Time to Call A Halt in Prosperity Says HBC Leader
Sir Robert Kindersley, governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company and Bank of England director, warns at Calgary that inflation fuels false prosperity and a future financial crisis. He urges immediate productivity and curbing luxuries to restore real prosperity in Canada and the United States.
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Great
Hudson's Bay Company
Robert Kindersley
The
Bank of England
Robert
Western
Canada
Calgary
United States
North American
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian workers urged to revive old values and hard work
The piece argues that newcomers and current Canadians have forgotten the virtues that built the nation. It urges hard work, thrift, and self denial to sustain Canada and avoid hard times, warning that complacency leads to unrest and regret if not reversed.
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Canada
Robert Kindersley
Delivery by Parachute Licenses Allowed for Dropping Packages
The British Air Ministry announced an amendment to the air navigation regulations allowing licenses to be issued to aircraft industry firms to drop packages by parachute. Licenses authorize dropping on approved grounds under specified conditions and durations, with further directions to support the provision.
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British Air Ministry
Secretary of State
A Mother's Advice on Baby's Own Tablets
A mother shares positive results from using Baby's Own Tablets to relieve infant constipation. Mrs P Laforest of St Nazaire Que reports her five month old baby, previously constipated and crying, now weighs twenty pounds after three months on the remedy. The tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
The Pleasure of Reading and Timely Market Thoughts
An essayish note extols reading as a habit and social force likening books to a governess’s role, urging comfort and reflection in a sunlit window seat. It follows with a Winnipeg interview where Edward Brown predicts wheat prices around three dollars per bushel and government price setting similar to last year. Also noted are a claim that tobacco ash could fertilize 10,000 acres and a remark that Japanese auto speed units depend on road width.
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Kansas City
Winnipeg
Edward Brown
Manitoba
Then and Now Apropos of Modern Inventions
From the Ottawa Journal, a reflection on whether the past without Pullmans trains anaesthetics telephones bicycles and other modern wonders truly lacked happiness. The piece invites readers to weigh progress against nostalgia and consider how new tools shaped daily life.
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The
Ottawa Journal
One Great Essential To a Woman's Health is Her Nerves
Advertisement for Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills claiming to restore health for nervous women. Testimonial from Mrs. P. H. Ryan of Sand Point Nova Scotia praises relief after six boxes. Price 50 cents per box, available at dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Ltd Toronto Ontario.
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Milburn
P. H. Ryan
Sand Point
N.S
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Natural Resources Map Promises Value for Canada Info
The natural resources intelligence branch of the Department of the Interior, led by superintendent F C G Lynch, publishes a map detailing Canada’s resources. It marks timber coal precious metals pulp wood furs natural gas oil clay belts and power, with regional notes on Nova Scotia Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia and the Hudson Bay area. It highlights farming fishing mining and prospecting opportunities and even five acre orchard living in fertile valleys.
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Natural Resources Intelligence Branch
Department of the Interior
F. C. G. Lynch
Canada
Nova Scotia
Maritime
Quebec
Ontario
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hudson Bay
British Columbia
Okanagan
Newfoundland Lakes Cover Much of Island Surface
A sizable portion of Newfoundland's terrain is aquatic with nearly a third of the island's area comprised of fresh water lakes. The vast network of lakes shapes the landscape and contributes to regional hydrology.
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Newfoundland
The Farm Workshop and Self-Reliant Tool Use
The Practical Farmer urges farmers to build a home workshop and stock a bench tool kit to perform repairs and improvements on farming implements and buildings. It argues that self-reliance saves money, improves efficiency, and benefits both women and men on the farm.
Experiment Farm Sought for Saskatchewan’s Dry District
Farmers in Saskatchewan’s southwest demand an experimental farm. Prof Bracken notes frost-free period 133 days there versus 73 in the northeast. Delegates in Saskatoon urged the Dominion government to establish an experimental farm in the southwest near Shaunavon or Swift Current for drought and heat wind relief.
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Saskatchewan
Bracken
Agricultural College of
Saskatoon
Indian Head
Rosthern
Scott
Agricultural Societies
Dominion
Shaunavon
C.P.R
Swift Current
Inspection of Eggs Under Canadian Regulations in April
During the latter half of April forty five carloads of eggs, about six hundred fifty thousand dozens, were inspected under Canadian egg regulations with twenty cars in the west and twenty five in the east. Eleven eastern inspections involved cars from Ontario to Toronto, six graded extras and five graded firsts. A car carries 450 to 500 cases or thirteen thousand five hundred to fifteen thousand dozens. The trend shows growing demand for provincial inspection as buyers and sellers prefer inter provincial like practice. Inspection occurs by approval at the point of shipment.
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Ontario
Toronto
Long Distance Wireless Reaches Sea On Major Liners
Striking results from new long-distance Marconi wireless sets installed aboard Cunarders Imperator Mauretania and Carmania prompt rapid expansion to other liners. White Star vessels Olympia Adriatic Baltic Celtic Cedric and Megantic will be equipped and sail from England with direct land intercommunication up to 1 400 miles.
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Marconi
Ramban Trees Blossom Only After Thirty Years
The Ramban trees fail to flower until they reach about three decades of age, delaying fruiting and yields. Local horticulturists note this slow maturation pattern impacts orchard planning and expected harvest timelines.
Canada Britain clash over cheese prices and exports
The British Ministry of Food informs Canada that it will not purchase the new season's Canadian cheese. The importer price cap of 32 cents will be removed soon while the retail price of 1 shilling 8 pence per pound for whole milk cheese remains in force for now. Exports will resume through normal channels.
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Ministry of Food
Cruelty in the Country Litera ture Shapes Farm Habits
An editorial argues farm cruelty persists through outdated methods. It cites slaughter by hitting and bleeding, dehorning with caustic potash, and tail docking on lambs, urging humane practices and modernization.
London's Second Hand Bookshop Over Twenty Miles Shelves
In London a second hand book shop houses over twenty miles of shelves and more than one million books. The vast collection spans numerous subjects and includes rare volumes for collectors and scholars alike.
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London
Butterflies and Caterpillars Resist Bird Predation
Some butterfly and caterpillar species avoid being eaten by birds due to their unpleasant taste, a defense that helps them survive in their habitats.
British Naval Supremacy Challenged by Dreadnought Build Up
Analysis notes Britain holding 33 dreadnoughts while the United States builds 12 with plans for 10 more, and Britain 13 battle cruisers with six more planned. The piece questions US naval expansion despite Wilson's push for arms reduction and mentions the Hood’s $30 million price tag and Japan’s new dreadnought as costly benchmarks.
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Britain
United States
Wilson
League of Nations
British Empire
Hood
Japan
Lift Off Corns With Freezone Cheap and Painless
A drug store remedy named Freezone promises instant relief from corns and calluses with a few drops. The tiny bottle is inexpensive and claims to lift the corn or hard skin from the toe or sole without pain, leaving the root behind.
Motors on the Farms in Ontario Car Ownership Surge
Official statistics show Ontario farmers owned 46,997 passenger cars and 825 trucks last year, more than all cities combined and far more than Toronto. Farmers outpaced all occupations in per person car ownership, with skilled trades second and other groups far behind.
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Ontario
Toronto
Hutterites Decide Alberta Stay Amid Wheat Planting Push
Hutterites in Alberta will remain with Southern Alberta colonies rather than join Manitoba and Saskatchewan Mennonite groups trekking to the Mississippi Valley. Jacob Wiff, head of the Alberta colonies, says the decision keeps them to plant the largest acreage they have yet sown.
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Alberta
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