Pocket Garden shows new dehydration saves Arctic fare
The New York Independent reports a MacMillan expedition carried fresh fruit and vegetables to Baffin Land using a new dehydration method. Fruits and vegetables are dried, transported in paper bags, later rehydrated in water to regain freshness.
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New York Independent
Arctic
MacMillan
Baffin Land
The
Independent
Canada
Caldwell
Horticultural Investigation Branch
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Health of Dairy Cattle and Purebred Disease Risk
The Veterinary Director General states that intensive feeding for high milk production can lower disease resistance, but proper infection precautions keep health intact. He also says a pure-bred herd is feasible if precautions are taken, and accredited herd systems ensure purchases from tuberculosis-free stock.
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Dominion
Immigration totals rise as Canada nears 100000 mark
For eight months ending November 30 Canada saw 76575 arriving immigrants with 53296 at ocean ports and 23279 from the United States. Water arrivals included farmers, laborers, mechanics, traders, domestics and miners. Hindu and Japanese immigration has almost ceased.
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Canada
United States
British Isles
British plan to tax German toys under safeguarding act
The British Board of Trade appointed a committee to study imposing a special duty on German toys sold in Great Britain. The measure aims to protect British makers from German goods priced below domestic production costs due to currency depreciation.
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Britain
Great Britain
British Board of Trade
Blucher Palace Bought by American Firm in Berlin Deal
American Mail and Empire cable reports a 44,000,000 mark real estate transaction in Berlin. The Blucher Palace in the Pariser Platz passes to Latvian-born Zmuding who plans to convert it into an office building for an American bank.
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Blucher Palace
American Mail
Empire Cable
London
Brelin
Pariser Plantz
Zmuding
Hide Market Woes Lift Prairie Hides and Wool
Prairie markets firm as hides regain value with eastern buyers paying 45 to 14 for two grades in Montreal and Toronto. Prairie production runs around 700 thousand hides yearly with most graded No 2, while leather costs rise to 65 cents per pound. Western tanners show mixed bids as trade shifts from war peaks. Wool output is expected to drop after heavy animal culling.
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Prairies
Winnipeg
Calgary
Montreal
Toronto
Chicago
Canada
Prairie
Ontario
Wireless for police in Chicago soon
The city will equip every policeman with a pocket wireless telephone allowing instant reception of messages from headquarters anywhere. The device functions as a one way receiver. officers hear signals via a coat lining antenna and can not send replies while on patrol.
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Chicago
Rheims to be Rebuilt Within Five Years
Marquis Melchoir de Polignac, head of the Co operative Society for the Reconstruction of Rheims, forecasts rebuilding the city within five years and completing at most six or seven years. He estimates total work at 1,000,000,000 francs with 100,000,000 for reparations and 960,000,000 for reconstruction, funded by 200,005,000 francs yearly for five years under credits arranged with the Department of Public Works.
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Rheims
Melchoir de Polignac
Co-operative Society For
Department of Public Works
Northern Oil District to be mapped in 1922
Willis J. West of Edmonton estimates the Fort Norman oil field’s extent will be clarified in 1922 as more prospectors head north. He notes steady development preferred, with a gradual influx, and cites a river steamer route covering 1000 miles per trip. Vegetables grow widely and potatoes reach Fort Good Hope near the Arctic Circle.
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Fort Norman
Willis J. West
Edmonton
Fort Good Hope
Arctic Circle
Nascopie Breaks Arctic Reindeer Transport Record
Hudsons Bay Company steamer Nascopie completes two trips to the Arctic in a single season arriving at Halifax with cargoes. The second voyage carried over seven hundred Norwegian reindeer for the North American Reindeer Company project in Baffin Land.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Nascopie
Halifax
Arctic Ocean
North American Reindeer Company
Baffin Land
Home Industry Promotes Local Merchants in Town
A slogan urging readers to shop locally encourages supporting town merchants. The note emphasizes benefits of patronizing hometown businesses and sustaining community commerce.
Three sugar factories operate in Canada this year
Three sugar factories are currently operating in Canada producing about 38 million pounds annually. All plants are located in Western Ontario and manufacture sugar from Canadian beets.
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Canada
Ontario
Agricultural Education Reaches Excellence in Canada
Canada showcases its agricultural colleges with Ontario Guelph Manitoba Winnipeg and Macdonald Montreal teams excelling at the Chicago Livestock Exposition. Ontario students Walsh White Rathby top marks. Ontario leads in aggregate as Canadian farming education receives government support to expand training nationwide.
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Canada
Dominion
Ontario Agricultural College of
Re, White
G. E. Rathby
Ontario
Ohio
United States
Agricultural Instruction Act
Alberta
Alberta Agricultural College
Edmonton
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Agricultural College
Winnipeg
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Guelph
Macdonald College
Montreal
Quebec
Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere
la Trappe
Oka
Laval University
Canada Dairy Industry in 1920 Prices and Production
The 1920 Canadian dairy sector saw butter average 56.96 cents per lb, creamery butter output 11,691,718 lbs valued at 63,625,203 dollars, and cheese production 149,201,856 lbs valued at 39,100,872 dollars. Nova Scotia and British Columbia led dairy factory gains. 3,161 factories operated, including 1,045 creameries and 1,683 cheese factories, with 1,718,999 cows supplying milk. Exports totaled 58,345,022 dollars in value. 1,104,625 lbs of butter and 479,934 lbs of cheese were imported.
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Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Russians Organize Coal Trust In Donetz Basin
A Russian company has organized a trust for three large coal and iron properties in the Donetz Basin after receiving a government concession and a 25,100,000 gold ruble loan. The South Russian Steel Company forms the trust, replacing former English Belgian and French operators who dominated Ukrainian industry.
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Donetz Basin
South Russian Steel Company
Chin chilla coat spotted in morning crowd
Wife points out a chinchilla coat on a woman ahead while the husband shows little attention from his dozing during a Chicago Tribune morning scene.
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Chicago Tribune
Movable Schools Open In Bulgaria For Agricultural Extension
Thirteen movable schools operate as equipment for agricultural extension in Bulgaria. Each school employs trained staff and offers courses ranging from one week to one month. Last year the total attendance reached 23,000.
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Bulgaria
Russia seeks economic conference headline from Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal reports on a Real Want item titled Russia wants economic conference. The piece blends the headline with a quirky line about the leg of a chicken and stray thoughts, reflecting a clipped, fragmentary OCR style in the era’s newspaper voice.
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Russia
Ottawa Journal
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Lucerne
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