Hidden Wealth On The Prairies Promises Energy Boom
The article argues that large, undiscovered deposits of petroleum and natural gas may lie beneath Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It cites Turner Valley oil, geological theories, and expert projections by Dr. G S Hume and others suggesting commercial quantities could soon be found, attracting outside investment despite risks.
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Prairie
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Turner Valley
Lloydminster
Rockies
G. S. Hume
Prairie Provinces
Great Plains
Montana Oil and Mining Journal
Grenville Gates Howard
Dorsey Hager
Duluth
Dominion
Potato origin and early steel use in locomotives
A tropical American native, the white potato fed Indians long before Europeans arrived. Nickel steel began in locomotive boiler shells in 1904 and the engine remains in regular service.
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Tropical America
Mexico
Chile
Preparations Complete as Canada Readies Atlantic Flying Boats
Canada completes preparations for experimental Atlantic flights this summer as two Newfoundland seaplane bases and an airport near Gander Lake enable landings at Gander or Botwood. Flights aim to start regular air mail and passenger service with St Hubert near Montreal serving as the terminal for the great flying boats on the St Lawrence.
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Canada
Britain
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Gander Lake
Botwood
Noath
Harbor Grace
Hatties Camp
St. Hubert
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Montreals Great
France
United Kingdom
Revival of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron for Coronation Review
The Admiralty plans to revive the Tenth Cruiser Squadron for the Coronation naval review following the Jubilee precedent. The new unit will comprise navy ships slated to escort merchantmen in convoy, continuing the memory of the storm battered group that kept the North of Scotland to the Arctic blockade during four years of war. Rear Admiral A. N. Dowding will hoist his flag in the Colombo to command the squadron for the review.
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Admiralty
Scotland
Arctic Circle
Dudley de Chair
Reginald Tupper
Dickens
A. N. Dowding
Colombo
Manchester Guardian
Cherry Jelly Roll Tea Biscuit Bake
Drain cherries and boil juice with water sugar and corn syrup. Roll out tea biscuit batter, spread cherries, sprinkle cinnamon and dot with butter, roll like a jelly roll and bake in a hot oven with hot syrup poured over.
Instrument detects weed seeds by stereoscopic lens method
University of Toronto professor Dr. D. H. Hamly perfected an instrument for weed seed detection. Enlarged stereoscopic views are produced by photographing through a microscope lens to identify seeds in sowing seed lots.
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University of Toronto
D. H. Hamly
Department of Botany
New furnace promises six-room heating at a quarter daily
A Kitchener Ontario man reportedly evolved a furnace that heats six-room houses for 25 cents a day. The invention is likened to a carburetor idea that could enable a car to travel 200 miles per gallon, and it deserves encouragement.
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Kitchener
Oat
Keeps Outside Closets Clean With Pure Flake Lye
A guide promotes weekly use of half a tin of Gillett's Pure Flake Lye to sanitize outdoor closets and outhouses. It claims quick cleaning, grease cutting, drain clearing, and dirt removal, advising not to dissolve lye in hot water and to keep a tin on hand.
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Gillett
Generous Donations Help Red Cross Funds Reach Over 450000
National Commissioner J L Bigger reported to Toronto central council on donations to the western drought Moose River and American flood relief funds totaling more than 450000. D E Robertson story prompted 11125.60 to cover Alfred Scadding hospital costs and fund a 500 yearly annuity for life. A golf ball killed 74000 fish at Glacier National Park hatchery causing water shutdown. Ticks can live three years without food and eight months without water.
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Canadian Red Cross
Western Dreuth Fund
Moose River Rescue Fund
American Flood Relief Fund
J. L. Bigger
Central Council Committee
Toronto
D. E. Robertson
Moose River
Alfred Scadding
Scadding
Biggar
Parachute Lecture Ends With A Cautionary Pun
An instructor finishing a lecture on parachute work quips that if a canopy fails to open, one might be jumping to a conclusion, delivering a dry pun as the session ends.
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Aids Women’s Monthly Pain
Mrs Sarah Jordan of Brantford Ontario shares that Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription relieved her severe monthly pains headaches and back pain after short use. The tonic is now available in new tablet form priced at 50 cents.
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Dixie Plug
Anada
North Sea
Money Savers
Gillett's
LYE
Gillett’s Lye
Standard Brands Ltd
Fraser Ave
Liberty St
Ont
Red Cross
Glacier National Park
Presto-Tack Appleford Paper Products Limited
Hamilton
Ontario
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
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