Canada to Join British Empire Exhibition Plans in London
Satisfaction in the United Kingdom grows as Canada commits to the British Empire Exhibition alongside Australia. The piece notes Canada’s strong resources, high per capita buying power, and the need for skilled immigration, with discussions ahead on emigration, land settlement, and power development at Wembley in 1924.
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London
Canada
Australia
United Kingdom
Prince of Wales
George Penney
Dominion
U.S.A
Great Britain
New Zealand
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Great Congress Hall
Wembley
Dominions
Earl of Derby
British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers Association
Empire
America
France
Ltcily
Roads Cost Millions Since 1911
The Quebec Government has spent over 41 million dollars on roads since 1911. Of 46 000 miles of roads, 10 000 miles are main roads divided into leading highways and county roads. The government built 1 500 miles of leading highways, improved 5 000 miles of county roads, and over 0 miles of third class or local roads.
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Quebec
Old Susquehanna Bridge Sold for Five-Eighty-Five Thousand
The Pennsylvania Railroad gave away a Havre de Grace bridge over the Susquehanna in 1910. Maryland bought it for 585000 after 12 years of toll profits and dividends totaling 376000. The state plans to collect tolls through 1938 to retire the purchase bonds.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Susquehanna River
Havre de Grace
Maryland
Real Religion in War Times
Sir Arthur Currie of McGill defines Real Religion as the Power beyond ourselves that fosters righteousness and duty. He argues Christianity did not fail in the war but demonstrated its triumph through service sacrifice humility justice courage and bearing one another's burdens among soldiers.
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Arthur Currie
McGill University
New springs promise smoother rides for motor vehicles
A British firm patents a flexible end extending spring design for motor vehicles. Tests on rough roads show greatly reduced vibration and allow the driver to ease grip on the wheel. The system costs only slightly more than standard springs and boosts demand for coaches fitted with it.
Improved Wheat By Selection Earns First Prize
Mr. R. O. Wyler of Luseland Saskatchewan won the world's best half bushel of wheat through careful selection of Marquis grain. He notes Red Bobs may offer better prospects, and asserts persistent selection can improve any variety. Wyler’s method inspires growers to focus on their local wheat strains.
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R. O. Wyler
Luseland
Saskatchewan
Wyler
Seegar Wheeler
Mr. Wyler
Canada Faces Slipping Bacon Trade On British Market
Dr J H Grisdale deputy minister of agriculture told senior officials in Ottawa that Canadian bacon is losing ground on British markets. Danish bacon dominates import demand and Canadian sides are often off spec. The price gap is about three cents per pound on wholesale markets. Hog grading now being established is hoped to restore Canada’s prestige in the British bacon trade.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
J. H. Grisdale
Department
England
The Thinnest Gold Leaf Ever Made
A gold leaf 1-2,198,000th inch thick has been produced using copper plating and chemical dissolution. The film, once floated on nitric acid, yields sheets four square feet from a single grain and would make an inch thick book of 5,600,000 pages.
National Monument Planned for Ottawa to honor Great War service
Premier King announced the government will seek Parliament approval at the coming session for an appropriation to erect a national monument in Ottawa. The form and location will be decided later. A Nelson monument style in design and placement has been suggested.
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Ottawa
King
Trafalgar Square
London
Family chatter hints at marriage plans in a domestic idlespan
A fragment recalls a sister named Philippa noted for domestic science skills. The speaker questions marriage prospects, suggesting she pursues a stable husband instead of zeal for courtship. The snippet ends with a local plug urging readers to support home merchants.
Earths Energy Through Space and Kingston Demographics
An eminent physician estimates that solar energy over a million years equals less than Earth's energy in one second of rotation. The planet spins at over a thousand miles per hour at the equator and circles the sun at over 1 100 miles per minute, with day length stable for a century. Only two percent of Kingston Jamaica's population is white.
Character Over Assets Guides Hopkins Like Model For Youth
A Collier's quote attributes John Hopkins wealth to character not assets and urges youths to value honesty and fair dealing. An Ottawa speech by Hon. W. R. Motherwell on Canada’s immigration policy stresses telling the truth about the country, prudent selection, and readiness to work as conditions for newcomers.
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Mr. Hopkins
Lfe
Young People’s Weekly
West
Canada
Ottawa
W. R. Motherwell
Prairie
Mr. Motherwell
Motherewll
Wheat Board
Crow's Nest Pass
Confederation
Sperm Whales Face Threat of Extinction
Sperm whales are disappearing due to heavy hunting driven by their commercial value. Dr E Prince warned at a wildlife conference that whaling efforts recovered only one whale after a season in the South Atlantic, though profitable, prompting a license system and international cooperation to enforce regulations.
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E. &. Prince
Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries
National Conference For the
South Atlantic
Treeless Prairie Hopes for Reforestation on The Prairies
A report on a tree planting caravan across prairie provinces shows settlers mostly resigned to a treeless life. Experts say fires years ago prevented growth, but reforestation is under way with aspen poplars returning and small stands appearing as seeds spread by wind. This could ease future droughts and water concerns. Bangkok Siam note on cannabis use added.
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Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Coulees
Prairies
Prairie
Montreal Family Herald
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Sir Arthur Currie
J. A. Frawley
the Valley News, Rosthern, Sask
Tion
National Monument For
Trafalgar
Science
Philippa
Columbia State
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Earth
Kingston
Jamaica
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore University
MES Canadiens
Charles Stewart
Painisterr
Pretourmez
Frairies
Bangkok
Siam
Cana
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