Waste Then and Now Elites Call for Less Waste in Canada
The Calgary Herald summarizes The Vancouver Province editorial urging Canada to curb waste across wheat fruit lumber minerals and fish. It argues improved seed and science can raise grain quality and value of natural resources while noting occasional off years and the broad national benefit of efficient production.
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Vancouver
Canada
Alberta
Dominion
Calgary
Calgary Herald
Showed Her Gratitude Mother Rewarded Bronx School Teacher
A Bronx schoolteacher with eight and nine year old pupils received an unusual gift from a mother. After praising her daughter's excellent work and behavior, the mother sent a bottle of Scotch to the teacher the next day, which the teacher tucked away in her desk.
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Bronx
Infant cries puzzle leads to stove polish clue
A new nurse fails to comfort a crying baby and a mother recalls a past nurse who was black. The hint points to stove polish on the kitchen shelf as a clue to quiet the child. A separate exchange questions marital discipline with a judge joking about a honeymoon setback.
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India
Canada’s forests rank just below farming in product value
In Canada the forest sector stands as the second most valuable contributor to the economy after agriculture, driving growth through timber, pulp, paper, and related products. The sector supports jobs and regional trade, reflecting its central role alongside agricultural exports.
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Canada
Witness Questions Oath Belief In God
A courtroom exchange in Kasper Roekhelm features a witness denying belief in God and a judge remarking that belief in God is not required as long as belief in failure is present. The dialogue hints at a legal setting and a dispute over oaths.
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Kasper, Roekhelm
Ancient Wedding Customs Behind Veils Rice and Rings
A Answers writer explains wedding traditions from veils and rice to the fourth finger ring and shoe throwing. The veil links to Eastern norms, rice symbolizes plenty, the left hand ring ties to a pagan belief, shoe gifts echo paternal rights, and wedding cake stems from Roman rites.
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Rome
England the Music Maker
Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Tatton, organizer director of the Federation of British Musical Industries, says England makes world music. British band and orchestral instruments travel globally and British music engraving becomes a strong domestic industry. England exports gramophones and records, with Germany and Italy cited as major customers.
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England
R. H. Tatton
Federation of British Musical Industries
Colonel Tatton
Germany
Italy
The Lure Of the Farm And Restful Yearning
The piece argues that urban men longing for a farm in spring seek rest more than work. The desire hinges on a farm residence and pastoral spring scenery, not on actually farming. It suggests few urban men would truly make good farmers, with most seeking complete rest.
Printer’s catalogue prompts rural reply and business note
A farming implements catalogue sent to a remote village elicits a careful though clumsy letter asking for more details. A typewritten answer is then returned, followed by a motorist claiming pedestrians are untrustworthy and always up to some dodge.
Letter Carrier Urges Route Readers to Take Things as They Come
A postal worker on a city route advises residents to accept daily deliveries calmly and adapt to changes without complaint. The message encourages patience and steady routines amid routine disruptions.
Feeding and Weaning Young Pigs
Circular No.1 from the Department of Agriculture Ottawa emphasizes early litter training and proper creep housing to separate piglets from sows. It recommends sweet skim milk at weaning, then sour or buttermilk, plus middlings with milk and scattered dry grain to encourage exercise and digestion. Over feeding harms health and stunting.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandman
W. G. Dunsmore
Department
Shelterbelts Deliver Notable Prairie Farm Benefits
Planting shelterbelts on Western Canada prairie farms has raised soil moisture, improved crops, and offered protection from temperature and wind. Snow drifts formed by the belts release additional water in spring, aiding areas where treeless land dries out.
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Canada
Man’s First Failure Shapes Appreciation of Success
A thoughtful maxim notes that only those who have endured at least one failure can truly value success. It suggests resilience builds perspective and ambition, shaping how individuals pursue goals after setback.
Canada completes road programme of 1919 27
The annual report of the Commissioner of Highways states Canada completed its road building programme by 1927 through federal provincial cooperation under the Canada Highways Act. By March 1927 7,436 miles of 8,415 total were finished with 40 percent federal subsidy and 60 percent provincial funding. Total federal aid reached $18,775,602 of an estimated $19,596,388. provinces received varying sums from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia.
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Canada
Commissioner of Highways
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Pedestrians Week Aims to Teach Vienna Walkers
Vienna police announced a pedestrians week to instruct the public on proper street use. Trained officers will patrol principal avenues, stopping pedestrians to demonstrate how to walk, cross, overtake, and pass on sidewalks and where to cross streets.
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Vienna
Sailor recalls leave granted for illness at sea
The traveller asks if the crew member asked for leave after falling ill during the voyage. The new deck hand responds that no request was needed, implying implicit permission or captain’s prerogative.
Child Labor in Pennsylvania Coal Regions Shocks Nation
In Pennsylvania's anthracite mining districts many 13 and 14 year olds work full-time in mines. The scene exposes harsh labor practices and raises concerns about child welfare and regulatory oversight.
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Pennsylvania
Sugar Jack feeding system reviewed by agriculture bureau
An Ottawa bulletin reports on the Sugar Jack Converter used to moisten dry roughage before pressing or siloing. Tests show the system adds little nutritive value, yields less milk, costs more, and requires more labor than silage or unprocessed forage, aligning with older feed methods.
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Animal Husbandry Division
Central Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Blazing the Trail to Habit and Cheerfulness
The piece describes thoughts as a forest where repeated ideas create a trail, forming habit. It compares folding paper to habitual thinking, urging repeated cheerful thoughts to blaze a mental path toward lasting cheerfulness.
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R. P. Anderson
Fliers First To Conquer North Atlantic in Westbound Sweep
The photograph captures the three fliers who completed the westerly nonstop North Atlantic crossing from Baldonnel Ireland to Greenly Island Quebec ending a superstition about Friday the 15th. The first outside helper plane arrived Greenly Sunday afternoon April 15 at five with Lieut C A Duke Schiller Louie Cussinier and Mechanic Thibault. The image names Captain Herman Koch Baron Ehrenfeld von Huenefeld and Col James E Fitzmaurice as key figures aboard the Bremen.
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North Atlantic
Baldonnel
Ireland
Greenly Island
Quebec
Fairchild
Greenly
C. A
Duke) Schiller
Louie Cussinier
Thibault
Herman Koch
Bremen
Baron Ehrenfeld von Huenefeld
James E. Fitzmaurice
Ivish Free State Air Force
Sheep Club Essay Guides Manitoba Flock Care
Mr James Bartlett of Oakville Manitoba outlines a practical essay on Sheep and Their Care In Manitoba. He urges stock intimacy, August September buys for ewes, winter shelter with ventilation, hay and straw as winter feed, oats for lambing stock, dry bedding and water and salt to keep flocks healthy and promote vigorous lambs.
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Oakville
Manitoba
James Bartlett
Mantoba
Canada
Bartlett
The Care of Cream For Butter Making
The article highlights essential conditions for good butter including healthy cows and proper cream handling. It references Ottawa's Agriculture pamphlet No 37 on keeping delivered cream, guidance on keeping cream at 48 degrees with ice, and urges creameries to maintain clean, efficient equipment and accurate testing as a model for patrons.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Knights of the Garter Bestowal by King on British Lords
Honored by His Majesty The King the Earl of Athlone as Governor-General of South Africa is named a Knight of the Garter. Duke of Abercorn and Baron Desborough also receive the title. The order was instituted in 1349.
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Earl of Athlone
South Africa
Queen Mary
Duke of Abercorn
Baron Desborough
Knights of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter
The Columbia Icefield S Best Known Source of Three Oceans
The Columbia icefield in the Canadian Rockies covers about 150 square miles and feeds streams reaching three oceans. A fragmentary remark questions the approach to capturing it, noting essentials like football and cigarettes as principal items.
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Columbia
Canadian Rockies
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