Electricity On The Farm: A Vision Of Monitors Near Future
A Manitoba study shows electricity transforming farm life, with mills, milking, water, and power tools replacing manual labor. The Manitoba Power Commission aims to extend high tension lines, connect Brandon, and provide farm ready switchgear and wireless access to world news and music, promising easier work and brighter days for farmers.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Power Commission
Parliament
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Carman
Roland
Morden
Point du Bois
Iito
Focal
J. M. F. Wilson
Medice’s Island and the Statue of Liberty
An immigrant asks about Medice’s Island and the Statue of Liberty as the ocean liner nears the bay. The steward names Ellis Island and jokes you’ll be locked up there, in a line from the New York Sun.
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Iisland
Medice’s Island
Ellis Island
New York Sun
Nation building in Canada through western scholarships
The CPR donated three annual scholarships worth 500 to Toronto University to attract Western graduates to complete studies in the East. The move aids Canada’s unity by linking western schools with Toronto and Ottawa, enriching thought and future communities. E. W. Beatty notes the program benefits students and their home regions.
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C.P.R
Toronto University
Western Canada
Western University
Canada
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Robert Falconer
Promoting Canada Dairy Trade Through Transport and Inspection
The Dairy and Cold Storage Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture runs a wide program to market dairy produce. It includes 160 refrigerator cars weekly for cheese to Montreal Halifax, a pick up car service for butter and eggs to Montreal Toronto Halifax, inspections in key ports, market letters, and telegraphs of prices. The branch also staffs inspectors to enforce the Dairy Industry Act and Oleomargarine Act and uses thermographic thermometers aboard ships to regulate temperatures. Canada emphasizes transport, inspection, and publicity to boost dairy trade.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Toronto
St. John
N.B
Portland
London
Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
Bristol
Cardiff
Canada
Insects in Sewerage Works
The treatment of sewerage has become scientific and uses tiny life forms for purification. A British chemist proposed a prolific insect to cleanse sewerage filter beds and recent experiments in Great Britain show possible colonization of filter beds with these insects.
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Great Britain
Unable to control the installation says judge
A judge remarks that the speaker could not keep up with the installations claiming a loss of control. The exchange highlights the difficulty in meeting installation demands and the implications for compliance.
Decline of Drunkenness Reflects Ontario Prohibitory Laws
The Toronto Star notes that in 1920 convictions for drunkenness across Canada fell to 39,769 from 60,975 in 1913, a near 35 percent drop despite population growth. It credits Ontario temperance laws but warns the liquor problem remains smouldering and could flare again if vigilance fades.
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Ontario
Dominion
Quebec
Toronto
O.T.A
The
Toronto Star
The Quarter at Church Monetary Quip Aboard Soliloquy
A minister notes monetary success in the congregation as he publishes a soliloquy in the calendar. The speaker assigns value to small coins saying a quarter is too little to buy oil candy movie or rouge yet people still call it money when it comes to church.
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Christian Register
Radium Mining Company Formed in Parry Sound Ontario
A new venture named the Mc Quire Robinson Radium and Bye Products Company has been formed at Parry Sound. It is believed to be Ontario’s first radium mining company and is capitalized at 1,000,000 dollars to develop local properties highlighted by recent geological reports.
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Radium Mining Company
Ontario
Parry Sound
McQuire-Robinson Radium and Bye-Products Company
Muskrat Farm Planned at Newboro Ontario
Dr. G. E. Richards to establish a muskrat farm in Leeds County at Newboro. He leased a bay in Newboro Lake in the Rideau chain and will enclose it with wire fencing to breed muskrats. He has also started a black fox ranch at the same location.
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Newboro
Leeds County
Ont
G. E. Richards
Richards
Newboro Lake
Rideau
Farmers on Committee of Agriculture
Seats on the agriculture committee include 105 members with 29 from Progressive and Independent ranks and the rest Conservatives and government supporters. Prominent figures listed are Hon. Charles Stewart Hon. W. R. Motherwell Hon. J. E. Sinclair Hon. S. F. Tolmie Hon. T. A. Crerar and Hon. H. H. Stevens.
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W. R. Motherwell
Dominion
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Canadian Wheat Board
Committee of Agriculture
Charles Stewart
Interior
J. E. Sinclair
S. F. Tolmie
T. A. Crerar
H. H. Stevens
Ottawa Film Productions Limited Formed in Canada
A national Canadian motion picture movement leads to the reported creation of a federal company to be run from Ottawa named Ottawa Film Productions Limited. An advisory council of statesmen journalists authors club women and social workers will cooperate with the producing unit to guard against possible evils.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Film Productions, Limited
Prairie Provinces Coal Deposits Reach Vast Total
Coal deposits in the prairie provinces, led by Alberta, total 1 132 600 000 000 tons per C V Corless of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Alberta employs about 10 000 miners and produced roughly 5 500 000 tons last year.
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Prairie Provinces
Alberta
C. V. Corless
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Victory Remains in Dock at Portsmouth for Inspection
The Nelson flagship Victory, ordered by the Admiralty, shows decay symptoms. It will stay in dock at Portsmouth where the public may view the vessel as its in-water life is limited.
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Victory
Nelson
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Britain’s Mare 1 Biplane Sets World Speed Record
The Gloucestershire Aircraft Company’s Mare 1 or Bamel, designed by H. P. Folland and piloted by J. H. James, achieved 212 mph, breaking the prior French record. Powered by a 450 horsepower Lion engine, the all British effort followed the Derby victory at 163 mph and marks a new era in aerial transport.
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England
Gloucestershire Aircraft Company
Bamel
H. P. Folland
Royal Air Force
J. H. James
Witness Recounts Testimony In Southern Court
In a southern court trial a witness says he will tell the truth but jokes that the lawyer could loosen his load by omitting details about gin and chickens. He agrees to stick to the truth apart from those omitted items.
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Gemmun
Rainfall contrasts in Hawaii's Waipo Valley and Hualalai
The Waipo Valley on Hawaii's Big Island records the rainiest daily average about one inch. In nearby Hualalai district the annual rainfall is only about twenty inches, marking stark regional variation on the same island.
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Waipo Valley
Hawaii
Hualalai
The Oldest Copper Mountain Mining Company
The Calgary Albertan commentary notes Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag’s 1225 founding mark and its modern shift to scientific management. It contrasts historic self-reliant living with current industrial efficiency, laments loss of open work and woodland life, and questions progress’s ultimate goal and happiness.
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Stora Kopparbergs Bergislags Aktiebplacet
Calgary
Albertan
The Secret of Youth and Mind Relaxation
The article credits the French Academy of Medicine with endorsing a method by Dr Gueniot for youthful health. It details a daily ten to fifteen minute guided repose to relax every muscle and empty the brain to boost vitality.
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French Academy of Medicine
Guenijot
Academy
Guenlot
Gueniot
Courtesy at the Chertsey Station Platform
A country woman asks a railway porter if trains start for Virginia Water. He confirms the route and she inquires about a convenient departure time, answering with politeness and mild surprise at the question.
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Chert
Virginia Water
Missus
Advertising Alliteration Adds Ambition Across Agencies
A playful note on advertising rhetoric highlights alliterative phrases used by advertisers to attract attention and promote active participation across agencies, ending with a lighthearted benediction.
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An.b.t.cus
Alleluiah
Amen
Wheat straw to gasoline yield claimed by Agriculture
The U S Department of Agriculture says one ton of wheat straw can produce the equivalent of forty gallons of gasoline.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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