Movement to Route Eastern Grain Through Canadian Ports
Halifax officials press for unifying Canada wide effort to route all eastern grain shipments via Canadian ports. Col Karlie Phinney argues lower inland rates would not provoke retaliatory US cuts and cites Vancouver as model for building grain traffic. Telegrams of support arrive from Winnipeg Edmonton St John Vancouver reflecting national backing.
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Halifax
Karlie
Phinney
Halifax Harbor
Maritimes
Canada
Dominion
United States
Col. Phinney
W. H. Dennis
Halifax Herald
Vancouver
CNR
St. John
Movement
Canadian
M. E. Nichols
Winnipeg Tribune
E. H. Macklin
Winnipeg Free Press
John M. Imrie
Edmonton Journal
J. H. Woods
The
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
J. D. McKenna
St. John Telegraph Journal
R. J. Cromie
Vancouver Sun
Coaches Named For Royalty Tourists Landed At Plymouth
Rail coaches created for royalty themed travel will be named after King George Queen Mary Prince of Wales Duke of York Duchess of York Duke of Gloucester Princess Mary and Princess Elizabeth. Luxury cars are designed to meet tourist demand with these regal titles.
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Plymouth
England
George
Mary
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Duchess of York
Duke of Gloucester
Elizabeth
Radio crooner to be heard on network each evening hour
A radio announcement warns listeners that a popular crooner will be heard every evening at a specified hour on a major network. The message thanks broadcasters for issuing the warning to the audience.
Have you bathed here
A brief quoted exchange from Gemutliche Sachse in Leipzig features a constable and a person politely deflecting a question about bathing at a location, reflecting local conversational tone.
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Gemutliche Sachse
Leipzig
Farmers Should Be Loyal To Marquis
G M Stewart district inspector seed branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture Calgary urged Alberta farmers to stay with Marquis wheat until further notice about Reliance. He cited Saskatchewan reports praising Reliance but noted it is a Marquis Kanred cross with poorer drought resistance and lower three year University of Alberta farm yields. Reliance suits dry soils like North Dakota and Montana, not Alberta general use.
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G. M. Stewart
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Calgary
Alberta
Marquis
Reliance
Stewart
University of Saskatchewan
J. Allen
Division of Cereal Crops and Diseases
United States Department of Agriculture
Kanred
University of Alberta
Edmonton
University Farm
North Dakota
Montana
Girls suspender dress set with blouse and skirt description
Describes a two piece girls dress with blouse featuring attached collar patch pocket and set in sleeves gathered at cuffs and a two piece flaring skirt with attached yoke and cross back suspender straps. Includes sizing lines and pattern price notes 25c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap coin carefully.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
A fragment from a Winnipeg text lists Pattern No eee eee and Size Name Town Brown with a quip about church acoustics. A joke exchanges about hearing sermons and a lawyer in a heaven divorce gag. The note mentions Winnipeg Union address and McDermot Avenue.
New Rabbit Breed Edges Toward Display Debut
Dr. C F Friend announces a new beaver fur colored rabbit variety after twelve years of scientific work. The Rex Rabbit Breeders Federation leader says the Lepus Cuniculus offspring near display, tracing origins to a 12 year old French discovery and noting similar work on fur types like ermine seal and chinchilla.
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C F. Friend
Rex Rabbit Breeders Federation
Chicago
France
Friend
Government Rejects Manitoba Farm Plan
The federal government rejected a Manitoba plan to relocate selected families to farms as unemployment relief. The proposal, announced via a letter from Harry Hereford of Dominion relief in Ottawa, would have split costs among the Dominion government, Manitoba, and Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Harry Hereford
Dominion Relef
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Same Old Fraternity House Echoes in Silent Alumni Return
A college professor, years after graduation, returns to his alma mater and visits the fraternity house, noting the unchanged rooms and relics before encountering a student who calls him brother. He exits with a rueful remark about right acting pedestrians and ends with a tangential note that the cicada is commonly called locust.
Shetland Sheep Wool Made Into Blankets
The only Shetland sheep wool blankets in Canada were made for Drs. Hugh and W J Stevenson from this year’s clip of the herd owned by the Londoners at Pond Mills stock farm. The blankets are uncoloured with the natural chocolate brown tone, luxuriously soft in texture.
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Canada
Drs. Hugh
W. J. Stevenson
Pond Mills
Little Island
Ontario
Shetland
Drs. Stevenson
RC A F Planes Deliver Supplies to Northern Camps
Flight Lieutenant Carefoot and Flight Sergeant Winnie pilot two RC A F aeroplanes from Ladner Lake base to Prince Albert National Park. They landed at Prince Albert with a 350 pound load then flew to Clearland Lake camp. Weekly trips will open more camps as the government relieves hunger in pine and spruce wilderness.
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RC A.F
Prince Albert National Park
Prince Albert
Clearland Lake
Spruce
Boundary
Carefoot
Winnie
R.C.A.F
Ladder Lake
Why Year Was Tough
This piece notes businessmen describe the year as tough for fall and winter trade while pointing out $50,000,000 more sits in the Dominion's savings banks than in 1930. It also reports a tracking remark on 18 month old wild duck releases with two found in East Prussia and one in Sweden.
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Savings Bank of
Dominion
Farmer’s Advocate
Hickling
England
East Prussia
Sweden
Native Canadian hardwoods deserve wider appreciation and use
The Ottawa Journal argues Canadian native hardwoods such as birch maple and elm are equal or superior to imported woods for interior trim flooring and machinery parts. It calls for expanding sustainable harvesting, better forestry practices, and wider adoption of treated native birch to replace costly imported Gothic oak in church interiors.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa Journal
Bermuda Welcome: From Snow to Subtropics on the Duchess Run
A trip from Canada to Bermuda on the Canadian Pacific Duchess liners shows a blend of antique charm and modernity. The text notes tropical scenery, the Hamilton Hotel as Bermuda’s largest hostelry, and easy travel connections from New York with sailings on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Bermuda
Canada
New York
Duchess of Atholl
Hamilton Hotel
Ship
Princess Hotel
Urgent departure leads to ministry change sermon twist
A man leaves his hometown for urgent reasons, later joins the ministry. While preaching he spots a hometown resident nearby and redirects his sermon to Isaiah 53 79th verse, a line about saying nothing and meeting again.
Blindness Fuels Valedictorian Rise At Milwaukee High
A seventeen year old Milwaukee high school girl who is blind is chosen valedictorian. She explains that her blindness minimizes distractions from passersby, noises, or mischief, allowing her to concentrate and achieve high marks. Her focus turns perceived disadvantage into academic distinction.
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Milwaukee
Ruban Emerges as Oxford Coined Term for Rural Industrial Workers
Oxford scholars coin ruban to describe a growing class of industrial workers living in rural communities. The neologism signals an identifiable population blending rural living with factory labor in England.
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Oxford
England
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