Ontario Gold Mines Reach Record Depths In Digging Spree
Depths exceed a mile in three Ontario shafts as engineers push to 10 000 feet and beyond. The Village Deep in South Africa is cited as world leader at 7 600 feet while Canadian operations pursue deeper levels in Kirkland Lake Teck-Hughes Porcupine and Hollinger camps.
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Ontario
Bank of Commerce
Dominion
Village Deep
South Africa
St. John del Rey
Brazil
Canada
Fand
South America
Kirkland Lake
Teck-Hughes
Lake Shore
Wright-Hargreaves
Porcupine Camp
McIntyre
Hollinger
Dome Mines
Coniaurum
Vipond
Trial Reveals Cost of False Car Theft Report
At Thames police court in London a couple testified that a false claim of a stolen car triggered an all-station police radio message, costing 140 dollars in resources and time.
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Thames Police Court
London
Politician Confronted as Shorthand Reporter Quips Back
A heated exchange erupts with a politician challenging a remark while a shorthand reporter interjects, signaling tension in a crowded public meeting. The verbal clash centers on accountability and media presence.
Alternatives to Grain Growing in the Prairie Provinces
Dean A M Shaw of the University of Saskatchewan urges grain production only where alternative crops fail. He cites poultry and dual purpose cattle as grain marketing channels, says grain remains western Canada main activity, notes water limits and crop failures in wheat regions, and references suspected livestock deaths from grasshopper damaged straw.
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Dean A. M. Shaw
University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Agricultural Societies’ Convention
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Canada
F. Warren
Belbeck
F. Marshall
Yellow Grass
First Canadian Farmer Louis Hebert Monument in Quebec City
The article notes a monument to Louis Hebert, regarded as Canada's first farmer, standing in City Hall park in Quebec City. It highlights that Hebert’s descendants still farm ancestral lands along the St. Lawrence corridor, with long narrow holdings and mixed farming traditions dating to early settlement.
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Quebec City
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Canada
Louis Hebert
City Hall Park
Brandon Sun
Blind swimmer Mike Hambourg eyes operation aid
Mike Hambourg, a sightless swimmer known for competing in the Canadian National Exhibition marathon swim since its start, smiles while a Cleveland manufacturer weighs a $5,000 donation to fund an eye operation.
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Mike Hambourg
Cleveland
Youth dress pattern with shoulder line and hip slimming
Fashion notice describes a wool crepe dress pattern for youths with a shoulder line hip slimming design. Style No. 538 fits sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with bust 36 to 38 inches. Requires 3 1 2 yards 39 inch fabric. price 20 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No Name
Winnipeg Pattern No Name provides ordering instructions from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. The notice lists pattern inventory details and a mailing address for orders and inquiries.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada Surpasses U S in 40 Year Population Growth
A Dominion bulletin notes Canada has grown faster than the United States over the last forty years with population increasing about twenty percent more in Canada. It cites density rises from 1911 to 1931 and predicts immigration could boost future growth.
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Canada
U.S
F. C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Information For Teachers Gems From Hastings Papers
Teachers in Hastings Nebraska share humorous misreadings from exam papers with pupils. The samples show misinterpretations of George Westinghouse as president and odd word substitutions like a squad as an Indian woman and a grouse as a gruff old man.
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Hastings
Nebraska
George Westinghouse
The
Unites
Pink Grass Dots Bow River Range in Strange Snow
Herders report pink tinted grass on Bow River range lands after heavy fall snow. Sheep graze as the white blanket disappeared revealing pink grass that crumbled in hand. Veterans recall a similar event in Montana linked to volcanic atmosphere.
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Montreal
Bow River
Medicine Hat
Montana
Alaska
Peace Gardens Project Planned At Turtlemount Site
The Civil Workers association in the United States will establish a state transient civilian corps on the internet site at Peace Gardens in Turtlemount next spring. The Peace Gardeners association board of directors, in Brandon, approved the plan at its first annual meeting. Employment will go to 500 men under federal instructions.
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Civil Workers’ Association
United States
Peace Gardens
Turtlemount
Peace Garders’ Association
Brandon
European invention of lighted knitting needles
A new European invention adds LED lights to needle tips with batteries housed in the stems. The device aims to illuminate work and improve visibility for knitters.
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Europe
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Ruth Rogers
Corn
Jack Tars
Portsmouth
Sir William Boyte
Tae Nelson
West Indies
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