Farmers Press CPR Offer Amid Western Land Deals
A CPR proposal offers farmers in arrears new terms over thirty four years with a final land title, while Western marketing cooperatives gain support to offset livestock losses from U S tariffs. Trade talks on reciprocity with the United States divide East and West amid immigration and labor policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
CPR
Des Greater Company
Frente Betwen Fisel
Bae Western
Remriie
Aewland
Mas
Gann
Ve the Comater
Aevis
Aes
Leahy
British Isles
Winniper
Prairie Provinces
West
United States
Great Britain
Fielding
Ottawe
Western Canada
South
Trans-Pacific Ocean Cable Linking Canada to Australia and New Zealand
The project required immense time and labor with high costs to lay the cable. The cable’s longest span is 3.56 miles between Vancouver Island and Fanning Island via Pico, near the equator. Total length reaches about 8,000 miles touching Fiji, Norfolk Island, and reaching Australia near Brisbane before heading to New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Vancouver Island
Fanning Island
Puelic
Equator
Fit Islands
Norfolk Island
Brisbane
Grain shipments west exceed five million bushels this season
Dominion Grain Inspector reports grain shipments from Ontario to Vancouver over the westward route total more than five million bushels for the season, surpassing the prior year’s figure. A Chicago man who jumped bail in 1912 has recently been located in Jal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Canada
Atlantic
Ottawa
United States
Vancouver
Dominion Grain
Chicago
Ad Oly
Jal
Encouraging the Land in a Stony Farm Region
A group of travelers observe a farmer ploughing in a thin gravelly soil, described by ministers as unpromising. The exchange centers on why the soil is tilled, with one urging encouragement to see what lies beyond and another lamenting a farmer’s hard prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Magazine
Alberta Agricultural Training Week for Youth Inside Farm
The four annual universe week for alm young people of Alberta will be held this month. Accommodation for 200 boys and 150 girls is provided. Ages 16 to from the farm will join a six day programme with instruction via various areas including agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Fragmented OCR note on a local topic
A garbled OCR fragment references names and numbers without clear context. It mentions NerViline and a set of unclear terms including a possible monetary amount and place names, but the meaning is uncertain and no coherent event or facts are discernible.
Alpine Resort Work Begins on Girouse Mountain North Vancouver
Alpine project on Girouse Mountain plateau in North Vancouver has started. An agreement calls for 250 000 dollars to fund chalet road motor road and hotel facilities with ten thousand dollars to be spent on the property within two years. The hotel aims to offer access to winter sports and related recreation near the city with ample parking area planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vancouver
Girouse Mountain
Tonic Promises Health From Dr Williams Pink Pills
An advertisement claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure tiredness nervousness and poor digestion. It highlights Horace Cuphill of Woodward's Cove NB who restored appetite strength and stamina after using the pills, and notes pills are available from druggists or by mail from The Dr Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Horace Cuphill
Woodward's Cove
N.B
Dr . Medicine Co
Brockville
Russia Adopts New Income Tax Law
Russia enacts an income tax with a tax free threshold about twenty seven dollars per month in Canadian money. Taxes start at six percent above the threshold and rise to a thirty percent rate on income over one hundred dollars monthly. Merchants and speculators are blamed for profiting from scarcity, with some incomes stated in millions of rubles monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Manitoba Dairy Production Sets New Growth Record
Manitoba dairy output rose to a historic level in the past year per the Dairy Commissioner of Manitoba annual report. Creamery butter production by 44 creameries reached 10,589,601 pounds, up 2,070,196 pounds from 1921 with total dairy product value around 1. The report notes substantial gains across the sector as a record year for dairy farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitebe
Dairy Commissioner of
Manitoba
Creamerien
Winnipeg man ships shorthorn to Britain for show
Col HA Mullins of Winnipeg bought a two year old shorthorn steer weighing 1449 pounds destined for display at major livestock centers in Great Britain. The article notes the animal is over 250 pounds heavier than the typical three year old. A joke about a fortune teller follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Catte
Col HA. Mullins
Winnipeg
Great Britain
Cocoanet Ginger Cupcakes and Spiced Frosting Recipe
A fragmented recipe describes making coconut ginger cupcakes with butter and molasses, mixing butter sugar eggs and milk, dissolving soda in hot water, adding flour and spices, baking in gem pans, then cooling and frosting with coconut frosting. It mentions raisins, jelly centers, and decorative shapes with a pastry bag.
Vancouver Dominion Seaport Ranked Top Canadian Pacific Port
Col W R Dockrill reports at the Merchants' Exchange annual meeting that Vancouver leads Canada in tonnage with record vessel entries and ocean going ships. Last year 16 641 vessels entered, total tonnage 12 293 000, lumber shipments exceed 161 000 000 feet, grain and flour exports reach 14 460 000 bushels and 483 000 barrels, placing Vancouver ahead of Montreal in ocean going vessel tonnage and underscoring its role as the principal British port on the North Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Canada
Pacific Coast
Merchants’ Exchange
W. R. Dockrill
Fort
Ross
Wii
Vancour
Montreal
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promoted For Wart and Corn Removal
An advertised medical gimmick touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as painless and effective for removing warts and corns, claiming it cleans them quickly. The casual wording hints at a dubious product claim with promotional language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam's Corn
Putnam's
Increase In Game Sanctuaries Expands Deer Feeding Grounds
Reports from Jasper National Park warnings show growing big game numbers due to sanctuary conditions. Buffalo Prairie guides report scarce feed for pack animals as deer caribou elk and sheep and goats feed heavily in the region. A separate asthma remedy advertisement touts Kelloggas Asthma Remedy claiming relief for asthma sufferers with inhaled smoke or vapor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Rockies
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Buffalo Prairie
Nark
J.D. Kelloga
Tony
Camp stove promise aids outdoor trips
The Troy Foundry and Machine Co offers a compact durable camp stove that folds like a suitcase and burns any fuel. Used by campers, motorists, prospectors, canoeists, and trappers, the stove promises reliable service for outdoor outings. Send a postcard to Bank 0 Hamilton Building Toronto for full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tros Foun Relia Dry and Machine Co
Troy Foundry and Machine Co. Bank
Hamilton Building
Toronto
Germany’s government backs bells turned to bullets
The republic plans to reward churches that allowed their bells to be melted into ammunition for the late war. Freight charges will be waived on shipments of new bells to replace those given up.
Canadian Pacific Excursions to Pacific Coast
Travel ad promotes Canadian Pacific Rockies trips with Bah, Lake Louise, Glazer stops and resort hotels. Excursion tickets on sale May 15 to September for Vancouver Victoria and Pacific Coast points with return by October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paci
Canadian Pacific Rockies
Bah
Lake Louise
Glazer
Vancover
Victoria
Farid Conti
Cactus Uses Expand Beyond Water Storage
An article notes cactus water holds value as a reservoir and mentions new uses. In South Africa, prickly pear juice is being converted into industrial alcohol, while another experimenter claims to produce superior rubber from a cactus juice. Eight popes named Urban occupy the papal seat between 222 and 236.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Cubs
Water and constitution clash in a beggar tale
A sagy offers a beggar a glass of water described as pure and cold. The beggar declines, explaining that his constitution prevents him from drinking it because the water would rust him.
Inventions Wanted by World from the British Institute
The British Institute of PatentExperts launches a What’s Wanted book with Sir William Bell offering ideas for world needs. Items include slip resistant wet roads, a no shrink flannel process, noiseless aeroplanes, easy guidance for youths, tide utilization, phosphorus extraction, reusable vulcanised rubber, easy to clean pipes, a temperance drink that preserves flavor, and talking moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Institute of Patente
William Bell
Lst
Miller's Worm Powders Promote Quick Child Improvement
Miller's Worm Powders claim to relieve worms by acting on stomach liver and bowels reducing biliousness and internal disorders. They assert children thrive and show improvement as treatment starts regardless of worm infestation severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Childre
New Seed Drill Promises Wider Planted Area
JA Mitchell Lawson Lask describe a sub feeder drill that seeds under ground by removing shoes and doubling seed per hole. The device blocks half the drill holes and widens seed spread to 70 inches from 114, marking a new method tested on 75 acres of summer fallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JA. Mitchell
Lawson
Lask
Department of Agriculture
Mitchell
Passing Show in London Spurs Local Teams Controversy
A fragmentary notice mentions school teacher Ernest and a “bush league teams” remark tied to a Passing Show in London. The readable text lacks clear dates, organizations, or outcomes but implies a local sports or theater controversy with dismissive comments about minor teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
London
Heart and Nerve Pills Help Woman’s Mailed Testimony
Mrs James Burleigh of Chatham Ontario reports years of heart pain and nerve trouble with every third beat. After three months on Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills her sleep returns, energy rises, and condition improves, with price 9s 6d per box or mailed on receipt of payment.
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Mra
James Burleigh
King St. E. Chatham
Milburn
Mavuro
Price Co & Box
Tabara Go, Limited
Forte
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Soli
Thames Coger
Uae
Tambo
Caraga
Weleatie Reems
Canadian Pacific
Urbap
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