Wildlife Flourishes in Jasper National Park Alberta
Jasper National Park in Alberta Canada is a vast wildlife sanctuary where bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain goats, deer, elk, caribou, moose, bears, beaver and other species thrive. The park doors opened in 1907 to protect native fauna, and wildlife numbers have grown, with elk and sheep populations expanding across Athabaska Valley and surrounding areas.
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Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canada
Jasper
Government of
Athabaska Valley
Pocahontas
Interlaken
Brazeau River
Snake Indian Valley
Moose Horn Creek
Southesk River
Shale Banks
Smoky River
Colin Range
Maligne Lake
Whistler Mountain
Circus Valley
McBride
British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
Byng Pass
Twin Tree Lake
Tonquin
Circus Valleys
Brazeau Valley
Snaring
Dominion Creek
Mitte Valley
Lac Beauvert
Defective Hearing Affects Millions in Britain
A two year research survey by the National Institute for the Deaf and the Department of Industrial Physiology reports about 3,000,000 people in Great Britain have defective hearing in one or both ears. The British Medical Journal notes the finding. A Toronto university device is claimed to assist germination of clover seeds by weakening their hard shells.
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Great Britain
National Institute For the Deaf
Department of Industrial Physiology
London School of Hygiene
British Medical Journal
University of Toronto Laboratories
Ancient tortoise Sopa dies at London Zoo
Sopa, a 150 year old giant female Galapagos tortoise, died at the London Zoo from influenza after weeks of illness and pneumonia. Native to the Galapagos, she will be mounted for exhibition at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington.
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London
Sopa
Zoo
Natural History Museum
South Kensington
Eskimos on Victoria Island Face Alcohol Dangers
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report Corporal Wall notes Eskimos drink denatured alcohol and methyl hydrate during inter tribal visits. He warns continued use threatens health while missionaries and hymn singing grow in influence. Families average three children with equal girls and boys. infant girl mortality is declining.
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Victoria Island
Corporal Wall
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Wali
Has Ancient Lineage of the Greyhound Across Civilizations
The greyhound is presented as one of the oldest dogs with an ancient lineage. It appears in Egyptian frescoes, Greek pursuit use, and Antoine sculpture in the British Museum. It was favored by English kings from Canute to Charles I, with King John paying penalties in greyhounds, and a 1853 tax placed on the breed to keep it exclusive to gentlemen.
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Antoine
British Museum
Canute
Charles
John
Egland
Stunning Spring dress pattern with versatile tailoring
The pattern describes a smart dress in beige crepe with navy collar and girdle, navy crepe trim, or grey checked wool option. It suits spring wear, under a coat and with a wide belt, with Style No. 558 in sizes 14 to 40 bust. Fabric yardage varies by size. pattern price is 20 cents.
Vicar’s Orchard Damaged by Troops After Harvest Card
A vicar whose orchard adjacent to the vicarage posted a sign asking soldiers to spare the apples for a Harvest Festival. The next day the fruits were stripped and the card was reversed to read All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin.
Work of Canadian Plant Breeders In Improving Wheat
Canadian plant breeders are praised for advancing wheat quality and rust resistance. L. H Newman credits half a century of effort at the Dominion Cerealist helm, with Winnipeg’s Rust Research Laboratory leading trials to produce rust-resistant, high quality, high yielding wheat for western Canada.
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L. H Newman
Dominion
Canada
Winnipeg
Women’s Institute study finds housewives hate daily chores
The Burton England Women’s Institute surveyed housekeeping tasks and found waking, cleaning windows, dishwashing, laundry, and cooking as common aversions. Several members disliked skinning rabbits or cleaning chickens, while one old member detested everything.
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Women's Institute of
Burton
England
Northern Outpost Farm Grows Cereals and Tobacco at Beauville
An isolated Saskatchewan farm 165 miles northwest of Prince Albert at Beauville on the Beaver River thrives, producing cereals, vegetables, hay, and tobacco for local mission use. The area appears on the Ile-a-la-Crosse map sheet by the Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior, Ottawa.
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Prince Albert
Beauville
Sask
Beaver River
Ile-a-la- Crosse
Topo
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union
Pattern order details from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Include Pattern No. Name. This notice guides customers on obtaining sewing patterns with official reference numbers and names.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Record High Tide Strikes Louisburg Fortress in Nova Scotia
A storm driven high tide breached the 177 year old gravel barrier flooding large parts of Louisburg fortress ruins. The western approach road was heavily damaged and restoration may pause this year. Sentries withdrew as floodwaters reached their waists, a repeat of flooding last seen in 1756 before Wolfe’s 1758 invasion.
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Wolfe
Louisburg
Nova Scotia
Not Much Of a Success Marriage In An Plane
A Sydney Nova Scotia wedding aboard an aircraft failed to impress as engines could not be silenced. Reverend I Mills and the Cruse macker couple conducted vows while the plane rocked and lost filming. Radio listeners heard little and the Registrar General halted further filming.
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Lane
James Crusemacker
Sydney
N.S.W
I. Mills
Dulwich Hill
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Great Alberta
Ruth Rogers
Egypt
Assyria
Peru
Leroy M. S. Miner
Harvard Dental School
Dean Miner
Mexico
India
Ninevah
Martial
Britain
Starfish
Seahorse
A. W. Jones
C.B
C.B.E
Director of
Naval Construction
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