Canadian Doll Maker Sells To World Markets
A Toronto firm founded in 1921 by two brothers now operates a 10000 square foot warehouse and employs unique in house design. The company makes five doll types and fulfills growing demand in South Africa Cape Town Auckland and Sydney with shipments prepared for overseas markets.
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Toronto Brothers
Oae
Queen St. W
Tte
Germany
Toronto
Cape Town
Auckland
Sydney
Negligence Cited in Canadian Rail Crossings Accidents
A yearlong bulletin from the Canadian National Railways details nearly a thousand crossing accidents caused by carelessness. It cites 325 gate damage incidents, 23 ignored signals, 35 incidents of driving under raising or lowering gates, and 11 accidents due to ineffective brakes.
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Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Board
Fishmeal Substitutes Skim Milk in Hog Rations Trial
A sixty four day trial at Agassiz BC compared hog rations using fishmeal versus skim milk with the same base feed. Results showed similar gain rates. skim milk appeared cheaper per hundred pounds of pork than fishmeal, influencing dairy by products as hog supplements.
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Agassiz
British Columbia
Fea
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Hors
The Music Of the Bagpipes A Toronto View
The Toronto Gaelic Society defends bagpipe music as a national art while acknowledging critics who call it noise. The piece, from the Toronto Globe, notes instinctual love for Gaelic piping and contrasts pipers with non enthusiasts, urging tolerance of differing tastes.
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Toronto Gaelic Society
Toronto Globe
Making Things New and the Work of the Heart
A reflective aphorism by George Matheson contrasts making things new with making new things. It asserts renewal comes from the heart without altering existing form, renewing the world and delight in nature.
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George Matheson
Sky Is the Limit for Air Rights in Property Law
The article notes a property owner may sell or lease air rights above land and that while legally permissible some lawyers compare air space to navigable water and argue it cannot be interfered with.
It Is Getting the Kite On a String That Makes It Soar
A concise reflection on how control and preparation enable higher achievement, using the metaphor of a kite taking flight when the string is taut. The idea emphasizes steady setup and restraint as catalysts for progress.
New CN Railways Purchasing Agent Appointed in Vancouver
The Canadian National Railways names a new purchasing agent for British Columbia based in Vancouver. The appointee, associated with CN Railways since 1966 after joining Canadian Northern in Winnipeg, succeeds C. C. Labrie who has resigned.
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Canadian National Railways
Vancouver
British Columbia
Taylor
Canadian Northern
Winnipeg
C. C. Labrie
Cherries Ripen at Manitoba Station Breeding Efforts
At Morden Station, part of the federal experimental farms system, breeding and growing hardy cherry varieties from cold climates shows hopeful results. Seedlings from Shubrainka and Vladimir prove hardier than named varieties, with fair fruit quality though some sour. Best trees on their own roots survive winter cold even in light snow years.
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Manitoba
Morden Station
Shubrainka
Vladimir
Poultry Pool Forms Canadian Poultry Pool Limited
The Poultry Pool forms a new organization named Canadian Poultry Pool Limited to act as selling agency for the four western pools. Head office is in Winnipeg with A. W. Landreth as president and superintendent.
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The
Poultry Pool
Canadian Poultry Pool Limited
Winnipeg
A. W. Landreth
Smith's fortune tied to wife ends in elopement
A man placed his entire fortune in his wife's name to shield creditors. He believed he did right, but the wife has eloped with his chief creditor, altering the financial and personal outcomes.
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Smith
Do You Play Golf Question Turns on Truthful Answer
A terse exchange asks if one plays golf and the other replies I was born a liar. The remark frames a sly dismissal or self mocking retort within a brief dialogue snippet.
Protecting Calves From Blackleg Vaccination Guidance
Dr. A E Cameron outlines blackleg as a calf disease in poorly drained regions, affecting six months to two years old. Prevent with Aggressius Filtrates vaccines. submit suspect samples per Bulletin No 117. inoculate young calves before pasture and again in fall in heavily infected areas.
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A E. Cameron
Department of Agriculture
Ottawao
Cameron
Department
Adopting New Method To Fight Tuberculosis
Dr Ken dall Emerson of the National Tuberculosis Association outlines a first phase of a national mobilization to fight tuberculosis. Seventeen American institutions pool research to develop a synthetic fluid and a chemical analysis method to identify germ components and antidotes. A Timothy Bacillus serves as a harmless lab control to guide study of the human tuberculosis germ and related diseases.
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National Tuberculosis Association
Kendall Emerson
Association
Timothy Hay
Timoth
Shared Honors With Foch Observed by British Spectator
A British spectator recalls Marshal Foch's funeral procession with a humble hearse and a small group of mourners. The streets were empty as troops lined both sides and gave full military salutes along the Rue de Rivoli while the hearse passed.
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Marshal Foch
Rue de Rivoli
Hearing Delayed For Western Poultry Duty Appeal
The hearing of the western provinces poultry producers application before the tariff advisory board to raise the duty on imported shell eggs not meeting Canadian specifications will be delayed until September, according to intimations reaching Ottawa.
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Western Provinces
Tariff Advisory Board
A Hard Par Five at Jasper Park Lodge Course
The slope, bunkers, and length of this Jasper Park Lodge hole in Jasper National Park Alberta challenge players as the Canadian and Western Canada Amateur Championships run August 19 to 24. Par for the course is 72 and the best amateur score to date is 74, making this hole relatively easier than others and threatening reputations this summer.
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Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Whaling Season Opens for Summer Work in Northern Waters
North Pacific whaling steamers sail for summer bases at Queen Charlotte Islands to hunt in the open sea. Annual catches run about 300, with oil no longer sole product. Whale bone and carcass yield corsets brushes and fertilizer, while meat and tails command growing demand in the Far East and Europe.
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Queen Charlotte Islands
North Pacific
Far East
Europe
Egg Tariff Corresion on Shell Eggs Contested
Report of a tariff hearing shows western egg producers request no general rise in frozen egg duties. A May 15 summary misstated that the increase applied to all eggs. it should read shell eggs only. The proposed duty would rise from three cents to nine cents.
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Tariff Advisory Board
Three Season Bed Misunderstanding Weekend Exchange
Landiady greets Mr Stipps and a new boarder jokes about a three sea son bed. The boarder quips that he is not used to a three season bed and clarifies it as a misheard springless bed with no spring.
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Landiady
Mr Stipps
Forgotten college lessons echo in a jocular verse
A cryptic line reflects on memory loss and college life with humor about fraternity bonds and the varsity yell. The quote hints at nostalgia and a playful critique of academic persistence. The speaker muses on what he learned, or forgot, amid campus lore.
Does Mixed Farming Pay
Cardston district farmers report strong returns from mixed farming with cream checks hog sales and horse sales. They foresee growth from expanding milk production and a linked boost to hogs poultry and creamery business, despite smaller individual holdings. The outlook is rosier than in years past with steady income and reduced need for external purchases.
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Cardston
Alberta
U.S
Strawberries For Canning In Manitoba Gardens
The Mor den Experimental Station tested canning suitability of strawberry varieties grown by university home economics graduates. Trials over four years showed which types yield bright red fruit for canning, naming Maravel Premier Prince Easy Picker Champion and other top lines.
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Manitoba
Morden Experimental Station
M. W. R. Leslie
Maravel
Premier
Prince
Champion
Dunlap
Dr. Burrill
Glen Mary
Minnehaha
Nokomis
Mastodon
Steavens Late
Rockwood Giant
Cooper
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Leslie
Bicycle popularity rises in Canada in 1928 production high
An official report shows bicycles gaining popularity in Canada with 1928 production at a new high. Sales value rose 52 percent over 1921, with 27 999 bicycles sold by Canadian manufacturers valued at 599 450 dollars.
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Canada
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