British M P Sees Imperial Spirit in Canada
Sir K R Barton Chadwick MP, before sailing for England, reflects on Canada after a month there. He notes the vast resources and the cordial desire for closer ties with the Old Country, while warning against letting postwar hardships blur opportunities. He met Canadians from PM to laborer and stresses responsibility of public figures.
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KR. Barton Chadwick
England
Cave
Canada
Retmen
London
Old Country
Saskatchewan School Exhibitions Show Growing Community Role
H Saville organizer of Boys and Girls Clubs reports Saskatchewan school fairs numbered about two this year. Prize lists varied with Tregarva rewards including a purebred animal, seed potatoes and eggs. Despite transport issues for livestock, exhibits were high quality and calves at Carnevale de served well. The move away from largest vegetable displays toward quality is noted and public support grows as exhibitions become a community educational program.
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Saskatchewan
H. Saville
Saville
Carnevale
Ays
Drug Addicts Farm Proposal Aims for Public Help
TI J McConnell Manitoba Narcotic Drugs Act administrator argues for a farm to house and treat addicts and for permitting only one retail narcotic store on prescription. He cites Winnipeg dope fiends estimated at 85 to 100, says 15 in prison, and warns jail alone cannot provide cures. He estimates farm setup near 100000 dollars with hoped cooperation from provincial and federal governments.
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Manitoba
TI. J. McConnell
Mani
Dominion
United States
Myr. McConnell
Winnipeg
Cattle For the Christmas Trade
The early December markets cater to the Christmas trade and show a premium on choice fat cattle. Farmers with near finished stock should feed three to four extra weeks on succulent fodder plus liberal grain to gain a better price per pound and improve margins.
Manners Vary Across Cultures in Europe
The Milwaukee Journal notes that the Englishman, Frenchman, and American view each other as rude. The Frenchman resents English manners but tolerates American crudities, the Englishman scorns both others, while the American travels Europe hoping to learn but finds manners similar to the French or English yet different.
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Europe
Milwaukee Journal
Remembering Grand Opera Houses and Palaces
A reminiscence notes how small towns once boasted Grand Opera Houses and palace stables now replaced by movie theaters and garages, reflecting on changing American locales and social life.
Language of the Sea Expressions Sailor Speak In Daily Life
A judge notes nautical terms pop up in everyday conduct. Phrases such as sailing too close to the wind hailing from a country and sounds with flags reveal sea origins. Expressions like out of his depth leeway and beam ends reflect sea life without conscious thought.
Babylonian tablets reframe Eden fall without Eve
Dr Edward Chiera of the University of Pennsylvania translates 2100 BC tablets from Nippur showing a Babylonian dialogue where Adam is driven from the garden by divine self defense rather than by Eve. The account predates Genesis by about a millennium and omits the serpent, seen as a friend of man. Chiera plans further tablet studies on mythology.
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Adam
Garden of Eden
Eve
Babylon
Edward Chiera
University of Pennsylvania
Nippur
Chiera
Present Year Ranked Among Best For Canadian Crops
Bank of Montreal final crop report for 1922 declares Canada’s year among the best for quantity and quality. Prairie wheat yields near 380 million bushels, Ontario reports unprecedented crops, with Quebec and Maritime Provinces also strong and British Columbia promising peaches and potatoes.
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Bank of Montreal
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
England’s Tillage Loss Reflects Shifting Farm Use
England and Wales report a 120 000 acre drop in area under crops or grass this year, with arable land down 309 000 acres in twelve months. The piece cautions that without change the country risks returning to prewar neglect of soil, a trend noted by the Daily Chronicle. Minard's Liniment For Olistemper W. N. U. 1445.
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England
Wales
London Daily Chronicle
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Los Angeles Times
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the Free Press
Wetaskiwin
Alberta
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Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Resno
California
Fresno
Minard
Bayer
Mayer Vompeau
Miers
Bayer Crosse
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