Community Beautiful Association Promotes Farm Cottage Upgrades
The Canadian Home and Community Beautiful Association plans a two hour demonstration eight miles from London Ontario to show how farm cottages can be brightened up with paint and landscaping. Rt Hon J T Thomas will attend and apply paint as teams of workers modernize exteriors and interiors, promoting farm morale and depreciation reduction.
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Canadian Home and Community Beautiful Association
Lee B. Judson
Montreal
J. T. Thomas
London
Ontario
Canada
Department of Colonization and Development
Pacfic Railway
Overseas Settlement Committee
London Chamber of Commerce
Judson
Thomas
Agriculture
Trade
Civic
Chambers of Commerce
Canadian Pacific Colonization
Canadian Pacific
Dominion
Chambers of Commerce and Improvement Associations
Community beautification efforts aim to raise farm home value
Mr Judson says coordinated efforts by government and agencies boost farm building upkeep under Save the Surface and similar programs. The Canadian Home and Community Beautiful Association plans prizes for occupants improving farm cottages as visitors travel the Dominion. A fragment from En Rolig Half Timma notes drama about orphan Johanna and her parents.
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Community Beautiful Association
Judson
Dominion
Canadian Home and Community Beautiful Association
The
Strawberries For England Trial Shipment From Vancouver Island
A trial shipment of five sulphur dioxide treated barrels of strawberries from Gordon Head Vancouver Island to England faced initial delays as customs questioned chemical use. Ottawa approved the method as a temporary preservation for jams. Shipment moved from Victoria, each barrel about 300 pounds.
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England
Gordon Head
Vancouver Island
Ottawa
Victoria
Drought Hits Argentine Wheat and Cattle Trade
Reports to the Department of Trade and Commerce indicate Argentina, Canada’s main wheat competitor, suffers a prolonged drought. Pasture is threatened and ploughing for next year’s crop is delayed by hard soil. Wheat prices are below normal remunerative levels for farmers.
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Department of Trade and Commerce
Canada
Argentina
Chicago man unveils rockerless rocking chair
A Chicago inventor introduces a chair that cannot crawl on waxed floors nor tip over or wear carpets. The base sits flat on the floor with heavy steel convolute springs on each side securing the seat for a smooth rocking motion without tipping or snagging a dog's tail.
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Chicago
Canadian Wheat Dominates Japanese Market Says Shoda
Tachhiro Shoda, president of Nisshin Flour Mills, notes Canadian wheat now monopolizes Japan's market. Canada exported 16.98 million bushels of wheat to Japan in 1928 valued at 16.9 million dollars, with half attributed to Shoda's imports. Japanese flour imports from Canada totaled 96,553 barrels. Shoda cites price and quality as key to Canada’s dominance, while Manchurian wheat faces delivery and grading challenges.
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Canada
Vancouver
Tachhiro Shoda
Japan
Nisshin Flour Mills Company
Shoda
United States
World’s Smallest Cow Daisy Exhibited in Rand Show
Daisy, claimed as the world’s tiniest cow, drew attention at the Rand Show in South Africa. Born to ordinary parents in Buenos Ayres she measures only inches high and weighs about 40 pounds. The calf is insured with Lloyds for 25000 dollars and her carcass will be sent to the British Museum after death.
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Daisy
Rand
South Africa
Buenos Ayres
South America
Lloyds
British Museum
Vulcan Alberta Enlarges Grain Elevator Capacity
Vulcan Alberta increases grain handling capacity with a nine elevator project adding 20 000 bushels to reach 90 000 total. New facilities improve speed and capacity and include electrical equipment to furnish power.
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Vulcan
Alberta
Pink House Response Sparks Home Maintenance Debate
Klinger questions the pink house color while Stinger defends it as proof of good condition. The exchange centers on curb appeal and house upkeep implications in a lighthearted moment.
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Klinger
Stinger
Gloire de Ch. Guinoisette Wins Rose Trophy in Toronto Show
At the Rose Society of Ontario event held recently at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto the Gloire de Ch. Guinoisette earned the Challenge Trophy as the best rose exhibited. Mrs. R. W. Dixon of Toronto raised the winning bloom in an outdoor garden. The display featured white roses of large and small sizes and vivid red American Beauties, filling the ballroom with fragrance amid a record number of entries.
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Rose Society of Ontario
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
R. W. Dixon
Royal York
Sheep Drive in Manitoba Farms Under Patronage Plan
A Manitoba movement to place sheep on farms has begun under patronage. The Manitoba Livestock Credit Company Limited plans to distribute 7,000 Rambouillet ewes and 3,000 cross-breds this season to build up flocks. Sheep will be sold only to farmers approved by a dedicated committee.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Livestock Credit Company Limited
Canadian Pacific VP Praises Northern Mining Development
Grant Hall senior vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway returns from a West inspection tour and says he is greatly impressed with mining progress in the north and west of Canada where Consolidated Smelters leads the way.
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Grant Hall
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Consolidated Smelters
Odd contrasts in heat and car lighting rules
A terse note contrasts male advantage of removing clothing when hot with a Japanese rule requiring car interiors and exteriors to be illuminated at sunset, highlighting quirky civic standards.
Quick Thinking at Home as Intruder Steps In
Mrs Kent awakens to sounds downstairs and fears a prowler. Mr Kent volunteers to confront the supposed bandit while his wife urges caution and to stay put. The dialogue hints at a neighborhood ruse by a charming thief.
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Mrs. Kent
Mr. Kent
Releasing More Pheasants in Southern Alberta
The Calgary Fish and Game Association plans further releases of pheasants in Southern Alberta. Over the last five years thousands of ring necked pheasants have been distributed in the province and thrive through winter months, multiplying rapidly.
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Calgary Fish and Game Association
Alberta
Standardization and outlook for Bacon Hog and Western Canadian farmers
A 1920s-style feature discusses bacon hog standardization as essential for market alignment and profits. It cites a new edition of the bacon hog and hog grading pamphlet from Ottawa and notes experts like C. W. Peterson of Calgary evaluating Western Canadian purchasing power, yields, and prices, arguing 1929–30 prospects remain robust under varied crop outcomes.
How To Maintain Poultry Production
Practical guidance on maintaining poultry output by using wet mash. Describes regular and butter milk enhanced mash, feeding amounts per 100 hens, and noon feeding practices on North American farms. Includes English method of feeding grain before dusk and wet mash before roosting to maximize intake.
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United States
Household Insects and Their Control Bulletin Issued
The latest Federal Department of Agriculture bulletin details two winged flies body parasites wasps and insects affecting food clothing carpets furniture tobacco books seeds and any home intruder. It is well illustrated and offers insect identification with remedies. Free copies available by card to Publications Branch Ottawa.
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Federal Department of Agriculure
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Trans-Canada line adds luxuries to CP cars
The east end of the Trans-Canada shows an end to open car ends as Canadian Pacific replaces them with a vita glazed solarium. New cars feature two shower baths a ladies lounge a smoking room an observation lounge and a buffet with green tiled bathrooms and tapestry leather upholstery.
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Trans-Canada
Canadian Pacific
Grain Elevator Merger Creates National Grain Giant
A merger creates New Federal Grain Limited controlling 339 country elevators with 7,250,000 bushels capacity. Stewart Terminals Consolidated Elevator McLaughlin Elevator Union Grain Northwestern Elevator Topper Grain and Brooks Elev are combined. J. C. Gage named president A. E. Sellers vice president.
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New Federal Grain Limited
Stewart Terminals
Consolidated Elevator
McLaughlin Elevator
Union Grain
Northwestern Elevator
Topper Grain
Brooks Elev
No Sleeping Powder Yet Prompts Mistress to Wait
A mistress asks her maid whether the druggist has sent sleeping powder and orders to ring him up if she must stay awake all night. The maid replies that the powder has not yet been sent.
The Mystery Of Sleep Explained By Scientist
A physician classifies people as log sleepers or wakeful talkers, but both are wrong. Sleep repairs wear and tear. the soundest sleeper wakes 30 to 40 times nightly without recall. Women generally sleep more peacefully than men, yet science has not fully explained why we sleep.
Roman shoes unearthed at Bank of England foundation
Archaeologists excavating the Bank of England foundation uncovered Roman shoes from over 2200 years ago. One sole bore a Roman eagle seal while three leather layers were held by copper rivets and the artefacts remain in fair condition.
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Bank of England
Sunspots Linked to Tree Growth Across Regions
Dominion Observatory in Ottawa reports that annual tree growth rings vary with sunspot cycles about eleven and a half years. Researchers attribute differences to changes in ultra violet light cloudiness and rainfall affecting growth patterns.
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Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Small efforts grow into strength like a mighty oak
A reflective saying reminds readers that persistence matters, comparing personal growth to an oak tree that starts as a nut. The line encourages steady effort despite modest beginnings and limited early rewards.
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En Rolig
Argentine
Ww. N. U
Western Canada
Federal Department of Agriculture
Dominion Live Stock
C. W. Peterson
Calgary
Peterson
Fort William
No. 2
Northern
Grain Elevator
Lustige Blaetter
Berlin
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