Western Canada must diversify to fix farm income
The piece argues Western Canada should diversify beyond wheat and develop non agricultural resources to stabilize prices and reduce reliance on government subsidies. It urges coordinated action by prairie governments and farmers to expand domestic and export markets, curb production if needed, and seek a mix of policies to sustain agriculture and employment. It highlights timber, minerals, metals, and other resources as key growth areas.
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Canada
Canadian Birch to Line Imperial Airways Terminal Walls
Canadian birch will line the walls of the main booking hall of Imperial Airways new terminal near Victoria station in London. The wood, beautifully grained, is light and silky in finish, a notable empire wood used in the building.
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Imperial Airways
Victoria Station
London
Canada plans defence budget expansion for air force
Ottawa reports defence estimates near 50 million dollars, dominated by Royal Canadian Air Force needs. The plan advances training of flyers for the Royal Air Force, with Camp Borden as main flying school and a new Toronto command. British trainers to be recruited by the RCAF under a national defense administration.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
Toronto
Camp Borden
RCAF
National Defence Department
Robins Color Study Alters White Chickens Feathers
Dr Mary E Rawles of the University of Rochester reports a genetic experiment for the American Association for the Advancement of Science in which robin feather colors were transplanted into white leghorn eggs. Hatchlings showed robin tinted feathers that vanished after the first molt as researchers seek how nature controls feather color.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mary E. Rawles
University of Rochester
Astronomical Show to Highlight July Skies
Astronomers announce Mare Wil Pat On will approach Earth on July 27 at about 36 million miles, brightening 50 times. Mars at opposition on July 23, Venus visible near sunrise, sunspot impacts may disrupt long-distance services, with four eclipses in 1939 and a solar event visible from the Mexican border.
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Fredrick Searea
Carmegie Institution
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Mars
Venus
Earth
North America
Mexican
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Warden Wanted for Calf of Man Sanctuary Work
London Times reports the National Trust seeks a warden to manage the Calf of Man, a remote island of about five miles around. Duties include farm oversight, bird and plant life monitoring, landing-fee collection, and island supervision for the sanctuary housing peregrines and guillemots among 70 other species.
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National Trust
Calf of Man
Isle of Man
London Times
Confined by lumbago and self medicating advice
Fragmentary wartime style ad describes lumbago pain and bed confinement with recommendations for various salts and tonics. The piece praises multiple remedies, claiming they act on stomach liver kidneys and digestive tract to restore vigor and energy. It reads like a dated medical advertisement urging daily use.
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Paina
Eiceney
Onion forecast from Wisconsin prophet Joe Ott predicts wet year
Joe Ott of Two Rivers bases weather forecast on onion layers. He visited a cellar at midnight on New Year’s Eve, sliced a Wisconsin onion, and predicted January medium, February wet, March medium, April wet, May medium, June medium, July medium, August and September wet, October wet, November and December medium.
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Wisconsin
Joe Ott
Two Rivers
Ott
Ancient Wonders and odd fossil ideas arise in text
The piece notes Armadillos are compared to turtles though not reptiles. Antipater of Palestine is credited with selecting the Seven Wonders around 200 B.C. It also mentions carbon dioxide forming carbonic acid with oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Antpater
Palestine
Scholarships offered by British Council to Commonwealth graduates
The British Council announced four annual postgraduate scholarships in the United Kingdom. Each $1,400 one-year award targets graduates from Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa funded from government subsidy and private subscriptions.
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British Council
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Invoice Conflicts Over Household Purchases
In a domestic exchange, a wife questions her husband's control over buying decisions while he asserts her authority through the invoice. The light exchange centers on who has final say in expenditures.
Elephant consumes large daily hay portion between 100 and 125 pounds
A large elephant will eat between 100 and 125 pounds of hay each day in addition to other foods.
Valuable Vadstena Brakten Medallion Missing From Stockholm
The Vadstena Brakten, Sweden s most precious antique gold ornament shaped like an old Yoman coin and 1 638 years old, vanished from the Royal Historical Museum in Stockholm. valued at 100000 dollars. Reported by the London Daily Mall. Discovered buried at Vadstena in 1587.
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Royal Museum
Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Historical Museum
London
Vadstena
Fader Quote Highlights Value of Pay and Capital
A fragment quotes a speaker debating money and investment, contrasting the allure of a shilling as interest with the idea of earning capital by bringing payment home. The language hints at historical discussions of wages and capital concepts.
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Lumbago
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Appleford J Paper Products Ltd
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Saskatoon - Calgary - Edmonton
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