Great Western Port Vancouver Joins Canada’s Leading Seaports
The Toronto Globe notes Vancouver’s rise as a major grain port with 71,000,000 bushels shipped in eight months and a forecast to reach 76,000,000. Alberta’s wheat surge and lower mountain rates widen access, while Canada’s ports, including Montreal and Halifax, report growth and new facilities like Fort Churchill arriving by 1930.
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Vancouver
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Pacific
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
St. John
Fort Churchill
Hudson Bay Railway
Toronto Globe
The Child and the Doctor’s Spinach Warning
Dr. F. S. Park told the Child Welfare Council that infants are highly susceptible to suggestion, urging spinach consumption. He contrasted two home environments: one where doctors are welcomed and children cooperate during exams, and another where parents threaten with the doctor, turning visits into fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Park
Child Welfare Council
Investments Planned in Western Canada by International Utilities
F D Bacon vice president of the New York firm announced that investments possibly totaling 8 000 000 dollars will be made in the prairie provinces this year. He was in Edmonton recently reviewing the company's extensive holdings and expressed confidence in Canada West.
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Canada
Western
Prairie Provinces
International Utilities Corporation of
New York
F. D. Bacon
Edmonton
Canadian fisheries group plans West Africa market push
Under the Canadian Fisheries Association leadership Canada’s fishing industry will launch an effort to tap the West African fish market, where Norwegian boats are strongly entrenched. The plan was approved at a recent association executive meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Fisheries Association
Canadia
Africa
Quoted Wartime Wit From Jour Amusant Paris
A compact Parisian note cites a witty exchange about appearances and drinking. It contrasts the cost of maintaining appearances with living honestly, illustrating social humor from Jour Amusant.
Roots for Live Stock Diets Highlight Value of Roots
The Farmer's Advocate emphasizes roots such as turnips and mangels as a useful supplement to silage for all livestock. Roots boost appetite, aid digestion, and can raise milk yield, steady calves, and reduce grain needs in hogs. Sheep and fattening cattle benefit, with mangels storing well and roots displacing grain, hay, and concentrates in trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel McEwen
Henry & Morrison
Man in the Big Hat Guides Travelers at Jasper
Tom McDonough, special representative of the passenger department of the Canadian National Railways at Jasper, meets every train and is acquainted with people from the Prince of Wales to common travelers. He offers reassurance that troubles are heard by the man in the big hat.
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Jasper
Tom McDonough
Canadian National Railways
Prince of Wales
North Dakota
Exmonia
Saskatoon
St. Aul
Minnoe Lake District
A.oer
Nebras
Snipe Lake District
Canada
L. B. Boyd
the Sun
Canada Enters Prosperous Era Says Sherman Report
A Sherman Corpora tion of Canada survey projects a twenty five year period of independent prosperity for Canada. It finds Canadian net profits in 1927 higher than in the United States with 80 percent of reporting firms showing gains versus 51 percent in U S manufacturing enterprises.
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Canada
United States
Sherman Corporation of Canada, Limited
Toronto
George L. Moore
John F. Sherman
Sherman Co
Tall Stranger Fights Echoed In Atchison Office
Ed Howe recalls a two-man intrusion at his Atchison Kansas office about fifty years ago. A large nervous man asked for the editor, followed by another equally large visitor. The editors claimed the editor was upstairs and crossed, then a "terrific fight" erupted inside.
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Howe
Atchison, Kas
Houston man seeks mortgage but is advised deed
In a Houston office a man tells a lawyer he has bought property and wants a mortgage. The lawyer replies that he needs a deed. The man explains a prior property in Ohio once had a deed with another holding the mortgage, and now that other man owns the property.
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Houston
Tex
Nbegro
Darkie
Sam
Ohio
First Alberta Film Shot by British Canadian Pictures
Guy Weadick announces the new Calgary based company British Canadian Pictures Limited plans to start production immediately. The film will be shot entirely in Alberta using locations along the Highwood River and nearby foothills.
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British Canadian Pictures, Limited
Guy Weadick
Calgary
Alberta
Highwood River
MacDougalls of Argyle Discover Iceland Guided by Ravens
The MacDougall family, ancestors of the Dunollie line in Argyllshire, reportedly discovered Iceland during sea roving days. They sailed north with ravens as markers. the first two birds returned to the ship, but the third flew ahead in the voyage's direction, leading them to Iceland.
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Iceland
Denmark
MacDougalls
Argyllshire
Dunollie Castle
The Editor As a Benefactor
The exchange remarks that editors are often short on money yet generous with space that aids local prosperity. The speaker notes editors rely on this space as their bread and butter and compares it to a grocer giving away coffee and sugar, highlighting the value of community-focused journalism.
Have Confidence In Pilot Women
Major James Fitzmaurice, of the visiting Bremen trans Atlantic crew, told reporters in Montreal that women passengers take to the air better than men. He argued there should be as many women at the controls as men in light machines, noting women's greater confidence in the pilot.
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James Fitzmaurice
Bremen
Horses and Tractors by Province
Statistics from 248162 farms show Manitoba averages 68 horses per farm and one tractor per 4.6 farms. Saskatchewan farms average 10.2 horses and one tractor per 4.7 farms. Alberta has 10.8 horses per farm and one tractor per 7.5 farms.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bookkeeper and Office Boy Quip About Salary
A brief exchange features a bookkeeper protesting a low salary while an office boy quips about living on it. The quick humor hinges on the contrast between expectation and reality in workplace pay.
Dutch Hen OverTime in Holland Markets Upset Egg Supply
Dutch poultry farmers face an egg glut as Amsterdam market lists five million eggs in one week along with ten million additional visible supplies. Northern Holland farmers switch to ducks whose eggs attract steady demand from confectioners at good prices.
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Holland
Diner Sides with Jocular Feast Tale
A diner quips about a chicken with no wishbone while the waiter replies the bird was happy and contented. The exchanged joke preserves a lighthearted moment over a dish and diners’ banter.
Acquittal Ends Bigamy Charge Across Courtroom
Judge informs jurors acquitted of bigamy, freeing prisoner to leave. Prisoner asks which home, prompting a quiet moment of ambiguity in the sums of justice.
Preventing Parasite Infestations In Hogs At Brandon Farm
The article explains how internal roundworms cripple young pigs and how repeated ground contamination causes high losses. It details a cleaning regimen at Brandon Farm: boil and lye wash pens, wash sows, rotate pens every ten days, and move litters to fresh ground, with weaned pigs kept in clean yards until market.
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Brandon
Manitoba
M. J. Tinline
Tinline
Father’s Wallet Sparks Wedding Delayed Wedding
George's wealthy father provides support as the wedding proceeds but when the groom must repeat the vows the congregation hears a groan from the father. The father quips that there goes his bicycle, revealing the comic tension over worldly goods and assets.
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George
McGill Names Qu Appells Native as Law Dean
Prof P E Corbett chosen by McGill University governing body to head the Faculty of Law. He hails from Qu Appelle Saskatchewan and assumes the dean post at the Montreal university. A Scottish diver performs bagpipes beneath the water. The piece notes the idea should be encouraged.
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P. E. Corbett
Faculty of Law
McGill University
Prof. Corbett
Qu’Appells, Sask
Periodic Health Examinations For National Welfare
Dr. Gordon Bates urges a national periodic health examination scheme at the Canadian Conference on Social Welfare in Montreal. He argues that regular annual checkups will reveal healthy versus diseased Canadians, prevent incipient illness from becoming serious, and extend average life by catching diseases early.
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Dominion
Canadian Conference On Social Welfare
Montreal
Gordon Bates
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Dr. Bates
Peace Campaign Urges Thinking for Global Tranquility
A call for a general campaign to induce thinking for peace argues that world opinion shapes war or peace. Leaders of thought should banish fear, individuals must promote peace, reject rumors of war, and avoid malice toward other races while acting to erase threatening acts and words.
Intelligence as an Evolving Trait Across Life
The Glasgow Herald argues that intelligence is inherited and grows through childhood to about age 16 or 17. After that period, studying and experience enhance the mind, not brain cell count. Many adults, even successful ones, would fail scientific tests if compared to a twelve year old.
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Glasgow Herald
Appetite for Whisky Prescription Sparks Hospital Quip
A nurse informs a revived patient that his appendix pancreas and spleen were safely removed. The man replies that all he wanted was a whisky prescription. A stray line notes a father and new home gate, while a patient mentions 50 000 passengers arriving daily in New York by automobile and a casual chat about football and venison.
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New York
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