Canada Keeps Police in Province as RCMP Not Assumed
Alberta provincial police will continue to enforce law and order in the province and will not be replaced by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The King held an investiture at Buckingham Palace as 100 plus recipients received honors.
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Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
George Badgerow
Toronto
King George
Federal House
Robert Gardiner
U.F.A
Germany
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chinese Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
Agnes MacPhail
Buckingham Palace
Compulsory Return Addresses Considered by Postal Department
The Post Office Department spends about half a million dollars annually on a special directory service for carelessly addressed mail. Repeated public warnings urge proper wrapping and addressing. The idea is to require return addresses on all letters and parcels to ease the taxpayer burden and promote a standard of care.
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Post Office Department
Industrial Growth in Manitoba Builds Boom in 1930
Manitoba building activity shows strong growth with permits for two buildings totaling over 6 million dollars and many more permits in the 100000 dollar class. The outlook promises a record year for Winnipeg and the province.
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Winnipeg
Province of
Manitoba
Cunard Leads Atlantic Passenger Traffic in 1929
Arthur Randles reports Cunard and Associated Lines carried 265,734 passengers on regular transatlantic sailings in 1929. Canadian service liners tallied 65,510. Anchor-Donaldson 20,097. Cunard Canadian 45,413. Including cruises and Havana service, total rises to 286,197, up 17,030 from 1928, with optimism for a strong year ahead.
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Cunard and Associated Lines
Atlantic
Arthur Randles
Canada
Cunard and Anchor-Donaldson Lines
Cunard
Anchor-Donaldson
Cunard Line
Anchor
Mr. Randies
Havana
Randles
Edmonton Spring Show Encourages Amateur Calf Exhibitors
The Edmonton Spring Show runs April 8 to 12 with emphasis on children in farm homes. To broaden access, entrants who have won first prize before are barred this year. District prizes by Edmonton Stock Yards are split into three levels to boost amateur entries across districts.
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Edmonton
Red Deer
Reindeer Trek Aims to Feed Northern Canada Herd Details
A. E. Porsild reports from the Alaska to Mackenzie trek that the herd includes 2,890 females 307 bucks and over 300 steers. Steers are used to haul about 50 sleds with camp gear and to supply fresh meat to northern herders. The lead caravan uses two unharnessed steers to break trail.
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Alaska
Mackenzie
Northwest Territories
Canada
A. E. Porsild
Department of the Interior
Forestry records show BC pole and pile cut in 1929
The Forestry Department reports that 39,453,489 lineal feet of poles and piles were cut in British Columbia during 1929, an increase of 8,000,000 feet from 1928.
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Forestry Department
British Columbia
Saskatchewan Lumber Mills Rise from 10 to 13 in 1929
Saskatchewan lumber production data show the number of sawmills increasing from ten in 1928 to thirteen in 1929, reflecting growing outputs in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Shipwrecked Sailor Finds Humor in Cannibal Gaze
A shipwreck tale features a sailor asking why a cannibal stares so intently and a companion quipping that he must be the food inspector, delivering dark humor in a tense moment aboard.
Saskatchewan Poultry Leaders Eye Overseas Markets
Mrs. John Holmes reports Canada's keen interest in the World's Poultry Congress in London. Canada shipped 5000 cases of eggs via the Panama Canal under the CPP brand, seeking foreign markets as domestic consumption nears parity. She notes Hudson Bay route as a potential alternative and contrasts Saskatchewan and British Columbia in production methods and assembly times.
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Canadian Poultry Pool
Crystal Palace
London
England
John Holmes
Saskatchewan Cooperative Poultry Producers
Canada
Edmonton
British Columbia
Panama Canal
Britain
C.P.P
Hudson Bay
Holmes
Panama
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
See-Through Operation Screen Exceeds Views in Paris
A Paris invention named the scialyscope uses prisms and a periscope-like system to enlarge an operation three times and project it on a screen in an adjacent room. It allows many doctors and medical students to observe while hearing the surgeon explain each step.
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Paris
Smothering Spells Prompt Kelowna Woman to Seek Help
Mrs T W Roth of Kelowna British Columbia reports over a year of smothering spells that made walking painful due to gasping for breath. A friend advised her to try a course of treatment or remedy.
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T. W. Roth
Kelowna, B.c
Price 50c Box Offers Remedy By The Milburn Co
A patient reports quick relief after using the product. The label promotes strong results and recommends use for general well being. Price is 50 cents per box, available at druggists and dealers or mailed by The T. Milburn Co. Limited, Toronto, Ont.
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T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Names Given to British Columbia Creeks Reflect Prospectors Past
A reflective travel piece lists creeks across British Columbia named by early prospectors and travelers. It catalogs Gold and Silver creeks, creature and mood based names, and river side naming traditions along the Canadian National Railways and St. Mary's River. The author notes hopeful treasures, vanished plans, and the enduring humor in place names like Hell-roarin Creek and Sob and A Smile Creek.
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British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
Greasy Bill
St. Mary's River
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Priest
Monk
Kettle River
Jasper Park
Stuart Lake Country
Frypan Mountains
Rock Summit
Pyramid
Lost Ledge
Bugaboo Creek
Twobit Creek
Value of Game Preservation in Saskatchewan
The 1929 shooting season yields rough estimates: about 2,500 big game animals legally killed in Saskatchewan, with roughly 90 percent near 17 game preserves. The value of all game shot is estimated at not less than $1,000,000, underscoring the financial importance of game protection and preserves.
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Saskatchewan
Entomological Labs Guard Wheat Crops in Prairie Provinces
Entomological laboratories are maintained in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta by the Entomological Branch of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa. They carry out investigations to develop practical pest control methods to protect wheat and other crops from damaging insects.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Parachute Sale Promises Easy Returns from Helpful Clerk
An aviator buys a parachute from a friendly new salesman who assures a replacement if the first one fails. The offer underscores eager customer service as a confidence builder in a risky purchase.
Field Stone Picker Refuses Aid as Stranger Vanishes
A passerby in New England offered farm relief to a stone picker who refused, saying he did not own the land and was not as poor as he appeared. The stranger departed after the rebuff.
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New England
Canada’s World Firsts and Innovations Through History
A list of historic Canadian achievements across science and industry. It credits Canada with pioneering steam navigation, compound engines, submarine telegraph, electric stoves, Standard Time, panoramic cameras, long distance telephone trials, and electric heating among others, noting insulin as a recent entry.
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Canada
Tom Wilson
Hamilton
Paris
Brantford
Britain’s prisons and barracks face surplus and closures
Since 1914 Britain has closed twenty seven prisons including Maidstone jail as prison populations drop by seventy percent. Surplus military barracks, notably Sheffield, stem from army downsizing and reorganization with concentration in defined training zones. Parliament weighs razing London’s Wandsworth and Pentonville to make working class housing.
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Maidstone
United Kingdom
Sheffield
Sheffield Barracks
England
London
Wandsworth
Pentonville
New Dictionary Adds Enplane and De Plane Terms
The American New Standard Dictionary will include two new words enplane and de plane with high ratings. An editor notes these terms mirror entrain and detrain in railway usage and apply to air transport as formal vocabulary.
Minerals Needed for Cattle and Feed Comparison
The article notes a cow yields 14 pounds of minerals per ton of milk or 56 pounds annually. It states one ton of alfalfa hay provides 163 pounds of minerals and one pound of alfalfa has more calcium than 100 pounds of corn.
Longest Elephant Tusks Record at New York Zoo
The longest authentic elephant tusks measure 11 feet 5 inches and weigh 292 pounds. They are now in the possession of the New York Zoological Society.
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The
New York Zoological Society
Lady Passenger Denies Motherhood as Conductor Accuses Grandmother
A passenger asserts she is not the child’s mother while a conductor replies he would never guess she is the grandmother. The exchange highlights mistaken paternity and age assumptions during the ride.
Parkers in Melbourne Pay 25 Cents for Daily Tickets
Motorists park where spaces appear and hand the issued 25 cent ticket to a policeman. The ticket is valid for one day only. The system governs where cars may be left and ensures daily enforcement.
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Melbourne
Australia
Constipation remedies touted in old ads
An advertisement warns against habit forming laxatives and harsh mineral drugs. It favors Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable laxative that stimulates the liver and cleanses the bowels, claiming the stomach and system gain a tonic boost. Available from druggists in 25c and 75c red packages.
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Carter
Real Economy of New York Taxicabs
A World's Work writer notes New Yorkers pay 160 million dollars yearly to ride in 25 000 taxis, highlighting the taxicab economy's role for city residents. He adds city auto ownership costs, due to high rentals lack of parking and traffic, about 5000 dollars annually for an auto and chauffeur.
Heart disease develops in many children before age ten
A historical report notes that heart disease appears in about 75 percent of cases prior to children reaching ten years old, highlighting early onset concerns and pediatric health risks.
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Narrow Lake
Sioux Lookout
Ont
Mienoas
King OF
Pain
Ltke
N. U
Cunard and Associated Lines’ Atlantic
B.C. Lumber Industry
Saskatchewan Lumber
Zaie Scott TS
Ready For Poultry Congress
Namire
British Columbia Waterways
West
Dominion
United States
Great Britain
Dole
Goughs
SMP
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