Prize Winning Wheat Expert Turns to New Potato Variant
Saskatchewan farmer J. C. Mitchell who won three World wheat championships at Chicago's International Grain Exposition has developed Mitchell's Excelsior, a new potato variety. The seed work is described in the Public Service Monthly and Saskatoon Seed Growers Association, with registration steps toward Canadian certification. Mitchell's sixte en year quest yielded a high yielding, early, fine flavored potato with white blossoms, similar to Irish Cobbler but easier to peel and with distinct advantages. Regina Leader notes his shift illustrates success from Western Canada where newcomers can thrive in farming.
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Saskatchewan
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
England
Chicago
Public Service Monthly
Canada
West
Mitchell
Epicures
Saskatchewan Seed Growers’ Association
Seed Growers’ Association
W. R. Motherwell
Dominion Botanical Branch
Dominion
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Marquis
Prairie
Hamilton
Ont
Western Canada
Ike
Mrs Newgilt Funds Gift For Launcelot Bite
A brief cartoon caption notes Mrs Newgilt proposing to give the child Launcelot a hundred dollar bill to bite on, reflecting a humorous or satirical moment in the page. The line captures a quirky, domestic scene with a focus on the child and the unusual monetary gesture.
Readedyquip misread: Cuba letters spark confusion
Mrs A and Mrs B exchange playful banter about fiction and a fictitious husband who has not written since going to Cuba, reflecting light newsroom humor and everyday chit chat in a clipped exchange.
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Mrs. A
Cuba
Jubilee Gift of Peony Blooms for British Jubilee
Canada sends one hundred thousand peony blooms grown in Montreal to England in July as Canada's Diamond Jubilee gift. The government will place bouquets in London government buildings and newspapers and in royal homes while every passenger leaving a British port in July carries a Canadian gift bouquet.
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England
W. Ormiston Roy
Montreal
Canada
Dominion
London
Saskatchewan Honey Crop of 1926 Values and Colony Counts
The 1926 Saskatchewan honey crop totaled 37,801 dollars in value according to the field crops branch. Registered beekeepers numbered 19 in 1926 versus 687 in 1925. Comb honey production reached 31,198 pounds worth 8,983 dollars. extracted honey 139,089 pounds worth about 27,817 dollars. Spring colonies counted 2,862 with 4,102 on the fall count.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Claim Man's Ancestry Has Been Proved
Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History claim to have proven mankind’s direct descent from forest roaming apes three million years ago. They say a chain of evidence built from fossil teeth links humans to dryopithecus and traces elephant and horse lineages through ancient African and Eurasian forebears.
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Europe
Asia
American Museum of Natural History
William K. Gregory
Milo Hellman
Dryopithecus
Grain Growers Prosper At United Grain Growers Meeting
Grain Growers Prosper reports at the United Grain Growers annual meeting in Calgary show record net earnings of 676378 dollars and 35 cents after tax. The year saw about 43000000 bushels handled with a total turnover of 74000000 in country and terminal elevators. President Crerar presided over 350 delegates.
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United Grain Growers Ltd
Calgary
Crerar
Manitoba gains from Canada Highway Act funding
Under the Canada Highway Act the federal government allocated 26 million dollars to provinces for road construction. In the year ended March 31 1926 Manitoba received 133 535 dollars, bringing its total under the scheme to 1 287 476 dollars since inception.
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Manitoba
Simple Tropic Suit for Boys Pattern No 1358
The pattern for a smart tropice suit for boys features a centre front blouse with convertible collar and long gathered sleeves, patch pockets, and side crossing trousers with belt loops. Available in sizes 2 4 6 and 8 years. fabric needs 1 yard 3 inch for house wear and percent yard 54 inch for trousers. The Fashion Book with styles for boys and girls costs 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order instructions reference the Winnipeg Union office at 175 McDermot Ave. The text lists Pattern No. and directs readers to contact the address for pattern requests and ordering details.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Cattle Feed Tablets Cut Milk Cost Says Eng Farmer
A. J. Hosier of Wexcombe House near Rainborough, England, reports successful use of his own prescribed food tablets for cows. After five years of trials, he claims milk cost can drop four to six cents per gallon. Cows are kept outdoors year round and milked by machine.
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A. J. Hosier
Wexcombe House
Rainborough
Eng
Milk Dominates Rail Traffic For England's Four Group Railways
Milk is described as the largest class of railroad traffic after newspapers carried by the four group railroads of England. The note highlights the substantial volume of dairy shipments amid other freight.
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England
Vision by radio a step toward moving pictures say Dr Alexanderson
Dr E F W Alexanderson told the St Louis section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers that radio photographs prove television possible and a televisor may transmit motion pictures by radio. He described a seven light source projector and the need for 12 000 impressions per second to render motion.
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E. F. W. Alexanderson
St. Louis
American Institute of Electrical Ineers
Alexanderson
Atlantic
The Desirable Margin
The big car speeds toward a railroad crossing as a dispute erupts over whether the car can beat the train. The driver insists he can, the front passenger bets the train will win by twenty seconds, and a quiet rear passenger fears a tie while gripping the rushing car.
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Gwan
Kijnally
Boston Transcript
Irish bankruptcy laws rooted in 1872 reform era
The text notes that Ireland's bankruptcy laws originate from 1872 and, despite improvements in Great Britain, those reforms were not extended to Ireland.
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Ireland
Great Britain
Kodiak Brown Bear Reaches World’s Heaviest Brain Weight
The Kodiak brown bear attains the greatest weight of all brains, often weighing almost a ton.
Art May Be Long But the Artist Is Short
A brief note reflects on the paradox of lasting works and their creators, suggesting enduring influence despite a short life or brief career. The comment frames artistic achievement as measured by output versus duration, highlighting a witty contrast.
Hunting Grounds That Make Men Happy
The Canadian hunting season ended with hunters voting it among the finest ever. American hunters Captain Frank Doudera and Joseph Sartori praised Cariboo Country in British Columbia after a month, returning with moose, caribou, mountain goats, and coyotes.
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Canada
Moore
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Ontario
British Columbia
Frank Doudera
Joseph Sartori
The
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mon
Cariboo
B.C
Doudera
Cristener
Climate and gas progress in Canada and Britain
The piece outlines early gas lighting milestones from 1797 to 1823 and notes natural gas adoption in Canada, with Alberta and Ontario leading 1925 production. It surveys climate health in prairie provinces, highlighting dry air, clear skies, and mild winters as attractors for settlers and visitors.
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Westminster Bridge
London
Paris
Baltimore
Boston
New York
Canada
United States
Canadians
New Brunswick
Ontario
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Manitoba
British Columbia
Pubiic
Names Of Countries Dig
The note playfully contrasts exonyms with endonyms by listing country names: Egypt as Misr, Finland as Sumomen Tasayala, Iran as Iran, Estonia as Eesti Waba riik, Palestine as Fistin, Ireland as Saorstat Fireann, Japan as Nippon, and Morocco as El Maghreb. It ends with the line That will do for today.
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Iran
Eesti Wabariik
Palestine
Fistin
Irish Free State
Saorstat Fireann
Japan
Nippon
Morocco
el Maghreb
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Membership Totals And Acreage
On December 16 the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool reported 10,642,182 acres signed up with membership at $0,245. The Coarse Grains Pool had 37,907 members covering oats 1,800,766 acres barley 379,427 flax 378,230 and rye 113,569.
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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Teething Advice Mentioned By Mrs Malaikids
A quoted reminiscence from Mrs Malaikids notes a silver dollar given to children to bite during teething. The remark reflects a historic, casual parenting tip cited in a social or anecdotal context.
Heroic sacrifice seen as key to securing monument
A troubling axiom claims a hero must die at the proper moment to earn a lasting monument. Observers debate whether such deaths honor or haunt collective memory and public commemoration.
Custard Test and Unknown Soldiers at Gettysburg Cemetery
A silver knife testing custard ends when dry. meanwhile 2,555 soldiers lie buried at Gettysburg National Cemetery with 979 listed as unknown.
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Gettyeburge National Cemetary
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Montoba
Great Plains
Selkirks
Rocky Mountains
Bulletin
America
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Leamington
Essex County
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North
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