Limestone, Canada's Useful Rock, Found Widely
Limestone is obtainable in over 1,500 Canadian localities and called the world’s most useful rock by geologists. It supplies calcium carbonate for food, industry, cement, glass, paper, sugar refining, and more, with annual Canadian quarry output around 12% million tons valued near 34 million dollars. It underpins iron removal, metal production, tanning, pulp and paper, and a key building stone noted for Canadian superiority.
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Canada
Brother in the Pit Over Coat of Many Colors
A quip references Joseph and his brothers with the coat of many colors. The boy jokes about why he was thrown into a pit and adds a stylistic punchline about a dress suit changing the outcome. The line hints at humor about social status and place.
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Joseph
New Western Fitch Exhibit Shows Polecats in Winnipeg
The Fitch breed gains Canada status as Winnipeg hosts North America’s first annual show by the Canadian Fitch Breeders Association. Exhibits include prize fitch from Edinburgh and the Crystal Palace Inter national Fur Show, noted as thriving in Manitoba despite Asian origins.
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Winnipeg
Canada
North America
Fitch Breeders’ Association
Asia
Russia
Manitoba
Edinburgh
Crystal Palace
Modern Day Dress Pattern Guide Promotes Chic Black and White
The ad touts a simple all day dress with one sided rever and contrast insets. It highlights bias seaming for a slimming silhouette and suggests black and white crepe, sheer wool, and other fabrics. It lists Style No 842 with sizes 16 to 42 and yardage, inviting purchase of a fashion magazine and patterns for 15 and 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at aS McDermot Ave Winnipeg are available. Contact details indicate pattern procurement and mailing options for customers seeking sewing materials.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Advertising co operation could boost farm product sales
Dr G J Christie of Ontario Agricultural College urges cooperative advertising to raise farm product sales. Citing California orange growers, he notes large scale advertising can drive demand beyond individual efforts, suggesting newspapers and other media be used to promote farmers’ markets and products province wide. Owen Sound Sun-Times.
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G. J. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Christie
California
Owen Sound Sun-Times
Empire cabinet eyed as valuable imperial institution
London newspapers floated an imperial cabinet idea with a representative from each dominion and several British statesmen. The proposals arose as Rt. Hon. Stanley Melbourne Bruce moves to London as minister representing the commonwealth. Suggestions included Ferguson Coates and Smuts to form a real imperial executive.
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London
Stanley Melbourne Bruce
Australia
England
John Marriott
Bruce
G. Howard Ferguson
J. G. Coates
New Zealand
Jan Christian Smuts
House of Assembly
Western Canada Wheat Output Poised to Peak Says Doctor
Dr. D. A. MacGibbon told the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto that western Canada may reach a peak wheat crop between 670 and 700 million bushels. He cited Alberta and Saskatchewan as future expansion areas and warned of a decline after pioneer settlement ends, with Manitoba already trending down.
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Prairie Provinces
Royal Canadian Institute
Toronto
D. A. MacGibbon
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
Western Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Thre Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Saskatchewan
MacGibbon
Saskatchewan Commission On Immigration
Thhewan
Peace River
Minnesota
MacGibbson
Canada’s Great War Official History Still Not Published
Major John S. Roper of the Canadian Legion laments the lack of an official Canadian Great War history aside from a government medical services supplement. He notes Britain and Australia have issued extensive corps histories while Canada remains silent. Cambridge students raise nearly two tons of copper for ex-soldiers in a one‑day drive.
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Canadian Legion
British Empire Service League
Canada
John S. Roper
M.D
K.C
Legion
Ottawa
Roper
Great Britain
Australia
Cambridge
England
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Neme
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