Saskatchewan Clay Deposits Attract Wide Attention
Canadian mineral experts study Waldeck fields containing 37 feet volcanic ash and 10 feet Kieselghur clay. Projections claim 19 million tons of clay with potential to last Canada a century, cutting imports by about 8.6 million yearly. Federal and provincial authorities, plus the Canadian Pacific Railway Natural Resources Dept, back exploration.
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Natural Resources
Waldeck
North American
America
Department of Mines
Gttawa
A. Worcester
University of Saskatchewan
D. B. Dowling
Geological Survey
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Germany
Tripoli
Cole
Worcester
Kieselghur
Natural Resource Department
Canadian Pacific Railway
Valuable collection of French regime papers bought by Canada
The Canadian Government through agent Mr Kesher has acquired the late Sir Thomas Phillips collection of documents from the end of the French regime in Canada. The letters of Montcalm Levis Bougainville and Vaudreuil and memoirs of Louis XIV are among items of unusual interest.
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Kesher
Canada
Sir Thomas Phillips, Bart
Cheltenham
Montcalm
Wolfe
Eof Abraham
Levis
Bougainville
Vaudreuil
Louis XIV
Relief map exhibits debut across western fairs
New relief maps prepared by the Topographical Survey of Canada will be shown for the first time at Brandon Regina Saskatoon and Edmonton exhibitions this summer. Earlier at Ottawa’s Central Canada exhibition they drew favorable comment and earned a diploma for their workmanship.
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Topographical Survey of Canada
Brandon
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Ottawa
Settler Builds Prosperity From 10 Dollar Start in Alberta
In the Waskatonau district of Alberta farmer John E. Vance Bow built a 400 acre, cattle stocked wheat farm starting fifteen years ago with a borrowed capital of 10. Last year drought hit but his wheat yield was 24 bushels per acre, after 47 bushels per acre the year before.
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Waskatonau
Alberta
John E. Vance Bow
Dominions Gain Prominence in Empire Foreign Affairs
The Vancouver Province notes that over fifty six years Canada and other Dominions have grown in prominence in dealings with foreign countries through gradual evolution. External relations now feature conference driven cooperation with Britain, shaped by concurrent legislation and mutual interest within the Empire.
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Canada
Great Britain
Dominions
Dominion
Vancouver
Everlasting Friendship Reflected in Portland Hariing Speech
President Harding spoke to about thirty thousand listeners in Portland on America’s independence, with twenty thousand among the crowd including British sailors and officers. The address contrasted King George II with Jefferson and noted cooled Anglo American tensions as naval officers laughed together, illustrating a day of peace and goodwill praised by The Vancouver Sun.
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Harding
Portland
America
George lI
Jefferson
Europe
The
Vancouver Sun
Stick to Your Job and Learn Through Patience
Stick with your current job and persist. Difficulties in gaining more are wholesome and build education, business knowledge, skill, and character. You may earn more briefly in a new job, but progress relies on the same principles. If you quit early, you fall back and diminish yourself.
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Collier’s Weekly
Ploughman Shot by Stray Bullet Near Aberdeen
A farmer and his ploughman were sand gathering near a rifle range when a stray bullet hit the man in the leg. The ploughman cried that he was shot, and the farmer shouted at the shooters to stop, noting it could have hit the horse.
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Aberdeen
Doctor Leonora King Returns to Canada After 52 Years in China
Dr. Leonora Howard King, an American Board of Missions medical missionary who spent fifty two years in China with her husband Dr Hing, is visiting her birthplace in Yonge and Escott Ontario. She served as medical adviser to three generations of the Chinese imperial family and is now eighty one. The report notes a remark about not being fooled twice.
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China
American Board of Missions
Leonora Howard King
Hing
Canada
Yonge and
Escott
Ont
Wasted Ingenuity and the Call for Peace in 1923
A British army officer in Australia argues incognito that future wars will rely on amphibious tanks and sub-marine aircraft. He laments a global arms race, noting critics ignore 1918 pledges against war, and warns ingenuity pursues destruction over cures and culture. The piece decries repeated conflict and urges the world court and democracy to prevent folly.
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Australia
Powers That Be
World Court
Regina Post
Manuring For Grain Crops At Scott Saskatchewan Station
Experiments over eight years compare rotted and fresh manure on wheat oats and barley at Scott Saskatchewan. Spring ploughing with rotted manure yielded about 26 bushels per acre, eight more than no manure. fresh manure in winter on fall ploughing reduced yield and fouled land. Green crops ploughed under tended to raise yields, with rotted barnyard manure giving the largest increase.
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Scott, Saakatchewan
Scott Station
Dominion Experimental Station
Lethbridge
Alberta
How Rubber Got Its Name and Its Big Break
A brief look at rubber origins explains how the term arose from rubbing pencil marks to erase them. It notes Mackintosh as the raincoat pioneer and Goodyear’s vulcanization discovery that hardened rubber.
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England
India
Mackintosh
Goodyear
Parsimonious Bug Prof in Zoology Lab
A witty exchange from Upper Iowa Collegian notes a professor of zoology asking what lives on the least food and a student replying the moth that eats holes. The piece also remarks that the average man is never satisfied with what he has or hasn’t.
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Upper Iowa
If a friend asks your opinion get his indorse it
A terse saying advises that when a friend seeks input you should offer your opinion with approval. Endorsing his choice is suggested to leave him satisfied and less likely to press further. The maxim emphasizes affirming others quickly to maintain harmony.
A Bright Scholar Derives Botany Lesson From Two Terms
A teacher proudly invites any question in botany. The first pupil, a newcomer with only two lectures, responds when asked to name botanical terms by citing two phrases aurora borealis and delirium tremens. The exchange highlights how students recall striking terms rather than core science.
British grit praised for muddling through in tough times
Eight years of Lethbridge Station tests show lamb finishing on fall and winter grazing and alfalfa use. The article links this to Britain’s national trait of muddling through, noting unemployment concerns, farm labor strife resolved, debt talks with the United States, and Britain’s cautious diplomacy with France Germany and Russia.
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Great Britain
New York Times
Anu
London
Ramsay Macdonald
United States
Poincare
France
Fielding
Lloyd George
Ruhr
Bonar Law
Britain
Berlin
Downing Street
Russia
Moscow
Homicide rates differ widely across major cities
Figures from the Spectator show 1922 homicide levels in Chicago twice New York’s ratio per population. Nashville five times New York, St. Louis and Cincinnati about three times. Baltimore Washington Cleveland Dayton outpaced New York which stood at 58 per 100000, 2.2 below the twenty eight city average. Boston Rochester Minneapolis Milwaukee and many smaller towns fared better.
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the Spectator
Chicago
New York
Nashville
Tenn
Boston
Rochester
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Jolly ships enter and clear UK ports amid ongoing trouble
In a week in the United Kingdom Lloyd's Regis report lists vessels entering docking or clearing titled Jolly Angela Jolly George Jolly Kate Jolly Baril Jolly Helen Jol Laura Jolly Christine Jolly Inez Jolly Esmond Jolly Frank Jolly James and Jolly Marie. A veteran mariner notes such names add forced merriment to an industry still full of trouble.
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Lloyd’s Registry
United Kingdom
Jolly Angela
Jolly George
Jolly Kate
Jolly Baril
Jolly Helen
Jol
Laura
Jolly Christine
Jolly Inez
Jolly Esmond
Jolly Frank
Jolly James
Jolly Marie
Montreal Herald
Church Clock in Brussels Won by Sun’s Warming
In Brussels a church clock runs on atmospheric expansion caused by solar heating. The mechanism relies on sun warmed air expanding to power the clock’s movement. The unusual setup highlights a historic approach to timekeeping driven by natural heat.
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Brussels
Only three of the twenty six Magna Charta barons could write
Historical note states that among the twenty six barons who signed the Magna Charta only three possessed the ability to write their own names. The fact highlights literacy among medieval elites and the ceremonial burden of the charter's great seal.
Naming Prairie Lakes A Tale Behind Two Canadian Lakes
The death of Viscount Chaplin in 1926 recalls the story behind lakes Chaplin and Johnstone west of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. Chaplin and Johnstone planned a Western Canada hunt from Oxford, Rae joined, detour via Cypress Hills led to discovery of the lakes, and the Geographic Board of Canada confirmed the naming in 1916.
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Viscount Chaplin
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Oxford
Sir Frederick Johnstone
Western
Canada
Sir John Rae
Edward Ellice
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Cypress Hills
Rae
Chaplin
Johnstone
Geographic Board of Canada
Restoration progress in postwar France and Britain
The report states 76 percent of France’s wartime displaced have returned from 600000 inhabitants. British lighthouses and pilots fall under Trinity House authority. About 160 percent of destroyed standard gauge track is back in operation and 91 percent of devastated land is restored. Of 22906 industrial plants, around 90 percent are functioning again.
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France
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H. Paul
Journal
Carstairs
Homicide
Teun
Trinity House
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