Geographical Features Named After Indian Chiefs Coast to Coast
A look at how Canadian places carry Indigenous names from Petawawa to Kinbasket Lake. The 1828 Petawawa River map links to a fort and a chief famed for hunting. many regions honor chiefs like Crowfoot, Mekasto, Chiniki, and Pouce-Coupe through lakes, passes, and villages across Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.
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Canada
Petawawa
Georgraphic Board i/ Canada
Petawawa River
John By
Ridesu Canal
Renfrew County
Ontaro
Quebec
Donnacona
France
Jacques Cartier
Manitoba
Peguis
Hudson's Bay Company
Red River
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Catknife Hill
Alberts Crowfoot
Mekasto
Chimiki Lake
Crowfoot
Red Crow
Chiniki
Kanaskis Pass
Rockies
Pouce-Coupe River
Alberta
British Columbia
Kinbasket Lake
Columbia River
Walter Moberly
C.E
Nicola Lake
Nwistermeekin
Richmond Early Potato Growers Association Formed
Fifty farmers on Lulu Island British Columbia form the Richmond Early Potato Growers Association to plant two or three acre plots of Irish Cobbler seed potatoes. Plots will be planted at month end to harvest for prairie markets simultaneously. A car load of certified seed from Prince Edward Island is used.
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Lulu Island
British Columbia
Richmond
Prince Edward Island
Pankhurst Statue Unveiled in Westminster Gardens
A statue of Emmeline Pankhurst honoring the suffrage leader was unveiled in Victoria Tower Gardens Westminster with many suffrage supporters and political leaders present. Stanley Baldwin performed the ceremony amid enthusiastic remarks and lively commentary from the crowd.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Great Britain
Victoria Tower Gardens
Westminster
Stanley Baldwin
Newspapers Serve People Not Individuals In Public News
The article argues that newspapers must report news for subscribers and the public, not tailor content to individuals. It compares reporting to police and court coverage, insisting fairness and protection of the innocent while delivering essential information in the public interest.
Lingerie pattern highlights slim hong-waisted bodice
Pattern No. 3372 in sizes 36 through 46 inch bust offers an eggshell crepe collar and cuffs, a moulded hong-waisted bodice, and fitted circular skirt. Color options include black silk crepe, asparagus, brown with turquoise, and terra cotta cantons. Pattern price 25 cents.
Problems Poultry Men Have Not Solved
Professor R K Baker discusses unsolved poultry questions at a Saskatoon meeting. He notes January to March egg flavors affect cake results and March eggs yield fewer chicks, while vitamins and sprouted feed boost hen production. X ray work hints at hatch rates, growth, and sex ratios. University flock records show dramatic egg increases from 100 to 217 per hen.
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R. K Baker
University of Saskatchewan
Ken
Saskatoon
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Colour indicates Real Grade for maple sugar products
The Dominion Department of Agriculture explains that maple sugar and syrup quality is indicated by colour. Lighter products fetch higher grades with Grade 1 very light like clover honey, Grades 2 and 3 darker, and Grade 4 close to buckwheat honey. Quality counts in maple products.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dairy Survey Team Returns to Cornell Work
Dr Misener of Cornell University resumes work after field work on a Saskatchewan dairy industry survey. J K Finlayson of the Saskatchewan Markets Branch accompanies him to finish summarizing the facts and figures over about two months.
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Dr. Misener
Cornell University
N.Y
Saskatchewan
J. K. Finlayson
Saskatchewan Markets
Cornell
Bean shipment soars as harvest runs in southern China
Nearly 30 000 tons of beans were shipped daily during the recent bean harvesting season in southern China, reflecting strong regional production and logistics mobilization.
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China
Manitoba district railway appoints new western transportation head
The General Superintendent of the Manitoba District of the Canadiana National Railways has been named General Superintendent of Transportation for the Western Region, succeeding W. J. Smart who becomes Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals.
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Manitoba
Canadiana National Railways
Western
W. J. Smart
Garnet Wheat Experiments Show Promise in Abitibi District
Samples of Garnet wheat grown by 105 farmers in Abitibi Northern Quebec yielded 25 to 30 bushels per acre from about 6 000 bushels. The field and bin trials under Father Minette demonstrated strong northern adaptation and will be shown to prospective settlers by J E L Force in Montreal.
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Abitibi
Quebec
Colonization Department
Canadian National Railways
Ontario
Father Minette
Quebec Department of Colonization
J. E. L. Force
The
Montreal
Puzzlers League Forms in Europe to Fight Boredom
A new group called The Puzzlers' League bills itself as the hardest thinking society in the world. Its members include enigma experts and masters of cryptograms crosswords and charades. The motto declares puzzle solving fights off boredom, humanity's greatest foe.
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Europe
Puzzlers’ League
Bargain Romance Sparks Stable Plans
A humorous exchange shows a couple negotiating marriage as funds appear. She vows marriage after saving a thousand dollars while he offers to borrow five hundred, hinting at a practical start to their future.
Beekeeping Debated as Farming Under English Rates Law
Oxfordshire magistrates rule a bee-keeper is a farmer for rating purposes, reducing Christopher Bartlett’s Sandford Mount assessment from £100 to £60. The case defines farming to include beekeeping, affecting many rural landholders and rate houses classified as farms.
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England
Oxfordshire
Oxford Count Hall
Christopher Bartlett
Sandford Mount
Charlbury
Fr. Gorst
Bartlett
Dr. Barengey
Rating Authority
Oxford
R. T. Barrie
Chipping Norton
Grain Show at World Poultry Congress in London Exhibit
Publicity for the World Grain Exhibition and Congress planned in Regina will occupy 576 square feet at Crystal Palace entrance. Oscar Turcott, Canadian Exhibition manager in London, will arrange the display for delegates from around the world. Similar grain exhibits will be staged in Antwerp Paris and Buenos Aires under Turcott’s direction.
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Regina
London
Crystal Palace
Fingland
Oscar Turcott
England
Amwerp
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Turcott
Plant Clean Seed Urges Use of Clean Planting Seed
The seed branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture urges planting clean seed this year as weed invasion grows. It notes many cleaning methods vary by quantity and equipment, with machinery available in many areas, screens for fanning mills elsewhere, and wind cleaning in remote regions.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Happiness Through Harmony At A Jazz Concert
A lecturer suggests happiness comes from tuning to one’s surroundings. The idea implies a man with St. Vitus Dance at a jazz concert would be at ease. A first edition Dickens Great Expectations sold in London for 1275 dollars.
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London
Oldest Trainman Robert Williams of Truro Turns Ninety-One
Robert Williams of Truro Nova Scotia asserts status as Canada’s oldest trainman. Born March 1 1839 in West River Antigonish County he began on the Nova Scotia Railway at seventeen, sailed the seas including a Horn voyage, survived a wreck and a 40 foot fall, then joined Intercolonial Railway in 1874 and retired in 1910 at seventy one.
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Canada
Robert Williams
Truro
N.S
West River
Antigonish County
Nova Scotia
Liverpool
England
Intercolonial Railway
Canadian National Railways System
Russians Discover Stingless Bees In New Brunswick Study
After three years at the agricultural station in New Brunswick, researchers report Russian bees do not sting. The bees yield honey comparable to Italian bees but swarm less, and entomologists Ray Hutton and B Diggers avoided stings throughout the experiments.
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Russia
New Brunswick
Ray Hutton
B. Diggers
Los Angeles man claims world buried endurance record
Floyd Waite of Los Angeles asserts a world endurance record for staying buried six feet underground in a box with a six inch pipe and a phone for outside connections for 391 hours. No rival has acknowledged his claim, and he was buried on February 22 with only a telephone for company.
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Floyd Waite
Los Angeles
Nonee
Floyd
You will suffer poverty until you are sixty five
A dialogue fragment reflects a harsh warning about lifelong poverty and a lingering question about what comes after, suggesting a bleak future and resignation. The terse exchange centers on aging, hardship, and uncertainty.
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Barnaby River
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Cain River
Taxis River
B.C. Association
Pankhurst
Vienna
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tarial
Annebelle Worthington
McDermott Ave
N. B. Walton
W. G. Barker, V.C
D.S.O
W. G. Barker
V.C, Ds.o
M.C
Bar
Ottawa
Col. Barker
Great Wavcs
United States
Dominions
Bureau of Statistics
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