Science powers modern business and national wealth
The article argues scientists are essential to industry and economy, citing railways saving millions through chemistry and testing, potash from waste materials, pollution controls, irrigation weed control, and Saskatchewan clay industry improvements. It urges Canada to fund larger research, noting farmers as likely greatest beneficiaries.
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Flo
New York
United States
Free Wrece
America
Dudley
Germany
Justus von Liebig
Cail
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Alberta Crop Yield Estimates Target 200 Million Bushels
Officials estimate Alberta's total crop yield near 200 million bushels with the southern district around 40 million. Some officials project as low as 180 million. The piece reflects on changing times and a note about the family steering wheel.
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Alberta
Dominion charter to acquire Columbia Match Company
The Commpia statch Company of Canadas has taken a Dominion charter to acquire control of the Columbia Match Company of Cleveland and erect and operate a Montreal plant. The source notes a light exchange about not speaking for three weeks.
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Commpia Statch Company of
Canadas
Dominion
Columbia Match Company
Cleveland
Montreal
Monument Honoring Lost Fliers On Etretat Coast
A monument at Etretat on the Normandy coast honors Captain Charles Nungesser and Captain Francois Coli of the illfated May 1927 attempt to fly to New York. The obelisklike column bears the inscription To the First Who Dared with three life size figures of the flyers and the date May 1927.
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Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
Etretat
France
New York
Nungesser
Coli
Pink Pills Help Weak Nervous Woman Regain Strength
Mrs D Veno of Union Square NS reports relief from thin blood and nervous exhaustion after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She says the pills improved sleep, appetite, and strength, enabling her to resume house work. The medicine is sold by dealers or 50 cents per box by mail from Brockville Ont.
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D. Veno
Union Square
Dr. Williams
Tam
Fall Medicine
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Sultan Feasts While Paris Storefronts Glow With Concealed Visit
A masked visit of Moulay Hemada, Sultan of Morocco, to Paris sees him shopping incognito at Printemps for an hour as clerks and staff keep watch. He and his Grand Vizier browse freely while attendants log the purchases and the Grand Vizier pays.
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Fone
Si Moulay Hemada
Morocco
Printemps
Paris
France
Death of Sir Horace Darwin
Sir Horace Darwin, son of Charles R. Darwin author of Origin of Species, died recently at Cambridge England. He was a noted scientist who had long suffered ill health and had designed and built many delicate seismological and aeronautical instruments.
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Horace Darwin
Charles R. Darwin
Cambridge
Eng
Horace
Cadillac on rails speeds CPR inspection trips
Canadian Pacific Railway issues a high power sedan style car from Angus shops in Montreal for the engineering department. The railcar features three braking systems a reinforced front axle a one piece rear axle and rubber insulated wheels to reduce shock on joints. It will be used for rapid inspection trips across CPR lines under varied weather and is the only machine of its kind in official CPR service.
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Canadian Pacific
Cadillac
Canadan Pacific Railway
Montreal
CPR
Tme
Canada
Drawback To Ocean Service Airplanes Forced To Take Fuel
Sir Erle Geddes of Imperial Airways discusses an England to India air service planned to start within 18 months with five or six day transport possible. He notes trans Atlantic flights lack fuel re fuelling while the projected empire service would allow refuelling en route. A second item promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil as a household remedy for common ailments.
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Erle Geddes
Imperial Airways, Ltd
England
India
Karachi
Belgium Honors Badly Wounded British Soldiers
Forty disabled British ex soldiers were hosted by the British Disabled Soldiers Association Antwerp. The British Legion selected the most badly wounded men for a ten day Belgium tour to show gratitude to the British Army. The RAMC accompanied the party on the journey as many men had lost limbs and Belgium’s official life participated in the event.
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Belgium
British Disabled Soldiers’ Association
Antwerp
British Legion
Britain
War Office
RAMC
Antiaircraft shell unearthed in Kensington Gardens roadway
Workmen excavating the roadway at Queen's Gate in Kensington Gardens, London, unearthed what is believed to be a live anti aircraft shell. Police and bomb disposal crews were called to the scene to assess the potential danger and secure the area.
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Queen’s Gate
Kensington Gardens
London
Radio May Control Street Cars and Aeroplanes Soon
Radio experts predicted wireless control would operate street cars and aircraft, after a Chicago demonstration where a surface car ran from an automobile. A sports quip and a Royal Canadian Humane Association awards list follow, naming medallists and parchment recipients in Western Canada.
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Chicago
Royal Canadian Humane Association
David Johnston
Brooksby
Saskatchewan
John D. White
Vancouver
John McHugh
Yukon Territory
Margaret Martin
Water On Lakey
Alberta
Howard Mayers
White Rock
B.C. Mary
Victoria Larrowman
Kasle
Wa i Hepher
Powell
B.C
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