Reward and Garnet Wheat Varieties Draw Western Attention
Western growers focus on Reward and Garnet wheat with 1067 farmers testing Reward this season. Garnet, an early maturing high-yielding type from the Experimental Farm, spreads across the west including Peace River, with 81 varieties observed during a tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Newman
Canada
Newman
Manitoba
Dominion Cerealist
Experimenta
Prairie Provinces
Prince Albert
Tisdale
Saskatchewan
Ruby
Marquis
Peace River
West
J. H. Grisdale
Rio Grande
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Life Guard Dilemma Sparks Laughs Over Rescue Load
A life guard asks a swimmer how much he can carry. The swimmer says two hundred pounds. The lifeguard asks about a drowning woman of four hundred pounds and the man replies he would make two trips.
One Piece Dress Pattern With Convertible Front Panel
Winnipeg pattern notice describes a one piece dress with a perforated front panel that can be cut apart to use contrasting fabrics. Belt ties at the back, square neckline, sizes 36 to 48, and fabric options include printed and plain silks, crepe, linen, wool crepes, and canton faille. Pattern price 25 cents. magazine copy available for 10 cents more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Letter from a reader at Winnipeg asks about pattern orders at the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. The exchange includes a poet and editor discussing originality and a request for five dollars. The text reflects a small-town newspaper style and a pay request for verse.
Fort Churchill Harbor Expropriation Proceedings Under Way
Preliminary expropriation steps are in Ottawa to secure Fort Churchill harbor property. Judge H A Robson of Winnipeg represents the Dominion government. The Beach estate, amid Winnipeg tension, owns the inner peninsula land where harbor works are being built. Expropriation was begun after Hon Charles Dunning decided no private interests should hold land at Churchill.
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Fort Courtaill
Ottawa
H. A. Robson
Winnipeg
Wil Lam Beach
Chas. Dunning
Churchill
Wrong Impression of Canada on English Readers
The Vancouver Province page editor criticizes English headlines and reports that overemphasize Canada’s primitiveness. He recalls English travelers seeking bears and wonders at the mismatch between sensational abroad reports and Canada’s true conveniences. He cites public interest in Charley Paddock and Cleopatra as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Canada
West Vancouver
Wilds
British Columbia
England
Ottawa to get air mail service next year
Ottawa officials push a Post Office policy to establish air mail in the coming year. The plan is to be sent to Postmaster-General Hon. Peter Vennot and likely to cabinet and parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont--Wesstern
Canada
Post Office Department
Peter Vennot
Early Pioneers Maintained British Columbia For Canada
The article recalls Sir George Simpson and Hudsons Bay Company efforts that secured British Columbia for Canada. It highlights Simpson's 1806 fort founding, 1824 routes, and the Pacific coast claims amid competing U.S. and Russian interests, framing BC as a Canadian outcome of British enterprise and exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Canada
George Simpson
Hudson's Bay Company
Pacific Coast
United States
Pacific Ocean
Charles Vincent Sale
Company of Adventurers
Fort St. James
B.C
Cecil Rhodes
Simpson
Dominion
North America
Governor Sales
Spain
Alexander MacKenzie
Simon Fraser
John Stuart
Sir George Simpson
Northwest Company
Rocky Mountains
Columbia District
Russia
York Factory
British Miners at Canada's Doorstep Defy Communist Drive
Ten thousand British miners arrived in the prairie region facing Canada’s challenge. Fewer than five percent returned home, while 95 percent stayed, some becoming prominent in government. The article frames this as a defeat for communism and notes occupations, motives, and integration into Canadian life.
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Prairies
Canada
Dominion
A Billion Bushel Crop Rise In Canada Wheat
The Grain World predicts Canada will reach one billion bushels of wheat annually as growth in production continues. Current world wheat output tops 2.606 billion bushels, up from last year, with rising domestic and international demand and Russia still importing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Chicago
Russia
First Moose Trophy Won In Vermillion Hunt Opening
Mrs. Oscar Hock of Miami bagged the 61st moose of the season in Vermillion vicinity. The antler spread measured large, marking a leading trophy in the opening of the 1928 hunt, with Armand Tremblay from La Tuque Quebec noted nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hock
Miami
la Tuque
Armand Tremblay
Not Allowed to Forget A Wallet Stolen at a Meeting
A man who rarely attends races has his wallet stolen at a meeting and reports the loss to his wife. News of the misfortune spreads as a business acquaintance jokes about hearing the wallet news constantly. A park-keeper finds a tramp asleep on a seat as he warns about closing gates. The text ends with a note on keeping a telephone mouthpiece clean.
Old Newspapers Move Heavy Shipments To Oriental Ports
Reports to the U S Shipping Board show old newspapers form a large share of cargoes to the Orient. Los Angeles shipments weighed 5,000,000 pounds on a single day. In 1927 total Orient shipments reached 70,018,000 pounds valued at 685,425 dollars. orient manufacturers use the papers in firecrackers and novelties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
U.S. Shipping Board
Oriental
Los Angeles
Orient
Conjuror Hoax and Fast Runner Quips from Berlin
A side show chatter recalls a conjuror praised as a wizard who returns a counterfeit bill with skill. Berlin captions cite the Chemin de Fer Nord as France’s speed leader among railroads and feature playful quotes about spouses needing athletic speed rivaling Nurmi.
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Chemin de
Au Nord
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Pele Mele
Paris
Robert Forke
Ethel May
Charles J. McFarland
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tafa Joe
McDermott Ave
Essae Ans
Cynthia Mosley
Sir Oswald Mosley
Smethwick
Oswald Mosley
Cynthia
Marquis Curzon
Fort Churchill
Charley Paddock
Cleopatra
Western Air Mail
Jack
Bill
Central
Dominion Apimist
Britain
Florida
CNR
Nurmi
Lustige Blaetter
Berlin
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