Ramsay MacDonald Praises Canada in Visit
Former British Premier Ramsay MacDonald praised Canada during his second visit to British Columbia in 21 years. He called Canada’s progress miraculous noting changes from the Eastern townships to the West and praised Canadians for retaining natural resources and advancing cooperative marketing among farmers. He said nothing on touring would alter his imperial policy if returned to power.
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Canada
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
British Columbia
MacDonald
University of British Columbia Installs 206-Foot Flag Pole
The university unveils a 206 foot flag pole carved from a single British Columbia fir. Cut near Stillwater and towed to Vancouver it ranks as the second tallest in the world after a 214 foot rival pole sent to Kew Gardens. Other tall BC poles include 197 foot Vancouver Court House and 165 foot Parliament Buildings poles.
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University of British Columbia
British Columbia
America
Stillwater
Vancouver
Kew Gardens
London
England
Vancouver Court House
Canadian Wheat Pool Dominates Canadian Harvest
The Canadian Wheat Pool now controls more than half of Canada's wheat crop, signaling rapid growth. In contrast, U S centralized marketing declined for four years and last year stood at 1.4 percent or twelve million bushels. Canada reached 53.6 percent with 179,950,242 million bushels.
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Canadian Wheat Pool
Canada
United States
Ottawa
Dominion seed plant ships Sitka spruce seeds worldwide
B C tree seeds thousands of sacks of Sitka spruce cones western red cedar western hemlock and other trees for seed extraction at New Westminster. The seed plant operated by the Dominion Government grows from a 1917 start to become one of the continent's largest with New Zealand and Australia among top buyers.
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New Westminster
B.C
New Zealand
Australia
A Cold Cure by Freezing Rooms in Icebound Sanatoria
The article argues that extreme cold is the best cure for colds, noting scientists and explorers like Scott and Shackleton avoiding colds in frigid camps but sneezing in ports. It suggests future influenza patients may seek treatment in Spitzbergen or Greenland icebound sanatoria rather than nursing homes.
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Scott
Shackleton
New Zealand
Canada
Spitzbergen
Greenland
Iceland
King George V Major Landowner With Vast Estate
The article notes King George V as a leading English landlord owning 276000 acres, 108000 of which are agricultural. Nation income from his lands reached 5500000 dollars in the last fiscal year, double 1915, with Regent Street yielding 1500000 dollars after rebuilding. The king’s fixed allowance stood at 2350000 dollars.
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England
George V
Regent Street
London
The Ice Cream Industry Through the Ages
A historical arc traces ice cream from its purported French origin with Di Miro for Charles I to Dolly Madison's White House tastings. It notes its spread to the general public, the scale of production and advertising, and calls ice cream a wholesome essential food in modern diets.
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di Miro
Charles I
England
Dolly Madison
White House
Washington
United States
The
Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association
New York Telephone Logs Time Of Day Queries By Districts
The New York Telephone Company reports 10 246 queries asking What time is it at nickel a query on the first full day of time of day formation. Manhattan 4 289 Brooklyn 2 921 Bronx 1 757 Queens 1 159 Staten Island 120. Between midnight and 6 am 234 calls. Peak hours 5 to 6 pm with 846 queries.
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New York Telephone Company
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
The
Bronx
Queens
Staten Island
Duchess of Argyll Corrects Theft At Olympia Exhibition
A policeman at the Olympia antiques show told to lay down a china piece the Duchess of Argyll, Princess Louise, confirmed the action saying you are quite right. After she departed a bystander revealed her identity and the officer kept to orders. The rest is a curio aside about a child and a drawing quip from a professor and an eminent artist.
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Olympia
Princess Louise
Duchess of Argyll
Holy Milkman of the Todas in Sacred Dairy Rites
A Tit Bits writer describes the Todas of southern India, their Holy Milkman as chief priest who resides in the Sacred Dairy and follows strict rites. He must sleep in a cow house, wear a single robe, and cannot touch food or lips directly while eating. He may be spoken to only on Mondays and Thursdays.
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India
Dickens Still Tops Popularity Poll Among Classic Writers
Charles Dickens leads a worldwide popularity contest conducted by Collins with 142 956 votes. Scrolling through the list, Scott remains runner‑up and George Eliot tops among women writers. Unplaced names include Emily Bronte Wilkie Collins and others.
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Charles Dickens
Collins
Dickens
Dicken
Scott
George Eliot
London
Stevenson
Dumas
Thackeray
Eliot
Hugo
Kingsley
Austen
C. Bronte
Mrs. Wood
C. Reade
W. H. Ainsworth
R. D. Blackmore
George Borrow
Emily Bronte
Wilkie Collins
Craik
Lord Lytton
Gaskell
Ice plant snowball injury at Enid shocks town
Heat records were set in Enid, Oklahoma while O E Williams suffered a painful injury when a snowball made from ammonia pipe frost struck him in the temple behind the ear. An ice plant employee threw the projectile at Williams as a prank gone wrong.
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Enid
Ola
O. E. Williams
Williams
Experience and Youth in Business Judgment
The article argues that experience and judgment outweigh energy, claiming a man over fifty will achieve lasting success while a younger, more energetic man may fail due to poor judgment.
Fire replaces the plough on prairie grain fields
Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current reports that burning straw after harvest may replace ploughing on western prairie lands. 1927 trials show yield of 25.5 bushels per acre with burning and no further cultivation versus 21.6 bushels with traditional ploughing.
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Dominion
Swift Current
Future of the Airplane and its Military Implications
The article argues that despite potential gains in speed lifting power and range aircraft will face inherent limits. It notes wireless telegraphy can outrun news, while navigation irregularities hinder passenger or cargo aerial service. It emphasizes the military value of airborne reconnaissance and enemy movement awareness as the core impact.
Compression in Speech A Maude Royden Tale
A story from the well known woman preacher Maude Royden humorously illustrates compression in speech. Her young friend was asked to tell Elisha’s tale and shortened it to Elisha had a bear the children mocked him he warned them and the bear ate them up.
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Elisha
Air Transport Company Holds Five Year Accident Free Record
The Austrian Air Transport Company, formed in 1923 by former Lieut. Col. Deutelmoser, marks five years of operation without an accident that killed or disabled a passenger. The firm has operated flights in multiple directions. Storks, viewed as a sanitary asset in Holland, are dwindling due to poisoning from poisoned grasshoppers during South African wintering.
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Austrian Air Transport Company
Deutelmoser
Holland
South Africa
Milk producers urge test based sales and neutral inspection
Milk producers representatives call for a tested purchase system through a neutral testing service and for uniform city inspection standards. They seek wider sales control for quality milk and cream, with tests not done by distributors, plus consistent sanitary inspections across shipping regions.
Man Bequeaths Wealth by Tattoo in London
A 200 word will be tattooed on a man's back in Waterloo Road London. The colonial man about 20 years old asked the will be transferred to his back and sat five hours for the tattooing. George Burchett the tattooist said it was the first time he inked a will and called the work difficult and tricky.
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Waterloo Road
London
England
George Burchett
Irish recruit flees during roundup in 14th boots
A recruit wearing number fourteen boots in the Irish Free State army joined a rounding up party but disappeared after roll call. When asked about Halloran a voice replied he had gone to the crossroads to turn around.
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Irish Free State Army
Halloran
Nut trees show separate male and female flowers on same tree
Some nut trees including oaks beeches hickories and butternuts bear pendulous staminate flowers and small inconspicuous nut producing flowers on the same tree indicating monoecious floral presentation and diverse reproduction on a single specimen.
Cleanliness In Dairying Urges Proper Utensil Hygiene
An Ottawa published booklet stresses clean handling in dairy production from barn to milking utensils. It advises washing immediately after milking with cold or lukewarm water, scrubbing with hot water and soda, and sterilizing by steam hot water or chlorine compounds.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Alberta Bituminous Sand Paving Milestones At Jasper
Successful experiments with bituminous sand from McMurray Alberta began paving Edmonton in 1915 under the Mines Branch. By 1926 a commercial surface was laid at Jasper National Park and last year about 30 000 square yards were surfaced there with a heating and mixing plant designed and built for the work.
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McMurray
Alberta
Edmonton
Mines Branch
Department of Mines
Jasper
Jasper National Park
Red Cross Outpost Hospital Hosts Willingdons Visit
Lord and Lady Willingdon visited the Red Cross Outpost Hospital at Ponce Coupe and, impressed by the North West outpost, asked to see the visitors’ book which was improvised from a prescription pad. Lady Willingdon, president of the Red Cross, listened closely to the hospital’s story and presented Miss Brooks with autographed photographs before departure.
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Lord
Lady Willingdon
Red Cross
Ponce Coupe
The
North West
Miss Brooks
Winnipeg Leads In Golf Courses World Record Claim
The city of Winnipeg Manitoba says it has the most golf courses per capita among large cities with 23 courses for about 12 000 residents each. It contrasts with Chicago one course per 20 000 and New York about one per 50 000 in a comparative claim. A humorous exchange about a maid and a past employer follows.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Chicago
New York
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