Hudson Bay Line Birth Not Finish But Start of North Rail Growth
Manitoba Free Press notes Sir Henry Thornton of Canadian National Railways envisions the Hudson Bay line as a spur to vast mineral districts. He recalls past delays and blizzards and foresees hotels at Fort Churchill and expanding intercontinental travel as the railway grows beyond a terminus.
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North
Hudson Bay
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Saturday Evening Post
Europe
Sir Henry
Fort Churchill
Labrador
Hudson Strait
Gentlemen of Adventure
Churchill
Northland
Manitoba
Hudson Bay Line
Manitoba Free Press
Fish Meal Trade and Uses Across Regions
British Columbia produced 14,000 tons of fish meal last year with 1,000 tons used locally for poultry feed. Exports reached 7,000 tons to Germany for dairy cattle feed, other exports went to California for poultry feed. Early BC exports to Japan used the product as a fertilizer. Building societies in Great Britain posted total annual receipts exceeding $500 million.
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British Columbia
Germany
California
Japan
Great Britain
Lustige Sachse Quote Sparks Rustic Banter in Leipzig
A fragment from Lustige Sachse in Leipzig records a playful exchange about marriage and a pig, with a line implying Marie’s pig must gain weight before marriage. The brief humor hints at social customs and rural life.
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Giles
Marie
Lustige Sachse
Leipzig
Farmers Build Grain Pool Central to Grower Control
The Vancouver Sun on June 18, 1929 describes Western Canadian farmers driving grain growing on a sound economic basis under growers control. The Pool centralizes delivery and aims to secure the last possible cent for grain, consolidating over half of country elevator deliveries and earning growers devoted support as their hopeful place in the industry.
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Western
Canada
Vancouver Sun
Design No 166 Dress For Morning Wear
Design No 166 offers a comfortable morning dress with a straight silhouette, plaited skirt panel, short kimono sleeves, and a shawl collar forming a deep front V. Fabrics include printed pique and gingham in various colors. available in bust sizes 16 through 46 inches. For 36 inch size, fabric requirements are 2% yards of 40 inch material plus 1 yard of 36 inch contrasting. price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
Cost Of Rearing Draft Horses At Ste Anne Station
Cost studies at Ste Anne de la Pocatiere Experimental Station show 13 Percheron colts raised to two and a half years required about 116.37 dollars per colt for feed and upkeep, yielding an average 1517 pound working horse. Mares’ service fees and nursing costs not included, but overall costs were about 40 percent below open market prices.
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Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere Experimental Station
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canadian History Textbooks Deemed Shameful by Native Sons Leader
Dr J L McDougall of Regina now in Vancouver told Winnipeg's Native Sons convention that Canadian history books used in several provinces devote 19 words to Canada's Great War role. He blamed American editing and says educational authorities offer no adequate remedy.
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Canada
J. L. McDougall
Regina
United States
McDougall
Saskatoon Cattle Show Yields Strong Bull Prices
At the Saskatoon Cattle Show and Sale buyers paid solid prices for bulls with 38 Shorthorn bulls at an average of 170, 15 Shorthorn cows at 114, 4 Aberdeen Angus bulls at 175, 3 Hereford bulls at 188, and an aged Holstein bull at 110. Saskatchewan Live Stock Branch and the Live Stock Commissioner handled purchases, with champion Aberdeen Angus and champion Hereford among bulls bought. Breeders were satisfied with the market.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Live Stock Branch
Seven Cents For Cheese In 1879 Ledger
Walter Strike of Cherry Valley Ontario holds a cheese factory account book from 1879. It records the highest cheese price of seven cents that year and shows July prices at 33 cents per hundred pounds of milk. The note compares this to today’s cost of filling a farmer’s car with gas.
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Walter Strike
Cherry Valley
Ont
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union
A brief notice from the Winnipeg Union at 175 MacDermot Ave outlines pattern orders with the pattern number and ordering method. The clipped text shows guidance on pattern selection and submission details.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Province tests BC tobacco blend with Vernon and Sumas crops
The B C Provincial Government has secured fifty pounds of white barley tobacco from the Vernon district and will blend it with the Sumas product to test commercial suitability for market.
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B.C
Vernon
British Columbia
Conference to Discuss Young Plan Opens August Sixth
The conference to discuss the Young plan for reparations settlement will open August 6. No decision has been made on the meeting place.
Medicine Hat Airport Plans Begin After Ottawa Talks
Dr. Gershaw M.P. reports progress on a Medicine Hat airport project. He says Ottawa discussions have intensified and a Calgary Canmore link as well as connections to Regina Moose Jaw via Medicine Hat are being considered.
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Medicine Hat
Gershaw
M.P
Ottawa
Calgary
Canmore
Regina
Moose Jaw
Canada Mica Output Dominated by Amber Variety
Most mica produced in Canada is amber phlogopite from Ottawa region mines in Ontario and Quebec. Cuba’s Bara coa, the country’s oldest city, is set for improvement and embellishment after centuries of neglect.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
Quebec
Cuba
Baracoa
National Research Council Targets Rust-Resistant Wheat and More
The National Research Council will tackle rust resistant wheat varieties and broader issues in Alberta gas waste, honey industry losses, and iodized salt control. funding of 25 000 supports university research including cement, moisture content, natural gas use, and wind power concepts.
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Alberta
Canada
National Research Council
Edmonton
Chas. Camsell
Dominion Department of Mines
G. S. Whitby
McGill University
University of Alberta
H. M. Tory
National Council
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canadian Chemical Association
Canadian Medical Association
T. Thorvaldson
University of Saskatchewan
E. F. Burton
University of Toronto
E. H. Boomer
Has Faith In Alberta Gas Fields Prediction
H R Davis an engineer from Buffalo New York recently inspected oil and gas fields in Alberta and Saskatchewan and predicts a great development in natural gas production stating that surface exploration has only begun and that enormous growth is imminent.
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H. R. Davis
Buffalo
N.Y
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Origin of the Word Hamburg to Humbug
The term humbug derives from Hamburg the German port with many false reports from wars. People said That is Hamburg as a skeptical refrain, and the word transformed into humbug. Lavas rarely flew as much as a mile an hour.
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Hamburg
Spectacular Trail Ride Planned Across Canadian Rockies
A flagship 18 day ride begins August 8 from Lake Louise to the Columbia Icefield through Bow Valley Bow Pass Mistaya Wa terfowl Lakes and the Alex Tucker River to Castleguard with entry limited to riders holding at least the silver button. A shorter four day option from Banff August 1 to Castle Mountain Camp offers pioneers access to Egypt Lake district and seven glacier fed lakes.
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Canadian Rockies
Columbia Icefield
Lake Louise
North American
Bow Valley
Bow Lake
Bow Pass
Mistaya
North Saskatchewan River
Alexandra River
Castleguard
Columbia Icefields
Banff
Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp
Egypt Lake District
Shadow Lake
Mount Ball
British Columbia bulbs eyed for English parks
Premier Tolmie said bulbs from British Columbia could be planted in England’s public parks to stimulate imports. Sir William Clark, the British High Commissioner in Canada, was impressed by BC flowers and advised exporting bulbs to Britain for labelled public-park planting.
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British Columbia
Europe
England
Tolmie
William Clark
Canada
Britain
Growing Use Of Water Power In Canada
The piece notes a 10.7 percent yearly growth in water power development since 1925 and a current 5554 installed turbine horsepower per 1,000 population. It also states about 35,000 people work in Canada’s road construction annually. The excerpt ends with a cartoonish dialogue about a cat and wounds following a spill.
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Canada
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