Ice Cap Shrinks Say Arctic Explorer MacMillan
Commander MacMillan reports from the Bowdoin Arctic voyage that the polar ice cap between Frobisher Bay and Hudson Strait covers about 700 square miles with a 2000 foot maximum depth and is receding from a former estimate near 4,000,000 square miles. He details plans to stake outer edges with cairns to measure recession, notes no major incidents, and describes Eskimo dental findings from the expedition.
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Meta Iecoguita
Frobishers Bay
Hudson Strait
Donald RB. MacMillan
Omb
Bowdoin
MacMillan
New England
Mount Washington
Wiscasset
Cape St. George
Newfoundland
Kenneth Rawson
Frederick H. Rawson
Chicago
Frank Henderson
Nain
Labrador
Paul Hettasch
Reginald Fernald
Harvard Dental School
Fernald
Not Always Fatal War Heart Wound Cases
Hospital records from the war show soldiers living with bullets in their hearts. One man survived two months with a bullet inside his heart and many others lived after bullets injured the heart.
Eminent Statesman Speech Narrowly Narrowed to Column
A reporter enters the office and asks the editor about the eminent statesman’s remarks. The editor replies to compress the content into a single column for publication.
Canada pulp and paper industry leads 1928 output growth
The Canadian pulp and paper sector produced 23,535,326 dollars in value last year, up 14,000,000 from the prior year and 54,275,22 above 1924. It ranks first in gross and net product values and wages, second in total capital invested after electric power, and second in employment behind sawmills.
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Canada
Kashmir jacket suit in green tones and beige blouse
Fashion caption details a Style No. 712 Kashmir jacket suit in Paton greens with a beige wool blouse. It highlights the box-plaited skirt, raised waistline belt, double breasted blouse, collar styles, and assorted color options with pattern price of 25 cents.
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Paton
Sugar Craft Centerpiece for CP Railway Visit at Chateau
Novel sugar sculpture by C Anderegg and O Westerlund at Chateau Lake Louise honors E W Beatty and CP Railway directors during west inspection tour. Candied roses crown the tender and a candy floss plume bursts from the smoke stack. The Countess of Dufferin relic, brought to Winnipeg in 1877, stands beside the 5900 class giants in British Empire fame.
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C. Anderegg
O. Westerlund
Chateau Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
Winnipeg
Red River
British Empire
Canadian Pacific
Rockies
Selkirks
Respect for Colors prompts Canadian contrasts
The Border Cities Star and Stratford Beacon Herald editorials urge Canadians to salute the Union Jack and war memorials as in England. Lindsay Post notes few Canadians show such respect, while the Prairie Provinces host the continent’s prime wild duck breeding grounds.
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Border Cities Star
Windsor
Stratford
Lindsay Post
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Co-Operation In Saskatchewan Sees Large Co-op Network
Saskatchewan hosts 285 local co operative associations mainly buying farm supplies.216 associations report 13 819 shareholders with 569 829 paid up capital and 1 638 139 assets at 30 April 1929. Supplies valued 3 621 256 were handled. 11 associations moved 16714 carloads of livestock worth 240 767. Total 3 879 773 in sales and 135 963 net earnings for the 216. Province wide co ops for grain livestock and poultry had 1928 29 season sales of 176 640 000.
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Saskatchewan
Forces Push Toward Friendlier UK US Ties
The Manchester Guardian notes steps to improve Anglo American relations amid global seed potato trade talks. It cites Canadian Argentine shipments and new oceanic power shifts while warning the old sea freedom doctrine risks renewed hostility. The piece praises reduced naval armaments and shifts toward peaceful cooperation among the English speaking nations.
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Great Britain
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Britannia
Manchester Guardian
May Try Grafting Crossing With Northern Species
Scientists from the Bureau of Foreign Plant Introduction led by Knowles Ryson spent a month near The Pas and Churchill Manitoba exploring grafting with Hudson Bay north country species. They sought hardier crossings to improve raspberries and large smooth gooseberries found along the Churchill River.
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Manitoba
Hudson Bay
Knowles Ryson
Bureau of Foreign Plant Introduction
Washington, D.C
Pas
Churchill
Bay Port
Churchill River
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern notice from Winnipeg address 175 McDermot Ave listing pattern No Nane A ve Size Town. Odd quotes reference a small boy and college bred over youth and age. Aluminium chloride used in making gasvoline from high boiling oils. Dialog includes a baby swallowing matches and a suggested cigarette lighter.
Irrigation Proves Hard Wheat Viable In Southern Alberta
Reports show irrigated lands in Southern Alberta producing No 1 Marquis hard wheat with high yields. Field evidence includes 140 acres yielding 6 160 bushels and 400 acres producing 14 000 bushels. Irrigation supports alfalfa beets corn sunflowers fodder and cereals.
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Alberta
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Commander MacMillan
Karikaturen
Oslo
N. UU
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tafonxa
Britain
Buenos Aires
Department of Agriculture
Markets Extension Division
Fruit Branch
South Africa
Netherland East Indies
Uung
Chavalety
Univn
McDermot Ave
Nane
Ian
Fred
Sarah
Asia
Vienna
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