Honey in Baking Industry Questioned by NRC Study
A Manitoba University report funded by the National Research Council finds honey offers no loaf-quantity advantages over cane sugar in straight-dough bread. Honey may still be useful for flavor moisture absorption, but no superior bread quality is shown.
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National Research Council
University of Manitoba
National Research Councils
Canadian Wheat Pool
W. F. Geddes
C. A. Winkler
Wheat Pool
Manitoba
Saskatchewan Seed Fair Honors First Prizes at Saskatoon
Harrison of Conquest won first prize for Marquis wheat at the Saskatchewan provincial seed fair in Saskatoon. George Canfield of Wild Rose topped open class with Reward wheat. Winners include James Carnegie of Belbeck in new exhibitors and A Robbins of Laura and G Mooney of Imperial in Marquis and other varieties.
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Conquest Charles O. Harrison
Conquest
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Harrison
George Canfield
Wild Rose
Shelprask
James Carnegee
Belbeck
A. Robbins
Laura
Marquis
G. Mooney
Imperial
P. G. Colquhoun
Maple Creek
Dent Corn
F. R. Cheeseman
Forget
Flint
H. S. Williams
MacRorie
Dent
W. A. Cahoon
T. M. Stevenson
Field Husbandry Department
James and
Harry Whitehead
James Whitehead
Henry Whitehead
Jack Darnbrough
E. Green
F. P. Trowell
Saltcoats
Colquhoun
Yearly wages and living costs in Detroit earnings debate
A letter from Detroit argues the city is nearly bankrupt amid weak business, noting Ford's seven dollar daily wage as a benchmark. It stresses workers must base earnings on yearly income, highlighting seasonal work and the need for a true living wage.
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Detroit
Politician Urges Action to End Trade Slump in Canada
Hon. Alfred Durant eau K.C. Minister of Marine told a Toronto audience that the country needs men of action in politics and business to halt the trade downturn affecting Canada and other nations in recent years.
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Alfred Duranteau
K.C
Chile
Toronto
New Cape Town Road Composition Cuts Costs and Time
A newly discovered road material in Cape Town South Africa promises to halve costs of road making double the life of highways and shorten laying time by half compared with ordinary material. The claim cites substantial savings and extended durability for future highways in the region.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Fashion Bureau pattern for sports dress in green tweed
Tingey models are sketched in Paris with patterns made in New York. A green tweed dress for college misses and business women features a cross-over jabot collar, brown button, jaunty Cossack cuffs, and front seaming to flatter hips. Sizes 16–20 and 36–42. ready for delivery. Send 25 cents to obtain.
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Paris
New York
How To Order Patterns Actress Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order guide lists an actress and Winnipeg address at 3175 McDermot Ave. The fragment references the Winnipeg Federation or Union and includes postal or listing details for pattern orders. The readable text is sparse and lacks a clear event or narrative.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Rich new resources found in Peace River block survey
The British Columbia government survey of the Peace River block, led by Major C. R. Drysdale in partnership with two transcontinental railways, hints at coal oil gas and mineral riches alongside existing agriculture and timber. Detailed reports are pending but indications point to important discoveries in lands ceded from federal control.
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Peace River
British Columbia
C. R. Drysdale
Trade With China Inquiries Reach Canadian Official
Trade commissioner L. M. Cosgrove in Shanghai reports inquiries for Canadian products following the Canadian trade delegation’s China visit. The atmosphere is now one of goodwill and normal trade is expected to resume in spring 1931. Canadian flour wheat and lumber show recent activity with British Columbia steamship links boosting lumber’s Chinese market position.
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L. M. Cosgrove
Shanghai
China
Farmers of Canada pledge support for fair shipping rates
Frank Eliason secretary of the United Farmers of Canada Saskatchewan section states the executive supports the Saskatchewan government demand for proper ocean rates and fair marine insurance rates on grain export traffic from Churchill on the Hudson Bay route to British and continental ports.
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Frank Eliason
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Nuts and Port Feast of Three Clergymen Reported
A Glasgow newspaper from July 26 1800 notes that three clergymen after dinner consumed 14 quarts of nuts and drank six bottles of port wine during their sitting with no other liquor. The peculiar tally reflects a curious colonial era dining habit.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Life Story Of B Tyrrell The Eminent Canadian Geologist
Ottawa Journal reviews a biography by W J Louden of J B Tyrrell. The article traces Tyrrell’s early years in Weston Ontario, education at Upper Canada College and Toronto University, and his surveys across Canada from Hudson Bay to the Rockies. It notes his first dinosaur fossil finds, Yukon mining ventures, and later leadership as chief geologist for a major Anglo French company plus a landmark Hudson Bay district survey.
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J B. Tyrrell
W. J. Louden
Mr. Louden
Weston
Ontario
Upper Canada College
Toronto University
Iyrrell
Ottawa
Geological Survey
Calgary
Edmonton
Buffalo
Hudson Bay
Rockies
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Tyrrell
Red River
Alberta
National Museum
Yukon
Dawson
el Dorado
Dominion
Hudson Bay District
James Whitney
Ottawa Journal
Loss From Insect Pests in Wheat Shows High Savings
The 1929 report from the Dominion Department of Agriculture notes huge losses from major pests in Saskatchewan wheat totaling 10.6 million dollars, with Alberta saving 26 thousand in one district and another farm saving 5.9 thousand after control efforts.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Financial Expert Links Low Mood to Uncontrolled Machines
British finance authority Sir Basil Blackett cites global gloom as a result of humans failing to master the very machine they built. As Bank of England director and Imperial and International Communications leader, he comments on India’s governance and praises Viscount Willingden as Canada’s next Viceroy.
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Sir Basil Blackett
Montreal
Basil
Bank of England
Imperial and International Commmunications, Limited
Viscount Willingden
Canada
Saskatchewan Plans to Foster Powdered Milk Industry
W. Waldron provincial markets commissioner, back from the World's Poultry Congress in London, urges Saskatchewan poultry raisers to manufacture powdered milk for British markets and to use part of the product for prairie-raised birds.
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Saskatchewan
British Isles
W.waldron
London
England
Beekeeping Profitable in Alberta Says Luther
H. L. Luther head keeper at the Lethbridge Dominion Experimental Station calls bees a profitable and practical division of agriculture in Alberta. He notes bees today represent one of the province's youngest and fastest growing industries.
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Alberta
H. L. Luther
Lethbridge Dominion Experimental Station
Man’s reply to watch theft joke in Cologne paper
A Cologne joke line notes a man claiming not to be a fool may err. When asked why he stole a gentleman’s watch he says he took it thinking it was gold. The quip plays on mistaken value.
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Tion
Dr. Reddick
Dersinion Dairy
Dairy Farmers of Canada
J. A Ruddick
Dominion Dairy Commissioner
Dairymen's Association of Eastern
Tario
Ruddick
Marquis Wheat
N. U
Sondagsnisse-Strix
Stockholm
By Ewa A. Tingeys
I'S
Swagger
Northern Resources
Peace River Block
Soph
Paul Revere
Fresh
Alexis I. Rykoff
Council of Peoples’ Commissars
Soviet Union
Rykoff
Viacheslavy M. Molotoff
Josef Stalin
France
Joseph Joffre
Marne
A B. Tyrrell
Britain
Denmark
Great Britain
W. Waldron
Smithfield
Hull
Leith
Liverpool
Manchester
Chester
Barrow
Newcastle
Stoke-on-Trent
Birmingham
Cardiff
Ipswich
Exeter
Portsmouth
Bristol
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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