Surveying Progress From Ancient Scroma to Aerial Mapping
The article traces surveying evolution from the scromma of ancient Egypt to modern instruments like the transit theodolite and barometer. It highlights photo topographic mapping, aerial surveys, and the 49 060 square miles mapped by the Canadian Topographical Survey with Royal Canadian Air Force support. It notes Dr. E G Deville's early mapping methods and the shift to aeroplane based techniques. The piece ends with a light joke about a daily and a weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Rocky Mountains
E. G. Deville
Department of the Interior
Royal Canadian Air Force
Ontario
Quebec
Provincial leaders urge game life conservation across Saskatchewan
Fred Bradshaw Regina provincial game commissioner and George MacDonald Dominion fisheries inspector urged conservation at the Saskatoon Branch annual banquet. They warned one in eight residents own a car and one in six own a gun while noting proposed laws to treat shooting accidents as criminal code matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Saskatchewan Fish and Game Protective Association
Saskatoon
Fred Bradshaw
Regina
George (. MacDonald
Prince Albert
Dominion
Saskatche Wan
Saskatchewan
Survey of Empty BC Lands Aims at Settlement
A representative of the Canada Colonization Association will survey vacant estates in British Columbia from 4900 acres down, many unproductive for 20 years and largely owned by English residents. The effort, part of a western land survey, is led by T. F. Herer in Winnipeg. Estates lie mainly in the Columbia and Okanagan Valleys near Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
England
Canada Colonization Association
Smartly simple chic frock pattern No 1518 for misses
The bodice is gathered to a two piece shirt with inverted plaits and a modish V neck with an applied collar. The front closing belt has buttons and a buckle. Sizes 16 18 20 years with fabric yardages and price 20 cents. The Fashion Book offers latest practical styles at 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern numbers and ordering details appear in this Winnipeg notice. The Union at 375 McDermot Ave lists Pattern No information for readers seeking sewing patterns and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces Population Jump in 1926 Census
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics reports Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta together at 2 967 683 on June 1 1926 up 111 609 since 1921 The largest gain Saskatchewan 63 532 The trio shows urban rural splits with Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton Regina Saskatoon among noted cities Edmonton leads growth Edmonton up 6 342 Calgary 2 208 Winnipeg 179 087 1921 4 city Edmonton 65 163 Regina 7 329 Saskatoon 31 234.
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Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg
Canada
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Fruit Apple Production Estimates for Canada 1926 Issued
Dominion Bureau of Statistics releases preliminary 1926 figures for commercial apples in Lower Canada at 2 550 000 barrels valued 13 557 500, down from final 1926 2 945 060 barrels worth 16 709 440. Average value per barrel is 5.25, vs 5.60 in 1925. Total commercial fruit value 19 570 702, down from 22 228 745 in 1925, with Quebec fruits other than apples excluded.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Quebec
Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers
Alberta
Sackatchewan
Prairies
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Spider's web mistaken for wireless by new maid
In a humorous line from the era, a mistress berates Hilda to remove a spider’s web, while The New Maid misidentifies it as part of the wireless set, revealing domestic chat and slang of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda
Ma‘an
Almost Anyone Can Win Better Opportunities in Western Canada
In a letter to the Canadian Government office in Detroit Ed Fahrman of Ionia Michigan outlines impressions from a Western Canada visit. He praises Saskatchewan wheat land near Regina, notes a 90 day wheat cycle and large yields, and plans to lease a 649 acre farm using tractor and horses, arguing Canada offers top opportunities for farmers with effort and systems.
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Detroit
Ed Fahrman
Ionia
Michigan
Western
Canada
Sam
Western Canada
Regina
America
Saskatchewan
Canadian Farm Egg Production In 1926 Surges Nationwide
Canada produced about 237.08 million dozen eggs in 1926 valued at 66.20 million dollars, up from 1925. Ontario led with 0.63 billion dozen and 27.19 million dollars. Saskatchewan, Quebec, Alberta, and British Columbia follow, with the four western provinces ranking high in output. The notable feature is western Canada holding second, fourth, fifth, and sixth positions in production.
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Tario
Canada
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Royal visit cost and savings in 1925 South Africa
Statistics cited by the London Daily Mail's Capetown correspondent show that South Africa spent £25,000 about $125,000 entertaining the Prince of Wales in 1925 and saved £41,000 by releasing 15,000 prisoners to honor the visit.
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Dominion
London Daily Mail
Capetown
South Africa
Prince of Wales
Scottish settlers plan Harris Tweed mill in Alberta colony
The Scottish Immigrant Aid Society begins steps to build a carding mill in Alberta to produce Harris Tweeds with hand looms and a cottage industry. Hebridean crofters will supply spinning and weaving at home with a depot at Rea Deer and a small plant to support farm families.
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West
Alberta
Vac Fic
Scottish Immgrant Aid Society
Prittsh Isles
Hudson's Bay
Canada
Larris Tees
Scottish Iremigrant Aid Society
British Isles
Prince of Wales as a Cadet at Osborne and Oxford
A contemporary recalls the young prince arriving at Osborne slight, fair haired, blue eyed and nicknamed the Sardine for his size. The king ordered equal treatment with cadets, and he showed weather eye and calm. At Oxford a fellow student called him priceless and easy to forget as royalty, yet glad he was Prince.
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Osborne
Prince of Wales
Verney
Oxford
Third Populous Nation Russia Becomes Third Largest
The Soviet Union now ranks third in world population after China and India with about 165 million people. Russia grew 30 percent in 36 years, urban centers expanding sharply as Moscow surpassed two million and Leningrad rose to 1.6 million.
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Soviet
Russia
China
India
Soviet Union
Russian Empire
Poland
Baltic Countries
Moscow
Leningrad
Tashkent
Alberta Livestock Exports Rise in 1926 Over 1925 Figures
Provincial figures show 1926 exports of live stock from Alberta up from 1925 with 19 000 horses and 263 400 cattle shipped to other provinces the United States and to Great Britain. A misplaced quote about needing time off appears at day's end.
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Alberta
Scotland
Ireland
Department of Agriculture
United States
Great Britain
Prose Fragments on Prosperity and Hypocrisy
A collection of pithy statements criticizing those who chase wealth and exposing hypocrisy. The speaker contrasts idleness with aimless effort and mocks the notion of apparent virtue under scrutiny.
Swallow Nests Deemed Delicacy by Epietres in Soup
The nests of a Chinese swallow are valued as a great delicacy by epietres for their flavor in soup.
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Johuny
Life of Saskatchewan
Esg Production
Premier Coates
J. G. Coates
New Zealand
Canadian National Railways
Transcona
J. 8. Hunter
New Zealand Railways
Coates
Machhinery
Prince
the Sardine
Henry
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