Lady Astor Appeals to Toronto Women Audience
Lady Astor addressed a large Toronto gathering of women and organizations urging unity beyond party lines on moral issues and Christian fulfillment. Miss Agnes Macphail, the Canadian MP, voiced sympathy, while Astor recalled Cliveden hospital use and spoke of Canada’s strong wartime spirit, urging action for women and children’s reform.
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Lady Astor
House of Commons
Toronto
Mies Agnes Macphail
Miss MacPhail
Astor
Cliveden
Astor's
England
Mewburn
Canada
Chicago
Pershing Receives Law Doctorate at McGill Convocation
General John J. Pershing visits Montreal and is awarded a Doctor of Laws by McGill University. He marches with faculty and students in scarlet gown, flanked by Sir Louis Davies and others. In a Canadian Club address he praises Canadian and American forces in the world war and calls Americans and Canadians broadly united.
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Montreal
University
Faith in Corn Sparks Soviet Propaganda Campaign
American corn grown for famine relief is being sown in the Volga valley as Soviet propagandists hail it as the giant grain. Kokuruzha, the Russian name for corn, is celebrated in verse and pictures urging peasants to plant. Cultivation methods are outlined and fields of maize towering above workers are depicted as drought resistant. The rhythm of the Russian poems resembles an American Indian song.
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Volga Valley
Potential Pulp Mill Rumor Near Crow's Nest
Rumors say a pulp mill may be built in the Crow's Nest district between Cranbrook and Fernie near Elko. Chicago interests are rumored to back the venture but no firm plans or timelines exist yet.
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B.C
Crow's Nest
Cranbrook
Ferni
Elko
Chicago
Prohibition Spread Among Indian States Stirs Debate
Several independent states of India have adopted varying forms of prohibition, prompting debate over social impact, enforcement challenges, and regional differences in policy implementation.
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Independent States of
India
Vimy Ridge Remembered by Canadian Veterans and Historians
Winnipeg Free Press recalls Vimy Ridge as a pivotal site where Canadians stormed the ridge under German fire. It notes shell and mine holes, mud, wreckage, and heavy casualties, yet also the enduring monument and the link between nationhood and sacrifice.
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Vimy Ridge
Vimy Village
Arras
Winnipeg Free Press
Planting a Garden with Proper Soil and Successional Sowing
The text outlines garden prep and soil care, warning against puddling in clay soils when wet and stressing thorough pre sowing tillage. It argues for successional sowing of peas beans beets carrots radish and lettuce at 7 to 10 day intervals through late June. It also discusses seed depth, shallow early planting, and double cropping using quick maturing crops as space markers.
Plenty of berries for BC growers this year
H M Eddie president of the British Columbia Berry Growers Association says despite a smaller berry crop this season due to fewer acres the total yield should match last year. He notes a surplus existed last year but if prairie demand holds, no berries will go to cold storage and supplies will cover prairie and jam markets.
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British Columbia
H. M. Eddie
Berry Growers’ Association
Eddie
Modern Forest Policy and New Brunswick Timber Survey
A United States Department of Forestry official notes New Brunswick leads the continent in forest policy. More than 4,000,000 acres have been surveyed by a specialist forester team. Timber maps show types and watershed features with six inch and larger stands tallied at four percent caliper, per expert assessment.
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New Brunswick
United States Department of Forestry
Farm Laborers From Holland Respond to Saskatchewan Need
Farm laborers from Holland are invited to relieve the labor shortage in Saskatchewan. The plan aims to bring men with some experience in western agriculture to the country to become capable and efficient workers.
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Saskatchewan
Public Works to Inspect Alberta Roads in 900 Mile Tour
The Public Works Department plans road improvements after a 900 mile inspection trip by Hon. Alex Ross and Deputy Minister J. D. Robertson. Focus will be on market roads and upgrading trunk roads with attention to erosion and repairs.
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Alberta
Public Works Department
Alex. Ross
J. D. Robertson
Women over 350000 employed in New York manufacturing
In New York State more than 350 000 women are employed in manufacturing and mechanical industries.
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New York State
Air Supremacy Among Germans Buoys Rotary Speech
Major-General Sir W S Branceker told Manchester Rotary Club Germany leads in aviation and will soon fly across Europe. He warned Britain can only offer limited summer services from London to Paris and a Cairo Baghdad military link. He cited 1920 London flights at 1 030 versus 340 last summer.
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Germany
W. S. Branceker
Air Organization
Manchester
Government Cream Standards Raise Farm Cream Price
The shift to government grading in Alberta ends cream buying and grading stations and introduces a five cent per pound increase for cream paid to farmers. Grading brings certainty, prompting dairies to offer a premium for high grade cream to encourage top quality production.
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Alberta
London Buildings That Saw Shakespeare's Plays
London still contains two buildings that witnessed Shakespeare's plays in his lifetime the Middle Temple and the Hall of Gray's Inn.
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London
Shakespear
Middle Temple
Gray
Ian
Average educated speech relies on a 2000 word vocabulary
The statement notes that everyday conversation and writing typically use no more than about 2000 distinct words. It discusses how people choose common terms and avoid rare terms in routine discourse and formal prose.
Ireland Produces Nearly 75.9 Million Bushels of Potatoes Yearly
Ireland reports annual potato production around 75.9 million bushels, reflecting crop output and agricultural scale. This figure highlights the importance of potatoes to the national farming sector and food supply.
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Ireland
Ancient System of Calculating and Its Two Traditions
The article traces two early counting systems, one based on tens and the other on solar time. It notes Jews and Arabs used ten based arithmetic, while some ancient cultures measured by the sun’s movement, creating twelve as a counting unit and a 360 day year. It observes language preservation of twelve in English.
Seed Testing Service Free for Nine Months at Dominion Labs
Seed testing will be free for nine months each year at Dominion Laboratories with a limit of ten samples per applicant. Farmers may test by planting seeds at home or submit samples to government labs in Ottawa Winnipeg Calgary during May to January. a 50 cent fee applies February to April due to peak staff workload. Additional seed inspection offices exist at Truro Quebec and Toronto.
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Dominion Laboratories
R. W. Motherwell
Dominion
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Calgary
Truro
N.S
Quebec
Toronto
Manitoba Ex-Parliamentary Member Eyes Horse Sale to Russia
Albert Champagne, former Dominion Parliament member for Battleford, plans a Manitoba tour to inspect Western horses for a Russia deal. Minister G. H. Malcolm says Champagne may buy for a British syndicate, potentially purchasing 10 000 to 20 000 animals for shipment to Russia.
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Manitoba
Russia
Albert Champagne
Battleford
G. H. Malcolm
Champagne
United States
West
Leprosy cases shrink in Canada with two lazarettos
Canadian leprosy care has dwindled to two lazarettos at Tracadie New Brunswick and D Arcy Island British Columbia. Tracadie lists fourteen cases while D Arcy Island has eight. In 1897 Tracadie housed thirty two patients and in 1910 twenty two.
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Canada
Tracadie
N.B
D'Arcy Island
Patchwork Sacks Echo Wartime Great War Remnant
A Bruges cafe uses patched flour sacks as tablecloths with a print reading Qlit from Canada 1914, recalling World War I dust and supply shortages. The scene links to the era through the rough, improvised material and a wartime footnote.
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Bruges
Belgium
Qlit
Canada
Illicit Drug Traffic Under Canada Health Plan Rise Noted
Health minister Hon Dr Beland told the Commons that drug traffic and use rise in Canada. The government seeks 115 565 for Food and Drugs Act enforcement, up from 85 000 last year, with seven new officials added. Prosecutions occur across provinces except Prince Edward Island. Authorities court over 23 doctors, 11 druggists, 4 vets, 163 dealers, 634 Chinese, no Japanese. deportation of convicted aliens discussed. Canada may urge international action to curb illicit exports, especially from China and Germany.
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Canada
H. .S. Beland
Commons
Beland
H. H. Stevens
Vancouver
British Columbia
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
Federal Department
Stevens
China
Germany
Increase in Cow Testing Across Canadian Provinces in 1921
Dominion Dairy Commissioner reports 1921 saw the largest increase in cow testing across Ontario Quebec and Manitoba with 767 herds 9373 cows and 39557 tests in Ontario 3499 herds and 2225 cows and 127162 tests in Quebec. Total Dominion figures exclude Saskatchewan show 6194 herds 47895 cows and 194747 tests. The program aims to boost milk and fat production by culling unprofitable cows improving feeding and maintaining sire quality through centralized supervision and farmer supplied equipment.
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Dominion Dairy Commissioner
Dominion Department
Ontario
Quebec
Manitoba
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
High Cost of Leak in Grain Transport Reported
W. C. Kennedy, Minister of Railways, told Parliament that grain leakage between shipment points and the head of the lakes during the past railway year cost $193,339.48. The 1921 operating expenses for grain doors totaled $394,467 with $55,843.26 spent on repairs.
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W. C. Kennedy
Local shoppers urged to buy from home merchants
Residents are urged to support Abe community by making purchases from local home merchants, a move described as boosting local prosperity and keeping wealth within the area.
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Abe
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Holland
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Brancker
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