Population Of Two In Lonely Outpost At Findlay Forks
A feature on Angus Sherwood, teenage trader at Findlay Forks in the Peace River area, detailing life at the Northern Trading Company post. The article describes travel routes from Giscombe portage to Prince George, local Indigenous inhabitants, mining activity, winter conditions, wildlife including bears and moose, climate, and limited mail service from Grande Prairie and Hudson's Hope with only six yearly deliveries.
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Findlay Forks
Trajhy Company
Angus Sherwot
Peace River
Went
Mr. Sherwood
Edmonton
Giscombe Portage
Prince George
Parsnip
Pack River
Crooked River
Summit Lake
British Columbia
Findlay
C.N.R
Northern Trading Company
Sherwood
Forks
Hudson's Hope
H.B.C
Lamson-Hubbard Company
Hudson’s Hope
Peace Pass
Chinook
Grande Prairie
Islands Born of Volcanoes Rise and Sink in Pacific
The text explains how volcanic eruptions can lift seafloor mountains above water to form islands, as with the Hawaiian example. It notes that some islands appear and later vanish, with recent activity near the Aleutian chain where Bogisoff and Grewingk islands grew large and are now gradually disappearing.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Aleutian Chain
Goat Keeping Is Good Industry
Goat keeping is an industry worthy of citizens' attention. In families taxed by cow care, goats provide milk suitable for children. The absence of tuberculosis in goats is generally accepted, supporting development. Goats can be kept in districts unsuitable for cows, in rural areas and suburban spaces.
Rich Silver Deposit Discovery Near Dolly Var Den Mine
Reported rich silver ore on the Kitsault River in the Alice Arm district near the Dolly Var Den Mine. Three general sample runs average over 100 ounces per ton with a 22 inch wide body adjoining lower grade ore and strong milling values. Hungary asks League to suspend action on its admission until next year. Count Albert Appenyil informs Geneva leadership of the delay due to Bergenland status from the Trianon Treaty.
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Kitsault
Alice Arm
Dolly Varden
League
Hungary
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Albert Appenyil
Geneva
van Karnebeck
Bergenland
Austria
Campbell River Power Project to be Developed by British Interests
Hon. TFT D. Patulio of the British Columbia Ministry of Lands said Vancouver Island’s Campbell River power development will be undertaken by British interests. engineers will depart soon to gather final data and finalize development plans.
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Tft
D. Patulio
British Columbia
Campbell River
Vancouver Island
Stenographer Cas Sidy Fatally Wounded in Dublin Riot
In Dublin a young stenographer named Cas sidy was shot during a riot. He believed he was mortally wounded and told a friend to convey his final thoughts to Kath leen. He asked carbon copies be sent to Norah Peggy and diaureca.
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Cassidy
Dublin
Kathleen
Norah
Peggy
Diaureca
The Empire’s War Sacrifices Revealed in Commons Report
The May 5 Parliamentary report recaps Britain’s total wartime forces at about nine million. It notes one in ten died, one in four were wounded, and one in three became a casualty through death, wounds, disease, captivity, or other harms. The piece emphasizes the immense sacrifice of the empire’s best men.
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House of Commons
Alberta Workmen’s Compensation Board Reports Accidents
Alberta records 4853 accidents across all industries to date this year. Last year total was 6490 with 3300 employers on the board. Mines suffered 2124 accidents and other industries 2739. fatal mine accidents numbered 25 with 22 in other industries. Some men dream of mansions in the sky and would mortgage them first.
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Alberta
Workmen's Compensation Board
Quaint Japanese Laws and the Century of Change
A Western reader confronts the sweeping post Meiji legal reforms in Japan. The text recalls pre reform rules that limited meals to two soups and six dishes, restricted sake portions by rank, and capped dress expenditure for noble wives, illustrating rigid costumed controls now dissolved.
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Japan
Mikado
Vast Saskatchewan Acreage Awaits Cultivation Map Issued
The Natural Resources Branch of Canada's Department of the Interior releases a detailed map showing exact locations of undeveloped land in Saskatchewan along with district booklets. The 284,156,000 bushels of wheat barley and oats produced on about one fifth of suitable farming area highlight the potential, and free copies are available by writing to Ottawa.
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Saskatchewan
Natural Resources Branch
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
China’s Political Woes Pernicious for Stability
The Hong Kong Times criticizes the Republican Administration in China for weak governance and financial strain. It argues puppets under reactionary military factions keep the country in unrest and wasteful spending, delaying a strong government capable of ending the financial crisis.
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China
Hong Kong Times
First Chocolate Reaches Europe and Spreads as Beverage
Chocolate arrived in Europe through the Spaniards who learned it from the Mexicans during Cortes 1519. Its popularity as a beverage grew quickly and was known in England by 1657. If the conceit were removed from some people there would be nothing left to bury.
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Europe
England
Professor Cameron on Insect Control and Saskatchewan Entomology
Professor D A E Cameron outlines Saskatchewan entomology needs after the grasshopper plague. He calls for extended provincial research, university courses, and temporary field labs to study economically important insects and related pest problems affecting agriculture and public health.
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Cameron
Department
Saskatchewan
Colorado
New Pest Called Devil's Burr
The Devil's Burr weed has appeared in California, Arizona and Texas and across the Midwest in Illinois Indiana and Iowa. It lies as a ground vine with upward pointing spines that puncture tires and seeds cling to tires spreading damage. Farmers and agricultural officers are urged to watch for and destroy the pest, a fire is the recommended control.
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California
Arizona
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Departments of Agriculture
Girls Walk Across Continent for Adventure to UC
Misses May Fink Mil dred Harp and Esther Esman walked from New York to San Francisco four months for adventure and planned to enroll at the University of California. They said the trip cost about 3100 each. In Persia bread dough is rolled out very thin.
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New York
May Fink
Mildred Harp
Esther Esman
San Francisco
University of California
Canned Dogs Frighten Thieves In Washington Orchard
An old fashioned talking machine rigged in a beehive uses recorded barking by two collie dogs as police protection for Edward Delle in his orchard and vineyard at Billah Billah Washington. The device is activated by an electric attachment from a moving car and slows traffic while the canned dog music plays. It has deterred would be fruit thieves and urges locals to buy at home.
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Edward Delle
Billah
Wash
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