Canada’s Leading Role in Global Narcotics Control
An overview of Canada’s long history in drug legislation and international cooperation. From 1908 laws on opium to 1926 tightening measures, deportations of traffickers, and penalties up to seven years and $1000 fines, Canada spotlights anti narcotics work amid East West trade routes and League of Nations ideals.
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League of Nations
League
Canada
Dominion
The
Hague
Plans For New Dominion In Palestine Dominion Move
A movement aims to make Palestine a permanent Dominion within the British Empire after the mandate term ends. The plan mirrors other liberal imperial reorganizations and seeks formal sovereignty under British crown.
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Palestine
League of Nations
Tourist quotes about farmers and rhinos in Cologne joke note
Ancestry of satire from Lustige Keiner Zeitung in Cologne features a tourist remark that a farmer would not mind if a dozen ears of corn vanished. The joke pivots on calling someone a rhinoceros as an insult to the animal.
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Lustige Keiner Zeitung
Cologne
Fashion Pattern No 104 for girls under twelve
The notice promotes pattern No 104 a vestee and bloomers for girls aged 6 to 14 with durable fabrics and elastic casings. It notes 1 1/2 yards of 40 inch material for an 8 year old and lists suitable fabrics. Price 25 cents pattern plus 10 cents for Emb. No. 11135 blue. Optional Fashion Magazine copy costs 10 cents.
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Batiste
Paris
Aid To Agriculture In Western Canada Planting Trees Improves Prairie
Planting trees from Indian Head and Sutherland nursery stations is improving agricultural diversity across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Shelterbelts are expanding with apple and small fruit orchards vegetable gardens and home beautification through shrubs flower beds and lawns.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Indian Head
Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Alberta Poultry Sets New Value Peak in 1928
Alberta records a new high in poultry value for 1928 per the Poultry Commissioner J. H. Hare with 6,213,706 fowl on farms up from 5,853,000 in 1927 and a total value of 6,095,298 dollars, up from 4,421,000. The counts include 1,398,214 turkeys 200,922 geese 99,258 ducks and 5,496,130 other fowl.
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Alberta
J. H. Hare
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
How To Order Patterns Address in Winnipeg
A brief Winnipeg notice lists Pattern No. 1eetween Size and the mailing address for the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. It outlines ordering guidance and contact details for pattern requests.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Industrial Agent Appointed for Manitoba District
Industrial agent appointed to Manitoba district under Canadian National Railways policy to aid Western Canada development by assisting industry establishment. Mr. Chambers will base headquarters in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Canadian National Railways
Western
Canada
Chambers
Winnipeg
Index To Growth Of Prairie Provinces
The article summarizes growth in western Canadian production from 1900 to 1920. It notes acres brought into production rose from 3.6 million in 1900 to 13.6 million by 1910, and to 30.235 million by 1920. It highlights continued annual increases of at least one million acres and cites Dominion statistics of 37,80,000 acres in production by last year.
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Prairrie
Ottawa
Natural Resources
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
West
French judge tests prisoner with role reversal
In Valence a judge asked a murder defendant to imagine the judge as the culprit and to sentence him. The prisoner replied I have killed I deserve to be killed Kill me. The court sentenced him to death.
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Valence
France
Largest carpet laid in London tea lounge at New Empire Theatre
A rug claimed to be the world’s largest carpet was laid in the tea lounge of the New Empire Theatre in London. Weaving occurred in Czecho-Slovakia due to loom size limits, at a cost of 25 dollars per square yard.
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New Empire Theatre
London
England
A Good Time Does Not Depend On Price
A lighthearted note suggests enjoyment is not solely tied to cost and that value comes from experience. It hints at choosing experiences over pricey options and finding happiness in simple pleasures.
Rates Of Seeding Grass and Legumes
A report from the Lacombe Alberta Experimental Station details seeding rates for grasses and legumes including rye grass timothy alfalfa sweet clover and brome. It notes moisture levels affect outcomes with rye grass thriving in dry years and timothy in moist years. Recommended rates vary by species and conditions to balance yield quality and stand longevity.
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Lacombe
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Reed
Butter consumption leads Canada to export decline
Canada houses the world’s largest butter buyers with per capita use at 27 pounds a year, ten pounds higher than the United States. Growing home demand and tourist needs cut exports as tourists consume nearly 15 million pounds annually. Ontario and Quebec top dairy output while the western provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta now contribute about one third of Canada’s total dairy production, with a shift from 200 cars imported fourteen years ago to millions of pounds exported today.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western
House of Parliament
G.P.O
New York
Foley
Indiana University
Dialog Fragments Explore Loss and Family Mystery
A short exchange contrasts a child’s question about where light goes with a blunt jab about a missing father. The dialogue hints at grief, absence, and the tangled emotions in a troubled household.
Auxiliary Schooner Patrols Arctic Coast for RCMP
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police add the auxiliary schooner Lt. Roch to patrol Canada's western Arctic coast from Herschel Island to Cambridge Bay. Built in North Vancouver, 95 by 24 feet, 7 knots, 175 tons, with 125 horsepower diesel engines and wireless, the vessel will enable year round dispatches and supply distribution along six detachments including Aklavik and Langton Bay.
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Hudson's Bay Co
Herschel Island
Aklavik
Paillie Island
Cape Bathurst
Langton Bay
Bernard Harbor
Cambridge Bay
Great Arctic
Victoria Land
Herschel
Arctic
Roch
Canadian Arctic
Bering Strait
Coronation Gulf
Point Barrow
Alaska
St. Roch
St. Roche
North Vancouver
Burrard Dry Dock Co
St Roch
Vancouver
Edmonton
Ottawa
Family quarrels across generations and life
A reflection on recurring family conflicts that span decades from Cain onward. The piece notes how brief periods of coldness can consume a large share of a lifetime, urging harmony despite pride and distance among relatives.
Not Just What He Meant
A young attorney in his first case represents a farmer suing a railway company for pig losses. He tries to magnify the injury to the jury by noting Twenty four pigs and stating the number is twice the jurors in the box.
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Nurober
Lifelong optimist dies at 102 after grim boyhood
A man once deemed beyond cure by doctors for his youth dies at 102. He loved football above all, declaring it his favorite game, while a companion quips venison as her dish of choice.
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J. A. Amyot
Department of Pensions and National Health
C. H. L. Sharman
New Dominion
Alberta Poultry
Neme
J. E. Chambers
Maud
Quebec City
R.C.M.P
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Boothia Peninsula
Arectic Circle
Dorfoarbier
Perlin
Cain and
Abel
Richard S. Bond
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