Clean seed foundation for Western Canada's 1928 crops
The article argues that Western Canada must start with good clean seed to ensure a bumper 1928 harvest. It cites seed drill survey results in Saskatchewan showing poor rates of clean seed wheat and oats, with weed contamination driving high rejection rates. It urges farmers to overhaul seed cleaning, adopt best methods, and invest in quality seed for a profitable return.
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Canada
United States
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Canadian Seed Trade Association
Toc H Meaning Revealed as Talbot House Signaller’s Code
A reader asks about Toc H the WWI movement. It explains Toc H as a affectionate shorthand for Talbot House in Poperinghe built to honor Gilbert Talbot and the fallen Allied youth. The aim is lifelong moral regeneration symbolized by the Chapel-All Hallows lamp kept lit.
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Talbot
Love
Poperinghe
Ypres
Gilbert Talbot
Winchester
Flanders Fields
Toc H. Chapel
All Hallows-by the
Britain’s Merchant Marine Vowed to Lead World Trade Again
The text recalls the wartime losses of Britain’s merchant fleet and notes its postwar recovery. It states that within less than a decade after the war’s end Britain had reclaimed half of the world’s tonnage and was constructing over three-fifths of new ships.
Realistic Kansas Man Uses Wigs to Simulate Barber Visits
A bald headed Kansas man who believes in realism keeps two wigs with differing lengths and swaps them about every ten days to appear freshly barbered. A French invention features a simple electric alarm that signals when a door swings open. Minard's Linkcent for sere threat.
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Kansas
English Woman Architect Named for Stratford Shakespeare Memorial
A 29 year old Englishwoman, Elizabeth Scott, has been chosen as architect of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon. Her design was unanimously selected from 70 entries by the Anglo American selection committee. Scott, from a Bournemouth medical family, is praised for a bold plan that uses the Avon riverbank site to dramatic effect.
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Worants
New Shakespeare Memorial Theatre
Stratford-on-Avon
Elizabeth Scott
Bournemouth
Scott
Avon
Winter care with Dr Williams Pink Pills
The piece urges winter health given cold houses and limited activity. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for weakness from influenza and anaemia, citing a testimonial from Margaret Pearson of Chatham who recovered after three boxes. Sold by dealers or mail from Crockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams
Margaret Pearson
R.R. No. 3
Chatham
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Crockville
Ont
Burbank Gardens To Go Severs Historic California Arboretum
The experimental gardens of Luther Burbank at Santa Rosa will be divided into building lots. Mrs. Burbank, widow of the famed plant wizard who died in 1926, announced plans to preserve about three acres, but most of the land will be sold for development. One quarter will stay in her hands.
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Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
New York Women Workers Take Up Hard Manual Labor
One in three New York girls and women over fourteen are employed in gainful work. The Census reports show men earning salaries far more often than women, yet 691,727 females fill offices factories shops and many professional roles. Women are increasingly performing tasks once dominated by men and pushing wage competition.
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New York
United States Bureau of Census
Saskatchewan Crop Value Highlighted By Minister
Hon. C. M. Hamilton of Saskatchewan’s agriculture ministry tells Saskatoon Kiwanis the field crops yield two Flin-Flons annually while noting agro value equals about 100 million dollars per year the oil and mining sector amounts to 200 million dollars. The excerpt also promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a versatile home remedy for injuries and inflammatory pain.
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Saskatchewan
C. M. Hamilton
Saskatoon Kiwanis Club
Thomas
Biplane for High Altitude Soundings at Farnborough
A Bristol biplane with Jupiter engine is stationed at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough to test upper air soundings reaching 10 to 12 miles. Flight Lieutenant J A Gray is slated to pilot using oxygen supplied cabin, glass window, and diving-style suits for high altitude flights.
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Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
England
Bristol
J. A. Gray
Five Eclipses This Year For Astronomy Fans
The year brings five eclipses three solar and two lunar. A total solar eclipse May 19 will not be visible in Canada while June 3 lunar eclipse will be seen in parts of the West. A partial solar eclipse occurs in late June and again November 12, with a total lunar eclipse on November 27 visible across North America. The year also notes calendar holidays and marks the 102% year and 19th year of George V’s reign with Confederation 62nd year starting July 1.
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Canada
North American
George V
War Weapons Used To Aid Humanity
The article notes England using aeroplanes to drop food to stricken villages by parachute when landing was impossible. It highlights peaceful uses of air power and tanks to clear snow blocked roads for relief, urging conversion of military assets into humane aid.
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England
Montreal Star
Remarkable Ayrshire Dog Drowns Rabbit After Capture
A farmer from Bajarg in Ayrshire reports his black and white collie named Laddie refused to kill a rabbit. Instead the dog carried the rabbit to a barn and held its head under water until it drowned, a rare behavior the farmer notes only this time. The tale recalls the first waterproof cloth by Scotch chemist Charles Macintosh in 1823.
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Bajarg
Ayrshire
Charles Macintosh
Seven Liberal Arts Listed by Medieval Educators
Educators in the middle ages classified seven liberal arts as grammar dialects music arithmetic geometry and astronomy.
Lasker Foundation funds medical research at University of Chicago
Chicago philanthropist Albert D. Lasker and his wife establish the Lasker Foundation for Medical Research at the University of Chicago with an initial endowment of 1,000,000 to extend life through study of degenerative diseases after age 50. The move reflects Lasker’s long interest in medical research and his former role as chair of the United States Shipping Board.
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Albert D. Lasker
Chicago
University of Chicago
Lasker
Government seeks peak named for late Premier John Oliver
Victoria reports Hon. Charles Stewart minister of the interior supports naming a mountain peak after the late Premier John Oliver and will recommend the idea to the geographic board of Canada. Separately Hollway's Corn Remover claims to root out corns by killing the growth.
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Charles Stewart
Interior
John Oliver
Victoria
Geographic Board of Canada
Hollway
Canada liquor trade shows a 54 million bill last year
Canada produced alcohol worth 40 million dollars and imported about 40 million more. Exports reached 26 million, giving a total liquor bill of 54 million dollars, roughly over a million each week. A curious note adds hair for the best violin bow comes from white horses.
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Canada
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