Canada must sell on grade to win British market
The article argues Britain buys on quality and price, and Canada must produce top grades of wheat oats barley store cattle bacon hogs cheese butter eggs and apples. It calls for immediate joint action by farmers packers and government to raise quality, boost output of the best grades, and sell on grade to secure higher world prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
France
Holland
Nal
Canada
United States
Argentine
Australia
New Zealand
India
Department of Agriculture
Britain to Cut Naval Build, End Submarines and Auxiliaries
The English government plans fewer cruisers next fiscal year and drops submarines, depot ships, and other auxiliaries from the program. Rebuilding and large repairs will rise, with $3,838,544 to be spent on contract shipbuilding as part of exchange. National yards employ 62,439 workers, an increase to reduce unemployment since 1914. Five ships will be reconstructed at $4,649,000 and 35 vessels undergo major repairs costing $5,737,000, higher than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers Trust Company of New York
National Shipyards
St. Thomas
Early missteps of a future field marshal
In a London interview Sir William Robertson recalls his boyhood start in the army. He joined as a private at seventeen and recalls early “crimes” of letting a prisoner go and a horse escape. At Brighton a charged man took liberty and a horse bolted, prompting the Colonel to scold the young recruit for letting both man and horse go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Robertson
London
Brighton
Robertson
Radio girdle to key Britain shipping routes
A plan to place a girdle of radio direction finding stations around the British Isles will allow ships to determine exact positions without solely relying on lighthouses. The network would use stations at the Lizard Berwick Flamborough and other points to aid navigation.
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British Isles
Lizard
Berwick
Flamborough
Canadian natural resources tied to chemical engineering progress
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa notes that Canada’s mining agriculture forestry and farm industries rely on chemical and metallurgical engineering for key solutions. Improvements in gold extraction ore processing pulp and paper chemistry artificial fertilisers and wood derivatives hinge on engineering advances while human development drives resource problem solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Peace League Leader Denies War Pledge by Members
The state chairman of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom declares there is no truth to reports that members of the association pledge not to aid their governments during war time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Livestock Sales rise at five markets to April
Dominion livestock branch totals show cattle sales up to 224 873 this four month period compared with 211 685 last year. Calves 78 284 versus 67 151 hogs 442 095 versus 360 196 sheep 50 129 versus 69 132. Top prices on May 1 average butcher steers 7.41 per hundred, veal calves 8.50, select hogs 8.06, good lambs 15.41, prices reflecting Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton markets.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
England Pays Sick Benefits for Rheumatism
In England nearly 2 660 000 pound is paid yearly by the government in sick benefits to those suffering from rheumatism.
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England
World Tour Highlights Canada China Japan Trade Trends
Charles Murphy of the Canadian Pacific Railway praises rising trade with Japan and China seen during his world cruise aboard the Empress of Canada. He notes a new flour mill in Yokohama, rebuilding after the September earthquake, and says the voyage boosted Canada’s image and relations abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Charles Murphy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Lines
Murphy
Yokohama
Tokio
Canada
Flies Shipped From Dallas To Boston Buyer
Two thousand common house flies shipped from Dallas to a private Boston firm by express. F C Bishop, chief entomologist of Dallas department of agriculture, stated the Boston firm did not explain the intended use.
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Dallas
Boston
Express
F. C. Bishop
Department of Agriculture
Bishop
Manitou Lake at Watrous A Saskatchewan Picnic Spot
Long before railways reached the prairies the Red Man and early settlers valued Little Lake Manitou near Watrous for its mineralized waters. Today thousands visit on CN Rail tours from Saskatoon and other cities to swim float and enjoy a sandy beach water chutes and other amusements at this popular picnic spot.
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Redman
Little Lake Manitou
Watrous
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Railways
Prairie Cities
Saskatoon
Sas
Prairie Provinces Become Land of Gardens Through Wide Tree Planting
The Regina Leader notes the western Prairies turning into a garden landscape as forestry efforts and farmer shelter belts boost tree growth. It cites wind breaks, moisture management, and belt planting with Caragana and Russian Poplar as essential to protect soil, support crops, and enhance homes across the prairie, citing Scott Experimental Farm as evidence.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian Forestry Association
Brandon
Hudson Bay
Edmonton
Calgary
Scott Experimental Farm
Canadian divorce contrast frames nation’s family values
The Vancouver Sun quotes statisticians showing Canada has the fewest divorces among English speaking nations. Generous divorce laws exist, yet homes are revered and unhappy marriages are endured to protect future generations, a frame praised as nation building.
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Canada
Dominion
Vancouver Sun
Nostalgia Pulls Swedish Maid From Mrs Jones's Household
In a Kansas City Star excerpt a Swedish maid named Tilda shows homesickness despite good wages light work and kind neighbors. The mistress counsels contentment yet Tilda longs for her homeland and asks where she truly belongs.
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Kases City
The Nile River Shaped Egypt’s Land and Civilization
The Nile has profoundly influenced Egyptian civilization. It carved through arid plateaus and left a renewing loam on soft limestone, sustaining the land annually for thousands of years.
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Nile
Egypt
Second BC Lumber Cargo Bound for Newfoundland
Vancouver sent the second cargo for Newfoundland at St Johns via the Panama Canal. It includes about 1,600,000 feet of pipe stock likely for penstocks at a large pulp and paper plant and about 1,000,000 feet of timbers and construction material.
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British Columbia
Newfoundland
Vancouver
St. Johns
Panama Canal
Dialogue exchange reveals ignored letter and poor handwriting
A man asks why his letter was unanswered and the woman replies she never received it. She adds that the letter was badly written, making it hard to understand. The exchange highlights miscommunication and skepticism about correspondence.
Wife interrupts wedding in progress sparks social tone
A wife infamously halted her husband’s wedding by entering during the ceremony. The remark reflects social expectations that a wife belongs at home and highlights enduring gender norms in the period.
Saskatchewan fur pelts tally for year ending June 29 1922
Returns by the game warden show 1,462,288 pelts worth 2,242,835 were taken in Saskatchewan. Muskrat comprised most of the total. Royalty collected by the province on these pelts totaled 89,568.
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Saskatchewan
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Ness
NUL Lea
Britain
Natural Resources Bulletin
Women’s Peace League
Caiss Ella Abeel
Manitou
Quebec
Rockies
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
Canadian Rockies
Prairies
Central
Regina
Nile River
B.C. Lumber
Saskatchewan Furs
Eal Ae
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