Agricultural research boosts Canada’s farming income nationwide
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service notes agricultural research at colleges and experimental farms greatly adds to Canada's wealth. It highlights Marquis wheat as a leading example, with improved oats, wheat, and barley strains increasing provincial yields and overall income by hundreds of millions over eighteen years, per J. B. Reynolds of the Guelph Agricultural Society.
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Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Canada
Guelph Agricultural Society
Havbandss
Reynolds
Ontario Agricultural Coalerce
Manitoba Butter Industry Sees Major Gains This Year
Manitoba dairy reports show a boost in creamery butter production by 2.5 million pounds through August 1926 and shipments to Britain totaling 1,199,600 pounds valued at 366 168 dollars. Manitoba creamery output near 16 million pounds with 55 creameries, while exports in 1925 reached 315 carloads worth 2 416 680 dollars. The province claimed 44 2 percent of first prizes across Brandon Calgary Edmonton Regina Vancouver and other fairs and plans cheese output near one million pounds, up 250 000 from 1925.
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Manitoba
Brandon
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Vancouver
Victoria
New Westminster
Ottawa
Toronto
Province of
England to Lose Sixteenth Century Inn the Swan Hotel
Birmingham plans demolition of the Swan Hotel in 1929 after the city bought the site. The inn, once a coaching hub to London, enforces a centuries old rule banning women from drinking or staying inside, relaxed only on Christmas Day for a half hour. The dining room’s head table is presided by a President.
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England
Swan
Birmingham
London
Jnn
Warwick
Aylesbury
Miracle at Holy Virgin statue frees Croatian soldier
A Croatian soldier faced a court martial for stealing a pearl necklace from a statue. He claimed the Virgin bowed and handed him the pearls, a miracle bishops deemed plausible. The court acquitted him, and the colonel then barred soldiers from accepting gifts under penalty.
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Upper
Italy
Tie
Woman Blacksmith in Austria Rosa Steinlauber
Rosa Steinlauber, a noted artisan in Segenberg Austria, is described as duly articled and having completed her apprenticeship and examiners’ satisfaction to style herself a master blacksmith. She is also a cartwright and brecksmyth, and is noted for shoeing even refractory horses.
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Austria
Rosa Steinlauber
Segenberg
Rosa
Rarity of the mangosteen and a royal fruit tale
The mangosteen is described as a rare fruit needing temperatures above 25 degrees. It is about the size of a mandarin with a thick rind. A legend says Queen Victoria offered a large reward for the first dish of piangosirens at Buckingham Palace, but the prize was never claimed.
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Buckingham Palate
Great pessimists Dean Ingle and Tagore
The piece contrasts two noted pessimists Dean Ingle and Sir Rabindranath Tagore. It notes Ingle foresees doom for the British Empire while Tagore foresees the collapse of civilization as a whole.
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Dean Ingle
Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore
Rats Travel Distances in English Experiment
An English study shows some rats travel up to 190 miles in search of food. London traps release tagged rats daily and within a week several have been recaptured up to 50 miles away. One rat crossed half of England in six months, the longest migration traced. Rat catchers report higher London rat numbers than this century, and a single firm destroyed sixty million rats last year.
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London
England
Sesquicentennial Exposition Faces Massive Deficit
Philadelphia's Sesquicentennial Exposition shows a deficit near 5.6 million dollars as attendance totals fail to meet forecasts. Officials say fewer than 5 million visitors have attended versus expected 25 million during the run through November 30.
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Philadelphia
Ban on Young Drivers Bans Women Under Twenty In Constantinople
Police issue order prohibiting women under twenty from driving in Constantinople to curb accidents caused by careless and fast driving. The measure primarily targets foreign women as Turkish women have not yet adopted driving.
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Constantinople
Married to His Boss Reflects on Complicated Necessities
A wry line notes that necessity spares no law and even in work life can bind a man to his employer. The remark hints at social tensions around power, duty, and personal autonomy within professional relationships.
Austrian Woman Operates Bird School In Europe
In Austria Mitzi Hofer runs a cottage school for starlings and nutcrackers. Nefer teaches birds to talk and sing, claiming hereditary influence. Birds attend daily classes, perched on her body as she trains them with patience and repetition, drawing visitors from across Europe.
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Austria
Mitzi Hofer
Praulein Nefer
Europe
Capital Letters and the Rise of Emphasis in Writing
The text explains the origin of capital letters from the Latin word caput meaning head and chief. It traces early writing from uniform hands to connected scripts and finally the use of capitals to emphasize beginnings of important words.
Western Canada Wheat Growth From First Shipments
Fifty years ago the first wheat shipment from Western Canada totaled 57 bushels at a price of cents per bushel. In 1876 the wheat area reached 14,769 acres, expanding to 21,764,788 acres with two hundred million bushels of Pool wheat sold last crop from one bin.
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Western
Canada
Milk consumption per person in the United States last year
The average individual consumed 1.2 pints of milk daily in the United States during the previous year.
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United States
Peace Bridge Nears Completion in 1927 Commemoration
Buffalo New York and Fort Erie Ontario prepare for a 1927 unveiling of the Vehicular Peace Bridge marking a centennial celebration of peace between Great Britain and the United States. Ground broke at Fort Erie on August 17 1925 and construction aims to open by spring 1927. The bridge spans the Niagara River linking Fort Porter Buffalo to Fort Erie land.
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Great Britain
United States
Buffalo
N.Y
Fort Erie
Ontario
Niagara River
England
Niagara Frontier
Fort Porter
City of
Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Company
Army Post
Peace Bridge
Niagara Falls
Duluth
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Lewiston
Montreal
Quebec
Saskatchewan Egg and Poultry Pool Grows Fast
The newly formed egg and poultry pool in Saskatchewan has 17 000 members. Annual Saskatchewan egg production totals 33 672 263 dozen. Saskatchewan ranks as the second largest poultry producer in Canada, with Ontario first.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Ontario
Cable Ship Reports Atlantic Bed Rise Near St Helena
A cable ship reports the ocean floor off St Helena rising about two miles over twenty five years, signaling significant seafloor movement and long term geological change in the Atlantic region.
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Atlantic Ocean
St. Helena
Ultraviolet Rays Linked to Vitamins and Health Claims
Dr. William Benham Snow of New York speaks on ultraviolet rays as housewife friendly and germ destroying. He notes sun exposure increases vitamin activity in flour and milk and claims UV rays reach waterborne bacteria, aid bone building, and may be a cure for rickets.
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William Benham Snow
New York
Snow
Advertising Dominions and Skilled Emigration Plan
The imperial conference should consider a program to advertise Canada and other dominions to England which has unemployment and large war costs. Sir James blames ignorance of Canada for a portion of the bill. James Cobden Mitchell of Dahinda Saskatchewan, Canada, the wheat champion, arrived from England 21 years ago as an emigrant without capital.
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Canada
Dominions
England
James
James Cobden Mitchell
Dahinda
Saskatchewan
Buffalo-Courier Express
Winters Passed and Falls South
A brief dialogue notes a woman aging beyond forty and counting winters while seasons shift southward each autumn, signaling time and movement as a recurring motif.
Countess Willingdon and Empress of Scotland Visit Canada
The Empress of Scotland docked at Quebec with Countess Willingdon and Viscount Ve had their fine reception aboard during the voyage from England to Canada. His Lordship spoke of unity of British and French roots while praising settlers and promising a prosperous future under the British Crown. Misty the Cairn Terrier and a plump Chow accompanied the party aboard. The Governor General's audience and speeches were broadcast across Canada, emphasizing democratic spirit and shared responsibilities in the Dominion.
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Viscount
Visal
Quebec
Dominion
Canada
Misty
Gener
Cernin
Viscount Wettagden
Scotland
Reese
Viscountess Willingdon
Exapress of
Sunset Cairn Ferrier
Racenemaion
Moress
Empire
Viscount Willingdon
Garnet Wheat Proves Superior to Marquis in 1925
Two thousand farmers grew Garnet wheat in 1925 and nearly 300 reports confirm the grain outperforms expectations. Farmers fill forms noting yield per acre, rust damage, maturity period, and other facts while the Agriculture Department compiles a blue book with statistics.
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Department of Agriculture
Garnet
Marquis
Regular Bluebeard Castle Well Known Antiquary Dscovers Building in Kent
Mr Charles H Beard a well known antiquary has discovered a sixteenth century Tudor castle in Sisinghurst Kent England with a secret chamber murder story and ghost legend of an English Bluebeard The castle built in 1550 by Sir John Baker Chancellor under Henry VII reputed to murder women for their jewelry and hide bodies in a secret chamber beneath the stairs Dr Beard plans renovation and likely will reside there during work
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Kent
England
Charles H. Beard
Sisinghurst
John Baker
Henry VII
Mary
John
Beard
Canadian Farmers Form World Largest Co operative
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes that within three years Western Canada built the world’s largest farmers cooperative, uniting a 125,000 farmer wheat pool across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with over 13 million acres sown. It says Canada dominates wheat production and exports, and asks why American farmers lack similar organization amid price and market concerns.
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Western
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Farmers’ Organization
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Hard To Put Into Words What Constitutes a Gentleman
A Hedgerow of ideas on gentlemanliness questions whether birth and breeding alone guarantee civility. The author notes that historic notions of gentility failed to shield against blackguard ism or rascality, and warns that precise words cannot fully capture what defines a gentleman.
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Ional
Woodstock Hentinel Review
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool surpasses daily handling record
The Saskatchewan wheat pool elevators have moved over 20 million bushels amid bad weather. They recently unloaded 605 carloads equal to 850000 bushels in a single day, with 575 country elevators in operation and six more under construction.
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Saskatchewan Pool
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Bishop Winnington-Ingram urges miners move to Canada
In Winnipeg, Right Rev. A F Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, proposed transferring 150000 idle British miners to Canada’s mineral regions in British Columbia and Northern Ontario. He warned of vast export potential from increased mineral output and addressed the Canadian Clubs of Winnipeg.
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Britain
British Columbia
Ontario
A. Fp.winnington-Ingram
London
Winnipeg
Canada
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