Dinosaurs of Alberta Bad Lands Presented by Sternberg
Prof. Charles M. Sternberg of Ottawa spoke to Calgary Rotary Club on the dinosaurs of Alberta's bad lands along the Red Deer River. He described 35 species across five families, their Jurassic and Cretaceous habitats, and how drifting deltas and a central Arctic Gulf sea shaped their world before their gradual extinction.
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Calgary
Earth
Prof Sternberg
Alberta
Sternberg
North American
North America
Arctic
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Canada
Drumheller
Steveville
Red Deer River
Prairie
Rich mineral areas in southern Manitoba attract prospectors
Prospectors report rich mineral areas in southern Manitoba about 70 miles southeast of Winnipeg. Mayor E. J. Swain of St. Boniface and an elder Manitoba prospector examined the land for two years, finding gold silver copper and tin while the barren region yielded first rock from The Pas.
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Winnipeg
E. J. Swain
St. Boniface
Manitoba
Swain
Mayor Swain
Pas
Extremely smart one piece frock pattern No. 1573
The description outlines a front and back yoke frock with inverted side plaits, pockets, and long or short sleeves. It covers sizes 16 to 20 for misses, with View A and View B fabric yardages for size 18 and bust 36. It notes a 5 cent pattern price and a 10 cent fashion book.
Shingle Mills Booked Solid Across British Columbia
On August 24 Consolidated Shingle Mills of British Columbia Ltd. reported orders for 741 carloads of shingles. The mills have more orders than they can handle and buyers complain of slow deliveries.
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Consolidated Shingle Mills of British Columbia Ltd
Britain Goes Dry A Century Earlier Change in drinking habits noted in England and Scotland.
The London Sunday Express reports a steep decline in spirits and beer consumption from 1800 to 1928, with English and Scottish data showing sharp drops. It cites new inventions and faster-paced life, cinema, wireless, and cars reducing pub visits as key factors, plus a shift to morning coffee.
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Britain
England
Scotland
London Sunday Express
Luxuries Reach North Eskimo Homes in Arctic Aklavik
Mrs John A McDougal reports from Edmonton that luxury items including radios and victrolas are now in use in Aklavik and Herschel Island. She notes Fort Smith and Mackenzie River transport, and mentions a car taken up the Mackenzie last spring. The North’s servant problem is highlighted as Indians are temperamental and work only when inclined, complicating governor’s household routines.
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Aklavik
Arctic Circle
John A. McDougal
Mackenzie District
North West Territories
Edmonton
Fort Smith
Herschel Island
Mackenzie River
Montreal Leader Ross McMaster Named Steel Company President
Ross Huntington McMaster, born October 11 1580 in Montreal, rose from Montreal High School to key posts at Sherwin-Williams Montreal office, then Montreal Rolling Mills, and led the Steel Company of Canada as manager and now serves as president and director.
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Ross Huntington McMaster
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
William
Lucy (Greene) McMaster
Collegiate Institute
Sherwin-Williams Co
Cleveland
Montreal Rolling Mills Company
Steel Company of Canada
New Weeds Found In Saskatchewan Patches Dug Up
Saskatchewan reports two new perennial weeds, a rape variety in Grenfell and Russian knapweed in Landis Gull Lake and Tompkins. The agriculture department staked and destroyed patches, will monitor next spring to prevent missed roots from regrowing. It notes seeds may have come from alfalfa, while Alberta advances tobacco growing experiments with positive results under Dr J H Grisdale.
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Grenfell
Landis
Gull Lake
Tompkins
Department of Agriculture
Lethbridge Station
J. H. Grisdale
Ottawa
Alberta
Government Ready to Aid Canadian Industrial Surveys
The Interior Department pledges to help chambers of commerce boards of trade and city councils in conducting broad surveys of raw materials markets labor and transportation to promote new Canadian industries. Industrial engineers would assist centers nationwide with studies that already spurred new fish meal casein and eel grass insulation plants and show how local business leadership drives lasting development.
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Canada
Dominion
Chas. Stewart
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Department of the Interior
Victoria Chamber of Commerce
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
City Council
Manitoba Development Board
Windsor
Ottawa
Pacific
Natural Resources Service
Fraser Valley
Maritime Provinces
Lower St. Lawrence
Minister of the Interior
B C Plans Settlement Of British Immigrants
A local government dispatch says British Columbia will propose settlement of available lands to British authorities. Officials explore agricultural lands and will identify suitable sites with a block system to ensure settlers can succeed as farmers. The plan awaits confirmation by Britain.
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British Columbia
de Sunday
Canadian Agr Research Joins Imperial Bureaux Plan
Dr J H Grisdale deputy minister of agriculture announces Canada will join the Imperial Agricultural Research Conference in London to help establish three Imperial bureaux for soil science animal nutrition and animal health. The bureaux will be based in Great Britain at an annual cost of about 100000 dollars shared among member governments.
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J. H. Grisdale
Imperial Agricultural Research Conference
London
Canada
Imperial
Great Britain
Okanagan Apple Crop Seen Packing 1.25 Million Boxes
British Columbia apples from the Okanagan and Kootenay Districts are harvested with an estimated 1,250,000 boxes. About 150 car loads are planned for direct shipment to New York, though the main market will be in the Prairie Provinces. The fruit is of excellent quality and the yield is the best in years.
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British Columbia
Okanagan Valley
New York
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Okanagan
Kootenay
Temperament and fortune smile on Irish men
A traveller in western Ireland hears an Irishman claim Canada is heaven on earth yet says any Irishman would leave heaven to return to Ireland. The note ends with a remark on temperament as the belief you deserve your own way and fortune’s teasing smiles on some men.
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Ireland
Canada
Heaven
Parson and Lars Exchange Strained Brandy Tension
In Oslo the Vikingen column records a terse exchange where the Parson accuses the other of smelling of brandy while Lars replies he has wondered why the Parson avoids him. The dialogue hints at strain and social tension between the two figures.
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Parson
Lars
Vikingen
Oslo
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Maéxid
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tahon
McDermot Ave
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Ross H. McMaster
Saskatchewan Points
Saskatchewan
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Samuel Chapman
British Empire Parliamentary Association
British Empire
Pennsylvania
United States
Richard S. Bond
B.C
Agricultural Research
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