Seeds for Western grain crop boom urged in 1928 outlook
A 1928 Western Canada crop forecast stresses that strong farming depends on clean seed and weed control. Saskatchewan seed drill tests show low proportions of farms using good seed, with 97 percent cleaning and 92 percent using smut treatments, urging investment in better seed to secure higher yields and profits.
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Canada
Ais
United States
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Jon
Canadian Seed Trade Association
What Tor H Means ands For Talbot House Commemoration
A reader asks about Tor H a signaller’s code for Talbot House in Poperinghe near Ypres It honors Allied soldiers who perished in the war and the Toc H lamp at All Hallows by the Tower is kept alight to inspire moral regeneration worldwide This piece reflects on the house built by love and its remembrance role.
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Talbot
Love
Poperinghe
Yyxago
Gilbert Talbot
Chester
Toc H. Ct
All Hallows-By
Unclear Text About Skin Condition In Earliest Strips
Fragmentary report discusses eczema and small pimples with references to bands and water treatment. The readable portions show confusion and misread names, lacking clear events, dates, or identifiable figures to confirm a coherent news item.
Britain’s Merchant Marine Empire Postwar Tonnage Victory
After wartime losses, Britain’s merchant fleet faced heavy casualties. By ten years after the war’s end, Britain controlled about half the world’s existing tonnage and was constructing over three fifths of the new tonnage, underscoring its dominant role in global trade.
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Empire
Realistic Kansas man uses wigs to fake barber visit
A bald headed Kansas man who believes in realism keeps two wigs one shorter than the other and swaps them about every ten days to seem freshly barbered. A simple electric door alarm, French in origin, signals when the door swings open.
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Kansas
Elizabeth Scott Wins Stratford Shakespeare Memorial Design
A young Englishwoman, Elizabeth Scott, 29, has been named architect for the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford on Avon. Her design was unanimously chosen from 79 submissions by Anglo American selectors and she collaborates as co architect on the project. Scott hails from Bournemouth and comes from a family described as well known in local circles.
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Womrame
Shanespeare Memorial Theatre
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Stratford-on-Aven
Elizabeth Scott
Bournemouth
Con Scott Co Architects
Avon
Williams Pink Pills Advertised For Winter Health
A vintage ad extols Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to ward off influenza and pneumonia during winter. It features a testimonial from Miss Margaret Pearson of Chatham who recovered from severe influenza and anemia after using three boxes, then recommends purchasing from The Williams Medicine Co. in Rockville Ontario.
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Margaret Pearson
Tr No
Chatham
Pearson
Dr. Willams
Dr. Williams
Burbank Gardens Preservation Plans Hit Roadblock
Widow Mrs. Burbank, heir to the plant wizard's legacy, announces continued efforts to preserve three acres of his gardens and carry on experiments after his death in April 1926. One quarter of the land will be retained. plans to sustain the site falter as funding and support waver. The brief notes a struggle over the site amid broader mentions of unrelated remedies and ads.
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Burbank
Mortly
White Lady Ghost Haunts Harrington Falls Scene
A report notes the White Lady of the Falls of Harrington haunting the garden after the murder of a gardener in James I era. The ghost reportedly fetched 3050 for the farm and continued haunting the crime site despite the victim being the pursued party.
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Falls
Harrington
James 1
New York Women Workers Show Strong Labor Role
New York's women comprise about one third of the city’s fourteen and older population in gainful occupations. The United States Census reports 691,727 females employed across offices, factories, shops, and professional fields, with women competing in tasks once dominated by men and even performing hard manual labor. The city’s work culture presents opportunity for the so called weaker sex as women increasingly drive wages and productivity.
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New York
United States Bureau of Census
Value Of Crop In Saskatoon Kiwanis Talk
Hon C M Hamilton of Saskatchewan agriculture told the Saskatoon Kiwanis club that Saskatchewan agriculture adds about 100000 dollars annually to the province while mining in Flin Flon is valued at 200000 dollars. He noted the broader economic impact beyond ore. He stressed agricultural development as vital to province’s prosperity.
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Sanka
CM. Hamilton Ter
Saskatoon Kiwanis Club
Saskatchewan
Hamilton
British Biplane Aims To Sound Upper Air Currents
A Bristol biplane with Jupiter engine sits at Farnborough for high altitude tests to study upper air currents at 10 to 12 miles. Flight Lieutenant J A Gray leads the mission with pilots in special air suits and cabin windows for observation.
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Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
England
Bristol
J. A. Gray
Five Eclipses in 1927 Dimly Charted for Canada and West
The article notes five eclipses in 1927 three solar and two lunar. A total solar eclipse May 19 will be visible in Canada while June 3 lunar total eclipse and a later partial eclipse occur with limited western visibility. A November 27 lunar total eclipse will be visible across the American continent. The piece mentions the year as the 19th year of se V and the 62nd Federation.
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Canada
Se V
War Weapons Used To Aid Humanity Urplanes
Army tanks carry relief to the needy and aeroplanes carry food to villages isolated by storms. The article praises the use of air power for humanitarian aid, noting parachuted bags of potatoes and the potential to convert military aircraft into mail carriers and road rollers.
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Ink Grand
England
Medieval Liberal Arts Classified By Educators
Educators in the middle ages grouped study into the seven liberal arts. They defined the trivium as grammar dialectic and rhetoric and the quadrivium as arithmetic geometry and astronomy.
Local collie Laddie drowns rabbits in Ayrshire barn
Iie Has own Meth an ae farmer of Bajarg, Ayrshire reports his black and white collie named Laddie showed unusual mercy to a caught rabbit. The dog pulled the rabbit to a barn and held its head under water until it drowned, unlike other hunts. The farmer notes this is the first recorded instance of such behavior. The first waterproof cloth was Macintosh, in 1823.
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Bajarg
Ayrshire
Laddie
Lasker Foundation Backed By Million Endowment At Chicago
A 1 million dollar endowment from Mrs Albert D Lasker and her husband funds a medical research foundation at the University of Chicago to advance study of degenerative diseases. The Lasker Foundation for Medical Research aims to lengthen life through scientific work led by prominent researchers and institutions.
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Air
Albert D. Lasker
Chiuso
University of Chicago
Degener
Lasker
Mountain Peak Naming Favored by Interior Minister
Favored Hon. Charles Stewart minister of the interior supports naming a mountain peak after the late premier John Oliver as per notices received at Victoria. He will submit the proposal to the geographic board of Cant Coms, though some details remain unclear due to imperfect text.
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Charles Stewart
Interior
John Oliver
Victoria
Geographic Board of
Canta
Canada’s Domestic and Export Alcohol Trade Totals
Canada’s domestic production of alcoholic beverages last year reached about 840.6 million dollars with imports near 10.009 million and exports around 26.0 million. The overall trade value exceeds 51.1 million dollars weekly, highlighting strong export momentum for the industry.
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Canada
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