Macaulay on Better Times Ahead Based on History
The Toronto Mail and Empire reviews Macaulay in The Edinburgh Review January 1830 arguing that history shows human industry thrives amid wars taxes famines and prohibitions and that progress persists if governments focus on core duties and let capital industry and intelligence roam free.
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Macaulay
Edinburgh Review
Benevis and
Helvelyn
British Isles
Toronto Mail and Empire
Frostproof Hen Studied By University Of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan researchers track cold weather layers from family No 800. Eight full sisters from an early hatch produced eggs through blizzard conditions averaging 58 per hen to date. No 800 laid 74 eggs in one incubator setting. 60 chicks emerged for an 81 percent hatch rate. Professor Rae notes high fertility and hatchability in this pullet line.
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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
W. J. Rae
Victoria
Fox Breeding History in Prince Edward Island Noted
The New York Sun recalls PEI fox farming dating to 1878 with pioneer breeders near Tignish starting from 20 foxes. It cites that in 1929 the Canadian National Fox Breeders' Association registered 70,833 newborn cubs descended from that original group.
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Prince Edward Island
United States
New York Sun
Tignish
Canadian National Fox Breeders’ Association
Autumn Dress With Cowl Neck and Bolero Bodice
Fashion Bureau advertises Pattern No 921 a tweed printed silk dress with curved seaming and a cowl neck ending in a scarf at the back designed for sizes 16 to 42 inches bust. Options include black canton crepe and self material, with yardage details and a 25 cent pattern request.
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Fashion Bureau
Canada adopts government grades for poultry trade
After Toronto conferences between wholesale poultry buyers and the Dominion Department of Agriculture, buyers will recognize government grades as standard. Price differentials favor milk fed over selected, with crate feeding adding 50 to 75 cents per bird and potential farmer gains of 5 to 7 million dollars as 15 million birds move to market this season.
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Toronto
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Robert Weir
Department
Canada
Vancouver Harbor Could Handle 150 Million Bushels Of Wheat
Vancouver Harbor commissioners say the port can handle about 150 million bushels of wheat this winter. Chairman Sam McClay notes 14.5 million bushels of elevator capacity now with 2 million more arriving by November 15 and asserts storage will be found for all inbound grain.
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Vancouver
Sam McClay
Youngest yet oldest CPR conductor keeps steady head
Charles H. S. Henderson of the Canadian Pacific Railway between St Stephen and Edmundston N B is claimed to be the youngest ever active conductor and today the oldest in service. Born 1862 he began as a 17 year old on the New Brunswick line and has never left regular trains save a brief stint as Train Master. He has worked under three CPR presidents and was conductor on the Lady Willingdon royal train this year. He remains energetic and vigorous in his long career.
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Charles H. S. Henderson
Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Stephen
Edmundston
N.B
New Brunswick Railway
Above Points
Paffic
W. C. van Horne
Henderson
Baron Shaughnessy
E. W. Beatty
Maritime Provinces
Beatty
Herbert Holt
Lady Willingdon
St. Edmundston
St. Andrews
Calgary Name Dispute Weighs Gaelic Definition Claim
A Scottish revival of Gaelic etymology proposes that Calgary means Hut in the Thicket or Den of the Rough, challenging the long accepted sense clear running water. The Calgary Herald notes the brewing controversy as Rev Archibald Scott presents the new interpretation from Helmsdale.
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Calgary
Scotland
Archibald Scott
Helmsdale, Sutherland
Calgary Herald
Clay Resources Rich in Canada for Building Bricks
Canada hosts vast deposits of clays and shales suitable for making building brick structural and drain tiles alongside other clay varieties.
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Canada
Progress of Water Power Installation in Canada
In hard economic times Canada's water-power resources drive national progress. Since 1910 harnessed hydroelectric capacity rose from under 1 million to nearly 6 million horsepower, with twenty years of steady growth despite postwar slumps and fluctuations, underscoring water power as a persistent engine of the Dominion's economy.
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Canda
Canada
Dominion
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern ordering details from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave describe pattern numbers and mailing instructions. The notice lists how to request patterns by number and provides contact and payment steps for postal orders.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada urged to boost livestock for export gains
A Royal Bank of Canada analysis argues Canada should expand livestock production to capitalize on rising prices for beef bacon and dairy products. It notes weak pork exports to Britain compared with 1920s levels despite strong demand and cites opportunities from imperial trade initiatives and steady quality for bacon and cheese.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Imperial Economic Conference
Empire Marketing Board
Why Pasteurize Milk A Ottawa pamphlet urges home safety
The Department of Agriculture at Ottawa issues a pamphlet explaining pasteurization as a key to safe milk. It describes heating milk to 145 degrees Fahrenheit for thirty minutes using a dairy thermometer and double boiler, then rapid cooling to below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Unusual Sheep Skin Wool Forever Experiment Claim
An experiment by the Research Association for the British Woollen and Worsted Industries suggests sheep skins and hair cells could be kept alive to continuously grow wool. Officials say skin cells might be stretched on frames and treated to function as wool factories long after the sheep’s death.
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Research Association
British Woollen and Worsted
Saskatoon Teachers Association elects McKay president
T C McKay of Warman Sask was chosen president of the Saskatoon Inspectorate Teachers Association at the closing session. A resolution urged amending the Teachers' Superannuation Act 1930 to include qualified teachers in Indian federal schools under the pension scheme and allow them voluntary eligibility for old age pensions.
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T. C. McKay
Warman, Sask
Saskatoon Inspectorate Teachers’ Association
Germany’s Hard Times Outpace Canada Prosperity
A 40 million German voting population shows nearly a third depend on public funds for basics. Last year the government spent about 1.25 billion dollars with over half aiding 12 million dependents. Wages fall to about 16.25 dollars weekly for skilled workers and around 10 for unskilled.
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Canada
Germany's libraries exceed fifty four million volumes
New statistics show Germany's libraries hold 54,000,000 volumes with Berlin at 9,360,000 and Munich at 4,260,000. Leipzig's Deutsche Bucherei now houses 3,130,000 books under the copy rule, and four other cities exceed one million volumes each.
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Germany
Berlin
Munich
Deutsche Bucherei
Leipzig
Development Of Dairying Scheme By Manitoba Credit Union
The Manitoba Livestock Credit Association with the Winnipeg Board of Trade plans to develop dairying increase poultry and egg production and rehabilitate hogless farms. The excerpt includes an interjected quote about drinking, and a location reference to Pages Gaies Yverdon.
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Manitoba Livestock Credit Association
The
Winnipeg Board of Trade
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Agricultural Department
Vancouver Harbor
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Meeting of Teachers’ Association
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Yverdon
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