and Farm Guidance
The article notes that some plants injure horses but not cattle or sheep and vice versa. It references Bulletin No. 39 from Canada’s experimental farms, Faith Fyles’s Poisonous Plants of Canada, available free from Ottawa. The guide helps stock owners identify dangerous species to prevent grazing on infested land and reduce losses, which are rising each year.
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Canada
Faith Fyles
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Regulations for Mange in Alberta
At a conference between Dr. Hilton and Alberta cattlemen the Dominion Government pledged 400 toward building a dipping vat any type. Charges capped at 40c per head for two dips, calves excluded. Inspections and certificates discussed. Cattlemen praised Hilton but some small holders resisted. RCMP will back enforcement if needed, yet cooperation hoped to lift blanket quarantine. Edward Wade of Calgary notes a tougher attitude this year toward mange compliance.
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Dr. Hilton
Mange
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hilton
Dr. Hargreave
Edward Wade
Calgary
Mr. Wade
Transferring Natural Resources to Prairie Provinces
Ottawa discussion centers on handing over provincial natural resources to Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The government intends to transfer resources when terms are fair and equitable, with a definite statement expected before the session ends. The issue remains a key provincial demand in Canada.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
House of Commons
Wyoming Cattle Men to Visit British Columbia for Study
A party of Wyoming cattle men plan a July or August visit to central British Columbia to assess livestock raising prospects. They will tour grazing lands deemed ideal for the undertaking.
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Wyoming
British Columbia
Whaling Note: Oil Harvest From Whale Tongue Prolific
A historical fragment notes that a ton or more of oil was frequently obtained from the tongue of a single whale. The record highlights the efficiency of this crude extraction in whaling practices of the era.
Reconstructing The Old World
The article discusses the Allied victory in the Middle East after World War I, the creation of mandates for Palestine Mesopotamia Syria and Armenia, and the role of Britain France and the United States in rebuilding the region. It cites labor leaders support and American sentiment for US participation in world affairs.
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Christendom
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Supreme Council
League of Nations
Great Britain
Palestine
Mesopotamia
France
Syria
United States
Armenia
Big Republic
Constantinople
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Americas
Regina
French Thrift Drives National Strength Says London Daily News
A London Daily News editorial emphasizes French thrift as a national pillar. With 40 million people, 12 million households, and 9 million homeowners, France's small landholders are depicted as the core of national character. Thrift is praised as a civic virtue and a contributor to resilience in hard times.
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France
London Daily News
North Sea trawlers used daylight saving before London scheme
A London letter notes Essex farmers complain about clock changes while North Sea fishermen have long used daylight saving. As season advances fishers chase the catch north, slowing the return to London as docks move later each day. the fish bear the burden.
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North Sea
Mr. Willet
London
London Daily News
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