League Of Nations Report Highlights Global Slavery Persisting
A League of Nations commission uncovers ongoing slavery worldwide including Africa, the Near East, and Asia. The report cites enslaved Africans transported via Egypt and Somalia, child trafficking to Mecca, and slavery in Liberia and Portuguese Africa with corroboration from Geneva ILO studies.
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League of Nations
Africa
Egypt
Somali
Near East
Mecca
Arabia
Republic of
Liberia
United States Commission of Inquiry
The
League
Portuguese Africa
Angola
Mozambique
Commission of
Ponsonby
Chisa
Canterbury
England
China
Chine
International Labor Office
Geneva
Sater Justice
Grain Losses Reported in Prairie to Lakes Transport
Grain losses for the crop year ended July 31, 1925 show 21 454 bushels lost across 28S cars moving grain from the prairies to the head of the lakes. Government notes 515 claims filed, about 18 percent of cars handled. Reported losses ranged from 846 to 14 909 pounds with an average of 3 500 pounds.
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Grain Commission
Prairies
John Millar
M.P
Qu'Appelle
Alberta Dairy Production Hits 1925 Value Decline
Alberta dairy output in 1925 totaled 22 062 000 dollars, a slight drop from the prior year. Creamery butter 19 500 000 pounds valued at 6 573 000 dollars, factory cheese 1 000 000 pounds worth 278 400 dollars, and other products totaling 55 850 000 dollars. The piece closes with unrelated remarks on free speech and public attention.
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Alberta
Home-Cured Meats Highlight Saskatoon Exhibit
The Saskatchewan College of Agriculture showcased home cured pork and beef at the recreation convention of agricultural societies. A select carcase demonstrated meat quality, with finished portions hung on rails and dishes arranged on a table. Delegates tasted sandwiches of the cured ham as prices showed large savings versus dressed carcases and buying cured meat.
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Animal Husbandry Department
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
Discovery of mosquito repellent announced by Rutgers expert
Dr. William Rudolphs of Rutgers University announces a four year study yielding a mosquito repellent. He recommends mixing ordinary insect powder with vaseline or cold cream for a cream form and with wheat flour or talcum powder for a powder form. Protection lasts two to three hours. Tests showed five to twenty mosquitoes alighting per minute on the experimenter.
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William Rudolphs
Rutgers University
Rudolphs
Spring on the Prairies Makes the West Feel Alive
An excerpt notes early spring on the prairies fosters a vivid sense of living amid endless rolling farmland. The landscape stretches to distant horizons where boundaries blur, evoking pioneer instincts and a restless urge to head farther west beyond city and farm.
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Prairies
New York Evening ‘Post
Meat Consumption Reaches Record High in 1925
The national live stock and meat board reports U S meat consumption in 1925 rose to 1543 pounds per person, the highest since 1907. Pork use fell due to higher prices from hog receipt declines, while veal beef and mutton increased. This was four pounds above the 18 year average.
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United States
National Livestock and Meat Board
How To Avoid A Collision
If a car suddenly crosses your path or ahead turns left while you pass, steer quickly in the same direction as the other car and slow down. Attempting to stop without turning may fail to prevent a collision.
Prairies Still Fork Harness Demand In Horseless Age
In Regina, harness firms struggle to meet soaring orders while cars spread, with 950 dozen horse collars sold this year and 8 000 spring sets expected. Eastern factories lag, delaying shipments and leaving many orders unfilled as jobbers plead for supply.
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Saskatchewan
Prairie
Regina
Canada
Saskatchewan Egg Pool Expands with Branch Plan
The Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool proposes a Brandon branch to begin operations soon. Ralph Brighty says the branch will handle only Eastern Saskatchewan eggs. Nearly forty receiving stations and six handling stations at Regina Moose Jaw Assiniboia Swift Current Saskatoon and Humboldt are in place, with 10 600 contracts signed as the campaign continues. The start date remains to be announced.
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Brandon
Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool
Ralph Brighty
Saskatchewan
Regina
Moose Jaw
Assiniboia
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Humboldt
Brighty
Fretwork Class Sparks Family Debate at Heworks School
A child voices a wish to learn fretwork at school. A parent counters with harsher plans and a threat to send the child to another school or raise him to resemble his father. The dialogue hints at Monday work and ongoing worries through the week.
Great Western Corp Formed To Acquire British Timber Assets
New York and Florida interests announce purchase of 4.6 billion feet of standing timber a ten acre site and shingle mill at Coal Harbor a mill site on Lulu Island and other assets of the British Timber Corp A new company with 1 million capital to be increased Howard Cole of New York named president Buckner Shipley of Palm Beach associated Development includes Lulu Island mill and industrial use for Coal Harbor property Timber blocks located in Massett Valley Queen Charlotte Island and along Bear Creek in the Kootenay region
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New York
Florida
Coal Harbor
Lulu Island
New Westminster
Old British Timber Corporation
Great Western Corporation
Howard Cole
Buckner Shipley
Palm Beach
Pia
Massett Valley
Queen Charlotte Island
Sooke
Bear Creek
Kootenay
New Empire Early Maturing Wheat Expands Canadian Belt
A bulletin from the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce notes early maturing wheat varieties like Marquis and Garnet push the agricultural line 60 miles north in the prairie provinces. The piece estimates a 50 000 square mile expansion and a future addition to Canada west harvests, highlighting prairie wealth and current cultivation figures.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce
Quebec Chronicle
Manitoba
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Man Pledges Marriage Promise Amid Roomful Cheers
A playful exchange ends with a man accepting a marriage proposal after a moment of uncertainty. The scene captures lighthearted romance and communal support as cheers erupt.
Duchess Attends Third National Education Conference
The duchess, who has just celebrated her silver wedding, will attend the third triennial conference of the National Council of Education in Montreal from April 5 to 9 in her role as parliamentary under-secretary of the British Department of Education.
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National Council of Education
Montreal
Grace
Department of Education
Effort To Grow More Forage Crops In Western Provinces
The Pouce Coupe Creamery Association in Dawson Creek, B C reports strong returns after its second year serving some 70 patrons. The Canadian Pacific Railway partners with provincial agriculture departments to run forage seed and education campaigns across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta using dedicated forage and tree planting cars. The drive targets fodder crops including corn alfalfa sweet clover and crome grass, with data from 1925 showing extensive hay and clover acreage and large fodder corn yields.
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British Columbia
Canada
Pouce Coupe Creamery Association
Dawson Creek
Peace River
B.C
Cutbank
Sunset Prairie
Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairie Provinces
Departments of Agriculture
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Wheat Pools in Western Canada Distribute 37 Million
The three prairie province pools Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta paid farmers twenty cents a bushel on all wheat grades plus six cents on oats and barley ten cents on rye and twenty five cents on flax. About 196000 checks were mailed totaling roughly 37 million dollars. This distribution aims to boost industrial and agricultural prosperity in Western Canada in the coming months.
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Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Provinces
Western
Canada
Dutch settlers sail for Saskatchewan from Holland
More than 200 Dutch agriculturists, the first large party this year, are brought to Canada by the Holland Colonization Board of Saskatchewan. G. H. Hooff, chairman, says 117 single men, 20 families and 12 domestics sail. Twenty five men head to Yorkton district, 20 to Prince Albert, with the rest to Nipawin Valley.
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Holland Colonization Board of Saskatoon
Canada
Holland Colonization Board of
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Holland
G. H. Hooff
Yorkton
Prince Albert
Nipawin Valley
Canadian Bulbs May Find Market
Canadian growers trust the idea of expanding bulb production may soon reach international markets. The article notes rising Canadian enterprise and publicity, with bulbs possibly selling in Holland and across the American continent.
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Holland
Guelph
Tomb Honors Requests of Wealthy Stocks King in Terre Haute
The tomb of Martin A. Sheets, a wealthy stockbroker, in Terre Haute Indiana, was outfitted with telephone and electric lights so he could talk to the outside world if he awoke.
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Martin A. Sheets
Terre Haute
Ind
Sheets
Alberta Wool Clip Advances From Zero to 2.5 Million Pounds
The Alberta wool clip rose from nothing to 2.5 million pounds over several years. About 200000 sheep were shorn in the last season, reflecting growing wool production in the province.
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Alberta
Rats Invade Saskatchewan Legislature Fight to Halt Spread
The Kingston British Whig reports steps by the Saskatchewan Government to stop rat incursions east of a line from the boundary through Lampman Broadview Melville and Priestville. Once unknown in the prairie provinces rats now creep toward the west, with Emerson and Winnipeg noted as earlier hotspots.
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Saskatchewan
Lampman
Broadview
Melville
Priestville
Prairie Provinces
Emerson
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Kingston
Rice Consumption in Japan Reaches 335 Million Bushels in 1925
The agriculture and forestry department estimates Japan consumed 335 million bushels of rice in 1925. Domestic production totaled 285 million bushels with the rest imported mainly from Korea, China, and Indo-China. Consumption rose by 6.15 million bushels from the previous year.
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Japan
Agriculture and Forestry Department
Korea
China
Indo-China
Arabs in Palestine threaten revolt over league inaction
Chakry Jack, leader of the Arabian party in Palestine, reached Geneva and sent a letter to Sir Eric Drummond, the League of Nations secretary-general, warning that the league’s failure to send a commission to Palestine to study the Arabs plight could trigger a revolt like Syria’s.
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Chakry Jack
Palestine
Geneva
Eric Drummond
League of Nations
League
Syria
Witty Barber Quip on Rising Costs Causes Smiles
A barber jokes about higher prices due to inflation. A customer asks what extra labor justifies the charge, and the barber quips that longer faces are a result of the higher cost of living. The exchange captures light city humor in a period tone.
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Nw O
U. S
Regina Firm
B.C. Lumber
Henry
Pouce Coupe
Mors s+rea
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