Alberta Salt Plant Nears Completion at Elk Point
Alberta Salt Co Ltd advances a new Elk Point plant near St Paul as two wells and three gas wells are drilled. The steel brick facility will produce iodized and plain salt, blocks for livestock, and a 125 ton daily capacity, with supplies from North Saskatchewan and CN Railway access.
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Alberta
Elk Point
St Paul
M. M. Porter
Calgary
Alberta Salt Co. Limited
Alberta Salt
Anglo-Canadian Oil Co. Ltd
Home Oil Co. Ltd
North Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Canadian National Railway
Alberta Salt Co Ltd
North
Vancouver Harbor Tracks Growth Over 62 Years
Port activity shows steady rise since the brig W B Flint dumped 800 tons of tea here. Through nine months this year Vancouver’s maritime commerce reached multiyear highs with imports 3 830 324 tons and exports 3 120 049 tons led by grain 42 416 208 bushels amid broader trade with Britain Sweden Denmark France and the Americas.
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Vancouver
W. B. Flint
China
K. J. Burns
Great Britain
Sweden
Denmark
France
Belgian Congo
Italy
Greece
South
Central America
Holland
Belgium
United States
Dominion
Antipodes
Asia
F. R. Gullick
Canada
Prairies
Great Lakes
Japan
Mr. Wiggs Is Fed Up With His Turnip Patch
Memphis Tennessee. Mr. Wiggs curses his five acres of turnips after a ruined corn crop led him to switch to turnips. He cannot sell them profitably as picking shipping and marketing costs exceed prices paid, leaving hog feed as a faint option.
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MR. Wiggs
Memphis
Tenn
Salt plant to hire staff and begin production
The Canadian Finance notes a salt processing venture plans a staff of about 40 full-time employees. G. L. Williams, with extensive east coast experience in salt processing and marketing, serves as manager. Production is expected to start early in the new year.
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Quire
G. L. Williams
Canadian Finance
Proper Care For Shoe Wardrobe To Cut Expenses
Montreal readers seek value in footwear as prices rise. Suede shoes need frequent brushing along the nap and must be protected from friction with heel less socks. Leather like calf or kid should be washed with mild soap and water before polishing. Patent leather accepts mild soap or special cream, followed by wax and grease. Use shoe trees to preserve shape and stuff sling pumps with newspaper to protect toe boxes.
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Montreal
Prevent Disease To Farm Animals
Diseases affecting Canadian farm animals arise from three main causes: microbes and parasites, and deficiency-related issues. Preventive measures include proper buildings, ventilation, sanitary surroundings, and special rations where deficiencies exist. Avoid introducing animals from infected or unknown health sources to limit spread.
Bugs Will Inherit the Earth
A Buffalo photographer warned at the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto that two thirds of living things are insects and cataloging them would take 30 years at 50 names a day. The U S Bureau of Entomology says insects ruin over 300 million bushels of stored grain annually in North America, a figure with global implications for famine affected Europe.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Royal Canadian Institute
Toronto
United States Bureau of Entomology
Europe
J.lr
Eagle Remembered its Early Keeper
A Scottish woman kept a young golden eagle and, after parting with it, the bird greeted the donor at London Zoo. The keeper noted the bird’s recognition, illustrating memory in birds and the broader instinct versus reason debate, as discussed by the London Spectator.
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London Zoo
Scotland
London Spectator
Maddening Question About Time Confuses Boy
A child asks if today is tomorrow and whether yesterday was today. The father replies with a terse command to go play as the recursive riddle spirals into confusion.
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Daddy
Johnny
Fountain pen invention date noted as 1884
A historical note records the fountain pen as invented in 1884 marking a key development in writing instruments.
Youthful Writer Blames Adults For Juvenile Delinquency
A Lanier student letters the Montgomery Alta Advertiser arguing juvenile delinquency stems from adult behavior. He cites whisky line temptations, praises Christian youth groups, notes Bible course petition failures, and asks for moral leadership from parents and teachers.
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Lanier
Lanier Christian Organization
God
Dominion Wildlife Service Established in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the consolidation of wildlife activities into a Dominion Wildlife Service within the Mines and Resources Department. The new unit focuses on wildlife resources research and will be led by Dr. Harrison F, ex-superintendent of wildlife protection in the national parks bureau.
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Ottawa
Dominion Wild Life Service
Mines and Resources Department
Harrison F
National Parks Bureau
Caddy Legend Persists Amid Alberni Shark Finding
Victoria reports that the legendary sea serpent Caddy is alive. Dr. C Clifford Carl director of the provincial museum says remains found near Port Alberni are those of a basking shark confirming no monster carcass.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Port Alberni
C. Clifford Carl
Ferocious Rabbit Will Fight Man at Laboratory
Scientists report breeding a small orange rabbit that growls, lunges, and can “lick 10 times its weight in tigers.” Dr. Paul Sawin notes the behavior, while researchers study conditioning and human parallels at the Roscoe B Jackson Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory on Mount Desert Island.
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Bar Harbor
Paul Sawin
Roscoe B Jackson Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory
Dr. Sawin
Sawin
W. E. Castle
Harvard University
Mount Desert Island
Hamilton Station
Clarence Cook Little
Crowley Claims Elixir At 40 Died At 72
Aleister Crowley the magician and mystic claimed to have distilled and drunk the elixir of life at age 40. He died recently at age 72 in Hastings England.
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Hastings
England
Aleister Crowley
Royal visit to Canada uncertain says Admiralty
London report cites The Daily Telegraph that Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh may visit Canada next spring, but an Admiralty spokesman says they know nothing about any royal tour.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Admiralty
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