Production and Marketing Problems for Surplus Goods
The article analyzes global overproduction risks for major farm commodities. It cites wheat in Canada and the United States, coffee in Brazil, and rubber in Britain, noting how storage, prices, and policies affect farmers. It discusses the U.S. Federal Farm Board plan to cut cotton and wheat output in 1930 and compares Brazil's coffee defense with market outcomes.
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Canada
United States
U.S
Brazil
Canadian Wheat Pool
Federal Farm Board
Great Britain
Coffee Defense Institute
Iran
Colombia
Venezuela
Costa Rica
Guatemata
Salvador
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Lear
U.S. Federal Farm Board
Faust
Norway enjoying open winter as Gulf Stream warms
Norway reports unusually mild winter conditions with gardens blooming and fjords navigable. Scientists attribute the change to a Gulf Stream that is several degrees warmer than usual, pushing away northern and eastern cold blasts and leaving inland areas largely snow free.
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Aly
Norway
Foretold Steam Power in 17th Century Writings
The article notes Solomon de Cause, a Frenchman, writing in the early 1600s about using boiling water to push carriages and ships by steam. He was confined to an asylum in 1630, while the locomotive invention is commonly dated to 1829.
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Solomon de Cause
Mam
Albatross Trails Pacific Liner 3000 Miles in Flight
Officers aboard a Far East liner reported an albatross following the vessel for wx days and nights as it averaged seventeen knots. The bird finally abandoned the chase to feed on a school of fish, having flown about 3000 miles and likely gone without food during the journey.
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Far East
Pink Pills Help Neuritis Sufferer Regain Health
Mrs Simon Rae of St Marys Ontario credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with ending four years of neuritis and rheumatism after failed electric treatments osteopathy tooth and tonsil removal. She reports blood improvement relief and regained ability to work. The ad promotes Pink Pills as a blood builder and nerve restorer.
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Simon Rae
St. Mary's Ont
Rae
Williams
Mrs. Rae
Dr. Williams
Pink Pitts
Dr. Wilams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Sleepless Cadet of Budapest Faces War's Wakeful Toll
The article profiles M. Paul Kern a Budapest ministerial worker and war veteran who has not slept since a Russian bullet wounded him in 1915. Despite brain studies and x rays, doctors cannot cure his wakefulness. Kern continues daily work from 9 to 2, then night club rounds 2 to 6, and personal care 7 pm to 7 am, earning praise from widows and orphans he helps.
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M. Paul Kern
Budapest
M. Kern
Lemberg
Fils
Frey
The Best Use of the Microphone Urges Silence and Service
A radio message urges that the world’s top need is for men to stand before the microphone and say less and entertain more, stressing restraint and meaningful communication over self display.
Persian Balm for Elegant Women Beauty Lotion
An advertisement praises Persian Balm as the ideal touet for discerning women. It claims a cool refreshing feel with no stickiness and a velvety rose leaf texture. The lotion tones and stimu lates the skin, imparting a subtle distinction of elegance.
Sugar Beet Acreage Rise in Lethbridge Region 1929
Sugar beet acreage in the Lethbridge region reached 3 470 in 1929, up 1 188 from 1928 and well above 752 acres in 1925. A stray note mentions a Dr Thomas electric device and a Jamaica product praised as effective medicine though the text is garbled.
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Lethbridge
Soviets Seize Private Property in Moscow Tax Crackdown
In Moscow authorities seized jewelry diamonds precious metals foreign currency and antiquarian articles from private traders and others totaling 100 million rubles about 50 million dollars. The seizure targets parasitical classes for tax payments to the government.
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Moscow
Regina Permit Totals Ease Past Ten Million
Regina building permits final figures show contracts just exceeding ten million dollars at 10,022,531 compared with 6,619,206 in 1928.
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Regina
General Smuts lauded as constructive world statesman on world tour
Regina Leader notes General Smuts returned from visits to Great Britain Canada and the United States welcomed home with enthusiasm. The piece credits his Empire unity peacemaking with the League of Nations and his Geneva push, suggesting his tour widened support for international cooperation and world peace.
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
League of Nations
Empire
Geneva
General Smuts
Regina
Asthma Remedy Claimed To Restore Health Nationwide
The text touts Dr J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as a lifesaving treatment for victims of asthma. It describes sudden choking fits and claims many patients have been completely restored to health and happiness.
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J. D. Kellogg
CPR Farm Land Sales Reach 400000 Acres in 1928
Canadian Pacific sold over 400000 acres through the Department of Natural Resources in 1928. Porter, manager, notes more than 200 sales in the irrigation block near Calgary. Production of rayon in Italy is rising rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPR
Canadian Pacific
Department of Natural Resources
8. G. Porter
Calgary
Italy
Reticent Age Information Among British MPs Sparks Debate
In the British House of Commons 102 male MPs have not disclosed their ages in Dod's Parliamentary Companion. Of these, 79 are Labour, 16 Conservative, 6 Liberal, and 1 independent. Among 14 women MPs, 9 also withhold ages.
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House of Partames
New House of Commons
Dod
Labor
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Cunard
Europe
North British
Channel
Moineet
Huron and Erie
Ponage Ave
Winnipeg
Tel
Weamship
Cunard Canadian Service
Thomas
Banda
Gansia
Bne
Magnesia
Phillips
Hamilton
Ontario
Sande Ihes
Pare Sant
Weslern
Hunter-Martin & CO
SASK
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