A Square Deal for the Settler in Western Canada
The Western Canada Colonization Association aims to recruit the right kind of immigrant for Western Canada with farm experience or aptitude. It seeks provincial land boards listing vacant lands with two year price fixes, maps, and agent sales power to place settlers efficiently. The plan promises a square deal, remove speculation fears, and tie land access to cooperation among municipalities, provinces, railways, and national interests.
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Western
Canada
Western Canada Colonization Association
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Co operative Creameries Shape Saskatchewan Dairy Development
Saskatchewan dairy co operatives include 25 creameries 5 cold storage plants and 3 poultry stations. A 300000 Regina central dairy was built last year. The system began in 1917 under government aid and now operates under farmer control with government funding and a two cent per pound patronage bonus.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Canada
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries, Limited
Edmonton Northern Rail Adds Cars for Peak Passenger Traffic
Due to the heavy northbound passenger flow the Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia Railway expanded service with extra equipment. The latest northbound train carried a group of South American travelers exploring northern possibilities.
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Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia Railway
North Country
Canadian Fish For Army Of Occupation
British War Office awarded Major Hugh Green a contract to supply Canadian fish to Germany, with canned and frozen salmon shipments to England. A London importer notes past wartime gifts were faulty and questions overpink salmon versus chub, urging better quality to protect Canada’s name.
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John McCormac
Winnipeg Free Press
Germany
War Office
Hugh Green
England
Canada
London Chamber of Commerce
London
Migratory Birds Bill Advances In House Debate
The bill to amend the migratory birds convention passed second and third readings in the House. Minister of Agriculture S. F. Tolmic said the measure raises fines for destroying migratory birds in British Columbia where local law set a $300 penalty. He noted some birds covered by the act are valued at more than $100 each.
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S. F. Tolmic
British Columbia
Tolmie
Wireless telegraphy improves to read fifty to hundred words a minute
The latest advance in wireless telegraphy enables an operator to read from 50 to 100 words per minute, marking a notable boost in efficiency and potential communication speed.
British Commission to Decide on Abolishing Cattle Embargo
A commission chaired by Lord Finlay and including Lord Askwith Sir Algernon Firth Sir W Peat and Sir Arthur Shipley will investigate the British embargo on imported livestock. It will determine if lifting the ban would lower meat prices while protecting domestic stock and rebuilding numbers after wartime losses. The issue arose during the Dudley election campaign with Sir Arthur Boscawen Griffith defeated and critics arguing the embargo raises living costs.
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Great Britain
Lord Finlay
Lord Askwith
Algernon Firth
W. Peat
Arthur Shipley
United Kingdom
Britain
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Labor Party
Dudley
Arthur Boscawen Griffith
Laborite
The
Express
Alberta Crop Conditions Favorable Across Province
Alberta reports favorable crop conditions with seeding at or near average across regions. Southern areas show above usual moisture and progress toward May 15 completion near Medicine Hat. Wheat seeding near 60 percent east of Calgary and 15–20 percent in Lethbridge by late April. Eastern districts ahead, northern Alberta busy, and livestock in good winter condition.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Medicine Hall
Lethbridge
Calgary
Red Deer
Lacombe
Edmonton
Edmonton firm plans large scale placer mining in BC
The Ingenika Gold Mining Company, based in Edmonton, will resume operations on its Ingenika River claims in Northern British Columbia this summer. A California placer driller and an experienced gold panner join the crew while negotiations continue for a San Francisco mining expert to lead. A Keystone drill will be moved from Rocky Mountain portage to the mine for surface to bedrock testing. The firm holds forty five miles of river frontage with surface values from three cents to four dollars ninety cents per cubic yard. Officials say a full summer try out may yield the richest find since Klondike days.
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Edmonton
British Columbia
Ingenika Gold Mining Company
Ingenika River
Placer
California
San Francisco
Rocky Mountain Portage
Assay
Klondike
Canada
Corn Belt
Office Boy Requests Afternoon Off for Grandmother's Football Match
A nervous office boy asks for tomorrow afternoon off to attend his grandmother's football match. The brief note accompanies a London Opinion caption on pupil English usage.
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London
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Leader Joins Cabinet
Mr. J. A. Maharg president of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers and Maple Creek member in the Dominion House has accepted a portfolio in the Saskatchewan Government.
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J. A. Maharg
The
Saskatchewan Grain Growers
Maple Creek
Dominion House
Saskatchewan
Newspaper value compared with the novel praised by Blatchford
The Christian Science Monitor notes England’s Mr. Blatchford counted words per penny in a newspaper versus a novel. He cites 63 000 words in the paper against 757 in the novel, highlighting multiple real articles and public figures, better writing, and topical essays in newspapers versus single fiction.
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Robert Blatchford
England
Blatchford
The
Christian Science Monitor
Alberta tests sunflowers seedings yield heavy fodder crops
The Alberta Department of Agriculture reports experiments on sunflower planting times to maximize yields for silage. Highest tonnage came from May 11th plantings, with rows 30 inches apart and thinning to four to eight inches. Fall plowing slight edge over spring. dry land advised for best results.
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Department of Agriculture of
Alberta
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Various kinds of Shorthorn cattle defined by lineage
The article explains several types of Shorthorn cattle including straight Scotch bred, Scotch topped, ordinary Shorthorns, and those descending from early imports without recent Scotch blood. It clarifies how pedigrees and bloodlines categorize these cattle varieties.
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Scotland
Satan Smiles As Woman Falls For Wrong Man
A cryptic line notes a woman’s fall for an unsuitable partner, suggesting moral or social judgment. The phrase implies emotional risk and potential consequences within a cautionary or moralistic frame.
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Satan
Airship expansion and livestock farming shape future Canada
Lieutenant C A Tinker announces a $50 million U S airship network with routes from New York to Chicago and beyond, while Canadian farming shifts toward livestock with emphasis on pasture, fodder crops, and silos. Experts discuss crops like alfalfa, sweet clover, oats, millet, and corn for year round feed and yield.
Air Mail Pilot Sacrificed Life To Save Others
Air mail pilot T. J. Christensen of Chicago died heroically while engine trouble forced a landing in downtown Cleveland. Facing heavy fog he chose a streetless course to protect others, but crash landed near the Erie railroad tracks and was burned in the ensuing fire after his plane overturned and exploded.
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Air Mail
T. J. Christensen
Chicago
Cleveland
Erie Railroad
Scranton
University Roads
Centennial of 1821 Notable Events in England and Paris
In 1821 important milestones occurred including Charles Greene’s coal gas balloon ascent on July 21 and Paris adopting coal gas for lighting. King George IV’s coronation on July 19, Queen Caroline’s death in August, Napoleon’s death on May 5 in St Helena, and the Bank of England’s Soane designed Threadneedle Street building completed in 1821.
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Charles Greene
Paris
Westminster Bridge
England
George IV
Caroline
Napoleon Bonaparte
Longwood
St. Helena
Waterloo
Bank of England
Threadneedle Street
John Soane
Oldest Work of Fiction The Tale of Two Brothers
The Tale of Two Brothers, dated about 3200 years ago, is attributed to Theban scribe Emmam, palace scribe under King Menepthah and believed to be an autograph by a Pharaonic king. Written on 19 papyrus sheets, the antique fiction was bought in Italy by Mme d Orbiney and sold in 1857 to the British Museum where it is kept as the d Orbiney papyrus.
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Emmam
Menepthah
Set II
Italy
Mme. d’'Orbiney
British Museum
d'Orbiney
Raising Turkeys On Hoppers
Farmers in grasshopper infested areas are urged to use turkeys and guinea fow as voracious insect eaters instead of poisoning the bugs. The note suggests buying or importing these birds to reduce grasshopper numbers effectively.
Browning Completes Volume of Poems by Age Twelve
The article notes that Robert Browning finished a volume of poems by the age of twelve, highlighting an extraordinary early achievement in his literary development.
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Robert Browning
Egypt Views Freedom as Gift of English Principles
El Watan quotes gratitude toward England for enabling Egypt to live free and restore its glory. The piece says Egypt's destiny is in English hands and thanks England for listening to Egyptian claims, pledging stronger friendship.
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Egypt
England
el Watan
Mining Coal For Domestic Use Permitted In Western Canada
Regulations from the department of the interior allow mining coal for domestic use in Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Yukon Northwest Territories and the railway belt in British Columbia. Each permit may cover one acre and only one permit is issued per person.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Yukon
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Department of the Interior
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Cys
Tiereteeks Free
Co-operative Creameries
Army of Occupation
British Commission
B.C
Than Klondike
New York
United States
C. A. Tinker
United States Naval Reserve Force
Washington
Tinker
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