Tourism rising as a key Canadian economic factor
The Dominion Government reports tourists from abroad spent 250,501,000 in 1928 with expectations of surpassing 300,000,000 in 1929. Canadians spend 75,000,000 abroad per capita, and the article notes Canadians could capture more American travel with better attractions. It highlights natural assets, borders, and highway spending, while urging greater domestic knowledge of Canada’s beauty to keep money in nation.
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Canada
Dominion
United States
B C Urged to Open Experimental Farm in Interior
In the House of Commons J A Fraser Cari boo urged a new experimental farm for interior British Columbia south of the Grand Trunk Pacific main line. He noted the province already has four farms and warned against unequal support among provinces while outlining Canada’s 23 full fledged farms by province.
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British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific
J. A. Fraser
Cariboo
House of Commons
Mr. Motherwell
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
One Piece Dress With Convertible Front Panel Design
Unusual one piece dress designed to slim the wearer with a perforated front panel that can be cut apart to reveal contrasting fabrics. A narrow belt at the front holds fullness at the waist and ties into a bow at the back. Collar finishes the square neckline. sizes 36 to 48 in bust. fabric options include silk crepe, crepe satin, linen, and canton crepe. price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
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Icoin
Grading Standards Proposed for Strawberries by Ottawa
The Department of Agriculture's Fruit Division in Ottawa recommends grading berries into No 1 No 1 canning and No 1 for jam. No 1 requires calyx and short stem, well formed colour firm not overripe free from moisture bruises bird pecks mould sand injury and other damage with minimum diameter three quarters inch. No 1 canning must be field run clean sound ripe firm uniform size good colour free from malformed or monkey faced berries. No 1 jam calls for field run clean ripe good colour free from malformed or monkey faced. Allowances of five percent under size and five percent by volume may fall below grade requirements to accommodate grading variations.
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el Kin
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canadian Rail Rates Give Farm Relief Across Distances
Canadian railways haul grain at low rates that save farmers across many routes. From Devil's Lake North Dakota to Duluth a 384 mile span costs 19.5 cents per unit, from Lydiatt Manitoba to Fort William 389 miles at 14 cents, and from Estuary Saskatchewan to Fort William 1,036 miles at 24 cents. The Bozeman Montana to Duluth route 1,033 miles costs 42 cents, with savings about 40 percent. Similar savings apply on western runs.
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Devil's Lake
N.D
Duluth
Lydiatt Man
Fort William
Estuary
Sask
Bozeman
Mon
Alberta and all provinces adopt Old Age Pensions
The Old Age Pension scheme is funded by federal and provincial cooperation and has now been adopted by every Canadian province from the Quebec boundary to the west.
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Alberta
Quebec
Canadians take to air as aviation grows in 1920s
In 1926 Canada carried 6000 passengers by air and by 1928 the figure rose to 47000. Canadian airmen mapped over a quarter of a million miles of territory, showing rapid expansion of flight and exploration across the country.
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Canada
New Canada Organization Formed For Settlement Aid
C. W. Bowman named president of the Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada Ltd and chairman of Mutual Life Assurance Co in Waterloo. The new body includes large Canadian landowners allied with the Canada Colonization Association to promote sound settlement measures.
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C. W. Bowman
Colonization Finance Corporation of Canada Ltd
Mutual Life Assurance Company
Waterloo
Ontario
Colonization Finance Corporation
Canada Colonization Association
British Columbia to Send Three Show Herds This Year
British Columbia will enter three show herds on the prairie Class A fair circuit with three dairy breeds. David Spencer Ltd will send Jersey cattle for a third season, Consoli dated Mining and Smelting Co of Trail aims to repeat Ayrshire success, and British Columbia Guernseys, led by Alister Forbes of Cobble Hill, join Regina Fair’s Guernsey class for prize listings.
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British Columbia
David Spencer, Ltd
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of
Trail
Ayrshires
Alister Forbes
Cobble Hill
Vancouver Island
Regina Fair
Guernsey
Canadian Pacific revives swine clubs cups program
J M McKay of Winnipeg announces four cups for Boys and Girls Swine Clubs along CP Rail lines in four western provinces. Winners visit Toronto for the Royal Winter Fair as guests. The page then shifts to unrelated quips about songs bridges and class.
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J. M. McKay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Man
Oss
Toronto
Kiln Burned Babylonian Brick Found After 6000 Years
Archaeologists report a kiln fired brick carved by ancient Babylonians dating roughly 6,000 years ago. The artifact, recovered from a Mesopotamian site, sheds light on early brick production and urban development in the region.
Potatoes as Feed as British Empire Deliberates Trade
Agricultural experts report potatoes offer nearly equal feed value to corn silage per pound with 21 percent dry matter versus 28 percent for silage. Potatoes fed raw at 20 to 30 pounds daily, cut to avoid choking, must exclude green tubers due to solanine. Concerns about potato flavor in milk arise from barn odor, not the potato itself. Canadian trade ideas gain press attention in London, with calls for government advertising of Canadian products similar to Australia and New Zealand efforts.
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A. E. Perkins
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
James A. Robb
The
Financial Times
Robb
Times
Dominions
Canada
the Times
London
Dominion
Australia
New Zealand
Safeguards Against Lightning Per U S Standards
The U S Bureau of Standards reports 500 deaths and over 1300 injuries yearly from lightning with rural areas bearing nine tenths of casualties. A safety code urges staying indoors during storms, selecting shelter by protection level, avoiding exposed locations and lone trees, and seeking dense woods or valleys for cover.
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United States Bureau of Standards
United States
A Heavy Loss by Touring Actress Seeks Missing Jewels
The star actress pleads for her missing diamonds and emeralds during a touring show. The manager, firm, holds her responsible and orders a seven shilling sixpence deduction from Friday's pay for the loss or theft of the diamond tiara, emerald bracelet, and diamond anklet.
Maligne Lake stocked with fingerling trout in Jasper Park
Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park Alberta, the world’s largest glacial fed lake, received fingerlings hatched from 250000 imported trout eggs as a government experiment last year. This year the fish measure five to six inches and thrive on insects. This spring 230000 more fingerlings were added to the previous stock.
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Maligne Lake
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Cost and facts from a 19th century science note
A journey to the sun at three cents per mile would cost 2 790 000 dollars. The Atlantic coast line of the United States measures 5 560 miles. The blood absorbs about two pounds of oxygen daily.
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Atlantic Coast Line
U.S
Leeds rail worker learns twenty two languages
Harry Robinson, a Leeds railway worker, is master of twenty two languages. He speaks English French Italian Russian German Spanish and Danish. He can read and write Greek Dutch Persian Esperanto Swedish Portuguese Bulgarian Chinese Hindustani Arabic Turkish Latin Norwegian Russian Serbian and Japanese. Before the war he knew only English and Latin, found a French novel in a railway carriage, and mastered it with a dictionary. All study has been done in his spare time since then.
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Harry Robinson
Leeds
Hard Luck Pursues Her In Birmingham
Madge Gunner, a governess, faced a cascade of fiancé tragedies in Birmingham per Time magazine. Her first fiancé, a wartime officer, was killed by a rifle grenade. the second, an aviator, died three days before their wedding. the third, an engineer, died in a crane accident. the fourth died two days before the planned marriage.
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Birmingham
England
Madge
Beat Him To It On Westminster Bridge
An American aboard a bus crossing Westminster Bridge asks about a stream below. The conductor hurriedly leans over and curses a radiator leak. A quip from The Bore and Bored exchanges follows with playful banter about naming.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Atlantic
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Timagami
Georgian Bay
Rockies
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Timma
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B.C
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
TNO
Farm Relief In
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Jasper Park Lodge
McDermot Ave
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British Empire
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