Co operation urged to boost Western farming industry
The Regina Leader notes Western Canada's farming groups push cooperative marketing to secure fair prices and reduce costs. It credits farmers for self reliance, cites postwar price deflation as main hardship, and argues businesslike co operation strengthens producers against market fluctuations. It also contrasts with past political fixes and highlights steel wheel adoption for quiet Pullman cars.
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Hpackatchewaneld
Thir Eit
Regina
Vretem
Industrial Organization of Modern Societ
Western
Canada
Western Canada
Sivelfons
Good Strawberry Crop Prospects Across Provinces
A survey by the fruit branch of the department of agriculture indicates average to above average strawberry crops in heavy producing districts of British Columbia and Ontario. Acreage is up from last year and favorable weather should enable producers to meet consumer demand.
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Fruit
Department of Agriculture
British Columbia
Ontario
Alberta farmers to raise more corn this year
Edmonton and Calgary heads of major implement firms report for every acre sown last year ten are sown this year. Cream separators sales rise and new farm machinery buys by farmers increase, with corn implements and sisters gaining popularity over cultivators in drier areas.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
Aluminum prices fall from ninety to twenty eight cents a pound
The substance aluminum, once produced in Germany at 90 dollars per pound and of little public value, becomes affordable after scientific work by Hall and Hercult. Today it costs about twenty eight cents per pound and is manufactured at Niagara and Shawinigan Falls among other places.
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Cago
Pullman
Germany
Hall and Hercult
Niagara
Shawinigae Falls
U S Exports to Canada Lead March 1923 Trade
U S exports to Canada topped March 1923 trade, the Agriculture Department bulletin shows Canada importing goods valued at 53,664,256 dollars, up from 14,452,960 a year earlier, with Great Britain excluded from the top buyers.
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Great Britain
United States
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Millions in hair nets import from Chefoo sparks industry shift
The United States imported hair nets valued at 3.3 million dollars last year from Chefoo. The piece notes American demand for quality nets has transformed Chefoo’s role in the Far Eastern net industry, with modern girls guiding the needle work.
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United States
Chefoo
The Marketing Problem in Alberta and Canada
The Calgary Albertan discusses the marketing problem facing farmers, noting government focus on production, and citing estimates that farmers earn a small share of consumer prices. It cites U.S. census data on farm families and food dealers, highlighting disorganization and high marketing costs shared with Alberta conditions.
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Alberta
New York Times
United States
Calgary
Perils Of Aviation Strike Eagle Encounters Across Skies
The report recalls aviation hazards from wildlife as pilots faced eagle strikes. An unnamed British plane forced to land near Dardoni on the northwest Indian frontier after hitting a vulture. Earlier anecdotes include Vedrine in the Pyrenees, Cartier above the Alps, and other eagle encounters affecting European and American flights.
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Dardoni
N.W
Vedrine
Pyrenees
Cartier
Alps
R. C. Sanderson
U.S. Marine Corps
Quartico
Virginia
Outbreak Looms for Tent Caterpillar in Prairie Forests
The Dominion Entomologist Arthur Gibson warns of a serious tent caterpillar outbreak in southern prairie provinces. He urges immediate spraying with lead arsenate mixed with soap, and banding trees with tree tangled foot to prevent reinfestation, detailing equipment and application steps.
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Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Arthur Gibson
Gibson
Dominion finances 1922 23 budget figures released
The budget speech shows revenues of 393.619 million dollars for 1922 23 with ordinary expenditures of 331.75 million and capital expenditures of 14.5 million. An apparent surplus of 37.589 million is offset by advances of 98.25 million to the National Railways and Government Merchant Marine.
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Dominion
Federal post offices planned for Arctic regions
The Postal Service will establish regular offices at Fort McPherson Arctic Red River and Fort Good Hope after a Calgary notice. Offices will receive mail twice in summer by river steamboat and twice in winter by dog team.
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Canada
Arctic
Fort McPherson
Arctic Red River
Fort Good Hope
Calgary
World’s Smallest Horse Tiny Dies in Nebraska Stall
Tiny, the world's smallest horse, died after founder in Fremont Neb. Eight years old, 96 pounds, 24 inches high and three feet long from nose to tail. He was not a Shetland but from genuine stock. Owner Otto Schiueter said he was born tiny and grew to travel with carnivals and vaudeville acts.
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Otto Schiueter
Hours To Long First Loafer
Two loafers exchange quips about work hours. The first notes a strike for shorter hours while the second approves and jokes that sixty minutes is too long for an hour. The exchange ends with a tangential tip about keeping honey from granulating.
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Pitt Panther
United States Plans Direct Operation to Keep Flag on Trade Routes
The United States Shipping Board will directly operate enough vessels to maintain the U S flag on all world trade routes. A committee led by Chairman Lasker with Commissioners O Connor and Thompson will map administrative plans.
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United States Shipping Board
United States
Lasker
O'Connor and Thompson
Strong Argument For Expanding Britain's Air Fleet
The article cites Lord Montagu of Beaulieu urging larger air forces with stronger bombs and new warplane types to deter future conflicts. It warns of gas, disease, and poison bombs, gas attacks on cities, and the need for air power to protect Britain, asserting peace comes at the cost of deterrence.
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Lord Montagu
London Times
Britain
London
League of Nations
Saskatchewan Wool Growers report contracts for 21 000 sheep
Saskatchewan Cooperative Wool Growers have received million pounds of wool contracts covering more than 21 000 sheep in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. About 325 contracts were filed by breeders totaling roughly 170 000 pounds of wool, just under the one million pounds forecast for the season. Manager W. W. Thomson noted many large breeders filed late, near shearing time.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Saskatchewan Cooperative Wool Growers
W. W. Thomson
War Medals Distribution Surpasses Fourteen Million Issued
A War Office statement notes over 14,000,000 World War II and related service medals have been issued with about 1,800 miles of ribbon used. Preparations for issuing the General Service medal are advanced while many veterans fail to keep records updated with their correct addresses.
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Christian Science Monitor
Wise Decision About a Sciatic Nerve
A mother explains a husband’s pain from a sciatic nerve to their daughter. The girl, after thinking, vows she will not marry a man with a sciatic nerve when she grows up, showing childlike concern and humor.
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Papa
Poorest City in World Faces Housing Crisis in Vienna
The article reports that Vienna holds the grim title of the poorest city, with at least 46,000 families homeless or unable to rent. Since 1913 no new housing has been built, forcing four or five families to share single rooms in many cases.
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Vienna
Itinerant Preacher Quotation Echoes Trial Comfort
A fragment from Chaparral features a preacher asking what brings greatest comfort in times of trial and a responding figure claiming acquittal as the answer. The line hints at themes of justice and forgiveness in a debated context.
Japanese Shops Adopt Weekly Rest Day In Osaka
A leading Osaka shop has instituted a weekly day of rest ending the seven days a week opening practice once common in Japan. The move aims to give employees more time off aside from New Year and summer obon. In related note, the deepest measured point in the Pacific is 22 089 feet.
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Japan
Osaka
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