Hidden Wealth in Western Canada Sparks Oil and Mineral Hopes
The article surveys vast untapped wealth beneath the prairie provinces from oil and gas to metals. It cites Turner Valley and Athabasca finds, notes new drilling prospects in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and warns that exploration demands huge capital due to complex geology and high risks.
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Prairie Provinces
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
International
Arctic Circle
Turner Valley
Alberta
Athabasca Lake
Saskatchewan
Major Howard
Winnipeg
Dorsey Hager
New York
Hager
Canada
Dominion Ministers Attend Coronation Commission Meeting
For the first time dominion representatives attended a coronation commission meeting at St James Palace to discuss their role in the May ceremony. Attending were Stanley Bruce and Charles Water, Australia and South Africa high commissioners, with prime ministers appointed July 20. The meeting was private. Also Canada marks Vimy dedication with stamps and medals.
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Dominions
St. James’ Palace
Stanley Bruce
Charles Water
London
Australia
South Africa
Millionaire for a Day Dividend Significantly Overpaid
William F E Merchant of Winston Salem North Carolina received a dividend cheque for 1 000 014 50 dollars from a company in which he owns stock The cheque was signed by all officials but should have been 1 450 dollars He returned the cheque noting the error and the misprint would have made him rich for a day.
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Wiliam FE
Winston- Salem
N.C
Man Finds Interest After Three Hours Of Revelations
A man speaks for three hours revealing extensive knowledge. After this prolonged disclosure, observers find him markedly more interesting and compelling to hear.
City mayor mobilizes unemployed to gather regional medicinal herbs
A Leipzig report says the Rhone Mountains city plans to enlarge a program assigning all unemployed to collect medicinal herbs for one hour weekly. The goal is to boost a regional medicinal industry and involve all district schoolchildren in the effort.
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Rhone Mountains
Germany
Leipzig
Swiss watchmaker builds electric watch powered by tiny storage cell
Swiss watchmaker Georges Pellaton unveils an electric watch driven by a miniature storage battery. The device emphasizes compact design and longevity, signaling a potential shift in timekeeping technology.
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Georges Pellaton
Battle ship versus Bomber committee to report soon
Government findings will state that bombing planes have not made battleships obsolete as naval backbone. Tests assess ship vulnerability from the air and tenders are invited for two new super-dreadnoughts worth 7.5 million pounds, with four more later.
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Barrow-in-Furness
Clyde
Tyne
Belfast
Naval Air Arm
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claim
An advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming they force two pounds of bile into the bowels daily to aid digestion. The copy warns of gas constipation and sour mood if bile does not flow and asserts the pills are harmless, gentle, and mercury free while replacing calomel.
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Carter
Dominion Reinstates Wolf Bounty In North West
Government brings back a bounty of 5 dollars per wolf pelt to trappers who keep the skins for sale. The move follows years of wolf rise in the north west territories and adjacent provinces, after prior bounties were reduced and later dropped.
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Dominion
North-West Territories
Provinces
Veterans’ blacksmith returns to work at 90 to shoe horse
Charles Gibbs of Edmonton, a veteran blacksmith, resumes work after retirement to shoe 100-year-old Joseph Haire’s 30-year-old mare Nelly, proving lifelong skill endures into extreme age.
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Charles Gibbs
Edmonton
Joseph Haire
Nelly
Will of Celina Charbonneau Probated in Sudbury
The Sudbury Ontario probate records reveal Celina Charbonneau a school teacher who died in February 1928 leaving a 16000 dollar estate to church causes with portions for her brother and for nieces and nephews. She ordered no embalming and burial by female attendants only with a pillow of wood shavings wrapped in white cloth. Dr Alfred Leahey of Edmonton has been appointed Soil Specialist to succeed the late Sidney Barnes directing soil investigations for Western Canada under the Dominion Field Husbandman and the new Swift Current lab. He holds BSc and MSc from the University of Alberta and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin.
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Sudbury
Ont
Celina Charbonneau
Alfred Leahey
Edmonton
Alberta
Sidney Barnes
Western Canada
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Mr. Barnes
Prairie Provinces
Leahey
New Sol
Swift Current
Sask
University of Alberta
University of Wisconsin
The
Research Council of Alberta
Selected Recipes Gold Cake Instructions Include Image and Variations
Cream butter and sugar, beat egg yolks with flavoring, sifted flour and baking powder folded with milk, bake in leaf pan at 375F 35 minutes or shallow pan 25 minutes, iced as desired. Also notes on import figures and Sponge Capital claim regarding Tarpon Springs Florida and Alaska.
New sound-absorbing device for trucks proposed
The Quebec Safety League may urge truck owners to install a rear sound absorbing gadget that channels approaching car noise to the driver via a microphone. The device is designed to help motorists pass trucks more safely on highways.
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Province of
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Vimy Ridge
France
Albin de Possesse
Canadian Legion
Ernest Lapointe
Marshal Henri Petain
Navy
Britain
Northwest
Calgary
Regina
Philippines
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Louisiana
Alaska
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