Germany Faces Fresh Financial Crisis and Trade Push
Ward Price reports from Ber with a German banking view on the crisis. Banks will curb lending and push exports, likely lowering prices by autumn and cutting wages by about 20 percent as Germany strengthens its position in global markets. English losses loom as Britain and France bear the fallout.
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Ward Price
Daily Mail
Ber- Us
Germany
England
France
Bank of England
United States
Common Sense Scarce On Roads Across Border City
The Border Cities Star laments that common sense is scarce on highways as drivers kill and injure. It argues careless cutting in and lack of signals endanger pedestrians in Windsor and beyond, condemns fines and license confiscation as ineffective, and doubts imprisonment will curb danger.
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Windsor
Ginger the Channel Cat Eludes Shore Touch On Maid of Orleans
The red Tom named Ginger serves as a sea mascot on the Maid of Orleans fleet between Folkestone and Boulogne. He has never set foot on shore due to diplomatic rules, but travels the ship from steerage to bridge. Ginger has logged about fifty thousand miles at sea.
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Orleans
France
Britain
England
Folkestone
Boulogne
Archdeacon Weds on Hudson Bay Train Stop
Archdeacon Farles of the Anglican Church presided over a double wedding on the Hudson Bay Railway at Mile 214 during a train stop. The feat, arranged by wire, occurred in slightly under four minutes as the engine halted and the archdeacon conducted the questions to the two couples.
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Hudson Bay
Farles
Pneumatic Tire Coaches Tested on French Railways
Pneumatic tired coaches are being tried on a French railway. The car starts with no noise and feels like a plane in calm weather. Acceleration is rapid reaching 60 mph in under 200 yards. Bends are taken at 60 mph with no discomfort and straight runs exceed 70 mph.
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France
Displayed ivory gaming table once owned by Pepys exhibition
A London museum now features a gaming table once given by James Ir to Samuel Pepys. The inlaid piece includes colored wood, ivory chessmen and checkers, and an ivory dice box with markers. Nearby a temple elephant in Baroda, India, was trained to place flower wreaths on visiting women.
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James Ir
Samuel Pepys
London Museum
Baroda
India
The Tomato Tale From Early Trade To Tariffs
The tomato rose from a South American ornament to a world staple. It spread in Canada after 20 years as a freak, with the U S backing it earlier. Spanyol and Mexican names evolved into tomato while British coloured accents led to tomahto. In the Bahamas winter tomatoes ship to Canada cheaply due to tariff ties with the British West Indies.
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Canada
U.S
South America
Tomahto
Bahamas
British West Indies
Brains and Character in Public Life
The Guardian argues that character alone cannot fix affairs. It cites Sir Josiah Stamp that many are good yet stupid and have caused a mess. The piece insists strong heads and hard thinking are needed to better manage our own affairs.
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Josiah Stamp
the Guardian
Manchester
England
Prices in Belgian Congo Display Local Dental Costs
Dr. Robert King reports Congo prices include filling a tooth at three cents pulling a tooth one cent and an appendix operation priced at three dollars. King, a missionary, returns after sixteen years in the region.
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Belgian Congo
Robert King
Congo
Ontario city Model Promotes Unemployed Aid Campaign
The Labour Department reports a mid sized Ontario city leading a voluntary income contribution program to aid the unemployed. A central non partisan committee administers the fund as workers and employers cooperate, with wage deductions of one to two percent. The effort has gained broad backing and could inspire similar action elsewhere.
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Labour Department
Ottawa
Ontario
Toronto Mail and Empire
Canadians buoyed by CN Railways bond oversubscription
Canadian National Railways 20 year guaranteed 4.4 percent bonds were oversubscribed almost immediately in New York, signaling strong investor confidence in Canada’s future. The market response contrasted with skepticism elsewhere, while a street dialogue quips about a railroad crossing and auto parts.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
New York
Feeding Fall Pigs a Key to Profitable Rearing
H E Wilson of the Dominion Experimental Station Lacombe Alberta states fall pig production hinges on proper feeding. Dry spacious quarters and balanced protein mineral supplements outperform home grown barley and oats. Experiments show buttermilk tankage alfalfa meal oil cake and mixed supplements raise value per hundred pounds while fish meal can be costly.
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H. E. Wilson
Dominion
Lacombe
Alberta
Sheep Raising In B C
The article examines why British Columbia farmers do not raise more sheep. It notes Canada requires about 2,000,000 carcases to meet demand but only 1,500,000 are produced. Fraser Valley flocks grow slowly while interior flocks increase, with coyotes dogs and fencing labor cited as hazards and added costs.
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British Columbia
Dominion
Fraser Valley
Women Study Motor Mechanics at Regina Technical School
Regina Technical School forms a ladies only motor mechanics class this year after last year’s mixed group. The course covers engine systems minor repairs and road rules with a short first aid segment. Women increasingly drive and must meet licence requirements.
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Regina Technical School
Scotchman to Match Tip Found Beside Plate
A diner in a restaurant discovered a prior customer's tip beside his plate and told the waitress I am a sportsman I will match it. He challenged to settle the matter by matching the tip in a sportsmanlike gesture.
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Scotchman
World Wheat Crop Estimates for 1921
The United States Department of Agriculture estimates the world wheat crop at 4.169 billion bushels for 1921 excluding Russia and China, up from 3.303 billion bushels the previous year.
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Russia
China
United States Department of Agriculture
Extermination Appeal Urges War on Flies Mosquitoes in Canada
Wade Morrow Canadian director of the Rex Research Foundation calls for a nationwide extermination campaign against flies and mosquitoes. He warns 60 species feed on humans and bug numbers rise in warm moist weather, urging households stores and farms to spray twice daily to prevent spring hatching and reduce disease transmission.
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Canada
Wade Morrow
Rex Research Foundation
Mr. Morrow
Canada Expands National Buffalo Herd Across Parks
Since 1908 Canada has grown its national buffalo herd from under 800 to over 20 000 with animals sent to the Northwest Territories and other areas. A March census reports about 6 200 head at Buffalo Park Wainwright Alberta 800 at Elk Island Alberta and over 12 000 at Wood Buffalo Park Fort Smith Northwest Territories. Bears deer moose and other species also show large park populations including 25 000 deer and 22 000 bighorn sheep.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Buffalo Park
Wainwright
Alberta
Elk Island Park
Wood Buffalo
Fort Smith
Fishing In Arctic Grimsby Trawlers Head South
W H Beere wireless operator of the steamer Warkworth said trawlers based in Grimsby visit Fox Channel each summer to fish cod and halibut and return to the Old Country with full cargo during the first grain shipment via the Hudson Bay route to the British Isles as the Warkworth lay in Churchill harbour.
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Grimsby
England
Fox Channel
Old Country
W. H. Beere
Warkworth
Hudson Bay
British Isles
Churchill
Lovers discuss home and marriage in sentimental mood
A couple speaks of a shared future as she longs for a home of her own and he imagines marriage if she has such a home. The exchange centers on personal aspirations, commitment, and domestic unity.
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Yverdon
Handred
Ww. N. U
Cat
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Baldwin
J. G. Coates
New Zealand
House of Representatives
Long Island
Byron Hardy
Hardy
B.C
Arctic
Gutierrez
Madrid
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