Frontier Growth Pushes North In Western Canada Homesteads
The Dominion Lands data show October 1928 as the peak month with 1965 homesteads filed in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. For the first ten months 1928 total 11 521 free homesteads, more than double 1927, with strong gains in Edmonton Prince Albert Grand Prairie Peace River and BC Peace River Block. Americans accounted for about 1134 entries led by North Dakota and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New Territories
Dominion Lands Administration
Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion Lands
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Prairie Provinces
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
Calgary
Prairies
Prince Albert
Edmonton
Peace River
British Cal
Grand Prairie
United States
Union
North Dakota
Minnesota
Origins of Sea Terms Traced to Maritime History
An explained voyage through nautical etymology detailing how words like admiral captain coxswain and com mendor derive from Arabic Latin Italian and older boat terminology. It notes origins of Davy Jones dog watch steer board and larboard with reference to cultural and linguistic shifts in seafaring language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emir el Bagh
Commodore
Davy Jones
Duffy Jonah
Duffy
Jonah
Pleasure and Profit In Work at Any Age
Dr. Harvey Wiley advocates doing a little more work each year to stay youthful and energized in old age. He stresses creative activity as the key, citing Edgar Wallace who produced 26 novels and six plays in a year with secretaries handling mechanics. The idea echoes William James on reservoirs of energy never fully tapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Wiley
Edgar Wallace
Wallace
England
William James
James
Minneapolis Journal
Value of School Oratory in Modern Training
The article praises public speaking in schools as a key feature of contemporary training. It notes teens can outperform older generations in oratory and argues that thinking on one's feet is a valuable asset best developed in early schooling.
Protein Content Of Wheat Study Heads To Minneapolis
Dr. H M Tory and colleagues from the National Research Council and University of Alberta will travel to Minneapolis to review U S conditions on wheat protein content. The aim is to have findings ready for the next House of Commons session as Winnipeg discussions on grain drying close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Mons
H. M. Tory
Tional Research Council
L. H. Boyd
F. J. Birchard
Grain Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Robert Newton
University of Alberta
Minneapolis
United States
Tory
House of Commons
Associate Committee On
Chamberlain Praises Canada After Canada Tour Speech
Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, spoke in Birmingham after a tour abroad. He said Canada’s progress impressed him and its vast future would benefit the youth and enterprise of the race. He noted Britons who went to Canada for harvest work are settling there and form the sort Canada needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austen Chamberlain
Birmingham
Sir Austen
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Blondin Descendants Carry On Daredevil Traditions
Blondin's lineage continues bold feats with two grandsons performing across Cornwall and a brother walking a rope between ship masts. The note warns that too many people ignore steering and speed laws, echoing a call for safer conduct.
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Blondin
Niagara Falls
Cornwall
England
Empire Dinners from Empire Marketing Board
The Empire Marketing Board presents the little book Empire Dinners with two monthly menus designed by eminent artists. It outlines tests beyond a festive Christmas dinner from cocktail to coffee with seven to nine courses using exclusively Empire resources. Cold storage and diverse climates enable elegant, exotic dining within national borders.
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Empire Marketing Board
Empire
London Times
Cuban Is Erratic Eater Keeps Varying Meal Times
A Cuban is described as the world’s most erratic eater with coffee breakfast at dawn, coffee and buttered toast at ten, no lunch at noon, another coffee and light meal at four, and a grand dinner at nine with ceremony. Coffee shops stay open day and night.
One-Liner Trade Jokes On Gigantic Businesses
A commercial traveller boasts of hiring ten men to pump water for damp stamps while a rival boasts that his head book keeper commutes by car between debit and credit in the cash book, highlighting humor about oversized operations.
Dawn of Milling and Bread Making From Ancient Times
The piece traces milling history from ancient practices in Egypt and early Asia to Roman conical mills found in London uncovering early levered stone mills. It notes how damp Britons dried grain before grinding and compares methods across civilizations, highlighting the long arc of bread making and milling. The Travel Institute of Bible Research buys land on the Mount of Olives for a study center near Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sunday School Times
Philadelphia
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Travel Institute of Bible Research
Royal Ontario Museum
London
England
Pompeii
C. T. Currelly
America
East
Purebred Shorthorn Cattle Sale At Calgary Sets High Prices
A sale of purebred Shorthorn cattle imported from Scotland in Calgary Alberta drew stock raisers from across the West and the United States. Males averaged 1902 dollars and females 679 dollars with a top price of 2200 dollars paid by Prof. Carlyle for Balcairn Rotax from F. L. Wallace’s Old Meldrum breeding. In all 17 bulls and 14 females were sold.
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Scotland
Calgary
Alberta
West
United States
Prof
Carlyle
Prince of Wales’ Ranch
F. L. Wallace
Old Meldrum
Aberdeenshire
Basket of apples brightens Sabbath service
A country church minister receives a basket of apples from a parish girl on Monday morning. He compliments the gift and asks if she picked them yesterday for the Sabbath. The girl explains she gathered them early that morning but notes they grew all day yesterday.
Grain shipments from Fort William set record
As navigation closes on the Great Lakes the shipments from Fort William and Port Arthur Ontario at the head of Lake Superior are estimated to total 380000000 bushels the largest on record for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Fort William
Port Arthur
Ontario
Lake Superior
Empress of France Moves Pacific Debut For Speed
The Empress of France, once flagship of the British Navy in WWI, transfers from Canada Europe service to the Pacific to challenge the White Empress for speed between Vancouver and the Orient. The liner, 18 350 tons, has carried the Prince of Wales twice to Canada and previously cruised to Tristan da Cunha en route.
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Canada
Europe
Pacific
Vancouver
Orient
Sir Dudley de Chair
New York
South America
Africa
Tristan de Cunha
Duchess of Atholl
Prince of Wales
Einstein Sees Soul Behind Old Cremona Violins
Prof. Einstein debunks Berlin makers claim to recreate Cremona virtues. He says the great violins of old were crafted by highly sensitive artists whose souls imbued instruments beyond rules and mass production. He argues modern makers cannot replicate that individual artistry.
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Einstein
Cremona
Berlin
Cremonas
Strads
Balance of Power in Europe Then and Now
Sisley Huddleston in the New Statesman argues that the phrase balance of power is misused. He contends that Europe’s balance reflects shifting preponderances, not a true equilibrium, and notes British policy seeks redress of wartime power imbalances but has limited success.
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Europe
Sisley Huddleston
The
New Statesman
Lnndon
Nations Agree Not to Fight Now Build War Ships
Quotation from Meggendorfes E'aetter in Munich notes nations vow to avoid war while constructing war ships. The exchange mocks the paradox of peaceful policy fueling military builds as sailors seek rides.
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Frontier
Western
Madrid
National Council
Agronomists
Blondin Daring
Acrobat
Adolph Maximilian Langsner
Ambrose Small
Ereetion of Bible Institution
Keighley Peach
France
Hong Kong
Balance of Power
Meggendorfes E’aetter
Munich
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