Historic Sites Board Marks Perpetuation of More Canadian Places
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada marked a new group of sites for perpetuation, bringing total to 129 since 1919. Highlights include Wolfe's Landing at Gabarus Bay and the first coal mine in Cape Breton, with others in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, and New Brunswick.
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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Ottawa
International
Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Benjamin Franklin
Jacques Cartier
Ile Aux Coudres
Land of
Canada
Wolfe's Landing
Gabarus Bay
Cape Breton
Wolfe
America
Fort Ste. Anne
Fort St. Peters
N.S
Minto
N.B
Acadia
Chambly Road
P.C
New France
King Mountain
Geodetic Survey of Canada
Quebec Seminary
Quebec
Laval
Normandale
Ont
Kingston
Ontario
Fort Erie
Royal Navy
Royal Marines
Ohio
Somers
Niagara River
Bay of Quinte
Mississauga
Quesnel
B.C
Europe
British Columbia
Alaska
Behring Straits
Siberia
Fort Prince of Wales
Churchill
Man
Hudson's Bay Company
Belgians Observe Minute of Silence on Anniversary
Bells sirens and artillery salvos marked August 4 the fifteenth anniversary of Germany’s invasion. Belgians observed a nation wide minute of silence after being denied passage to reach the French front.
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Belgium
Paris chic Princess silhouette dress pattern
Winnipeg fashion notice describes a claret-red cant ons crepe dress pattern Style No. 597 for bust 36 to 42 inches in sizes 16 to 42. It features a long waisted bodice a pointed yoke and a flaring circular skirt with side back dips and center front detailing. Materials include chiffon georgette crepe and satin patterns priced 25 cents with wrap coin.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Fragmentary joke dialogue about eggs and empires plus a pun on cowhide. Indicates a light local item from a Winnipeg page with playful lines and a final quip about happiness arising from pluck.
Horticulture On the Prairie Visit to Morden Station
A trip to the Morden Manitoba Experimental Station reveals apples plums cherries grapes strawberries and cane and bush fruits grown in large quantities. Visitors learn varieties to try at home and the shelter belt’s effect on garden crops while enjoying flower borders and gladiolus variety displays. The Department of Agriculture report from Ottawa aids appreciation and study.
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Morden
Manitoba
Morden Station
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Has Necessary Qualities For Foghorn Mechanism
A single human hair can support about three to five ounces, nearly as strong as a steel wire of the same diameter yet far more elastic. Hair is highly responsive to climate and temperature changes, leading to its use in buoy foghorn sounding mechanisms. Many hairs are aligned side by side to act like a violin bow, stretching in fog to open a valve that releases compressed air to operate the siren at intervals.
Employees Following In Father's Footsteps
The transfer of CN Rail motive power shops from the old building to the new at Point St. Charles Montreal shows 1,422 workers on the old register include 167 second generation, 18 third generation, and two fourth generation employees. Building a city is as important as building a home and planning a community deserves similar care.
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Canadian National Railways
Point St. Charles
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Angus
St. Jerome
Hampstead Heath
London
King of Fruits Enthusiasts Name Apples and Varieties in Dominion
The article lists ripening order of apples including Red Astrachan Transparent Chenango Duchess Alexander Wolf River Gravenstein Wealthy Calvert St. Lawrence Maidens Blush Blenheim Ribston Hubbardson Famouse McIntosh Red and notes dessert status for the last two. Winter varieties follow in sequence with King Rhode Island Greenings Wagoner Baldwin Leek Pewaukee Ontario Jonathan Yellow Newtown Spy Golden Russet Ben Davis Stark Fallawater Roxbury Russet Spitzenburg and Rome Beauty. It invites application for a bulletin "Canadian Grown Apples" through the Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
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Dominion
Chenango
Duchess
Alexander
Wolf River
Gravenstein
Wealthy
Calvert
St. Lawrence
Hubbardson
McIntosh
King
Rhode Island Greenings
Wagoner
Pewaukee
Ontario
Jonathan
Stark
Spitzenburg
Rome
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Lower Wheat Prices Expand Ex European Share in World Trade
World shipments of wheat and flour for the 12 months ending July 27, 1929 reached 917,297,000 bushels, up from 792,808,000. Ex-Europe imports rose to about 220,000,000 bushels, 90,000,000 more than the prior year, with much of it low grade but suitable for milling and baking.
Oldest Auto Factory Claim Sparks German Prestige Talk
A Berlin observer asserts the city hosts the world’s oldest continuously operated automobile factory, a claim intertwined with Germany’s industrial pride. The exchange contrasts farm costs with modern agricultural knowledge and chemical pest control terms.
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Berlin
Germany
It Takes a Mighty Little Shove to Send Men Downhill
A concise sports brief notes a small push sending involved skiers or riders downhill, highlighting a moment of momentum change. It records a brief action play, possibly in a race or stunt setting, with emphasis on the sudden shift in course.
Four Projects Under Way To Improve Wool and Mutton
Four research projects funded by the Federal Department of Agriculture and Canadian universities aim to improve wool and mutton. The plan involves 200 fine wool ewes at Saskatoon, crossbreeding with Corriedale rams, and studies of environment and genetics at Lethbridge Edmonton and other provinces. A wool laboratory is being set up pending a national facility.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
National Research Council
Ottawa
Council
J. P. Sackville
A. M. Shaw
W. H. Fairchild
Dominion Experimental Station
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
England
New Zealand
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
National Laboratories
Toronto
H. M. Tory
J. H. Grisdale
A. A. MacMillan
Dominion Livestock Branch
G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandry
R. G. Knox
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Ont
W. H. J. Tisdale
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers
E. E. Lathe
Summerfallow land crop proves more reliable in drought
The article argues that summerfallow land is far likelier to produce a crop in extreme drought, while spring or fall ploughing remains risky. It notes Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan showing sizable summerfallow acreage with new breaking, and explains benefits of rest periods and weed control for next season.
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Prairies
Alberta
Manitoba
The Width Of A Table Between Philosopher And Fool
A famed scientist at a dinner was mocked as a fool for philosophy. When asked for his view on the distance between a philosopher and a fool, the professor bowed and answered that the gap is sometimes only the width of a table.
Woman Hopes to Hold Youth While He Drives
A playful quip notes it is fine for a woman to want youth but advises against pursuing it during a man’s driving, implying danger or distraction in the moment.
Mining Of Soda At Last Chance Lake
A large plant is installed at Last Chance Lake near Beaver Dam about 20 miles north of Clinton BC for mining soda from the lake bottom. Operated by the British Columbia Chemical Company Ltd the mine should be operating within 90 days with a shipping production of three carloads per day. Pedestrians have few steps left to protect their rights.
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Last Chance Lake
Beaver Dam
Clinton
B.C
British Columbia Chemical Company, Ltd
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Tommy
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C.P.R
Wilma Banky
Canadian Pacific
Boston
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Victor McLaglen
Windsor Street
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Stockholm
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