Exploration Work Reveals Resources in Great Northern Areas
A 1921 22 survey along the Manitoba Ontario boundary mapped 740 miles of line and 1100 miles of shoreline. It notes vast timber, hydro potential on Winnipeg River, rich pulp and paper industries, and major mineral deposits in Cobalt Porcupine and surrounding districts. The text highlights nickel, copper, iron, and extensive agricultural land, suggesting untapped regional wealth.
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Varves
Canada
Winnipes River
Ontario
Manutota
Patricia
Island Lake
Hudson Bay
Weet
America
Cobalt
Porcupine
Winnipeg River
Manitoba
Ontario- Manitoba
Sweet Clover For Silage The Greatest Crop Find of the Present Generation
A horticultural report extols sweet clover as the best forage and soil-building crop for the Great Plains. It claims biennial sweet clover yields more hay and seeds under adverse conditions than alfalfa, adapts to diverse soils, and aids silage storage and farm profitability. The piece promotes widespread sowing for pasture, hay, and soil enrichment.
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Great Plains
Férida
Canadian Northwest
Mistaken Identity at Curio Shop
A shortsighted elderly woman asked the assistant the value of a Japanese idol by the door. The assistant replies the idol is valuable and that it is the proprietor.
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London Daily Express
Not Kind She Wanted A Book To Keep A Husband
A humorous exchange where a book agent touts a guide on keeping a husband, while a woman retorts she has kept hers for fifteen years and wants a book to make him go to work and support her. The judge remarks on the irony.
Earth With Luminous Tail? A Century-Old Idea
Observers note that Earth might exhibit a luminous tail when viewed through a telescope, similar to planets with rings or belts of light. Astronomers speculate the tail could be a vast gas cloud or countless tiny moons trailing behind Earth for hundreds of thousands of miles, though no single moon is visible.
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Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Cornered ae Mamma and lessons in a newspaper photo
A playful exchange about a bald father, a moral nudge to study, and a New York Central Magazine caption. The fragment also mentions a South African fruit drink that intoxicates elephants and Mississippi’s constitutional ban on bequeathing property to charities with an amendment proposed.
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Mississippi
Union
Tokio Ranks Sixth Among World Cities
Tokio is listed as the sixth largest city globally by population in a world city ranking, reflecting its substantial urban footprint and economic influence among major metropolises.
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Tokio
Specimen 10 000 Dollar Bill Travels Through Ukraine Money Markets
A torn and marked specimen ten thousand dollar bill circulates from a destroyer ship at Bow to Odessa and into Kiev via a money changer. The note, stamped specimen, appears to be a historic China money trial piece from a 10 year old print run, changing hands for about one hundred dollars before continuing its odd journey.
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Bow
Odessa
China Service
Kiev
American Relief Administration
Ofice
China
Disease of the Strawberry Field Remedies
Early symptoms of leaf spot or leaf blotch warrant removing affected leaves or discarding plants if foliage is fully affected. Apply Bordeaux mixture at first signs and spray every two to three weeks. Dust with sulphur for mildew control and to deter the strawberry weevil, repeating weekly or ten days as needed.
Canadian Livestock Prices Hold Steady Across Markets
Top quotations for week ending March 28 show steers calves hogs and lambs near last year’s levels or higher across major Canadian markets including Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Calgary and Edmonton. Cattle and calves sales exceed 460 head versus a year ago while hogs and sheep also show gains though many animals are not the very top.
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Iminion Livestock Ranch
Seers
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Fedmonton
Winnipes
Lamba
Canada
Banting Insulin Praised Alongside Pasteur and Jenner
Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute lauds Dr. F G Banting of Toronto, predicting his insulin will be remembered with Pasteur and Jenner. He credits Banting’s discovery with curing many deemed hopeless and notes serum trials show great value in diabetes treatment.
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F G. Banting
Toronto
Pasteur and
Jenner
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Flexner
Banting
Petrograd Opens Institute to Train Soviet Listeners
In Petrograd a special institute trains dvorniki to eavesdrop under Cheka supervision. No fewer than 17 000 listeners are undergoing training at the institute, with plans for a similar establishment in Moscow.
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Petrograd
Dvorniki
Cheka
Moscow
The True Road to Happiness Quote
A compact quotation from Youth's Companion states that happiness comes by giving much of oneself and little to others, summarizing a reflective moral.
New Tourist Country Opens Rustic Bungalow Camps Soon
The Canadian Pacific Railway plans three rustic bungalow camps along Nipigon and other Ontario districts to boost tourism. By July 1st a central meals and recreation hall will serve small bungalows for two to four, offering outdoor life at lower costs than hotels for travelers seeking short, comfortable trips.
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Nipigon
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Rockies
Corn’s Rising Role in Canadian Agriculture
The article reports a major focus on corn in Canada’s farming scene. It cites Sir George Lawson Johnston proposing a strategy to boost Canadian wheat production and build a dollar reserve, while grain exports and a growing corn industry show northern expansion. It highlights a Essex County show with 12,000 attendees, 300 exhibitors, 1,500 exhibits, 600 prizes worth nearly £2,000, and praise for Canadian corn quality.
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Canada
United States
Dominion
George Lawson Johnston
Bovril
Tery Opr
Enada
Prairie Provinces
Kelwood
Manitoba
Essex County
Ontario
Chicago
Grant For Immigration Survives House Vote With Cut
The $1,850,000 immigration grant to immigration associations and colonization societies passed the House reduced by $50,000. Acting Minister Chas Stewart cited past lecturer funding to Britain and the U S as unnecessary now due to appointment difficulties, prompting the cut. The measure retains support for the Canada Colonization Association.
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Chas. Stewart
Great Britain
United States
The
Canada Colonization Association
England Develops Chemical Trade After War
England's chemical industry rapidly grows due to restricted output and higher prices from Germany. Sales exceed three times prewar levels and nearly double from two years ago as orders pour in from countries that never before bought English chemicals, especially dyestuffs.
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England
Germany
Wedlock or Padlock: Turks aged 18 must marry or face jail
Under Lock, Anyway All reports a crackdown in Crooklyn Standard Union where adults over eighteen are required to marry or risk punishment, framing the measure as a wedlock or padlock policy in local governance.
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Crooklyn
Telephone industry employs over 300000 in the United States
The telephone industry in the United States provides employment for more than 300,000 people across the nation.
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United States
Forest and Research Canada funding and forest area share
Forest and Research Canada spend about 800000 over four years on agriculture and at most 35000 on forest research. Canadian forests cover about 8.6 percent of the habitable area and nearly the entire population will be attracted by forest industries.
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Canada
Smallest Full Grown Fish Found in Luzon Lake
The smarapan, a tiny fish from a mountain lake in Buhl on Luzon Island Philippines, is claimed to be the smallest vertebrate known to science. It weighs about half a grain and measures up to half an inch in length.
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Buhl
Luzon
Philippines
Prince Rupert Reports Record Halibut Catch by Schooner
A fishing schooner reached Prince Rupert British Columbia with a haul of 8007 pounds of halibut after fourteen and a half days at sea. The crew of five earned 727 dollars and eighty cents each from the sale. The trip is described as a Pacific Coast record.
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Prince Rupert
Pacific
More Spinsters Might Marry If Other Women Remain Unwed
A social note suggests that fewer marriages among women could lead to more widows seeking husbands. The remark frames marriage trends as a social balance and hints at broader implications for domestic life.
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Great Northern
Lares
J. G Haney
Agri. Esten. Dept. International Harvester Co
Earth
Papa
New York Central Magazine
South Africa
Ukraine
Russia
Canadian Livestock Market
Pasteur
French River
Nipigon Bay
Lake of the Woods
Devril Ldmited
London
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Champlin
Saskatchewan Agricultural College
North Dakota
the Forest and Research
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