Western Wheat Prices and Costs Lift Prairie Farmers
Western farmers gain from rising wheat prices even as production and marketing costs fall. Wheat pools in the three prairie provinces aim to cut marketing costs, stabilize prices, and curb dumping. Lower Crow's Nest Pass freight rates and reforms at the Railway Commission expected to reduce costs further. Farmers advised to cut costs by better machinery care, weed control, and efficient on farm management to lift Western agriculture from its slump.
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Prairie
Railway Commission For Adjustment
Dominion
McAdoo
United States
Canada
Port Arthur Leads World in Grain Storage Capacity
The Reliance elevator new on Port Arthur’s south shore positions the Canadian Head of the Lake ports as world leaders in grain storage. The plant starts October 1 and shifts aggregate capacity ahead of Fort William. Clarence Elder of Raymond threshing 80 acres averaged 40 bushels per acre with a net price of 1.21 dollars per bushel, or about 18.40 dollars per acre, from grain delivered to the elevator.
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Lead World
Reliance
Port Arthur
Fort William
Clarence Elder
Raymond
Flying comes high costs the Shenandoah airship on coast
The San Francisco Bulletin notes the Shenandoah cannot have a coast hangar due to high costs about 2 400 600 dollars and a mooring mast unaffordable at 156 40 dollars. It cites globe circling aviators costing near 5 million and says flying fees and general costs are excessive.
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Shenandoah
Nilion
Ami
San Francisco Bulletin
The Crowing Girl and Dr Williams Pink Pills
A warning against anaemia in growing girls urges mothers to monitor health as rapid growth can cause weakness. Signs include peevishness headaches pale face and breathlessness. The remedy touted is Dr Williams Pink Pills claiming to enrich blood and restore robust girlhood with a course sold at 50 cents a box via Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams
Saskatchewan Creameries Reorganization Complete Under Reed
The Saskatchewan Co operative Creameries announce completion of reorganization with Percy E Reed named Production Superintendent and J A Gregory elected president. New general manager A P McLean trims labor, boosts efficiency, and cream production rises despite pastures drought. Poultry marketing scheme launched at cold storage plants with pilot feeding and fattening trials in Saskatoon and Regina.
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Percy E. Reed
Saskatcheswan Cooperative Creameries, Ltd
Saskatchewan
J. A. Gregory
North Battleford
A. P. McLean
Department of Agriculture
Saskatoon
Regina
Saskatoon Star
Alberta seed grain output to exceed 75000 bushels this season
Boosted by Chicago International results and Alberta Government cleaning and marketing plant, seed grain production aims to surpass 75000 bushels. Principal crops include Marquis and Roby wheat and Lanner and Victory oats.
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Alberta
Chicago International
Alberta Goverrment
Marquis
Roby Whest
Lanner
Victory Oats
Worm Exterminator Promises Healthy Children
A mother urges parents to protect children from worms using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator. The appeal links child health to deworming and promotes the product as a remedy for common parasitic infestations.
World rice crop reaches about 190 million pounds
The annual rice harvest yields roughly 190 million pounds. A separate ad note references Minard's Liniment for aches and pains with W. N. U. branding.
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Minard
Notable Utterance Of Premier Donning Notable Utterance Of Premier
The conference at Wembley gathered English speaking nations to discuss applying cooperative organization to rural life. Premier Dunning of Saskatchewan impressed delegates with insisting the farmer must be valued both as buyer and seller, aiming for cheap food through a prosperous farming population. The Irish Statesman notes state aid for self help and cooperation as central themes, while a South African delegate urged treating cooperation as a practical religion.
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Wembley
Dunning
Saskatchewan
Horace Plunkett
Irish Statesman
Ireland
Irish Review
Mr. Dunning
Noel Buxton
Francis Acland
G. W. Klerick
Mr. Dunninge
A Bit About Habit
A Labor Leader remarks that habit is turning tasks over to the subconscious mind to form established customs. Morning routines like sleep and meals become automatic, and losing them is felt as a loss. Habits can include money making, indicating belief in ability to obtain wealth, and punctuality is praised as a good habit.
The Unbelievers Claim Weather Myths Persist
A Calgary Alberian note mocks scientists who dismiss micon influence and call equinoxial storms a myth, arguing that belief in weather manipulation drains life’s interest.
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Calgary Alberian
Nome Prepares King Island Natives Summer Trade
Every year since Nome’s memory King Island natives voyage about July 4 to Nome, rowing seven walrus hide boats for a 100 mile trip. They carve ivory into crib boards gavel forks and more selling to locals who buy up thousands in profits each season. They also perform entertainments and compete in summer athletics while supporting winter supplies.
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Nome
King Island
Life Span Extended By Century Says Doctor
Atlantic City reports Dr Eugene Lyman Fisk of the Life Extension Institute says average life has lengthened twenty years in a century and will gain twenty more in the next. He cites $300,000,000 yearly wastage from ill health and death and assigns values to life, baby and aged.
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Eugene Lyman Fisk
Life Extension Institute
Atlantic City
Fiske
Alberta Creamery Butter Output Seen Rise in 1924
Output in Alberta creameries is projected to exceed 22 million pounds this year, up from about 17.7 million pounds in 1923. The anticipated gain is near a twenty five percent increase in production.
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Alberta
German emigrants to Canada include farmers in early year
Last year 1 585 Germans emigrated to Canada with 794 listed as agriculturists. In the first two months of this year total emigrants reached 524, of whom 249 expected to engage in farming.
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Canada
Earthquakes Strain Icelandic Regions and Volcano Fears Rise
Severe earthquakes and volcanic disturbances rage in southwestern Iceland. Villages near Klysivik suffer extensive damage from shocks that topple farm buildings and shed lava with sulfur fumes. Residents avoid sleeping indoors, seeking shelter in open haystacks.
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Iceland
Klysivik
Nore
Kekla
Krvetvik
Indians Receive Treaty Money at Grande Prairie Celebration
Indian Agent Laird of Grouard with an RCMP escort distributed government gratuity to Native Sons of the Grande Prairie country. At Lake Saskatoon eight five natives of the Beaver nation received pay while 250 Crees were paid at Sturgeon Lake. Celebrations followed with new one dollar bills exchanged for edibles and ribbons for women as men traded tobacco. Also a parental warning about worms and Miller's Worm Powders appeared in the text.
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Grande Prairie
Laird
Grouard
R.C.M.P
Lake Saskatoon
Sturgeon Lake
Western Canada Business Improves Amid Grain Movement
Western Canada reports better business conditions with strong grain movement boosting prices and demand for livestock and farm products. Merchants note active trade in clothing, footwear, furniture, and lumber with prices likely to rise. In Japan, despite no single wet sentiment, 236 temperance associations exist with a total membership of 117,982.
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Canada
Japan
Islands
Financier Defined as Man Who Riles Others to Build Fortunes
A financier is described as a person who can persuade others to accumulate wealth for him, a characterization highlighting influence over capital generation and collective effort.
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Fletcher
Lisiikeren
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries
W. N. U. 1St
Premier Donning
Beecham’s
Eskimos
George Reidel
Reidel
Coldale
Reide
Alberta Creamery
Grande Prairie Country Braves
Vance
Sead
Kraft-MacLaree Decese Ce
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