Geographical Features Named After Indian Chiefs Across Canada
The article notes numerous place names honoring Indigenous leaders from coast to coast. It cites Petawawa River in Ontario and Petawawa Camp, explains the meaning of the name, and lists other examples such as Barnaby River, Bartibog River, Cain River, and Taxis River in New Brunswick, plus Crowfoot Village in Alberta and Kinbasket Lake in British Columbia.
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Canada
Petawawa
Geographic Board of Canada
Petawawa River
John By
Rideau Canal
Renfrew County
Ontario
New Brunswick
Barnaby River
Bartibog River
Cain River
Taxis River
Quedec
Donnacona
France
Jacques Cartier
Manitoba
Peguis
Hudson's Bay Company
Red River
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Catknife Hill
Chiniki
Kanaskis Pass
Rockies
Pouce-Coupe River
Alberta
British Columbia
Kinbasket Lake
Columbia River
Walter Moberly
C.E
Nicola Lake
Nwistermeekin
Farmers Form Richmond Early Potato Growers on Lulu Island
About fifty farmers in Lulu Island British Columbia form the Richmond Early Potato Growers Association to plant two to three acre plots of Irish Cobbler seed potatoes for simultaneous harvest. A car load of certified seed from Prince Edward Island has been imported for the venture and planting will occur at the end of the month to supply prairie markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Island
British Columbia
Richmond
Prince Edward Island
Pankhurst Statue Unveiled in Westminster Gardens
A statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, who led Britain’s suffrage movement, was unveiled in Victoria Tower Gardens Westminster in a ceremony attended by leading suffrage figures and many political leaders. Stanley Baldwin performed the unveiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmeline Pankhurst
Great Britain
Victoria Tower Gardens
Westminster
Stanley Baldwin
Sing Us a Song in the Vienna Street Chorus
In Musketë Vienna a brief exchange shows a singer requesting a tune and a companion declining before others insist. The fragment captures street moment humor in a crowded public space with characters unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Newspapers and the public duty to report news
The article argues newspapers serve the community, not individuals, and must report public proceedings fairly. It says readers pay for news, so omissions for individuals would erode the paper's role, while ensuring the innocent are protected and duty remains to the public record.
Lingerie Pattern No. 3372 Offers Slim Silhouette
Pattern No. 3372 presents a long waisted bodice and fitted circular skirt in eggshell crepe, with a moulded silhouette and slim waist. Available in bust sizes 36 to 46 inches, options include black silk crepe with asparagus and other colorways. pattern price is 25 cents. fill in size and mail to Pattern Department.
How To Order Patterns Pattern No oo Gowns
A brief note advises on ordering patterns for gowns labeled Pattern No oo. The saying about riding a high horse implies a caution about pride, suggesting caution in actions and outcomes.
Problems Poultry Men Have Not Solved
University of Saskatchewan researchers led by Professor R K Baker discuss why January to March eggs yield light cakes while May to July eggs make heavy cakes and why March eggs hatch fewer chicks. Advances in vitamins, sprouted feed, and cod liver oil improved health. X ray trials show hatching and growth effects, with sex ratio shifts from long exposures. The Sask flock rose from under 100 eggs per hen in 1913 to over 175 by 1926, with one family yielding 217 eggs per 44 daughters and another producing a 358 egg champion.
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R. K. Baker
University of Saskatchewan
Ken
Saskatoon
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Colour Indicates Real Grade in Maple Sugar Standards
The Dominion Department of Agriculture states that maple sugar and syrup quality is shown by colour with Grade 1 very light, resembling clover honey. Grades 2 and 3 darker. Grade 4 close to buckwheat honey. Quality counts in maple products as in everything else.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dairy Survey Work Returns to Cornell Partners
Dr Misener of Cornell returns to work after field survey of Saskatchewan dairy industry. J Falcon of Saskatchewan Mark Branch accompanies him to Cornell to finish summarizing facts and figures over about two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Misener
Cornell University
N.Y
Saskatchewan
J. K. Finlcon
Saskatchewan Mark Branch
Cornell
Southern China Bean Harvest Ships Large Daily Volume
About 30,000 tons of beans were shipped each day during the recent harvest season in southern China, reflecting strong regional production and export activity. The figure highlights the scale of agricultural output and logistics involved in moving beans to markets.
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China
Manitoba Railway Official Named Transportation Chief
General Superintendent of the Manitoba District of the Canadian National Railways has been appointed General Superintendent of Transportation for the Western Region, succeeding W. S. Smart, who becomes Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Canadian National Railways
Western
W. S. Smart
Garnet wheat experiments in Abitibi show strong yields
In the Abitibi district of northern Quebec 105 farmers grew Garnet wheat last season and produced about 6000 bushels with yields of 25 to 30 bushels per acre. The trials, directed by Father Minette, aim to promote northern settlement and feed larger areas next season. Samples are sent to J E L Force of the Colonization Department for exhibition to settlers.
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Abitibi
Quebec
Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Ontario
Father Minette
Quebec Department of Colonization
Puzzlers' League Formed in Europe For Enigma Experts
A new society named The Puzzlers' League claims to be the hardest thinking group in the world. Its members include enigma experts and masters of cryptograms crosswords and charades. The motto proclaims puzzle solving fights off boredom.
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Europe
Puzzlers’ League
Dialogue About Marriage and Borrowed Money
A brief vignette depicts a couple discussing finances and marriage. The man mentions borrowing five hundred dollars while the woman suggests saving a thousand before marriage, highlighting practical constraints in their plans.
Three Hundred Millions Spent By American Tourists In Canada
The 1929 tourist season set a record with nearly 300 million dollars spent by American visitors in Canada. Canadians spent 111 million abroad while foreign tourists boosted Canada’s receipts by about 189 million. US automobile travelers led growth with a 25 million rise from 1928 and rail and steamship travelers added around 8 million.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Bureau of Statistics
Grain Show Display At World Poultry Congress in London
Publicity for the Grain Show is to be exhibited at the World Poultry Congress in Crystal Palace London this year. Oscar Turcott Canadian Exhibition manager will arrange a 576 square foot display at the entrance. The World Grain Show will feature Regina grown grains in the commercial section and distribute notices to all world delegates. Similar grain exhibitions will be staged in Antwerp Paris and Buenos Aires under Turcott’s direction.
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Regina
London
Crystal Palace
England
Oscar Turcott
Wll
Antwerp
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Turcott
Plant Clean Seed for Better Planting Results
The seed branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture urges planting clean seed this year. Clean seed pays, especially with the weed menace reaching alarming levels in many parts of Canada. Various methods exist to clean seed depending on quantity, location, and equipment, from commercial machinery to adapted screens and even wind cleaning in remote areas.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Happiness and music meet in a quip about St Vitus Dance
A lecturer notes happiness comes from vibrating with the environment. A joke suggests a man with St Vitus Dance would be bliss at a jazz concert. A London sale saw a first edition Dickens Great Expectations fetch 1275 dollars.
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London
Oldest Trainman Robert Williams Retires at 91
Robert Williams of Truro Nova Scotia claims title as Canada's oldest trainman. Born March 1 1839 in West River Antigonish County he worked on the Nova Scotia Railway at seventeen. He sailed around The Horn survived a shipwreck and a 40 foot fall, later joined the Intercolonial Railway retiring in 1910 at seventy one.
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Canada
Robert Williams
Truro
N.S
West River
Antigonish County
Nova Scotia
Liverpool
England
Intercolonial Railway
Canadian National Railways System
Russians Prove Bees Stingless After Three Year Study
Three years of experiments at the New Brunswick agricultural station claim Russian bees do not sting. The bees yield as much honey as Italian bees and swarm less often. Entomologists Ray Hutton and B. F. Diggers report no stings during the study.
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Russia
New Brunswick
Ray Hutton
B. F. Diggers
Floyd Waite Claims World's Record For Buried Challenge
Floyd Waite of Los Angeles asserts a world record claim for remaining buried six feet underground in a box with a six inch pipe and an outside telephone connection for 391 hours. No one has disputed his welcome to the claim. Waite was buried February 22 with only a telephone for company.
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Floyd Waite
Los Angeles
Noe
Floyd
Poverty at sixty five predicted in stark exchange
A terse dialogue highlights looming hardship as one speaker warns of poverty until age sixty five and the other asks what then. The reply implies adaptation to ongoing deprivation rather than relief.
Rogue and liar exchange sparks in Gothenborg debate
En Rolig Half Timma of Goth enborg declares provable accusations as a heated exchange unfolds. The counterclaims acknowledge the prior insults as the confrontation escalates with sharp misgivings and formal retorts.
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Timma
Gothenborg
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B.C. Association
Pankhurst
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Annebelle Worthington
Union
McDermott Are
N. B. Walton
W. G. Barker, V.C
D.S.O
W. G. Barker
V.C
M.C
Bat
Ottawa
Col. Barker
Oxfordshire
Oxford County Hall
Christopher Bartlett
Sandford Mount
Charlbury
E. Gorst
Bartlett
Dr. Barengey
Rating Authority
Oxford
R. T. Barrie
Chipping Norton
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