Conservation and reforestation in Canada urged by Wyllie
The Toronto Saturday Night essay urges 25 percent land forest cover to protect water supply and soils. It cites E J Zavitz and studies on forests sustaining precipitation, reducing erosion, and tempering droughts, calling for a national conservation and reforestation policy across Ontario, the Maritimes, and the prairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
F. Burnham Wyllie
Ontari
Maritime Provinces
Western Canada
Wylles
United States
Ontario
Mr. Wyllie
E. J. Zavitz
Laurentians
Wyllie
Canada
Prairies
Altitude Records and Market Sale Mentioned in Madrid Dispatch
A Madrid cabby mourns his horse killed by shrapnel from an insurgent shell as food buyers bid up to 625 pesetas for the horse. Meanwhile the Sahara is described as a tableland with high peaks and the U S Weather Bureau reports an altitude record for a radio balloon at Boston with a drop to 59 degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Associated Press
Boston
United States Weather Bureau
Egg decline cripples Canada poultry industry says editor
Fred W. Beeson editor of Canada Poultryman Vancouver warns of steep drop in egg consumption from 356 per person in 1927 to 260 today. He calls for a $100000 national advertising fund to restore demand, noting widespread reliance on egg sales for livelihoods and tax money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Beeson
Canada Poultryman
Vancouver
Canada
Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
James G. Gardiner
Department of Fisheries
Brothers finally collect sixteen year old wages
Joseph and James McBride now living in Ellwood City Pennsylvania waited sixteen years to claim pay for a half day worked at Mullins Manufacturing Corp in Salem Ohio. Secretary treasurer Andrew MacLeod found the 1922 record showing a half day worked on April 5 1922 and sent the owed checks.
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Joseph
James McBride
Ellwood City
Power Point
Columbia County
Mullins Manufacturing Corp
Salem
Ohio
Andrew MacLeod
MacLeod
Western Poet W. Clark Sandercock Dies in Saskatoon
W. Clark Sandercock of Pathlow Saskatchewan, a prominent Western Canadian poet and longtime schoolteacher, died in a Saskatoon hospital. His major work The Dance in the Buffalo Skull appeared in 1935. Born in Londesboro Ontario, he moved west in 1880 with parents to Pilot Mound Manitoba and is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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W. Clark Sandercock
Pathlow
Sask
Saskatoon
Mr. Sandercock
Sandercock
Londesboro
Ontario
Western Canada
Pilot Mound
Manitoba
Hardest thing we ever did was making ten easy payments
A brief note describes a challenging effort to manage ten payments of 2244 units. The text frames the task as a difficult financial milestone and hints at debt or installment planning challenges faced by the subject. No other named entities are provided.
Scotland gearing up for grand Scottish Empire Exhibition opening May 1
Scotland prepares a $50 million display at Glasgow with 80,000 season tickets sold. The 300 foot observation tower will overlook an illuminated loch and offer views of half of Scotland. King George VI will open the exposition, expected to draw 15 to 20 million visitors this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Glasgow
Europe
Globes
Douglas Malcolm
American Travel Service
George VI
Women can boost Canada by buying Canadian made goods
The St. Catharines Standard urges that Canadian women control most Dominion purchases and could spur industry by favoring Canadian goods. Supporters argue housewives buying locally would keep factories running and provide work for husbands and brothers, benefiting national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
St. Catherines
When a girl seeks a pastime she seldom looks in the kitchen
A concise observation noting that girls often seek activities outside the kitchen to pass time, implying social or recreational behavior rather than domestic tasks.
Aspirin Gargle for Sore Throat Relief
A home remedy touts aspirin as a fast relief for cold and sore throat symptoms. Crush three tablets in water, gargle twice with the solution, keeping the head back for local anesthetic effect. Pills are Bayer branded and made in Canada with a cross logo on each tablet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bayer Company, Limited
Windsor
Ontario
Bayer
Lonely applicants seek four lighthouse posts in Melbourne
More than 300 men email Melbourne authorities seeking four vacant lighthouse positions claiming to flee city blues and false civilization. Most list prior work as policemen and clerks rather than seamen. historic branding as punishment is mentioned. Canada and the United Kingdom export apples pears peaches and logan berries, with the UK taking about 60 percent.
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Melbourne
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
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Merch
U.S
Weather _— Bureau
Sahara Desert
National Coast To Coast Network
W. CC. Sandercock
Saskatchewan
Ramsay Company
Bank Street
Ottawa
Para- Sani
Para-Sani
Appleford S ‘Centre
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
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