Canadian produce gains favor in British market
Dr J H Grisdale deputy minister of agriculture reports Britain's response to Canadian store cattle and other products. He sees steady but varied progress with cattle beef bacon and dairy items, noting high distribution costs and limited bacon exports. He foresees growth in hogs apples and overall Canadian foods attracting greater British demand.
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J. H. Grisdale
Great Britain
Depcan Marshall
Oriedale
Catle
Grisdale
Britain
Canada
Dr. Griedale
London
Dominions
Denmark
New Zealand
Farthermore
Ottawa
Record wheat crops in Southern Alberta reach high yields
Read with figures for farmers in Blackie Brant Vulcan Cayley and Nanton. O F Malmberg reports 470 acres at 47 bushels per acre with 529 acres damaged by 3 percent loss averaging 4145 bushels. Fletcher at Brant 166 acres 61 bushels per acre. Margtis 110 acres at 58 bushels. Hoak 140 acres Marquis 57.1 bushels. Coote 25 acres 1535 bushels. Jacobson 45 acres 66 bushels. Vulcan district expected to ship about two million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Messrs. O. PF. Malmberg
Blackie
W. H. Fletcher
Brant
Thomas Marg+tis
RK. C. Hoak
Carley
Marquis
G. Coote
Cayley
John Jacobson
Vulcan
L. €. Boomer
Nanton
Manual Training Schools Lead Canada Second to Ontario
The Minister of Education notes British Columbia ranks second in manual training and domestic science in public schools, with 12 217 pupils enrolled this year, up from 10 511 last year. Elementary pupils total 10 307 vs 8 930, and high schools 1 564 vs 1 540.
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British Columbia
Ontario
Canada
Our Canadian Winters
Winter should be welcomed not feared, advising embracing cold. Join snowshoe gatherings or skating clubs, or take long tramps to enjoy open air and shared meals, discovering beauty over dread of winter in Fort William.
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Fort William
Dominion Patents Reach Record Year Total 12 542
The Dominion Patent Office issued 12 542 patents in the last fiscal year, a record high and up 5 194 or about 70 percent from the prior year. Net receipts totaled 484 478 dollars, up 29 592 dollars from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Patent Office
Tiny electric pump cuts diphtheria deaths in New York hospitals
The device, invented by the late Dr. Henry L. Lynch, uses a small suction pump to clear choking membranes in diphtheria patients. Doctors say the invention lowered death rates from about 33 percent to 10 percent in two New York hospitals, saving hundreds of lives.
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New York
Henry L. Lynch
Best He Could Do
A street commotion draws a window observer who sees a man beating a horse. A passerby accuses him of humanity, and the reply comes that today the man has only vegetables and fruit.
Belief in a Threefold Soul Among South Africa Natives
The text notes a general South African belief among natives in a split soul. One tribe holds three souls: one in the head, one in the stomach, and a third in the big toe. The excerpt reflects ethnographic summary of traditional belief.
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South Africa
Praise for Miriam Green Ellis Featured in Globe
A Canadian Women's Press Club leader praises Miriam Green Ellis editor of the Edmonton Bulletin agricultural page. She is noted for a 140 mile Alberta farming tour and a Vancouver Board of Trade address as authoritative and witty.
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Globe
John Lawrence
St. John, NB
Canadian Women's Press Club
Vancouver
Miriam Green Ellis
Edmonton Bulletin
Alberta
Stony Creek
Baron Renfrew
Ellis
Women’s Canadian Club of
Winnipeg
Mackenzie River
Prosperity Seen in Canada Says Keighley MP Sir Robert Clough
Sir Robert Clough MP returns from Canada praising widespread prosperity among Canadians. He notes well dressed people and general contentment. contrasts with economic distress in Britain and reports many own motor cars. He cites a laundress arriving to work in a motor car and claims money tightness is the sole visible hardship in Canada.
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Robert Clough
House of Commons
Keighley
Yorkshire
England
Canada
Sir Robert
Sweden to Launch Direct Passenger Service to Canada in 1924
Sweden plans the first regular direct passenger traffic from Gothenburg to Halifax and New York in 1924. The .5 Stockholm will carry Swedes from Gothenburg to Halifax before continuing to New York. A large exodus of Swedish emigrants to the United States is reported, with the fiscal year quota nearly filled by January.
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Canada
Sweden
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Halifax
New York
United States
Navy to Launch Dash For North Pole In Summer
The United States Navy will launch an air dash for the North Pole this summer after Secretary Denby reported President Coolidge gave approval noting great practical value. A board led by Rear Admiral William A. Moffett will study weather and Arctic data to decide if the final leg should use planes with ice landing gear or a large airship. The Shenandoah is favored for hover and filming during exploration over unknown polar regions.
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North Pole
United States Navy Department
Denby
Coolidge
Wiliam A. Moffett
Naval Aeronautics
Deny
American Geographic Society
Arctic
Shenandoah Naval
Shenandoah
Navy Department
Pays to Clean Wheat in Minnesota and Dakotas
Studies by the Department of Agriculture and Houances show cleaning wheat during threshing added 7.3 cents per bushel in experiments with various machines. No charge covered re cleaner operation, but a two cent per bushel fee would yield an average net of 5.3 cents. Also notes many big and small men in the world and Japan's fourteen national holidays.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
Department of Agriculture
Loyalist anniversary sparked across Canada and Edmonton gas milestone
Edmonton marks the opening of the gas system with Mayor Duggan lighting the flame on the Fifth Street bridge. Northwestern Utilities reports 3,000 customers and an 85 mile line from Viking, completing within months. The looming June 140th anniversary of Upper Canada’s Loyalists draws attention from US figures including General Putnam and Samuel Gompers, with state governors signaling attendance.
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Edmonton
Duggan
Fifth Street
Northwestern Utilities Limited
Alberta
Viking
New Prairie Elevator Map Shows Grain Value Rise
A new prairie provinces map from Canada's Interior Department illustrates total grain value in 1922 at nearly 300 million dollars, higher than a decade earlier. The map highlights yearly production and value for fifteen years, storage capacity of each elevator, and city panics with capacities to the nearest thousand.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Canadian Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dairy exports to Britain and commonwealth markets rise
During the nine months ending September 20, shipments of butter total 1 339 470 cwt to Britain Australia 444 571 cwt New Zealand 940 120 cwt and Canada 10 714 cwt The Netherlands including Denmark sent 149 007 cwt of cheese to Australia New Zealand and Canada 558 030 cwt A leading British firm notes Canadian butter shipments are satisfactory with quotes of 188 to 196 shillings per long hundredweight about forty cents per pound.
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Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Netherlands
Denmark
Swiss Grape Cure Practiced For Gout And Liver Ailments
The grape cure is practiced in Switzerland by people with gout or liver diseases. Time spent among the grapes of Mt. Pelerin near Vevey or Bexles Bains appears to bring ten benefits and calm patients. The white grape's skin is easily digested and considered most beneficial.
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Switzerland
Mt. Pelerin
Vevey
Bexles Bains
Hungry Man Laments Advice Fails to Sate Appetite
A man complains that sound guidance cannot fill his hunger and vows to seek sustenance despite counsel. The quip frames wisdom as insufficient for immediate needs, highlighting a pragmatic view of nourishment over doctrine.
Lord Rosebery's Tact Astonishes Dinner Guests
An old man helped himself to a large ice cream and exclaimed at its firmness. Lord Rosebery tasted a bit, then marveled at the moment as a display of unrivaled tact.
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Lord Rosebery
Anxious Old Lady Asks If River Boat Is Up or Down
A river steam boat scene has an anxious older woman asking the deckhand if the vessel is rising or sinking. The deckhand quips that the leaky tub may be going down but the bilers are not very sound, leaving the boat's fate uncertain.
Parry Opens New Passage Between Creemland and Lee Begara
British explorer Parry becomes the first to navigate a sea route through the open passage between Creemland and the Lee begara, marking a historic breakthrough in maritime exploration.
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Parry
Creemland
Leebegara
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Thomas Miller
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