Western discontent and calls for federal consultation
A discussion of Western Canada grievances over Ottawa distance and neglected resources. It suggests a national western council and round table conferences to unite provincial and federal interests, citing Winnipeg and Ontario tensions and the need for coherent national policy.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Maritime Provinces
Lakes
Ontario
Fort William
Port Arthur
Ottawa
Toronto Globe
Prairie Provinces
Ireland
The Destructive Fungi and Life of Timber Mushrooms
The article surveys fungi from yeasts and molds to parasitic species that harm crops and wood. It notes spores fill the air, fungi rot timber and structures, and forests suffer vast losses comparable to fires. It also mentions yeast in wine production and bread rising.
Alberta hog train to boost bacon and dairy farming
A special train under the Provincial Department of Agriculture will tour Alberta to spur interest in hog raising, focusing on bacon hogs. The exhibit will demonstrate dairying, bacon making and other agricultural practices.
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Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Efort
London cabman asks pedestrian for plans in quirky traffic manners
An anecdote from the New York Morning Telegraph describes a London driver who, when a pedestrian halted a cab, leaned over and asked politely what the pedestrian’s plans were. The vignette highlights understated urban etiquette in traffic.
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London
New York Morning Telegraph
Wonders of Venezia Giulia Health Resorts
The Venice Giulia coast offers a rich array of climate and health retreats. Abbazia and Brioni attract visitors with springlike climates, gardens, and sea views, while Portorose features aqua madre heated baths. Grado, Laurana, Lussingrande, Parenzo, Rovigno, and Miramar Castle enrich the region with beaches, monuments, and refined hotels.
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Gulf
Trieste
Venezia Giulia
Laurana
Abbazia
Lussinpiccoto
lLussingrande
Cigale
Sansego
Parenzo
Rovigno
Venice
Miramar
Right idea for emigration cure through rural schooling
Wm Halton Fyfe head master of Christ's Hospital School proposes a farming oriented curriculum in all public schools to address emigration. He cites Horsham's model where students gain hands on farming tasks such as pig care cow milking and horse shoeing as a path to suitable dominion employment and alleviate crowded job markets.
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Dominions
Wm. Halton Fyfe
Christ's Hospital School
West Horsham
United Kingdom
Fife
Horsham
Public Bank Proposal Endorsed by United Farmers
Alberta should establish a government controlled chartered bank, endorsed by nearly all delegates at the United Farmers convention. Participants argued the moment is right for public bank control and criticized the current banking system.
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Alberta
United Farmers’ Convention
Danish Sea Traffic Halts as Ice Binds Harbors and Ferries
Sea traffic out of Denmark is halted for the first time in years as harbors and bells are icebound. Ferries to Germany Norway and Sweden are frozen in and icebreakers attempting to free boats meet the same fate. An old belief links the diamond to guarding its wearer from poison insanity and timidity.
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Denmark
Danish
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Aberdeen-Angus Herd in Japan Owned by Japanese Expert
Mr Yoshitaka Habu, director of Hiroshima Grand, privately owns the only Aberdeen Angus herd in Japan. Imported from Scotland years ago, the breed shows adaptability to Japanese island conditions. The Imperial Government also keeps a herd and may plan broader introduction in northern territories.
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Japan
Yoshitaka Habu
Imperial Livestock Experiment Station
Hiroshima Grand
Habu
Scotland
Imperial
Siberia
China
Alberta Agriculture Conferences Arrange Southern Alberta Meetings
Arrangements are completed for a trio of conferences under the Alberta Department of Agriculture to be held at key southern points. Farmers businessmen bankers and loan company representatives will attend to discuss mutual problems and seek solutions to Southern Alberta issues.
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Alberta Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Expedition Seeks Tree Kangaroo in New Guinea
An expedition has gone to New Guinea in search of a tree kangaroo that lays eggs and hatches its young.
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New Guinea
Government Footing Education Costs Faces Tax Debate
Premier Greenfield told Alberta Trustees Association delegates that provincial funding for 75 percent of secondary education costs would require higher taxes or trimmed spending. He urged governments and individuals to live within their incomes to escape decades of expansion.
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Greenfield
Alberta Trustees Association
Vancouver to Winnipeg ships two large F323 seaplanes
Two large F323 seaplanes will be shipped from Jericho air station Vancouver to Winnipeg for summer forestry operations and patrols. They will operate at Lake Winnipeg where a new station has been set up. The planes, the largest at Vancouver, have cockpits for ten men.
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Jericho Air Station
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Lake Winnipeg
Calgary Stockyards 1921 Trade Totals
The Calgary stockyards' annual business in 1921 reached $5,843,104.66. Cattle sold totaled 6,200 head while hogs sold numbered 48,528.
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Calgary
Sheep graze longer than cattle and horses in study
The report notes sheep graze twelve hours per day while cattle and horses graze less. It also mentions a Mexican tribe called Ndians with a language limited to about 100 words and a counting range not exceeding ten.
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Mexico
Light That Rivals Sun Beacon Light Tested in Brooklyn
A new beacon by Mr Sperry, claimed to be the most powerful artificial light, emitted a 1.4 billion candle power vertical beam visible 140 miles at sea and up to thirty miles high. It uses a chemical arc and costs nine to ten thousand watts to operate.
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Pew
Brooklyn
Mr. Sperry
Sperry
London
Electricity to Replace Steam Signals Broad Uplift in Paris Conference
Delegates from 12 nations at the International Electrical Conference in Paris discuss linking major economies into vast high capacity transmission grids. They say electricity will drive trains ships and industry but high material costs and conversion expenses slow progress. American advances impress European observers as France’s postwar river power grows.
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Paris
United States
Canada
France
Real Thrift Economy and Ben Franklin In Colonial Days
The Toronto Mail and Empire recalls Benjamin Franklin as a thrift icon celebrated in colonial America. An immortal printer story contrasts Franklin’s plain meals with a wife who buys him silverware and a china bowl, illustrating luxury’s quiet advance despite principle.
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Benjamin Franklin
United States
Toronto Mail
Empire
Banana plant fibers rival flax for dresses
A French inventor developed a method to use banana leaves and stems as a flax substitute. The material is claimed to be excellent for dresses and much cheaper than wood or linen.
Wiping Out Mange in Cattle Safeguards Food Animal Health
The 1920 21 annual report of the Veterinary Director General details the Dominion Health of Animals Branch wiping out cattle mange in Alberta range, with compulsory dipping, new vats costing 400 each, and extensive coop eration from cattlemen. By late June and early July, nearly 398 thousand cattle were dipped twice, eradicating mange and lifting restrictions. Canada preserves high livestock health, with no rinderpest or foot and mouth disease and only minor hog cholera and glanders. The Pathological division and meat and canned foods division are highlighted for lab work, certification, and import oversight. Canada also claims unique export food standards law.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Scotland
Biological Laboratory
Ottawa
Canada
Farm Toads Valued At 19.44 In Columbus Dispatch Item
The Columbus Dispatch notes that a farm toad is worth about 19.44 dollars to farmers for pest control. Toads are not nuisances and do not cause warts. their milky skin liquid may irritate skin but is not dangerous. Toads tend to remain in favorable habitats for many years, with reports of 20 to 30 years.
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Columbus Dispatch
Why Kettle Won't Burn You
A kettle's bottom stays safe because heat moves from the kettle into the boiling water and steam. Water's strong heat absorption prevents the metal from reaching solder-melting temperatures, so even solid bottoms can rest over a flame.
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Popular Science Monthly
Persian Lamb Farm Limited forms in Saskatchewan
A new company named The Persian Lamb Farm Limited is organized to raise Persian lambs in Sas katchewan with a capital of $20,000. It has begun operations on 1,400 acres at Dollard, Sask. where 186 purebred Karakul sheep are now located. The first stock arrived about a month ago.
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Saskatchewan
Persian Lamb Farm Limited
Opera
Dollard, Sask
France Approves Canadian War Memorial Site in Paris
Paris newspapers publish a repro of the Canadian monument to honor fallen in the war. French opinion favors Vimy as the most fitting site and praises the severe simplicity of the design.
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France
Paris
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