Unusual Historic Interest Tied to Northern Canadian Waterways
This feature maps the Pelican Narrows area and the Churchill River route, tracing fur trade explorers from Frobisher to Pond and Thompson. It notes 5500 square miles surveyed in the National Topographic Series, highlighting trade posts, river routes, and ongoing northern development with rich fishing and mineral potential.
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Canada
Pelian Narrows
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Churchill River
Pas
Sturgeonweir River
Churchill
Frog Portage
Reindeer River
Reindeer Lake
Joseph Frobisher
Montreal
Northwest Company
Sturgeonweir
Cumberland
Pelican Narrows
Great Mackenzie Basin
Frobisher
Alexander Henry
Frobisher Brothers
Peter Pond
Lake Athabaska
Russia
Pond
Philip Turner
Hudson's Bay Company
Malcolm Ross
Sturgeonneir River
Pel'can Narrows
Frég Portage
London
Arrowsmith
North America
David Thompson
Chuurchill
Rendeer River
Reindeer
Fairford House
Thompson
Peter Fidler
Robert Bell
Lac la Ronge
Kississing
Arctic
Saskatchewan
Malcolm McLeod
Hudson
Stanley
Warren Hastings
East Indian Empire
Bunker Hill
Captain Cook
Pelican, Wood and Minrond Lakes
Athabasca
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson Bay
Island
Demand For Silver Fox Popular Fur Worldwide
A Canadian breeders association reports the silver fox as the most popular fur among women worldwide with 58 000 foxes inspected in 6000 member farms last year. The fox business is stable across booms and depressions, making fox farming a growing profitable Dominion industry. Prince Edward Island farms sold live foxes last year from £60 to £300 per pair, with higher prices for exceptionally high pelt records.
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Canada
Dominion
Prince Edward Island
Lindbergh Admitted to National Society of Long Fellows
Qualified for Society Lindbergh is named among new members of the National Society of Long Fellows. To qualify a minimum height criteria is cited and a Los Angeles man is noted with a height of 8 feet 9 inches. The society, founded two years ago, now counts about 3,000 members pursuing taller baths and other extended comforts.
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Lindbergh
National Society of Long Fellows
Atlantic
Los Angeles
Only One He Knew Four Word Commandment Joke
A teacher tests an infants class by asking for a four word commandment. A child raises a hand and replies Keep off the grass, sparking a concise moral joke about memory.
Wood cut for paper industry in U.S. three percent
A claim states only three percent of U S wood harvest is used for papermaking. An unrelated fact notes an elephant trunk contains about 40 000 muscles.
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United States
Dress patterns of versatile crepe satin gown and fabrics
Annabelle Worthington outlines a black crepe satin Princess line dress with molded bodice and fur flaring hem. It uses dull and shiny crepe surfaces for trim and bands and is easy to sew in sizes 16 to 42 bust. Pattern price 25 cents.
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Annabelle Worthington
Paris
Faille
How To Order Patterns Pattern No 0 Name Town
Pattern No 0 described for the named town shows ordering steps and pattern details. The fragment notes a town name and pattern identification but lacks full instruction text and pricing.
Poultry Improvement Stations Boost Breed Quality Nationwide
Poultry Improvement Work stations across the country under the experimental farm at Ottawa show strong gains in breed quality. In Eastern Quebec four years ago 375 purebred birds were kept. in 1928, 1,650 of 1,900 birds across 22 stations were purebred mainly Barred Plymouth Rock. Improvements include housing boosts and use of high egg-producing stock. During the year 516 cockerels and 489 pullets were sold for breeding, along with 1,631 settings of hatching eggs.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Department of Agriculture
Fallacies On Teeth Health And Sugar Myths
A discussion debunks myths about sugar harming teeth and emphasizes calcium rich diets for strong teeth. It cites a test on puppies fed glucose with no decay, notes cavities indicate dental care needed, and ends with a quip about a breach of promise lawsuit and Hawaiians canoes carrying 50 men.
Cleaning Rigs Keep CPR Cars Spotless Throughout Routes
Cleaners maintain a year round program as vacuum trucks scrub every inch of carpet and upholstery after each run. Movable parts like seats are removed and treated by air. An army of staff operate at all CPR terminals to uphold high cleanliness standards.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Manitoba oral hygiene drive reaches remote communities
The Manitoba Mouth Health Campaign organized by the Canadian Dental Hygiene Council in cooperation with the Manitoba Dental Association and provincial health and education departments used traveling clinics to treat over 1200 children in far northern and immigrant communities. Dr. Frank Livingstone led journeys by icebound train and horse sleigh to school houses, nursing cottages, and outposts, delivering exams, fillings, extractions, and education amid harsh winter conditions and sparse facilities.
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Manitoba
Canadian Dental Hygiene Council
Manitoba Dental Association
North
Frank Livingstone
Humanity
Lfe
Improving Herds and Flocks at Dominion Illustration Stations
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports on experimental illustration stations aiming to boost dairy herds and livestock quality. Operators use purebred sires, keep milk records, and butter-fat tests to gauge each animal’s production.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Moynan
Illustraton
Death of Elizabeth Eastdown Former Dickens Servant at 82
Elizabeth Eastdown once served Charles Dickens died at Bernt House Farm Higham England aged 82. Surviving Dickens servant is a former page boy who now lives in London. The earth's sensible atmosphere extends upward about 100 miles.
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Elizabeth Eastdown
Charles Dickens
Bernt House Farm
Higham
England
Dickens
London
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Northern
Hummel
Hamburg
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Albert
Buen Huznor
Madrid
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