Ancient kitchen middens reveal pre Columbus coast life
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service says kitchen middens on Canada’s Pacific coast are prehistoric refuse heaps of shells and bones. Dominion Archaeologist Harlan Smith notes Prince Rupert area middens suggest long pre 1500 settlement with cedar stump dating far earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Seal Cave
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canada
Harlan L. Smth
Dominion
Columbus
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Baril
A Queer Occupation in Worm Farming
Richard Rowden of New York earns money selling angle worms to student zooologists for dissection experiments. He works at night with a Mashlight and sells worms at a high price, while villagers discuss his odd occupation. The passage also notes home tips about lemon juice in cold water for vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rowden
New York
Rowden
Pedigreed Poultry Draws Large Orders From Japan
The Japanese government, pleased with pedigreed stock from the B O P Poultry Breeders Association of British Columbia, ordered six White Leghorn cockerels and twenty four pullets, all descendants of hens with egg records of 300 or more. F A Sansome of Greenwich CT bought a White Leghorn hen from UBC for 500 and she laid 335 eggs in 365 days. Maizie the world champion lays 352 eggs annually and belongs to the UBC flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.O.P. Poultry Breeders’ Association of
Firltish Columbia
E. A. Lloyd
F. A. Sansome
Greenwich
Connecticut
Poultry Department
University of British Columbia
Ottawa
Maizie
Canada US trade balance favored by tourist traffic
Ottawa figures show Canada earned 190.463 million dollars from tourist traffic in 1926, up from 83,724 in 1920. Automobile tourists accounted for about 105 million, while Canadian tourists in the United States spent 27 million last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Washington
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Paper
Classified style note explains ordering patterns via Winnipeg newspaper office at 175 McDermot Avenue. Pattern details include no name or contact provided and appear as a short instruction for readers.
Saskatchewan Corn Growers elects Colquhoun president at Maple Creek show
P. C. Colquhoun of Maple Creek was unanimously chosen president of the Saskatchewan Corn Growers' Association as the fifth annual corn show closed in Maple Creek. The meeting laid plans for a 1928 corn show in Werburn and initiated steps to organize a commercial seed corn industry in Saskatchewan with a drying plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C. Colquhoun
Maple Creek
Pew
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association
Werburn
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
British cross channel air service yields strong passenger growth
Between December 1924 and July 1927 British Imperial Airways flights traveled 2,009,000 miles carrying 36,590 passengers with no fatalities. June figures show 2,460 passengers versus 2,098 the previous June. The Air Union cites 1,060 passengers for the month, up from 852 last year, with women accounting for fifty to sixty percent of riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Imperial Airways
Air Union
Bar U Ranch Sale Ties Calgary Buyer to Alberta Land
The Bar U ranch near Pekisko west of High River changes hands in a deal led by Hon. A J McLean as executor of the George Lane estate and P Burns of Calgary. The sale value is about 750900 dollars with 36000 acres deeded and 55000 to 60000 leased, housing an estimated 6000 cattle and 500 horses. Burns withheld disposal plans and denied selling parts to English buyers near the E P ranch.
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Bar-U
A. J. McLean
Ceorge Lane
P. Burns
Calgary
Pekisko
High River
Prince of Wales
Alberta
E.P
Largest live fox shipment sails from Charlottetown to Norway
A 1000 foxes bound for Norway left Charlottetown P E I for Halifax to be shipped on the Stavangerfjord. Each pair valued from 5 to 1500 dollars, totaling about 500000 dollars. Norwegian buyers have long sought PEI foxes and their efforts culminate in this export move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
North America
Charlottetown
Prince Edward Island
Oldest Writ of Habeas Corpus Defined
The writ of habeas corpus, meaning you have the body, is among the oldest common law writs. It compels the production before the court of a person claimed to be wrongfully held to determine why he is detained.
C P R Plans Two New Musical Festivals Across Canada
Canadian Pacific seeds two more folk and sea music festivals for 1628 after the success of the Quebec French Canadian festival and the Scottish gathering at basis. Harold Eustace Key named musical director to oversee events and related hotel music programs.
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C.P.R
Quebec
Winnipeg
Europe
Canada
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Harold Eustace Key
Mendelssohn Choir
Montreal
Banff Springs Hotel
Harold E. Key
Russia to Join Peace Parley Welcomed by Nations
The article notes Russia will participate in preliminary disarmament discussions under the League of Nations. It frames Moscow’s move as a gesture toward peace and a move to ease fears in Europe about Soviet military aims, while acknowledging Russia has long maintained a large armed force for internal and external reasons.
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Russia
Moscow
League of Nations
Great Britain
India
Europe
Minerals In Swine Feed Boosts Growth At Rosthern Station
A trial at Rosthern Saskatchewan Experimental Station tested two pens of five Tamworth Yorkshire cross pigs each. Both groups received the same basic ration of shorts oats and barley with dry meal, but one group got about two pounds daily of a mineral mix including coal dust lime bone meal salt and sulfur. From November 25 to March 2 pigs with the mineral mix averaged 212 pounds each versus 196 pounds for those without. The mineral-fed pigs also appeared more thrifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosthern
Saskatchewan
Copper Carbonate Dust For Smut Control
Tests from the Lacombe Alberta Experimental Station show copper carbonate dust as the preferred smut control for wheat bunt over formalin. It destroys spores without injuring seed germination and can be applied in winter with seed stored until sowing. Two ounces per bushel. requires a mixing machine. copper carbonate is poisonous and dust breathing should be avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacombe
Alberta
Los Angeles Adopts Self Serve Fine System for Traffic Violations
A serve yourself policy eliminates courts for most infractions in Los Angeles. Under automatic fines, offenders receive a tag on apprehension with a reverse side listing penalties by offence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Shoes for sale prompt triggers unusual pricing reply
Customer asks price for shoes listed at 41.09 dollars. Clerk replies with a upcharged rate of two dollars per foot, implying charging by length rather than per pair. The exchange highlights a humorous mispricing or misunderstanding in a retail setting.
No real hustler would value waiting as fools’ payoff
A pithy observation contrasts patient waiting with greed in law practice, noting some attorneys earn more by silence than others by speaking. The remark hints at parallel temptations of discourse and discretion within the legal world.
Mummy Search Starts for Fawn Hoof Queen of Kentucky
Archaeologists launch a world museum hunt for the mummy of Fawn Hoof an Amazon queen with bobbed red hair believed to have ruled ancient Kentucky cave dwellers. The well preserved mummy, found in Mammoth Cave in 1813 was exhibited there until 1850 and then vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawn Hoof
Cave Land
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Mineral Riches of British Columbia Praised by Sir Albert Kitson
Sir Albert E. Kitson, director of the geological survey of the Gold Coast Colony, extols British Columbia for its vast array of minerals and favorable climate and abundant bedrock outcrops, predicting it holds the greatest mineral diversity among provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Albert E. Kitson
Geological Survey of
Gold Coast Colony
James Lane Allen Refutes Bachelor Claim by Lady
James Lane Allen replies to a woman who asks if he is a bachelor by choice. He answers yes and deflects, saying the question should be directed to the ladies who supposedly chose his status.
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James Lane Allen
Allen
Economy as the art of doing without
A pithy musing on thrift describing economy as mastering the act of living with less while avoiding the notice of neighbors. It casts frugality as refinement and social discretion.
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Pacific Coast
Jewitt
B.C. Pedigreed Poultry
Poultry Breeders’ Association
U.S
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Unier
McDermot Are
Saskatchewan Corn Growers
C. Colquhoun
G. D. Mathews
Indian Head
August Peterson
Weyburn
Ben Harrison
Ed. Merdith
A. Monteith
H. Thacker
R. P. Robbins
Shaunavon
George Spence
J. G. Taggart
Swift Current
E. Siberek
Piapot
Manley Champlin
University of Saskatchewan
M. P
J. C. Nobie
F. P Trowell
Saltcoats
A. Cleophas
Estevan
Aviation
Britain
Bar-U Ranch
M. Key
Fellington College
London
City of London School
Guildhall School of Music
France
Droucourt
Emmanuel Church
Key
Mendelssoehn Choir
Scott
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott Station
British Columbia Minerals
Paris
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