Canada Sees Surplus Reducing National Debt in Strong Budget
Hon. J A Robb presents a March 1 budget showing a 1928 29 surplus of 70 million and a debt payoff of 113 million over two years. Tax relief includes lower sales tax postage cuts and tariff reductions while CN Rail returns to profit and revenues rise with growing trade and industry.
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Dominion of Canada
J. A. Robb
House of Commons
Dominion
Canada
Europe
Confederation
Robb
Pobh
Canadian National Railways
C.N.R
Trade and Commerce of
Timber line reach on Mt Orizaba and major ranges
The highest timber line is on Mt Orizaba in Mexico at 14 000 feet. In the Alps Himalayas and Rockies trees extend toward the summits to about 10 000 feet where they appear as wind blown, mangled bushes.
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Mt. Orizaba
Mexico
Alps
Himalayas
Rocky Mountains
New Land Under Cultivation in Western Canada
Western Canada saw extensive new farm areas brought under cultivation with last year’s figures showing about 2.5 million acres of Canadian Government free homestead lands settled across four western provinces. A total of 15 566 homesteads filed, each 160 acres, up from 6 357 in 1927. Also notes the Great Britain population has one motor vehicle per 21 people. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator claims to drive worms from the system safely and effectively.
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Canada
Bierce's critical line to California authoress
A California authoress sent a manuscript to Ambrose Bierce asking for one sentence of criticism. Bierce replied that the covers of her book are too far apart, provoking widespread murmur along the Pacific coast.
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California
Ambrose Bierce
Pacific Coast
Woman Proposes Divorce Move Across Indo China Districts
A local report notes a girl in several Indo-Chinese districts makes a marriage proposal and also initiates divorce moves. The article frames her as taking leading action in both proposals.
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Indo-China
Bee Breath Reveals Hive Health Across Seasons
Professor G H Vansell of the University of California devised an apparatus to measure carbon dioxide and water vapor emitted by a bee colony in winter and summer. The study indicates bee respiration reflects hive health and offers insights into colony behavior across seasons.
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G. H. Vansell
University of California
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Pain Free Relief
An advertisement urges using Putnam's Corn Extractor at first signs of a callous to prevent and remove corns. It claims pain free removal for hard or soft corns on toes or between them and emphasizes “Putnam's Corn Extractor” as the agent that does the work and roots out the corn.
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Putnam’s
Putnam's
Predicts Library Of Aerial Photographs In Canada
President J W Pierce announced at the Dominion Land Surveyors convention in Ottawa that Canada will build a library of one million aerial photographs over ten years to inventory natural resources. He noted 250 000 photos covering coast to coast are already assembled and used under the Topographical Survey of Canada.
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Canada
J. W. Pierce
D.L.S
Dominion Land Surveyors
Ottawa
Topographical Survey of Canada
Department of the Interior
Baby's Own Tablets Praise and Use Across Canada
Thousands of mothers endorse Baby's Own Tablets as a preventive and remedy for childhood ailments. Mrs. Donat Ploudre of Tingwick Quebec praises their safety and effectiveness in keeping children healthy, noting she always keeps a box at home. The tablets are a mild laxative, regulate bowels, ease stomach upset, aid teething, and are guaranteed drug free. Available from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co. Brockville Ont for 25 cents a box.
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Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Alberta's Natural Resources Promising West's Industrial Future
The Ottawa Citizen highlights Alberta's vast natural resources coal oil minerals lumber water power and fertile land. It envisions future industries growing in the Canadian west with capital and organization turning agriculture toward manufacturing through industrial chemistry by century's end. The piece notes government handovers of western resources as part of a national heritage.
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Alberta
Ottawa Citizen
Washington's Second Inaugural Address Noted as Shortest
The source states that George Washington's second inaugural address contained 134 words and is regarded as the shortest in U.S. presidential history.
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George Washington
United States
Western Canada Air Mail Vote Signals New Service
Parliament votes reveal a likely year plan to launch an air mail network in western Canada. Increased funding for post office air mail operations and defense department air routes suggests contracts to build the Winnipeg Calgary and Regina Saskatoon Edmonton links, plus beacon and emergency landing field work. Additional agricultural funding boosts cold storage seed grain control experimental farms and seed farm grants.
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Canada
Winnipeg-Calgary
Post Office Department
National Defence Department
Defence Department
Winnipeg
Calgary
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Department of Agriculture
Department
Empire Bureau of Research
Fiji Islanders Live Cheap and Content in Colonial Report
The 1927 British colonial report notes Fiji as a peaceful society with low work burden and no rent. Every Fijian belongs to a land-owning unit and may use tribal land for crops or cattle. Villagers receive a house built by their community and pay no rent for land or home beyond contributing to communal labor.
Going Upstairs Had to Sit Down Breath So Short
Mrs H Brousseau of Magog Quebec describes years of breathlessness and heart palpitations followed by relief after using a tonic from The T Milburn Co Toronto. She reports immediate improvement and no shortness of breath after taking three boxes. Sold 50 cents per box at druggists or mailing direct.
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T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Buckley
W. K. Buckley
Mutual St
The Maid Leaves to Marry Her Husband in California
Mrs. Jones questions the maid Jane about a long voyage to California. Jane replies that she belongs to her husband and that if anything happens it will be his loss, not hers.
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California
Jane
Mrs. Jones
Fire Alarm Sparks Rome Burning Tale
In a village history excerpt the fire that consumed Rome is explored with questions about its cause. Authorities consider whether crossed wires or a lit cigarette started the blaze as residents note the dramatic ruin.
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Rome
Marshall Stillman Movement Aims Convict Rehabilitation
The Marshall Stillman Movement works to aid discharged convicts by catching them as they leave prison and offering pathways to reform. Its clubs have been central, and the last year saw job-focused ventures using former inmates as employees, achieving a 100 percent record with no backsliders.
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Marshall Stillman
States
United States
Chicago Science Monitor
Buffaloes Shipped From Government Park to Italy
Three buffaloes from the government park at Wainwright were sent to Italy. They were segregated for three weeks and tamed before the long journey. The animals were shipped to the Royal Italian Government for placement in a state park.
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Wainwright
Italy
New Inventions and Hazards Highlight 19th Century Notes
Minard’s Liniment marketed for grippe and flu. A combined saxophone and bagpipe instrument debuts. Scientists report the discovery of a new lethal gas recently.
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Minard
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