Aim Of Colonization Body To Bring Under Production Great Tracts Of Idle Land
The Canadian Colonization Association declares 1923 will start with a push to settle idle land. Officials say land listings along railways surge, with owners offering hundreds of thousands of acres on 32 year terms. Prospective settlers include Norwegian American tenants, American Poles, Danish American families, and large UK recruitment, all coordinated with a national land settlement plan to boost production.
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Canadian Colonization Association
M. A Brown
Seward Everett
National Land Settlement Oif
Winnipeg
Ite
United States
United Kingdom
Dominion
Canada
West
Goveronments
Striv
Boy Scouts Urge Public Support To Sustain Movement
In accepting election to the Provincial Council, General Sir Arthur Currie sets an example of active support for the Scouts. The article notes the need for leaders and patrons as public interest wanes and stresses the Scouts' code of honor, wartime value, and lasting citizenship benefits evidenced by loyalty during London air raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts’ Association
Arthur Currie
Scout Movement
London
Montreal Star
The Secret of Profitable Dairying Cow Testing Worthwhile
A Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage pamphlet argues cow testing boosts milk output and farm profitability. Testimonies from Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and New Brunswick claim testing clarifies performance, guides feeding, and helps select good cows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Furnaces Reach End of 250 Year Old Glassworks Era
The Whitefriars Glassworks furnaces, owned by James Powell and Son, will be allowed to go out marking the city’s loss of an old industry. New works at Wealdstone Harrow continue as Glasshouse Works empties. Fires in new furnaces burn at 1406 degrees C, while the Carmelites site area once known Alsatia, famed in Nigel Fortunes, becomes a place officers avoid.
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Whitefriars
James Powell and Son
Carmelites
London
Nigel
Windfall Inheritance From Scotland Overestimated
A man discusses an inheritance claim from an old uncle in Scotland. He clarifies the sum is not two thousand pounds due to possible postage or costs on the initial payment, suggesting a smaller windfall than expected.
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Scotland
Isolating the influenza germ hailed as future defense
Dol Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute announces the isolation of the influenza germ, a milestone with no immediate cure but potential for antitoxin development. The piece stresses continued health warnings and cautious behavior to curb spread, noting the war’s high death toll and praising the Rockefeller Institute’s work.
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Dol. Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Iit
Discoveries in China Attract Swedish Paleontology Expedition
Upsala University sees international interest as the Swedish paleontological expedition in China reports great finds. A mesozoic deposit near Shantung yields dinosaurs turtles and fishes while an eocene site contains reptiles and mammals. Dr Otto Zdansky and others have unearthed similar remains at Paotechu and will ship specimens to Upsala University. Dr Seven Hedin plans a new Asian expedition with a full Swedish expert staff.
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Upsala University
China
Natural History Department
Anderson
Shantung
Paotechu
Otto Zdansky
Seven Hedin
Asia
Viscount Grey and His Bird Sanctuary Pleasures
The London Morning Post notes Viscount Grey values bird life beyond science, focusing on character and beauty. He maintains a bird sanctuary where robins feed from his hand and he studies nest architecture, emphasizing living with birds as friends to truly know them.
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Lord Grey
London Morning Post
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dyeing For Women
Women are told Diamond Dyes make dyeing or tinting worn dresses skirts waists coats stockings sweaters coverings draperies hangings easy for any woman. The packaging claims no spotting fading streaking or running and advises buyers to tell their druggist the fabric type wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Dialogue on rejection and sudden action in a humorous exchange
A mock debate between Fresh Primus and Fresh Secundus unfolds about handling heartbreak. Primus questions how to react when a girl rejects him. Secundus responds with a drastic, comic line about leaving her to fall to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Lyre
Canadian Eggs Top English Market Says Winnipeg Speaker
R B Hunter told Winnipeg Poultry Association that Canadian egg production in 1922 nearly doubled from the prior year reaching 256 million dozens. Exports reached 3.619 million dozen with imports around 7.504 million. Per capita consumption neared six eggs weekly, and English demand gave Canadian eggs first preference amid calls for faster, better handling to reduce deterioration.
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Canal
R. B. Hunter
Winnipeg Poultry Association
Canada
Hunter
First International Newspaper Exhibition Opens in Prague
The first international newspaper exhibition has opened in Prague with more than 450 papers from around the world. Organizers aim to gather newspapers by nationality scope and advertising, with many papers from the United States Great Britain India France South America Canada Japan China Persia and European nations.
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Prague
United States
Great Britain
India
France
South America
Canada
Japan
China
Persia
Airplane Aids Paris Firefighters From Above
An aircraft equipped with wireless gear hovered over a large Paris blaze near the Arc de Triomphe. The airman relayed fire progress and the location of a petrol stock that exploded. He warned that the roof was about to collapse within ten minutes, aiding firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arc de Triomphe
Paris
Britain Holds Budget Balance Boosts Pound Across Markets
Britain stands alone among European belligerents in budgeting success as the pound strengthens against the dollar. Economists cite repayment of wartime loans and restored credit abroad, with sterling near old gold parity by December. The rise follows coal strikes and rail stoppages impacting US trade, plus Canada’s dollar parity reestablishment aided by Canadian borrowing.
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Britain
New York
United States
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