Nova Scotia creamery plan and 1000 horses to Australia
The Nova Scotia Government announces a Sydney creamery project. An arrangement is completed to ship nearly 1000 horses from interior British Columbia to Australia this summer. Ontario minister Charles McCrae says nine geological exploration parties will operate in the province this summer. Toronto Chinese groups raise funds to rebury 406 Chinese remains in Ontario back to China. Canada Japan trade grows per James A Langley. A Dowson campaign for Red Cross funds runs May 24 to July 1. Illinois farmers plough at night to plant corn. Potatoes from Europe and North America are banned from Canada. Sir Herbert Uniacke, Nova Scotia-born general, becomes lieutenant of the Tower of London.
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Charles McCrae
Ontario
Sir Herbert Uniacke
Nova Scotia
Tower of London
Col
C. J. Uniacke
Royal Artillery
Canadian War Claims Total Fifty Million
Interim report by James Friel KC shows about 1,497 awards issued for Great War losses with total claims reaching fifty million dollars. Nine million dollars likely to be paid. final report awaited by cabinet subcommittee before Parliament approval in the next session.
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James Friel
Moncton
Germany
Votes for Women Arguments in Montreal Meeting
Prof Carrie Derick challenged claims of female inferiority at a suffrage meeting in Montreal. She cited biological data showing similar proportions of mental instability among men and women, arguing genius is rare and normal female aptitudes support everyday national work.
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Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Carrie Derick
Montreal
Derick
Simple Frock Designs For Young Women and Misses
The article promotes No 22 a smart crepe frock with stand collar back opening and gathered shoulders at a low waist. Sizes 16 18 20 years priced 20 cents with a 36 bust size 18 requiring 1% yards of crepe. It also advertises a fashion book for home dressmakers priced 10 cents per copy.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
A fragmented item lists an address at 17 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and mentions pattern ordering. The text references a newspaper union and a pattern number, with unclear formatting and names.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipec
White Star adds the SS Calgaric to St Lawrence fleet
The SS Calgaric a 16963 ton liner joins the White Star Line Canadian service linking Glasgow via direct service from St Lawrence to Liverpool. The ship features multiple decks with glass enclosed A deck lounges gymnas ium and verandah cafe. It includes wireless and submarine signalling apparatus water tight bulkheads emergency lighting and an elevator connecting all decks.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Liverpool
Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool ends first year with big turnover
The Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool reports 1926 year end figures showing 1,19,817 dozen eggs and 16,000 pounds of poultry handled, a turnover of 557117 dollars, share capital 12374 dollars, and reserve 7700 dollars. President Mrs Bertha Holmes leads a board of largely farmwives from 52 creameries governing 16000 members.
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Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries, Ltd
Regina
Saskatchewan Co-operative Poultry Producers, Ltd
Keg and Poultry Pool
Creameries’ Association
The
Saskatchewan Fog and Poultry Pool
Bertha Holmes
Asquith, Sask
Passport origins and the autograph telegrams note
The writer traces passport etymology from Latin to French, explaining passe port as pass the gate and safe conduct. They also mention French postal authorities establishing autograph telegrams with sender signatures reproduced at message end.
Electricity costs drop in Canada since 1915
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a 31.3 percent fall in residential electricity prices from 1915 to 1926. Canada also leads world in per capita electricity from central power stations.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Worm Powders Claim Quick Cure For Intestinal Worms
An advertisement asserts Miller's Worm Powders rapidly alter stomach and bowel conditions to sweep away parasites. It promises the medicine destroys all worms and benefits the boy's health. A separate item notes a 25 word will disposing of property over $1,000 was written on a bridge score card by a Mineola, New York woman.
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Mineola
New York
Canadian Pro Jim Rimmer Named For British Golf Team Visit
The Royal Canadian Golf Association lists Jim Rimmer of Jasper Park Lodge as a likely member of the Canadian team to meet the British professionals in a summer visit. Rimmer, formerly pro at Bidston Club Cheshire, has two classic wins including Alberta's 1926 professional championship and was runner up in the Western Open to Ned McKercher of the Minaki lodge course.
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Canada
Tiem
Jim Rimmer
Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper National Park
Alberta
B. I. Anderson
Royal Canadian Diel Association
Rimonser
Jim
Bidston
Cheshire
A. G. Havens
Canadian National Railways
Ned McKerpa
Minaki Lodge
Canada Exports Wool: Superior Product Kept for Abroad
G E O'Brien of the Canadian Co operative Wool Growers explains Canadian wool is strong and high quality yet unsuitable for underwear due to foreign matter from the feeding. Domestic demand lags as exporters fetch better prices in England and the United States, with 300000 pounds sent to London Liverpool Hamburg and 560000 pounds to the United States.
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Canada
G. E. O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
England
United States
London
Liverpool
Hamburg
Prairie elevator boom under way across western Canada
Grain exchange circles and the Canadian Wheat Pool foresee record Western crops fueling a surge in elevator capacity. The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool plans 57 new or acquired elevators, boosting total to 644, with locations chosen by two year delivery thresholds. Manitoba's United Grain Growers advances ten towns with new structures, plus leases on government owned sites. Alberta also sees multiple new elevators planned this year.
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Canada
Canadian Wheat Pool
Prairies
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan
United Grain Growers’ Limited
Manitoba
Alberta
Swedish Plan to Rename Residents to Cut Common Surnames
In Stockholm the postal department proposes a government premium to residents who will change their names to reduce common surnames. The directive follows a note that the Andersons alone fill 28 pages of the Stockholm directory.
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Stockholm
Livestock Feeding Station Opposed by Canadian Producers
A 22 acre site at Saskatoon is optioned by the Livestock Producers of Canada for a livestock feeding station to be established in Edmonton where thousands of head are fed each winter. The text also mentions a frost covered radio scene and unrelated notes on remedies and German biology.
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Livestock Producers of
Canada
Saskatoon
Edmonton
John
Firestone Dips Carcass Cords in Rubber Solution
A highly magnified view shows a Firestone Gum Dipped Balloon Tire carcass cord unwinding into 15 cords of cotton fibers. The cords are saturated in rubber to boost strength and minimize friction, promising longer mileage and safer, more comfortable tires.
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Firestone
Cheapest Is Not Best Men
A study contrasts the Tientsin to Gobi transport with American coal shipments. It shows Chinese workers earning a few cents daily beside costly U S freight systems, arguing wage scale and capital investment determine true economy.
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Tientsin
China
Gobi
Cooles
Tidewater
Tientsin- Gobi
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
California
Mrs. I. Hicks
J. Hicks
Golden Medical Discovery
Dr. Pierce
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Shane
White Star Line
St. Lawrence
Percival
Chamberlain
GOLF
Tion
Firestone Tire & Rubber CO OF Canada Limited
Hamilton, Ontario
Nrestone
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Windsor
Ont
T. Milburn Co., Limited
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Hubbard Oven Company
Queen West
Cassese
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