Saskatchewan adopts full time health units for rural doctors
The Montreal Star notes Saskatchewan’s plan to subsidize resident doctors with 900 to 1500 yearly grants and even 5000 salaries for full-time practitioners. Nineteen municipalities have hired doctors, thirteen use grants, and one has a nurse for maternity care. The program costs about 3.85 per farm annually and aims for full time health units in rural areas.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Co-Operative Movement
Montreal Star
Canada’s Fish Exports Reach Global Markets in 1929
Canada sold fisheries products worldwide in 1929, totaling over nine times its imports and surpassing $8.8 million in canned salmon exports. Major buyers included Australia New Zealand the United Kingdom France Italy, with about twenty to thirty countries overall buying Canadian seafood.
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Canada
British Columbia
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Winnipeg hosts record conventions in first half year
In the first six months of the current year Winnipeg hosted 97 conventions, up from 50 in the same period 1927 1928, and 77 in the first half of 1929.
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Winnipeg
Planting and dividing Iris and Peony at Central Experimental Farm
The guide advises ordering and planting Bearded Iris in prepared ground, dividing crowded old specimens, and replanting healthy rhizomes with crowns at surface level. It notes September 1929 plantings at the Central Experimental Farm and contrasts readiness with October plantings. It covers seeding in May, transplanting seedlings to cold frames, and similarly dividing Peonies in September with soil prep and spacing. It also mentions spring bulb plantings at the farm including Tulips Narcissus and varieties of Crocus Scilla and Glory of the Show blue.
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Central Experimental Farm
New Rock Border
Grass the immortal forgiving force of nature and history
The Minneapolis Journal extols grass as a resilient, ubiquitous force shaping nature and civilization. It endures wars and winters, heals landscapes, and sustains humanity by stabilizing soil and broadening climates, though it bears no blossoms or fruits itself.
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Minneapolis Journal
Eskimos Favor Ice Cream On Northern Expeditions
The final leg of the season carried freight to Vancouver and Behring Sea areas. Ice cream proved popular with inhabitants of the northern districts, reflecting unexpected demand for cold treats in bleak climates.
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Vancouver
Behring Sea
Husband Drives Seven Nights Running Last Week
Marian remarks that Margaret’s husband engaged in strenuous activity by running seven nights in a row last week, highlighting his unusual exercise routine as a topic of conversation.
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Margaret
Marian
Lightning hits repeat spots as forest fires blaze in Saskatchewan
Foresters note lightning fuels multiple fires along a 200 mile northeastern line from Montreal Lake to Amish Lake near Manitoba. The old adage lightning never strikes twice is challenged as areas show repeated strikes and fires. Scientists and sylviculturists study why certain spots stay fire prone while crews battle the blazes across the region.
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Saskatchewan
Northland
Sylviculturists
Montreal Lake
Beaver
Why Latin Remains On Coats of Arms And Shields
A writer questions Latin mottoes on coats of arms and graduations arguing English might suit modern displays. He traces Latin’s stay to Britain’s civic roots when it was the language of government and Europe’s educated classes. The Latin vowel beauty endures and ancestry serves as a rationale, even as English appears in some cases.
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Great Britain
Europe
Advice for Poultry Keepers on Early Pullets
Early-hatched pullets should not be held back from laying as it reduces summer and fall egg production and can yield smaller eggs. Feed these pullets a protein-rich ration, preferably milk, keep bone meal at 3 percent, and provide oyster shell or limestone and grit at all times.
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New Jersey
Saskatchewan Holstein Heifer Receives ROP Certificate
The University of Saskatchewan at Saskatoon reports a two year old Holstein heifer Gerben Ormsby Fayne has earned an ROP certificate. Her 305 day production totals 11 971 pounds of milk with 591.25 pounds of butter and a fat test of 3 95 percent.
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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Gerben Ormsby Fayne
Steady Worker Honored at Birmingham Firm Centenary
William Byfield aged 82 was celebrated for 62 years of service at the plant where he operates the same drilling machine. His contribution was featured in centenary advertisements as part of the bicentenary celebrations for the Birmingham firm.
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Birmingham
England
William Byfield
Lord Mayor Lights Melbourne Radio Exhibition Sign
By touching a switch in London at six a m the Lord Mayor of London England recently lit a sign at the Radio Exhibition in Melbourne declaring the show open.
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London
England
Melbourne
Australia
Canada Leads in Buffalo Conservation Says Redington
Col. Paul G. Redington, chief of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, told the 24th annual convention of the International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners in Toronto that Canada has progressed farther than the United States in wildlife preservation notably in buffalo conservation. He cited realistic gains and urged continued aid from state organizations and sportsmen. Hon. Charles McCrea and Mayor Bert Wemp welcomed delegates representing U.S. and Canadian conservation groups.
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Canada
United States
Buffalo
Paul G. Redington
U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey
Toronto
Royal York Hotel
International Association of Game Fish and Conservation Commissioners
U.S
Hawes and Wolcott
Gilbert Pearson
National Association of Audubon Societies
U.S. Biological Survey
Dominion
Col. Redington
North American
Chas. McCrea
Game and Fisheries
Bert Wemp
British Rule In India Opinion From Dr McKellar
Dr Margaret McKellar, a Canadian medical missionary in India, says predicting India’s political outcome is bold. She supports eventual home rule but says India is not ready, criticizes Gandhi, and cites 3,500 British-established hospitals treating over 38 million patients annually as evidence of Britain’s positive impact.
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India
Margaret McKellar
British Medical Association
Winnipeg
McKellar
Gandhi
Damascus Claims Oldest City Title
The article argues Damascus as possibly the world’s oldest continuously inhabited city with anecdotal support from Josephus, noting its ancient foundation linked to Noah’s line. It also reports a decade trend: juvenile offenders sent to English prisons fell from 3,643 boys and 670 girls to 1,728 boys and 128 girls.
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Damascus
Syria
Josephus
Silk makers in Japan trim output to eighty percent
A Tokyo industry note says silk manufacturers will reduce production to 80 percent next year. A European wire report also notes a burglar’s remark about Mrs. White and a comical exchange about a notice saying she has gone to speak to Mrs Black, back in five minutes.
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Japan
The Children’s Charter and the Junior Red Cross
The article recalls the 1924 League of Nations charter for children, urging nations to ensure nourishment, care, education, and protection for youth. It highlights the Junior Red Cross motto I serve and its role in promoting child welfare worldwide.
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Prairie
Canada
League of Nations
Children of All Nations
Red Cross
Prairie Provinces Tap Growth as Factories Follow Wheat
Manitoba and the Prairie Provinces see a manufacturing boom from 1924 to 1929 with output rising from 102 million to 165 million dollars. Clothing and fur double, furniture up over 400 percent, and capital in 1928 rises by 25 million with product value up 40 million. There are about 2,400 factories, 300 million invested, 45 thousand workers, and 56 million in wages. Flour mills contribute 55 million and animal products over 70 million, wood and paper 41 million, boosting diversification and stability.
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Canada
Great Plains
Red River
Manitoba
Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Language and power shift in Egypt spurs English use
Selim Hassan argues for English as a primary medium after Arabic, linking the spread of English to British institutions and civilizational progress. The article notes English presence brings football, cricket, tennis, and rowing clubs, while cafes and cabarets lose appeal amid competing tastes.
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Selim Hassan
Canada weighs trade mission to Egypt inclusion
Commerce sources say Canada considers founding a trade commission in Egypt. Yves Lamontangue, a department trade commissioner on loan to Egypt, may be appointed to Egypt as Canada evaluates the step though no official action has been taken yet.
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Canada
Egypt
Department of Commerce
Department
Yves Lamontangue
If War Spending Made People Prosper Bright
The quote argues that funds used for war could instead foster prosperity and happiness, suggesting enough wealth would exist to provide cars for all and eliminate the idea of a surplus population.
Farmers Face Future Serenely at Grain Show Pledge
Hon J F Bryant KC Saskatchewan Public Works minister told a Toronto luncheon the Wheat Pool will not fail and warned against bootlegging to gain higher prices. He cited Saskatchewan growth from 91,000 to 900,000 population, 8000 miles of railway, and 55 per cent of Canada’s grain, announcing Regina 1932 World’s Grain Show with 200000 prize total. He urged Ontario farmers to compete and praised past Saskatchewan wheat championships in Chicago.
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J. F. Bryant, KC
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Bryant
Canada
Regina
Chicago
Ontario
Pictures In The Sky
The article extols nightly skies as living art, urging drivers to pause and admire the setting sun painting unique scenes of rivers of fire golden seas and bays, deserts and silhouettes, blue shades, and vast mosaics created by the Great Artist above us. Each night offers a different canvas, more captivating than any world gallery.
Candy store owner leaves fortune for high school gym
John Underhill a New Jersey negro who built a $100000 fortune from pennies spent by school children died recently. His will directs that the money be used for equipment of a high school gymnasium.
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John Underhill
New Jersey
Sugar mills form co operative to sell sugar to Russia
A group of forty three sugar mills have formed a cooperative society to sell sugar to Russia on special terms. William Pirrie retires from Stranraer Scotland fire department after fifty years service. A doctor asks about nerve shock and a patient replies about hearing with teeth on a table in a quip from En Rolig Half Tiroma Gothenborg.
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Russia
William Pirrie
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