Dominion Grants Boost For Fairs And Exhibitions
The Dominion government announced higher grants to fairs and exhibitions. Class A summer fairs may receive up to 5000 dollars, with minimum prize money and extra funds for boys and girls club work and judges. Winter fairs may also reach 5000 dollars with similar supports.
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Dominion
Dominon
Robert Weir
Quebec
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Society
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Extension Service
What does your handwriting reveal in love and risk
A feature on handwriting analysis discusses reader letters about correspondence club romance and marriage risks. It cites a US case of a man who courted several women through clubs and murdered for money, warning readers about trusting signals in pen pal relationships and a widow seeking judgment on a West Coast suitor.
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United States
Punishment Gaps for Reckless Driving Criticized
Calgary Herald argues that light fines fail to deter reckless driving and calls for longer driving suspensions and vehicle impoundment. The paper says only strict punishments will curb dangerous behavior and protect public safety.
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Calgary Herald
Defence reports Hope airport project costs and scope
Defence Minister Grote Stirling told MPs the Hope airport project in British Columbia has cost 63 626 dollars. The 70 acre site has 26 acres cleared and 64 workers are employed on the construction.
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Defence Department
Hope
British Columbia
Defence
Grote Stirling
Ian MacKenzie
Lib
Vancouver Centre
House of Commons
Poisonous Plants Tale: Blue Nightshade Linked to Tuber Family
An obscure note links blue nightshade to potatoes and other deadly flora, suggesting botanical connections and cautions about plant toxicity in garden cycles. The fragment references 2082 and mentions Australia and Tasmanian flora in passing.
Islanders Eye New Textile Industry From Flax Process
May bring new flax based industry to Prince Edward Island as Franklin Smith sua tokens a Lancashire backed flax processing method. Charlottetown native Smith, a British government consultant, eyes growing flax and scotch ing in PEI for Lancashire markets with Gordon of Sarnia noting six wartime flax mills operated locally. Agriculture department monitors Lancashire trials with Ottawa farm aid to turn linseed straw into fabric.
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Ontario
Franklin E. Smith
Lancashire
England
A. W. Hyndman
Royal Bank of Canada
Charlottetown
States
T. A. Gordon
Gordon and Son
Sarnia
Ont
Belfast
Gordon
Franklin Smith
Prince Edward Island
Ottawa
International Cooperation Aids Crop Pest Battle Across Nations
Lieut.-Col. Ware of York reports that publicity restriction reduced a type of death by own action in a West Riding town by nearly 100 percent and notes religious beliefs influence such acts. The article also highlights fifty years of US Canada entomology cooperation, led by Arthur Gibson, through the International Great Plains Crop Pest Committee and annual Canada US meetings.
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Innes Ware
York
Eng
West Riding
Ware
United States
Canada
American Association of Economic Entomologists
North American
Mexico
Arthur Gibson
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Northwest International Committee
Winnipeg
Canadian Prairies
Thomas Wedders and his record long nose
The 18th century Englishman Thomas Wedders drew attention for a nose reported as the longest in history. His unusual feature became his livelihood as he exhibited it to the public.
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Thomas Wedders
Wedders
First New World universities founded in 1551
The first universities in the Americas were established in 1551, with foundational sites in Lima Peru and Mexico City, marking a landmark in higher education in the New World.
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New World
Lima
Peru
Mexico City
There is a better way to take storytelling pictures
The piece argues for action and meaning in photos over static poses. It urges photographers to capture human interest and moments of activity, using Uncle Louie or a picnic as examples, and stresses planning before shooting to tell a real story.
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Uncle Louie
Bill
Dad
Canadian Flying Clubs report rise in flying time at Montreal meeting
George M. Ross reported at Montreal that the Canadian Flying Clubs Association 22 clubs logged a six percent rise in flying time. Total hours reached 10 581 in 1934 from 9 971 in 1933 with an average cost of 9.40 per hour, down 32 percent since 1930. Attendees included H. H. Richards Fort William WN Layton Winnipeg Dr E A McCusker Regina and Maurice Burbidge Edmonton.
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Montreal
Canadian Flying Clubs’ Association
George M. Ross
Ottawa
Rosa
H. H. Richards
Fort William
WN. H. Layton
Winnipeg
E. A. McCusker
Regina
Maurice Burbidge
Edmonton
Two-in-one Train Rides Single Ireland Rail
An Irish designer creates a two in one locomotive and two car sections built to straddle a single rail. The engine features dual boilers smokestacks and fire boxes joined as twins with passengers arranged to balance weight equally on both sides.
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Ireland
Island Is Horseless on Cape Sable Island
James E. Dexter of Clyde River New Brunswick bought the last horse from Moses Smith of West Head leaving Cape Sable Island entirely horseless. The sale ends a long local era of equine presence on the island.
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Cape Sable Island
James E. Dexter
Clyde River
New Brunswick
Moses Smith
West Head
Islands
Longevity Varied Among Dog Breeds
The article notes large breeds like great danes often reach about nine years, while many small breeds live much longer from 15 to over 20 years. It highlights wide lifespan differences across dog sizes.
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Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Man
France
Canadian Flying Club
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