Britia Emerges as New Mining Town on Vancouver Island
A cluster of frame buildings forms Britia on Vancouver Island's west coast with 375 men and six women staking claims. Three restaurants and a 16 room hotel welcome prospectors arriving by boat three times a month, while ten major developments proceed along the Zeballos river amid high gold values and guarded government sample reports.
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Columbias
Vancouver Island
Zeballos
Zeballos Arm
Barley Yields Limited in Dry Prairie Provinces
Barley production in arid Prairie regions is severely limited by poor yields from unsuitable varieties and late sowing on stubble land. Trebi Hannchen and Regal are best suited for dry areas, with newer smooth-awned types Rex Newal or San Barbs promising. Early sowing helps, but malt barley is unlikely. growers should consider small-acreage production for feed rather than cash malt.
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Prairie Provinces
Regal
Unusual Honor Names Boy Scout Camp Camp Buchan
The Maritime Provinces establish a permanent Boy Scout camp on Prince Edward Island named Camp Buchan with the Lieutenant-Governor gifting the site. The governor general’s nod adds to a growing list of honors. A cheeky exchange about a strong boy suggests a lighthearted bias in the era. The piece notes 64 rooms in No 10 Downing Street as a contrast.
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Canada
Lord Twedsmuir
Maritime Provinces
Prince Edward Island
Buchan
Downing Street
Compulsory Voting Opinions From Canada Advocate
Senator Norman Lambert and Halifax Herald push for mandatory voting in Canada. The Ottawa Journal notes while recognizing human weakness, compulsory voting could boost democratic participation and reduce campaign costs, after citing Australia's high turnout.
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Norman Lambert
National Liberal
Canada
Nova Scotia
Halifax Herald
the Herald
Lambert
Australia
Ottawa Journal
Easy pasteurization method for summer milk at home
Dr. B T McGhie Ontario Deputy Minister of Health endorses a simple low temperature pasteurization using a double boiler. Heat milk to 145 degrees F and hold 30 minutes then cool and use, preserving taste without boiling.
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B. T. McGhie
Ontario
Toronto
Time Is Vital in Europe Says Morison
William S. Morison, a Scottish member of the British government, told Parliament that time is the vital element as conciliation fails. He warned that a rearmed people would deter any dictator and make aggression difficult and dangerous.
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William S. Morison
Europe
Swift Predicted Martian Moons Diameters Remark
The text notes Jonathan Swift suggested Mars has two moons before their discovery. He reportedly stated the inner moon orbits at three planetary diameters from Mars center and the outer moon at five. The claim highlights Swift's uncanny celestial intuition.
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Jonathan Swift
Mars
The Faultline of Certainty Among the Wrong and Right
A reflective line notes that those who are wrong yet confident feel as superior as the rest, highlighting the clash of certainty and humility in judgment.
Eye Grading In Canada And Birds In The Andes
Canadians eat about 23 dozen eggs per year aided by Dominion grading and supervision from producer to consumer. Grade A B and C egg quality governs retail sales with Grade A in Large Medium and Pullet weights. Dark 21 year old Delys Webb travels from London to West Africa and the Andes with her uncle for six months to study diet for rare birds and their life in captivity. She must test feeds from dried flies to honey and worms, facing extreme climates as they chase birds at thirteen thousand feet with vivid plumage.
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Canada
Delys Webb
London
Wilds
West Africa
Andes
the Daily Sketch
Value Of Farm Lands In Canada Holds At 24 An Acre
The Domin ion Bureau of Statistics reports the 1937 average occupied farm land value in Canada is 24 dollars per acre. Since 1928 values declined from 38 to a 1934 low of 23 and have held at 24 since, with gains in some provinces offset by declines in others. Saskatchewan and Alberta remained unchanged.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Linseed Production and Uses in the British Empire
Canada and India lead linseed production in the British Empire. Linseed oil dries and is used in paint varnish linoleum and printing ink, with limited edible uses and soap making. Linseed cake serves as livestock feed interchangeable with other oil cakes.
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Canada
India
Missouri Wit Defines Tact as Corporate Hospitality
A Missouri quip defines tact as making a visiting company feel at home when you wish they were elsewhere. The jokey line highlights small-town humor about business guest etiquette and hospitality norms.
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Wilds
Missouri
Abroad manufacturers roll out baby gas masks and cattle boots
Abroad producers introduce child gas masks and rubber rain boots for cattle as new supplies. The items illustrate wartime or frontier civilian defense measures and agricultural needs expanding into foreign-made goods. The developments imply broader industrial output for household and farming use.
Victorian Order Nurses expand Canada network growth and reach
Miss Elizabeth Smellie, superintendant of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Canada, reports progress during a Western tour. Seven new centres serving 60,000 more people have opened since July, with three Eastern centres to be added. The system now operates 35 centres serving 750,000, with one deficit locality. Three hundred and forty nurses contribute by personality and health, visiting all hours and locations. they are skilled drivers and capable in winter shoveling duties.
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Elizabeth Smellie
Victorian Order of Nurses
Canada
Smellie
Bean Family Returns to Alberta After Cold Middlesbrough Try
Arthur Bean, his wife and seven year old Ida left Eston for farming in Alberta twelve years ago. They recently returned to England hoping to settle, but found old friends unfamiliar, no suitable house, and harsher cold in a Yorkshire farmhouse. They sailed from Liverpool aboard the Montrose with their daughter for winters in Alberta. The piece also notes a steel apple monument in Cordele and a Bulgarian Sofia suburb invasion by wolves during a storm.
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Arthur Bean
Alberta
Middlesbrough
Eston
Ida
England
Grande Prairie
Mr. Bean
Mrs. Bean
Montrose
Liverpool
London Daily Express
Budgeting The Farm Income and Planning Ahead
A Western grain farmer faces uncertain income and expenses. The piece advises careful budgeting using past years as a guide, listing income items from crops and livestock, tallying total income and outgo, and testing scenarios with a blue pencil to prepare for worst cases and possible shortages.
Chiswick House to Undergo Major Repairs and Restoration
The house and 66 acres at Chiswick House will be extensively renovated after Queen Mary urged fixes. The Office of Works and Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council plan restoration of interiors exteriors and grounds, preserving royal memories and historic plots tied to Clarence George Louise Victoria and Maud.
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Chiswick House
George V
Mary
London Daily Sketch
Office of Works
Brentford
Chiswick
Duke of Devonshire
Clarence
Duke of Clarence
George
Louise
Victoria
Maud
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Duke of Burlington
Queen Victoria
Russia
Prussia
Pope and
Gray
Walter Scott
Garibaldi
Chinese General Sees 100 Million Casualties Needed
General Pai Chung-Hsi said China cannot be defeated until 100 million men are lost, calling 500,000 casualties so far "comparatively insignificant." The vice commander admitted China loses three men for every Japanese, suggesting 100 million Chinese would wipe out Japan's male population.
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China
Pai Chung-Hsi
Japan
Imperial Tobacco wage dividends announced for 1937
About 4000 employees of Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada in Ontario and Quebec will share 220000 in a 5 percent wage dividend on 1937 earnings. It is the third year the company has sent this bonus, mainly to Montreal workers.
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Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Ltd
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal
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Skip Gowanlock
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Cordelia, Ga
Sofia
Bulgaria
Joe Yovichin
Regina
King George V
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