Electrification of Rural Canada Expands With Plans for Growth
Canada gears up rural electrification led by Ontario Hydro with thousands of miles of line. Manitoba, Western provinces, and farms join progress as demonstrations in the U S and New Zealand show expanding farm electrification. The forecast predicts rapid growth, lower rates, and many electrical farms within five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Province
Ontario
Hydro-Electric Power Commission
Winnipeg
Regina
Calgary
Manitoba
National Electric Light Association
United States
New Zealand
Republic
Mining Canadian Asbestos In Quebec Townships
The Eastern Townships of Quebec produce asbestos from open pits where long fibre crude is hand cobbed from rock. Short fibre material is recovered by crushing rock and separating the fibres in large mills using mechanical processes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Novel letter box built in Leipzig for stamping letters
A new letter box at Leipzig accepts envelopes through a slot and requires stamp coins placed in dedicated slots. The system automatically stamps the envelope and drops the letter into the box.
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Leipzig
Thorough milking revealed fat content by portion at Guelph
An experiment at the O A C Guelph measured butter fat in milk taken at intervals during ten minutes of milking a cow. Early milk under 1 percent fat, next four pounds around 2.5 percent, later milk over 5.5 percent, final portion near 9 percent. Leaving milk in the udder causes fat loss and dryness, so thorough milking is essential to dairying success.
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O.A.C. Guelph
Navy League plan to bring discharged sailors to Canada
The Navy League of Canada will bring former Royal Navy men and families to Canada. A Canadian delegation head says the scheme places discharged sailors in jobs and oversees them from departure to settlement and employment.
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Royal Navy
Canada
Navy League of Canada
Navy League
Two Tone Georgette Crepe Dress Pattern No 949
A dress design features straight slender lines with front fullness, shirred upper edge at shoulders, V neck finished by a vestee and scarf tie. Novelty wool crepe and Pussy Willow silk combine for semi sports. pattern No 949 offers sizes 16, 36, 38, 40 and 42 with material requirements and a book option.
Development of the West at Edmonton C N R Banquet
At a banquet celebrating the new C N R station in Edmonton, leaders recall rail progress from buffalo herds to modern tonnage. Vice President Hungerford cites Alberta leading in railway ton miles per person and notes Edmonton traffic since the steel arrived twenty two years ago. The piece emphasizes strong future growth and the terminal's completion under a municipal agreement.
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C.N.R
West
Brown
Winnipeg
John A. McDougall
Edmonton
Hungerford
Alberta
Ontario
Dominion
C.N.R. Steel
Liverpool
George Stephenson
Edmonton Journal
Seed Growers Association reports strong shipping growth
The Seed Growers Association in Moose Jaw heard favorable reports on operations of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers Association. Officials noted the business is at its peak with sales higher than last year and rising internal and export traffic. Adversity sometimes brings a man's good points out by the roots.
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Saskatchewan Registered
Moose Jaw
Canada’s 1927 28 Trade Surplus With U S Tops List
Canada’s 12 months ended January 31 1928 total trade reached 2 325 762 281 up 24 861 262 from 1927 exports 1 237 943 566 imports 1 087 818 715 yielding a 150 124 851 trade surplus. U S purchases to Canada total 706 336 720 per head, U S most valuable customer with 471 033 356 in total imports. Great Britain 407 386 546. Canada trades with 29 countries.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
Great Britain
Photographing Royalty Deemed Easiest Task by Expert
Richard Speaight, London photo firm MD and warrant holder to Prince of Wales and Belgian royals, says photographing royalty is easy because they are patient and courteous. He cites the famed Halifax 1919 “smiling Prince” photo from the Cunarder Arrania voyage and the visitor’s book pledge joke.
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London
Richard Neville Speaight
Halifax
Aurania
Mr. Speaight
Prince of Wales
Prince
Settlers to Alberta Aim for 600 New Families This Year
Alberta convention reports estimate Alberta could settle at least 600 new families this year with provincial agents of the Canada Colonization Association guiding arrivals. Over the past three years 486 families settled on 122,926 acres, including 183 last year. The drive follows an initial target of 400 families and a survey suggests room for 200 more settlements.
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Canada
Alberta
Canada Colonization Association
T. O. F. Herzer
Record Sheep Heads Caught In Banff Territory
Jim Brewster of Brewster Transportation Co. captured two mountain sheep heads in the Banff Territory. The heads measure 19 inches and 15 3/4 inches from horntip to horntip, records for size. These sheep lure tourists by their beauty and pose on cliff tops before bolting to safety as trains pass.
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Jim Brewster
Brewster Transportation Co
Banff Territory
Canadian Pacific
How To Order Patterns address in Winnipeg Union ad
Pattern order notice lists address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and Pattern No. blank with size field incomplete. The item resembles a classified or parcel order form from the Winnipeg newspaper union section.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada Leads World as Wheat Export Power Yet Again
Canada stands as the top exporter of wheat and wheat products. The 1927 wheat acreage reached 22,460,154 with a yield of 44,024,700 bushels, backed by plant-breeder advances that boosted Canadian prosperity.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
India
Australia
Argentina
The Deadly Gun Editorial Calls for Restrictions
The Ottawa Journal urges prohibition of indiscriminate firearm possession to prevent accidents and deaths. It cites multiple recent headlines and notes a Senate bill pending in the House of Commons, reintroduced this year, proposed by Senator Belcourt, as a likely step to reduce fatalities from accidental and criminal gun use.
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Ottawa Journal
Parliament
Senate
House of Commons
of the Commons
House
Belcourt
Journal
Don’t Be a Pickflaw and Spoil Fine Work
A writer coins and argues against the term pickflaw and urges readers not to harshly critique small errors. It notes how minor date misprints can ruin sermons and suggests focusing on real, important issues rather than trivial factual flaws.
Distribution Of Our Water Power
The article argues the value of water power lies in its even distribution across Canada rather than the total amount available. It notes that widespread, economical access supports industrial and agricultural needs coast to coast.
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Canada
Dominion
Byrd Plans Pole Quest Using Inflight Photography
Commander Richard E. Byrd says photography will be crucial to locating the South Pole during the Antarctic flight. Laboratories of two large companies are building an automatic bottom‑mounted camera to record every mile, with sun position lines to determine his position midflight.
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South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Explorer
Byrd
Pole
Byra
Destroyers Sail for Canada on Loan from Britain
The two destroyers Vancouver and Champlain, loaned from the British navy, have sailed for Canada via Gibraltar and the Cape Verde Islands. They will reach Trinidad and Jamaica before parting. Vancouver heads to Esquimalt by the Panama Canal. Champlain goes to Halifax.
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Vancouver
Champlain
Dominion
Canada
Gibraltar
Cape Verde Islands
Trinidad
Jamaica
Esquimalt
Panama Canal
Halifax
Punny student avoids debt by joking interest
A teacher asks for the interest on 500 dollars at two percent for one year. Moses responds with a pun saying he is not interested, prompting laughter as the class answers.
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Moses
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ondagsnisse-Strix
Stockholm
Mig, Iva
Seed Growers’ Association
Saskatchewan
U.S
Nova Scotia
Charles Fenerty
Acadian Recorder
Nova
Fenerty
Bedford Road
Young Fenerty
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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