Canada’s Electric Power Growth Surpasses 1920s Railways
A Canadian Government Statistics report tallies nearly one billion dollars invested in central electric power stations by end of 1928, with 16.34 billion kilowatt hours produced, 1.46 million customers, and 14.5 percent nationwide household electrification. It highlights pulp and paper sector growth and Canada's high turbine capacity per capita compared with the United States.
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Central Electric
Canada
Bureau of Matistics
Railways of Canada
Dominion
Pulp and Paper Mills of Canada
Central Electric Power
United States
Norway
British Columbia
British Typewriters in RCMP Regina Offices
British made typewriters have entered RCMP offices in Regina as four high grade machines from Great Britain replace earlier models. Users say price competes with cheaper US machines while performance rivals top US brands, featuring sturdy frames and a standard keyboard despite slight design variations.
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RCMP
Regina
Great Britain
R.C
No Danger Sandy McPherson Refuses Whisky Taste
In a Glasgow journey Sandy McPherson shares a bottle with a cleric who proclaims never to have tasted whisky. The cleric, aged 65, is reassured by Sandy to refrain. They plan supper at the Three Sparrows after tales of a collar stud found in soup.
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Sandy McPherson
Glasgow
Sandy
Goldenrod as Useful Weed or Crop Prospect
The piece argues May Be Made Useful May Become Goldenrod could be both weed and useful crop. It notes hay fever comes from ragweed not goldenrod and imagines Ford backed goldenrod farming in Georgia expanding like wheat. It ends with a view that every crop started as a weed and was later made useful.
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Henry Ford
Georgia
Edison
Canadian co operative associations grow to half a million members
Federal figures show 926 co operative associations in Canada with a total membership of 512 835. The Prairie grain growers form the largest group, joined by eastern dairy and fruit vegetable growers. About 26 distribution societies affiliate with a central union. Several consumer co operatives exist outside the union, mainly in western provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
The
Prairies
Canadian grain elevator expansion boosts prairie storage
Canada plans major elevator upgrades with a $900,000 expansion. Moose Jaw and Saskatoon facilities each receive $450,000, while Ada holds extensive capacity among 5,481 elevators total. Across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta most wheat is produced between Winnipeg and the Rockies.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Canada
Fort William
Port Arthur
Montreal
Vancouver
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Progeny of Registered Seed Wheat Estimated in Saskatchewan
M. P. Tullis, general manager of the Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers Limited, says that based on a 20 000 bushels annual average, at least 100 000 000 bushels of Saskatchewan's 1929 wheat crop arose from registered seed after accounting for three fourths of yearly increase entering commerce. He credits the high quality of the 1929 crop to the steady flow of registered seed to farms during the period.
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M. P. Tullis
Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers, Limited
Saskatchewan
Tullis
Weeds On Highways Highlight Weed Control
R C Smith of the Weed Inspection Department of Western Ontario stressed the importance of controlling perennial sow thistle on public highways. He estimated that 100000 acres of the weed are harvested in the province in a single year.
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A R. C Smith
Weed Inspection Department of
Western
Ontario
The Red Cross Appeal of Charity Mercy and Love
A devotional piece extols the Red Cross as a figure of charity mercy and love. It emphasizes giving not a token bit but the best from a motherly sacrifice and frames the world behind and God above.
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God
Red Cross of Charity
Mercy
Love
Changing Times Redefine Farm Life Says Informant
A Lindsay Post informant explains that modern farmers rely on levers and gasoline tractors, prefer the monkey wrench to the pitchfork, and rely on machinery to do the sweating. Spring work is calmer and evenings end with the day’s work. The wife notes fewer seats at the meal table.
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Lindsay Post
Canada Eyes Coal as Vast Oil Source
Canada seeks to unlock crude from coal and other non-well sources. Researchers study coal processing and efficient utilization to tap hidden riches, while oil shales in the Maritime Provinces and Alberta bituminous sands are noted alternatives.
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Canada
Maritime Provinces
Alberta
Burglary Event Sparks Domestic Conversation in Dialog
A domestic scene features Mrs. Isaac urging Isaac to act as a burglar attempts entry. Isaac delays shooting, debating window damage and safety before deciding whether to confront the intruder. The brief exchange captures tension and split-second choices during a home invasion moment.
Canadian Rockies radio debut from Jasper Lodge marks historic broadcast
The Canadian National Railways staged a trans continental broadcast from Jasper Lodge in Jasper National Park to inaugurate the season. Irvin Plumm led the Jasper Park Lodge Orchestra with soprano Madame Gladys Bell Owen and tenor Sydney J Hendra as soloists.
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Dian Radio
Jasper Lodge
Jasper National Park
Jasper
Canadian Rockies
Irvin Plumm
Jasper Park
Ment
Gladys Bell Owen
Regina
New York
Sydney J Hendra
Edmonton
Jasper Park Lodge
Canadian National Railways
Mike
Band of Intrepid Scientists To Penetrate Greenland
An expedition led by Prof Alfred Wegener from the Austrian University of Graz sails to Greenland to study meteorological and geophysical aspects of the ice cap. The team will place instruments for 18 months across three bases to measure glacier movement, ice thickness, and air pressure changes for Atlantic weather forecasting.
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Creenland
Alfred Wegener
University of Graz
Greenland
Antarctic
Europe
North America
Wegener
Scandinavia
Graf Zeppelin Demurrage Charges Highlight Airship Voyage Costs
Demurrage would total $1,000 per day for delays plus a $3,000 prep fee and $2,000 daily refueling costs at Lakehurst. After refueling, $1,000 daily could be charged for take-off delays due to bad weather, marking a shift from earlier free entertaining voyages to commercial pricing.
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Lakehurst
Demand for Homesteads in Western Canada Rises
The first four months of this year show 503 more homestead filings in Western Canada than the same period last year. Alberta accounts for most of the gain with 2,611 filings, up from 2,135, while Saskatchewan remains roughly steady at 1,381 versus 1,385. British Columbia rises to 209 from 168, and Manitoba declines to 186 from 196, totaling 4,387 for the year so far.
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Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Tourists spend across border hit by car totals in 1929
A Commerce Department table shows United States visitors to Canada spent about 289 million dollars in 1929 while Canadians spent 91 million in the U S and U S residents spent 239 million at home. Of border outflows about 208.744 million flowed by motor car and three tourist groups are listed: sixty day cars 163.652 million, one day cars 44.416 million, six months cars 0.676 million.
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United States
Canada
Department of Commerce
Silent Berlin Restaurant Draws Deaf and Dumb Patrons
A new Berlin eatery operates entirely in silence as deaf and dumb patrons converse through gestures. The interior shows few distinguishing features from other Kniepen spots. two bars exist but see little use. Diners communicate, some playing cards while waiters perform in total quiet as plates clatter and coins tinkle.
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Berlin
Kniepen
Judge Keeps Evidence and Whisky Story
A world famous lawyer travels to London and joins a judge for lunch in a hot southern town. The judge reveals a bootlegging case left with him as evidence and a stash of first class whisky. In a separate quip, McGinty jokes about a painful corn on his foot while Pat quips about stepping on it.
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London
McGinty
Pat
Whitefish Fry Aimed At Western Lake Prospects
R. T. Rodd, supervisor of fisheries, says releasing 80 million whitefish fry into Lesser Slave Lake will boost fishing for tourists. He just returned from a tour of the grounds.
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Lesser Slave Lake
R. T. Rodd
Spiders' webs used in Canada for aerial photography
Spider webs cultivated in Canada are stretched across viewfinders to assist operators in achieving more accurate direction during aerial photography and surveying tasks.
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Canada
Health and Morals Intertwined in True Religion
A thoughtful reflection asserts that caring for one’s health is as essential as upholding moral conduct, framing personal well being as a religious duty and societal virtue.
Noted Quotation About Doctor Husbands in Oslo Karikaturen
In a Karikaturen from Oslo a respondent notes a husband as a well liked doctor and his patients’ deaths, reflecting a stark, possibly satirical portrayal. The exchange highlights public perception of a physician’s influence and risk in life and death.
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Karikaturen
Oslo
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Red Cross
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