Canadas Buffalo Revival Proves A Success Across Provinces
Canada celebrates a thriving buffalo herd at Wood Buffalo and Buffalo National Park. Since 1924 two thousand animals were moved to the park and two thousand more will be slaughtered for meat and hides. The rebound lifts national pride and revives the robe and coat trade. The herd’s growth tests park capacity and spurs domestic breeding and tanning advances.
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Canadians
Buffalo National Park
Northwest Territories
Buffalo Park
Canada
Middle West
Far North
Victoria Memtorial Museum
Ottawa
Department of the Interior
Big Wood
Fort Smith
Wainwright
Decline in Canada Horses Signals Shifting Power Sources
In six years ending 1925 Canada’s horse numbers fell from 3.667 million to 3.554 million, with Ontario stallions down from 3,662 in 1923 to 3,512 in 1925 and western provinces halving in Saskatchewan. Colts and filles also dropped across Ontario and western provinces, foreshadowing reduced horse power as gas buggies, tractors, and trucks expand.
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Canada
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Baldwin links Marathon to European civilization and race
Premier Baldwin told the London annual meeting of the Etrusine school at Athens that the ancient Greek Marathon Battle had far reaching effects. He argued it prevented Europe from becoming orientalized and claimed the battle's outcome would have made all Europeans dark skinned with long noses.
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Premier Baldwin
Europe
Baldwin
London
Etriuish School
Athens
Marathor
Recruits Faced With Fortification Question
A sergeant demands identification from recruits in a tense scene. The smartest recruit answers with two identifications, while the group stands firm. The exchange, conveyed in a concise wartime vignette, reflects drillmaster discipline and quick wit.
Japanese Jazz Wave Gains Popularity in Japan
A rising wave of American music meets Japanese listeners as jazz gains prominence. Musicians in Japan adopt syncopation and master new instruments, shifting away from traditional koto shakuhachi and samisen sounds.
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Japan
A Woman's Take on Husbands and Politics
The remarks contrast male leadership with a philosophic view of housekeeping and suggest political graveyards are rarely robbed, though many are dead in politics. The tone implies satire on gender roles and political life.
Preserve Historic Churches by British Parliament Vote
The British House of Commons voted by a large majority to preserve nineteen historic churches in London. The article notes their architectural beauty and historic interest, arguing governments should protect landmarks linked to national history rather than demolish them.
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House of Commons
London
Great Britain
Regina
Prince to Visit Royal Ranch in Alberta Next August
Prince of Wales plans a two month stay at the Royal ranch near High River Alberta with Prof Carlyle stating the Prince hopes to be in Canada next August. Carlyle notes earlier journeys limited to three weeks and that he will visit England in January to confer with the Prince.
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Royal
Prince of Wales
Alberta
W. L. Carlyle
Royal Ranch
High River
Alta
Canada
Carlyle
Prof. Carlyle
England
New Education World Map Displays Global Affairs at OWU
Ohio Wesleyan University students are drawn to a corridor map that lights up to chronicle world events. The electric display acts as a visual, daily briefing for campus engagement with international news and developments.
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Ohio Wesleyan University
Before marriage a woman thoughts on a man then
A concise quip notes that before marriage a woman often thinks of a man and after marriage she primarily thinks for him, reflecting a social joke on marital life.
Modern farmer defies rural caricature in Toledo Blade note
A Toledo Blade essay reports that a national federation official touring twenty five states found few farmers with whiskers, noting that farmers dress and think like urban men. The piece argues against old rube stereotypes, highlighting farmers' practical attire and modern awareness.
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American Farm Berean Federation
Toledo Blade
How To Avoid Germs By Reducing Hand Shaking
Health Commissioner Dr. Louis I. Harris of New York advises limiting hand shaking to curb pneumonia and influenza germs. He urges two rules: avoid touching lips nose or eyes after shaking hands and do not touch food after shaking hands.
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Louis I. Harris
New York
Harris
Doctor’s Question Costs Two Guineas
A passing doctor asks two young girls how they are. One child evasively replies that Daddy warned it would cost him two guineas when he asked last time. The quip ends with the nurse story and a narrator who never tires of enlightening others.
Alberta Love Song For The West
The speaker praises Alberta with imagery of the Royal Rockies pearly peaks jasper lakes and silver streams. The verse blends southern bay reverie with prairie fields golden grain and a maple stained pride, calling Alberta a blessing to the west and a credit to Canada.
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Rockies
C. P
Alberta
West
Canada
Timber and Reservations Open for Settlement Across Canada
Inter-provincial wheat pool boards in Winnipeg authorize negotiations for purchase of United Grain Growers elevators, placing 125 Manitoba 74 Saskatchewan and 190 Alberta elevators under shared control. Timber lands and other reservations now opened for homeseekers, offering new lands in both older and newer provinces with access to roads and markets.
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Canada
United Grain Growers
Prairie Provinces
Joint Wheat Pools
Wheat Pool Boards
Winnipeg
A. J. McPhail
U.G.G
Mantoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lakes
Dominion
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Assisted Immigration Debate At Winnipeg Teachers' Meet
Dr. Peter Sandiford of the University of Toronto condemned assisted immigration as wrong arguing the aided group is not the best stock. He urged selection by intelligence tests claiming morality and health correlate with intelligence and cited British Columbia tests on 10 000 children. He stated Scottish origin ranked higher, with Japanese and Chinese outperforming whites in mentality.
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Peter Sandiford
College of Education
University of Toronto
Winnipeg Teachers’ Association
Sandiford
British Columbia
A Queer Hiding Place at Kalgoorlie Pub Owner
The Kalgoorlie pub owner who lost an eye in an explosion hid stolen gold in a cavity behind his glass eye. He admitted stealing several thousand dollars from the mine, living on the proceeds and retiring to own a public house to avoid suspicion. He had amassed about 40 dollars weekly from the theft.
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Kalgoorlie
Western Australia
Believes Women Will Dominate Industry
Sir Charles Higham publicist told the Soroptimist Club in London that women are rapidly advancing and may dominate work in the United States and Britain within about twenty years if men do not step up. He noted a shift since 15 years ago and praised women's growing power and performance as employees.
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United States
Britain
Sir Charles Higham
Soroptimist Club
London
Sharlea
America
Sir Charles
Parisians urged to salute Unknown Poilu memorial
A Paris veterans association protests that Parisians, provincial French and foreigners are becoming too lax toward the tomb of the Unknown Poilu. The notice laments the decline of uncovered passing and bowed heads and calls for a return to the proper salute to the fallen warrior.
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Poilu
Veterans’ Association
Paris
Telegraph Networks Link Americas and World Radio
The article describes more than 24 000 miles of cables carrying private messages between North and South America and 25 000 miles linking Europe with Latin American shores. It notes high power radio stations operating across South America and the civilized world.
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North
South America
Europe
Civilized World
New Province For Netherlands Zuyder Zee drainage project forms
The Netherlands launches the Zuyder Zee drainage scheme to create a new province with a 6 million guilder capital. A government accord funds construction and upkeep of a vast eighteen mile dyke to separate the North Sea from the Zuyder Zee, with a tall estimated cost around 32.6 million guilders.
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Zuyder Zee
Netherlands
North Sea
Why buy a home when a garage with bedroom suffices
A newlywed rebuts a real estate agent, listing a lifetime of moving through institutions and scenes from hospital to church, cafeteria to cinema, and arguing that the only essential is a garage with a bedroom rather than a house.
Man Builds Tree Home in Montesano Camp Log Hollow
An old tale of a man named E A Wade building a house inside a hollowed log. The log, sourced from a Wynooce burober camp near Montesano Washington, measures roughly a Pullman drawing room in size and serves as his makeshift dwelling.
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E. A. Wade
Montesano
Wash
Pulman
Man Lived By Wife Falls Short Of High Living
An obscure line from a readable fragment notes a man who lives with his wife but is not necessarily a high liver, while an average size tree with a fifty foot spread is described under normal conditions.
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Canadas
Buffalo
N.C.O
Prince
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Lake Louise
Mary Belle Rich
Spokane
Toronto
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