Restoration Efforts For Prairie Drought Areas Described
Dr E Archibald outlines Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board efforts in Canada’s Prairie Provinces. Rehabilitating drought affected lands, building community pastures, irrigation schemes, dugouts, water projects, and soil drift control aims to sustain wheat and other outputs valued at billions.
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Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Board
E . Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms Service
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Archibald
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Dominion
House of Commons
Departments of Agriculture and Lands
Banting Tackles Drowning Death Toll With Resuscitation Search
Sir Frederick Banting and colleagues pursue improved resuscitation methods to curb Canada's annual drownings. They seek exact data on time underwater and post CPR attempts from doctors and witnesses, noting reports of successful artificial respiration after long submersion and electrical shock cases.
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Frederick Banting
Sir Frederick Banting
Canada
Dr Banting
The
Health League of Canada
Toronto
White Collar Workers Missing From Union Meeting
A Seattle union leader laments the absence of white collar workers at a gathering, noting only two individuals in that class amid attendees wearing blue green tan gray and other colors, suggesting outreach is needed.
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Seattle
Re-Vamp of Old Laws in Quebec City Sparks Archive Update
Quebec City reorganizes its archives bureau to modernize civic regulations while preserving a 1844 street work ban. Other aging bylaws still in force include penalties for hoisting coal to upper windows and harsh rules on cursing. The long standing master servant code governs domestic relations and moral oversight.
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Quebec City
Henry Pizotte
Recorder’s Court
Empire cereal production highlights and rye trade
The Imperial Economic Committee notes rice dominates British Empire cereals with wheat close behind. Maize output is minor, rye area is negligible except Canada, and Empire rye exports are limited to Canada while imports largely go to the United Kingdom.
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British Empire
Imperial Economic Committee
Canada
United Kingdom
Token Of Friendship From Cuba To Roosevelt
A 100 word Cuban friendship message is inscribed on a three inch strand of white human hair. Vincente Garcia Maldonado, Cuba’s noted miniature writer, spent 75 hours with a special pen and filtered ink to craft the words. The text is readable only under a microscope.
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Frederico Laredo Bru
Roosevelt
Vincente Garcia Maldonado
Cuba
Illustration Stations Drive Progressive Agriculture Across Canada
Canada hosts 183 illustration stations and 47 district sub stations under the Experimental Farms Service. BC to PEI regions host varying counts. stations educate on farm organization, field days, and practical crops while offering pure seed, stock, and revenue from livestock, dairy, and cash crops to support farms.
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Canada
Experimental Farms Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Illustration
Large Ontario brood noted in Peterborough county
In Otonabee township Peterborough county Ontario Mr and Mrs James Crough have 17 children and the mother explains a strict house routine with alternating baking and wash days. Tunbridge Wells England sells its war tank relic for scrap iron.
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James Crough
Otonabee Township
Peterborough County
Ont
Tunbridge Wells
England
Controversy Over Eire Status and Future World Visions
The piece weighs constitutional questions about Eire's identity whether a country or a new state and if it is a republic or a kingdom. It then shifts to a future-science discussion by Dr. Frank Lathe on abundant resources and advanced living: cloth from synthetic fibers, food grown in water, and solar or wind power, with estimates of vast mineral supplies and substitutes for exhausted resources.
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Eire
Douglas Hyde
United Kingdom
de Valera
George
Dublin
Switzerland
Belgium
Frank E. Lathe
National Research Council of Canada
American Association For the Advancement of Science
United States
Australia
New World
Italy
Japan
America
Dr. Lathe
Alberta
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cabot Endowment Fund
Old Frontiersman Joe McKenzie Found Dead in Yale Cabin
Joe McKenzie a 79 year old teleg rapher and trainman from the Fraser Valley area died in his Yale British Columbia cabin on the river bank after nearly 50 years residence. Alan Sullivan Canadian novelist who sought local color for his book The Track of Destiny visited and collected data from McKenzie during a prior stay.
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Joe McKenzie
Andrew Onderonk
Fraser Valley
Canadian Pacific Railway
Yale
B.C
Alan Sullivan
Sullivan
McKenzie
Fireman Responds To Call To Close Open Office Window
Fireman Charles Coleman of North Sydney Nova Scotia on duty when asked by telephone to send a ladder and close an office window left ajar. He complied readily though the request was not his own work action.
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Charles Coleman
North Sydney
N.S
Pattern 6184 Quilt Pattern From Winnipeg Union
A vintage notice invites crafters to obtain Pattern 6184, titled a beginner friendly quilt, by mailing 20 cents in coin stamps to the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. It promises an easy lattice made from scraps and suitable for both novices and skilled quilters.
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Agra
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ve
A Matter Of Choice In Hong Kong Roof-Top Prices
In Hong Kong Cantonese restaurants charge higher prices on higher floors. The food remains the same but the upper floor, especially the roof garden, offers prettier waitresses and better service with genuine ivory chopsticks. The higher price is presented as an indulgent incentive to dine higher up.
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Hong Kong
Calf with Missing Limbs Draws Offer in Belleville
In Belleville Ontario a Holstein calf born without one hip and one leg moves easily despite its disabilities. A show company has made an offer for the animal.
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Belleville
Ont
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