Notable Rise of Western Men
Premier Bracken reorganizes his cabinet signaling an election. The key change is K A Hoey advancing to Minister of Education. Hoey, an Irish immigrant who arrived in 1909, rose from washroom work to Wesley College graduate and Ottawa MP. The Liberal party will face voters with new leader Hugh A. Robson, a Winnipeg lawyer born in England.
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Bracken
Manitoba
K A Hoey
Hoey
Canada
Ireland
Montreal
Port Frances
Wesley College
Winnipeg
Farmers’ Movement
Ottawa
Liberal Party
Hugh A. Robson
K.C
T. C. Norris
Roblin
Norris
Rising Farmers’ Party
John Bracken
Robson
Saskatchewan
England
Regina
Toronto Globe
Legume Inoculation Explained for Soil Enrichment
A Dominion Experimental Farm pamphlet urges inoculation of legumes when soil bacteria for the crop are scarce or depleted. It notes signs such as lack of root nodules or previous failures, and recommends obtaining the pamphlet from Ottawa’s Publicational Branch, Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Old Gentleman and Young Man Collision Leads to Charity Fund
A fragment shows a collision between an old gentleman and a young man. The young man apologizes and offers a charitable donation via an unsigned check. The scene hints at anonymity and a request for subscription.
World’s Porcelsin Tower of China Tallest Wonder
The Porcelsin Tower of China stood outside An king’s gate on a Buddhist monastic site. Octagonal and nine stories tall, it reached 261 feet with a porcelain tiled body and copper roof. Each floor housed a gilded room with green tiled cornices and 152 bells. The 24 ton iron ball atop held monastery treasures. Built over nineteen years, it completed in 1430 at about 3.3 million Canadian dollars, later destroyed by lightning fire and war.
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China
Anking
New York Times
Muskegs Along Hudson Bay Railway Could Prove Profitable
Northern Manitoba muskegs along the Hudson Bay Railway are described as valuable raw material. Science shows they can be used to manufacture alcohol and to produce humic acid based fertilizer. The muskegs lack tannic acid and offer potential for new northern industries beyond mining, fishing, and papermaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Railway
Manitoba
Hudson’s Bay Railway
Canada
Giant Douglas Fir Legend Reported Near Duncan B C
Indian tradition speaks of a colossal Douglas fir on Mount Sickler near Duncan B C with an alleged 100 foot trunk circumference and over 500 feet in height. If real it would surpass Canada’s tallest trees and rival California’s Sequoias. native accounts claim the Cowichan district hosts Canada’s largest maple with a 40 foot circumference at five feet.
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Mount Sickler
Duncan
B.C
Canada
California
Cowichan
Airplanes to Deliver Household Goods Soon
John W. Scott of a major Chicago store envisions planes delivering parcels from city shops to suburban stations for final mile by car. He cites spools of thread fur coats lettuce and apple sauce as examples, highlighting a coordinated air and land delivery system.
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John W. Scott
Chicago
Scott
Alberta Creameries Join Dairy Pool Network
About forty creameries in Alberta will be included in the dairy pool this season. The move covers nearly half of the province's creameries and indicates the pool handles a large percentage of dairy business in the northern half of Alberta.
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Alberta
Forest Friend ash tray for trail riding in Jasper Park
Major Fred Liewster markets a saddle hung ash tray for smokers on the trail in Jasper National Park. The device attaches to the pommel and keeps ashes away as riders travel the rugged routes.
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Jasper National Park
Fred Liewster
Rocky Mountain
Ang Outfitter
Brewster
B C Claims Egg Record By British Hen Pullet
The largest egg attributed to a British hen reportedly weighs 6% ounces with a 9% inch circumference at the ends and middle. owned by Mr. Graham of Whonneck B C the white Leghorn pullet laid it. The bird hatched April 17 at F E Pullens poultry farm. A local woman, mother of two, was heard urging her older son to stop Bobby from misbehaving.
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Graham
Whonneck
B.C
F. E. Pullen
Joe
Bobby
Lengthening Life Expectancy Through Progress in Health
Toronto Globe notes rising life expectancy aided by medical advances and welfare groups. Experts predict averages climbing beyond seventy toward eighty or even a hundred as research targets cancer, pneumonia and other diseases, supported by government bureaus, insurers, and the Red Cross.
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Ufe
William J. Mayo
Lee K. Frankel
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
Red Cross Society
Toronto Globe
Pilgrimage Draws Thousands to Palm Tree Cult at Sogota
Thousands of peasants travel to Sogota Village in Paba district to pray to a purported anti worshipping palm tree. The palm supposedly bends at sunrise and noon, rising again at sunset while Bose Institute scientists investigate the phenomenon.
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Sogota
Paba
Bose Institute
Jagadis Bose
Faridpur
Powerful Canadian radio station planned for Red Deer Alberta
Alberta Pacific Grain Co announces a major radio project to erect a station in Red Deer with studios in Calgary and Edmonton controlled remotely from Red Deer. The plan includes a permanent provincial radio inspector to oversee the system. The comment notes that lack of service can mislead about discretion.
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Canada
Red Deer
Alberta
Alberta Pacific Grain Co
Calgary
Edmonton
Fine Family Seeks New Life In Alberta Farms
Fine Family from Somersetshire England ease to Ashmont north of Edmonton Alberta to take up land. Eight boys and six girls settle to farm with CP Railways promoting colonization. They plan to introduce cream junkets from Zomerzet county and may become provincial figures.
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George Sutherley
Somersetshire
England
Ashmont
Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Pacific Railways
West
Zomerzet
Remarkable Kafue Bridge Lifting in Northern Rhodesia
In the sweltering heat of Northern Rhodesia workers lift the 1589 foot Kafue railway bridge with 28 hydraulic jacks to raise it five feet, using native crews under supervision. The process uses wedges and concrete blocks, requiring 1000 blocks 1800 bags of cement and extensive timber at a cost of 35000 dollars.
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Capetown
Northern
Rhodesia
Africa
Kafue
Letter from Wang Seeks Bank Position in Hushed Times
A non political, authentic letter received by a major financial house states Wang seeks a bank job. He touts flexible brains, Pekin University top rank, typing skill, adequate English, and good references. He explains his last job ended after a large man died and offers to arrive on a date the recipient can guess.
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China
Wang
Pekin University
Origin of Robinson Crusoe in Defoe's Youth Tales
St Nicholas Magazine notes Daniel Defoe drew on early memories from a basket maker sailor and a Bristol man named Alexander Selkirk. Defoe’s boyhood observations of a sea tale survivor and a tombstone inscription inspired the Robinson Crusoe background and themes.
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Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
St. Nicholas Magazine
Defoe
James Fitzroy
Duke of Monmouth
James II
England
Bristol
Alexander Selkirk
London traffic and fashion amid historic price talk
In a humorous exchange a wife boasts a self made hat while the husband mocks high fashion costs. The dialogue shifts to London streets in 1661 with coach congestion illustrating early traffic control efforts.
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London
Preserving Old Totem Poles Becomes Outdoor Exhibit Plan
An outdoor panoramic totem pole museum is under construction in Western Canada. The Department of Indian Affairs with Government Museum experts preserves poles to prevent decay for permanent exhibits. Harlan L Smith supervised work in Kitwanga during 1925 26 and this year at Gytseryuda and nearby stations. About thirty three poles will be viewable from trains and one hundred by car within fifteen miles of Canadian National Railways stations.
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Inc.c
Canada
Department of Indian Affairs
Harlan L Smith
Government Museum
Kitwanga
British Columbia
Gytseryuda
Canadian National Railways
Old Bill the Omnibus Fined for Speeding in Funeral Run
In Willesden, Old Bill the London omnibus, famed for wartime service in France, was cited for speeding while carrying funeral wreaths. Driver John V Proudman received a 19 shillings fine after the court noted the bus’s war service and naval brass tablet.
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Old Bill
London Omnibus
France
London
England
Buckingham Palace
Men's Society
Willesden
John V Proudman
Bill
Italian Farm Colony Established in Winnipeg District
An Italian colony led by Signorina Italia Garibaldi is formed in the Winnipeg district. Two and a half sections totaling 1 560 acres were purchased as the settlement core. The first group of 20 skilled agriculturists from North Italy arrived in May to dairying poultry farming and truck growing.
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Winnipeg
Signorina Italia Garibaldi
Italy
Levett and
Alonso
Manitoba
Tulon
Forests of Canada Drive Value and Jobs
Canada’s forests rank just behind agriculture in product value and contribute a quarter of exports. They account for 20 percent of railway freight and boost passenger earnings via tourism. The sector employs over 97,000 workers directly.
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Forests of
Canada
Gentleman farmer involved in airfield gun incident near Bournemouth
A man described as a gentleman farmer fired at an aircraft near Bournemouth in what is treated as a troubling airfield incident. The remark contrasts social labels with practical farming knowledge, noting real farmers would distinguish aircraft from birds.
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Bournemouth
England
Morton Pioneered Ether Sleep In 1846 Boston
Artificial sleep by ether was first produced by Dr. William T. G. Morton in 1846 in Boston, marking a landmark in medical history.
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William T. G. Morton
Boston
Guesswork and vanity in a curt reflection
A men speak of luck and judgment when outcomes align with their guesses. The quote contrasts belief in insight with empty boasting and warns that a beautiful woman lacking personality resembles an electric bulb without current.
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Porcelsin Tower
Duncan, B.C
Peasants of
India
Hage
South Africa
Paris
Omnibus
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