Engagement of King Boris to Princess Viovanna reported
The engagement of King Boris of Bulgaria to Princess Viovanna of Italy is reported. A variety of brief world happenings include Saskatchewan price cuts on liquor, Rhine land evacuation talks in League circles, and rainfall records in Vancouver.
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Boris
Bulgaria
Viovanna
Italy
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Liquor Board
Rhineland
League of Nations
Vancouver
Canadian Mail Contractors’ Association
Toronto
Missionaries Explain Religion While Civilizations Stump
A concise reflection contrasts sharing faith with conveying a culture's full civilization. It notes missionaries face a dual task as they discuss beliefs and the broader social context that shapes those beliefs.
Little things console us and our affections
The line notes how comfort comes from small acts and gentle offerings. It reflects on human need for simple comforts when larger desires seem distant.
Intriguing Panel Dress with Embroidered Bodice Style No. 245
Attractive model features side panel plaits forming a waist slim silhouette and fitted hips. Bodice molded for slender shape with simple embroidery. Pattern No. 245 offered in sizes 16 to 42 inches bust for 25 cents. Embroidery No. 11103 blue adds 25 cents. Suitable fabrics include silk crepe and georgette.
Fraser River gold prospecting returns after long neglect
After more than half a century, the Fraser River's gold bearing bars are once again extensively prospected. Mining men predict a new era of intensive development on the mineral rich stream. The piece notes renewed interest not seen since the early sixties.
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Fraser River
Fraser
Ayrshire Cattle Tour Visits Scottish Farms and Burns Country
The tour stops at Thomas Barr's Ayrshire herd near Craigie Mains and Montgomerie’s Lessnessock farm at Ochiltree. Dairies test milk up to 4.6 percent butter fat with large herds shipped to Canada, while Doonholm Aberdeen Angus cattle and Burns heritage sites near Alloway are explored.
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Craigie Mains
Hobsland
Thomas Barr
Ayrshire
Mr. Arkell
Barr
Canada
Mauchline
Burns
Montgomerie
Glasgow
Lessnessock
Norman Kennedy
D.S.O
Doonholm
Burns Country
Bonnie Doon
Alloway
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Smithfield
Edinburgh
Perth
James Cameron
Glasgow Herald
Scotland
Kennedy
Doon
Robert Burns
Alberta Elevator Boom Expands Storage Across Province
About 250 new elevators were built in Alberta this year, estimated by grain men. Total capacity nears 18 million bushels, with sizes from 35 000 to 240 000 bushels. The Alberta Wheat Pool adds 110 elevators versus 1927, and most public grain companies expanded storage.
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Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alberta Harvest Sees Over Five Thousand Threshers In Use
The current harvest season in Alberta features more than five thousand combine reaper threshers in operation. This sizable fleet underscores strong crop yields and active farming across the province.
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Alberta
British Columbia Surges to Egg Exports This Year
British Columbia has shifted from net importer to exporter, shipping over 200 carloads of eggs this year after three years of import reliance. The rise reflects a growing dairy and poultry sector activity in the province and stronger market demand.
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British Columbia
Canada becoming a capital exporter says Commerce official
Ray Hall of the US Department of Commerce says Canada has moved from importer to exporter of capital. Using 1920–1926 data from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics he notes net capital exports from 1923–1926 exceeded 600 million dollars, with Canada repaying old obligations faster than issuing new loans abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ray Hall
United States Department of Commerce
Commerce Reports
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Mr. Hall
United States
Department of Commerce
Hall
Montreal
New York
Northern Trip Successful By Commander MacMillan
The Bowdoin expedition led by Commander D B McMillan reached Sydney N S after Labrador exploration. They collected 6000 plant life specimens and many fish birds and game varieties. Some specimens were new to Nain and none fell ill during the Labrador coast voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. McMillan
Sydney
N.S
Bowdoin
Labrador
MacMillan
Nain
Tape Lines and Riches Aboard Mauretania
S R Guggenheim comments on personal tape lines for wealth and birth aboard the Mauretania. He recalls asking a Lotos Club editor about Blanc’s condition, who replied Blanc had passed, with a modest valuation of about a column.
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S. R. Guggenheim
New York
Mauretania
Lotos Club
Automatic Mail Box II tested in Leipzig Germany
Tests in Leipzig Germany prove successful for an automatic mailbox that weighs stamps letters. The sender drops a letter into a slot inserts coins to pay postage and pulls a lever to stamp and mail the envelope.
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Leipzig
Germany
Canadian apple crop 1928 yields 2 938 970 barrels
The 1928 apple crop is estimated at 2,938,970 barrels, up four percent from the previous year. Nearly half of the total production comes from British Columbia, with other major provinces contributing smaller shares.
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British Columbia
Canadian Farm Implement Purchases Reach July Record
U S farm equipment sales to Canada hit a July record with 5.96 million dollars in shipments. Through July total imports from the United States reached 29.28 million dollars as tractors harvesters binders combines and threshers led the surge.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Vicar Hosts Friday Ad Dress In Parish Hall
The vicar will continue his series of Friday evening ad dresses in the parish hall with Hell as next week's topic. The collection will support a new heating apparatus and the vicar hopes to see all parishioners there. Canada maintains 600 electric power plants with a capital of 800 million dollars.
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Robert Burns
Wee Cay
Burns
Tam O’ Shanter
Meg
Glasgow
Sauchiehall Street
Canada
Scotland
Glasgow Corporation
Merkeland
British Isles
Corporation of Glasgow
Great Britain
Sir David Mason
Diarrhea Remedy Praised By Canadian Mother
Mrs Harry Nesbitt of Shannon New Brunswick reports her child suffered severe diarrhea with blood before using the Milburn Company remedy. After two doses relief followed and six doses transformed the child, with the medicine sold by The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Nesbitt
Shannon, N.B
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
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Boroew Company
Liwrrep, Mowrmaat
New South Wales Cabinet
State Agricultural Department
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Radio
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Eczema
Cuthura
Mollie Hanna
Oxbow, Sask
Ww. N. U
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Fraser River Gold
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Alberta Elevator Construction
Combine Reaper Threshers
Bounty
Moose Jaw
U.S
McMillan
Literary Digest
Ray
Wrigleys Pie
Wrigleys
Aie
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