National Consciousness and Canada’s SelfGovernment
An essay praising Canada's growing national sentiment and its role within the Empire. It highlights the sixtieth anniversary of Confederation, pioneer resilience, and the constructive unity across races and regions. The piece argues that strong national consciousness strengthens the Empire and counters domestic divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Uis
Old
Canada
Confederation
Australia
United Kingdom
Poor man must solve empire paradox at home
A London Advertiser excerpt notes a poor man who boasted of marrying within an empire where the sun never sets and living in a place where the sun never rises. It argues that Great Britain must address these paradoxes internally, no outside aid needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
London
Tobacco Curing Tips From Experimental Farms Guide
The guide emphasizes curing quality as key to tobacco value. It covers handling, bruising avoidance, barn spacing, airflow, and browning control. It advises for dry weather to heat barns and for wet periods to manage ventilation to prevent over drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Division
Experimental Farms
Publications
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Continuous Wheat Growing Risks and Yields in Rotations Study
The report compares continuous wheat on two Experimental Farms in Saskatchewan and Alberta for fifteen years without manure or rotations. Yields averaged 14.8 and 13.1 bushels per acre respectively, proving poorer long term results with recurrent weeds and labor peaks in spring and fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Saskatchewan
Lethbridge
Alberta
Interview Promises French Cook From Irish Advert
A desperate woman answers an Irish newspaper ad and invites a candidate for an interview. The applicant claims to understand foreign cooking and lists dishes like French beans German sausages Brussels sprouts Jerusalem artichokes Spanish onions and Dutch cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marm
Shel letter mocked by pupils and light travel definition
A strict schoolmaster Bird is insulted by pupils who write hail to thee blithe spirit Bird thou never wert. He scopes the room while twenty hands rise and the class answers Shelley. Then a separate note explains that light years measure the time for light to travel from a star to us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bird
Alaska earns new life for aviation in reindeer industry
Alaska bands air power to the reindeer meat trade as Arctic Prospector planes haul meat from a native village to distant camps. Pilot Crawford also carries first meat sale for Shungnak Co operative with help from the U S Bureau of Education. The Koyukuk Indians meet the plane, ending historic tensions as meat moves weekly to mining districts 150 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Arctic Prospecting and Development Company
Fairbanks
Arctic Prospector
United States Bureau of Education
Shungnak Eskimos
Shangpak
Koyukuk
Alberta Poultry Plant Delivers Over Ten Thousand Chicks
The Provincial Government Poultry Plant at Oliver Alta reports spring shipments exceed demand with applicants referred to other breeders. Breeds include White Leghorns Barred Rocks and White Wyandottes. More than three thousand chicks being reared on the farm this spring and turkeys begin this year due to growing economic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Alta
Manitoba Stock For North Dakota Bulls Shortage Drives Purchase
Martin Apland of the Greater North Dakota Association bought sixty shorthorns in Manitoba for redistribution across North Dakota due to a bulls shortage in the northwestern United States. The page also includes a dialog where Uncle Ezra and Uncle Walt joke about the college and a college widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Martin Apland
Greater North Dakota Association
Manitoba
North Dakota
Ezra
Uncle Walt
Bulbs Foresaw Fire Big Threat to Forests
Gardening notes urge leaving foliage on flowering bulbs and careful lifting after several years. The piece also argues forests face greater danger from fire than from pulpwood harvesting, noting Ontario and Quebec practices promote sustainable management to prevent fires.
Generals Use Cars and Trucks to Move in China War Zones
George C. Magatagan of Frazer Federal in Tientsin notes Chinese generals travel from home to front by motor car and troops use trucks. He reports 26 bus lines operate up to 350 miles, road building to begin after soldiers are discharged, taxes mostly fund military needs, and truck sales surpass passenger cars amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Magatagan
Frazer Federal, Inc
Tientsin
Magatagan
Detroit
China
Prince of Wales to take salute at Menin Gate trip
Major James Harter said the Prince of Wales will salute at the Menin Gate on August 8 during a four day pilgrimage to Ypres and battlefields. The British Legion organizes the 10 000 ex service men and women visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Menin Gate
James Harter
Harter
Ypres
British Legion
Pioneer Jean of Allan Line A Brigantine Era Ship
The brig Jean was the Allan Line’s pioneer vessel later part of Canadian Pacific. Built in Irvine and launched in spring, she sailed from Greenock to Quebec in 1819 under Alexander Allen, then as a brigantine with a 169 ton capacity. Her early voyage highlights the era’s small fleet scale and evolving rigging.
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Jean
Allan Line
Canadian Pacific
Glasgow
Canada
Alexander Allen
Greenock
Quebec
Jume Lith
Allan
Irvine
Duchess of Bedford
Pioneer
Children as Mirrors of Society Revealing Adults Talks
A Chicago University of Chicago study surveys sixth graders to gauge social concerns. Bootlegging tops their familiar issues, followed by divorce and alimony, with thousands of pupils from varied backgrounds showing consistent results across cities. The findings suggest children echo what elders discuss most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
W. H. Burton
Department of Education
University of Chicago
Salem
Oregon
Illinois
Commendation for the Press at Ontario Medical Association Meet
At Kingston the Ontario Medical Association praised newspapers for spreading medical information. Dr Weston Krupp of Woodstock said the profession has passed the age of silence and lauded medical news in papers. Dr Thomas Cullen of Johns Hopkins called the press the greatest agency for improving life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario Medical Association
Kingston
Weston Krupp
Woodstock
Thomas Cullen
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Canadian Timber Breakdown by Softwood and Hardwood Stocks
The report estimates total Canadian timber at 242,127,600,000 cubic feet with softwood at 415,034,000,000 feet board measure and 876,568,000 cords of pulpwood and fuelwood. Hardwood totals 29,846,000,000 feet board measure and 412,502,000 cords, or 47,458,000,000 cubic feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Amazing treasure hunt unlocks Canadian north with 200 prospectors
The expedition led by Jack Hammell mobilizes 200 prospectors geologists and engineers across the pre-Cambrian shield using monoplanes and river transports. Hammell vows to crack open Manitoba Ontario and Quebec scientifically mile by mile and acre by acre within five years.
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Yukon
Ungava
Man
Jack Hammell
Hammell
Flin Flon
Howey, Harker and
Green-Stabel
Acre
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
North Country
Smallest Ontario government cheque mailed in three cents
The Ontario Government issued a three cent cheque to London Ontario to balance a railway tax dispute. The city owed 4267.10 to the province and the province owed 2267.13 for local hospital patient costs, yielding a net small settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
London
City of
Ontario Hospital
Canadian Professor F D Herelle Joins Yale Medical School
Dr F D Herelle, a renowned Canadian bacteriologist long based in Paris, has become professor of bacteriology at Yale Medical School. He has made important contributions across multiple fields of pure and applied bacteriology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Herelle
Paris
Yale Medical School
Car Delivery Confusion Sparks Question About Capacity
Dorothy the garageman says the second hand car you ordered has no comfortable passenger space. William asks how many people it carries, and Dorothy replies none confirming no seating.
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Dorothy
William
Turn Your Face Away From the Glass
A brief line noting Pele Mele in Paris with the phrase “Turn your face away from the glass.”
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Paris
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Ernest
Pele Mele
Ee Shing W. N. U
Uncle Ezra
Vancouver Island
Timber
Blenheim Palace
Duke of Marlborough
England
Northwest
Yale
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