Moscow Decrees Meatless Days in City Restaurants
Moscow authorities order meatless days each month to save meat and fuel. The Fiant British airship R-100 undergoes tests with possible Canada flight planned for late April or early May. Aeroplane service between St Paul Minnesota and Winnipeg begins February 11 on weekend runs. Canadian silver fox pelts gain demand in Britain per Lt Col D A MacKinnon. A Texas air crash orphaned 16 month old Robert Gray Jr must be returned 10000 miles to New Zealand due to US immigration laws. Only 2400 Belgians taxed above 7000 dollars. 9300 earn 3000 to 7000. 3 348 700 under 750. Madame Louise Kirby Luna former British contralto dies after long illness. she sang at Covent Garden Metropolitan Opera and in Budapest and Germany. Stanley Baldwin says Canada will be a great manufacturing country. Ontario to introduce time control over real estate dealers to curb frauds, aligning with stockbroker rules.
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Moscow
Canada
St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Great Britain
D. A. MacKinon, Dso
Charlottetown
Pei
Texas
Robert Gray, Jr
New Zealand
United States
Louise Kirby Luna
Covent Garden Opera House
London
England
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Budapest
Hungary
Germany
Dominions
Stanley Baldwin
Belfast
Ontario
Fisheries to trial silica jell freezing in transit
The Department of Fisheries in Ottawa will test the silica jell freezing method on fish in transit this summer. Trials in the United States show it effective for pre chilled fish, and Canada aims to assess its performance on fresh catch to save refrigeration space by about 12 percent and boost rail freight packing accordingly.
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Department of Fisheries
Ottawa
United States
Australia Faces Vast Rainfall Recording Task
The article notes Australia spans 3,000,000 square miles with over 6,000 rain gauges and 900 privately run observers. It highlights heavy rainfall in eastern Queensland during a rainy season with 0.10 inches in 24 hours and details the broad citizen effort to monitor weather.
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Australia
Queensland
Surviving Inscriptions From Ancient War and Faith
Ancient inscriptions reveal lasting human traits. Australian troops at Saqqara left a graffito claiming to be the sole survivor of their Gallipoli company. An Egyptian hieroglyphic mentions surviving a Punt campaign and worship at ancestral temple, dated over 8,000 years ago.
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Buck
Saqqara
Gallipol
John Smith
Melbourne
Punt
Subsites For Air Transport Urged Subsidies for air transport urged in Montreal by Major General J H MacBrien
Major General J H MacBrien president of the Aviation League of Canada urged subsidies for a serial passenger transport line in Montreal. He noted European air rates match railway costs while Canadian air rates are three times railroad rates slowing progress. He proposed forming a unified aerial service branch to end wasteful competition and foster industry development.
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J. H. MacBrien
Aviation League of Canada
Montreal
Europe
Canada
MacBrien
Saskatchewan Tops West in Contracts in 1929
The Saskatoon Western Producer notes Saskatchewan led the four western provinces with 2 327 construction contracts in 1929, ahead of British Columbia 2 275 Alberta 2 055 and Manitoba 1 658. Permits valued at 34 184 300 dollars marked a jump of 14 million from 1928.
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Saskatoon Western
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Fashion Magazine ad prompts spring style details
An advertisement urges readers to order a New Spring Fashion Magazine detailing evening wear lengths fabrics and styles. It directs readers to send 10 cents to the Fashion Department of the newspaper for the copy.
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Fashion Dept
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promises Quick Stimulation
The ad claims the pills stimulate the bile flow and liver, easing dizziness and biliousness. It promotes gentle laxative action without cramps and side effects, touting non-poisonous ingredients and local availability at druggists for 25 or 75 cents.
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Carter
Grain Estimates From E. J. Garmad On Wheat Market
E J Garmad ME spoke at Stratford Ontario on the wheat situation. He blamed speculation in trains as a major factor and warned Canada need not fear alarm. He said the western wheat pool acts prudently and every pound in storage is needed for this year.
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E. J. Garmad
Bow River
Alberta
Stratford
Ont
League of Nations
Canada
Betty Barclay's Weeknight Dressings And Preserves
A Betty Barclay recipe collection describes a mayonnaise style dressing from egg yolks oil and lemon juice with optional mustard or whipped cream adjustments. It also outlines fruit juice jelly from citrus fruit strained and boiled with sugar, ladled into sterilized jars.
Saskatchewan Dairy Association Hails Good 1929 Dairy Year
In a presidential address B. F. Grundeen of Estevan says 1929 was generally good for the dairy industry with large production increases almost all year and dairy product values exceeding the prior year by more than $1,000,000.
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Saskatchewan Dairy Association
B. F. Grundeen
Estevan
Old Oak Said to Guard Thummel’s Tomb Near Noebdenitz
An ancient thousand year old oak tree near Noebdenitz is claimed as the tomb of German poet and statesman Hans von Thummel. The hollow in the trunk, filled with concrete since 1924, allegedly contains the poet’s remains though details are disputed.
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Noebdenitz
Hans von Thumel
Thummel
New UV Ray Alarm Protects Hidden Money Device
A fifty dollar bill hidden behind an invisible ultraviolet ray triggers a burglar alarm if moved. Demonstrated by James L. McCoy of Westinghouse at the Westinghouse Lighting Institute for the New York Illuminating Engineering Society, the system uses a photoelectric eye and silent alarm to deter intruders and could protect valuables in banks, jewelers, and harbors.
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New York Muminating Engineering Society
Westinghouse Lighting Institute
James L. McCoy
Westinghouse Lamp Company
Mr. McCoy
No Other Brockville in the World Joke at London Post Office
A man entered a London post office and wrote Brockville Canada in the local address. A clerk scratched out Canada and asked if he lived in Brockville. She told him there is no Brockville elsewhere and the message could only go to his own town.
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Vine
London
England
Brockville
Canada
A Nations Prosperity Keynote on Shared Wealth
The keynote to prosperity states prosperity is only real if shared by the whole people. A nation isn't prosperous when workers cannot buy the goods they produce and profits stay with a few privileged men.
Manitoba Honey Output and Fair Success Report
Manitoba produced 6,899,399 pounds of honey last year with 15 operators each yielding a carload or more. Manitoba exhibitors won three third places out of four classes entered at the Royal Agricultural Fair in Toronto.
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Manitoba
Toronto
Sunday School Lesson Lifts John The Baptist Doubt
Devotional notes on Matthew 11 2 to 12 50 reflect John the Baptist’s doubt while imprisoned. Jesus answers via acts of healing and preaching the gospel, inviting John to test Messianic claims and emphasize that love marks the Messiah’s work.
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Matthew
Butcher Corrects Customer On Lamb Or Mutton
Deliberations over meat mid purchase end with the butcher insisting the cut was lamb, while the customer argued it looked like mutton. The exchange highlights shopper uncertainty and clerk clarification.
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Lacy
Canada’s Vast Size Beyond Common Assumptions
figures show Canada is Britain's largest overseas dominion with coast lengths totaling 18,180 miles along Pacific Hudson Bay and Atlantic shores. The country spans about 3,050 miles east to west and 2,870 miles north to south, with an 8,085 mile Canada United States boundary and an area larger than the United States with Alaska by 42,912,000 acres.
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Canada
Dominion
Pacific Coast Line
Hudson Bay Coast Line
Atlantic Coast Line
Canada- United States
United States
Alaska
Largest Elevator At Any Seaport Opens In Vancouver
The Alberta Wheat Pool has put into operation the Vancouver Pool Terminal No. 1, claimed as the largest terminal grain elevator at any seaport. It has a capacity of 5,150,000 bushels, reinforcing Vancouver as a major grain shipping centre. In the year ending July 31, 1929, grain shipments reached 96,138,218 bushels, up from 79,714,512 in 1928 and 34,415,653 in 1927.
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Mammoth
Alberta Wheat Pool
Vancouver
Seven Seas
Vancouver Pool
Smoke and Sparks of Study Across Universities
Students struggle with exams and controversial views on General Smuts emerge at a university. One student calls Smuts a disease on wheat while another calls him a story not to be told. Amid cultural lore, Christmas Day births are linked to divination among gypsies. A New York City device removes ashes directly from houses.
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Iackache
Ering
Mlealakounsia
Annebelle Worthington
Feavens
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Betty Barclay
Saskatchewan Dairy Associ
Tarlo
Brockville World
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Jesus
John the Baptist
Macbadius
Herod
Bruce
John
Geonger
Christ
Tim
Alexander Maclaren
A. B Bruce
God
Bean Worcester
Sinaia
Jeet A
Revene
Britain
New York City
Brooder Houses
rTc
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
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