The Whaling Industry and Its Global Reach
The article surveys whales as mammals with baleen and toothed species, noting the sperm whale and orca among others. It highlights uses of whale products from oil to fertilizer, describes historic whaling practices, and traces Canadian and European whaling activity in Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, and the Pacific coast with production and value figures.
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Hornaday
London
New Bedford
U S.A
Hudson Bay
New England
Baffin
Hudson Bays
United States
Pacific
British Columbia
Alberta Discusses Tar Sand Road Build Plan with Canfield
R. D. Canfield, the California highways expert, proposes developing Athabasca tar sand deposits for road building. He has surveyed the area recently and is presenting plans to Premier Brownlee and the railways department as Alberta peers consider starting an northern industry.
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Athabasca
Alberta
R. D. Canfield
California
North Country
Mr. Canfield
Brownlee
Railways Department
Improving Home Heat Through Insulation and Construction
The article discusses reducing heat loss in Canadian homes by proper construction and insulating materials. It lists options such as wall fillers, quilts, blocks, sheets, and rigid boards, and notes Canada’s raw materials like wood waste, eel grass, flax, gypsum, asbestos, limestone, mica waste, scrap glass, rubber, and peat may power future insulation. It cites the Dominion Fuel Board and Natural Resources Intelligence Service as sources of further inquiries.
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Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Dominion Fuel Board
Green Manure Trial With Legume Crop In Canada
An experiment at the Brandon Manitoba experimental farm compares a legume plowed under as green manure with rotted barnyard manure and bare fallow. Three year wheat yields favor sweet clover over bare fallow and show advantages over peas in the green manure role.
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Branden
Man
M. J. Tinline
B.S.A
Brandon
Tinline
Wifer Spends Ten Dollar Bill On Impulsive Purchase
Wifer asks for a ten dollar bill from Bob's dressing table but reveals she has already spent it. Hub notes the purchase, with a light domestic quip about the unexpected expenditure.
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Bob
English Pedigree Hunting Prized but Risky
An opinion from the London Daily Mail notes that many Americans seeking English ancestry face inflated and inaccurate family trees crafted by unscrupulous researchers. It urges visitors to doubt such quickly assembled genealogies and stresses the need for careful, evidence based verification.
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England
London Daily Mail
Observance of Laws Cited by Coolidge on 4th of July
In a 4th of July address President Coolidge argued that law observance shapes national character not the speed of new enactments. He referenced Moses and ten fundamental laws as a core standard guiding modern statutes and behavior. A contrasting exchange shows town relocation frustrations echoing civic concerns.
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President Coolidge
Moses
Joke on the Cop Cop on Shore
A man in the water taunts a federal officer promising to die by his own action as the officer vows to arrest him. Separate note mentions M Fokker planning a 40 passenger two floor aeroplane with seating accommodation.
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M. Fokker
Sweet Clover As A Pasture Crop
A Manitoba Dominion Farm study notes sweet clover yields excellent results as a pasture crop with no milk drop or odor, and minimal animal impact. Caution advised on feeding softness. provide dry roughage and avoid overly late fall pasturing. Hog pasturing can begin when plants reach 8 to 9 inches.
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R. A. Derick
Brandon
Manitoba
Derick
King George Grants Reprieve To Old War Horse
The King used his prerogative as commander to spare a 20 year old Life Guards horse from destruction. An official order says the animal will be kept in comfort for its remaining years rather than be put down.
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George
Crack Life Guards Regiment
Boaster’s claims tested in cautious dealings
The Ohio State Journal notes a habit of doubting bold assurances of honesty as readers recall how conversations reveal someone’s true intent. The piece contrasts verbal boasts with the caution exercised by observers in everyday transactions.
Silent Sufferers Customer Do You Think Sardines Healthy
Quip from a grocer about sardines dismissing health concerns. Nature balances misfortune as a man grows pale and his face lengthens with age. A brief vignette in witty dialogue form.
Illustrations Stations Expand Across Provinces
Dominion experimental illustration stations report 142 total units across Canada with 38 in Quebec and 25 in Saskatchewan. Seed grain and potatoes sales reach 28 646 and 3 504 bushels respectively, while poultry stock and egg settings rise as farmers adopt dairy records and pure bred bulls. Milk production at a Quebec station climbs from 5 509 to 9 377 pounds.
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John Fixter
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Mussolini Orders Calm Against War Hype
A government spokesman says Premier Mussolini has directed newspapers to stop publishing incendiary material and bellicose terms to show Italy's peaceful intentions and avoid provoking the world.
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Mussolini
Italy
Planned Improvements at Esquimalt Naval Dockyard
The Dominion Government will shortly undertake improvements to the Esquimalt naval dockyard and barracks in British Columbia. Work includes a boat house torpedo depot and boat slips funded in the year's estimates approved by Parliament.
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Esquimalt
B.C
Chronicle of a Coat Aidment Turns Loose Parable
A quip notes a young man spending fifteen minutes helping a girl put on her coat. It jokes that such aid does not prove he is her brother by birth nor by refusal, framing a social quip on propriety and kinship.
Canadian Immigrant Farm Helpers Arrive in Quebec
Fifty five young men, Canada’s new immigrants, arrived aboard the Empress of France in Quebec on July 3. Trained at Brandon Norfolk England under Col Brinton, they are pledging to farm in the west with agrarian skills in dairy care horse handling and use of farm implements. Col Brinton will oversee initial settlements in Winnipeg as Canadian Pacific colonization authorities place the men on farms.
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G. A. Brinton
D.S.C
Quebec
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
Brandon
Norfolk
England
Col. Brinton
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Colonization
Farm Machinery Operation Costs on Prairie Farms
The machinery charge accounts for about eight percent of field crop costs in the prairie provinces. Average general machinery cost is $1.13 per acre, excluding autos and tractors, with annual repair costs about 9 percent of inventory value. Major factors are acres cultivated, repair costs, and machine life, with higher acreage lowering per acre costs if efficient equipment is used.
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Prairie Provinces
Tman
The Home Dollar A Farmer’s Dollar Returns Home
A farmer prints his initials on a dollar bill and spends it in his village. The bill cycles through local purchases, returning four times in two years before he finally sends it away. The tale warns that removing the bill from town ends its local tax and economic life.
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Nevermore
Rubber heels allow guardsmen to ease march in London
British army announces Guardsmen in the London district may wear rubber heels to reduce marching jar and improve soldier comfort. Officers warn heel clicking from wartime may be missed for a time, though the change aims to make service life more attractive.
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London
Ill adage on insomnia cited in domestic exchange
A husband claims a brisk pre sleep walk will cure his insomnia. His wife replies by suggesting the room be cleared so he can walk and that he should take the baby along.
Little Boy Refuses Streetcar Ride For Dinner Plans
A dialogue fragment records Tommy, seven, declining to walk to the streetcar. He explains he will have dinner soon. A bystander asks about a pillow case while a playful interchange mentions clothing sizes and a sweet young thing.
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Tommy
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