How To Control Incipient Farm Home Fires
A Canadian resource piece notes prevention of farm home fires from coal gasoline overheated stoves and chimneys. It urges safety checks on stoves pipes lamps matches and child access, plus calm decisive action with water smothering agents and blankets for small fires. It covers step by step extinguishing methods and keeping doors closed while seeking help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Ancient Greek Cyrinx Roots of Mouth Organs
The article traces the mouth organ to the ancient Greek instrument cyrinx as its ancestor. It notes the modern mouth organ emerged around 1830 when Christian Messner built his first factory in Württemberg. The factory continues to employ about 8,000 people, with 5,000 in territory and 3,000 doing home work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Messner
Trossingen
Wurtembure
Terretory
Australian Butter Arrives in Canada Under Trade Treaty
The Canadian Australian Mner Nia gara reached Vancouver on February 5 with the first consignment to Canada of Australian butter, 15 000 cases, and 6 000 cases from New Zealand. Two thousand cases unloaded in Victoria, most Australian butter bound for Toronto. A stray line about a horse and buggy appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Vancouver
Canada
New Zealand
Victoria
Toronto
Food Value Of Honey As Energy And Nutrients
Tests by food experts show a pound of honey provides 42 percent of a healthy man's daily energy for one day and 1,520 calories per pound. It also supplies notable percentages of daily protein calcium phosphorus and iron and is rich in vitamin A. Beef and white bread provide different calorie benchmarks.
Dairy Expert Wins High Distinction for Prof Wilfrid Sadler
Prof Wilfrid Sadler of the University of British Columbia won a 2000 dollar fellowship from the New York Educational Board for study in Europe. He has developed two cheese varieties and will collaborate with European experts at Copenhagen Stockholm Milan and London institutes. The award marks the first time a Canadian has received it, reflecting his dairy science achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfrid Sadler
University of British Columbia
Educational Board of New York
Europe
Sadler
Midlands Agricultural College
England
Orla Jensen
Copenhagen
Charles Barthel
Stockholm
Gorini
Milan
National Institute of Dairy Research
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Health
London
International Education Board
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Community Settlements urged for emigrants by Gen Critchley
Brig A C Critchley, native of Calgary and WWI veteran, calls in an interview for Canadian government backed community settlements. He proposes building a farming village in a selected district with ready houses and farming instructors to attract British families, with crops repaid over years to recover founding costs.
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Critchley
Great Britain
Canada
London Sunday Observer
Brig
Jen
A. C. Critchley
Calgary
England
British Portland Cement Association
General Critchley
Transportation Organizions
Save the Forest Week Set for April Dates in Canada
The Canada Gazette announces Save the Forest Week will run from April 18 to April 24 this year. The notice is issued by His Excellency the Governor General as official confirmation.
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Canada
Canada Gazette
Napoleon's Horse Sold for Four Thousand Pounds
A carved wooden horse once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte sold in Paris for £2400, reputedly the costliest toy. In the same year, the United States granted over 165000 divorces.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Paris
Wealth of Canada far exceeds population, Sir Henry Thornton says
Sir Henry Thornton head of Canada’s National Railways argues Canada’s wealth is staggering against its population. He cites shares in world production such as Nickel eighty nine percent, Asbestos eighty eight, Cobalt eighty five, Pulpwood thirty five, Lumber twenty five, Cured fish twenty, Silver ten, Oats eighteen, Wheat twelve, Gold seven.
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Sir Henry Thornton
Henry Thornton
Canada
National Railways
World's Largest Warehouse in Liverpool Tobacco Dock
The Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse in Liverpool is the largest in the world with thirteen floors, area like a dozen football pitches, and capacity for 770,000 hogsheads of tobacco. It measures 725 ft long, 165 ft wide, and about 125 ft high, built with over 27 million bricks and 6,600 tons of iron.
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Liverpool
Stanley Dock
Ite
Wheat Board Surplus Funds Proposed For Agriculture Research
The Wheat Board surplus of 284 200 tied to provincial funds is urged to fund a perpetual agriculture program. A research foundation would be formed with the agricultural college dean, the agriculture minister, and the university governors president as members. Interest from the amount would back research into farm problems such as wheat rust and marketing and support scholarships for top agriculture students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheat Board
Dunning
Agricultural College
Minister of Agriculture
University Board of Governors
Saskatoon Star
Australia sets example with compulsory voting
The Sentinel argues Canada should imitate Australia and Canada by making voting compulsory to combat voter indifference. It cites 92 percent of men and 91 percent of women voting in Australia’s recent election as proof of the policy’s effectiveness and urges adoption by Canada.
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Australia
Canada
The
Sentinel
Toronto
Canada Lowest Per Capita Tax Among Commonwealth Nations
A 1923 Canadian Tax Conference report notes Canada’s per capita total tax at 66.11 dollars, lower than the United States, Australia, and Great Britain. It details tax shares from customs duties, overall tax burdens, and compares rates to net production, highlighting Canada’s municipal taxation prominence and higher net-production burden than the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Tax Conference
Norace “L. Brittain
Canada
United States
Australia
Great Britain
States
Britain
Humidity Crucial in Winter Home Comfort
A medical winter note claims home dryness makes rooms feel colder than Death Valley and Sahara. It urges maintaining humidity at all costs for health, noting houses are dryer in winter than ancient tombs. The piece adds a caution about pace and distance.
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Death Valley
Sahara
King Tut
Wises
Hebrideans Build New Roots on Alberta Prairie
The Hebridean settlers near Evarts Alberta adapt to Canadian life with strong homemaking pride. Mrs Lena MacLean learns baking and canning while eight MacLean children attend school. Families like Gillis and Galbraith enjoy new farms, thrived crops, and a Gaelic taught classroom. The Scottish Immigration Society provides isolated cottages for widows and families as communities grow, with plans to expand weaving and homespun crafts for market.
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Canada
Evarts
Red Deer
Alberta
Lena MacLean
Bannock
Neil MacLean
Mrs. Gillis
Scottish Immigration Society
Western Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Settlers to Fill Manitoba Lands with Intensive Wheat and Stock
F W Russell of the Canada colonization board says spring settlement will fill Manitoba tracts partially farmed before. Large private parcels and 2 000 to 3 000 acre farms are under negotiation to support multiple families with intensive wheat, stock raising, and dairy, improving overall provincial conditions.
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Manitoba
F. W. Russell
Canada Colonization Board
Mr. Russell
Taga
Russell
Manitoba Free Press
Canadian fish eggs ship to Japan aboard Empress of Asia
The first shipment of 50 000 Eastern Canadian brook trout eggs is sent from Vancouver to Yokohama aboard the Canadian Pacific SS Empress of Asia. The eggs go to stock Takia Angling and Country Club, once led by late Premier Kato, on request of Sir Charles Elliot.
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Vancouver
Takia Angling and Country Club
Japan
Kato
Dominion
Charles Elliot
Tokio
Yokohama
London's Quiet Sunday Dawn Hour
London enters the week with a rare tranquil moment at 3 o clock Sunday morning. The city otherwise wakes to bustling newspaper trucks and market carts during the rest of the day.
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London
Doctors and Quacks Cited in Warning Against Health Dangers
A passage argues that branding doctors as quacks is a misguided label that harms trust in medical care and wellness. It emphasizes that health depends on credible treatment, not rumor or derision.
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Prof. Sadler
British Columbia
Napoleon
the Wheat Board
Saskatchewan
Ernest Rutherford
Frank Heath
Dominions
Hebrideans
Father McDonnell
Dong
Roderick Galbraith
Hebrides
Roderick Gillis
Galbraith
MacLeean
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