King George thanks Canada for joint address on 70th birthday
A King George message to the Canadian Senate and House of Commons expresses warm appreciation for the joint address presented by Prime Minister Bennett at St James's Palace on May 8. He notes war, employment battles, and unity with overseas dominions, urging mutual aid and continued loyalty to the crown.
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King George
Senate
House of Commons
BR. B. Bennett
St. James's Palace
J. L. Bowman
House of Commons of Canada
Canada
Mr. Bennett
British Empire
Divine Providence
Giant 36-Pound Turtle Found Near Sudbury Village
A massive two foot long turtle weighing 36 pounds and capable of bearing a 200 pound man on its back was found near Biezard Valley village close to Sudbury. It is the largest turtle recorded in the district.
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Biezard Valley
Sudbury
Firefly and Grow Worm Declared Deeties in Rhetorical Note
A playful note argues that a firefly is not a fy and a grow worm is not a worm, labeling both as deeties in a whimsical linguistic reclassification. The piece hinges on wordplay and semantic contrast rather than a factual event.
Farming in the Prairie Provinces Four Crop Types
A Dominion publication outlines four main farming types in the Prairie Provinces: wheat growing, mixed farming, dairying, and ranching. Wheat dominates in Alberta Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba, with mixed farming widespread in Alberta and Saskatchewan Manitoba park belt, dairying strongest in eastern Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta, and ranching confined to drought areas of southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta near the border. Wheat first planted 120 years ago by Selkirk settlers in Manitoba.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Park Belt
International Boundary
Foot Hills
Calgary
Grain Policy View Sees Open Market Restored by Normal Times
John S. McFarland of the Canadian Co-Operative Wheat Producers Ltd. told the League of Nations Society in Ottawa that a return to normal is needed before open market trading can resume. He traced wheat price swings from wartime demand to the 1929 crash, blamed surpluses on policy and production, and argued warnings of trouble were ignored as prices hit historic lows.
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Canada
John S. McFarland
Canadian Co-Operative Wheat Producers Limited
Winnipeg
League of Nations Society
Ottawa
McFarland
W. A. MacLeod
Co-Operative
Crookes Diamond Shines In Vacuum Light Lively Portrait
Sir William Crookes owns a diamond that emits light equal to a candle when phosphoresced in a good vacuum. The England poet laureate holds the post for life and remains unshaken by party changes.
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William Crookes
England
Garnet wheat gains traction through seed testing system
Canada expands crop testing stations to grade Garnet separately and improve wheat purity. Dozens of thousands of stations partner with elevator firms, sampling wagon loads, planting nearby fields, and staging field days to show farmers the value of pure seed.
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L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Newman
Dominion Experimental Farms
Northlands
Ontario Ontario Medical Association Calls National Cancer Survey
The Ontario Medical Association and Manitoba Medical Association in Fort William endorse a national cancer survey for Canada with funding to come from King George's Jubilee Cancer Fund. A committee will oversee the survey and advise trustees on fund use as deaths from cancer rise. The convention backs the Croll medical relief plan for indigents, noting nearly 100 Ontario committees to implement it. Under the plan, 25 cents monthly is paid by municipality and provincial government for each indigent on relief, effective March 1.
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Canada
Ontario Medical Association
Fort William
Manitoba Medical Association
King George's Jubilee Cancer Fund
Cancer Fund
Dominion
Croll
Ontario
King George V Sees Hot Air Hay Curing Tale
The Im plement and Machinery Review describes a story that King George V overheard during a Royal Show inspection. A silver medal entry in agricultural engineering demonstrated curing hay with hot and cold air, and the king quipped quietly that there seems to be a lot of hot air about me.
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George V
London
England
Notable Eye Misadventure And Fur Coat Anecdote
A terse anecdote contrasts two wife eye incidents: a grain of sand costing three dollars and a fur coat costing three hundred. The brief exchange highlights a humorous inflation comparison and ends with the year 2102.
Snapshooting Summer Flowers For Amateur Photographers
Summer brings outdoor activities and an open season for photography. John Van Guilder explains simple gear tips from close-up lenses to pan chromatic film, advising to shoot in dawn or dusk light and use a backboard to reduce shadows for vivid flower portraits.
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John van Guilder
Silent Bone Conduction Dental Chair Tested in Detroit
A dental chair using bone conduction headphones transmits music through the skull to mask drill noise. Two plates in the head rest connect to a phonograph in another room, delivering inaudible sound that calms patients, with reports of better relief in children.
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Detroit
Allison Haidle
Childie
Canada Appeals to Britain on Export Quotas
A brief, unclear note suggests Canada seeks favorable treatment from Britain on export policy. The text references import quotas and foreign trade constraints as influencing Canada’s export prospects and market access.
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Grain Trade Review
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada Grain Act
Western Grain
Great Britain
Foreigs
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