The Peace River Country Emerges as The Empire of the North
The Peace River region gains attention as a potential frontier and “last great West” with readers urged to visit and invest. Promoters tout its wheat, climate, and prospects while noting needs for transportation and more settlers to unlock its future prosperity.
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Peace River Country
Great West
Chicago
Prairies
Peace River District
Eampire
Canada’s
Canada
Profitable Garnet Wheat Delivers Returns in Saskatchewan
T. A. Rain of NenriBourg district near Prince Albert reports 12 acres planted to Garnet wheat in spring 1926 yielding 61 bushels per acre and 765 bushels total No.2 Northern sold at 2 dollars per bushel for a net 3,526 dollars. Ruby variety yielded over 39 bushels per acre. Garnet, a government farm discovery, matures earlier, resists dry weather and rust, and is expanding the wheat belt northward across 10,001,000 acres.
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T. A. Rain
NenriBourg
Prince Albert
Saskatcchewan
Mr. Rain
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
North America
Banks closed in Warsaw as capital rule tightens
On the first business day of the new year Warsaw banks shut by government order for lacking the required paid in capital of 140 000 zlotys. The finance minister wages a campaign against mushroom banks. Interleaved jokes and stray quips appear amid the notice, underscoring the unsettled mood.
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Poland
New Zealand Repeats Order for Lacewing Flies
New Zealand repeats a shipment of 5000 lacewing larvae sent from British Columbia to combat aphids on islands. Previous import attempts failed due to packing, but last year BC flies survived the sea voyage and controlled aphids once released in New Zealand, prompting another order aboard the steamship Aorankel.
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British Coriwmbia
Okanagan
New Zealand
Aorankel
British Columbia
Lethbridge District Moves 11 Settler Families Northward
Eleven cars of settlers and their effects moved from Foremost to Tarln in the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District on December 6. They were well supplied with livestock, equipment and household goods. Since August 1925, 325 families have been placed on Lethbridge Northern farms and most are prospering.
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Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
Lethbridge
Lethbridge Northern
Fashion Pattern No 1494 for Ladies Frock with Vestee Bodice
Charm and grace combine in a two piece skirt frock with a lace bodice and cuffs. The pattern No 1494 is for sizes 16 18 38 49 and 42 bust inches with yardage and trimming details listed along with price 20 cents for the pattern and 10 cents for the fashion book.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg News Union
Pattern ordering note from Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave provides pattern numbers and sizes. The notice lists pattern no ware variations and direct address for readers seeking specific pattern items.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada Boots and Shoes Trade in 1926 Nov to Oct
Canada imported 242776 worth of footwear in November 1926 down from 286234 in October and up from 157706 in November 1925. Twelve month totals to November 1926 reached 2517023 versus 2138472 year earlier. United States remained Canada’s largest footwear supplier in December with 125713 imported. Canada sold 26955 to the US. United Kingdom sold 108598 to Canada and bought 8964. New Zealand was third with 5801.
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Canada
United States
United Kingdom
New Zealand
Washington Settler’s Alberta Farm Success
Ernest Munster from Colton Washington filed on 16 acres at Rossington Alberta fifteen years ago with $150. Now he owns 700 acres 650 cultivated with a strong home and full equipment valued at $35000. In a letter to Edmonton Board of Trade he urges others to settle in Alberta noting cheap fertile land healthful climate good education and low taxes and stresses to dig in and work hard.
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Ernest Munstermen
Colton
Washington
U.S.A
Rossington
Alberta
Canada
Munsterman
Edmonton
Board of Trade
English People Are Eating More Oranges
Frusterers across England report rising orange demand with over two billion eaten last year and likely more this year. Authors cite complexion benefits sore throat influenza relief soothing nerves and insomnia as reasons for the surge.
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England
Fox Show Grand Sweepstakes Award At Winter Fair
The grand sweepstakes champion ship of the Fox Show, in conjunction with the Winter Fair at Vancouver, was awarded to the All-Star Fox Ranch of Winnipeg. Honors also went to Medicine Hat Alberta and Summerside P.E.I. The text also notes political and philosophical asides about Russia and beliefs.
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Vancouver
Fox Ranch
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Summerside
P.E.T
London Fog Loses Its Edge Through Time
The piece notes that London fog has lost its individuality and taste as time has altered the city. It cites Svickens and Sayid Copperfield as familiar references while observing wider streets and a fog argued to be more impenetrable. Scientists differ on the vapors changes.
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London
Svickens
Barrow
Copperfield
Victoria
Watchers of the Sky To Track Incoming Hostile Aircraft
England forms Watchers of the Sky to rally at first sign of enemy air movement. Major-General E B Ashmore leads Territorial Army Air Defense Formations. Zones cover southern counties with detached posts to report aircraft movements by telephone to a central company.
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Sky” WiIl
England
Sky
E. B. Ashmore
Territorial Army
Air Defense
Alberta honors for Herman Trelle at Chicago International Show
Special honors go to Herman Trelle for winning sweepstakes in both wheat and oats at the Chicago International Show. The Alberta Department of Agriculture awarded him an honorarium of $500 under its policy honoring provincial champions abroad. J. Hill of Lloydminster received $100 for first prize in field peas at Chicago.
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Alberta Department of Agriculture
Herman Trelle
Lne
J. IL. Hill
Lloydminster
Chicago
Wrong Way to Forgive
A quotation about flawed forgiving from Henry Ward Beecher compares forgiveness to hedgehog quills. It critiques how people condemn an offender with denunciations then grant hollow mercy after scathing criticism. The passage reflects on social hypocrisy in forgiveness.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Roosting High Brings Loneliness to Standout Man
A reflective remark on how a man who rises above others in status or achievement can feel isolated and lonely as he surpasses those around him. The line suggests solitude follows exceptional ascent and public gaze.
Sailors teach Guy Weadick new rope tricks at sea
In New York the Calgary Stampede manager Guy Weadick joined sailors aboard the Empress of Scotland. He twirled a lasso while Albert Gilbert, the ship's Neptune, officiates as the liner crosses the Equator on its December voyage. The photo was taken just before the ship set sail on a round the world cruise.
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Guy Weadick
Calgary Stampede
New York
Albert Gilbert
Neptune
Empress of
Scotland
Movement To Interest The Better Educated Youth Of Britain In Canadian Agriculture
Winnipeg board of trade hears Professor Grant compare Manitoba farm costs with North Dakota and Minnesota showing lower land charges and higher yields. British youth exchange program with Canada, backed by the Canadian Pacific Railway and Macdonald College, reports 35 students placed with perfect success and plans for 50 more in spring, boosting farm careers in both nations.
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Britain
Manitoba
North Dakota
Minnesota
H. C. Grant
Manitoba Agricultural College
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Canada
Oxford University
Wye Agricultural College
Kent
England
Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western
Saskatchewan
British Isles
Canaan
Macdonald Agricultural College
Agricultural College
Chinese Beards Vanish As Shaving Time Shrinks
A magazine note states that one in ten of China’s 100 million people spend ten minutes daily shaving. The article notes most Chinese are beardless and barbers on streets use a razor like a butcher’s cleaver to trim hair, with a pan, stool, towel, and no soap. The result leaves customers as if sandpapered.
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China
Might Have Answered Purpose
A young Scotsman marries an English girl and visits his bachelor uncle in Scotland. The uncle asks if the wife can knit mend or cook but the man says she cannot. The uncle presses for parritch then asks if she can sing, and the man replies she has a beautiful voice. The uncle sighs that he would have preferred a canary.
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Scotland
Sandy
Canadian Apple Exports Seen Surging This Year
Canada expects apple exports to rise by about fifty percent over last year. The 1925 26 fiscal year ended March 31 saw exports of 1 388 493 barrels worth 6 250 186 dollars, with the bulk sent to the British Isles amounting to 1 296 050 barrels worth 5 743 009 dollars. Major buyers include the United States New Zealand Sweden Newfoundland China Hong Kong and Denmark. Nova Scotia Ontario and British Columbia lead production with New Brunswick and Quebec also growing apples and other fruits commercially.
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Canada
British Isles
United States
New Zealand
Sweden
Newfoundland
China
Hong Kong
Denmark
Nova Scotia
Ontario
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Doing Your Best Better in Small Kindnesses
The passage urges focusing on attainable acts of kindness within reach rather than dreaming of distant grand benevolence. It compares David’s inability to build a temple with the value of gathering materials for others to use later.
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David
British herd immunity mirrors unvaccinated herds in TB exposure
A British cattle herd vaccinated in 1923 with the president of the British Tuberculosis Society’s anti TB vaccine has stayed disease free for three years despite exposure to the same infection levels as neighboring unvaccinated herds that contracted tuberculosis.
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British Tuberculosis Society
Garbage German Engineer Develops Garbage to Goods Method
Berlin engineer Kurt Cerson touts a process turning city refuse into useful products. By pulping cellulose trash and distilling leftovers like potato peels, he claims tar, charcoal and acetic acid can be produced. A large plant is under construction to apply his method.
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Kurt Cerson
Berlin
Spoons and coupons spark a domestic quarrel
A dialogue reveals Mrs. Tugs bought five spoons with coupons while her husband has died, leaving them short of a dozen. Willie complains of a promised raise, but the employer rejects the claim, saying no man is satisfactory who reminds him of a promise.
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Willie
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