Right Class Of Immigrants Sees Immigration as Opportunity
The Toronto Mail and Empire argues that orderly immigration strengthens Canada, urging welcome for industrious newcomers from the British Isles and Europe. It contends immigrants become producers and buyers, boosting output and the home market, and calls for native-born Canadians to increase.
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Atlantic
Canada
Land of Opportunity
United States
British Isles
Europe
Toronto Mail and Empire
British Capital Wanted Canada Urges Fair Treatment Within Empire
The Ottawa Journal notes that Canada welcomes American capital or any other, but favors Canadians keeping control of Canadian enterprises within the British family. It argues for unity on Empire preference and a strategy to retain national control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Source Of Gold In Canada From Ontario Quartz Mines
The chief source of Canada's gold is the gold bearing quartz deposits in the Porcupine and Kirkland Lake districts of Ontario, accounting for more than 85 percent of production.
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Canada
Porcupine
Kirkland Lake
Ontario
Call Of The Land Moves Man To Return Home
Cyrus G. Shaver, born on a Pembina Valley farm, left Canada in 1922 for Detroit where he prospered, bought a home, and settled. He recently visited Winnipeg's Land Settlement offices and secured a 320 acre farm near Dugald, with plans to bring his family back to Ontario style life in the province.
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Mr. Shaver
Pembina
Manitoba
Canada
Detroit
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Dugald
Spring Fashion Pattern for Silk Crepe Skirt Suit
Printed silk crepe pattern for a slim lined skirt suit with a smart neckline and fever collar. Available in multiple bust sizes from 36 to 42 inches, uses 3 yards of 40 inch fabric and 1 yard of 36 inch contrast. pattern price 25 cents with optional Spring Fashion Magazine for 10 cents extra.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order instruction appears in a Winnipeg paper citation referencing Union at 175 McDermot Ave. The item notes to see Pattern No. various details likely linked to a classifieds or mail order column.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Making History in a Time of Rapid Change
A reflection on how current progress, especially in applied science, is driving unprecedented global transformation. The author argues that the present era, led by the most forward looking among the British Empire, reshapes living standards, work, and thought at extraordinary speed for tomorrow and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felowmen
British Empire
Malta Daily Chronicle
Young Italian Engineer Sees More Opportunity in America
Franco Gatta of Milan, staying at the Hotel Pennsylvania, says the young in America have greater chances. He notes Italian education takes longer, with forty seen as still young and men waiting years for advancement.
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Franco Gatta
Pennsylvania
New York
Milan
America
Italy
Submerged Jamestown City Visited by Photographers
Submerged Jamestown, former capital of Nev is, is photographed by underwater artists. The island remains lie near shore beneath sea level. Jamestown was struck by an earthquake on April 30, 1680, and slid into the sea with its wealth and 14,000 residents.
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Jamestown
Nevis
West Indies
Preachers and Listeners Scarce Over Time
Quotation notes the persistent scarcity of good preachers and listeners, arguing that both groups have always been limited and will remain so, reflecting a New Outlook view on spiritual leadership and reception.
Canada Increases Wheat Four Exports to Northern Europe
A report to the Department of Trade and Commerce by M. B. Palmer notes Canada raises wheat flour sales to Germany Austria and the Baltic states and Scandinavia despite tariff barriers. In 1928 shipments to these regions reached 2 624 012 barrels valued at 15 683 597 dollars up from 2 132 980 barrels and 13 972 653 dollars in 1927. Germany alone imported substantial grain and related goods totaling near 27 million dollars.
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Canada
Europe
Department of Trade and Commerce
M. B. Palmer
Hamburg
Germany
Austria
Baltic States
Scandinavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Denmark
Geese Boom at Vaseaux Lake Bird Sanctuary
Rapid rise in Canada geese within Vaseaux Lake Sanctuary British Columbia since 1923. Nest counts moved from three nests in 1919 to thirty five on one island in 1928 and fifty five nests overall in later years. Last summer over four hundred geese were observed at once.
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Vaseaux Lake
British Columbia
Canadian Returns Lead U S Migration Figures
Year ending March 1929 shows Canada receiving 64 353 travelers with 33 793 returning Canadians. Departures to the United States have declined over the past three to four years, reversing prior migration expectations.
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United States
Canada
U.S.A
Miss Pasmarte and Junebride Banter on Late Model Husband
In a witty exchange, Miss Pasmarte comments on a model husband while Mrs Junebride teases that his schedule is the very latest, from 12 to 2 a.m. every night. The lighthearted dialogue plays on the idea of an always available spouse.
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Miss Pasmarte
Junebride
Ninth hole at Jasper Park Lodge hosts amateur championship
The ninth hole at the Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course in Alberta is set for the Royal Canadian Golf Association amateur championship August 19 to 24. The elevated No 1 tee and fast raised green with deep traps promise a tough test, nicknamed Cleopatra for its potential to ruin reputations. Western Canada Amateur will also run at Jasper to add strong competition.
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Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Royal Canadian Golf Association
Canada
Jasper
Dominion
Canadian Rail Link Heralded as Epic of Construction
The May Natural Resources Canada article lauds the Hudson Bay Railway linking The Pas to Churchill as a monumental feat. It details the steel arrival on March 29 and the race against frost, muskeg terrain, and weather, with August expected spike ceremony and 1936 grain shipments planned from the port facilities.
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Hudson Bay
Dominion
Natural Resources, Canada
Deosninion Department of the Interior
Churchill
Bay Terminal
Natural Resources
Hudson Bay Railway
Manitoba
Pas
Flin-Flon
George P. Graham
Snow Survey Links May Snow Depth to River Runoff
The Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service with USGS conducts an annual snow survey on the St. Mary River headwaters in Montana. Findings show a direct link between early May snow depth and total runoff over the next three months, aiding irrigation efficiency for Montana and southern Alberta projects.
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Dominion Water Power and Reclamation Service
Department of the Interior
United States Geological Survey
St. Mary River
Montana
Alberta
Woman Brickmaker Leads England’s Hand Brick Craft
Mrs. Bennie Gibbs of Crossways Farm Ingham is the sole English woman practicing hand brickmaking. After her father’s death she took over an old brickyard, perfected the craft, and impressed local builders and architects with her handmade bricks.
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England
Bennie Gibbs
Crossways Farm
Ingham
One Grand Refrain Bachelor Friend Dialogue
A humorous exchange about married life. New Benedict says it is a grand sweet refrain, as his wife urges him to refrain from smoking cards staying out late and nearly every activity he once enjoyed.
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New Benedict
Bachelor
Dominion Radio Commission report due by end of August
Sir John Aird, chairman, returns to Toronto from a five week western Canada tour and says the Dominion Radio Commission report will be complete by August.
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Dominion Radio Commission
John Aird
Toronto
Canada
New Theory Links Moon to Earth Crust Latitudinal Variations
Harvard scientist Dr. Harlan T. Stetson proposes the moon not only drives ocean tides but also flexes the Earth's crust. The theory explains observed latitude variations measured from the Equator.
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Harlan T. Stetson
Harvard
Earth
Bridge Demand Sparks Fare Talk in Stockholm Interlude
In a courtly vignette from Stockholm, Cornelia asks Horatius to join a fourth at bridge. A passing lady negotiates fare with a clerk, settling on seven shillings for travel to Sloshton.
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Cornelia
Horatius
Sloshton
Sondagsnixse-Strig
Stockholm
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Brummer
Berlin
Call of the Land
Cyrus G. Shaver
Sol
Tsinox
Amy
B.C
Nowber
Edie
Quebec
Provincial Departments of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Radio Commission Report
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