Western Rye Grass Proving Very Important To Prairie Farmers
The Agricultural Gazette of Canada notes western rye grass as a self fertilized species, enabling reliable breeding of new varieties. Prairie tests show wide yield variance among seven varieties in 1926 and five more in 1921, with one reaching over nine times others, promising greater productivity through selection and propagation. A second report covers the United Order of Canadians seeking standardized Canadian school texts and more courses on native authors.
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Xericultural
Agricultural Gazette
Cananda
Dominion Experimental
Hhis
Mr. Malte
Dominion Agroviologist
Marquis
Ottawa
Dominion
United Order of Canadians
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Minister of Education
Allison Winnipeg
Manitoba University
Pains in Back and Sides Prominent in Lindsay Ad
An Ontario reader from Lindsay shares relief from chronic back and side pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial urges others to try the remedy, claiming long-term prevention and improved work capability.
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St Paul St. Lindsay
Ontario
World Opens Court of International Justice to All Nations
The League of Nations council ruled that Russia Germany Turkey Hungary and Mexico may bring cases before the court. They must accept its decisions and refrain from war over disputes. The decision signals a growing recognition of shared global responsibility.
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Council of the League of Nations
Court of International Justice
Russia
Germany
Turkey
Hungary
Mexico
Christian Science Monitor
The Queer Greek
The modern Greek has a unique set of gestures and conventions. A Greek who wants a friend to come is signaling rather than sending away, and if a Greek wants a friend to depart he beckons. Visitors must initiate calls, not locals. In envelopes the Esquire goes before the name, and remarkably nay means yes in Greek, opposite to other languages.
Help of Men Addressing the Canadian Club at Vancouver
Miss Joan Arnoldi urged Vancouver’s Canadian Club to support women’s citizenship quests. She asked men to act as elder brothers in the school of life, seeking sympathy and assistance rather than criticism. She cautioned some women seek rapid world changes, stressing men and women must work together.
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Vancouver
Joan Arnoldi
Railway extension contract awarded to 12 mile Lacombe line
Contracts have been awarded for extending the Lacombe and North Western Railway twelve miles from its present terminus. The road serves a prosperous, well settled agricultural district and the extension is necessary to provide better transportation facilities.
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Lacombe
Furs Remain Canada’s Oldest Industry Despite Slump
OttawaCitizen notes fur production shows a dramatic 50 percent value drop from 1919 24 peak to last year with beaver muskrat martens otter mink and foxes forming the bulk of pelts. It urges humane trapping and strong animal protection to sustain this long standing industry for future generations.
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Canada
S. Wf
Montreal
Ottawa
Edmonton
Vancouver
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Natural Resources
Silver Fox
Otawa
Hard to Climb Everest
A long instructional piece explains the challenges of Everest ascent for a small team including a Canadian doctor. It details effects of high altitude such as lack of oxygen and low boiling points for liquids, and why air travel cannot reach the summit. It ends with Scotland Yard fingerprint records noting 200 000 uniquely classified prints.
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Mount
Everest
Odd British Cargoes Include Water for Morocco and Banknotes
A London paper notes unusual exports from Britain. Two million gallons of purified drinking water were shipped to aid Spanish troops in Morocco, while millions in small denomination banknotes were sent to Spain amid widespread counterfeiting concerns. A London stevedore earned compensation after being hit by old horse shoes repurposed as spades, and an English firm ships waste shelter and lead melted into moulds to produce images of eastern gods.
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London
Morocco
Spain
Albert Docks
Richest Man in Ireland Lord Pirrie Turns 75
Lord Pirrie, celebrated as Ireland’s wealthiest man, marks his seventy fifth birthday. From shipyard apprentice to chief owner of Holland & Wolff, he heads 46,000 workers and dominates shipbuilding, with roles in steamlines, railways, and banks. He was born in Quebec to Irish immigrants and later served as Belfast’s lord mayor.
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Lord Pirrie
Ireland
Quebec
Belfast
Holrland & Wolff
World's Largest Plane Ready for Trans European Flights
The Farman built giant biplane finished final tests at Orly and will soon launch trans European routes with Go liaths pilot Boussetrot. It features four propellers four 400 hp motors and a 100 foot wing span. It can cruise near 100 mph with 20 passengers and luggage total over seven tons. Experts say it could serve as a high altitude bombardment weapon though designed for passenger service.
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Orly
Farman
Boussetrot
Goliaths
Salon d'Aviation
Foreign Trees Grown in B C Market Feature
A Vancouver municipal market presents young English and Japanese walnut trees one year old grown in British Columbia, as a new special feature for shoppers and observers.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Tiny European kingdoms hold fast to independence through centuries
Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino and Andorra endure as independent microstates amid Europe’s great powers. Monaco preserves sovereign traits through a constitution and a prime minister while Liechtenstein lacks debt and a standing army. San Marino remains a republic with a small army, and Andorra, shielded by France and Urgel, maintains its own council, flag, and Catalan language amid mountain barriers and a new railway.
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Europe
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Liechtenstein
Switzerland
Austria
Huxely
France
Liechtenstag
Vaduz
San Marino
Italy
Great Britain
Belgium
Holland
United States
Andorra
Andora
Pyrenees
Charlemagne
Urgel
Rural progress must come from within not external aid
The editorial argues that true rural development comes from rural people themselves not city led paternalism. It praises self reliance and warns against back to the farm sentiment as relief for urban overload. It cites G W Fiske and Winnipeg Free Press on rural life as life's calling. Damaged wheat in Saskatchewan yields surprising value as Nos 3 and 4 grades. Hundreds of farmers gain thousands as damaged crops salvage strong threshing output may exceed prior provincial years.
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G. W. Fiske
Winnipeg Free Press
Saskatchewan
The Lock Out The Wife
A quarrel at night over union activity ends in a lock out scene. The husband returns from the union to find his wife denying him entry and declaring the lock out in effect.
Have You a Family This is of Importance to You
Mrs. Catherine Dempsey of Niagara Falls Ontario describes her son’s severe jaundice three years ago and credits Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with restoring him after trying three doctors. She endorses the remedy as blood-melter tissue-builder and nerve tonic without alcohol or harmful drugs.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Gerald
Dr. Pierce
Catherine Dempsey
Bridge St
Pierce
Dr Pierce Medicines Sold by Local Drugstore Ad
Windsor readers are urged to try Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for home use. A testimonial from Mrs Elien Harding of 11 Eric St W praises the remedies for weak lungs headaches and smothering spells. The notice notes Favorite Prescription as a tonic during expectancy and invites readers to write to Dr Pierce Pres Invalids' Hotel Buffalo NY for advice.
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Windsor
Ont
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