Indian Witchcraft on Lake Manitoba Poison Case
The narrator recounts a winter journey across frozen Lake Manitoba to obtain a magistrate warrant for Wuskeninge accused of poisoning a tribal member. A luminous spirit and fearsome dog team accompany the trip, with the accused fleeing and a burning of the witch’s bark tepee afterward. The poisoned man slowly recovers but remains weakened.
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Beng
Lake Manitoba
Myec
Wos-ke-ronge
Moe
Herod
Nero
Hero
Mero
James Sinclair
Beth
Dog Hung Bay
Wuskeninge
Wus-ke-ninge
Sinclair
Northwest
Canada
Alberta Wool Moving Across Canada by Association
The Alberta Sheep Breeders Association based in Calgary has shipped a car of wool to Westor Ontario, bringing this year’s total to seventeen cars or 338 388 pounds. The wool came from 573 contributors and further consignments from about 29 000 pounds are expected, pushing total weight toward 404 488 pounds.
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Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Association
Calgary
Alberta
Westor
Ontario
Nore
Unclear text about airplanes and seals near Greenland
Fragmentary report mentions airplanes and whaleseed seals located near Greenland but lacks coherent details or context. The source text is incomplete, leaving the event, actors, and dates unspecified.
Ex-service men offer guides to battlefields in France and Flanders
A group of former soldiers have found work by guiding visitors through the trenchland areas in France and Flanders. They offer their services to tour parties exploring the historic battlefields.
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France
Flanders
The Crowded City Rent Pressures Prompt Rooms Over Houses
City residents seek smaller rooms as high rents push many to avoid houses. The question compares living in a large city with limited space to renting a smaller unit. The excerpt notes daily life in Toronto amid rising costs and housing scarcity.
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Toranto
Winter Storage Of Vegetables
Advice on keeping garden produce through winter outlines time and temp targets for crops. It covers beets cabbage carrots onions parsnips potatoes squash and turnips with ventilation, air flow, and moisture guidance and warns against over dryness and freezing damage.
Woman Seeks Police Aid to Cross Busy Street
A humorous note from the Japan Advertiser recounts Mrs. Brown, described as very large with unusual timidity about traffic, stopping a policeman in the street to ask if he could help her cross. The cartoonish moment highlights her concern over heavy street traffic.
Sheep queens of Texas plan Canada lecture tour
Two Texas women, Mrs. Jeanette Hartwell and Miss Donna Gardner, known as sheep queens, rose from Jersey cattle to manage five thousand sheep on Palmer county ranches. They sold thirty thousand sheep last summer and will lecture widows of Canadian soldiers in Canada as invited by the Federated Womens Club. They run ranches at Bovina and earned praise at the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association meeting in San Angelo.
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Texas Range
Dominion Prairies
Texas
Jeanette Hartwell
Donna Gardner
Chicago
Palmer County
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
San Angelo
Canada
Federated Women’s Club
Dominick
Hartwell
Southwest
Fort Worth
Texas Plains
Jersey
X IT
Bovina
Alberta farmer seeks wife letters arrive for Preston Guardians
A Preston guardians post bag contains six applications for a rural marriage posting. Read letters reveal tasks such as milk warming at night and serving as a housekeeper. One note claims the writer is domesticated and fond of cigarettes.
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Preston
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Birmingham
London
Birds Do Not Move in Fog Unlike Horses and Humans
The article notes that animals navigate fog differently from humans with horses maintaining their course and turning correctly when familiar with the road, while birds such as pigeons stay motionless, half asleep, and chickens and other poultry remain still during heavy fog.
Mammoth Mining Corporation chartered in Manitoba
Establishment in Manitoba of a five million dollar mining corporation named Mammoth Mining Corporation Ltd has been authorized by provincial charter. The charter grants wide powers covering prospecting developing purchasing and working mining claims construction of a smelter and operation of railway telegraph and telephone systems.
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Manitoba
Mammoth Mining Corporation, Ltd
Hope of Mankind in Democratic Government of Anglo-Saxon Races
Sir Auckland Geddes addressing the American Bar Association argues democracy is a precious heritage won at cost and must be safeguarded. He warns of fierce opposition, stresses government by the people, and urges unity to protect freedom through lawful, disciplined self-government.
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Auckland Geddes
United States
American Bar Association
England
Europe
British Isles
America
Pulp Industry Expansion in British Columbia
British Columbia’s pulp and paper sector is set for growth with a New York-based firm planning a mill at Kitimat Arm near Prince Rupert and a Japanese company acquiring land on Louise Island for a plant. Existing operations include Powell River, Whalen, Pacific Mills, Ocean Falls, and Beaver Cove. The Ocean Falls plant has anchored Japanese exports, while Powell River dominates exports to Australia and New Zealand. With pulpwood supplies dwindling in the Lake States and New England, the Pacific Coast is poised to become the continent’s production hub.
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British Columbia
New York
Daily Financial News
San Francisco
Kitimat Arm
Prince Rupert
Louise Island
Queen Charlotte Group
Japan
Powell River
Britwish Columbia
Whalen Pulp and Paper Company
Matsuno
Swanson Bay
Pacific Mills
Ocean Falls
Beaver Cove
Powell River Company
Antipodes
Saskatoon
San Diego
Lake States
New England
Pacific Coast
The Sunflower As Fuel Source Discussed
The article notes wood and coal scarcity boost interest in sunflowers as fuel. Poor lands can grow sunflowers with fertilizer, yielding about three cords per acre of stalks. seeds serve as cattle and poultry feed or can be ground for oil.
Winnipeg cinema firm forms to produce moving pictures
A company capitalized at one million dollars has been formed in Winnipeg to produce moving pictures. Winnipeg will be the center of the organization, with subsidiary companies to be formed in other parts of Canada and the main studio located in the Manitoba city.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba City
Value of Oat Straw Feeding Dairy Cows Superior to Timothy
An agricultural note argues oat hay provides higher digestible nutrients for dairy cattle. Based on averages, 100 pounds yield 46.4 pounds digestible nutrients with 45 pounds protein and 38.1 pounds carbohydrates, surpassing timothy especially when protein feeds are costly. Cutting oats at flower or early milk stage ensures best quality and palatability.
Pulverized Coal Demonstration Planned in Winnipeg
J C Newton announced a pulverized coal furnace will be erected in Winnipeg for demonstration aims to prove Manitoba and Saskatchewan lignites heat as well as Pennsylvania anthracite when pulverized. He claims households can save more than thirty percent in net heating costs.
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Winnipeg
J. C. Newton
Newton
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta Coal Output Surpasses 1919 Levels in Seven Months
The Minister of Labor reports that Alberta mined over one million tons more coal this year than in 1919 during the first seven months. Substantial reserves of both bituminous and lignite coal were accumulated over the summer months.
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Authority
Alberta
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