Government Vs Private Ownership in Canada’s Power Debate
A national struggle looms over whether Canada should pursue private or public control of vast water powers linked to Great Lakes St. Lawrence and Georgian Bay Canal schemes. Western rail and water freight, eastern capital interests, and cross border implications frame the clash with appeals to race and creed risks, urging focus on national good rather than sectional interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Great Lakes
Montreal
Port Arthur
Fort William
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence
United States
Astern
Western
Experimental farm planned north of Meadow ake
The Department of Agriculture approves an experimental station north of Meadow Lake for Meadow ake in the North Battleford area. It will select the site and begin operations next summer as the telegraph link between Meadow Lake and Loon Lake, completed this year, proves valuable to distant settlers. Improved facilities are expected to spur agricultural development and ultimately better rail and road services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Battleford
Federal Department of Agriculture
Meadowake
Meadow Lake
Loon Lake
Sorenia Remedies Deliver Results with Alterative Tablets
Readable fragments show Sorenia Remedies offering Alterative Tablets named Soleil and TF with est and W positions noted, suggesting product variants and dosage terms. The garbled OCR implies claims of effectiveness and a catalog style listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorenia
Soleil
Canada must build a commercial air line and airport
Major-General J. H. MacBrien urged Ottawa listeners that all civilized nations must develop air transport for commerce and defense. He advocated including aeronautics in technical schools and colleges as part of the Canadian Air League program.
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Canada
J. H. MacBrien
Department of National Defence
Ottawa
Canadian Air League
MacBrien
Modern fur trade grows in Alberta with 27 silver foxes
Alberta fur farming gains momentum as 27 pairs of silver foxes valued at 25000 arrive from Maritime provinces. The stock is consigned to Morinville based National Silver Fox Club, a new firm planning large scale breeding. The rest of the text notes一句 unrelated phrases about wills and geography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Maritime
National
Silver Fox Club
Morinville
Canada builds 7 436 miles of highways by 1927 end
The annual report of the Commissioner of Highways shows 7 436 miles completed by March 31, 1927 under the Canada Highways Act. Under the Federal subsidy plan the Dominion government funded 40 percent of costs with the provinces covering the rest. Estimated subsidizable highway cost was 45 900 972 dollars.
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Commissioner of Highways
Women Who Are Weak and How Pink Pills Help
Many women feel constant weariness with headaches back pain and heavy limbs due to bloodlessness. Dr Williams Pink Pills claim to quickly restore rich blood and energy with a testimonial from Mrs Ed Lancre of Stoney Point Ontario who says after a few boxes her health returned and she can do all housework. Pills sold by druggists or by mail 5c a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Ed. Lancre
Stoney Point
Ont
Dr. Williams
Hotel Guest Seeks Homelike Room and Vain Frills
A prospective guest asks the manager to make a room homelike and inviting. An assistant buys magazines, flowers, candy and arranges furniture with an artificial fireplace while seeking a suitable cat. The piece ends with an asthma remedy advertisement.
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New York
Airplane motor sleigh line to connect Omsk and Tara
Plans for a regular sleigh line between Omsk and Tara in Siberia with 200 miles to cover. Sleighs would use airplane motors and run at 30 to 35 miles per hour, according to Department of Commerce advices.
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Omsk
Tara
Siberia
Department of Commerce
The Experience of Mrs Roy Brown Is Well Worth Reading
Mrs Roy Brown of Peterboro Ontario describes severe health decline with insomnia back pain and fatigue. After one bottle of Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription she regained strength and could be up and about continuing use led to a marked improvement.
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Roy Brown
Peterboro
Manitoba Agricultural College Re Union Heads For 21st Birthday
Ex students and friends of the Manitoba Agricultural College plan a two day reunion February 16 and 17 to mark the institution’s twenty one years since the charter class met. A banquet opens events with hopes of notable attendees including Dr. W J Black Montreal President Reynolds and Hon John Bracken. About 400 graduates are expected with tours of St Vital classrooms and labs and a college dance to close.
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Manitoba Agricultural College
M.A.C
J. H. Evans
Tuxedo
W. J. Black
Montreal
Reynolds
O.A.C
John Bracken
Evans
St. Vital
Impressive Medical Claims At Toronto Club Talk
Prof. J. C. McLennan reports at the Canadian Club in Toronto that medical science has achieved a major victory. Observations from the General Electric lab in Schenectady suggest long wave radio techniques could control body temperature by applying waves to blood, potentially destroying disease organisms safely. A pleasant children’s remedy is Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator.
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Toronto
J. C. McLennan
Toronto University
General Electric Laboratory
Schenectady
N.Y
Cardinal Gelatin Salad And Lemon Meringue Pie
A vintage recipe entry for a two dish week menu. It lists Cardinal Gelatin Salad with beet juice celery beets onions and green pepper served with Mayonnaise dressing and lettuce, yields eight. Then a lemon flavored pie crust with sugar flour butter lemon juice eggs milk and meringue option.
Connection Between Swimming and Baking
A writer notes an unlikely tie between swimming and baking. Miss Mercedes Gleitze is the daughter of a German baker who lived in England, now employed in Frankfort. German swimmer Vierkotter is a baker with a wife who won the Berlin women’s swimming cup and helps in the business. The French record holder for France to England, Michel, is also a biker. For frostbite use Minard’s Liniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercedes Gleitze
England
Frankfort
Vierkotter
Berlin
Michel
France
Compulsory Wheat Pool Defeated at Alberta Farmers Convention
Delegates at the United Farmers of Alberta annual convention in Calgary defeated a proposal for a compulsory wheat pool when signups fell short of the 65 percent threshold. D H Smith urged government coercion while C Reed warned against coercion and urged misery for non-pool members to force join. Also noted were colonial bank savings totaling 1.406 billion dollars at year end 1927, averaging about 140 per person.
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United Farmers of Alberta
Calgary
D. H. Smith
Cereal
Alta
Co. C. Reed
Wetaskawin
Banks of
Canada
Dominion
When a Woman Reaches the Limit of Her Argument
A concise saying notes that a woman becomes angry once she reaches the end of her reasoning, implying frustration and emotion follow a prolonged dispute.
Wembley exhibitor sweeps wheat classes at Calgary Seed Fair
Herman Trelle of Wembley Aln finishes first in every wheat class at the Provincial Seed Fair in Calgary. He shows Marquis and garnet wheats from zone two, topping spring wheat to hand selected categories and winning the grand championship.
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Herman Trelle
Wembley
Aln
Calgary
Trelle
Edinburgh Sells War Relics to Aid Children
The city of Edinburgh is praised for selling its relics from the Great War to fund charitable assistance. The note argues that feeding and clothing children is preferable to supplying them with weapons.
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Edinburgh
Thea Manny
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Meadow Lake District
Adies
National Manufacturing Co
Peter Bladder
Breod & Sa
Mattrien
Thomas
Congo River
Atlantic Ocean
Minard
Lini
Betty Barclay
Dellar Pie
Bakers
Ay Bayer
Faspirin
Bayer
Asia
W. K. Buckley, Limited
Mutual
Buckleys
Alfalfa
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
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