Plan to found new western municipalities on village system
James H Ramage of Crestwynd Saskatchewan outlines a plan to lay the foundation for new towns on a village model. He proposes a central main street through each township linking roads power lines and services to form an all season transport artery reducing need for railway expansion. He envisions large farm settlements facing the main street with defined land use and a projected population growth across Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba and the Peace River district.
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Recest
Ortuh
Canada
James H Ramage
Crestwynd
Sask
Mr. Ramage
Ramage
Saskatchewan
First Rocky Mountain News Bulletin Found in Canada
An 1881 charcoal printed bulletin written by A. E. Tregent, found by Mrs R A Chowne and sent to England, details a near drowning and a foot injury near Banff. Major A B Rogers led the pathfinders. Rogers was swept away by his pony, saved by Tom Wilson.
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Rocky Mountains
R.A. Chowne
Vancouver
England
Tregent
A. E. Tregent
Guildford
Surrey
Tom Wilson
Banff
Bulletin
Canadian Pacific Railway
A. B. Rogers
Bath Creek
Bow River
Great Divide
Means Hard Work Not New Shortcuts for Change
The passage argues that today requires true effort and hard work rather than new ideas or loud rhetoric. It emphasizes enduring truths that progress comes through persistent labor, not flashy promises or high pressure techniques.
Government to press Zuider Zee reclamation despite cost
Parliament hears minister of waterways state the Zuider Zee project will continue with a spending tally reaching 200 million guilders by January 1. He cites employment gains of 2,000 workers for ten years as justification amid unemployment.
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Zuider Zee
Notable Medical Scientist Charles Sherrington
Medical scientist Charles Sherrington aged 74 gains worldwide renown for his discoveries on the nervous system. He founded a social circle at St Thomas's and writes poetry, with a volume of verse in print.
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Charles Sherrington
Seth Pritish
St. Thomas's
Joome
Hog batch graded in Dredwing 1683 yields 3172008
A hog lot from Dredwing in the year 1683 was graded with a total of 3 172 008 units. The record notes the high yield from the shipment and the date tied to the assessment.
Trim Little Ensemble Hat and Glove Pattern
A brief pattern feature presents three hat styles with matching gloves. Views A B C show inky blue ribbed crepe, D offers a brimmed hat in wool weaves then summer versions in pastels. Pattern 895 comes in small to large, price 20 cents in stamps or coin.
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Paris
Hog Marketing Outlook for Canada in 1932
The Agriculture Department in Ottawa reports 1932 per capita pig consumption at a record 817 pounds. The hog outlook favors producers with an upward trend despite possible short term price dips. Market supply should rise modestly then substantially, boosting feed grain demand and trimming unfinished hogs. Export prospects are satisfactory and quality enhancements loom as key to future gains.
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Canada
Agriculture Situation Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Sleigh Drivers Falter as Moscow Shifts to Taxis
In Soviet Russia the war on private enterprise ends the Izvostchiks sleigh business in Moscow. Once the city’s gay midnight rides with gypsy music fade as municipal taxis planned to replace them with only 500 cabs for 3.5 million residents.
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Soviet
Russia
Moscow
Parade of party guests and a photo moment
A photographer consoles a nervous boy at a party as he guides him to smile for a flashlight photo with a girl. The piece closes with a provocative question about parachute safety contrasting a leap from a plane without one.
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Sonny
Insect Collection to Move to New Encyclopedic Block
The Natural History Museum will house its unrivaled insect collection in a six story block of 140 feet by the western edge of the existing block. Plans for half the block are nearly complete and construction may start next year. The Entomological Block will serve experts at the Imperial Institute of Entomology to fight locusts flies caterpillars and other pests threatening global crops.
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The
Natural History Museum
Imperial Institute of Entomology
Menace Of Low Grade Seed Warns Growers
The Agricultural Situation bulletin warns that low grade seed harms Canada’s export reputation and domestic market. It urges growers to save seed only from clean fields so it can be cleaned to grade No. 1, noting profitable prices for high grade seed and losses for low grade seed.
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Canada
Agricultural Situation Bulletin
British Columbia Salmon Livers Rich in Vitamin A Study
Canadian researchers report salmon liver oil from British Columbia is rich in Vitamin A despite low oil content in livers. Spring salmon from the Skeena area yielded the richest samples with Vancouver Spring livers following. Coho pink and chum livers were less potent while iodine values were high, suggesting health benefits and goitre prevention.
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British Columbia
Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station
Prince Rupert
Biological Board of Canada
Dominion Minister of Fisheries
Skeena River
Vancouver
Retiring Scottish Agriculturist Sir Robert Grieg Noted Canadian Ties
Sir Robert Grieg, 60, retiring permanent secretary of Scotland's agriculture department, is remembered in western Canada as a Carnevale settler in the early 1890s and as a farm manager for John Macqueen. He later visited Canada in 1908 and 1932, advised on agricultural research, and earned the M D for war service in France. He was born in Balcaryie Fife and educated at Edinburgh University.
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Sir Robert Grieg
Department of Agriculture
Scotland
Canada
Carnevale
Sask
John Macqueen
National Research Council
Ottawa
Sir Robert
Balcariie
Fife
Edinburgh University
Chester
Newcastle
Aberdeen
Board of Agriculture
France
Curing Pork Temperatures for Safe Dry Curing
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes that pork and other meats left to freeze on the surface before interior escape may still yield pleasant flavor if cooled gradually. Meat stops absorbing salt below 36 degrees Fahrenheit, so dry curing must occur in a room that stays above this temperature.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Three Welshmen Praise Beer in Inn Toast
In a humorous inn scene three Welshmen praise a glass of beer. Each man claims it is the best he has ever tasted, sharing a simple mutual compliment in a playful exchange.
Braille Pocket Diary Published for the Blind
The National Institute for the Blind in London has published a Braille pocket diary for the first time. It uses a loose leaf system with a small Braille writing frame to record engagements. The piece notes the Smiths appear in London’s new directory on page fourteen.
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London
National Institute For the Blind
A Very Ancient Sport Skiing portrayed as ancient world sport
An exhibition in Berlin shows skiing as one of the oldest sports. Stone age drawings from Sweden depict skiers chasing reindeer, while peat bog skis reveal early wooden examples. Medieval Europe valued ski matches, and after a long lull the sport now counts hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts.
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Berlin
Sweden
Scandinavia
Bits Of British Wit and a Punches of News
A Punch article notes a rare good song amid many fair tunes and mentions San Francisco's aerial Black Maria donated by a society for criminal uplift. It recalls a kitchen explosion sending a maid through a Bloomsbury window and jokes about Irish deadlock with a writer urging both sides to unite.
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San Francisco
Bloomsbury
Lond Punch
Fragmentary note on buying sheets and blankets
A reader record shows a garbled exchange about purchasing bed linens and where to record the expense. The text includes phrases about sheets, pillow cases, blankets, and an unclear budget or cover charge reference.
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Lancus Medical Scientist
Abe U. 29
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
By Ruth Fogers
McDermot Ave
Winnpeg
Paveratte
Pepert
Britain
Dominion
Prairies
Dominion Ride
Robert Grieg
Smiths
New Directory
Palace OF the Soviets
Empire State Blog
ZoracHs
William Zorach
Nicholai Lenin
Red Square
Empire State Building
New York
Lenin
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