Schools of Agriculture Making for Efficiency of the Coming Farmer
Alberta's agricultural education expands from Vermillion to six schools including Raymond and Gleichen. Practical farm experts teach livestock, dairying, carpentry, and soil science on government demonstration farms with experimental plots. By end of first year, students gain hands on skills. by second year, they are fully qualified.
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Canada
Alberta
Vermillion
Clarksholm
Olds
Raymond
Gleichen
Duncan Marshall
BC Export Trade in Infancy Under Canadian Ships
The Minister of Marine states Canadian export trade from British Columbia is still in infancy. Vancouver to Australia and New Zealand and to the United Kingdom are served by government ships with large cargoes. A line to India begins November 1 and new services to West Africa South America and the West Indies are considered. When complete, sixteen ships of 120000 net tons will run from British Columbia ports.
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Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Canadian Merchant Marine
India
West Africa
South America
West Indies
Rubber Trade Hundred Years Old
The article notes the hundredth birthday of rubber as a commercial article, celebrated on June 1. It recalls the 1920 arrival of rough caoutchouc lumps to Britain, first seen as curiosities before the material became a staple of industry.
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London
India
Britain
Teacher asks for modern importance not present a decade ago
A classroom joke where a pupil answers that the person named me is the current sense of self-identity and presence. The exchange highlights an ironic reflection on individual importance and technological or social change present today.
Coast to Coast by Plane Aerial Company Formed
An international group of English, Canadian and U S businessmen form an aerial transport company capitalised at 10 000 000. It will start with twenty Handley Page bombing aircraft carrying 16 to 26 passengers and baggage. Toronto will be on its route as the chain of major American continental cities is connected. The coast to coast journey over the Canadian prairies is expected to take about sixty hours of flying time.
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United States
Toronto
Canadian Prairies
Montreal Grows as Major Canadian Metropolis
Montreal's growing population places it as the fifth largest city in North America and the second biggest port in Eastern North America. New York surpasses Montreal only in annual business volume.
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Montreal
Canada
North America
New York City
Patience and Charity Emphasized Over Cash Payments
A remark notes that without cash, one must offer patience courtesy kindness and charity. The statement follows a statistic that more than 70 000 mines were laid in the North Sea.
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North Sea
Maps And Their Making
An overview of historical and modern map making. The article notes Turin’s ancient papyrus fragment and Hereford Cathedral’s six by five foot vellum map, then details British Ordnance Survey work from 1824 and Southampton processes. It describes surveying, engraving on copper, aluminum lithography, multi color printing, and map reduction by photography. It highlights the Louvre’s gold map gifted by the late Russian czar, valued around 150000 dollars, and framed in jasper with jewel studding.
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Turin
Hereford
United Kingdom
British Isles
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Department
Southampton
Louvre
Czar
Russia
Employment for Returned Soldiers Policy Shift
The department of soldiers' civil establishment adopts civilian basis for returning veterans who are physically fit. The employment branch has finished its work. regular labor agencies should take over, treating fit veterans as civilians and downplaying military service. About 4,000 patients remain in care including 1,500 tuberculosis, 1,000 insane, 103 incurables. others are surgical cases.
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Department of Soldiers
Department
West's Big Crop Promises Record Prairie Yields
The Dominion Government estimates wheat in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta at 289 million bushels this year up from 193 million in 1919 with oats at 556 million barley 642 million and flax 8 million. Provincial wheat yields total 40.3 million Manitoba 136.9 million Saskatchewan 82.97 million Alberta. The bumper crop would boost value well over 125 million dollars for wheat alone at 2.60 a bushel, with overall western wealth gain from grain and other outputs.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
East
Canada
Northland grain yield projected at 2.5 to 3 million bushels
Railway authorities estimate a total grain output for the region north of Edmonton between 2.5 and 3 million bushels. Crops shine at Peace River area, Lake Saskatoon, Grand Prairie, and Fort Vermilion with favorable weather aiding threshing. officials deem the figure conservative.
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Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Alberta and Great Waterways
Northern
Peace Coupe
Lake Saskatoon
Grand Prairie
Peace River
Spirit River
Waterhole
Fort Vermilion
U.S. Admires Canada Housing Plan Editorial
A New York World Ottawa dispatch praises Canada for tackling the housing problem and advocates the U.S. take a closer look. The piece frames Canada as a businesslike example reducing housing costs and improving conditions.
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New York World
Canada
Ottawa
the World Special
Manitoba Wheat Crop Worth 117 Million
Manitoba stage crop report estimates wheat value at 117.5 million dollars for producers. The province projects an average yield of 17.5 bushels per acre across 2,687,000 acres sown, totaling about 47,022,500 bushels for the season.
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Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Community Clubs Do Splendid Rural Work
Manitoba community clubs promote living together under the golden rule. Thirty four organizations flourish across the province aiding rural districts by preserving community centres, sharing tasks, and improving conditions. They sponsor university lectures, agricultural talks, debates, youth programs, health education, and team sports to foster cooperation and uplift living standards.
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Manitoba
Canada
Public Health Board
Industrial Growth of the Prairie Provinces
Western Canada shows rapid industrial expansion with 208 Alberta factories employing 3,171 workers and Saskatchewan’s 1918 data showing 1,422 establishments, 8,188 jobs, and $8.496 million in wages. Mineral resources include natural gas coal potash and petroleum while northern fisheries offer vast potential with Buffalo Lake whitefish yields. A Meadow Lake railway could unlock 300 carloads of fish annually.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Great Lakes
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Meadow Lake
Buffalo Lake
China’s Coal Fields Vast Supply Found Across Empire
The article notes France bought 100000 tons of Chinese coal as a sign of labor pressure and global demand. It argues China’s coal is inexhaustible, with areas over 200000 square miles rich in coal across provinces, suggesting a vast Empire-wide resource.
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France
Transvaal
China
Wales
Wheat Freight Rates Hit Alberta Farmers
Calgary grain shipments face higher rail charges with 42 cents per hundred pounds to Great Lakes and 52 cents to the coast. Experts estimate Alberta farmers will add about 14 million dollars to railway revenue due to the new rates.
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Calgary
Alta
Great Lakes
Alberta
Alberta wealth seen in oil coal and farming
Dr H M Tory, principal of the University of Alberta, told Calgary Board of Trade that oil sands north of Edmonton could yield world supply for six hundred years once separation is solved. He praised Alberta coal near Calgary and claimed the province’s agricultural output exceeds France and Germany, arguing current food imports are unlikely to recur.
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Edmonton
Alberta
H. M. Tory
University of Alberta
Calgary Board of Trade
Tory
Calgary
Canada
France
Germany
Record Wheat and Hay Bonanza in British Columbia Fields
A Vancouver report notes superb crops across British Columbia with heavy yields from Lulu Island near Bridgeport and Sixsmith. Branscomb’s oat field yields over 140 bushels per acre, wheat around 60, and barley hay rye promising. Reeve Bridge of Richmond reports 36 acres yielding 180 tons of hay, about five tons per acre, worth $5,400 at $30 per ton.
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British Columbia
Lulu Island
Vancouver
Bridgeport
Sixsmith
Branscomb
Reeve Bridge
Richmond
Ex-Kaiser's Will Declared Last Testament
William of Hohenzollern former German emperor has drafted a new will and entrusted it to Notary Schroot af Amerongen according to a Doom despatch to the Daily Mail.
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William of
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