Canada Faces Employment Curtailment Amid 1930s Recessions
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows a broad decline in employment across manufacturing, construction, transportation, and mining with gains only in logging and maritime regions. The index stood at 101.7 on Jan 1, 1931, down from 111.2 a year earlier, as payrolls fell from 80,282 to 75,664 across 754 firms. Ontario and the prairies led declines, while the maritime provinces saw some improvement due to winter port activity.
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Canada
Pew Ylar With
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Doormainton
Maritime Provinces
Bureau
Quebec
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Paris fad uses map cloths for tea tables
The latest Paris trend features tea table cloths embroidered with maps. Shades of parchment give an atlas look as wearers sip tea above Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Barbary States with rivers and mountains labeled.
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Paris
Ireland
Isle of Man
Barbary
Westinghouse Lab Reaches 1,000,000 Degree Temperature
Westinghouse laboratories reported a temperature near 1,000,000 degrees in a vacuum tube experiment. A tiny spot on a metallic electrode between an electric arc point reached the record, about 165 times hotter than the sun's surface.
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Westinghouse Laboratories
Hot Water Treatment Controls Loose Smut
The Indian Head Experimental Farm reports a modified hot water method for controlling loose smut in wheat. Grain soaked in 8F water for four hours softens, then exposed to 112F water for ten minutes. After treatment, quick cold plunge and air drying prevent germination.
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Indian Head
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Livestock Branch notes shift in 1930 beef market
The Dominion Livestock Branch reports that rising demand for fed calves and yearling beef is reshaping production. Finishing meat is moving to mixed farming areas, while ranges focus on breeding and rearing young cattle, increasing turnover in the range.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Edison Cockroach Eradicator Inspires Modern Fly Screen
Electrical experts in New York work on a device to electrocute flies using a screening plate linked to a lighting circuit. The concept echoes Thomas Edison early cockroach experiments when young, which he abandoned for public benefit.
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New York
Edison
Boston
Airman uses plane hearse for remote Queensland burials
In Queensland Australia a pilot adapts a specially built plane as a hearse to serve wealthy settlers in remote areas. Mourners follow in passenger planes, attend the burial service, and return to their plantations the same day.
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Queensland
Australia
Bank head urges partial cancellation of Allied debts
Albert H. Wiggin of Chase National Bank argues that reducing Allied war debts to the United States would be good business. He contends continued repayments strain European lenders like Britain, and that debt relief could restore purchasing power and Washington support. Ottawa Journal.
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Albert H. Wiggir
Chase National Bank
United States
Wiggin
Mr. Wiggin
Sam
Washington
Britain
Ottawa Journal
The Half Century Mark in Work
The article argues usefulness does not end at fifty, varying by work. It notes physical limits for manual labor but praises mental labor for no age limit, citing many executives thriving beyond 70. It also mentions Eskimos in the Canadian Arctic having a single domesticated animal, the Husky dog.
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Eskimos
Canadian Arctic
Five Years With Package Bees Show Yields and Timings
Prof. A V Mitchener of Manitoba Agricultural College reports at the Manitoba Beekeepers convention that two pound package bees mainly from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas bolster colonies in spring and replace winter losses. Over five years two pound packages before May 1 averaged 167 pounds surplus honey, after May 1 averaged 116 pounds. Packages arriving in Winnipeg peak in early May, with 35 percent before May 1 in 1929 and 29 percent in 1930. Compared to overwintered colonies, five year averages are 167 versus 159 pounds per colony. Prices declined from about $5 in 1922 to about $3 in 1930, with further reductions possible in 1931.
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A. V. Mitchener
Manitoba Agricultural College
Manitoba Beekeepers
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Prof
Mitchener
Brandon Indian School Education Of Modern Children
The Brandon Manitoba residential school for Indigenous children features an assembly hall four dormitories four classrooms a large study room recreation rooms a sewing sun and hospital ward plus nurses quarters and a modern laundry. Adjacent premium facilities include a top cow barn and four staff residences.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Australians Devour Chocolate Food Industry Booms
Chocolate consumption in Australia neared 35 million dollars in the past year with thousands employed in chocolate factories. Australian authors and artists aided with romantic names and attractive wrappings for the product. A separate note claims a tiger defeats a lion in a hypothetical combat.
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Australia
Just Debtpaying Upheld as Judge J G Wallace Jails Delinquent
Judge J G Wallace of Woodstock denounces luxuries while debts go unpaid and orders a man jailed until he arranges payment on a $35 judgment. He vows more jail terms for debt dodgers to curb neglect of grocers, butchers, coal dealers, and merchants.
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J. G. Wallace
Woodstock
What a Comma Can Do from Tit-Bits
A humor note recounts how a misplaced comma changes meaning. The wife of a navy sailor sends a church note asking prayers for his safety. The minister, reading quickly, declares the wrong version stating the sailor is going to see his wife.
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Peter Bowers
Manitoba Youths Seed Canada’s Prairies Growth
Dauphin youngsters collected 139 sackfuls of tree seeds totaling a ton and a half last year. One pound of Manitoba maple seed contains about 13,000 seeds, projecting 39,754,000 seeds gathered and likely millions of new trees on the western prairies in 1931.
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Dauphin
Manitoba
Canada
Prairies
Seven candidates enter The Pas carnival beauty contest
Seven aspirants compete for honors in a beauty contest tied to this year’s carnival at The Pas. Competitors include Miss Francis Federal Regina Miss Bertha St Godard Flin Fion Miss Trene Bisson an official of Canadian National Railways in Winnipeg Miss Lucy Gagnon of Hudson Bay Junction Miss Billie Arffman of Cranberry Portage Miss Dorothy Moor of CN Telegraphs at Saskatoon and Mrs Opal Harvey.
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The
Pas
Francis Federal
Regina
Bertha St. Godard
Flin Fion
Trene Bisson
Nipeg
Lucy Gagnon
Hudson Bay Junction
Billie Arffman
Cranberry Portage
Dorothy Moor
Canadian National Telegraphs
Saskatoon
Opal Harvey
Canadian National RailwAys
A Good Type Of Investment Life Insurance
The piece argues life insurance as a sound investment after the 1929 crash, noting its tests of strength integrity and trusteeship. It emphasizes safety and conservative growth, claiming life insurance has consistently met reliability standards while other investments faltered. It urges recognition of life insurance as an investment amid economic problems.
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Rome
Institution of Life Insurance
Taking Exercise In Winter
The article urges maintaining outdoor walking in winter despite snow and cold. It argues walking remains vital for health and longevity, noting many famous advocates like Macauley Coleridge Dickens and Thoreau. It stresses brisk cheerful pace and confidence as compensation for winter discomfort.
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Macauley
Coleridge
Dickens
Thoreau
Critics Across History From Eve to Elijah
The passage notes that many biblical figures faced heavy criticism from contemporaries and foes. It references Eve Adam Noah Abraham Moses Joseph and Elijah, highlighting constant opposition, then briefly mentions ancient Greece and Rome adopting and renaming a sport as episkuros and har pastum.
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Eve
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Moses
Israel
Joseph
Elijah
Jezebel
Ahab
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Manitoba Tree Seeds
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Queen OF the Pas
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Win
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Miss Lucy Gagnon
Dorothy Moar
Episkuros
Karikaturen
Oslo
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