Ottawa to host Imperial Economic Conference aims for all Empire gains
The Canadian forecast for the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa stresses establishing mutual trade advantages across the Empire. It envisions removing barriers, a common monetary standard, and possibly an Empire currency to boost inter Empire commerce and counter global economic stagnation while uniting diverse nations under a shared prosperity.
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Ottawa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Britain
Canada
Australia
Silk cotton tree a rarity among Nassau attractions
Among Nassau Bahama Islands sights only three silk cotton trees are known to exist. The tree towers with a pyramid shape and ribbon like trunk while its top branches spread in a clumsy spray. A quip on human nature contrasts two types of people and notes the rarity of timely words.
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Nassau
Bahama Islands
Seed Export Figures Highlight Canadian Seed Trade
Geo H. Clark, Dominion Seed Commissioner, reports Canadian seed growers sent nearly 3,000,000 pounds of Red Clover and a similar amount of Alsike seed from the 1931 crop to the British market. He notes Canadian contracts rely on official grades while others use actual samples, giving exporters a price quotation edge by cablegram. Air service between Cuba and the Isle of Pines is increasing.
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Geo. H. Clark
Dominion
Canada
Cablegram
Island Prison for Doukhobors at D'Arcy Island Near Victoria
The Dominion government plans to move Doukhobor men and women to an island prison on DArcy Island in Haro Straits near Victoria. About 300 men will serve three years for nude parades, with women and others housed in eastern Canada facilities. In BC 594 adults and 359 children will be cared for, totaling 953 people affected as authorities seek peace in the unrest harboring nude processions and bombings.
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Warcy Island
Victoria
B.C
D'Arcy Island
Haro Straits
Oscar Bass
Ottawa
Dominion
Canada
British Columbia
Sons of Freedom
Remarkable English Surgeons Heal Eight Year Crippled Girl
Miss Jessie Exton 17 of Worksop, crippled since age nine by spinal tubercular disease, was cured after a pioneering operation at Duchess Orthopedic Hospital Harlow Wood. Surgeon Mr Malkin used a bone graft from her left foot to rebuild her spine and she can now walk normally for short distances. She later visited Harlow Wood to demonstrate the breakthrough to 80 doctors from Europe.
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England
Jessie Exton
William Exton
Duke Place
Worksop
Miss Exton
Mansfield
Duchess of Portland
Duchess’ Orthopedic Hospital
Harlow Wood
Nottinghamshire
Malkin
Europe
Arctic Expedition to East Arctic S S Ungava
This year's expedition to the eastern Arctic including Baffin Island and Hudson Bay will sail from Montreal in July aboard the S S Ungava. It will carry mail to Mounted Police posts and missionary stations and transport relief personnel stores and supplies to posts as far north as Bache Peninsula, the northernmost police and customs post.
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Arctic
Baffin Island
Hudson Bay
S.S
Sermon Echoes on Faith and Worldly Gossip
A university president preached on Faith urging listeners not to blindly follow. He warned against blind faith in the physician’s medicine. A minister echoed the theme noting people hold one eye on heaven while the other on earthly gossip.
French Doctor Injects Sauces Into Chickens
Dr A Gauducheau of Paris uses a physiology principle to inject sauces and seasonings directly into chicken blood streams. He claims this aids flavor penetration and removes the need for cooking-seasoning in the fowl.
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A. Gauducheau
Paris
German scientist cites hair loss norm at forty to fifty daily
A German scientist says that losing 40 to 50 hairs per day is the normal limit. The article notes that automobiles are owned on 58 percent of farms in the United States.
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The
United
Death of Col Herbert Swinford Pioneer Veteran of Rebellions
Winnipeg reports the death of Col Herbert Swinford at age three- score and three. Born in London England he came to Canada as a boy and joined the Wellington Rifles during Lord Wolseley’s expedition. He later ran steamboats on the Red and Assiniboine Rivers and served as general agent for the Northern Pacific Railway in Winnipeg and Vancouver before returning to Winnipeg six months ago.
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Herbert Swinford
Red River
Winnipeg
London
England
Canada
Wellington Rifles
Guelph
Vancouver
Polar Study Planned In Saskatchewan Leader To Lead Arctic Work
A 1932 33 polar phenomenon study includes over 100 meteorological stations with a four person team stationed for a year at Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Bay in the north. Dr Balfour Currie from the University of Saskatchewan will join the party directed by Frank Davies a former Byrd Antarctic Expedition member and Saskatoon resident.
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Saskatchewan
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Balfour Currie
University of Saskatchewan
Frank Davies
University At
Davies
Saskatoon
No Fool-Proof Rule for Edible Mushrooms, Expert Says
Dr. Fred Seaver of the New York Botanical Gardens says no fool-proof rule exists to distinguish edible from poisonous mushrooms. He advises learning the mushrooms as a mycologist would assess people, noting no real distinction between toadstools and mushrooms.
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Fred Seaver
New York Botanical Gardens
New York
Bates College grants long-awaited diploma to 86-year-old graduate
Mrs. Sibyl Chase Ballard of Minneapolis received her Bates College degree at a recent commencement, 65 years after finishing the course in 1867 when the college did not confer degrees on women. Bates is now co-educational.
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Bates College
Sibyl Chase Ballard
Minneapolis
Stop the Cough With Dr Thomas Electric Oil
Coughing results from irritation in the respiratory passages and inflammation of the mucous membrane. Dr Thomas Electric Oil reduces inflammation and soothes the cough, with many users reporting relief.
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Thomas
Marmalade Jar Sale Sparks Witty Rook Query
A man paid seven guineas to a dealer for a jar claimed to be valuable. A connoisseur friend assessed the piece and quipped about the price, noting the marmalade that should have been included. The exchange reveals a lighthearted bit of thievery wit.
Earth Upheaval Changes Contour Of Bering Sea Island
Father Bernard R. Hubbard reports a lava mound pushing from the earth near the isolated Bogo siof island in the Bering Sea. He says the mass is enlarging and has altered the island’s contour where a sheltered harbor once lay during a Bristol Bay voyage aboard the motorship Polar Bear.
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Bering Sea
Bogosiof
Bernard R. Hubbard
Seward
Santa Clara University
Bristol Bay
Salada Tea Company 40th Anniversary Highlights
The Salada Tea Company marks forty years since its first packed pound in Toronto. Founded in 1892 by Peter Larkin, it expanded to Montreal in 1895 and Buffalo later, building world class tea packing warehouses in Toronto, Montreal, and Boston. Larkin's shift to Ceylon and Indian blends in metal packaging boosted quality and reach, making Salada a leading North American tea. Persian Balm cream is also advertised in this clipping.
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Front Street
Toronto
Salada Tea Company
Peter Larkin
Montreal
United States
Buffalo
Boston
China
Japan
England
Ceylon
Larkin
North America
Prison De Luxe Opens On Welfare Island
A New York paper details the opening of a women’s detention house on Welfare Island described as palatial. The commentary likens the guest list to high society debuts and highlights features such as hot and cold water, showers, metal mirrors, and a radio in every cell. The piece presents the facility as a luxe prison with low escape risk.
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New York
Gotham
Manhattan
Canada
Dandelion defies odds and thrives despite adversity
The passage extols the dandelion as timely and persistent across environments from lawns to fields. It resists defeat, regrows after cutting, and stands as a symbol of resilience amid difficulties. The text notes cancer deaths reaching 111,569 in 1929.
Reduced Freight Rates for Livestock Carloads
The Canadian Freight Association announced new reduced freight rates for livestock moved in quantities under full carloads. Minimum weights drop to 12 000 lbs for cattle and 11 000 lbs for hogs and sheep, with 6 000 lb floor figures, within prairie market centers 200 miles radius. An intermediate stop option costs 3.00 per car and the rates are experimental for one year.
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Canadian Freight Association
Passengers Mostly Men on U S Liner to Liverpool
A United States liner docking in Liverpool brought 1,066 passengers, nearly all men. Officers noted many men were in Europe for a short holiday or to handle business, with women and family trips currently off.
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United States
Liverpool
Inurope
Europe
Local Merchants Benefit of Patronage Versus Door to Door Sellers
The piece promotes buying locally to support neighborhood merchants who stand behind their goods. It warns door to door salesmen are transient, offer no municipal stake, and urge readers to patronize local shops for reliable service and rectified issues.
Knowledge and leisure mix in Toronto library rise
A note links a 30 000 reader increase at the Toronto Public Library to unemployment and questions what workingmen do with shorter hours. It observes a shared eagerness for knowledge between workers and the wealthy and mentions remedies, wildlife notes, and a new Stam tax on salaries.
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Toronto Public Library
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Isle of Pines
Me and
Ayo
Doukhobors
S.S. Ungava
Red River Rebellion
Alfred Bungay
North Sydney
Sal Ada Tea Company
Eagle Brand
Berdec Co. Limited
Ont
Centenen
FAGLE
Fager
Rocky Mountains
Stam
N. U
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