World Grain Exhibition set for Regina 1932
Officials from Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta and Regina plan the Worlds Grain Exhibition and Conference to run August 1 to 13 1932 in Regina with bilingual prize lists and expected prizes totaling at least 200 600 plus possible 50 000 to 100 000 in special prizes.
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Regina
Prairie Provinces
Skatchewan
Megina Iin
M. Hamilton
Saskatchewan
J. A. Mooney
Hegina
Hion. A. Prefontaine
Manitoba
H. A. Craig
Alberta
C. B. McKee
Regina Board of Trade
F. Hedley Auld
A. E. Whitmore
Regina Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition Association
Faderkin
D. T. Elderkin
W. G. Yule
Royal Bank of Canada
G. C. Rooke and Co
A. B. Whitmore
Dominion
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
China
C. M. Hamilton
George Headley
A. Prefontaine
Big Farming Plan For Russia
Thomas D Campbell of Hardin Montana and Pasadena claims to lead America’s largest wheat operation. He proposes planting ten million acres of Soviet plains with wheat and flax using American machinery under his direction. Campbell plans to sail from New York this month to finalize arrangements with a Soviet commission. He estimates over 100 million dollars of American planting and harvesting equipment will be bought to grow food for the Russian people.
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Los Angeles Times
Thomas D Campbell
Hardi
Mont
Pasadena
America
Russia
Campbell
New York
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Pattern House
Winnipeg Pattern House offers pattern orders via mail from 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. Customers request specific designs by number and payment is required with order. Pattern No reat phrasing appears in readable text.
Chinese Five Thousand Years Of Medical Drug Knowledge Revealed
Michael J. Hagerty translates Chinese medical works showing ancient use of Ma Huang ephedrine sulphate for asthma hay fever rhinitis and cold cures. Shen Hung era records note its plant source and substitutions for adrenalin in catarrhal congestion with numerous case histories and prescriptions.
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Michael J. Hagerty
United States Department of Agriculture
Hagerty
University of California Library
Mien Woo
Ma Huang
China
Materia Medica
Shen Hung
Heavy death duties hit British millionaires in 1927
Death duties in 1927 yielded 150 million dollars with nine months producing 300 million. Sir George Will’s tobacco estate valued at 50 million paid 20 million in duty. Ten large estates accounted for about 50.6 million in taxes, spurring trusts and company plans but with notable drawbacks.
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George Wills
Treasury
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Reach 948 Sites in Use
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators report 948 country elevators active since last harvest each handling about 122000 bushels per site. By mid December 1928 total receipts rose to roughly 115000000 bushels across all elevators.
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Saskatchewan Pool
Secret Bre men Institute Harvested Foreigner Seekers
In Bre men Germany a hidden institute named Stowaways Inc used by a secret group earned a harvest from foreigners seeking entry to the United States. The ring leaders have been arrested.
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Stowaways, Inc
Bremen
Germany
United States
Gordon Appointed General Superintendent of Western Lines
General St Periity W. M. Gordon has been named the new general superintendent for the Western Lines at the Canadian Pacific Express Company. The appointment places Gordon in charge of operations and administration across the western division.
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W. M. Gordon
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Sudden Insight From Sleep Sparks Breakthroughs
The subconscious mind provides sudden insights during sleep, yielding clear-cut solutions. Notable cases include Dr Banting who woke at two a m with insulin treatment ideas, Ampere reportedly solving problems after sleep, and psychologists noting ongoing mental work by the subconscious even in rest.
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Dr. Banting
Ampere
London Daily Times
Spectacles Connect 83-Year-Old Modesitt To County Work
W Stage Modesitt, 83, of Lu ray Va., first public school teacher in the county and long-time maker of property assessment books, still relies on a country store pair bought 30 years ago for 25 cents. The expert accountant, now in the revenue office, values accuracy in his intricate work.
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W. Stage Modesitt
Luray
County Commissioner of Revenue
Modesitt
Beechurst Woman Known As Mother Machree Dies at 71
Mrs Nannie Ball long associated with the song Mother Machree died at her Beechurst Long Island home at age 71. Her son Ernest R Ball composer of the famed tune died in May 1927.
Ski Specials Spur Laurentians Ski Rush
The Laurentians north of Quebec emerge as a skier’s paradise with stretches of snow and blue gold hillside views. Canadian Pacific runs Ski Specials from Montreal season to season as enthusiasts ride trains to ski down to successive stations. Resort owners and Habitant count on winter revenue as trout streams freeze.
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Laurentians
Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Remarkable Increase in Homestead Filings Across Western Provinces
The Dominion Lands Administration reports a surge in homestead entries in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia with October tally 1899 and ten month totals up 123 percent to 11521 from 5172. Prince Albert Edmonton and Peace River districts show the strongest gains.
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Prairies
Lands Administration
Dominion Department of the Interior
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Natural Resources of Canada
Department
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Othr
Moose Jaw
Lethbridge
Calgary
Prince Albert
Edmonton
Peace River
Grand Prairie
A Strange Indian Tribe The Peel River Indians
The Peel River Indians in the Upper Yukon puzzle ethnologists. They appear very dark with straight hair and aquiline features and forbid mixed marriages. Their origin remains unestablished whether Hindu or Arctic ancestors. Today several hundred, prosperous, but vanishing due to anti intermarriage.
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Peel River
Epstein spars with London artist over laziness and collaboration
Jacob Epstein reproaches a London artist for laziness. The pair spar over effort and partnership, with Epstein taunting the artist about dreaming work instead of doing it and suggesting a joint, congenial collaboration that would pair illustrated novels with painted pictures.
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Jacob Epstein
London
Epstein
Incriminated Burial Plan Sparks Family Rethink
Opal reports Sis Johnson’s death and asks about burial. Brother Congo says no funeral internment is planned as the family decides to incriminate. An optimist jokes about a car trunk holding his wife’s belongings.
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Opal
Brother Congo
Sis Johnson
Population Density Figures by Region
England shows just over 700 people per square mile while Wales has 300 and Scotland 160, indicating regional settlement patterns. The sentence includes the words annual buy the lunch and a quoted line about paying car fare and lunch.
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England
Wales
Scotland
Poison sign leads to fatal misunderstanding
In a darkly humorous exchange, Dr. Pearson questions how Rastus drank poison after reading a bottle label. Rastus replies he doubted the warning because another sign beneath read Lye, creating a fatal quip about misread labels.
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Rastus
Dr. Pearson
Tragic View Quoted From Meggendorfer Blaetter
A Munich publication remarks on the manager's difficulties in paying expenses due to a poor audience, reflecting a somber cultural critique of theater reception and financial strain.
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