British Juveniles to Canada Farms Seen as Key Immigration Feature
R M Pym, Britain’s juvenile immigration chief, arrived in Montreal for the National Railway Colonization conference amid reports that 1 180 boys have been sent to Canada this season. He noted 97 percent success, with most placed on Ontario farms by the British Immigration and Colonization Association and other groups, and predicted strong prospects for next season.
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Canada
R. M. Pym
Britain
Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Laurentic
National Railway Colonization Department
Mr. Pym
British Isles
British Immigration and Colonization Association
Ontario
Sheep and Lamb Fair Heads to Brandon Show Dates Set
Manitoba Sheep Breeders' Association fixed October 30 and 31 for the annual show at the Winter Fair Arena Brandon. Last year 600 lambs entered. organizers expect a larger entry as sheep farming expands in Manitoba. The Brandon event anticipates broad interest amid rising farm involvement and provincewide sheep movement.
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Manitoba Sheep Breeders’ Association
Brandon
Manitoba
Marquis Leads Wheat Varieties in Prairie Provinces
A Department of Agriculture report shows Marquis seed wheat dominating sales at illustration stations with over 75 percent. Garnet tops oats in northern districts across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Trebi excels on Manitoba stations and overall seed grain sales reach 40 072 bushels with 7 999 bushels of seed potatoes and 18 061 pounds of grass and clover seed sold.
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Marquis
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Garnet
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Alaska
O.A.C
Trebi
Charlottetown
Smart Morning Sports Frocks For Youths Pattern No 555
Fashion notes urge young people to sew quick two hour sports frocks in cotton, with red and white printed pique model and scalloped trim. Pattern No 555 offered in sizes 14 to 20 years for 25 cents, with variations in peach shanting, gingham, linen, silk crepe, lawn, voile, and angora jersey.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern No. details appear to be incomplete but the note references the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Readers may seek ordering instructions or pattern numbers from the union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
New dairy system lets milk travel cow to consumer without air contact
R R Graves of the USDA proposes overhead sanitary pipelines at Beltsville Maryland to move milk from cow to stationary glass container, then to vacuum tanks for cooling or pasteurization, enabling bottled milk under vacuum. Tests show low bacterial counts after pasteurization, with reduced labor and costs.
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Grandpa
R. R. Graves
Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Beltsville
Graves
Bridge Builder Keeps Trains Moving After Fire
A railway bridge burned and had to be replaced. The engineer and his team hurried to the scene while the division superintendent arrived, pressing for plans. The old master bridge builder replied that the bridge was up and trains were passing, though the engineer’s plans might not yet be drawn.
Seals hunted for leather and fat along Labrador coast
Seals found along the Labrador coast are hunted not for fur but for leather and fat. The practice targets coastally abundant seal populations, with hunters pursuing products used in industry and traditional sustenance.
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Labrador
Promoted Official Appointed European Colonization Manager
Promoted superintendent of the Department of Colonization and Development by Canadian Pacific Railway Montreal to the post of Assistant European Colonization Manager, with headquarters in London England.
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Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
London
England
Combine Harvester Yields and Harvest Estimates From Swift Current Study
The Swift Current Saskatchewan experimental station reports that a modern combine reaper thresher with a 15 to 16 ft cut can harvest about 600 cars of grain in a season, while a 100 ft swath machine would handle about 400 acres. Bulletin 118 from Agriculture Ottawa documents field results, noting cautions on start timing and weather effects.
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Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Women Explorers Begin Bold Journey From New York
Three young women Baroness Christa von Bradenstein Miss Neda de Namur and Miss Margaret dAngelo depart New York to explore Alaska the Gobi Desert and Australia. They travel with a tent three army cots motion picture cameras an ordinary camera a typewriter a camp store and a German shepherd in the car. Mrs Soap says her husband ran away with their maid and Mrs Sudds notes how hard it is to find servants.
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Baroness Christa von Bradenstein
Neda de Namur
Margaret d’Angelo
New York
Alaska
Gobi Desert
Wilds
Australia
Mrs. Soap
Mrs. Sudds
London Water Mains Stretch Seven Thousand Miles
The article notes that London maintains about 7,000 miles of water mains. It highlights the scale of the city’s water distribution network and the infrastructure required to supply vast urban demand.
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London
Canadians urged to boost live stock output nationwide
Live stock groups are called to push for higher production. Ontario and the Dominion fund research that turns sulfur fumes into a fertilizer and plans a Trail plant costing seven to eight million dollars. Canada now consumes most eggs and butter domestically, reducing exports. Farmers must expand production to meet rising household demand and tourist-driven growth.
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Trail
B.C
Sudbury
Prairies
Ontario
Dominion
Toronto Telegram
W. R. Motherwell
Toronto
Canada
Department of Agriculture
United States
Motherwell
Portable Hog Cabins for Swine on Small Farms
The 1928 Dominion Animal Husbandman report recommends a movable hog cabin of about fifty square feet floor area to house five adult brood sows. It notes such cabins are inexpensive, often farm built from available materials, and preferable to the A shaped design whose roof is prone to damage during crowding.
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Dominion Animal Husbandman
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada Exports Flour to 83 Nations in Last Crop Year
Dominion Bureau of Statistics records show Canada shipped wheat flour directly to 83 countries and wheat to 34 countries in the year ending July 31. Flour exports totaled 11,808,775 barrels and wheat 354,424,699 bushels. China received the most flour, followed by the United Kingdom and Germany with volumes of 3,040,667, 2,637,867 and 1,997,289 barrels respectively.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
China
United Kingdom
Germany
New factory methods and ideas aid postwar revival
A London Daily Chronicle editorial argues Lancashire must modernize after the war. It emphasizes scrapping old ideas, methods, machinery, and sales tactics to free dead capital, advocating new techniques and salesmanship to revive the North's economy.
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Lancashire
North
London Daily Chronicle
Aviator Animals in Australia Defy Common Senses
In Australia there exist at least 20 animal species described as aviators including flying squirrels flying possums flying mice and even flying bears Chronic borrowers are noted as touchy and controversial in discussions about wildlife behavior and taxonomy.
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Australia
Importation Prohibited to Canada from Scotland and England
Ministerial order signed by J. H. Grisdale halts all permits for importing cattle sheep goats and other ruminants and swine from Scotland. Exceptions apply to those already embarked. Acted under the Contagious Diseases Act due to foot and mouth outbreak in Lanark shire. Similar restrictions apply to England shipments.
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J. H. Grisdale
Scotland
Canada
Dominion
Lanarkshire
England
Grain Exchange Raises Membership to Fifty Thousand
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange voted unanimously on August 27 to increase the membership cost to 50000 dollars. The previous membership last sold for 28700 dollars.
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Winnipeg Grain Exchange
The
Grain Exchange
Witty Exchange on Marriage and Dishes in Old Maid Joke
A humorous exchange recalls early marriage chores and a punchline about two dishes. The Old Maid quips about millions of youths saying yes, noting one would be enough for her. The banter reflects light social humor on marriage and abundance.
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Old Maid
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H. C. P. Cresswell
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Osborne
Calgary
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