Royal ranch in Alberta links to British royal interests
The Prince of Wales toured Western Canada and acquired a ranch in Southern Alberta near the Bar U Percheron Ranch. Stock from England and royal farms arrived to boost Alberta's livestock, with notable sales at Calgary shows and a ram winning all round championship at a Royal show. The move signals strong royal support for Canada's agriculture and cattle industry.
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Prince of
Walles
Province of
Alberta
Beddington
George Lane
Canada
British Empire
England
Dominion
Royal Stud
King's
Duke of Westminster
Devon Moors
J. Carliyle
Lane
Bar U
Prince
Calgary
Misleading Immigrant Influx Figures Highlight Canada to U S Flows
Officials from the Department of Immigration dispute figures issued in Washington by Anthony Caminetti showing 90025 people moving from Canada to the United States versus 7666 the other way. They note head tax only records short stays and rebates obscure departures. Canadian ports have long shown greater U S to Canada movement.
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Washington
Anthony Caminetti
United States
Commissioner-General of Immigration
Canada
Department of Immigration
Immigration Office
Perfectly Safe Plumber Faces Polished Floors Caution
Mrs Cooke asks the plumber to be careful on polished floors. The man replies he is prepared with nails in his shoes. The exchange ends with a light humorous note from Everybody's Magazine.
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Mrs. Cooke
Everybody's Magazine
The Lovely Place Revealed as Cemetery
A couple debates a house described as overlooking a garden with statues. The husband asks if they took the house and learns the promised garden is a cemetery, revealing a grim contrast between dream and reality.
Child’s plea after new sister joins big family
A New Haven Register item quotes a little girl reacting to the arrival of a baby sister and six children in the family. She sighs that one package of gum won’t go around, reflecting a child’s humorous worry.
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New Haven Register
Missing Soldier Found Alive in Scottish Sanitarium
Alfred McBade, long mourned as dead after a Vimy Ridge sniper shot in 1916, is revealed by his mother in Scotland to be alive and recovering memory loss at Sunnyside Mental Hospital near Johnshaven. His Vancouver brothers report he may have wandered homeward after the war.
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Vancouver
Scotland
Alfred McBade
Johnshaven
Vimy Ridge
Sunnyside
Last Tribute Leaf Carried by Veteran Postmaster
A Hamilton resident and former postmaster, Adam Brown, sent a red and gold autumn maple leaf from the Burlington to Wabasso Park route to Miss Alice Home of London England. She replies the Canadian maple leaf was the final tribute over the Unknown Warrior buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Minster
Adam Brown
Hamilton
Burlington
Wabasso Park
Alice Home
London
England
Sir Anthony Home
V.C
Lucknow
Brown
Westminster Abbey
An Odd Name and a Bilious Boy Dialogue
An old gentleman asks two boys for their names. The first boy replies Julius after the elder’s correction to Jule. The second boy blurts Bilious as his name, prompting a pause on proper speech and propriety.
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Jule
Julius
Bor
Bilious
European Coal Dust Blocks Fuel For Continent
A report notes coal dust compacted into small blocks serves as a primary fuel source across Europe, with varied shapes and applications aiding heating and industry.
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Europe
Canadian Navy Vessels Aurora Patriot and Patri cian in War Record
The Aurora, Patriot, and Patri cian are praised as modern Canadian navy ships with strong World War I records. The Aurora, flagship of Commodore Tyrwhitt, fought in the North Sea, Dogger Bank, and Jutland, earning a royal commendation. The Patriot and Patri cian joined destroyer flotillas, serving with Sir David Beatty and at Jutland, with officers named and ship specifications noted.
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Aurora
Britannia
North Sea
Norwich
Tyrwhitt
Reginald Tyrwhitt
Jutland
Arecthusa
Undaunted
Dominion
Firth of Forth
David Beatty
Henry G. H. Adams
Royal Navy
Charles T. Beard
Ontario
George C. Jones
Halifax
Eng
John F. Bell
O.B.E
John G. Elga
D.8.c
E. G. Halliwell
L W. Murray
D. W. Moffatt
H. F. J. Nibbard
R. I. Agnew
A. R. Pressy
H.W. T Grant
M. C. Bannantyne
A. D. M. Curry
G. L. Stephen
W. E. Morrison
D. Cosette
Sale of School Lands Realizes Over 1.2 Million in Alberta
The four sales of school lands in Donalda Wetaskiwin Leduc and Viking Alberta brought more than 1.2 million dollars. At Donalda the sale price reached 70 dollars per acre.
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Donalda
Wetaskiwin
Leduc
Viking
Alberta
Act to Improve Feeding Stuffs Enacted in Canada
The Dominion Seed Branch has secured Federal sanction for a new act to improve feeding stuffs sold for livestock. All commercial feeds must be registered with the agriculture minister and bear a registration number. Names or brands likely to mislead may be refused registration and all bran and middlings must meet quality and chemical standards or be sold as registered feeds with stated contents. Feeds must not contain excess weed seeds damaged grain or injurious material. The act is expected to take effect shortly after the new year.
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Dominion Seed Branch
Canada
Minister of Agriculture
Resurrection of Rheims Prompts Remarkable Population Surge
A historic revival in Rheims shows the city growing from about 4 000 residents at the start of 1919 to around 80 000 today. Industry and commerce have been reinstated, shops rebuilt, and the famed city regains its old bustle in the north eastern provinces.
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Rheims
British Columbia Steel Works forms from three plants
A new company named British Columbia Steel Works Ltd has been formed by merging Port Moody Eburne and Tudhope electrical plants. Each plant continues at its location pending concentration at Port Moody. The firm has enough orders to employ several hundred men and will use electric smelters to recycle scrap steel into pig iron within the province.
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British Columbia Steel Works, Ltd
Port Moody
Eburne
Tudhope
Camels Used by Polish Forces in Warsaw Streets
Camels hauling long trains of carts are seen in Warsaw streets with soldiers guiding and tending the vehicles. The animals, trained for city transport, were captured from Russians by Poles during a northern front drive last summer.
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Warsaw
Tailor unveils dual purpose winter coat
A renowned English tailor displays a heavy travel overcoat that reverses to a dressing gown, promising to reform the wardrobe of people constantly traveling. The design appears practical for movement between locations while offering indoor comfort when turned inside out.
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Tor
Air Route to Oil Fields Planned at Peace River
Work has started on an air harbor at Peace River Alberta following an Ed mont announcement of an air route to Mackenzie oil fields. A landing site has been secured and construction of southern terminal buildings is underway for the aerial transportation system.
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Peace River
Alta
Edmont
Mackenzie Oil Fields
New Order Sparks Laugh At Local Butcher Shop
A young wife orders two pounds of steak and gravy, exclaiming with excitement as she requests her first purchase. The scene captures a lighthearted domestic moment at a neighborhood butcher.
Indian Spiritualism among early settlers in the West
The narrator recalls 1892 seances at a frontier home with William Ogilvie and others, using a heavy table to contact the dead. An ex-naval officer mockingly opposed the rite, but the Cree language response and table movements convinced participants of unseen forces, while a local Indian chief noted unexpected spiritual dialogue.
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William Ogilvie
The
Yukon
California
Utah
Ogilvie
Japoon-is-kum
Pa-poon-is-kum
O-poohoo-sis
Ft. la Corne
Carpenter
Form of Agreement for the Proposed Marketing of Wheat
A Winnipeg drawn form by a Canadian Council of Agriculture committee outlines cooperative marketing for Ontario and Western Canada wheat over five years. Contracts bind growers to deliver all wheat except seed and feed to United Farmers' Grain Corporation, which will sell at best market price and remit proceeds after costs. contracts take effect only after at least sixty percent coverage of about ten million acres.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Ontario
Canada
United Farmers’ Grain Corporation
Te Corporation
Ayreshire Show Judge Appointed for Scotland Event
Professor H Barton of Macdonald College Que is named judge for a large Ayreshire show and sale in Scotland next February. Breeders from the US and Canada, including R R Nest J H Black Wm Hunter and Secretary Stevens of the Canadian Ayshire Breeders Association, expect to accompany him and import cattle.
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H. Barton
Macdonald College
Que
Scotland
States
R. R. Nest
J. H. Black
Wm. Hunter
Stevens
No lions ever existed in America warn scholars
Researchers dispute claims of ancient lions in the Americas citing no fossil or geological evidence. Scientists emphasize that while big cats did roam other continents, North and South America lacked native lion species.
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America
Sandpaper Label Warns Of Poison Bottle Dangers
A rough sandpaper label is devised for poison bottles to warn sleepers who might mistake the contents at night. The abrasive texture jostles and alerts a groggy user that the bottle contains poison, prompting immediate recognition and caution.
Be Caledon Becomes Emblem Talk Amid Beavers Decline
Dominion poultry expert E. C Elford urges replacing the beaver with a new national emblem. He proposes the old Canadian hen as a symbol after a report notes the beaver’s alleged decline.
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E. C Elford
Dominion
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Simcoe Counties
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Ontario Medical Association
J. H. Mullins
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Melfort
Saskatchewan
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Ayreshire Cattle
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