Historic Sites Board Marks Perpetuation Of Canadian Places
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada met in Ottawa and marked 129 sites for permanent monuments since 1919. Highlights include Wolfe's Landing in Cape Breton, the first coal mine in Cape Breton, Fort Ste Anne, Fort St Peters, Minto coal mine, Chambly Road, King Mountain, Quebec Seminary, Normandale Furnace, Kingston treaty site, Fort Erie siege memorial, and the Collins overland telegraph work in B C.
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Arctic
Atlantic
Pacific
Benjamin Franklin
Jacques Cartier
He Aux Coudres
Land of Canada
Wolfe's Landing
Gabarus Bay
Cape Breton
Wolfe
America
Fort Ste. Anne
Fort St. Peters
N.S
Minto
N.B
Acadia
Chambly Road
P.O
New France
King Mountain
Geodetic Survey of Canada
Ottawa
Quebec Seminary
Quebec
Canada
Laval
Normandale Furnace
Normandale
Ont
Kingston
Ontario
Fort Erie
Royal Navy
Royal Marines
United States
Ohio
Somers
Niagara River
Bay of Quinte
Mississauga
Europe
British Columbia
Alaska
Behring Straits
Siberia
Fort Prince of Wales
Churchill
Man
Hudson's Bay Company
Belgians Observe Minute of Silence on Anniversary
Belgians marked the fifteenth anniversary of Germany’s invasion with a nationwide minute of silence as bells sirens and artillery salvos echoed. Authorities had refused passage to intervene against France.
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Belgium
Little Brother Counts Apples Spoiled by Gutiérrez Quip
In Madrid Gutierrez jokes that his little brother cannot count and has eaten more apples than he can hold. The remark reflects a humorous exchange centered on a child and a family claim.
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Gutierrez
Madrid
Princess silhouette gown pattern with Paris chic notes
Winnipeg newspaper advertises a claret red canton crepe dress pattern Style No. 597 in sizes 16 through 42 bust. The long waisted bodice and pointed yoke yield a slim hip line with a center front detail and circular skirt. Fabrics listed include black chiffon white chiffon florals cotton voile georgette crepe variants. pattern price 25 cents in stamps.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern NO and note size details appear amid a chatty column from Winnipeg. The piece includes humorous exchanges about eggs, the Roman Empire, cowhide uses, and a punny line about keeping a cow together, reflecting a lighthearted ad or feature.
Horticulture On the Prairie Visit to Morden Station
A seasonal tour highlights fruit and vegetable crops at the Experimental Station in Morden Manitoba. Visitors see apples plums cherries grapes strawberries and cane and bush fruits grown in quantity. Lessons include shelter belts best flower borders gladiolus varieties and cultivation methods.
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Morden
Manitoba
Morden Station
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Has Necessary Qualities
A single human hair can bear three to five ounces and is nearly as strong as steel wire of equal diameter yet far more elastic. It is highly sensitive to climate and temperature, a combination used in buoy foghorn sounding mechanisms. Hairs fixed side by side stretch in fog, opening a valve to release compressed air and drive the siren until the fog ends.
Employees Following in Father's Footsteps
Canadian National Railway transfers motive power shops from old to new building at Point St. Charles Montreal revealing 167 second generation workers 18 third generation and two fourth generation among the 1422 on the old site. Building a city is as important as building a home urging careful community planning.
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Canadian National Railways
Point St. Charles
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Angus
St. Jerome
Hampstead Heath
London
King of Fruits Enthusiasts Name Apples by Ripening Order
The article lists ripening sequences for many apple varieties including Red Astrachan Transparent Chenango Duchess Alexander Wolf River Gravenstein Wealthy Calvert St. Lawrence Maidens Blush Blenheim Ribston Hubbardson Famouse McIntosh Red and notes dessert apples among them. Winter apples appear King Rhode Island Greenings Wagoner Baldwin Leek Pewaukee Ontario Jonathan Yellow Newtown Spy Golden Russet Ben Davis Stark Fallawater Roxbury Russet Spitzenburg Rome Beauty. A bulletin “Canadian Grown Apples” from Ottawa’s Publications Branch, Department of Agriculture, offers culture guidance and recipes.
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Dominion
Chenango
Duchess
Alexander
Wolf River
Gravenstein
Wealthy
Calvert
St. Lawrence
Hubbardson
McIntosh
King
Rhode Island Greenings
Wagoner
Pewaukee
Ontario
Jonathan
Stark
Spitzenburg
Rome
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
European Importers Buy Large Lower Grade Wheat
During the year ended July 27 1929 world wheat and flour shipments totaled 917 297 000 bushels, up from 792 608 000. Ex Europe increased to about 220 000 000 bushels, 90 000 000 more than the prior year, with low grade wheat fetching attractive prices and accepted by ex European importers for milling and baking quality.
Farm talk and Berlin claim of oldest auto factory
A city visitor notes farm product price increases while a farmer jokes about needing botanical, entomological, and pharmaceutical names for crops and pesticides. The note adds Berlin claims the oldest continuously operated automobile factory in the world.
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Berlin
Germany
Mighty shove sends riders downhill in tense race
A sharp shove tips the balance as riders scramble downhill, prompting a quick regroup and renewed effort. The moment underscores the unforgiving speed of the hill course and the need for steady control.
Four Research Projects Aim to Improve Canadian Wool and Mutton
Four projects under the Federal Department of Agriculture and universities from Saskatchewan and Alberta, plus the National Research Council, aim to improve wool and mutton. Foundation will be 200 fine wool ewes for graded cross breeding at Saskatoon with Corriedale trials at Lethbridge. data on environment, temperature, rainfall, and seed will be gathered across regions. The wool lab will study results from Corriedale and other breeds, with field work planned with 500 to 1,000 uniform ewes bred to Corriedale rams. The next full wool committee meeting is set for Toronto on November 18.
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Federal
Department of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
National Research Council
Ottawa
Council
J. P. Sackville
A M. Shaw
W. H. Fairchild
Dominion Experimental Station
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
England
New Zealand
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
National Laboratories
Toronto
Summerfallow land yields crops in drought plains
The article argues summerfallow, not spring or fall ploughing, best preserves crop potential during drought. It notes Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan patterns with figures for new breaking and fallow areas, and suggests next spring will see more land in good condition due to strategic ploughing and weed control.
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Prairies
Alberta
Manitoba
Dinner guest taunts philosophy as fool mockery
A famed scientist was insulted at a dinner when a guest derided philosophy calling it folly. The professor bowed and replied that the distance between philosopher and fool is sometimes only the width of a table.
Driving Canopy Sparks Youth Quest Warning
A witty remark notes it is fine for a woman to seek youth but warns against trying to do so while a man is driving. The quip reflects social humor about independence and relationships.
British Columbia Chemical Co to Mine Soda at Last Chance Lake
A large plant to mine soda from the lake bottom at Last Chance Lake near Beaver Dam about 20 miles north of Clinton B C will be run by the British Columbia Chemical Company Ltd. The plant should be operating within 90 days with a shipping production of three carloads daily. Pedestrians have few steps to protect their rights besides fast action.
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Last Chance Lake
Beaver Dam
Clinton
B.C
British Columbia Chemical Company, Ltd
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China
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
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McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Tommy
C.P.R
Wilma Banky
Canadian Pacific
Boston
Rod la Roque
Victor McLagren
Windsor Street
H. M. Tory
J. H. Grisdale
A. A. MacMillan
Dominion Livestock Branch
G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandry
R. G. Knox
Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
W. H. J. Tisdale
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers
E. E. Lathe
Sondagsniase
Strix Stock
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