Canada’s asbestos industry growth and exports
The article notes Canada held about 3 percent of the world’s asbestos deposits and aims to capitalize on this by expanding manufacturing. It discusses 1920 export patterns with most crude ore sent to the US, new plants at Asbestos, Quebec and East Broughton, and asbestos fire resistance boosting uses in flooring, plaster, and tiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Asbestos
Que
East Broughton
Thetford
Canadian Commerce Sees Brighter Outlook Across Provinces
Prospects improve as good crop outlook bolsters dry goods and groceries. Merchants report stronger retailer morale and firmer prices in cotton and woollen goods. Tea and sugar up, boosting grocery sales. Ongoing building, rail and highway projects increase employment and purchasing power, yielding a noticeably more favorable outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Saskatchewan Livestock Credit Plan Aids Thousands
Since the Live stock Purchase and Sale Act the province has helped over 3,000 farmers access credit. More than 1,100 bulls, 16,000 grade heifers and cows, 400 rams and about 16,000 grade owes were supplied. Farmers across Saskatchewan profit by buying better stock and building grade herds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Dialogue Between Mother and Mary on Conversation
A brief exchange shows a mother remarking on talking to Mary often and Mary admitting she tires of it. The fragment captures everyday domestic tone and implied closeness between the two speakers.
Passing of Prince Monace Prince Albert Honore Charles of Monaco
The ruler of Monaco died in Paris. A noted sportsman and scientist, he visited America three times, earning medals for oceanography and contributing to submarine knowledge. His Monte Carlo estate housed wounded U S soldiers after 1918 and he opposed Germany during WWI.
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Albert Honore Charles
Principality of
Monaco
Paris
Monte Carlo
United States
Buffalo bin
Cody
Wyoming
America
West
Alexander Agassiz
National Academy of Science
National Gthical Society
Germany
Chateau de Marchais
Rheims
Birds Learn Singing at English Bird Schools
Bird schools across England train canaries to sing by teaching a fixed set of notes. Pupils progress from a four to five week course then top talents receive a specialist tutor. The process aims for four notes water, whistling, flute, and rolling melody.
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England
Lightning Dangers of Metal Jewelry and Eyewear
A boy dies after a lightning strike hit his metal rimmed spectacles. A woman loses her ear ring to lightning but survives. A French boarding school girl sees her gold watch chain melt while she remains unconscious but recovers. A fourteen year old girl is killed when a gold chain vaporizes under a lightning bolt.
Canadian Writers to the Fore Promotes Canadian Literature Talent
J Murray Gibbon of Montreal, president of the Canadian Authors Association, told a Winnipeg luncheon that Canadian publishers have only in the last two decades taken chances on serious work. He urged the West to rise in producing Canadian literature, citing the pioneer on the land and the blending of races as a rich source for authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
J. Murray Gibbon
Montreal
Canadian Authors’ Association
Winnipeg
Gibbon
West
Margaret Deland on Jealousy and Unselfishness in Marriage
In a rare interview, Margaret Deland discusses jealousy as self love and its harm to marriage. She explains ages apart can work if both partners are unselfish, and notes jealousy can lead to unhappiness and infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Deland
Eleanor
Indians Copyrighted Totem Poles
The article notes that indigenous peoples in British Columbia and Alaska created copyright like laws to protect totem pole designs and family crests. Ownership indicated social status and power, with artists' work often costly and time consuming, and duplications strictly forbidden. Songs tied to poles were copyrighted as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Alaska
North America
Immigrant Families Move to Okanagan for Land Grants
Sixteen families from Ukraine and Russia have settled in the Okanagan Valley after living in Manitoba. About 300 more countrymen are expected to join in British Columbia where each family will receive forty acres and be paid twenty five cents an hour for property cleaning.
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Ukrania
Russia
Okanagan Valley
Manitoba
British Columbia
British Investments in Canada in Federal Legislature
Sir Lomer Gouin former Premier stated in parliament that Britain has invested about half a billion dollars in Canada and the United States about two billion. He added that roughly three billion dollars have gone into Canadian manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lomer Gouin
United States
Living on Air the parasitic air plant description
The text describes a tropical forest air plant with rich green foliage growing as a parasitic vine. It appears to lie on other plants, attached to a Woody stem, without roots, drawing sustenance from its host while the living host plant dies beneath it.
Girl Prospectors Head North For British Columbia Prospecting
Gertrude Grace Braskett and Bertha Maude Travena, two young women from Spokane, Washington, aged 25 and 26, with mining experience, depart for interior Northern British Columbia to spend the summer prospecting seriously and practically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Grace Braskett
California
Bertha Maude Travena
Spokane
Wash
British Columbia
Left leg stronger than right in fifty four cases
Report notes that in fifty four cases out of a hundred the left leg showed greater strength than the right, indicating asymmetry in leg power across the sample.
Tiamonds Believed To Ward Off Sorcery In Ancient Belief
In earlier superstition era Tiamonds were thought to protect against sorcery repel poison and guarantee victory over foes. The claim tied to charms and protective gear worn by warriors and travelers.
Quality over quantity in bacon export and hog breeding outlook
The Livestock Branch of Canada's Agriculture Department urges a shift from wartime emergency policy to improve hog quality to compete with Danish and Irish bacon. It highlights low select bacon grading nationwide, with provincial rates, and calls for industry cooperation, breeding advances, and swine clubs to raise bacon hog quality in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Agricultural College
Silo Construction Methods Compared Across Regions
The Scott Saskatchewan Experimental Station study outlines four silo types cement stave pit trench with costs and dimensions. Cement offers permanence but high initial cost while stave silos are quick to erect with durability. Pit silos cost 427 dollars at Scott with 13% feet diameter and 20 feet depth. Trench silos require little expense beyond labor but demand thorough packing to exclude air.
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M. J. Tinline
Scott, Saskatchewan
Dominion Experimental Farm System
Scott
Royalties on Canadian coal lands reported for 1920 21
Interior Department collects royalties from coal mined in Saskatchewan and Alberta for the year ended March 31 1921 Saskatchewan 2703 Alberta 199545 total 456388 from coal lands in Alberta Saskatchewan the railway belt in British Columbia and the territories including purchase price rental and application fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Interior
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Territories
Astronomers Fix Garden Spider Threads for Star Measurement
Astronomers in telescopes fix garden spider threads to provide fine lines in the field of view enabling precise measurement of stellar positions and movements.
Doctor Recommends Climate Change as Barometer Falls
A weathered exchange indicates a physician advising a change of climate and a responsive joke about the barometer falling. The dialogue reflects personal health talk tied to atmospheric conditions.
Mystery Roads Lift Motoring Speeds By Rich Oxygen Air
Tit-Bits reports that mysterious road speeds are caused by excess oxygen from lush vegetation along the New Road in Chingford. Experts note slope and rough surface but say engines gain momentum as cars pass through oxygen rich air.
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Home Counties
Chingford
Control of the Wheat Stem Sawfly Pamphlet Advised by Dominion Expert
Dominion entomologist Norman Criddle explains the western wheat stem sawfly and its control in pamphlet No. 6. He outlines five main methods including deep ploughing, cutting rye grass to destroy larvae, extending control with brome grass with caution, sowing a temporary wheat strip to lure eggs, and planting immune crops. Cooperation and timely ploughing mid July are stressed. pamphlet available free from Ottawa Publications Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Norman Criddle
Treesbank
Manitoba
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Lucerne invites Canada to open permanent Swiss exhibit
The Swiss city of Lucerne reportedly invites Canada to establish a permanent display of Canadian goods, offering a fully equipped exhibition building. Canada’s exports to Switzerland last year were valued at 8.5 million dollars.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Canada
Canadians Ship Sugar to Belgium Compete With Local Beet
Canadian refiners landed about 225 tons of sugar at Antwerp to enter Belgium markets, challenging the homegrown sugar beet supply. The shipment reportedly compares satisfactorily to the beet sugar.
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Belgium
Antwerp
Man with Canary Voice Could Reach 800 Miles
A remark says if a man's voice carried power like a canary’s, his words might travel 800 miles. The line uses a vivid hyperbole to emphasize exceptional vocal reach.
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Mary
Prince Monace
Dead Prince
Joseph Cummings Chase
B.C
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