Prince of Wales to view Vancouver and Victoria after August
World briefs note the Prince of Wales will visit Vancouver and Victoria after August 1. Other items include Edmonton census of 67 043, wage talks for Canadian National telegraph employees, Rex Rennee’s 24 hour Paris flight plan, possible British opening of Australia 1931 exhibition, and homestead entries by western provinces. The piece also mentions Ramsay MacDonald and Dunning trip plans, peony gifts to England, and distribution to public bodies.
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Canadian National Telegraph
New York Herald- Tribune
RK. Rex Rennee
Lafayette Escadrille
Paris
Australia
Prince of Wales
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Party
United Kingdom
Charles Dunning
Hiudson Bay
Dunting
Frederick Palmer
England
Liverpool
Albertice
London
Canadian Zionists Plan Colonization Fund in Palestine
Delegates at the 21st Canadian Zionists convention in Winnipeg voiced unanimous support for colonizing Palestine and restoring Jewish land. A million dollar fund targets land purchases. the convention subscribed over $300,600 toward the quota, with A. J. Freiman and Haddasah leaders opening the fund with a $54,006 gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Winnipeg
M. Yestshkin
World National Fund For
A. J. Fretman
Ottawa
Canadian Council
Haddasah
Women's Organization
The Day of the Farmer Has Not Passed
An editorial reflection on Canadian industry and farmers, noting urban wages can falter and many turn to farming for independence. It contrasts modern wage instability with rural steadiness and cites poetry and aphorisms to underline the value of practical faith and birth as pivotal events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Record High Altitude Feats By Ostheimer Party In Canadian Range
Alfred J. Ostheimer Jr and guide Hans Fuhrer of the American scientific party enduring 26 hours of arduous climbing on 11 000 foot class peaks in the Columbia ice field near Jasper. They reach Mount Stutfield and Mount Kitchener and Dome in a night march with lanterns amid ice and snow. A later expedition reaches North Twin 12085 feet and Mount Stutfield 11370 feet in a 36 hour push.
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Great Columbia Range
Alfred J. Ostheimer Jr
Fuhrer
American Scientific Party
Columbia
Jasper
Columbia Ice Field
Ostheimer
Hans Fuhrer
Stutfield
Mount Kitchener
Layette pattern for a new baby's wardrobe
A pattern set includes a long dress with tucks and embroidery, a second dress with shoulder tucks, a gxertrude skirt, a barrow coat, a diaper band, a kimono sleeve shirt, and a nightrobe with front to back buttoning. Yardage and prices noted, with check patterns available.
Patterns Address Winnipegs Newspaper Union
A fragmented notice lists pattern ordering details at 375 McDermot Ave Winnipeg with scattered text about pattern numbers names sizes and towns. A brief exchange jokes that Marie received one lawyer from an estate while another person mentions lawyers taking most of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Jed
Marie
Ted
Relief For Ex-Service Men Changes In Ottawa
Ottawa announces major reforms from the soldiers' civil re-establishment department. Dr J H King says regulations will aid many ex service men, address grievances, and aid those in need in old age. The Last Post Fund will ensure burial for eligible indigent ex soldiers. A justice department committee will review pension statutes and report on revising the pensions act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. King
Department
Department of Justice
Halley’s Comet and the Quest to Understand Orbits
The article explains Halley’s prediction of the 1759 return of the comet and his key role in celestial mechanics. It notes ongoing questions about how comets originate their journeys and what their presence implies in a universe ruled by fixed laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranmund Halley
Halley
Wheat Pool Agency Appointment Extends South America Reach
W. J. Jackman is named resident representative in Argentina for the selling agency of three Western Canadian wheat pools. He departs in September with Buenos Aires as headquarters, following a prior scouting trip to assess South American wheat trade and to foster closer Canada Argentina trade relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Jackman
Buenos Aires
Jackson
South America
London gains new air harbor for stopping planes
The chamber of commerce secured an ideal air-field site in London Ontario and will have it fully equipped and marked within a month to serve as an air depot for all planes seeking London as a stopping place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ontario
Chamber of Commerce
McGill Botany Professor Named Chief Mycologist in Australia
Dr B T Dickson, professor of botany at McGill University in Montreal, is appointed by the Commonwealth Government of Australia as chief mycologist for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The appointment underscores international scientific exchange and Australia’s emphasis on agricultural and industrial microbiology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. Dickson
McGill University
Montreal
Commonwealth
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Australia
Premier's Daughter Visits Canada on CP Lines
Mrs. Maurice Huntingdon Whitely eldest daughter of Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin Premier of Great Britain travels with her husband across Canada by Canadian Pacific lines to Victoria. She rejoins her husband released from his ship H M S Danae now in Chinese waters during relief duties.
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Maurice Huntingdon Whitely
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian Pacific Lines
Victoria
Continental Hotel Furnishings Spark Traveler Complaints
A traveler recounts stark contrasts between English hotels and Continental lodging in Athens and a Welsh coast town. He notes lacking bedclothes towels soap water and furnishings on the Continent versus ample supplies including soap towels and personal items in England Ireland Germany and Spain with furnishing standards varying by country and even season.
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Athens
Irise
London
Wales
North Pole
England
Ireland
Germany
Spain
Scotland
Switzerland
Post Office Progress Through Canada’s Growth Era
Post Office Progress posters illustrate Canada’s postal expansion from 1868 to 1926. Figures show letters rising from 17 million to 575 million and parcels from 15 000 to 45 million. rural delivery, C O D, and other milestones mark national service growth.
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Dominion
Post Offce
Post Office
Great Britain
Confederation
Montreal
Victoria
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
C.O.D
Postal Department
Post Office Savings Banks
America
Vitaglass Tests For Plant Growth At Kew And Southampton
Vitaglass will be tested for its effects on plant life at University College Southampton and at Kew. One half of an experimental greenhouse will use vitaglass while the other half uses ordinary glass. A varied set of flowers and crops including radishes sunflowers and beans will be grown in matched conditions to compare cropping timing quality heat retention color and plant hardiness.
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University College
Southampton
England
Kew
Long distance drumming catches Belgium miners by storm
A new sport in Belgium sees miners and workers compete in endurance drum marching. A 50 year old Poulet drummer from Walloon won a 25 mile nonstop march from Foeses to Namur, then a 59 year old Robillard drummer from Nimy completed Mons to Ath and back for 34 miles in 11 hours. A Maurages drummer then did a 40 mile Brussels round trip. The sport, popular among miners, showcases strong legs and arms.
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Belgium
Poulet
Walloon
Foeses
Namur
Robillard
Mons
Ath
Maurages
Brussels
Adapt to Local Customs for Pleasant Travel
The New York Herald Tribune notes that the happiest traveler adapts to local customs. Americans in France often complain about breakfast fare, but a tactful tourist blends in. The seasoned traveler enjoys serenity and maxes out journey pleasure by embracing host country practices.
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France
Spain
New York Herald-Tribune
No two people think alike wedding presents
Charles declares that no two people on earth think alike. His fiancée counters with a remark that views on their wedding presents will change his opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
The Price of Bureaucracy in Thrift Magazine
James A. Emery argues that government growth intrudes on personal rights as public payrolls expand. He warns that from New Year to March 1 production and services are absorbed by government, with one in eleven workers on government pay and annual outlays surpassing the value of crops on 340 million acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Mr. Emery
United States
Christ
Thrift Magazine
Death of Salteaux elder Margaret Thickfoot at Jackhead Reserve
Margaret Thickfoot, reputedly Canada's oldest inhabitant, died at the Jackhead Indian Reserve near Lake Winnipeg at about age 12. She was the widow of Chief Thickfoot, who long helped Christianize the Salteaux Indigenous people, and until recently retained full use of her faculties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Margaret Thickfoot
Salteaux
Brown trout fry released in Alberta river system
A batch of 185000 brown trout fry has been released into the North and South Haven rivers along with Prairie, Alford and Muskeg creeks. These streams feed the Redlea and Saskatchewan rivers southwest of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada.
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North
South Haven
Prairie
Redle
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Alberta
Lottery Marriage Banter Sparks Social Superstition
A playful exchange between husband and wife about marriage as a lottery reveals lingering Chinese social customs. The husband jokes he won a prize, while the wife asks what that means as the conversation touches on venerable practices around greeting social superiors and removing spectacles in certain rituals.
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Cumang
Tafhion
Via
Layette
M. B. Murphy
Canadian National Railways
Hornpane
Ont
Wheat Pool Agency For
Creighton
Freed
Flin-Flon
Sullivan
Ingenika River
Rouya
Quebec
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Orient
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