Canadian industrial policy envisions local plant growth nationwide
Hon. Charles Stewart urges boards of trade to study regional raw materials and develop numerous small to medium local industries across Canada. He argues this reduces transport costs, lowers unemployment, and boosts regional economies by using local resources with government co operation and local studies guiding factory location.
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Canada
Reunion
Stewart
Charles
Winnipeg
Subre
Interior Board of Trade
Dominion
Boards of Trade
Board of Trade
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
United States
Western Board of Trade
Western
Acter
Special Cameras For South Polar Flight
Two automatic cameras are being built for Commander Byrd's South Pole flight. One will photograph the sun for navigation and automatically develop and deliver film as the journey proceeds. The other records the path from 5,000 feet, delivering an eight mile wide strip of the polar plateau.
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Byrd
Polar
Government Refuses Loan of Royal Portraits to Exhibition
The Canadian National Exhibition asked to borrow four state portraits of King Edward VII, King George V, Queen Alexandra, and Queen Mary for display. The government refused, stating the portraits are gifts from His Majesty.
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Canadian National Exhibition
King Edward VI
Queen Alexandra
King George Vv
Queen Mary
C.N.R
No Restrictions On British Immigrants
Hon. Peter Heenan states health and character checks are the only limits for Britons seeking Canada. He notes criticism from both sides about British emigration to Canada and about employment prospects for new arrivals. Heenan warns propaganda could undermine Canada's prestige in Britain.
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Canada
Peter Heenan
Great Britain
England
Dr Williams Pink Pills Promise Restore Health and Nerves
A testimonial touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for run down health and nervous weakness. The Halifax reader credits the pills with improved sleep appetite and strength after six boxes and urges others to try them. Sold in Canada by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont. 95 cents a box.
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Dr. Williams
Safety in the Air and Health Remedies Highlight Early 20th Century Issues
The report notes falling aviation fatalities despite rising auto deaths, with 1920 and 1926 death counts and a dramatic drop in death rates per mile flown. It mentions Miller's Worm Powders as a trusted remedy for worm-infested children and asserts safety when used correctly. Saskatchewan creamery butter output in June reaches 1,276,797 pounds, up 149 percent from May.
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Saskatchewan
Orange Shortcake and Orange Sauce Dessert
Recipe overview using oranges to flavor a shortcake and a sweet orange sauce. Mix flour salt and baking powder rub in shortening add milk to form soft dough, bake in a greased pan. Prepare orange filling with diced fruit and sugar, serve with a citrus sauce.
Invented Electric Net To Snare Submarines
Eminent Canadian cartographer Albert Close, famed for British Isles charts aiding fishermen and the navy in the great war, visits his Na panee Ontario home. He devised an electric net to snare submarines and prepared a detailed plan of the Battle of Jutland, then plans talks with marine and fisheries officials in Newfoundland Nova Scotia and Atlantic coast skippers for new charts.
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Albert Close
British Isles
Admiralty
Napanee
Ont
Jutland
Lord Jellicoe
Ingland
Close
Department of Marine
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic
Medium Cream Sauce For Vegetables And Health Claim
A recipe describes a medium cream sauce using butter flour milk salt and pepper and notes it should be poured over vegetables. A double boiler is recommended to avoid burning and the ratio is one cup sauce per one cup cooked vegetables. The text also promotes Dr. J D Kellogg's Asthma Remedy claiming relief and better sleep with druggist supply.
Port Elgin N B Note Leaves Reader Nervous
Fragmentary text from a Port Elgin New Brunswick item shows a narrator describing months of nervous anticipation and weak emotional state with references to bred feelings amid unclear context.
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Port Elgin
N. B
Pool To Pay Dividends To Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Members
Members will receive about 80000 in September from a six per cent dividend on money invested in the Pools elevator system. A two cent per bushel deduction funds the system with a five per cent dividend on the reserve fund. the revolving door plan promises return of the deduction to members as shipping facilities expand.
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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
C. W. King
A. J. McPhail
Wheat Pool
Hoover Seen as Possible Next President in English Hope
A British Weekly piece by Fannie S. Swan endorses Herbert Hoover for the presidency, arguing his growth and virtue would benefit the nation and world. The text praises Hoover as one of America’s greatest men and expresses optimism about his leadership. Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil is advertised as a trusted remedy, claiming it requires no testimonials.
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Hoover
America
Fannie S. Swan
British Weekly
Thomas
Shovel at Kalmar Fire Station Figures as Wireless Apparatus
A coal shovel hanging on a Kalmar Sweden fire brigade wall began to speak sing and play like a wireless transmitter. The shovel touched a power line and clearly reproduced transmissions from the local wireless station puzzling experts. No explanation yet. The clipping also includes brief light items on fur coats costs kisses a joke about a maid and Man dines and honey production in Manitoba.
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Kalmar
Sweden
Bgan
Wirless
Let Minard's Liniment Relieve Pain Phrase
The ad copy suggests consumers consider bet ter judgment in selecting a cigar than in choosing a wife. The line contrasts a medical remedy with a marriage choice as a humorous moral note.
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Minard
Quarrelsome Doves and Bird Intelligence, From Capper’s Weekly
University of Kentucky zoology professor Dr. W. D. Funkhouser asserts doves quarrel in private, while crows and bluejays top his list of intelligent birds. He calls the yellow-billed cuckoo and catbird the best all around friends of man, per Capper’s Weekly. Canada’s 1928 apple crop is estimated at 3,157,360 barrels, up about 350,000 from 1927.
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W. D. Funkhouser
University of Kentucky
Capper
Canada
There is more fiction in fact than there is fact in fiction
A condensed observation notes that real events sometimes feel as imaginative as fiction, suggesting a blur between factual reporting and storytelling in narrative form.
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South Polar Flight
Liniment
With. Gilletts
Gillett
Gillett’s Lye
Betty Barclay
Isles
Lydia E. Pinkham
Manitoba
Bayer
Donald
Hercules
Appleford
Hamlton
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