Dominion Wins World Wheat Title at Chicago Show
J H B Smith of Wolf Creek brings home the world's wheat championship with Reward wheat, restoring the title to Canada after Montana hold. The piece celebrates Marquis wheat as a Canadian breakthrough and promotes the 1932 Regina World’s Grain Show and Congress as the grand follow up, with Canada poised to host leaders from dozens of countries.
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Canada
Chicago
J. H. B. Smith
Wolf Creek
Dominion
Montana
Marquis
Regina
Saskatchewan
Mr. Smith
Partnership Spirit in Railroad Cooperation Highlighted
Sir Henry Thornton of Canadian National Rails praised railways as a partnership between administration and employees. He cited three CN contributions including a state operated railway model, Diesel electric locomotives, and cooperative work with staff to improve transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
International Association of General Chairmen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Montreal
Sir Henry
Canadian Scenes by Mr Harlan S Smith Films Titled
Mr Harlan S Smith produced six short reels from motion picture material, titled In Canada's Fjords and The Bella Coola Indians The Carrier Indians The Tsimshian Indians The Coast Salish Indians and The Kootenay Indians. Available from the National Museum of Canada Ottawa with simple expressage. Negatives prepared for Nos 2 3 4 5 6 allowing prints at cost and no negative usage fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan S. Smith
Bella Coola
National Museum of Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Sagacity Of Dogs Demonstrated By Loyal Canine
A young Canadian trapper in Ontario accidentally shoots himself and ties a note to his dog's collar. The dog travels three miles through brush and swims a river to reach the camp, which then sends help immediately. The incident is cited to argue dogs possess reasoning powers.
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Ontario
Duluth Herald
The Final Payment
A disgruntled client protests a lawyer’s fee as excessive and time based. The lawyer clarifies the charge covers the cost of his legal education, not hours worked, and the client asks for a receipt to spare future clients from paying it.
Alliance Formed For Combine Harvester Production
An Australian combine harvester maker and a Canadian partner will form a new 2.5 million dollar corporation at Waterloo Ontario to manufacture the Australian machine. The project will employ about 1500 workers and was reported to the Department of Commerce by Assistant Trade Commissioner William P. Sargent in Toronto.
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Waterloo
Ont
Department of Commerce
William P. Sargent
Toronto
Rheumatic Pain Relief Reported From Pink Pills
A Albany Ontario resident, J. W. Rose, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his rheumatism after years of suffering. He states the treatment eliminated pain in the shoulders and that he has had no recurrence. The pills cost 50 cents a box and are sold by druggists or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Williams
J. W. Rose
R.R
Albany
P.el
Dr. Williams
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Saskatoon Council Approves Stone Purchase For Spring Work
The Saskatoon City Council authorizes buying 10 000 loads of stone at 1.75 dollars per load. Workers must be bona fide Saskatoon citizens and hold a city drag license. Stones may be gathered anywhere but along the river bank, crown land, within city limits.
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Saskatoon
What Good Was It Tiren of Pauline Popitz
The Brooklynite Pauline Popitz aged 80 challenged the value of her life choices asking what good did she get. She lived alone in an aging house and did her own work until death. Afterward more than $500 000 was found in bonds mortgages and bank accounts in her rooms.
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Tiren
Pauline Popitz
German fruit grower uses scarecrow with loudspeaker to deter birds
Near Berlin a fruit grower shields his orchard from birds by linking a loudspeaker to a scarecrow. The device emits sounds to scare away birds, reducing crop damage and improving harvest prospects.
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Berlin
Germany
Minards Liniment for Coughs and Comfort
An advertisement extols Minard’s Liniment for coughs and urges readers to add an extra blanket during a sudden cold snap, highlighting comfort and relief as key benefits.
Farm youths win bids for Britain judging trip
Three youths will travel to England to compete in an international judging contest. They captured two Royal Winter Fair championships. The winners are Cetric Kirkpatrick of New Brunswick Gordon Campbell of Nova Scotia and Clifford Boldwick of Barrie Ontario.
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England
Cetric Kirkpatrick
New Brunswick
Gordon Campbell
Nova Scotia
Clifford Boldwick
Barrie, Ont
Meat loaf with pimento and bacon garnish
A winter meat recipe mixes 114 pounds chopped beef with onion green pepper pickles tomato juice and spices. Layered with pimento strips, bake thirty five minutes add bacon for crisp topping and serve with bacon garnish.
Ham Glazed with Brown Sugar and Cloves
A four to five pound ham is boiled for hours until tender then cooled in the cooking liquor. It is placed in a pan covered with brown sugar and bread crumbs, studded with cloves, and filled with milk or cream to two thirds height. Raisins may be added for flavor and the dish bakes for forty five minutes.
Advertising by Mail Reveals High Pressure Sales Tactics
A Toronto doctor tracked daily advertising mail over three days. He catalogued 47 cents in cancelled stamps from the envelopes, mostly ones, while a lawyer friend reported 41 cents. The Financial Post notes the trend in mailing lists and aggressive solicitations. Miller's Worm Powders are praised as a preventative for worms in children, claiming to restore strength and heal inflamed stomachs and intestines.
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Toronto
Mail Daily
Financial Post
Name Stations After Hudson Bay Pioneers
Hudson Bay section station names honor early explorers with official renaming by the Geographic Board of Canada. From Mile 417 to Mile 510 the line lists Kellett O Day Back McClintock Belcher Cromarty Chesnaye Munk Bylot Digges Tidal and Churchill with notes on origins and connections to Franklin, Hudson’s Bay, and the era of exploration. The piece also notes Churchill as the terminus per the board’s ruling.
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Hudson's Bay
Henry Hudson
Canada
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Canadian National Railways
Geographic Board of Canada
Port
Fort
Kellett
C.B
R.H.M
Lancaster Sound
Melville
Banks Islands
O'Day
J. E. O'Day
Amery
Back
George Back
Royal Navy
Sir John Franklin
Hudson Bay Country
McClintock
F. McClintock
R.N
Lady Franklin
Erebus
Terror
Belcher
Sir Edward Belcher
Radisson
St. Anne
St. Pierre
Mile
Munk
Jens Munk
Lamprey
Bylot
Robert Bylot
Hudson
Discovery
Digges
Churchill River
Fort Churchill
Port Churchill
Sea Lawn Mower Clears Harbor Floor Weeds
A harbor cleaning method uses a sea lawn mower hauled by boat and lowered to the sea bed. A rotating chain with blades shreds kelp and seaweed, drying and grinding the matter for cattle fodder.
Power Plant Nears Completion at Ghost River Alberta
The Calgary Power Companys Ghost River plant near Radnor Alberta is nearing completion with part of the facility now in operation.
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Calgary Power
Groaning Elm Boards Capture London Interest in 1682
In 1682 London displayed elm boards that groaned when touched by hot iron. A Bowman Tavern mantelpiece in Drury Lane reportedly came from the same tree and groaned too, with the Queen's Arms dresser at St. Martin le Grand also sharing the trait.
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London
Bowman
Drury Lane
Queen's Arms Tavern
St. Martin le Grand
Heavier Tri-Motor Planes Weigh Over Eight Tons
Several new tri m otor commercial airplanes weigh more than eight tons when fully loaded. The article notes the substantial size and cargo capacity of these aircraft as a key feature of early postwar air travel.
Public Entreaties Lift Showbiz Above Science
The article notes a Paris to United States rail send off for Edison and Madame Curie drew small crowds compared with Maurice Chevalier and film stars Pola Negri and Alice Terry. It argues the public entertainer is the day’s real hero, outweighing scientific achievements in public esteem.
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Madame Curie
Paris
United States
Edison
Maurice Chevalier
New York
Pola Negri
Alice Terry
Madame Carte
A Modern Solomon Delays Debt Repayment Case
An impoverished debtor sought English legal protection against a persistent creditor. The judge at Blackpool Court ordered repayment at three pence per month, granting eighty years to settle a debt of 12s 9d 6d, ending the debtor’s embarrassment.
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Shylock
Bassanio
Antonio
Holloway Corn Remover Offers Quick Relief
Many people suffer from corns but the pain can end quickly with Holloway's Corn Remover. The remedy promises speedy relief and easier walking.
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Holloway
Winnipeg youth named Manitoba Rhodes scholar for 1929
J Robert Beattie of Winnipeg elected Manitoba Rhodes scholar for 1929 by the provincial selection committee. A University of Manitoba student, he will study at Oxford in fall 1930. Born Greenwood British Columbia he is 19, son of Johnnie Beattie of the Canadian Bank of Commerce Winnipeg. He attended Melfort Sask high schools before Manitoba.
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Manitoba University
J. Robert Beattie
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Beattie
University of Manitoba
Oxford
Greenwood
B.C
Mr. Beattie
Johnnie Beattie
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Melfort, Sask
Mrs Joseph Price Recalls Heart and Nerve Troubles
Mrs Joseph Price of Red Pine NB recalls enduring years of heart and nerve problems with numbness and cold hands and feet, describing severe episodes she experienced during that period.
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Joseph Price
Red Pine, N.B
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Tulad Ss
Relia
W. NW. U. 1815
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Minard
Britain
Betty Barclay
Carolina
J. B. Gathi
Quild
Distribuymons. Ltd
St. Pad St. West
Dr.Guild
Solomon
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