Call Of The Open Spurs Canadian Settlement Hope
The piece praises settlers in Canada’s Great West who endure fire floods and hardship to claim homesteads. It highlights field supervisors, patient effort, and examples of resilience from British Columbia and Portage la Prairie showing housing, farming, and cattle building as they turn adversity into success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lioyd George
Canada
Soldier Settlement Board
British Columbia
West
Portage la Prairie
Settlement Board
Making Afghanistan Modern
Afghanistan embraces modernization with a Kabul radio station and a telegraphic link to India. A Kabul boys school serves 150 pupils, a women’s school exists, and several provincial primaries have opened. Compulsory schooling is decreed though literacy remains rare. a local press has emerged with five periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afghanistan
Kabul
Afghhanistan
India
Kan- Gahar
Rockefeller birthday thrift lesson noted by Milwaukee Journal
The piece recounts John D. Rockefeller giving away bright dimes on his birthday last year and five cent pieces this year. It argues that nickels would suffice and calls this a lesson in thrift from a man of wealth. The Milwaukee Journal uses the anecdote to contrast necessary expenditures with wasteful spending and its impact on finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DP. Rockefeller
Milwaukee Journal
Postage Stamp to Be Eliminated By Electric Meter
An electrically driven postage meter approved by the Postmaster General in Ottawa will stamp and seal envelopes automatically. Several meters are already in use in Ottawa, aiding mail dispatch. Widespread household use is expected to save Canadian mail costs and shift stamp production and distribution away from post offices. Each machine carries a permit number and remains under department control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Post Office
International Farm
Col €Ness of
America
United States
Regina
Department of Agriculture
Canada
International Farm Congress
Farm Congress
Ubis
There There Smarty Quote Sparks Witty Exchange
A quip from Auckland Weekly News compares a woman to a glass and a sharp girl replies that the glass is polished, highlighting wit about reflection and polish in a brief exchange.
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Auckland Weekly News
A Fashionable Wedding Confusion at the Church
A humorous church moment unfolds as a woman claims she is the organ brewer, affirming she will enter the church with the wedding party rather than as a friend of the bride or groom. The verger's question prompts her proud declaration.
Sockeye and Fraser River Salmon in Canada’s Trade
British Columbia canned salmon dominates world markets with exports led by sockeye and pink varieties. The Fraser and Skeena rivers supply most sockeye, while exports to Great Britain and France drive value. concerns grow over declining sockeye packs and calls for a spawning-ground protection close season.
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British Columbia
Pacific
Natural Resources Intelligence Servce
Department of the Interior
Fraser River District
Skeena River District
Rivers Inlet
Nass River
Fraser
Skeena
Canada
Vancouver
Great Britain
France
United Kingdom
Japan
China
Fraser River
Pacific Coast
Gulf of Georgia
Portuguese pair plan three-stage world flight next spring
Admiral Cago Coutinho and Commander Sacadura Cabral intend to fly around the world in three legs from Lisbon to Japan, Newfoundland and back to Lisbon. They expect 280 flight hours across 19,500 miles, with five months of nights and a total cost under 250000 dollars, largely funded by Brazil flight stamp contractors.
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Cago Coutinho
Sacadura Cabral
Brazil
Lisbon
Japan
Newfoundland
Newffoundland
Crete
Aleppo
Delhi
Calcutta
Rangoon
Bangkok
Shanghai
Yokohama
Petropavlovsk
Dutch Harbor
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Quebec
Azores
India
Atlantic
Russia Aims At Largest Air Fleet
Moscow correspondent Leo Trotzky reports a Soviet plan to build the world’s largest air fleet within three years. The purge of fading Red Army officers is urged to guard against anti Soviet propaganda. The policy calls for 10 000 military airplanes with 3 600 ready by year end. Germany firms are supplying planes and talks with French manufacturers have stalled over possible Russo German alliance against France.
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Russia
France
Moscow
Leo Trotzky
War and Navy
Supreme Council
Red Army
Chameleon Keychain Turns Colors with Outfits
A playful note from the Philadelphia Bulletin describes a pet chameleon that attaches to the shoulder with a small chain. It changes color with clothing, turning blue in a blue gown and red in a red gown, while a polka dot outfit allegedly drives it crazy.
Postcard notes spark push for original messages
The Toronto Mail and Empire reports that Large Postcards Canada plans larger cards to foster more original content than standard travel wishes. Authorities seek allowance of a postscript to enhance the message and encourage creative communication.
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Canada
Toronto Mail
Empire
Dead Sea Lies 1290 Feet Below Sea Level
The Dead Sea sits at an elevation of 1290 feet below sea level, making it the Earth’s lowest exposed surface on land. Its unique hypersaline lake creates a buoyant environment and supports extreme ecological conditions.
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Dead Sea
Salmon fisheries value in British Columbia rises in 1922
The 1922 salmon fisheries value in British Columbia totaled 13,106,355 dollars, 69 percent of the province total fisheries output. The increase over 1921 reached 4,528,713 dollars, a 52 percent rise. The pack grew from 602,657 to 1,296,960 cases in 1922.
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British Columbia
The Desired Effect Style Quotation About Mabel
A fragment from a dialogue notes Mabel’s hair as pretty and careless while another voice comments it takes two hours to style. The terse exchange hints at vanity and grooming routines in a social setting.
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Mabel
Wireless concerts in French express trains spark innovation
Orleans Railway Company plans to install wireless apparatus on Bordeaux Paris expresses enabling passengers to hear concerts from Paris and news from the Eiffel Tower. Four food speakers in dining cars relay wireless programming and news as trains pass Poitiers and Orleans.
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Orleans Railway Company
Bordeaux-Paris
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Poitiers
Radiola Company
Orleans
UK Dairy Imports Show Varied Butter and Cheese Flows
Official data trace five month butter imports to Britain from Canada at 254 000 hundredweight vs 1706 hundredweight year earlier. Denmark 684 000, United States 10 325, Argentina 285 429, Australia 430 697, New Zealand 749 793. Cheese from Canada 75 798 vs 94 218 last year. Netherlands including Denmark 93 070, Australia 36 991, New Zealand 835 132 hundredweight.
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United Kingdom
Canada
Denmark
United States
Argentine Republic
Australia
New Zealand
Netherlands
Privy Council Rules on Diverse Imperial Legal Codes
The judicial committee of the British Privy Council administers English French and Roman law across colonies and territories. It issues judgments on placer miner rights in Yukon under British Columbia law, Calcutta town planning, and Vishnu land and profit rights, reflecting vast legal reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
British Privy Council
Quebec
Mauritius
South Africa
Cenlon
Yukon Valley
British Columbia
Calcutta
Itsod Vishnu
Apple Orchard Planned at Brandon Experimental Farm
Dominion horticulturist W. T. Macoun approves a plan to plant a three or four acre apple orchard on the northern portion of Brandon Experimental Farm. Land preparation will start this year with trees set out next spring to test Manitoba climate suitability for apples.
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Manitoba
Brandon
W. T. Macoun
Ottawa
Dominion Horticulturist
What a Round Robin Is in Circular Petition Signings
A round robin is a petition signed by several persons in circular form to avoid giving undue prominence to any single signer.
Glow worms glow brighter before storms in mystery
Glow worms show heightened brightness prior to storms, a baffling natural phenomenon not yet explained by science.
The Important Thing Husband and Wife Banter
A witty exchange between a wife and husband centers on dressing time. The wife asks how long it will take, and the husband counters with a question about time lived together as the measure.
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Inchcape
Yorkshire
Rockefeller
Smarty
Geo. H. Cameron
Witness, Watson, Sas
Trotzky
Philadelphia Bulletin
Britain
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