Transportation Developments Strain Railways and Highway Trade
The piece questions whether motor buses and trucks, funded by taxes, unfairly compete with railways by taxing highways yet not the rail system. It notes service cuts to trains, potential mail shifts, and calls for greater government controls or a per mile tax to offset highway maintenance costs. It asks if short haul gains offset long haul railway losses and who gains or loses in the long run.
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Canada
Argentines May Visit Canada for Regina Chamber Gathering
Canadian delegates who attended the British Empire Trade Fair in Buenos Aires expect many Argentines to visit Canada and attend the Canadian Chamber of Commerce annual gathering in Regina during the coming summer, said J. H. Woods on arrival in Montreal.
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South America
Buenos Aires
Canada
Regina
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Woods
Commerce
Montreal
Farm acreage at Swift Current to grain similar to prior years
The superintendent of the Experimental Farm at Swift Current says farmers in the district will sow about the same acreage to grain as in previous years. He notes soil moisture is good with 30 percent more reserve than a year ago.
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Swift Current
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills End Nervous Fatigue
Montreal woman Mrs. Alchamond Lalonde describes relief from fatigue nervousness and insomnia after taking four boxes of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She reports heart trouble vanished and regained energy and work ability. Pills sold at drug stores or mailed by The T Milburn Co Ltd Toronto Ont.
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Alchamond Lalonde
St. James St
Montreal
Que
Milburn
T. Milburn Co. Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Bessborough Name Tied to British Columbia History
The name Bessborough has long linked Canada and British Columbia since 1865 when Bessborough Bay in Sunderland Channel was named for the Noble House of Bessborough. Henry W. Schofield notes the fifth Earl of Bessborough then held the title with John Ponsonby as governor, and his nephew Edward Ponsonby served on the BC coast.
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Bessborough
Earl of Bessborough
Canada
British Columbia
Alaska
Henry W. Schofield
Canadian Pacific Railway
Schofield
Irwhn T. Malbran
John Earabazon Ponsonby
Earl of
Baron Duncannon
Edward Ponsonby
Royal Navy
B.C
These Hard Times Sell Diamond Dyes
A reader from Quebec urges economizing during hard times by using Diamond Dyes to recolor faded garments. The ad claims the dyes are economical, produce even coverage, do not spot or run, and preserve fabric quality, describing them as the world's finest.
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Quebec
Amendments To Coast Shipping Laws Urged In Canada
Dominion Marine Association urges the government to require Canadian boats for export grain shipments from the lakehead to Montreal. Currently grain can be carried by U S boats to Buffalo and transhipped onward. The proposal targets export grain only and seeks to channel traffic to Canadian vessels.
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Canada
Dominion Marine Association
Lakehead
Montreal
United States
Buffalo
New Canadian Industries Rise In 1930 on Rail Line
The annual report says 340 new Canadian industries were established on the lines of the Canadian National Railways in 1930 with $37,000,000 in capital and $50,500,000 spent on expanding existing plants. Miller’s Worm Powders claim to replace castor oil and purgatives, pleasing children and improving digestion with a single dose.
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Canadian National Railways
Canada
House of Commons
Preparedness Husband and Wife Hat Shop Exchange
A husband tells his wife he has only fifty cents as she plans to buy hats after leaving the house. The wife mentions her intent to buy several items, and the husband notes he did plan ahead but has limited funds.
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Hatshop
England to Open New Training College for Film Artists
A new training college for film artists will be established in England. The project aims to provide professional education and practical experience for emerging filmmakers and technicians, enhancing the nation’s cinema industry.
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England
Rise Of Livestock Industry In Western Canada
Winnipeg press notes the livestock sector reaching parity with wheat and flour. One fourth of Canada’s population is supplied by the meat industry in Winnipeg, shipping beef pork veal lamb and mutton nationwide. In 1930 Canada consumed about 1.5 billion pounds of meat, with roughly half a billion pounds from Winnipeg stockyards. Winnipeg saw 185,692 cattle 42,777 calves 398,605 hogs and 87,450 sheep and lambs enter stockyards in 1930 from prairie grazing lands and two large packing plants reported over 20 million dollars in turnover.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Dominion
Prairie
Canada surpasses many nations in car ownership
A bulletin reports that Canadian motor car registrations rose from 407,064 in 1920 to 1,239,889 by early 1931, tripling since 1920. Canada now ranks second to the United States in per capita ownership, averaging one car for every eight people versus the U S rate of one car per 4.6 people.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
Relief From Asthma Remedy Claim
Relief from suffering described by user as complete after using Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. Claims include relief of tightened air tubes and universal success, with good druggists selling it for years.
Opium Case in County Court Involving Lee Hing and Lee Jim Bark
Two Chinese defendants Lee Hing and Lee Jim Bark appeared in County Court before Judge H S Cawley on opium selling charges. Both were convicted and sentenced to six months in jail after taking an oath witnessed by burning paper and swearing truthfulness.
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H. S. Cawley
Lee Hing
Lee Jim Bark
The Friend Of All Sufferers Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a valuable liniment that eases pain for all sufferers. It claims to offer hope and universal relief and notes the remedy is widely sold across the continent and available wherever asked.
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Thomas
War teased as Canadian invasion plan targets Chicago
A remark suggests Canada would seize Chicago in a hypothetical war, arguing peace between Canada and the United States may rest on the belief that Canadians would face capturing Chicago if conflict arose.
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Canada
United States
Chicago
Trade value of wolf skin and beaver skin in Montana 1872
A man recalling 1872 Montana notes wolf skin traded for two cups of sugar and beaver skin valued similarly. The fragment records barter terms from a distant period reflecting frontier economies.
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Montana
Explorers in Education Arrive to Study Canadian Schools
Dame Muriel Talbot leads 12 British headmistresses visiting Canada to inspect girls education programs. They plan to evaluate university curricula, hostels, vacations and standards to advise parents on sending daughters to Canada for schooling and future careers.
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Dame Muriel Talbot
Canada
Duchess of Bedford
Canadian official to visit battle fields for Vimy memorial works
Brig general H T Hughes heads the Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission and will visit France and Belgium to oversee ongoing Vimy memorial work. He says the Vimy Memorial will be finished in two or three years. Seven memorials have been handed over to the Imperial War Graves Commission in Belgium and France, each in a miniature park on 220 acres donated by the French government.
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H. T. Hughes
C.M.G
D.S.O
Canadian Battlefields Memorials Commission
France
Belgium
St. Julien
Passchendaele
Sanctuary Wood
Courcel
Ambitious Youth Seeks Journalism Chance in Shanghai Paper
An English Shanghai newspaper prints a letter from a native youth named Wang who boasts he can drive a typewriter with good noise and speaks great English. He says his last job ended after a large man died and asks what chance he has to be of use to the paper.
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Shanghai
Wang
Scientists in France Test Liquid Purity With Telephoned Device
French researchers employ a telephone based device to assess liquid purity in a novel method. The approach uses remote transmission to monitor chemical qualities with basic communication technology.
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France
Brickmaking by Foot in Worcester Shire
In Worcestershire near Stourbridge, sturdy women brickmakers knead clay into moulds with their feet while standing on supports. This primitive method shows traditional craft still practiced in England.
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Stourbridge
England
Worcestershire
Farmer's Wife Finds Strength Through Pinkham's Compound
Mrs. D. B. Peters of Wilton Ontario writes she used Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life. Heat flashes and heavy limbs troubled her until the first bottle brought relief. She recommends the remedy and offers to let her letter be used.
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Wilton
Ont
Lydia E. Pinkham
D. B. Peters
Ontario
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Explorers In Education
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Main Street
Huron& Erie
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Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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