Tree Planting In Prairie Rural Schools Gains Ground
The Forest Service began tree and hedge distributions to farmers in Western Canada to beautify farmsteads and aid productivity. Over thirty years the program expanded, with Saskatchewan alone reporting 4,200 rural schools and 1,098 receiving trees. Improved school grounds foster community pride and serve as centers for gatherings, as districts pursue ongoing care and cooperation.
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Forest Service
Canada
Prairies
Middle West
Saskatchewan
Indian Head
Sutherland
Noted English Author Said to Beg in Fame
An Esquella Barcelona excerpt cites Sir Walter Scott as rising at four each morning and working long hours. It notes his prolific output of the Waverley novels and repeats a critic’s quip about being “the author of a thousand ways of earning a living” while allegedly begging.
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Sir Walter Scott
Miss Megan Lloyd George Breaks Liberal Club Gate
Miss Megan Lloyd George made political history by attending a Reform Club dinner for Liberal members, a club long exclusive to men where no woman had been admitted as a guest before.
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Megan Lloyd George
The
Liberals
Reform Club
London
Georgette Dress with Stripes and Jabot Design
A decorative Georgette dress features effective stripes and a pointed yoke with waistline. The 36 inch size uses 3% yards of 26 inch material plus 4 yards of 27 inch contrasting fabric. Style No. 825 covers busts 16 to 42 inches. Fabrics suggested include chiffon silk crepe washable crepe de chine and printed dimity. Price 25 cents in stamps or coin.
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Georgette
Delay in Tuberculosis Free Area Expansion in Manitoba
Manitoba delays expansion of a disease free tuberculosis area from Carman north to Lake Manitoba due to a missing formal Ottawa request. Farmers petitioned for the 50 mile wide zone embracing Portage Plains, but the federal process requires provincial ministerial submission. Inspectors shift to central Saskatchewan as Last Mountain district creates a new disease free area.
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Manitoba
Carman
Lake Manitoba
Portage Plains
Ottawa
Federal Department of Agriculture
J. H. Evane
Albert Prefontaine
Saskatchewan
Canadian Wheat Pool Upset US Price Lead in 1920s
USDA figures show eight years before pooling Minneapolis wheat averaged 71 cents higher than Canada. After the 1924 pool began Canadian prices surged, then led US prices by 10 cents in year two. Since 1925 Canadian wheat stayed above US levels, with a 27 cent gap on July 18, 1929 between Winnipeg and Minneapolis quotations.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis
Canada
United States
Winnipeg
Mismatch of chores and errands in office life
Mrs Bee teases about her husband’s long commute with a recurring maid. Mrs Gee notes she often has a new maid with him. A man asks to change a $20 bill and plans to send it in the morning, signaling routine financial requests.
Diner Quarrel Sparks Coat Soup Spill Dispute
A diner complains about soup spilling on his coat while a waiter offers replacements. The scene includes a remark about abundant soup in the kitchen. A separate note mentions that Christianity was first carried into Japan by Xavier in the sixteenth century.
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Japan
Xavier
Prince's Trophy at Banff Springs Golf Course
The Prince of Wales Cup will be awarded to golfers at Banff Springs from September 3 to 6. Competitors come from Canada’s unique golfers’ tour, sponsored by the Canadian Golfer, starting August 12 in Toronto and traveling via Winnipeg Jasper Vancouver Revelstoke Field Lake Louise Banff and Regina to finish in Toronto September 11.
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America
Banff Springs
Rockies
Revelstoke
Field
Lake Louise
Banff
Regina
Winnipeg
Fort William
Toronto
Heavier Flour Production Boosts Dominion Milling
The Dominion milling industry reports stronger flour and cereal output this year with higher wheat and coarse grain purchases. By the end of April the nine month grain year shows 72,521,270 bushels of wheat bought, about 6 million more than last year, while oats grinding stands at 8,838,173 bushels, roughly unchanged.
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Dominion
Lands Sold near Berwyn and Fairview Alberta
Prices averaging twenty dollars per acre were paid for Indian Reserve lands adjoining Berwyn and Fairview Alberta. The Department of Indian Affairs disposed of the lands with a Saskatchewan buyer paying forty dollars per acre for three quarter sections in the Beaver Reserve near Fairview.
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Berwyn
Fairview
Alberta
Department of Indian Affairs
Saskatchewan
Beaver Reserve
Early Vegetables Released From Vernon Shipment
Ten carrots of early vegetables moved out of Vernon British Columbia on July 3 chiefly potatoes beets carrots and cabbages. Royal Anne cherries are going in large quantities to Mission and to the Pacific coast canneries south of the line. The quality of the fruit this year is excellent. When a man marries he thinks he is getting a mate but often the supposed mate turns out to be a captain.
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Vernon
B.C
Royal Anne
Mission
Pacific Coast
Luxury travel reaches peak of achievement in modern era
The article compares past travel conditions with current luxury options across autos, trains, ships, and airplanes. It highlights refined British and French train experiences, luxurious transatlantic liners, and the shift from open platforms to comfortable Pullman style accommodations. It urges appreciation of forebears' hardships.
Royal York Hotel Switchboard Operated by 27 Young Women
The Royal York Hotel in Toronto runs 80 trunk lines with 1,300 telephones across three private exchanges. Twenty seven young ladies in the photograph operate the main switchboard, tested for voice and disposition and selected from hundreds of applicants. Guests can reach hotel offices, Toronto, out-of-town lines, and overseas to Great Britain from their room phones for business or friendship.
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Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Great Britain
Mr Zzyzz Tops New York Phone Book Rankings
The passage notes a newcomer, Mr. Zzyzz, rising to the last position in the New York phone directory, surpassing rivals Zzyn and Zzyz. It questions the value of such notoriety and mentions a man who changed his name to Zzyx to gain the spot.
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Mr. Zzyzz
New York
Zzyzz
Finis
Mr. Zzyn
Mr. Zzyz
Zzyk
Zzyx
Mr. Zzyk
Zzyz
Tallest Douglas fir spar sent to Toronto exhibit
The Canadian Ranger steamship reached Montreal from Vancouver via Panama carrying a 186 foot Douglas fir spar. The 36 inch butt, ten inch top, weighs 25 000 pounds and contains 5 000 feet board measure. Cut by Timberland Lumber Company, it was shipped as a gift to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.
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British Columbia
Canadian National Steamship
Canadian Ranger
Montreal
Vancouver
Panama
Timberland Lumber Company
Toronto
Potash Deposits Found Near Vernon Reported by Company
The Consolidating Mining and Smelting Co of Trail locates large potash deposits south of Vernon British Columbia while searching for fertilizer inputs. Samples reportedly analyze at about 6.30 percent potash, touted as above average for the region.
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Trail
Vernon
B.C
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Paris
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White Star
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