An Opportunity For Canada to Boost Tourism
Editorial in Lethbridge Herald urges Canada to launch a US outreach campaign. It argues heavy US currency discounts drive Americans to Canada, proposing the Canadian Chamber of Commerce fund a publicity drive in US papers to promote Canadian travel and shopping with favorable exchange rates and duty rules.
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Canada
United States
Europe
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Lethbridge Herald
Hog Grading Rules in Canada Gazette Aim to Protect Producers
New hog grading regulations take effect immediately in the Canada Gazette. They end flat price trading by commission men and enforce official grades with price differentials. The reform guarantees original producers the premium tied to select bacon and extends grading to all hog trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada Gazette
New Musical Machine Aids Composers by Father Nicola
Inventor Father Garzidon Nicola from Cortona Italy unveils a keyboard attached device that records notes on a staff as composers play, preventing missed note combinations. A vast building planned on Tatoosh Island aims to endure earthquakes and 120 mph winds. A mechanical robot assists in sorting letters. A joke exchange shows a man asking to change money and a response from Faun Vienna.
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Father Garzi Don Nicola
Cortona
Italy
Bonus For Better Hogs Bacon Type Boar Policy Announced
Hon Robert Weir announces a bacon type hog policy to boost production. The federal department will buy suitable boars for farmers clubs and pay transportation, with bonuses of 20 and 15 dollars for advanced and approved boats upon service records. At least ten farmers must form a club with one broad sow each. Bonuses are paid jointly by Dominion and provincial governments.
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Robert Weir
Dominion
Federal Department
Cattle Freight Rates Fall for Saint John to UK Routes
Saint John shipments to Birkenhead or Glasgow see freight cuts of 20 percent. Large cattle drop to 12 per head and small to 10.80, with a total 2 000 to 3 000 head capacity across ten sailings from February to April. Minister Robert Weir announced the change after months of negotiation with steamship companies. Minor handling fee reductions are also noted as efforts to extend savings.
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Saint John
N.B
Birkenhead
Glasgow
Robert Weir
Weir
New Plane Aims To Cut Canadian Airmail Costs
A Curtiss-Reid test flight in Montreal introduced the Courier, a high wing monoplane designed for economical mail service. Built by I Vachon R N Bell and John A D McCurdy, it reaches 140 mph with 5½ hour endurance and 30 ft wingspan.
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Canada
Curtiss-Reid
Montreal
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
I. Vachon
R. N. Bell
John A. D. McCurdy
Should Work Both Ways Ploughman Tale with Pruning Hedge Advice
A frugal English clergyman notices his ploughman James resting on the plough handle and questions the idle hour. James quips that the clergyman should cut the hedge with pruning shears and peel potatoes in the pulpit when the sermon hawks them.
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James
Alberta Cow Sets Canada Milk And Butter Records
Mona Pontiac Walger a four year old Holstein on the CPR Strathmore Alberta farm produced 30464 pounds of milk and 1160 pounds of butter in 1931 becoming the first Alberta cow to exceed 30000 pounds of milk in a year Primrose Lily Pietje another Holstein on the same farm set the Canada butter record with 1210 pounds and was second in milk production that year.
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Mona Pontiac Walger
Canadian Pacific Railway
Strathmore
Alberta
Canada
Primrose Lily Pietje
Hat prices in London cause Aberdeen departure
An Aberdeen man in London asks a shopman for hat prices and learns a guinea equals twenty one shillings while noting Aberdeen could offer cheaper hats. The exchange turns to talk of Aberdeen before the traveler asks again about hat prices. Separately engineers estimate San Francisco's 4200 foot suspension bridge will be long but not the longest possible, with a practical limit near 10000 feet.
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London
Aberdonian
Aberdeen
San Francisco
Boehler Demonstrates Bone Fracture Fixation Method
Dr Lorenz Boehler in Vienna showed X rays of a metal nail technique to mend fractured bones. He presented several patients including an elderly woman who now walks normally. The report notes a separate Indian rulers system within the Indian Empire spanning 708 states.
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Lorenz Boehler
Vienna
Austria
Boehler
Plan Proved Success By The Cow Sow Hen Sheep Plan
The Minneapolis Tribune agricul tural editor Charles F. Collisson and publisher Frederick E Murphy credit a ten year plan for boosting farm buying power by 1679 dollars yearly. Diversified farming across Minnesota and four Northwestern States lifted revenues by 700 million in ten years. Dairy and poultry output rose sharply with butter value at 125 million annually and eggs and poultry at 80 million. The article argues farmer education and proper bookkeeping improve results, countering city interference.
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Charles F. Collisson
Minneapolis Tribune
Frederick E Murphy
Collisson
Congress
Georgia
Minnesota
North America
Northwest
Tuen
Kiwanis Magazine
Bottle finds its way home across the Gulf Stream
William Van Alen, New York skyscraper designer, sent a bottle with his address from Paris and it returned to Millport House In Tiree Argyllshire Scotland. Campbell found the bottle and returned it after about 2000 miles traveled by the Gulf Stream.
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Gulf Stream
Scotland
William van Alen
New York
Beaux Arts
Paris
van Alen
Millport House
Hynish Tiree
Argyllshire
Campbell
The Difference Rastus Gag Cartoon Line
The gag line features Rastus declaring men pay two dollars for a wanted item while women pay one dollar for an unwanted one. Sambo responds with curiosity as the setup plays on gendered shopping humor in a vintage caricature.
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Rastus
Sambo
Las
First Swedish Steam Engine Built in 1728
The first Swedish steam engine was built in 1728 eight years before James Watt's birth, as announced by the director of the Technical Museum of Stockholm.
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James Watt
Technical Museum of
Stockholm
Turnip Dug Up Resembling Human Hand Found in Scotland
A turnip unearthed at New Elgin Scotland has a shape close to a human hand with four fingers and a thumb. The oddly formed vegetable drew attention from locals who reported the find.
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New Elgin
Scotland
Cottonseed Flour Gains Favor as Food Source
The article notes that cottonseed flour, praised for its vitamin B and G content, is gaining popularity as a food ingredient.
Thirteen Highland Cattle Seen on Sabbath Field
A misty Sunday in the Highlands finds a father and son walking from the kirk. They count cattle grazing in a field, the boy noting twelve animals, while the father corrects him that there are thirteen.
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Highlands
Kirk
Angus
Littleton Reservoir Narrative and Witty Maxims
The piece describes Littleton Reservoir near London as the world’s largest human made water body with a four and a half mile circumference. It then offers a series of aphoristic lines urging timely action and lighthearted cautions about happiness and lawfulness.
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Littleton
London
England
Planning a Year Round Garden for Canadian Winters
Garden planning boosts success and pleasure in tough winters. Use diary notes, arrange sun and shade properly, space rows for crops, and rotate planting to avoid soil disease. Farm equipment or rentals aid large plots. heighten yields with fertilizer, straight rows, and a rough scale plan. Include continuous blooming with colorful flower clumps from spring to September frost.
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Canada
Three In One Shaving Guy Earns Half Crown
A man visiting a country town went to the local barber for a shave. The barber cut him, and used a paper patch to stop the bleeding. Afterward the man paid half a crown and praised the barber as a barber butcher and paperhanger in one.
New Association Proposed for Pure Bred Sheep Breeders
A strong sentiment across British Columbia favors creating a separate pure bred sheep breeders association apart from the BC Sheep Breeders Association. The current group cannot handle the detailed work needed for the pure bred segment of the industry.
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British Columbia
B.C
Sheep Breeders’ Association
Life Statement Sparks Debate on Self Worth
A provocative remark asserts that personal value hinges on inner belief. Critics urge reflection on mental health and societal pressures while supporters argue for autonomy in defining meaning. Public reactions reveal diverse views on motivation and self worth.
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Florida
Tatoosh Island
Washington
Faun
Studdy
Eve
Arem
Rwzo Sp
Britain
Tilbury Dock
Admiralty
Old Country
St. John
Post Office Department
C.P.R
Boeing
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