Canada and Dominions Stand Independent in League Seat
In Geneva the League of Nations confirms that Canada and every British Dominion hold an independent role within the body. European delegates争 face the issue of Dominion representation, with Sir Cecil Hurst defending the right of each Dominion to speak and vote on matters directly affecting its interests. Canadians express commitment to world peace yet reject any subordination to Britain in League councils.
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League of Nations
Ceneva
Canada
League
Great Britain
World Court
Cecil Hurst
Dominions
Prospects Brighten In Maritime Section
The report notes a 3100 car increase in Atlantic region CN Railways freight this year versus last. Major projects include pulp and paper mills and hydroelectric plant additions. Halifax cold storage nearing completion with Moncton warehouse under construction to boost handling capacity. Mining developments and rising capital investments improve Maritime economic conditions.
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Atlantic
Canadian National Railways
Maritimes
Halifax
Atlantic Seaboard
Moncton
Maritime
Capta
Bazaar Sage Advises Listening To Her Friends
A young man seeks counsel at an ancient bazaar to learn of his beloved's faults. The elder instructs him to gather her women friends and praise her in their hearing as a path to insight.
Ghostly taunt sparks a boastful prank
A witty exchange turns into a playful dare about a ghostly act. The speaker teases that even a ghost would refrain from frightening them if the person in question were the one described as mean.
Bed Height Sparks Nighttime Care in Cologne
A German reader from Cologne notes a high baby bed helps parents hear a child at night. The quotation reflects practical parenting concerns and a preference for vigilance during infant sleep.
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Lustige Keiner, Zeitung
Cologne
Western Man Watson Promoted To Montreal Livestock Yards Manager
Western Canada livestock expert W E Watson has been named manager of the Montreal Livestock Yards succeeding Q J Tansey. He has long served in the Canadian National Railways departments of colonization and agriculture and took over duties April 1. Watson, a Grey County Ontario native, is a Manitoba Agricultural College graduate with a long career in agricultural administration and farm employment.
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W. E. Watson
Canada
Departments of Colonization and Agriculture
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Q. J. Tansey
F. L. C. Bond
Stockyards Company
Watson
Mr. Watson
Grey County
Ont
Manitoba Agricultural College
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dominion Livestock Branch
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
National Railways
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Dairy herd sires and performance reports aid breeders
Owners of dairy herds can locate high producing sires in the Canadian Record of Performance for Pure-Bred Dairy Cattle. Published by the Live Stock Branch of the Department of Agriculture Ottawa the report lists tested cows across Ayrshire Brown Swiss French-Canadian Guernsey Holstein-Friesian Jersey Red polled and Shorthorn breeds. It also shows bulls registered after four progeny from different dams and Report No 20 lists many sires and their progeny, guiding breeders to nearby herds with suitable sires or improved stock.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Guernsey
Jersey
Canada Destined to Be World’s Wealthiest Nation says Cornell economist
Professor James E. Boyle of Cornell University argues Canada holds vast virgin resources and larger area than the United States. He says balanced development of resources with transportation and banking growth could make Canada the wealthiest country, noting exports per capita are already four times those of the U.S.
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Canada
United States
Makes No Difference In Crossing Time For Trains
The New York Telegram notes that a fast railroad train takes seven seconds to pass a grade crossing, regardless of whether anything is on the crossing.
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New York Telegram
The Secret of Life: Embrace Duty Over Preference
A reflective maxim stating life’s meaning lies in finding contentment in required tasks rather than pursuing personal enjoyment. It urges cultivating a mindset that values obligation and discipline as paths to fulfillment.
League committee fixes World War cost at $362.5 billion
A League of Nations committee announces the total cost of the World War as 362 500 900 000 dollars. The figure places the global war’s price tag in the hundreds of billions, reflecting wartime expenditures and reparations considerations.
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League of Nations
Alaska Draws Hunters As Big Game Country
Alaska ranks just behind Africa for sport hunting with abundant moose caribou mountain sheep and goat plus black and brown bears near Anchorage and the Alaska railroad. Outfit costs are lower than Nairobi’s terrain making it attractive to nimrods seeking big game.
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Alaska
Africa
Anchorage
Alaskan
Nairobi
Contractors Convention in Hamilton Praises Canadian Materials
The convention statement in Hamilton asserts construction material is now nearly all Canadian origin and manufacture. The remark highlights national sourcing and pride in domestic production.
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Hamilton
Hazardous Pursuit of Moths in Ecuador Reported
W Judson Coxey of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences describes a dangerous expedition in Ecuadors tropical jungles. He recalls encounters with giant bird-eating spiders and venomous snakes, including a rattlesnake species nicknamed Ecco or X for its silent rattle, and notes he was compelled to shoot at a spider about to strike. The report also mentions Coxey returning from the prolonged trip.
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Ecuador
W. Judson Coxey
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Coxey
Winnipeg Union Fashion Patterns No 277 through No 122
A catalog-style listing details fashion patterns with sizes and fabric yardage for dresses and sets. Notable items include No 277 Chic One Piece Dress, No 784 Dance Set, No 835 Simple But Smart, No 263 Flare In New Outline, No 25 Tailored Lines, and No 122 Modern Youth, each outlining bust measurements and fabric requirements. All patterns priced at 25 cents in stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order guide from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave outlines how to request patterns by name. The document notes Pattern No. and provides steps to submit requests and identify the desired item.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alberta appoints Purdy to lead Elevators amid vast northern policing effort
The Alberta Wheat Pool names R D Purdy as manager of Alberta Food Elevators Limited succeeding retiree C M Hall. Purdy, previously Wheat Pool manager since 1925, leads a network of over 310 country elevators and three Pacific coast terminals. The piece then discusses Royal Canadian Mounted Police Arctic posts and patrols across Ellesmere, Baffin, Davis Strait, and surrounding regions, noting long patrols, roles as customs officers and magistrates, and occasional Arctic incidents.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
R. D. Purdy
Alberta Food Elevators Limited
C. M. Hall
Purdy
The
Pool Elevators
Alberta Pool
Alberta
Pacific
Wheat Pool
Bank of Montreal
Edmonton
Brighton
Ontario
Pool
Canada
Arctic
Ellesmere Island
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Port Burwell
Cape Chidley
Customs Department
Hudson’s Bay
Great Islands
Greenland
Davis Strait
Baffin Bay
Smith Sound
Kane Basin
Kennedy Channel
North Pole
Baffin Island
Boundary Islands
Ponds Inlet
Pangnirtung
Cumberland Gulf
Lake Harbor
Hudson Strait
North Devon
Dundas Harbor
la Bache Peninsula
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bache Peninsula
Axel
Cape Crawford
Manitoba To Have Airplane Factory In St Boniface
A new airplane manufacturing plant will be built in St Boniface as Manitoba’s greatest industrial advance. B C Mills of Millis and Company Winnipeg announced the Canadian branch of a major aeroplane maker, to be wholly Canada controlled, with seven acres sold for the site between Tache Avenue and the Norwood Bridge.
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St. Boniface
B. C. Millis
Millis and Company
Winnipeg
Cathedral City
Mills
Canada
Old Rat Portage
Canada Northland Described as Beauty Land by RCMP Report
The RCMP report to Parliament portrays Canada’s North as a land of beauty not waste. Inspector Gagnon recalls a patrol to Fort Reliance along Hornby and Inconnu channels, noting abrupt shores, varied coloration, many islands, pleasant harbors, clear cold waters, and plentiful trout.
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Canada
Great Northland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
House of Commons
Great Slave Lake
Inspector Gagnon
Fort Reliance
Hornby
Egypt plans motor road along route of Israelites
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes Egypt plans a motor road over the ancient route of the Israelites during their 40 years in the desert, but there is no discussion yet about drying up the Red Sea.
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Promised Land
Red Sea
Buffalo Courier-Express
Barnyard Riddles Spark Playful Debate
A humorous Q and A features a riddle about a creature that lives in a barn eats oats and moves on four legs. The answer is a blind horse, with an exchange highlighting the word play and rural humor typical of the period.
Powdered guns for forty years in good condition at University
A historical note records powder io guns kept for forty years in good condition by the University of Nevada with no apparent decay or damage noted in archival records.
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University of Nevada
Pearl necklace of Empress Dowager buried with her
Upon the death of China's Empress Dowager in 1908 her pearl neck lace was interred with her burial casket. The necklace housed about six thousand pearls and was valued at roughly nine hundred thousand dollars.
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China
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Gnean
Western Man
Toronto
James E. Boyle
Cornell University
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lake Archambault
Oxford
Winnipeg Newspaper
Union Fashion
RK. D. Purdy
Canada’s North
Real
B.C.M.P
Gaies
Yverdon
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