Outlook on Agriculture in Saskatchewan Wheat Economy
The Farm Outlook notes farmers must value financial foresight over technical skill as wheat prices stay low. It cites improved 1932 growing conditions versus last year, with northern precipitation above average and southern rains better than last year. Despite slight economic improvement, no solid sign of higher wheat prices is expected unless broader conditions change.
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Pisancin
Ieferm
Department of Farm Management
University of Saskatchewan
Williams Allen
E. C. Hope
Saskatchewan
Advertising At British Industries Fair Drives Huge Orders
The British Industries Fair held in two sections in London and Birmingham generated enormous orders. The London textile section alone booked 25,000,600 dollars, while Lancashire mills expect orders to sustain full production for six months to a year. One firm plans quadruple capacity expansion as the fair is described as a successful advertising method that pays.
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London
Birmingham
Lancashire
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Arctic Radio Reception Described in RCMP Annual Report
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police notes in its annual report that Arctic radio reception is indifferent with Canadian stations often unclear, while English, French, and German broadcasts reach Arctic constables well. The Agate House in Arizona’s petrified forest is the lone structure built entirely of agate. A German sentence quoted adds a humorous line about needing bandages Lysol iodine and a gadget cycle.
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Arctic
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United States
Arctic Circle
England
France
Germany
Petrified Forest
Arizona
Arctic bears harnessed as dog power in Chesterfield area
An RCMP annual report notes Eskimos in Wager Inlet using two bear cubs hitched to a komatik after killing the mother. Constable McCormack recalls patient training to fit bears with dogs while dogs adapted to the bears. Bears slept in igloos with the family and played with the children.
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Royal Canadian Mounted
Wager Inlet
Chesterfield
Constable McCormack
Designing Of Type Very Few Notice Its Craft
The article explains that typography is a deliberate art aimed at readability and page beauty. Frederick W. Goudy, a leading designer, spent 34 years creating 73 typefaces and shaped typography to make thoughts visible while preserving practical use and simple elegance.
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Frederick W. Goudy
Gardening Tips for Planting and Soil in the Vegetable Garden
The article offers practical gardening guidance on plant spacing for vegetables such as carrots lettuce spinach tomatoes corn beans and cucumbers. It advises alternating early and late crops using 12 inch rows for small plants and 18 inch rows for taller crops plus fertilizer application and careful placement of fertilizer near seeds. It also covers early leafier crops like spinach and lettuce, seed self sowing annuals Cosmos Calendulas and Sweet Peas, and stresses using seed catalogs for planning and care.
How to Plant and Care for Flowering Shrubs
Garden guidance from D. C. Shurman on staged planting, site selection, soil prep, and root protection. Emphasizes light yearly planting, avoiding foundation proximity, proper hole size, root hydration, staking for larger shrubs, and pruning before setting in.
The Power of Public Speaking for Career Success
The article argues that the ability to present ideas clearly before an audience, even a small board, marks a path to advancement. It notes many talented men fail from poor communication and credits modern schools with teaching this crucial skill as evidence of superior education.
Montreal Chosen For 1933 American College Convention
Montreal selected as the 1933 convention city for the American College of Physicians after the sixteenth annual session in San Francisco. Dr. Jonathan C. Meakins of McGill University extended the invitation from Montreal.
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Montreal
American College of Physicians
San Francisco
Jonathan C. Meakins
McGill University
Germany to mark 100th anniversary of Bock beer
Germany plans a centennial celebration for the first brew of Bock beer this year. Population notes show one motor vehicle per 1,120 people in Jugo-Slavia and 500,000 residents in Tokio rely on bicycles for daily travel.
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Germany
Jugo-Slavia
Tokio
Maid Discovers Money Hidden in Mattress After Surprise
In Birmingham a family maid returns from a day off to find a new mattress given by her mistress and the old one discarded. She had sewn two thousand dollars of savings into the old mattress, causing a panic when the money is found. The head of the house guides her to put money in a bank, but the maid reveals she hid it in the new mattress and drew it out again.
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Birmingham
Radium Find Positioned on Great Bear Lake Shores
Rev Canon H J Cody chair of the Ontario Royal Commission on cancer says radium may be found in sufficient quantity along Great Bear Lake Northwest Territories to break the Belgian monopoly. He urged cautious government action in radium purchases given this possibility. Inspector remarks show a separate, unrelated exchange about a suspect escaping.
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Canon H. J. Cody
Ontario
Royal Commission On Cancer
Great Bear Lake
N.W.T
Royal Canadian Institute
Toonto
Canon Cody
Enterprising Young Man Takes On Odd Jobs For Living
A tall smooth shaven man in Waterbury visits a home offering to work for 50 cents an hour or more. He repairs a dripping faucet, polishes brass, and whitewashes a basement, using tools from a rolled newspaper bundle. He explains a bankrupt firm spurred him to adapt and support his wife and child. He has worked seven months and remains hopeful after the recession.
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Waterbury
French steamship flaunts square funnels as fashion on seas
France showcases a new ship design with square funnel stacks led by the M. V. Georges Philippar on its maiden voyage to the Far East. Other liners such as Jean Labo rde Eridan and Felix Roussel pioneer the look, while Aramis Marechal Joffre and another unnamed vessel will follow. The 567 foot motor ship features a low squat funnel with a dummy after one and a corniced top to emphasize speed and identity. Built at Saint Nazaire, the vessel carries notable British equipment including steering gear doors compasses pumps and electric motors.
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M. V. Georges Philippar
Marseilles
Far East
Jean Laborde
Eridan
Felix Roussel
Aramis
Marechal Joffre
Saint Nazaire
Draw Crowd Shelved Collections at Melrose Unitarian Church
In Melrose Massachusetts the Unitarian Church has left collection boxes idle since Easter while Rev Henry T Secrist explains that financial worries should not be stressed in church and offers envelopes and a box in the lobby for voluntary donations. The second item notes bar exams remain highly selective with only 465 of every 1000 candidates passing.
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Unitarian
Melrose
Massachusetts
Henry T. Secrist
Oriental Methods Seem Odd in Japanese Traditions
A Western reader notes Japanese practices seen as odd including sliding screens at day and night, removing shoes at doors, early sweets, puppet theatre influence, no facial expression in No drama, courteous driving habits, reverse ways of many actions, and Japan’s age reckoning where a newborn is counted as one year old and turns two on New Year’s Day.
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Canada
Japan
New York Prison De Luxe Raises Questions of Justice
Regina Daily Star comments on a newly opened New York prison praised for modern amenities like bullet proof windows revolving chapel and radios. The piece argues such comforts resemble a palais de justice more than a prison and questions its treatment of habitual criminals and the poor.
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New York
Palais de Justice
Regina Daily Star
Calgary golfer Bert Greer makes season’s first hole in one
Bert Greer, a youthful Calgary golfer, sank a 145 yard No 4 hole shot at Regal Golf Club with a maskie shot to record the province’s first hole in one of the season. This marks his second career ace, the first having been in 1928 on the same course.
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Bert Greer
Calgary
Regal Golf Club
Maskie
Greer
Saving Deposits Rise in February Figures
Can ada sees savings deposits climb with a February rise of 22 million over January per the Department of Finance financial statement. The note reflects continued cash accumulation as money is expected to move further in the economy.
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Canada
Department of Finance
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Lustige Keiner Zeitung
Cologne
Vehices
Sieie
Ald
Shubbery
D. C. Shurman
Dominion Experimental Farms
W. N. UL
Junior
New York’s Prison de Luxe
Buen Humor
Madrid
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