Prince of Wales to visit Vancouver and Victoria
World happenings brief notes that the Prince of Wales will visit Vancouver and Victoria after August 1. Edmonton census shows 67 083 residents an increase of 1929. Canadian National telegraph workers seek wage gains and working-rule changes. Colonel Ko Rex Rennee plans a 24 hour Paris flight. Homestead entries in western provinces total 2261 for five months. 25 000 peonies sent to England for free distribution aboard the Hiner Albertic.
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Canadian National Telegraph Emnpiosses
International Union
New York Herald Tribune
Ko Rex Rennee
Lafayette Escadrille
Paris
Australia
Prince of Wales
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Ramsay MacDonald
Labor
United Kingdom
Charles Dunning
Hudson Bay
Dunning
Frederick Painter
England
Liverpool
London
To Colonize Palestine Plans Fund Drive in Canada
Delegates at the 21st Canadian Zionists convention in Winnipeg unanimously approved colonizing Palestine and restoring native land to Jews. M Ussiskin and leaders outlined the need, with a million dollar land fund and over 300600 subscribed in Winnipeg. Mr A J Fretnan of Ottawa opened the drive with a 50000 subscription, supported by Mrs Fretnan.
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Palestine
Winnipeg
M. Ussishkin
World National Fund For Restoring
A. J. Fretman
Ottawa
Canadian Council
Haddasah
Women's Organization
The Day of the Farmer Has Not Passed Yet
An editorial muses that Canadians outside manufacturing hubs will seek farming as an eventual option amid industry ups and downs. It notes independence for tillers, jokes about Shelley and paper boats, and ends with a reflection on how birth defines an individual and how to persuade a stubborn person.
Arduous Columbia Range First Ascents Reported Near Jasper
Alfred J. Ostheimer Jr and guide Fuhrer, part of the American scientific party, completed three first ascents in peaks around 11 000 feet and opened a new route on a 12 600 foot peak in a 26 hour push in severe ice and snow. They then reached Columbia ice field in blizzard conditions, climbing Mount Stutfield Mount Kitchener and the Dome within another 36 hours of continuous ascent.
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Great Columbia Range
Alfred J. Ostheimer Jr
Fuhrer
American Scientific Party
Columbia Ice Field
Jasper
Columbia Ice
Ostheimer
Hans Fuhrer
Columbia
Stutfield
Mount Kitchener
Winnipeg pattern for layette saves time and money
The advertisement promotes a baby layette pattern with a long dress, second dress, vertrude skirt, barrow coat, diaper band, shirt with kimono sleeves, and nightrobe all in one size. It notes yardage for each piece and prices the pattern at 20 cents and the fashion book at 10 cents, claiming stylish designs from major style centres.
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Barrow
Pattern Orders and Estate Quip From Winnipeg Union
A Winnipeg item notes pattern orders at 175 McDermot Ave and includes a quoted exchange about an estate. The joke hints that Marie received one of the lawyers amid a legal dispute.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Jed
Marie
Ted
Comets and Halley’s Legacy in Orbit Studies
The article explains comets as fast moving bodies that loop around the sun and return to space. It notes Edmund Halley’s 1682 prediction that the 1759 return proved his major contribution to comet science. Valley’s computations later simplified orbital work, though the fundamental origins and laws governing comets remain unknown.
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Edmund Halley
Halley
Valley
Relief For Ex-Service Men In Ottawa Changes Announced
Ottawa announces broad reforms by the soldiers civil re establishment department led by Dr J H King. The measures aim to aid ex service men including pensions and future security, with Last Post Fund guaranteed federal support for honorable burials of indigent ex soldiers. A justice department committee will review statutes including the pensions act and report on revision possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J H. King
Department
Department of Justice
Wheat Pool Agency Appoints South American Representative
WJ Jackman is named resident representative in Argentina for the three Western Canadian wheat pools. He will move in September with headquarters in Buenos Aires. The posting follows a previous South American scouting trip and aims for a permanent, though experimental, office to foster closer wheat trade ties between the two countries.
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WJ. Jackman
Wil
Buenos
Jackson
South America
London gains air harbor with ready air depot
London Ontario secures an air harbor after chamber of commerce efforts. A suitable airfield site will be fully equipped and marked within a month to serve as a stopping place for all planes seeking London as a transit point.
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London
Ontario
Chamber of Commerce
Canada's Top Mineral Deposits Highlight Vast Riches
Canada hosts major ore districts including Creighton nickel mine, Frood in Ontario, Flin Flon in Manitoba with near 300 million in reserves, Sullivan lead zinc deposit, Ingenika River galena discovery in British Columbia, and Rouya area in Quebec with high copper values.
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Canada
Creighton
Frood
Ontario
Flin-Flon
Manitoba
Sullivan
Ingenika River
British Columbia
Rouya
Quebec
McGill Botanist Named Australia Chief Mycologist
Dr. B T Dickson, professor of botany at McGill University in Montreal, has been appointed by the Commonwealth Government of Australia as chief mycologist of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. The appointment places a Canadian scientist in a leading role within Australia’s research council.
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B.T. Dickson
McGill University
Montreal
Commonwealth
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Australia
Canada Sees Trade With Orient Nearly Double In Four Years
Trade between Canada and Orient nations has risen steadily and nearly doubled over four years, reflecting broader growth in cross continental commerce and Canadian export demand. The trend suggests stronger economic links and expanded market access for Canadian goods.
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Canada
The
Orient
Sunday School Lesson Devotional on Goliath and Faith
The lesson, drawn from 1 Samuel 17 and Psalm 27, portrays the Philistine giant Goliath challenging Israel while the armies tremble. It argues that human might proves useless against God, noting Goliath’s boastful strength but ultimate defeat when faced with divine power.
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Goliath
Elah
Israel
Bethlehem
God
David
J. H. Jowett
Continent Hotel Furnishings Spar Inconsistencies Across Europe
A traveler reports stark contrasts in hotel room furnishings from England to the Continent. He notes missing towels soap and water on the Continent versus plentiful supplies in England, with varying standards in Ireland Germany Spain and Switzerland. He recalls a friend receiving 50 percent off for an inadequately furnished room in a winter stay.
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San
Athens
Irise
London Daily Mail
Wales
North Pole
England
Ireland
Germany
Spain
Scotland
Switzerland
Ugless
Adapting to Local Customs For Pleasant Travel
The article advises travelers to adapt to host country customs to enjoy trips. It notes Americans in France may dislike local breakfasts, but suggests tact and serenity help avoid irritation. The piece emphasizes respecting peppery dishes and embracing foreign practices for a rewarding journey.
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France
Spain
New York Herald- Tribune
When You Look Over Our Wedding Presents
Charles proclaims people do not think alike while his fiancée predicts a shift in his view after reviewing their wedding presents. The exchange hints at differing perspectives within a couple preparing for marriage.
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Charles
Post Office Progress Mirrors Canada's Growth Over Sixty Years
Posters show dramatic gains in letters and parcels from 1867 to 1927, with letters rising from 7 million to 575 million and parcels from 16 thousand to 45 million. Domestic delivery times dropped from five weeks to five days as post offices expanded from six to 3,400 routes. The piece lists key milestones including post office savings banks 1868, postcards 1871, free delivery 1874, C O D 1923, and war tax removal 1926.
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Dominion
Post Office
Great Britain
Confederation
Montreal
Victoria
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
C.O.D
Postal Department
Americas
The Price of Bureaucracy and Government Expenditure
A critique from Thrift Magazine cited by James A. Emery warns that government payrolls grow, absorbing production and services from New Year to March. He claims one in eleven wage earners receives government pay, equating annual spending to the 1925 crop value of six and a half million farms and eleven dollars per minute since Christ was born.
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James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Emery
United States
Christ
Thrift Magazine
Oldest Canada Inhabitant Margaret Thickfoot Dies at 112
Margaret Thickfoot of Salteaux extraction, widow of Chief Thickfoot, dies at 112 at Jackhead Indian Reserve near Lake Winnipeg. She was believed to be Canada’s oldest inhabitant and retained full faculties until recently. The late chief aided Salteaux Christianization in his clan before his death years ago.
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Canada
Margaret Thickfoot
Salteaux
Jackhead
Lake Winnipeg
Thickfoot
Trout Fry Release in Alberta Rivers
About 185000 brown trout fry have been released into the North and South Raven rivers Prairie Alford and Musket creeks tributaries of the Red Deer and Saskatchewan rivers southwest of Edmonton Alberta.
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Raven
Prairie
Red Deer
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Alberta
Marriage Lottery Quip Sparks Social Spectacle Note
An old humor snippet shows a husband boasting marriage is a lottery and a wife questioning the idea. The piece also notes a Chinese custom of removing spectacles when greeting a social superior, as a sign of reverence.
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Vancouver
Shelley
Layette
M. B. Murphy
Canadian National Railways
Hornpayne, Ont
Wheat Pool Agency For
Wii
Aires
Maurice Huntingdon Whitely
Stanley Baldwin
Canadian Pacific
David and Goliath
Continental Hotels
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