Canada’s Aggregate Trade Surges Over Fourteen Years
An analysis shows Canada rising to fifth in 1927 among world trade powers, with per capita measures highlighting even stronger gains. From 1913 to 1928 Canada’s aggregate trade grew 114 percent, with exports leaping 215 percent and imports up 57 percent, signaling continued growth into the present year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
France
India
Japan
Italy
Argentina
Netherlands
New Zealand
Iitish India
The Value of University Training Sayings by Newman
John Henry Newman argues that university training raises the intellectual tone of society purifies national taste and directs popular aspirations. It offers clear opinion formation eloquent expression and disciplined judgment enabling one to see reality and argue effectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Newman
Practical daytime dress pattern with surplice bodice
Thrifty women will find this pattern appealing for everyday wear. The design features a surplice bodice, slightly flared two piece skirt, and a shirred right side girdle with a left side sash. Style No. 359 offers fabrics from sheer wool to canton crepe and lists sizes from 16 to 42 inches bust priced at 25 cents.
Copper Production Outlook for Canada Within Five Years
Experts from the Mines Branch of the Department of the Interior project Canada will produce about 250000 tons of metallic copper annually within five years. Most refined product would go to the United States until a Canadian smelter is established and the Trail, B C plant reopens after ore supply resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Department of the Interior
United States
Trail
B.C
Granby Consolidated
Copper Mountain
Tacoma
Wash
Greenland-Iceland Route as Best Transatlantic Air Path
Prof W B Hobbs of the University of Michigan, drafting tentative plans for a fourth Greenland expedition, argues the Greenland Iceland route offers the safest regular air travel. He cites superior far north weather and shorter water jumps versus traditional ship lanes to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Greenland
Iceland
Prof. Hobbs
Europe
Supplementary Ration For Breeding Poultry
Kentville Nova Scotia Experimental Station tested feeding lays with cod liver oil raw liver bone meal and other supplements added to a standard ration. Trials split into two parts showed cod liver oil pens had the highest hatchability in eggs laid, per the 1927 station report circulated by Agriculture Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentville
N.S
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Manitoba Cordage reports year of steady progress
The Manitoba Cordage Company notes a year of steady progress with hemp plantings totaling about 1200 acres, up from 600 acres in 1927. Four hundred acres were grown at Rheim Saskatchewan. Manufacturing output is meeting favorable reception and business is gradually expanding.
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Manitoba Cordage Company
Rheim
Saskatchewan
Care of Cut Flowers by Purchaser
Care of cut flowers requires owner action. When opening a florist box stems often contain air. Trim half an inch from the stem ends and immerse in warm water until submerged to restore water flow to the flowers.
Memorial Pot Pioneer Near Lethbridge
A stone cairn memorial near Lethbridge Alberta honors Nicholas Sheran the 1872 pioneer who discovered a coal mine. His fort Benton market lay 200 miles away and he hauled coal with bull teams enduring weeks of hardship and toil.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Nicholas Sheran
Fort Benton
Pattern No Neme Town Champagne Made From Local Grapes
Pattern No Neme town champagne can only be produced from stapes grown within an area limited by the French Government. Local regulations restrict grape sources to designated plots.
Do You Claim Your Wife Caused His Plight
A dialogue quotes a husband blaming his wife for his ruin by “high handed ways” after she allegedly caused him to lose three good jobs. The exchange portrays a domestic dispute framed as calamity.
New Lieutenant Governor J. D. McGregor Installed
A recent photo shows J. D. McGregor with his wife and two sons. McGregor was named by Rt. Hon. Mackenzie King to fill Manitoba’s lieutenant governor post after the death of T. Arthur Burrows. Mrs McGregor will host at Government House while Kenneth and Allan McGregor assist at home farms in New York and North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. McGregor
McGregor
Mackenzie King
Manitoba
T. Arthur Burrows
Government House
Kenneth
Allan McGregor
New York
North Dakota
First Letter Carried by International Air Mail Century Ago
A historical survey traces the early air mail milestone and surveys East Africa’s potential link to a British dominion including Tanganyika Uganda and Kenya. It notes colonial administration and a royal balloon voyage that predated modern aircraft framing today’s rapid global communication advances.
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International Air Mail
East Africa
Tanganyika
Britain
Uganda
Kenya
Edward Hilton Young
United States
Nairobi
Rhodesia
Union of South Africa
Manitoba Free Press
Winnipeg
Netherlands
Willem I
Robert Holland
Monck Mason
Charles Green
North Sea Channel
London
J. W. May
Weilburg
Germany
Hague
King Wellem
Holland
Dutch East Indies
Willem
Batavia
Sourabaya
Snow Garbed Rockies On Skis In Tonquin Valley Trip
Four men report excellent skiing in the Tonquin Valley after a three day exploration base at a log cabin. They visited Chrome Lake Amethyst Lake Moat Lake and Tonquin Hill base with five feet of snow on elklands and abundant wildlife including caribou deer moose wolverine and lynx observed along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonquin Valley
Warden Macklin
Frank Borstrom
Joe Weiss
R. Morrison
Jasper
Chrome Lake
Amethyst Lake
Moat Lake
Tonquin Hill
Elklands
Maccarib Pass
Portal Creek
Edith Cavell Motor Road
Athabraska Valley
Maligne Canyon
Medicine Lake Cabin
Maligne Lake
Reindeer Experiment Fails in Swiss Winter Sports Plan
Two of four reindeer released in Chateau d'Oex last spring survive after a hot summer killed two males and two young calves. The initiative aimed to provide reindeer powered skij peering to replace horses, disappointing winter sports enthusiasts.
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Switzerland
Chateau d’Oex
Doubt Over Pepys Birthplace in London Tavern Tablet
A tablet on a London tavern claims Samuel Pepys was born in the house on that site but there is doubt. Some say he was born in London while others propose a Huntind ershire town.
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London
Samuel Pepys
Huntinedershire
St David's Claims City Status From Pembrokeshire
The small town of St David's in Pembrokeshire England with a famous cathedral asserts city status though it contains only three streets and fewer than one hundred houses.
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St. David's
Pembrokeshire
England
Auto Trail Reaches The Pas After Rough Saskatoon Run
The second car to travel from Saskatoon to The Pas arrived recently marking a novel trek over rough trails and tote roads. The motorists were F. E. Smith and B. Johnson of Saskatoon. no car had made the trip since 1924 when John Brennan drove over logs and muskegs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Sasi
Pas
FE. E. Smith
8. Johnson
John Brennan
Farm Foreclosure Relief Cited In Sharp Phrase
A rural property owner laments a foreclosure deed that relieved him of his farm. Local pedestrians urge safety amid tense comments as officials weigh agricultural relief issues.
Ancestral Fatalities Mentioned In Quebec Dialogue
A fragment mentions ancestors dying of throat trouble with a sharp joke about laryngitis and a rope. The line evokes dark humor in a Spanish phrase Buen ifunio from Madrid.
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Buen Ifunio
Madrid
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Michigan
Edith Eisler
Toronto
Dominions
Mexico
Seton
Sis
MacDermot Ave
Neme
New Dominion
Rockies
Auto Blazes
Northern
Pratt
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