Dirigible Air Ships To Be Given Further Tests To Vindicate Their Worth
Germany and Great Britain keep faith in dirigibles after a Graf Zeppelin voyage of 5000 miles and 3.5 days. The airship flew from Friedrichshafen to Haifa and back, passing Lyon Marseille Rome Messina Corfu Crete Cyprus Athens and Vienna. Despite rough weather, the journey boosted support for further tests before regular use.
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Germany
Great Britain
Friedrichshafe
Holy Land
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Lyons
Marseilles
France
Corsica
Rome
Messina
Corfu
Crete
Cyprus
Haifa
Jerusalem
Athens
Adriatic Sea
Hungary
Vienna
Ulm
Friedrichshafen
Eckener
Newfoundland
Mediterranean
Jaffa
Mount Carmel
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Esther
Holy
Nuisance over washing prompts shirt complaint
Ulk Bertin laments ongoing laundry duties as he warns a second shirt may be required if the issue continues. The exchange highlights domestic frictions over clothing care and routine chores.
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Ulk, Bertin
Turkey King of the Fraser Valley Builds Turkeys in BC
In two years Jesse Throssell from Bedfordshire England became known as the Turkey King of the Fraser Valley near Vancouver. He started with two hens and a tom in 1927 and grew to 500 600 turkeys by autumn 1928. He won top prizes at the Vancouver Winter Fair 1928 and sold six dressed birds weighing 156 pounds for 187.80 to the Lieutenant Governor. He shipped turkeys to Australia for breeding recently.
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Jesse Throssell
British Columbia
Bedfordshire
England
Fraser Valley
Vancouver
World Feed Grain Supply Up Across Reporting Nations
The total feed grain crop from Northern Hemisphere reporters excluding Russia and China is estimated at about 184 million short tons, up roughly 6 percent from 1927 and 5.6 percent above the five year average. The bulk of the rise comes from surplus exporters led by the United States and Canada, which show a 9.5 percent increase, while importing countries face a second consecutive year of weak harvests and small carryovers.
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Russia
China
United States
Canada
British Empire Naturalists' Association forms BC branch
The British Empire Naturalists' Association based in London establishes a British Columbia branch to record Nature notes track wild birds publish natural history literature and promote wildlife protection reserves and sanctuaries. W A Nicholson, ex Natural History Editor of The Shooting Times, London, is named Recorder with offices at Sea View Gibson's Landing, B C.
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British Empire Naturalists’ Association of
London
England
British Columbia
W. A. Nicholson
Natural History
The
Shooting Times
Sea View
Gibson's Landing
B.C
Canada’s Fruit Imports Reach Over One Million Value
Canada imported apples valued at 1 124 000 dollars last year. Grapes 1 189 000, melons 398 000, peaches 663 000, pears 928 000, plums 544 000, strawberries 832 000. Vegetables totaled over 8 500 000 dollars, including 500 000 onions, 750 000 potatoes, and 1 500 000 tomatoes.
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Canada
Mean Husband and Harassed Wife Dialogue Scene
A terse dialogue features a domineering husband threatening loss and a harrassed wife replying that begging would come naturally. A sales interaction follows with a customer seeking silt stockings for his wife and a flirtatious exchange about who would buy them. Another pair of lines hints at a dreamy gaze and a late-night departure.
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Plan Four Day August Ride
The Trail Riders announce an annual official ride starting August 1 from Banff up to Simpson Pass and Shadow Lake with Egypt Lakes side trip. The event includes a Pow Wow at Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp and a longer 17 day ride to the Columbia Icefields limited to twenty riders.
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Canadian Rockies
Banff
Healy Creek
Sunshine Valley
Simpson Pass
Shadow Lake
Mount Pali
Egypt Lakes
A. O. Wheeler
Canadian Pacific
Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp
Banff-Windermere
British Empire
Columbia
Lake Louise
Honey production value in three Prairie Provinces totals
Last year honey output across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta reached 1 011 019 with Manitoba contributing 886 159 Saskatchewan 77 660 and Alberta 66 200. Music Teacher asks opus meaning Pupil jokes it is what you holler when you call the cat.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Camel as Jury Duty Called in Turkish Census
A Turkish census ordered by Kemal Pasha listed a camel named Haroun Kaba for jury duty, leading to the animal's owners bringing the camel to the courthouse. The text also notes Japan continues to teach fencing in schools as part of regular instruction.
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Turkey
Kemal Pasha
Haroun Kaba
Japan
Winnipeg Pattern Catalog Advancing Practical Girls Styles
Fashion notes list No 417 Truly Practical No 277 Chic One Piece Dress No 845 Ultra New No 104 Practical Smart Emb 11135 blue 25 cents extra No 218 Graduation Frock Emb 1137 blue 25 cents extra Emb Nov 11017 Designs for children's apparel patterns priced 25 cents in stamps or coin Wrap coin carefully
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Setuch Wat
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Union
Pattern order guidance lists Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Name fields appear as Pattern No and Name for customer requests.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Tattooing Aids Breeders In Livestock Identification
The piece argues tattooing as the best branding method for pure bred livestock. It cites historical use in Polynesia and notes 200 000 foxes and Hereford cattle already tattooed. It urges compulsory adoption by sheep swine and all breeders to ensure reliable pedigrees and prevent deceit.
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Jersey
Improvement in Canadian National Parks Expands Road Network
The National Parks Branch of Canada's Department of the Interior reports steady progress in opening scenic areas to motorists and tourists. In 1928 engineering and construction enlarged visitor facilities, with over 400 miles of first class highways and expanded secondary roads and new riding trails in Western Province parks.
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Canada
National Parks Branch
Department of the Interior
The Age of Speed and the Rush for Time
The piece notes that people rarely walk and race with cars or streetcars, driven by fear others will beat them there. It questions the time saved by speed and suggests most speedsters merely save five minutes to waste thirty minutes later.
Predicts Great Wealth From BC Mines In 20 Years
Professor John A Turnbull of the University of British Columbia told the Vancouver Island Prospectors Association that BC mines may produce about 2 billion dollars per year in twenty years. He argued the province is on an upgrade path with rising production and mining prosperity as global metal supplies tighten, enabling higher prices for a strong future.
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John A. Turnbull
University of British Columbia
Vancouver Island Prospectors’ Association
British Columbia
The Snake Teacher Mentions Striking with Precision
A school teacher refers to a snake that allegedly strikes with mathematical precision. A bright pupil asks if he means an adder, and the remark about Nature indicating humility follows.
Edmonton Building Boom Promises Major Construction
An Edmonton building program signals more than seven million dollars in construction for the year. The province plans about one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars in new work including a normal school and an administrative building. A hospital extension and a university project are in prospect. Permits to date are six times higher than the same period last year.
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Edmonton
Univrsity Hospital
Record rainfall claim at East Bongal India
The text notes East Bongal in India as the wettest spot on earth with a record annual rainfall of 429 inches. It also quotes a Cologne publication parodying temperance, featuring a character who says he drinks excessively and calls himself a horrible temperance example.
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East Bongal
India
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World Feed Grain Supply
U.S
Naturalists’ Association
British Empire Naturalists’ Association
Glacier Ford
Winnipeg Newspaper
Union Fashion
Birmingham
Polynesia
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Islands
Edmonton Building Program
Temperance Society
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