Bring Down Production Costs for Western Wheat Boom
Western farmers see higher wheat prices but note costs of production and marketing must fall. Wheat pools in prairie provinces aim to reduce marketing costs and stabilize prices, aided by lower Crow's Nest Pass freight rates. Improved farm efficiency and cooperation in marketing are urged to sustain gains and lift Western agriculture from its slump.
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Prairie Provin
Railway Commission For Adjust
McAdoo
United States
Canada
Port Arthur's New Grain Elevator Leads In Capacity
The Retian feeder plant, the latest addition to grain elevators along Port Arthur's south shore, will begin operations October 1 and give Port Arthur the world’s leading storage capacity, overtaking Fort William which has more planned facilities. Elder of Raymond yielded 0.40 bushels per acre on a one acre trial, with grain delivered at the elevator earning a total of $48.40 per acre, marking the best threshing result in the district and highlighting Raymond’s potential.
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Lead World
Port Arthur
Head of the Lake
Fort Willan
Carence Elder
Raymond
Flying Comes High and the Global Flight Cost
A chaotic excerpt discusses costs of a world aviation feat, mentioning prices around 690 and 150, referencing nations and a circumnavigation. The fragment hints at debates over financing, public accounts, and fear of missing the chance to fund such a journey. The tone resembles a 20th century city bulletin with speculative figures.
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Fenners
Sheeaniton
San Froncisco
Pink Pills Promise Strong Daughters Against Anaemia
Advertises Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for anaemia in teenage girls, claiming quick relief from weakness headaches and low spirits. Promotes blood enrichment and robust girlhood with a course of pills available in Brockville Ontario or by mail, citing thousands of relieved Canadian women.
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Reis
Gros Dale
Dr. Williams
de Williams
Saskatchewan Cooperatives Reorganization Complete Leader appointed
Saskatchewan Co operative Creameries completes general re organization with Petey F Reed named Production Superintendent. New director J A Gregory leads reorganization begun last March. McLean appointed general manager pushes economy and efficiency. Poultry handling and feeding tests planned at Saskatoon Regina plants as dairy cooperative grows. Saskatchewan Star
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Petey F. Reed
Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries, Ltd
Antehewan
J. A Gregory
Sas
McLean
Department of Agriculture
Saska
Regina
Saskatchewan
Excc Ve
Saskatoon Star
Alberta Grain Plant Projects Record Season Output
Alberta expects to ship over 75,000 bushels of grain in the coming season, mainly Marquis and Ruby wheat and Lanner and Victory oats, aided by past exhibitor success at the Chicago International and the province's cleaning and marketing plant. A quirky ad note promotes Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator and Minard's Liniment alongside agricultural figures.
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Alberta
Chicago International
Alberta Goverment
Marquis
Notable Utterance From Premier Dunning Conference
The report highlights Mr Dunning, Saskatchewan’s premier, as the conference’s central figure. It notes his practical, magnetic addresses showing farmers’ needs dominate his stance. He links cheap food for consumers to a prosperous population and champions cooperative efforts as essential to economic progress.
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Kong de
Treland
Dunning
Saskatchewan
Mr Danning
Danning
GW. Klerick
A Bit About Habits From The Subconscious Mind
A discussion on how turning over tasks to the subconscious forms habits. It notes how routine acts like sleep and meals require little thought and that money making can become a habit. It also highlights punctuality as a good habit.
Belief Altered on Equinox Storms and Moon Influence
A misheard report from Calgary Alberta suggests disbelief in lunar influence on weather. Scientists now say equinoxial storms are myth and the public is left to reinterpret celestial connections.
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Peng
Erent Geel
Tere
Tle
Calgary
Albert
Eskimos Carvers at Nome Work Summer Island Voyage
Eskimo natives travel by roughly 100 mules in boats to Nome carrying ivory and goods. They carve tusks into crib boards gavels knives and more for merchants. The camp earns thousands of dollars each season, funding next winter supplies. They also join Nome summer athletic contests and produce skilled athletes.
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Ing Island
Nome
Exeter
Rome
Life Span Lengthened by Twenty Years in Century
Dr. Ingene Lyman Fisk, medical director of the Life Extension Institute, claimed at Atlantic City that average life expectancy rose by about twenty years over the past century and will continue to grow. He cited economic values of longevity, noting a baby’s worth around $5000 and a one-year-old’s value at roughly $1400, with a 35-year-old man described in his talk.
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Ingene Lyman Fisk
Life Extension Institute
Atlantic City
Thea
Fiske
Beekeeper George Retiel Expands apiaries in Alberta
George Retiel, now in his fourth year as a beekeeper in Southern Alberta, produced over 4000 pounds of honey. He started an apiary in the Coldale irrigated district and has grown to sit apiaries with a total of 300 bee colonies. Souther Alberta is praised as a premier bee district globally.
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George Retiel
Alberta
Coldale
Souther Alberta
Bow
Alberta Cramery Butter Production Seek Higher Output
In 1924 butter production is forecast to rise about twenty percent from 1923. Siberia creamery output last season reached 17 730 000 pounds, with an anticipated 22 000 000 pounds this year. Germany sent 1 585 emigrants to Canada last year, with 0 involved in agriculture. For the first two months of this year 62 emigrants arrived, 149 expected to take up farming.
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Alberta
Siberia
Tne
Canada
Earthquakes Hit Southwestern Iceland Shaking Towns
Severe earthquakes shake the southwestern inland of Iceland for days. Villages like Keysirk suffer extensive damage, homes topple, crevices open with molten lava and thick sulfur fumes. Inhabitants abandon houses, sleeping outdoors or in haystacks as Mount Kekla looms as a feared potential eruption. Northern towns feel dread as black smoke drifts across the region.
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Souwestern
Iceland
Keysirk
Kekla
Treaty Money Celebration for Grande Prairie Braves
Treaty distributions to Grande Prairie Crees sparked a celebratory scene with men lining up to receive their cash and women and children aided by edibles and ribbons. The account notes the usual gathering, the spread of tobacco and molasses, and cautions about infant worm remedies offered alongside the event.
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Grande Prairie Country
Sur
Western Canada Trade Optimism Buoyed by Grain Demand
Dispatches report generally favorable business conditions across Western Canada with rising grain prices and strong livestock demand. Retail activity is expected to exceed normal, aided by gains in cloths and shoes, household goods, and lumber. A temperance movement demonstrates organized activity with many associations and a large membership.
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Canada
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries
Minard
Conance
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Werwey
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Japan
Ina Donk
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