Canadians’ rising prosperity outshines U S progress
The Toronto Globe comments on Canada’s high living standards and tax situation as stated by High Commissioner P C Larkin. It notes urban home ownership at 60 percent, city net production around 2 billion dollars in 1925, broader trade with 110 countries, and strong agricultural and forest revenues. It compares Canada’s gold, electrical use, and manufacturing standing with the United States.
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United States
The
Daily Sketch
Uncle Sam
PC. Larkin
Great Britain
Dominion
Manchester Guardian
Canada
Larkin
Daily Express
Dominion St
United Kingdom
Toronto Globe
Prairie provinces test superphosphate fertilizer in summer
Experiments across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba test the value of superphosphate fertilizer for grain. Provincial field crops branches cooperate with universities with Trail British Columbia smelter by products used. Massey Harris supplies three drills per province that sow grain and fertilizer together.
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Prairie
Trail
B.C
Massey-Harris Company
Slip-on apron design 415 with wide straps
An attractive head slip apron design 415 is shown. It is cut in one piece and easy to sew. Printed sateen prints and gingham options are suggested. Sizes 36 44 46 require yardage and binding. price 25 cents for pattern. Fashion Book offers newest styles at 10 cents per copy.
European Romania Delegation Studies Canada Wheat System
A Romanian government delegation of eight arrives in Canada to study Canada’s wheat handling, grading, and marketing. They will inspect Western Canadian wheat fields and track grain from prairie harvest to shipment from Montreal or Quebec, hoping to apply the system to Romania. The Vancouver handling system also attracts attention as Canada becomes a top wheat exporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Domenice
Canada
Rumania
Prairies
Montreal
Quebec
Vancouver
Dominion
Japan orders BC poultry after world congress
Japanese government places a large order for British Columbia live poultry for shipment to Japan. The 300 birds, part of a 10 year program, include White Leghorns Barred Rocks Rhode Island Reds and White Wyandottes. Aggregate value 5000 dollars averaging 16 66 per bird from an experimental purchase last year.
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British Columbia
Japan
Rhode Island
Ottwalatyeaas
Stepping Stone To Success in Learning
The piece argues failures among students are serious for families and often reflect teaching, not pupil effort. It urges a nonshaming view, sees failure as stepping stones to success, notes success requires being right most of the time, and calls for philosophical resilience in youth.
City The Aged Find Welcome In New York
The piece extols New York as especially considerate of the elderly with newsboys escorting seniors across streets traffic police aiding confused pedestrians and waiters offering preferred seating. It notes pleasant experiences aging in the city and ends with a quip about experience teaching the know-it-alls.
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New York
He who marries well proverb and old saying
A compact proverb notes that a good marriage avoids marrying someone clearly below or above one's station, underscoring practical choice in partners and social balance.
Deputy Minister W A Found Named Fisheries Leader
Deputy Minister W A Found is appointed to head the new fisheries department. He formerly led fisheries before the government created a separate department. Marine and fisheries Minister P J A Cardin will direct the combined work as radio expands marine operations.
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W. A. Found
P. J. A. Cardin
Marine and Fisheries
Mange in Swine Treatment Recommended by Scott Station
The Scott Saskatchewan Experimental Station reports a mange treatment for swine using a heated mix of raw linseed oil tar oil and sulphur applied warm with a rag. Four ten day interval applications cure the disease with preliminary cleaning and whitewashing steps.
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Scott
Saskatchewan
Scott Experimental Station
Turkey Renames Pasha Title to General in Reforms
Turkey announces removal of old regime titles with Pasha replaced by General. President Mustapha Kemal adopts Westernized name General Ghazi Mustapha Kemal, reflecting modernization of military and diplomatic language.
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New
Turkey
Pasha
Mustapha Kemal
Ghazi Mustapha Kemal
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
No Glamour In War Devastation Dulls Romantic Notions
Analysis notes that modern warfare lacks glamour as soldiers face mud blood and draining office tasks. The piece contends poets and romantics cling to outdated images while war reality is grim and unglamorous. It reflects on the shift from romantic ideals to harsh administrative wartime routine.
Le Foulon Fete Parade Inspires Montreal St Jean Baptiste
The St Jean Baptiste celebration in Montreal featured the oratorio Jean le Percurseur in the stadium after a floats procession. The Canadian Pacific Railway contributed the Le Foulon float illustrating the old chanson sung while making homespun material. Bytown Troubadours were noted for their Quebec Folksong Festival hit.
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St. Jean Baptiste
Montreal
Jean le Percurseur
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bytown
Quebec
Development Of Hardy Fruits For The Western Prairies
W H J Tisdale notes strong farmer confidence across British Columbia and Alberta as weather and prices boost agriculture. Sheep farming integrates with grain, with 100 to 150 ewes per half section, and BC sheep numbers have doubled recently. Prairie fruit efforts show promise with tree fruits limited but home use feasible. notable work by A P Stevenson in Manitoba and ongoing breeding by W T Macoun and universities, though rabbit protection and wind breaks are needed for success.
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W. H. J. Tisdale
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers
British Columbia
Alberta
Prairie
T. P. McKenzie
Canada
Canadian Co-operative
Co-operative
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
A. P. Stevenson
Morden
Prairie Province
Indian Head
Stevenson
Calville
Patten
Aitkin
Mammoth
Cheney
Winnipeg
Canadian
W. T. Macoun
Dominion Horticulturist
Ottawa
Dominion Experimental Farms
Man
Rosthern
Sask
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Veal Calf Marketing Rises With Dairy Herd Growth
A Ottawa Department of Agriculture report on 1927 cattle markets notes a rise in veal sales along with dairy herd growth. It finds calves overall of poor quality with many greasers and common real stock, and records origins, market classes, and destinations by district.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
World Telephone Wire Mileage Totals Revealed
The article notes 100 million miles of wire power global telephones. North America accounts for 68 million miles, Germany 10 million, Great Britain 7 million, and Canada 3.5 million.
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North America
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
To Be Continued Little Emily Returns From First Day
A mother asks what Emily learned after her first day at school. Emily sighs that she learned nothing and must return the next day.
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Emily
Tides and Earth Crust Movements Linked by Celestial Gravity
The Earth's crust rises and falls under the Moon and Sun's gravity, a motion akin to ocean tides, caused by tidal forces. The phenomenon reflects how celestial bodies influence terrestrial geology and volume shifts.
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Earth
Dry Land Fish Pool organized in Manitoba
A new dry land fish pool in Manitoba plans to market Great Lakes fish catches such as whitefish pickerel jackfish and tullibees. It aims to raise producer returns without raising consumer prices by pooling harvests similar to the Canadian Wheat Pool. The piece also notes a social observation about people keeping thoughts to themselves.
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Manitoba
Great Lakes
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
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Wo Man
Gales
Yverdon
Wo N. UL
LABOR
Pinkham
Calgary
British Empire
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Taymore
McDermott Ave
Europe Studies Canada
Fisheries
Mange
LE Foulon
Western Prairies
Linstige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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