West's crop boom reshapes Canada's eastern industry outlook
The 1925 Western crop accelerates business across Canada, lifting Eastern wholesalers and manufacturers as Western prosperity drives national growth. Ontario and Quebec face higher risk of downturn if freight rates and Western investment stall, while railways and land sales reflect renewed confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Financial Post
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Massey-Harris
Sawyer-Massey
Cockshutt Plow
Wall Street Financial Journal
C.P.R
Avcust
C.N.R
Western Trust Company
Hudson's Bay Co
United States Bureau of Immigration
Canadian Prairies
United States
Eastern
Western
East
Hudson Bay Railway
Great Lakes
Manitoba Poultry Ships Three Carloads to Eastern Points
Three carloads of live poultry were shipped from southern Manitoba by the Manitoba Co operative Poultry Marketing Association. The consignment, promoted by A C McCulloch, used special eight deck cars with a centre aisle and storage for water and grain. One car went to Montreal and two to Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Co-operative Poultry Marketing Association
A. C. McCulloch
Minion Lvestock Brandh
Montreal
Buffalo
Odd House built in Seattle with vanishing features
A. B. Wark constructed a flat iron shaped house this summer in Seattle to align with street lines. The 40 by 120 by 11 foot structure features three fan shaped rooms and odds like a disappearing breakfast nook a receding bed and a vanishing ironing board. The basement houses a combined laundry and garage as the builder seeks a buyer.
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Seattle
A. B. Wark
Wark
Population estimates for Montreal in 1925 directory
Lovell's Montreal Directory 1925 places Greater Montreal population at 1 028 000 with city proper 967 504 and suburbs 126 500. It notes a prior Greater Montreal total of 979 027 from the same authority.
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Greater M Ntreal
Lovell
Montreal
Greater Montreal
Big Crowd At Tennyson's Home In Surrey Hills Visit
A large gathering of Poetry Society members visited Alfred Tennyson's former cottage near Haslemere in the Surrey hills. The visit took place at the invitation of the Gathwar of Baroda, who now occupies the poet's home.
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Tennyson
England
Aldworth
Surrey Hills
Haslemere
Baroda
The
Poetry Society
Cobham Plans London to Cape Town Flight
Alan Cobham Britain’s veteran aviator aims an London to Cape Town flight in November with a route via Paris Lyon Pisa Brindisi and Cairo. He hopes to reach Cape Town early December and return the same month. Cobham, 33, previously flew 17000 miles to India with passenger Sir Sefton Brancker using the same aircraft type as the DMSO.
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Alan Cobham
Great Britain
Cape Town
Paris
Lyons
Pisa
Brindisi
Cairo
Cobham
London
India
Sefton Brancker
Africa
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Colds and Sickness
Mothers rely on Nerviline as a long standing home remedy for colds sore throat tight chest sprains cramps nausea and sudden stomach upset. Sold for 25 cents at local dealers.
Ford Plans Rigid Dirigible For Navy Use
Henry Ford engineers propose a 150 foot long 50 foot diameter rigid airship with a metal gas bag. The Navy Secretary Wilbur reviews the plan after the Bureau of Aeronautics was asked to study it. Estimated cost about 300000 dollars, with speed near 70 mph and cruising radius about 2000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Wilbur
Wilbur
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ford
Grateful letter touts Williams Pink Pills as blood tonic
Mrs Louie Mitchell of Gask Point Man reports severe fatigue and weak health from poor blood but credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring strength after six boxes. She urges others with anaemia to use the remedy and notes it purifies blood. Pills offered by dealers or mail order for 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Louie Mitchell
Gsk Point
Man
Werman
Record of long residence in single dwelling spans generations
A Worcestershire woman lived eighty five years in one house and John Hatlam of Hatton died aged ninety five in the same house where he was born, having lived there all his life. Holloway's Corn Remover is promoted as safe and effective for hard and soft corns.
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Worcestershire
John Hatlam
Hatton
England
Holloway
Oldest Lancaster cigar store tied to Demuth family
Lancaster, Pennsylvania claims the oldest cigar store in America, kept by the Demuth family since 1770. The shop houses a treasure trove of relics including Lancaster County’s first bathtub, over a century old.
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Lancaster
Demuth
Lancaster County
Eiffel Tower to Become Sixty Six Story Apartment Tower
Italian engineer M Castiglione envisions converting the Paris landmark into a sixty six story apartment and office skyscraper. Cement walls would enclose the tower and modern amenities would be installed to attract tourists and generate revenue for the city.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
M. Carlo Castiglione
M. Castiglione
British Government Aids Women Flyers
The British Government recognizes flying as a viable profession for women and a club forms to run a 4 light aeroplane program for Lorton. At Stag Lane Airdrome Edgware the London Aero Club seeks to train women pilots for possible defense roles in war. The air ministry pledges equipment worth £20,000 a grant of £1,000 for upkeep and extra funds as needed plus £10 per certified woman trained.
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Air Ministry
Lorton
Stag Lane
Edgware
London
London Aero Club
Clap
Heavy Grain Exports Rise Versus Last August
Canada shipped over fifteen million bushels of wheat in August up from 13 million a year earlier. Of the total, 10,972,000 went to the United Kingdom with 1,085,000 via U S ports, a leap from 2,254,000 through American channels last August. Wheat flour exports reached 684,689 barrels versus 626,219 previously. The piece notes worm-related illness in children and promotes Miller’s Worm Powders as a remedy to restore digestion and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
U.S
Inspectors report reveals insult to child in Scotland district
A Scotland city school inspector overheard two women in a slummy district discussing a test for admission to a mental-defect institution. The first says the day is gumphy and the second boasts that Jeanie was examined for an idiot and did not pass.
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His
Scotland
Wuroman
Jeanie
U S Agriculture Experts Survey Western Canada Soil
A United States Department of Agriculture expert party spent several days in Edmonton Alberta and district surveying soil conditions for soil maps. The group included Dr. C. F. Marbut L. H. Lantz C. R. Ball O E B Baker and R L Uiemekel.
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Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
United States Department of Agriculture
C. F. Marbut
United States
L. H. Lantz
Bureau of Plant Industry
C. R. Ball
O. E B. Baker
R. L. Uiemekel
Mount Shasta Shows Signs Of Possible Eruption
Mount Shasta's rumblings alarm residents of Redding California. US Bureau of Fisheries notes McCloud River water four degrees warmer than normal and the mount's surface heated. mud flows rise and grass dies early, with heat deep within the mountain suspected as the cause.
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Mount Shasta
Redding
Cal
United States Bureau of Fisheries
McCloud
Amundsen
Norwegian explorer Raald Amundsen plans another attempt to fly over the North Pole using the Italian dirigible N-1. An Italian crew will operate the craft under Italian government ceded conditions, with the ship bearing the Norwegian flag and capable of about 62 mph with eight tons.
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North Pole
Raald Amundsen
Commissariat of Aeronautics
Explorer
Italy
Largest Carpet In World In London Hotel Foyer
A colossal carpet laid in a top London hotel covers half an acre weighs more than twenty one tons and required seventy men to move it. It is the largest in the world and comprises sixty four Oriental rugs from Persia and China woven by Samarkand craftspeople with a ceremonial rice fibre gesture for good fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Persia
China
Samarkand
May Revolutionizes Industry
A. F. Joffee of the Academy of Science claims a scientific discovery with revolutionary industry potential. In his private lab he reports a tremendous concentration of electrical energy in a small object. The pocket sized accumulator allegedly holds energy sufficient to run a powerful motor car for ten days.
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A. F. Joffee
Academy of Science
Joffee
Tribute To Genius Hitherto For Composer Artist
Walter Damrosch, conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, receives a note praising his genius and asking him to tune a piano, illustrating his dual recognition as conductor and composer. The anecdote highlights Damrosch's stature in the music world and his practical courtesy.
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Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Saskatchewan Game Huge Bag Secured By Nimrods
A Saskatchewan tally shows 5 222 sportsmen returned coupons for game licenses securing 154 500 ducks 45 600 prairie chickens 13 500 partridge and 5 500 geese. Over 16 000 hunters did not return coupons but would equal a total bag of 618 000 ducks 180 000 prairie chickens 54 000 partridge and 22 900 geese if they shot as many birds as those who returned theirs.
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Saskatchewan
Berlin Fathers propose dog tax to fund opera deficits
The Berlin Fathers of the City propose raising dog taxes from 10 to 315 to boost funding for the opera. They claim the change could add about 1.5 million dollars yearly to the treasury, while one paper questions whether dog ownership or opera attendance is more cultural. A suggestion mentions adding a new political party to the platform and offering a lower dog tax as a vote lure with the line Love my dog if you want my vote.
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Berlin
Emigration from Britain 1924 Figures North America Australia
Official figures show 10,600 wives or housekeepers left England for British North America and 6,000 to Australia. Over 10,000 men migrated to British North America for farm work. Total emigrants from the British Isles to other parts of the empire in 1924 reached 115,600.
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England
British Isles
British North America
Australia
Empire
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Bayer
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U. S. Navy
Henry Ford
Navy Department
Secretary of
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Eiffel
N. J. PD
Kellogg
Minard
U. S
California
Amundsen
Thomas
Nimrods
Germany
Milburn Co, Limited
Jurine Zurin
Wakiai
Murlo Ae
Eth
George Town
Leclerc
Anamia D. Leclerc
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