Canada’s health filter for immigration guards national bloodline
The article argues immigration is a health issue for Canada and that only mentally and physically sound applicants should enter. It notes rigorous pre departure medicals, coast to coast enforcement, and a 25-doctor European inspection staff ensuring certificates are issued only to fit entrants.
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Canada
Civil Service Commission of Canada
Federal Department of Health
Europe
British Isles
Canadians Return Home In Large Numbers From U S
Canadians who sought the United States green pastures are returning to Canada in large numbers. The exodus from New England totals 41,874 from sixteen cities, with 2,000 planned to leave Manchester, New Hampshire in May. Canada welcomes its own native sons and daughters.
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United States
Canada
New England
Dominion
Manchester
N.H
First Mounties Pioneer Thomas Labelle Dies at 83
Thomas Labelle a member of the first detachment of the Royal North West Mounted Police, who travelled west in 1873 on horseback as Constable Thomas Labelle, died recently in Edmonton at age 83. He joined the force in Toronto when organized.
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Royal North West Mounted Police
Prairie
Thomas Labelle
Western Canada
Edmonton
Mr. Labelle
Toronto
Harrow Inn in Edinburgh to be preserved as historic attraction
The Harrow Inn, a famed Edinburgh establishment, will be preserved as a historic attraction. Authorities announced the plan to protect its architectural heritage and promote it as a cultural site for visitors.
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Harrow Inn
Edinburgh
Scotland
Gases From Air Liquified Under Pressure Common in Industry
The article explains how gases vital to commerce are produced by liquefying air under high pressure. It notes the process yields industrial gases used across sectors and underscores the role of compression in gas separation and storage.
Mineral Deficiency in Alberta Pig Feed Hinders Growth
University of Alberta livestock researchers report low ash content in western grains and scarce dairy by products leave about half of Alberta pigs without skim milk or buttermilk. Experiments show simple mineral mixes can cut market readiness time and feed costs, while protein from pasture may not offset mineral gaps after weaning.
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Livestock Department
University of Alberta
University
Alberta
Budapest restaurant keeper's dinner bargain ends in court
In 1920 a Budapest restaurant keeper bought a house from Andras Csepi and promised daily dinners for life. After two years they argued, he withheld meals, and Csepi sued to annul the sale. The court ruled for Csepi, ordering the keeper to pay for meals missed since 1922 and to continue providing dinners.
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Budapest
Andras Csepi
Csepi
Six Signers of Declaration Were Physicians
Six of the immortal signers of the Declaration of Independence were physicians, highlighting the medical training and professional diversity among the founding leaders.
Convicts at Portsmouth Penitentiary Study for Higher Education
A Kingston despatch notes twenty four inmates at Portsmouth penitentiary will try middle and upper school examinations with nineteen in the first category and five in the latter. One inmate has passed all high school subjects signaling effective reform by prison authorities.
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Eof Canads
Kingston
Portsmouth Penitentiary
Ontario and Western Provinces share horse trade figures
An official statement shows Ontario bought over 25 000 horses from Western Canada and Eastern provinces in 1928, while 20 000 Western Canadian horses were sold to Eastern provinces in the first six months of 1929.
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Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Cut Cost of Sections on Canadian Pacific Sleeping Cars
The Canadian Pacific Railway announces after May 1 the upper berth in a sleeping car section can be used by a traveller holding the lower berth for the price of the lower berth plus half the upper berth. Previously passengers had to buy a full section to access an overhead berth. The reduced price covers extra space and bedding, but upper berths sold at this rate cannot be used for sleeping and sections won be sold if both berths are occupied.
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Ontario
Lloyd George
Canada
United States
Uncle Sam
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway
Iceland Plans Celebrations for 1000th Parliament Birthday
Iceland, small in size but large in exports, readies a summer festival for the Althing’s thousandth birthday with King Christian of Denmark as chief figure. Visitors from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and others will stay aboard ships as Reykjavik hosts a high profile royal delegation. Iceland’s wealth comes from fishing and sheep meat, with exports around 13.5 million dollars annually.
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Iceland
Christian
Denmark
Reykjavik
Alexandrine
Frederick Prince
Knud
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Netherlands
Althing
Thingvillir
Nacdod
Gardar Svavarsson
Ingolf Arnarson
Einar Jonason
Movement for Wider Distribution of Pilgrim's Progress
In 1928 the Bunyan centenary spurred a global effort to broaden Pilgrim's Progress reach. A fund is planned with half permanent endowment and half for further translations to widen access in libraries and private collections. The promoters urge all fans of the Bedford tinker to join the cause and extend the book's influence.
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John Bunyan
Bedford
Timekeeper's Duty Aids Windsor Clock Change
The guardian of King George’s clocks at Windsor Castle adjusted 360 time-pieces to the daylight saving shift. Even the earliest lever watch found there and the Curfew Tower clock from 1690 were included in the changes.
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Windsor Castle
England
Castle
German porcelain industry employs sixty thousand workers
Norway exported 46 500 tons of fish in a recent month as trade data show.
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Norway
France Builds Global Air Network for Peace and War
France plans a vast aerial system linking colonies across the Mediterranean Atlantic and Pacific with domestic hubs. France aims to train a large reserve of wartime pilots and maintain mail and passenger routes to Britain Poland Africa South America Indo China Madagas car. An expanding grid includes new airfields wireless weather posts and faster long hauls to connect international lines with a domestic service.
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France
Globe
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Pacific
Seven Seas
Great Britain
Poland
Europe
Africa
South America
Bagdad
Indo-China
Madagascar
Emmanuel Chaumie
Air Ministry
Churchill Gains Police Magistrate in Frontier to Seaport Shift
The government appoints Ernest James Schofield as police magistrate for Churchill, signaling slow growth from a frontier encampment to a harbor town. Schofield, a railway official rather than a lawyer, is deemed capable to oversee justice amid rail terminal and harbor construction crews. Settle ment at Churchill is not yet permitted, but a magistrate is deemed necessary for current inhabitants.
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Churchill
Ernest James Schofield
Schofield
Highest point in Alberta Mount Columbia crest 12294 feet
The three sheet map of Alberta from the Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior, identifies Mount Columbia’s western boundary crest as the province's highest point at 12 294 feet above sea level. It notes Slave River bed at Fort Smith as a probable lowest point, though its exact elevation remains unconfirmed.
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Alberta
Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior
Mount Columbia
Slave River
Forth Smith
Clay tablet tells fall of Nineveh unearthed after 2600 years
An ancient clay tablet recounting Nineveh's fall has been excavated after about 2,600 years. The report notes celestial activity with two to five solar eclipses annually. Turkey projects favorable crops for the coming year.
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Nineveh
Landlord requires tenant to leave room as found
A tenant cites a demand by their landlady to vacate a room while keeping it in the original condition. The note appears in a quotation attributed to Pages Gates of Yverdon, reflecting a lodging dispute centering on tenancy duties and return of space.
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Gates
Yverdon
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