Canada’s CPR milestone and railway expansion history
A retrospective recounts the 1881 CPR first sod and completion in 1885, stressing the railway’s role in building Canada and uniting British North America. It notes subsequent transcontinental lines, wartime effects, and the 1920 shift of Grand Trunk to federal operation, leading to CN’s modern efficiency and broader impatience in national projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
C-P-R
CPR
Pacific Coast
Montreal
Port Moodie
Canada
British North America
Messrs. Mackenzie and
Mann
Atlantic
Pacific
C.P.R
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
National Transcontinental
Grand Trunk
Government of Canada
Canadian National Railways
Two of a Kind in a Street Conversation
A wife and husband discuss a woman they pass on the street with the wife saying she keeps turning to look back. The husband questions how the wife knows this with a soft reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
West
Tently
New Style Typewriter Coin in the Slot For Public Use
Germany adopts coin in the slot typewriters offering a thousand spaces per insert. If the message exceeds the space, another card must be inserted to continue typing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Manitoba Copper Mines Output and Prospects
The Western Canada New Bulletin notes one Manitoba copper mine with a daily capacity of 9,000 tons and a yearly output of 60,000,000 pounds of zinc and 30,000,000 pounds of copper plus gold worth $1,000,000. A second mine, not yet producing, has ore valued over $10,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Western Canada New Bulletin
Free matches ban in Commons smoking rooms and refreshment counters
About 12,000 boxes of free matches are passed out at each session of the House. Alaska's forests cover an area the size of Missouri, Maine and New Jersey combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Alaska
Missouri
Maine
New Jersey
Milburn Company Toronto Patent Notice
Fragmentary text references Milburn Co Ltd based in Toronto and mentions a trial in connection with heart nerves. No clear event or outcome is established in the readable portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ois Milburn Co, Ltd
Toronto
Calgary Exhibition Poultry Entries Open for Stampede
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede invites poultry breeders to enter classes from July 6 to 12 with entries due by June 20. Dr D Macnab urges all breeders to submit birds to showcase variety and improve breed type beyond prize money.
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Calgary
Exhibition Board
D. Macnab
Calgary Poultry Association
Special Bread Pudding And Cookies From Betty Barclay
Betty Barclay presents a bread pudding recipe using stale bread, coconut and vanilla with a baked custard method. A cookie recipe with brown sugar and vanilla yields about eight dozen slices, baked in a hot oven. A worm powder advertisement promotes Miller’s Worm Powders as an effective vermifuge for children.
Senorita Fatma Carell Impresses Prince in Bolivia Honor
Senorita Fatma Carell delighted the Prince of Wales during a special Bolivian tribute performance and asked for an introduction. She has arrived in Europe for upcoming appearances in London and Paris.
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Senorita Fatma Carell
Prince of Wales
Bolivia
Senorita Carell
Europe
London
Paris
Acme Newspictures
Homicide Rates Double In Thirty Cities Over 30 Years
A Minneapolis journal summary reports that United States homicide rates in thirty-one cities with 21 million people doubled over 30 years and rose from 8.5 to 10.9 per 100 000 between 1929 and 1930 while murders rise nationwide and executions fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Wales
Minneapolis Journal
Gold prospecting unlikely near Fife Lake south of Moose Jaw
Professor FH Edmond of the University of Saskatchewan says large gold discoveries are unlikely in the Fife Lake area and nearby gravels. He notes placers in Saskatchewan gravels could be reworked by water or glacial deposits from the north, suggesting only a small amount of gold might exist in the area.
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Fife Lake Tete
Fite Lake
Moose Jaw
Sask
FH Edmond
Department of Geology
University of Saskatchewwanen
Hay Mountain Creek
Saskatchewan
Rockies
British Columbia Eggs Ship to Japan in One Week
Five thousand BC eggs were shipped to Japan in a single week. Japanese experts visited BC poultry farms and ordered heavily at the Record of Performance offices in Vancouver. Prices ranged from $5 per egg to $30 a dozen as Japan expands into scientific hatchery management using BC stock.
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Japan
British Columbia
Britsh Columbia
Vancouver
J. Smith
ROP Organization
Japantae
Mr. Smith
Tiny watch screws claim world’s smallest size
The article notes watch screws as the smallest for machines. Some screws measure one thirty fourth thousandth of an inch long with a head diameter of one twelve thousandth inch. A screw with 360 threads per inch requires 482000 of them to form a pound.
Hudson Bay insurance rates likely to fall as route proves safe
Hon. R. J. Manton told the House of Commons that Hudson Bay insurance rates will drop in time as experience shows the route is safe. He cited high costs on new routes but noted few accidents would hasten rate reductions and urged caution about comparing grain shipping costs to other routes.
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R. J. Manton
Hudson Bay
House of Commons
W. D. Euler
Lib
Waterloo
Canada
Tablets Unearthed by Woolley Reveal Ancient Worship
C Leonard Woolley returns from Ur with valuable inscriptions and religious tablets about 2000 BC. He notes the finds illuminate worship of God by common people in long street chapels. Australia moves to nationalize overseas transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
C. Leonard Woolley
Abraham
B.C
God
Whitehall Theatre Introduces Motorcycle Ticket Delivery Service
The Whitehall Theatre in London now offers motorcycle messenger delivery of theatre tickets within 12 miles of the West End. Patrons can call to order and pay on delivery with no extra charge.
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West End
Whitehall Theatre
London
England
Astronomers May Soon Explore All Universe
Astronomers anticipate new observations may allow broader exploration of cosmic regions. Researchers discuss the potential to map distant galaxies and test theories about universe expansion using upcoming telescope capabilities.
Modern astronomer views universe as finite and knowable
Sir James Hopewell Jeans in Washington argues the universe is a finite closed space similar to Earth. He says current science can imagine and study the cosmos as a single complete whole and hopes to explore its limits with telescopes.
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Washington
James Hopewell Jeans
Earth
Columbus
North J B Semple Heads Sub Arctic Bird Study Expedition
Ornithologist James Bay and Hudson Bay expedition funded by Carnegie Museum leaves Pittsburgh with two assistants for a three to four month field study of sub Arctic bird life. Russia workman loses job he likes but gains freedom from czarist servitude.
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North
J.B. Semple
Carnegie Museum
Pittsburgh
James Bay
Hudson Bay
Russia
Czar
Engineer claims unsinkable ship in Germany
An engineer in Germany claims to have built an unsinkable vessel using a three foot long steel model with holes in the sides that rises when submerged and drains water through the holes under a 55 pound load. An authority asserts a goose can live 50 years, while many humans begin to revise that age.
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Germany
Trade Treaties to Be Revised Next Year
Hon H H Stevens says 20 to 30 Canadian trade treaties will be revised within the coming year in the House of Commons. Poland seeks a commercial treaty with Canada, and its request will be considered amid other treaty reviews. Canada’s trade with Poland is small, with 1980 imports of $139,000 and exports of $73,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
H H. Stevens
Trade and Commerce
London
England
Poland
Canada
Composition of Canada’s House of Commons by origin and occupation
The House of Commons lists 245 members with 215 born in Canada. Francophone and British origins include 53 French Canadians, 58 of Scotch origin, 41 Irish by parentage, and 12 English. Religions span Roman Catholic 6, United 60, Anglicans 49, Presbyterians 49, Baptists 7, Lutherans 4, Jews 3, Unitarians 3, Mormons 1. Professions show 72 lawyers, 32 farmers, 30 doctors, 17 merchants, 1 manufacturer, 13 businessmen, 8 lumbermen, 3 druggists, 4 dentists, 8 journalists, and 3 preachers.
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House of Commons
Canada
Blackheads Treated With Peroxine Powder in Rome Ad
An advertisement promises removal of blackheads with Peroxine Powder sold by a Rome retailer. Users are instructed to sprinkle on a cloth and apply in circular motions to wash away blemishes with a money back guarantee.
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Rome
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Ithma
J.D. Kellogg
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Tarot
Gael
Blackheads
Op Foods
Fer
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
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