West's Hudson Bay Railway hailed as eastern agitation ends
The announcement that the Hudson Bay route reaches Churchill on Good Friday marks a long sought Western Canada victory. After decades of West led campaigning for a northern railway, construction has surged under Hon. C A Dunning with Churchill favored for harbor and port facilities. Freight is anticipated to move by 1929, reshaping regional transport and enabling grain to reach a West Coast ocean port.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
Western Canada
Bay
Eatern Canada
Voice of
West
Canada
Hudson Bay Railway
Canadian Northern
Hudson Bay Junction
Sask
Pas
Mantoba
Ottawa
Port Nelson
Kettle Rapids
C. A. Dunning
Mackenzie King
Dunning
Nelson
Hudson Straits
Northland
Me Prairies
Crow's Nest
Weston
Canda
Dominion
Atlantic
Pacific
International Boundary Line
Ontario Bill Doubles Industrial Research Funds
The Ontario Legislature introduced a bill to raise the provincial contribution to the Ontario Industrial Research Foundation from 1000 dollars to 2.5 million dollars under the dollar for dollar plan. Last year the government subscribed 1000 dollars if private interests matched, and the response was enthusiastic, prompting this new level of support.
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Ontario
Ontario Industrial Research Foundation
Amendment Raises Funding To 2.5 Million On Same Terms
The proposal increases the total to 2,500,000 with terms unchanged. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is cited as a reliable worm preparation maintaining its strong reputation.
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Mother Graves
Gold fish survive deep freeze as ice halts motion
Report notes goldfish slowed to stillness when water froze to a solid ice crust at 14 degrees above zero in Marshfield the coldest reading in twenty five years. Other items include Alberta farm wages at 72 dollars monthly, England items sent abroad, and postal surcharges exceeding 200000 dollars annually.
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Marshfield
Britain Leads World in Naval Disarmament Say Critics
Regina Leader cites speech by Right Hon W C Bridgeman noting reduced British naval costs and smaller fleet since before the War. It claims First Lord of the Admiralty said britain had 114 cruisers then 152 now and naval estimates at 243 percent of the budget dropping to 69 percent. The piece argues Anglophobes in the US will fear but fair-minded Americans will see a path to world peace through Britain’s example.
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Britain
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
United States
Regina
Dr Williams Pink Pills advertised tonic for blood and nerves
The ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a spring tonic to build blood, restore energy, and improve mood. It claims benefits for anemia, rheumatism, neuralgia, digestion, and nervousness, urging readers to buy by mail from Brockville Ontario at 50 cents a box. It includes a testimonial from A Marcotte of North Ham, Quebec.
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Williams
Dr. W
Hungary to Tax Beggars After Income Study
A government inquiry found beggars in Hungary often earned more than workers and ordered an organization of mendicants disbanded. The ruling follows an official investigation into poverty relief and tax collection practices.
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Mendicants
Livestock holdings by Indians on Canadian reserves in 1928
Records show farm livestock numbers among Indians on reserves in Canada for 1928. Horses 36.1 thousand milch cows 9,194 other cattle 495 sheep 3,204 swine 9,704 hens and chickens 108,918 turkeys unavailable geese 5,106 ducks 7,788.
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Canada
Mother of twins aided by remedy in Mitchell report
A Mitchell Ontario woman, mother of twins, says she was weak with pains and headaches and could not work. After taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says she recovered enough to resume chores and duties.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Mitchell
Damien
Lydia E Pinkham
Trans-Siberian Railway material sails to Orient
Thirty thousand tons of railway material including trucks and steel framing for box cars will depart Vancouver for the Orient as equipment for the Trans-Siberian Railway. The order was placed fifteen years ago but delivery was delayed by the Russian Revolution and the equipment remained in Canadian Pacific Railway yards at Coquitlam until conditions for delivery became favorable.
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Vancouver
Orient
Trans-Siberian Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Coquitlam
Putnam's Corn Extractor Advertises Pain Free Relief
An old advertisement urges use of Putnam's Corn Extractor at first signs of corns on feet or toes. It claims to remove hard or soft corns painlessly, whether on top or between toes, by rooting out the corn quickly. Displayed as a product promo with emphatic repetition of the brand name.
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Putnams
Putnam's
Pensions Act Modified Eases Alberta City Pensions Drift
Amendments to the Old Age Pensions Act passed before prorogation will ease city pressure as retirees from rural districts may move to urban areas. The bill keeps pensioners considered residents of their original district while they stay in the province and limits maintenance demands when earnings exceed income tax thresholds.
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Alberta
G. H. Webster
Calgary
Recipes For This Week By Betty Barclay
A Betty Barclay recipe card outlines making a tapioca dessert or pudding. It lists ingredients including water salt pear tapioca vanilla butter and brown sugar with steps to simmer tapioca until translucent and bake for about thirty minutes.
Four Man's Friend and Canadian Road Outlook
A fragment mentions Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil sold cheaply in small bottles for the poor man, plus notes on Canada’s road upkeep, 1927 provincial road patrol mileage and costs. It also references a Japanese cellular glass house, Holloway's Corn Remover, Alberta farm wages in 1928, and Minard's remedy for coughs in a scattered collage of 1920s trade and health topics.
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Thomas
Canada
Canada Mineral Industry Third Among Primary Sectors
At the 30th annual Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy meeting in Winnipeg S J Cook of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics stated Canada’s mineral industry ranks third in importance among the dominions’ primary industries. He noted Canada leads in nickel and asbestos, ranks high in gold, silver, lead and copper, and holds strong zinc output with favorable prospects for expansion.
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Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Winnipeg
S.J. Cook
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Dominion
Alberta Coal Sent to England for Lab Tests
Alberta coal samples are sent to Woosall Duckham laboratories in England for testing as a potential substitute for anthracite. Sir Arthur Duckham announced the route east and noted sample collection during his Empire trade mission to Australia. A separate ad promotes Dr. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a quick acting, long lasting treatment.
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Alberta
Woosall Duckham Laboratories
England
Sir Arthur Duckham
Australia
Manitoba Takes Its Place In Mining Boom
Manitoba is undergoing an intensive mining development period with copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc and other metals mined. The era presents exceptional opportunities for prospectors and mining companies seeking promising ventures.
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Manitoba
Garnet Wheat Exports Planned to Britain by Florida Millers
Ten thousand bushels of Garnet wheat are to be shipped from Florida to Britain and other wheat importing countries for trial by millers there.
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Britain
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Minard
Pensions
Betty Barclay
Wenty-Five
Japan
Holloway
Dominions
Alberta Coal
Tnard
Hamilton
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