Good Agricultural Land To Be Found In H B Ry Area Says Report
A federal expert reports that the Hudson Bay Railway area of northern Manitoba contains large tracts of good agricultural land within the clay belt. He notes initial homesteads at Cormorant and Mile 185 with strong yields in wheat oats and barley, and highlights growing dairy potential and need for cows as settlement expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Ry
Ontario
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Federal Department of Agriculture
Experimental Farms
Department
Northern Territory
Hudson Bay Junction
Hudson Bay Road
Pas
Ceres
Marquis
Minden
Alaska
Gopher
Banner
Victory
O.A.C
Mile
Hugh Gray
Gray
George Cowan
Mile 185
Deer River
Rescuing Skipper Sparks Talk of Provisions
In this brief item from Smith's Weekly in Sydney, fishermen recount a rescue where provisions were angered by the sea as the crew faced rising wind. The exchange highlights a grim humor over scarce supplies and peril at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith's Weekly
Sydney
Saline Lakes in Western Canada Spur Potash Efforts
The Great War shift toward mineral wealth highlights Saskatchewan saline lakes with vast hydrous sodium sulphate deposits. Geologists note 21 lakes hold over 115 million tons, prompting plans for large plants at Expanse near Lake Jahmston and Horseshoe Lake south of Moose Jaw, with most deposits located in Saskatchewan and some in other western provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Lake Jahmston
Horseshoe Lake
Moose Jaw
Federal
Department of Mines
Canada
Regina Daily Post
Mountie Prefers Arctic Life on Fur Lough
Sergeant F. Anderton of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, spending his first Arctic furlough in nine years, praises the life as the only life. He sailed to Vancouver on the police schooner St Roch after fifteen months patrolling Herschel Island to Cambridge Bay. The St Roch, 90 feet long, is a two masted auxiliary schooner serving the Arctic patrol.
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Sergt. F. Anderton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arctic
Vancouver
St. Roch
Herschel Island
Cambridge Bay
Anderton
Arctic Service
Canada
Territories
Dominion
How the Horse Chestnut Got Its Name
A sixteenth century botanist asserts the name came from folk use of the fruit to treat horses coughs and breath issues. Another view notes a horse shoe mark where the leaf stem meets the twig, complete with nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerardo
Alberta oil output and gas consumption in 1928
In Alberta 1928 production reached 410,623 barrels of crude naphtha 70,734 barrels of light crude and heavy crude totaling 489,531 barrels an increase of 47 percent from 1927. Over 14,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas were consumed in the year.
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Alberta
Radios And Repression In A Grim Tale Of Loss
A woman endures immense pain as an exception to a harsh rule about joy and gadgets. The dialogue about radios from the past contrasts with a deeper, unnamed suffering haunting her life. The piece notes the ineffectiveness of social norms in shielding individuals from tragedy.
Manitoba Co operative Poultry Marketing Association Earns Profit
The Manitoba cooperative reports growth from 1,000 to 11,000 members in seven years. Last year 34,000 live birds weighing 141,013 pounds were sold at 13 to 15 cents per pound net, with sales of $19,788. Dressed poultry shipments totaled 1,221,326 pounds valued at $356,998 from 104 points. Six egg stations moved 135 carloads of eggs totaling 54,172 cases worth $489,880 with prices 19 to 27 cents per dozen.
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Association
Manitoba
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Many Customers for Canadian Flour
A recent report shows eighty three countries as buyers of Canadian wheat and flour with Great Britain as the largest customer. In 1928 Canadian mills ground over 94 million bushels of wheat into commercial flour, up eight million from 1927, while total flour production reached about 20.9 million barrels, up nearly two million from the year before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Imprint Of Enormous Foot Claim Found Near Limpopo
A stone imprint of a giant foot was claimed by an Italian expedition near the Limpopo River. Reports say the find suggests a prehistoric man of enormous stature with ape-like traits. The text also contrasts reactions to food neglect by a man and by his son.
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Limpopo River
Colonization Construction Branch Leadership at Canadian Pacific Railway
The Superintendent of the Colonization Construction Branch with Canadian Pacific Railway has spent 18 of 23 years in farm development work. He supervised 95 percent of the buildings on 1500 improved farms developed by the Company in this period. This year the Branch oversees cottages under the scheme between the Overseas Settlement Committee of the British Government and the Department of Colonization and Development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonization Construction Branch
Canadian Pacific Railway
Smith
Overseas Settlement Committee
Department of Colonization and Development
Japanese mill firm eyeing Peace River wheat imports
Preliminary 1929 estimates show 16 million bushels of Peace River wheat as exportable surplus with much likely to head to Oriental markets via Pacific Coast ports. Naoki Iwasaki, Japan flour mill representative, visited the Peace River country and his company may buy large amounts from northern district elevators. His firm buys about 15 million bushels annually and runs 12 mills in Japan.
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Peace River
Oriental
Pacific Coast
Naoki Iwasaki
Vanishing windmills mark Berlin’s fading landmarks
Berlin preserves two remaining wind and water mills. In Tiergarten, a water wheel built over 300 years ago last operated in 1837, while near Zehlendorf the capital’s final windmill remains in fair condition though its massive blades have not spun for decades. The text also notes whale weights from a few hundred pounds to 147 tons, with the heaviest on record at 147 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tiergarten
Zehlendorf
English Language Stability Across the English Speaking World
AAP Garland argues for a joint Anglo American English Academy to stabilize English after the Great War. He warns against diverging written language and proposes a committee of British and American scholars to set standards for grammar and usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
America
British Isles
Wigan
Sussex
Thames
Hudson
Britain
A. P. Garland
London Daily Express
New Fashion Pattern No. 714 in Canton Crepe Styles
Pattern Style No. 714 offers a slenderizing dress in modified Princess lines with a surplice bodice and fluttering back flare. Available in sizes 16 to 42 inches bust, it comes in Canton Crepe and related fabrics with velvet trim and a sheer scarf tie, pattern price 25 cents.
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Petunia
How To Order Patterns Address Winnnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order notice from The Winnipeg Newspaper Union lists address at 175 McDermot Ave and pattern numbers for customer requests. Includes contact path and ordering steps.
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Winnnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Reforestation Plan for 610 Acre Coastal Forest
British Columbia announces a province wide reforestation scheme to restore a depleted stretch along the Pacific highway south of Vancouver. Under Minister F P Burden the 610 acre area will include 50 acres for nurseries from which trees will be transplanted to other coast regions to improve the forest crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Timbers
Pacific Highway
Vancouver
F. P. Burden
Wheat Harvest Report From Coaldale Farm
Frank Knapp harvested Marquis wheat on a 17 acre Coaldale field yielding 52 bushels per acre. The field, sown in late April with registered second generation seed, produced five foot tall even straw.
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Coaldale
Frank Knapp
Donkeys and Wives Answer in Seaside Chat
A seaside father explains to his son that donkeys have wives, and only donkeys. The exchange frames a simple animal fact through a playful father son moment.
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W. N. U. 1807
Co-Operative Egg Marketing
Manitoba Cooperative Poultry Marketing Associ
Bertram S. Smith
Ancaster
Hamilton
Dora Virtue
Montreal
B. P. Bellong
Ada Mackenzie
Virginia Wilson
Chicago
United States
Europe
Japan
India
China
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
B.C
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