Western Canada Universities Compared For Value And Character
The piece argues against the belief that distant or foreign education is superior. It cites Western Canada universities as fresh, up to date, affordable, and better aligned with local needs, noting less snobbery and fewer distractions. It questions parents and students who prefer eastern or international schools, suggesting home institutions offer comparable or superior outcomes.
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United States
Western Canada
Canadian West
Wstern
Western
Canada
Pioneering soggy stunt recorded by early writers
Federal Writers Project records note a 1961 attempt to walk on San Francisco Bay. Rowlands stepped from a steamboat in canoe shoes with loggins and disappeared as sunset approached, his badly not found.
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Federal Writers’ Project
Rowlands
San Francisco Bay
Loggins
A Matter Of Mirrors In Church Dress Habits
A St Thomas Times Journal piece questions why men remove coats hats and often rubbers or overshoes in church while women stay fully clothed. The Owen Sound Sun Times suggests it is partly a matter of mirrors with men simply removing outerwear and women performing a ceremonial donning of outdoor apparel.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
Owen Sound Sun-Times
Silk and Wool Ratios in Global Textile Trade
The note states that for every pound of silk produced worldwide there are 50 pounds of wool and 200 pounds of cotton. It also mentions horses bred to yield hair used in violin bows in Rus 2288.
Old Time Barber recalls early Winnipeg days
Edigar Doerr a Winnipeg barber for 50 years recalls how early customers were simpler, using hand clippers and a straight razor, with hot towels now common. He lists notable clients including Manitoba premiers Macdonald Roblin Greenway and explorer Henry Stanley, plus Rogers Pass discoverer Major Albert Rogers. He is married with four children and enjoys golf. He plans to keep barbering as long as able.
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Edigar Doerr
Winnipeg
Perryville
Missouri
Hugh John Macdonald
Rodmond P. Roblin
Thomas Greenway
Manitoba
Henry M. Stanley
David Livingstone
South Africa
Albert B. Rogers
Rocky Mountains
Rogers Pass
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fortune In Trees Drives Mulock To Millionaire Status
Sir William Mulock former Ontario Chief Justice amasses wealth through deliberate tree planting rather than timber harvesting. At his summer estate 30 miles north of Toronto a black walnut grove valued at about 1 million dollars started as saplings thirty years ago and promises growing value as demand for walnut and oak wood rises.
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William Mulock
Ontario
Toronto
Sir William
Windsor Star
King George VI May Be Made Six Nations Chief in Canada
Toronto Indian Council considers adopting King George VI into the Six Nations at Oshwegen or in Toronto. Dr. J J Sussmuth notes the ceremony mirrors ancient rites kept secret until the moment, with Singing Lark proposing the plan and Big White Owl as sachem and Grey Eagle as medicine man. The council says it has Dominion government approval and Mackenzie King’s cooperation.
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George VI
England
Canada
Toronto Indian Council
J. J. Sussmuth
King George
Six Nations
Oshweken
Brantford
George
Champlain
LaSalle
Big White Owl
Grey Eagle
Sussmuth Said
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Censor System Tightens Control on Czecho-Slovak Papers
Editorial offices now face four censors who approve editions within two hours before printing. Censors review all copy in progress and decide immediately what can be published, creating last minute deletions and white spots in papers. A bank employee who shot at an escaping bandit earns praise for not injuring anyone.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Pavilions For Aged Men In Birmingham Parks Open
In Birmingham parks new pavilions provide spaces for elderly men to gather, talk, and play cards chess or dominoes.
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Birmingham
England
Cameron lauds British leadership over American business
W J Cameron of Dearborn praises Britain's influence and criticizes German rhetoric while contrasting Canadian respect for business with U S pressure. He recalls the Berlin speech by Hitler and Chamberlain's London address, noting Ford's reaction to Britain's world role.
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United States
W. J. Cameron
Dearborn
Mich
Ottawa
Republic
Cameron
Berlin
Hitler
London
Chamberlain
Mr. Cameron
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Lonely Outpost Sees Ptarmigan Replacing Turkey at RCMP Craig Harbor
On Christmas Day the most northerly Canadian outpost at Craig Harbor Ellesmere Island received replacements by radio as mail and cards were impossible until the summer supply ship returns. The RCMP station noted no letters would arrive until then.
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Ptarmigan
Turkey
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Craig Harbor
Ellesmere
Canada
Four North American bird flyways named Atlantic Mississippi Central and Pacific
The four aerial highways used by North American birds are the Atlantic Mississippi Central and Pacific flyways. Some migrants travel north by one route and return by another. AW birds of one species do not follow the same route. London telephone exchanges handle over 220000 weekly inquiries about correct time. A Chinese newspaper at Peiping has run for 1400 years.
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Pacific
London
Water and carbon values in paper making and diamonds
Water is essential for quality paper production requiring clean water free of chemicals. The text notes carbon forms charcoal and diamonds and contrasts values as diamonds command high prices while charcoal remains inexpensive.
Tornadoes Predominantly Strike Between Noon and Afternoon
An old meteorology note states that eighty percent of tornadoes occur between the hours of noon and mid afternoon, underscoring peak danger in the post noon period.
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Black Walnut
Six Nations Indian Tribe
Dr. Williams
G.T Puiters Co
Peiping
THE
Royal Bank OF Canada
Capitel
Eublic Learinn
Een
United Kingdom
Bank of Canada
Anc
Canede
Provincial
Ees
France
Paris
M. W. Wilson
G. Dobson
Montreal
Pension Fund Society
Institute
Wade
Para-San Heavywax
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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