Fireside Canoeing Summer Cruise Guides Canada Route Ideas
The article outlines popular canoe trips across Canada from Lake Winnipeg north to Port Nelton and Hudson Bay and routes from Prince George to Peace River. It highlights the Great Circle routes among lakes Cotea Witesall and Tetachuck, Arctic Circle cruises to McPherson Port Yukon, and the need for maps equipment guides and reliable outfitters.
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la Wister
Lake Winnipeg
McMurray
Pas
Clarehill
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Maulicha
Port Nelton
Hudson Bay
Prince George
British Columbia
Peace
Peace River
Canadian Rockies
Columbia River
Stuart, Takla
Vabine Lake
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Chana
Wavitains
Come of Canada
Forget How To Fly Eagles In Vienna Recall Freedom
In Vienna, two American eagles and other family members once caged at the former Imperial Zoo in Schoenbrunn gardens have been moved to a large house by the Republican regime. While they gained space to fly, the birds barely use their new liberty and some were born in captivity.
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Vienna
Imperial Zoo
Schoenbrunn Gardens
Hapsbergs
Toronto to Build $8 Million Hotel With 1000 Rooms
The Financial Post reports Toronto will welcome a new hotel project valued at eight million dollars. The venture is led by Canadian interests with a New York syndicate, headed by the Equitable Trust Co and Edmund Seymour & Co, absorbing the first mortgage bonds.
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Toronto
Financial Post
New York
Equitable Trust Co
Edmund Seymour & Co
Rhyme of a boy and the night’s forgotten watches
A reflective line contrasts a child’s school progress with a humorous bend to a rural life. The second line invokes a quiet night as something neglected, implying time and memory slipping away. The piece blends humor and nostalgia with a folksy cadence.
Saskatchewan Institutional Farms Harvest Largest Crop in History
The Saskatchewan provincial farm institutions report the 1975 harvest as the largest in their history. Wheat, oats, and potatoes yield stout results across multiple acres, with Marquis wheat placing fourteenth at the Chicago International Show and Saskatchewan exhibits ranking eighth. A system for crop rotation is urged to optimize future returns.
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Farma
Saskatchewan
C. M. Learmonth
North Battleford
Ancient Tower of London Ceremony Reaches Radio Listeners
Millions across the British Isles heard the ceremony of the keys from the Tower of London as six microphones were installed to secure reception. The nightly ritual locks the fortress until dawn, with prisoners awaiting execution on Tower Green historically.
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British Isles
Tower of London
Tower Green
Eddystorne
Orkneys
Judging Prize Grain Seeding Quality Principles
The judge of seed grain focuses on defining good seed grain as free of weed seeds and inert matter, bright and free from mustiness, with good color, plump and uniform in size, undamaged by processing, and showing no disease signs. The aim is to select grain suited for seeding with high value.
Artificial Light Aids Plant Growth In New Jersey Talk
R L Zahour an illuminating engineer told delegates at the New Jersey State Horticultural Society convention in Atlantic City that artificial light can double growth rates for flowers and vegetables. He noted plants require rest and advised supplying light only a few hours nightly with five hours suggested.
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R. L. Zahour
New Jersey State Horticultural Society
Atlantic City
Rivals For World Radio Trade Trading Blocs
The United States and Great Britain dominated radio equipment exports in 1925. U S exports totaled 9,903,857 dollars with Canada Latin America and Asia as key markets. The United Kingdom led sales to Europe Oceania and Africa.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
Latin America
Asia
United Kingdom
Europe
Oceania
Africa
Origin of the Christmas Tree and Egypt’s Winter Symbol
The article traces the Christmas tree origin to Germany but notes a parallel in ancient Egypt. It states the palm tree produced a monthly branch and a twelve shoot spray used at the winter solstice to symbolize a completed year.
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Germany
Egypt
German Doctor Photographs Inside Etemach For First Time
A German physician has successfully photographed the interior of the etemach for the first time, providing unprecedented visual documentation and potentially new insights for medical study.
Biographers Split on Edgar Allan Poe Kinship
Historians Hervey Allen and Thomas Olive Mabbett argue a false national image of Edgar Allan Poe stems from confusing him with his elder brother Henry Poe born 1807 in Boston. Henry died in 1831 at a young age after a life marked by wildness drink and charm, with poetry, melancholy, and possible naval service.
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Edgar Allan PS
Hervey Allen
Thomas Olive Mabbett
Willam Henry Leonard Poe
Henry Poe
Boston
Edgar
Henry
Cannot Save Much From Averages Cited By Farm Bureau
Miss Ina S. Lindman of Muncie Indiana told the American Farm Bureau at Chicago that the average American family needs 1513 dollars annually with 79 dollars remaining after essential costs. Her survey of 25900 homes shows a 488 person family budgeting 1434 dollars yearly. The note includes a quip about staying out of marriage.
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Ina S. Lindman
Muncie
Indiana
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Lindman
Discovery Of Lake Winnipeg First White Descriptions And Visitors
European discovery dates back about a century before a white visitor reached the lake. Nicolas Jeremie, listing Michinipi as big water, first described it in 1720. The first known inland visitor was Jean Baptiste de la Verendrye, who founded Fort Maurepas on the Winnipeg river in 173.
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Lake
Winnipeg
Geographic Board of Canada
France
Nicolas Jeremie
York Factory
Hudson Bay
Amsterdam
Jeremie
Nelson
Hayes
Churchill
Lake Winnipeg
Jean Baptiste de la Verendrye
Fort Maurepas
Winnipeg River
Forecaster Predicts Severe North American Winter
Long range weather forecaster Herbert Janvrin Brown predicts one of the most severe winters on the North American continent and a summer that will mirror the summerless year of 1816. He bases his forecast on solar radiation and ocean current heat absorption.
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Herbert Janvrin Brown
North American
Did Not Recognize Princess at Kiel Club Meeting
Princess Irene of Russia, president of the Fatherland Women’s Club, attended a Kiel gathering where four year old Hanneliese Bunsen presented roses. The child declared the guest was no princess, saying princesses wear crowns and robes from fairy tales before Irene received the bouquet.
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Irene
Russia
Kiel
Fatherland Women's Club
Hanneliese Bunsen
Turkish Tobacco Grown In Alberta Experiment Shows Promise
Edmonton grower Mr. Baker reports Alberta grown Turkish tobacco outperforms Turkish and Greek varieties. He cultivated three quarters of an acre with ten varieties weighing about 1000 pounds, harvested ripe before frost. Turkish, White Barley and Orinoco thrived best. next year eight acres planned.
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Alberta
Turkey
Greece
Baker
Edmonton
Alberta Wheat Acreage Rises Sharply in Five Years
The Alberta Department of Agriculture reports wheat sown area rising by over 1.9 million acres in five years. Wheat acreage reached 6,056,000 in 1926, up from 4,853,967 in 1921, with yields increasing from 62,560,000 to 112,466,000 bushels. The gain is attributed largely to new settlers.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Italy Likely To Bar American Films From Theaters
Italy plans to restrict cinema by banning American films while allowing only films produced in Italy. The move follows a recent motion picture merger plan and affects exhibition policies for foreign productions.
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Italy
Dunblane Bridge Opens Over South Saskatchewan River
The Dunblane Bridge near Dunblane Saskatchewan is completed and opened on November 15. Attendees included Lt Governor H W Newlands Premier J G Gardiner and Sir Henry Thornton of Canadian National Railways. The 1771 foot structure carries rail traffic on the upper deck and highway traffic on a 17 ft 6 in by 14 ft lower deck.
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Saskatoon
H. W. Newlands
J. G. Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Moose Jaw
Regina
Canardian National Railway
W. Walken
Canadian National Railware
Splendid Work Of Red Cross Society
The Red Cross, one of the world’s finest international organizations, works quietly yet broadly in peace and war. Established in 1867 to aid the sick and wounded, it now combats disease and assists ex soldiers and those in need, with recognition even by the League of Nations covenant. Major Davy notes its heroic history and global mission.
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Red Cross
Central Council of the Canadian Society
Toronto
Red Cross Society
League of Nations
Major Davy
League
Canadian seed exports aid forests in Britain and New Zealand
Canada through four seed extraction plants in western provinces gathered twenty five hundredweight of conifer seeds during 1925 26. Seed supplied to Britain’s Forestry Commission helps reforest unoccupied lands and New Zealand’s service pursues a similar program led by a Canadian trained in Canada.
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British Columbia
Great Britain
New Zealand
Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Canada
Forestry Commission of the
British Isles
Forest Service of
Dominion
New Zealand Forest Service
Central Experimental Farm corn and oats yields by plough depth
The 1925 annual report shows four inch deep ploughing yielding 21.71 tons of corn and 69.2 bushels of oats after corn on light soil, while seven inch depth yielded 21.45 tons of corn and 65.4 bushels of oats. Last year oats after corn were especially high at four inches 95.5 bushels and at seven inches 78.6 bushels.
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Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dominion Field Husbandman
Burbank Birthday Greeting Published Widely
The late Luther Burbank sent a birthday message urging kind thoughts toward people animals plants and nature. He says kindness and service to the world bring growing happiness and health and all one desires.
Locust Plague in Argentina Becomes Fertilizer Source
A British firm offers to buy large quantities of Argentine locusts for use as fertilizer. The locust bodies are said to contain high levels of nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash making them valuable for agricultural use.
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Argentina
Has He Ever Been On Government Work Before
A manager questions a friend about prior government service. The reply hints at a near-conviction due to insufficient evidence, suggesting a near-miss in a government-related case.
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Fecker
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