Canada Uses Films Abroad To Promote Nation's Image
The Canadian Government promotes its image through the official Motion Picture Bureau, producing films that show wealth, opportunity, and scenic beauty to attract immigrants and boost trade. Britain leads foreign demand, with 16 nations seeking to challenge American film dominance at imperial talks in London.
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Canada
North West Mounted Police
Dominion
Uye
Trade and Commerce Department
Official
Motion Picture Bureau
Bureau
Great Britain
United States
London
Studies Age Of Fish How Long Do They Live
Major Fowler reported data from a London Zoological Society lecture on fish lifespans. An electric cell in the London Zoo reportedly dived twelve years while a European catfish in Duke of Ledford’s private aquarium reached about fifty years. Other figures included carp three years goldfish twelve herring four salmon three bullfrog fourteen tree frog fourteen female Spanish newt eighteen giant salamander fifty two years.
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Fowler
London Zoological Society
London Zoo
Duke of Ledford
Parisian barbers urge men to embrace longer hair trend
The article notes that long-haired men are seen as a natural counterpart to bobbed women, reflecting a shift in fashion. Barbers in Paris say shingling and bobbing are here to stay and that male styles will move toward growing hair instead of styling it into chignons or toupees.
Canadian Potato Crop Valued At 3.13 Million EWT
The Canadian potato crop remains estimated at 3,130,600 ewt. The 1925 breakdown lists Prince Edward Island 3,405,000 ewt Nova Scotia 2,833,900 New Brunswick 4,321,000 Quebec 15,769,000 Ontario 8,316,000 Manitoba 2,248,000 Saskatchewan 3,015,000 Alberta 2,764,000 and British Columbia 1,859,000.
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Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Recruiting Sergeant Exchange on Birthday Question
A terse exchange features a recruiting sergeant and an applicant for enlistment. The judge mediates a heated moment as the applicant demands answers to basic questions about birthdays and differences, prompting terse refusals.
Advertising is the Key to Stimulating Demand for Goods
Advertising serves as the direct link between retailer and consumer, turning stock into demand. It informs buyers that products exist and should be purchased, supports turnover, and introduces necessities and luxuries, increasingly shaping trade as noted by President Coolidge.
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Coolidge
A Wet First Grader's Aster Fair Tale
A Canadian paper tale recounts a first grade girl who tended asters for a school fair. An early frost blighted the display, prompting her aunt to propose adding her own flowers, but the child refused to cheat the competition and kept her original blooms.
Norwich plans 200 concrete houses under new guarantee system
Norwich England city council orders 200 houses built of concrete using a guarantee from D G Underdown a Canadian architect. He guarantees a house can be lifted two feet dropped flat turned over and relocated without a crack within thirty days. Two five ton lorries failed to pull apart the blocks.
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Norwich
England
D. G. Underdown
Underdown
Beet Sugar Plant For Winnipeg Opened
A party of 190 to 200 Winnipeg business men and farmers was organized by the Mayor to visit the Grand Forks beet sugar factory opening and to view the agricultural and manufacturing side of the beet sugar industry. Experiments in Manitoba sugar beet production have progressed satisfactorily and a Winnipeg plant is hoped to be established by next fall.
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Winnipeg
Grand Forks
Manitoba
Homesteads At Edmonton Agency Reach 200000 Acres
Alberta filings for nine months total 1240 including soldiers grants up from 741 the prior year. New settlers take up Dominion land in the Edmonton Agency area as 200000 acres are claimed.
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Dominion
Edmonton
Alberta
Coast travelers total over two million yearly
More than two million people travel the Pacific Coast highways annually, mainly for sightseeing, according to Here and There.
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Pacific Coast
Prairie Wheat Crop Outlook Across Alberta Canada
Alberta wheat yields are expected at 19 bushels per acre over 6,275,000 acres totaling 119,225,906 bushels the second largest on record. Prairie provinces combined may reach about 380,000,000 bushels with Manitoba at 45,000,000 and Saskatchewan 208,000,000 to 225,000,000. Western wheat values run about 3.45 dollars at Winnipeg with earlier peaks and a history of large returns in 1923 1924 and 1935.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan Dairy Output Rising in Province
The Dairy Commissioner reports eight month butter production in Saskatchewan reached 13,453,058 pounds, up 16 percent from 1925, with August output at 2,267,382 pounds. The year’s total is expected near 18,000,600 pounds. An overseas grant boosts the British Immigration and Colonization Association’s work of settling British youths on Canadian farms. Since its charter four years ago about 5.9 boys per year have been settled.
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Saskatchewan
Provincial Department
Dominion
British Immigration and Colonization Association
Overseas Settlement Committee
Manitoba Pulp Mill to Begin Operations at Fort Alexander
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company plans to start paper making this month at Fort Alexander. Two trains weekly will ship finished product to Winnipeg and beyond. The modern plant will employ 300 staff while 400 workers harvest logs for production.
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Fort Alexander
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company
Winnipeg
Hardisty Boys Win CPR Swine Club Championship
Hardisty boys Walter Kobitsch and George Matthews won the CPR towns swine club championship in Alberta with a 79.5 score, earning a Toronto invitation for their town and their team medals. Bentley and Sedgewick followed, Hardisty also placing sixth in car lot competition, with Geo Pax presenting the trophy at the Edmonton Exhibition association dinner.
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Hardisty
C.P.R
Alberta
Walter Kobitsch
George Matthews
Canadian Pacific
Royal Livestock
Toronto
Bentley
Scheme proposes moving eastern farmers to Western Canada
Rev Abbe Phillippe Casgrain of the Catholic Immigration Association of Canada suggests a government backed plan to halt Canadian emigration to the United States by relocating farmers from worn out eastern farms to Western Canada. The proposal mirrors the Soldiers Land Settlement approach to transfer eastern farmers westward.
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United States
West
Abbe Phillippe Casgrain
Catholic Immigration Association of Canada
Quebec
Abbe Casgrain
Canada
Abbe Castrain
Western
Hollow bones enable bird flight evidence from nature
The text explains that all flying birds have hollow bones filled with air, providing lightness and strength. It argues that solid bones would add weight and reduce strength when a bird endures strain in flight, a design acknowledged by physicists.
Earliest Earthquake Device Tracked in China 136 B.C.
The first instrument to determine shock direction was built in China in 136 B.C. A hollow brass rod housed a pendulum free to move in all directions. Since then many devices followed, but the self registering instrument remains notable.
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China
Scotsman Scotman or Scotchman: WSJ notes spelling variance
The Wall Street Journal cites multiple spellings for Scotsman in a brief article noting that Scotchman and Scotman also appear. It discusses editorial caution in usage without selecting a single preferred form.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Montreal man claims record with 117 trans Atlantic trips
W A Williams of Montreal touts an unmatched record with 117 Atlantic crossings. A commercial buyer for Canadian firms he logged over three years aboard ships and nearly 500000 ocean miles. He is pictured against the rail of the Canadian Pacific liner Montcalm after finishing his 117th voyage.
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W. A. Williams
Montreal
America
Europe
Williams
Atlantic
William
Mr. Williams
Montcalm
Fur Farming Its Potential to Meet Pelts Demand Notes
The article outlines using waste lands for fur farming to boost pelt supply. It cites the Northern Resources Intelligence Service and Ottawa figures, details beaver muskrat mink and blue fox farming, and mentions dry farming in pens as a future solution. It notes growing world demand and calls for better quality pelts and market practices.
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Canada
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Heavy grain yields reported across Alberta
The Lethbridge Herald notes high harvests in Alberta with G A Walker MLA threshing 55 bushels per acre on 46 acres of wheat at Claresholm. Thompson Company farm at Spring Coulee reports 42 5 bushels per acre on 155 acres of second generation Marquis. Armour and Brimble irrigated farm near Lethbridge yields 72 bushels per acre of Turkey Red. An irrigated farm near Taber reports 51 bushels per acre. Champion area records 454 bushels on one farm and 100 bushels of oats per acre.
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Alberta
Claresholm
Lethbridge
Taber
Champion
Britain unveils seaplane nicknamed the flying bunga low
Great Britain introduces a new seaplane carrying five crew, three engines, and a potential flying service to Australia and New Zealand. The cabin includes bed hammocks and a forward living area with an aft galley, capable of carrying 18 to 23 passengers.
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Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Goldfish Industry in China and Japan Hampered by Disasters
Earthquakes typhoons and heat storms have seriously impaired goldfish production in China and Japan. Fish raised in artificial lakes flooded by storms swarmed streets and died from exposure and hunger. A dealer reports losses up to 50 000 consignments of 40 000 to 50 000 fish and a total loss of about 10000 this year.
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China
Japan
Prince of Wales Cousin Becomes Successful Berkeley Dressmaker
George Fitz-George, cousin to the Prince and grandson of the Duke of Cambridge, runs a Berkeley street dressmaking business with Miss Rose Taylor. They earned £3,000 last year and expect stronger profits this year, noting they started with only a few hundred pounds in capital.
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Prince of Wales
Berkeley Street
George Fitz-George
Duke of Cambridge
Rose Taylor
Automatic phone changeover completed with minimal disruption
Edinburgh switches to automatic control of its telephone system in a changeover that took under five minutes. Between 1,000 and 12,000 lines were switched, affecting up to 20,000 extensions. Suburban and Leith operations will begin later in the season.
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Edinburgh
Leith
Hospital Elevator at Port Arthur Capacity 1.75 Million Bushels
After acquiring the Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company, the Saskatchewan Pool plans to use the Davidson and Smith terminal elevator at Port Arthur as a hospital elevator with a capacity of 1,750,000 bushels.
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Saskatchewan Pool
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Davidson and Smith
Port Arthur
Seasonal influenza fatalities peak in early year weeks
Records spanning 56 years show influenza deaths peak around the ninth or tenth week and are lowest around the thirty fifth or thirty sixth week. The data highlights a pronounced midwinter pattern in flu mortality.
Canada Telegraph Bill Sets 1925 Telegram Total
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada spent 11 520 323 on telegraph services in 1925. A total of 11 436 884 telegrams were sent, more than one per person. US messages reached 2 747 324, while outbound to Europe totaled 924 036 and inbound 5 179 939.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
United States
England
Europe
Proposed Timber Merger In Pacific Northwest Mills
The Daily Province reports plans under way for a giant timber merger in British Columbia Washington and Oregon involving about 400 million dollars in capital. Several BC mills representing a quarter to a third of total capacity are said to favor the amalgamation.
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British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Daily Province
Record Apple Crop Surges in British Columbia
Columbia's apple crop stands 750000 boxes ahead of last year with a total of 3625000 boxes. Provincial horticulturist W E Robertson calls this year's yield the largest in the province's history, surpassing the 2359000 boxes from the prior year.
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Brush Columbia
W. E. Robertson
Water Board's vast supply and mains reach amazing scale
The Metropolitan London Water Board serves a population larger than Canada’s, and its mains laid end to end would stretch from London to New York and back.
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Metropolitan (London) Water Board
Canada
London
New York
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