Progress In Agricultural Methods Shown By Labor-Saving Machinery
Western Canadian farming shows rapid adoption of mechanical devices and labor saving machinery. Tractors and combines surge, with Alberta and Saskatchewan near one thousand reaper-threshers this season versus 175 last year. Canada exported farm implements worth $17.41 million in the last fiscal year, signaling a widening global market for reaper-threshers and other equipment.
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Canada
Western
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Kansas
Birmingham dice case ends as dice swallowed line
Police in Birmingham raid a group around a blanket with money, mistaking a dice game for gambling. No dice are found and cases are dismissed when dice cannot be produced. A nervous spectator quips that he swallowed the dice, a jab at the legal outcome.
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Birmingham
Ala
Elk population recovers in Canada under government protection
Reports from the Department of the Interior state the Canadian elk, once near extinction, has grown to about 20 000. Distribution includes 4 000 in Manitoba 5 000 in Saskatchewan 4 000 in Alberta and 6 000 to 7 000 in British Columbia with about 3 000 in national parks. London street paving and Washington ad rules noted.
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Department of the Interior
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
English as Global Language Spurs International Council
At a Royal Society of Literature meeting, officials debated English word usage and pronunciation, proposing an International Council for English with fifty British and fifty American members to study Americanisms and Anglicisms. The article notes English spread worldwide, with 170 million speakers today and growing as schooling and commerce expand globally.
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Royal Society of Literature
Great Main
United States
International Council For English
North America
Australasia
Africa
British Empire
How To Order Patterns Pattern No Name Towns
Pattern order guide lists various pattern numbers with city names and pattern names. Instructions cover how to request patterns by number and name, and how to mail or order from the catalog. Local towns referenced suggest a regional pattern distribution.
Mystery wheat premiering on Alberta farm near Wembley
Herman Treille, famed for wheat and oats, reveals a new grain created for combine harvesting. The variety stays stiff in snow, resists shattering, and holds kernels firmly. It ripens two weeks earlier, resists frost, and yields as well as Marquis. Officials may approve it next season for Westwide planting.
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Wembly
Alberta
Herman Treille
Treble
West
Progressive Eskimos Aspire to Own Schooners
In the Mackenzie delta region Arctic natives are advancing with sewing machines gramophones and radio gear. The head of each family aims to own a schooner with an auxiliary gasoline engine as Arctic fur prices rise. At Aklavik twenty five such native owned schooners are often seen docked together.
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Mackenzie Delta
Arctic
Aklavik
Prairie Provinces Boost Butter Production Across Dominion
All prairie provinces Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba increased butter output last year with Manitoba showing the largest proportional rise. The trio now ranks third to fifth in production and together account for nearly 30 percent of Canada’s total butter output.
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Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
The Boss and Stenog Joke About Words at Five
A humor snippet features a boss asking if typing ends at five and the stenographer replying she won’t start a word near quitting time. The piece adds quips about uncomfortable church seats and jokes about marriage.
Enthusiastic American Legion Delegation Raids London Streets
Nearly 1,560 American Legion members from New York parade through central London streets causing traffic delays. Dressed in bright uniforms with flags they gather at Great Scotland Yard then proceed to the cenotaph and Westminster Abbey tomb of the Unknown Soldier, with a drum major and a women's contingent leading the way.
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London
American Legion
New York
Scotland Yard
Whitehall
Legion
Westminster Abbey
Safety First Urged At Canadian Good Roads Meet
Niagara Falls heard Hon. George S. Henry urge safety first as the keynote of the 14th annual Good Roads Association of Canada session. Saskatchewan deputy minister H S Carpenter noted 7,300 miles of roads serving 450 market points, inviting the next meeting to be held there.
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Good Roads Association of Canada
Niagara Falls
George S. Henry
Ontario
Carpenter
Saskatchewan
Good Roads Association
Saskatchewan Wheat Exports Shift Global Market
Premier Gardiner told the Pacific Foreign Trade Council in Victoria that Saskatchewan produces more wheat than all other Canadian provinces combined, enough to feed 30 million people, with 29 thirtieths of output exported. He noted world wheat totals of 160 million tons and Canada shipping 7 million, 5 million under Western Canada’s wheat pool. Prospective buyer asks about land as agents are blamed.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Gardiner
Pacific Foreign Trade Council
Victoria
B.C
American Legionnaires Sail to Paris for 1924 Convention
Sixty members of the Boys of 76 Bugle and Drum Corps from Racine Wisconsin sailed from Quebec on the Montreagal for Antwerp to attend the Paris convention. The event marked a large trans Atlantic movement with General Pershing and Ambassador Herrick among those sailing. over 17 000 Legionnaires were estimated to participate.
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Post 76
Racire
Wisconsin
American Legion
Quebec
Paris
Montregal
Antwerp
Legionnaires
Poincare
The
Republic
France
John Pershing
U.S
Myron T. Herrick
America
Few Fields Left To Conquer As Explorers Map Earth
The piece notes farming diversification with sheep in the prairies, describes sheep as a supplementary income through wool and lambs, and cites E. Van Nice. It reviews historical exploration from Livingstone to Scott and Byrd, detailing Antarctic challenges, dangers, and mineral lure driving future expeditions.
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Prairie Provinces
Prairies
E. van Nice
Scott, Saskatchewan
Scott
Sahara
Equatorial
South America
Asia
Australia
Brazil
David Livingstone
South Pole
United States
South Polar
Antarctic
Jotunheim
Robert E. Scott
Meat vs Vegetables Race Sparks Longevity Debate
In Ontario a ten mile race between a meat eater and a vegetarian ends with a narrow vegetarian loss. Both finish strong, suggesting diet impact is unclear. The piece argues balance and rest for stomach health and dismisses puritanical self denial.
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Ontario
Honey Competition Debuts at Royal Agricultural Fair Toronto
Beekeeping gains national importance as the Royal Agricultural Fair in Toronto introduces honey competition classes for the first time. Entries must be 1927 crop from the exhibitor or province apiaries. judges may disqualify poorly presented displays. Ontario honey has earned top spots at the Imperial Dairy Show in London in recent years.
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Ontario
Toronto
London
Watch Restored After 100 Years for Miss Cynthia Pintler
Miss Cynthia A Pintler of White Lake New York had her grandfather Peter Pintlers London made watch wound for the first time in a century. The 1771 timepiece, unused since 1826, was repaired and deposited in a bank for safekeeping.
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Cynthia A. Pintler
White Lake
N.Y
London
Peter Pintler
English Insects to Help New Zealand Farmers
An expeditionary force of insects from England will be sent to New Zealand to combat invasive pests. At Harpendon experimental station Herefordshire beetles and caterpillars undergo tests to find those that target weeds like brambles ragwort and gooseberry without harming crops. Selected shock troops will be shipped to New Zealand to aid farmers against weeds.
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England
New Zealand
Dominion
Harpendon
Herefordshire
Wintering Steers Loose in Pens Proves More Profitable
A three year test at Lennoxville Quebec Experimental Station finds steers wintered loose in pens gain more at lower cost than tied in stalls. Labor and equipment costs favor loose pens.
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Lennoxville
Quebec
Sockeye Salmon Scarcity Reported on Fraser River
John P. Babcock, assistant commissioner of fisheries, said in August on the Fraser River above Hell’s Gate that sockeye numbers in spawning areas were the lowest in 25 years there. He warned there can be no commercial return for years from sockeye spawned in the upper Fraser in August and September.
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Fraser River
Hell's Gate Canyon
John P. Babcock
Hell's Gate
Fraser
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