Development Of Pulpwood Industry Unequalled In Canadian Commerce
The article notes rapid growth of Canada’s eastern pulpwood and pulp and paper sectors, driven by demand in the United States. It highlights the shift from sawmills to pulp and paper dominance, with exports rising from under four million to over eighty million dollars in a decade, and positions pulp and paper as a leading Canadian export after wheat. It references the prairie expansion, the role of western forests, and the rapid industrial rise within a generation.
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Canada
Arcich
Department of the
Peterte Tie Ter
Prairies
Cauada
Po aDer
Bris Cotanthia
Tieminion
Fastern Canada
Dominion
Lambering
Fmu
United States
Eastern
Jake
Ahe Dominton
Tse
Hintich Columbia
Ontario
An Bapeils
Territories
Widch
Canada moves to suppress heroin under medical control
Canada declares war on heroin and seeks League of Nations support for total sale suppression except under physician prescription. The action follows consultations with medical authorities and hospital canvassing, aiming to curb harmful drugs globally.
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Canada
Dominion
League of Nations
League
Canadd
Alberta Telephones Earnings Rise to Three Year Peak
Alberta Government telephones earned 1 261 468.16 in 1923, the best showing in three years, while expenses totaled 1 257 722.53. The report notes potential rate increases as uncontrollable expenditures rise, and records 67 297 telephones in use after adding new lines at a cost of 164 395.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
W. W. Smith
Supremacy of Canadian Cars in New Zealand Market
Canada led New Zealand car sales in 1923 with 7,280 vehicles worth £966,384, nearly double the U S figure and quadrupling its 1922 business, while the United States sold 4,309 cars worth £?8 41? from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Commercial Intelligence Journal
Canada
United States
Canacia
United ‘States
Dark beliefs on October birth and death omen
An old lore warns that a child born on October 2 faces a wicked death. It prescribes no bloodletting for adults, no drinks, and no goose cake with a belief death within forty days is promised.
Porto Rico Rice Use Rises to 139.7 Pounds Per Person
Porto Rico consumed 139.7 pounds of rice per capita last year, about one third of a pound daily per person. The figure marks a 16 pound per capita increase from 1922.
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Porto Rico
Getting the Effect Bride
A fragmentary note describes a dining scene with a sharp question about pairing a roast with a blue and white dinner setting. No clear persons or organizations are named. The text reads as playful kitchen banter in an unclear context.
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Bride
Apple producing states in the Pacific Northwest
Washington, Oregon and Idaho together account for nearly half of the United States commercial apple production, highlighting the region's central role in the fruit industry.
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Washington, Oregon
Idaho
United States
Canada tourist spending rises with Banff Jasper roads
Canada earned about 136 million in tourist spending last year with British Columbia and Alberta leading the receipts. The Ottawa Journal notes that Banff and Jasper parks, new roads, and visitor accommodations spurred the Alberta surge while critics warned of private power encroachment. The Dominion Parks Board promotes national service by highlighting beauty spots as auto travel grows.
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Leminion Parks
Canada
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Banff and
Jasper
Banff
Dominion Parks Board
The
Ottawa Journal
More Horses Than Ever In Canada In 1921
The Toronto Star notes a census showing 9,624,262 horses in Canada in 1921, up from 2,598,958 in 1911, as motor cars create new tasks for horses and shift travel patterns. It highlights cars carrying single passengers, horses hauling road materials, and horses rescued from snow banks and mud.
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Canada
Hamilton
Toronto Star
Fruit Shipments to Prairies and Foreign Markets Report
During the past year the Associat ed Growers of British Columbia shipped 2.22540 boxes of fruit to the provinces of Stantoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, while 627 cars had been sent to various foreign markets including Holland Beigham Scandin via China Africa New Zealand and Mexico.
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Prairies
Associated Growers
British Columbia
Stantoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Holland
Beigham
Scandinavia
China
Africa
New Zealand
Mexico
Man Demands Proof From Self-Assured Speaker
A person insists that their claims deserve proof and challenges the speaker to demonstrate knowledge. The remark underlines skepticism toward confident but unverified assertions.
Farm Labor Supply Conference Sets Wages for Summer
The Edmonton meeting of organized farmers and Employment Service officials discussed farm labor supply for the coming season. Saskatchewan figures cited Mr. R. M. Johnson and Mr. W. C. McCalum among attendees. They agreed that $40 per month should be the going wage for summer farm work, with $1 per month as a basic wage for calculations.
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Employment Service
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
R. M. Johnson
Railways and Immigration Departments
Big Increase In Trade For Canada In Eleven Months
Canada’s total trade for the eleven months ending February reached 1 771 351 283 dollars, up 193 188 505 from the prior year. Imports rose about 35 million and domestic exports gained 98 million led by agricultural and vegetable products at 365 million and wood products at 245.6 million. February exports were ten million higher than 1925 while imports fell by about three million.
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Canada
Wheat Yields in Alberta Over 26 Years Revealed
Alberta reports long term average yields for crops from spring wheat to rye and flax. Spring wheat 19. bushels per acre, winter wheat 26.19, oats 35.79, barley 26.10, rye 18.84, flax 8.71 bushels per acre. Data compiled by the Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Alberta Aims Test Ship Cattle to Japan
A trial shipment of cows and steers will be sent to Japan to probe Alberta's livestock market. The project, arranged by Hon. Geo Hoadley Minister of Agriculture, will include a qualified investigator to assess opportunities for all Alberta farm products.
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Geo Hoadley
Province of
Alberta
Japan
October 6 and 12 Said Unlucky Days Banished for Trade
Astrologers warn that October 6 and October 12 are the year's most unlucky days and should be avoided for business ventures, casting doubt on plans and prompting caution among merchants.
Fertile lands offered for homesteading in Northern Alberta
The Peace River country in Alberta tops the Last West for fertile farmland. J K Cornwall notes 80 percent of the district suitable for agriculture with timber and alluvial soil. The area hosts long grass, cattle and horses, light winters, ample rainfall, and historical wheat and cereal yields near Vermilion and Fort Chipewyan.
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Western
Canada
Peace River
Alberta
Athabasca River
Columbia
Vermillion
Edmonton
Fort Chipewyan
Dominion
New Weights For Bacon Hogs In Select Class
New standards set weights for hogs to enter select bacon class. Hogs must weigh 170 to 220 pounds off cars at stock yards or 180 to 230 pounds fed at stockyards or local shipping points. The Wiltshire ideal length is 36 inches from neck to knuckle bone.
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Wiltshire
Canada fur production value for 1922 23 reported
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canada’s raw fur production value at 16,761,567 dollars for 4,963,966 pelts. Most pelts come from trappers with ranch-bred animals contributing about three and a half percent of the total.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Life expectancy across nations in historical context
The United States shows an average life span of 56 years, up from 52 years in 1910 and 41 years in 1870. India records an average life expectancy of 24 years, highlighting wide global disparities in historical health outcomes.
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United States
India
New Canadian Farmer Immigrants Arrive In Winnipeg
Twenty eight young settlers arrive in Winnipeg aboard a Canadian National Railways immigrant train, led by Salvation Army organizers. The group, mostly boys with a few girls, are the advance guard of a larger flow of teenage workers heading to western farms this spring.
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Canada
Salvation Army
Ontario
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Adion
Canadian National
West
Old Country
Our Uppish Help Mistress Row Test
A fragmentary dialogue humorously contrasts a master’s demand with a maid’s deflection over attire and decorum in a domestic scene. The exchange hints at class tension and etiquette without further context or action.
Grimsby Becomes World's Leading Trawling Port
Grimsby in England has become the world's greatest trawling centre with between five and six hundred steam trawlers registered at the port, plus numerous other vessels.
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Grimsby
England
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Southern
Manitoba
Dominion Entomological Franch
J. J. de Gryse
Indian Head
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