Canada to Lead United States in Wheat Production Says Calder
Senator Calder of New York argues Canada will outrun the United States in wheat, citing rising acres and yields in Canada versus U S growth. He warns the St Lawrence canal plan serves Canadian wheat interests and questions U S export prospects within ten years while urging Commerce Secretary input.
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Casaéda
United States
Benator Calder
New York
Senate
St. Lawrence
Herbert Hoover
Canada
Dominion
Calder
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
Bisurated Magnesia: A Remedy For Stomach Indigestion
Medical authorities attribute nine tenths of stomach troubles to excess hydrochloric acid rather than lack of digestive juices. Avoid artificial digestents. take Bisurated Magnesia after meals to neutralize acid, ease sourness, gas, and pain, using powder or tablet form only.
Mystery of the Lightning Bug Light Solved
Hamilton Bailey, a wireless operator on the Blackhawk flagship of the North Sea mine sweeping fleet, claims lightning bug flashes are caused by radio. He says bugs have audion bulbs and low radio frequency with short wavelengths. Each bug has antennae acting as aerials, and broadcasting from parent bugs triggers the flashes.
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Hamilton Bailey
Blackhawk
Bailey
New York Found in Switzerland
A peasant sent a telegram intended for New York and paid a franc. The clerk checked the address and, after a lengthy search through an old volume, confirmed a New York in Switzerland, a small Alpine village near Lucerne with about 50 residents.
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New York
Switzerland
Lucerne
Newfoundland and Labrador Population Rises to 262 938
Newfoundland and its dependency Labrador report a total population of 262 938 from the recent census, up from 242 619 in 1911. The island accounts for most growth while Labrador shows a decline. Denominational totals list Roman Catholic 86 475, Church of England 4 498, Methodist 74 334, Salvation Army 13 051, with other denominations rising by 12 946.
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Newfoundland
Labrador
Church of England
Salvation Army
Etymological Bigotry and Labrador Gorge Image
Two quoted lines from a Boston Transcript joke discuss bigotry in spelling while a separate note mentions the Grand Falls of Labrador carving a thirty mile long chasm. The item blends humor with a geographic exaggeration.
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Grand Falls
Labrador
Poultry Performance Record Shows Increased Entries
The Dominion Livestock Branch reports growth in egg-laying performance for 1926 21 with 81 breeders and 7 511 birds compared to 67 breeders and 4 436 birds in 1919 20 Quebec leads in breeder numbers Ontario and British Columbia top list for birds entered BC shows most qualified birds with 238 32 eggs per bird for Leghorns Wyandottes and Barred Plymouth Rocks lead in advanced certificates Ontario surpasses Quebec in advanced Leghorns Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes with 245 eggs per bird.
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Poultry Division
Dominion Livestock Branch
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Rhode Island
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Wyandottes
Suffering Labrosse praises Dodd's Kidney Pills for recovery
Jules Labrosse of Papineauville Quebec suffered ten years from Bright's disease gravel dropsy and diabetes. He reports that Dodd's Kidney Pills brought immense benefit and weight gain from 125 to 160 pounds. The ad notes kidneys purify blood and health benefits for neighbors. It closes with Glasgow and Edinburgh population figures.
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Jules Labrosse
Bright
Dodd
Papineauville, Labelle, Co
Que
Mr. Labrosse
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Heals Seattle Woman
Seattle woman Mrs G Richardson shares relief from two months of pelvic pain chills fever and a hard lump with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports being able to work again after taking the remedy and urges others to try it for nervousness fatigue and general discomfort.
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Seattle
Washington
G. Richardson
Orcas Si
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ly E. Pinkham
Wireless aids mark frontier line between states
Western Australia and South Australia with the Northern Territory used field wireless and time signals from Lyons and Annapolis to fix the 129th meridian boundary. After careful measurements the end points on the line are within about thirty yards, with concrete markers likewise confined to that distance.
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East Longtitude
Western Australia
South Australia
Northern Territory
Lyons
France
Annapolis
United States
Underwater Flame Demonstration At Lyons Dockyard
M Eugene Royer unveils a powerful underwater flame capable of cutting steel. In a lab test a three quarters inch plate was cut at 20 inches per minute under water and a hard steel fire treated similarly. The device could cut an eight inch steel bar in six minutes, with demonstrations planned for the British Admiralty and major armament firms.
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Admiralty
Liebe German Laboratory
M. Eugene Royer
Lyons
Medals Awarded to Crew of Vancouver Steamer Monteagre
The British Board of Trade received eight silver medals and two bronze medals with diplomas from President Millerand of France for crew members of the Monteagre of Vancouver. They are recognized for aiding the French steamer Hsin Tien after its wreck on April 8, 1921. The medals and diplomas will be forwarded.
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British Board of Trade
Millerand
France
Monteagre
Vancouver
B.C
Japan's large bathhouse opens in North Yokohama
The white brick complex offers separate dressing and bathing rooms, a barber shop, lunch room, and reading room with current newspapers. A bath costs half a cent, a hair cut one and a half cents, and two shares cost a nickel. Tea and reading room access are free.
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Japan
Yokohama
Immigration From Europe Shows Big Increase During The Past Year
Canada sees a sharp rise in continental European immigration for the year ended March 31 1921. European arrivals surged 224 percent from 1920 while British Isles and U S immigration grew modestly. The report breaks out by sex occupation and provincial destination, noting heavy European intake among farmers and laborers and detailing counts for Nova Scotia Quebec Ontario and other provinces along with Chinese and Japanese immigration trends and head tax figures.
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Canada
British Isles
United States
Europe
Ocean Ports
Ocean
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Move to end oleomargarine import in Canada source
A. W. Neill of the Independent Comox Alberni announces his intention in the House to move that oleomargarine manufacture and importation be discontinued in Canada after September 1 next. The notice reflects a push to ban oleomargarine production and importation nationwide.
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A. W. Neill
Comox Alberni
Canada
Wasp Nest Survival Rumor Spreads Through History
A saying notes that winter kills most wasps in a nest, with only a few female survivors hibernating in holes or beneath stones. This belief reflects older observations of insect overwintering behavior and may echo folk biology rather than modern entomology.
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