Western Canada Airways Shows Record Freight Transport
Western Canada Airways Ltd reports a remarkable first season with no freight loss and many passengers. From Cranberry Portage base, near Cranberry Portage, The Pas, Fort Churchill, Chesterfield Inlet, and Lac La Ronge were served. pilots Major Thompson Rey Brown and Capt H H Kenyon helped move seven hundred passengers and several tons of freight. Operations pause for winter in November with planes overhauled at The Pas.
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Western Canada Airways Ltd
Pas
Cranberry Portage
C G. A. Thompson
Fort Churchill
Finn Flon
Airways Company
Chesterfield Inlet
Reindeer Lake
Fort Nelson
Lac la Ronge
Cranberry-Portage
Cola Lake
Courtesy Helped Garfield Choose Williams College
Ohio historian J H Galbraith uncovers how James A Garfield chose Williams College over Yale and Brown. He queried presidents of all three schools and Williams president Mark Hopkins replied with a cordial line We shall be glad to do what we can for you This kind courtesy influenced Garfield to enroll at Williams College.
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Ohio
J. H. Galbraith
James A. Garfield
Williams College
Yale
Brown
Mark Hopkins
Williams
United States
Walter Barling Develops Rapid-Rise Monoplane Claim
Walter Henry Barling, noted designer of army air bombers, touts a swiftly rising monoplane that can ascend after a 40 foot run. The piece includes a humorous exchange between The Colonel and Mr. Meeks about near misses and golf.
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Walter Henry Barling
United States Army Air Bombers
Dont groan over rowing
A humorous quote from Lustige Blaetter Berlin notes the relief and cheer found in a weekend rowers’ mood. The line invites readers to laugh at the strain and enjoy the lighter side of sport amid effort and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lustige Blaetter
Berlin
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union
Pattern request service lists address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern number name town and size details appear in the order form. Users select pattern, provide town and size, and mail payment to the Winnipeg Union patterns department.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Need Clean Books and Fresh Starts for Students
The text argues that new textbooks captivate children more than reused ones and urges embracing fresh, clean volumes. It notes adults rarely seize such opportunities to reset, yet stresses the value of starting with unspoiled pages.
Polar explorers promote blue eyes as key to safe travel
Capt. Walter Wandel aged 51 and Capt. Oscar Erikson 65, former sea captains and Klondyke explorers, now run a paint manufacturing plant in New Orleans. They say the most important requisite to conquer the poles with flying colors is blue eyes.
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South
Poles
Walter Wandel
Oscar Erikson
New Orleans
Glacier tunnel stores reindeer meat for Seattle ships
In Elephant Point Alaska a cold storage plant tunnels into a glacier for air circulation. The 100 foot ice tunnel includes chambers that can hold about 5000 reindeer carcasses awaiting refrigerator ships to Seattle for transport.
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Elephant Point
Alaska
Seattle
Welcome for Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles at Portumna Castle
Princess Mary and Lord Lascelles were warmly received at Portumna Castle Ireland after the burning of the lord’s stables. Thousands from diverse walks of life attended church and a convent school visit to honor the king’s daughter and her husband.
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Mary
Lord Lascelles
Portumna Castle
Ireland
Moss blankets crown north Admiralty Island forest
Scientists rate a mist born moss growth on Admiralty Island as a natural northwest wonder. Large specimens twenty feet long and four feet wide cling to drooping hemlock and spruce, darkening shores as moss extends into tidewater and past overhanging trees. Experiments suggest medicinal properties similar to sphagnum moss used in medicine.
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Admiralty Island
Vancouver Island
Northwest
Warning Against Ignoring the Common Cold Toronto Health Officials Say
Dr. C. J. O. Hastings leads Toron to medical officers of health in warning that the common cold and its complications are the costliest and deadliest winter illnesses. They report over 70 percent of school absenteeism, with more than a quarter due to the common cold and respiratory diseases in winter.
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Medical Officers of Health For
Toronto
C. J. O. Hastings
Japan to Build Giant Airship With Armaments
Tokyo correspondent reports plans for a new giant airship for the Japanese navy. It will carry guns and bombs with a 3000 mile cruising radius and, when completed, be the largest dirigible in the Far East. Construction is to begin soon.
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Tokio
Evening News
Far East
Measuring Time By Bell Method Across Centuries
The article traces how bells shaped timekeeping from ancient summons to modern radio broadcasts of Big Ben. It notes Rome and religious uses, the campanile, and the enduring romantic value of bells, ending with the persistent appeal of Westminster’s chime heard via radio signals.
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Westminster
House of Parliament
London
Senate
Women seek work after marriage despite homemaker role
Ella Winter notes that many women pursue paid work for independence, purpose, and money, despite household duties. A census shows some label occupation as None. A bishop warns fashionable congregations of doctrinal compromise if they do not reform.
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Baby
England
Ella Winter
New Bavarian Alarm Bounces Ball on Sleeper’s Head
A Bavarian invention for the deaf uses a rubber ball that bounces on the sleeper’s head at a chosen hour to awaken them. The device aims to replace ordinary alarm clocks with a tactile alert.
Bug Baer’s Namesake Shipments Mark Air Express Debut
In a Montreal to New York air service launch, “Bug” Bear departs Canada for the United States as Mayor Houde of Montreal and Mayor Walker of New York oversee the ceremony. Walker christens the shipment in honor of journalist Bugg Baer. Au revoir.
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Houde
Montreal
Walker
New York
Bug
Bugg” Baer
Automatic Samplers Installed In Saskatchewan Wheat Terminals
The Saskatchewan wheat pools four to eight install automatic samplers after testing by pool inspection and government officials. Samples from unloads will be kept at Head of the Lakes for re inspection, aiding growers by ensuring prompt grade information and protection for held full cars. The move follows inter provincial grading committee work to improve grower outcomes across Western Canada.
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Western
Canada
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Pool Inspection Department
Dominion Government Inspection Department
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Britain Buys Our Cheese Thru Canadian Exports
Canada shipped 119000000 pounds of cheese to Britain last year representing eighty seven percent of total exports. Dr J A Ruddick dairy commissioner noted British buyers rely on grade marks and grader certificates, while Canada’s grading system earned confidence in British markets.
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Canada
United Kingdom
J. A. Ruddick
Dominion
Ruddick
Fodder, food and courtesies in Southern hospitality
A reminiscence contrasts regional dining phrases from the Central and Southern States. The narrator recalls a waiter asking for soup and a cook’s quip about meals while recalling different regional manners and language in a past hospitality scene.
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Central
Arkansaw
Bertram L. Freehly
Whisky Taste Talk on a Scottish Train
Sandy MGregor travels to Glasgow when a fellow passenger in clerical attire reveals he has never tasted whisky in his 65 years. Sandy replies that the man down in the mouth seldom gets up in the world, while the man up in the world has little reason to feel down. A wife instructs her husband to reverse the car so she can go home.
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William V. Evans
Hencoed
South Wales
Dominion of
Canada
Evans
Horizon
Mr. Evans
Wales
Saskatchewan
Sandy M’gregor
Glasgow
Sandy
The
Ottawa Journal
George
New Telephone Device Receives Messages When Absent
John Collins of Waco Texas demonstrated an Ausophone before the Independent Telephone Association in Chicago. The apparatus records messages left by callers when the user is away and plays them back in the sender’s voice to the intended recipient. The invention promises messages awaiting recipients on return home, even gossip or dinner plans with the husband delayed.
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John Collins
Waco
Texas
Independent Telephone Association
Chicago
Suffering as a test of faith and courage in adversity
The passage argues that suffering is not always noble and can be harmful when chosen for self denial. It insists that pleasure can be rightfully enjoyed and that facing a dark future requires faith courage and a willingness to smile rather than endure needless pain.
Indians on Blackfoot Reserve Build Wealth From Cattle Sale
Indians on the Blackfoot reserve, already wealthy, report added wealth from a recent cattle shipment. The group netted 26,000 dollars with steers averaging 108 dollars each, as relayed to the Indian Department head office in Regina.
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Blackfoot Reserve
Indian Department For the
Prairie Provinces
Regina
High Quality BC Goats Draw Ontario Visitor
Mrs. A. Williams of Honeywood Goatery Oakville Ont visited British Columbia praised the goats and returned with three high producing grade Saanens. She plans to buy one or two buck kids next year and also seeks does.
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British Columbia
A. Williams
G. & A. Williams
Oakville
Ont
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