Gold Boom Town Emerges on Vancouver Island West Coast
Zeballos on Vancouver Island's west coast grows into a mining town with 275 men and six women living in tents and huts along the single street. Three restaurants, two hotels under construction, a beer parlor license, a post office, and a mining recorder’s office serve influx of prospectors since 1935. The steamer Maquinna brings passengers thrice monthly, disembarking to shore by scow and rubber boats. most mining claims line the Zeballos River area with high gold values reported in some samples.
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Zeballos
Pactic Coast
British
Ips
Zballos
Zeballos Arm
Barley varieties suited to dry Prairie Provinces
Barley yields falter in arid regions due to late sowing and unsuitable varieties. Trebi Hannchen and Regal perform best for drought. Regal yields least but minimizes livestock risk. Newer smooth-awned types Rex San Barbs Newal show promise. Early sowing on summer fallow is advised and malt barley is unsuitable.
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Prairie Provinces
Imperial Tobacco workers to share 220000 wage dividend
About 4000 employees at Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada in Ontario and Quebec will receive a 5 percent wage dividend totaling 220000 for 1937. This marks the third year the bonus is paid, with most of the recipients based in Montreal.
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Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada, Ltd
Ontario
Quebec
Am Montreal
Value Of Farm Lands In Canada Holds At $24 An Acre
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics 1937 survey reports average occupied farm land value in Canada at 24 dollars per acre, unchanged since 1934 after a fall from 38 in 1928. Increases were seen in Prince Edward Island Quebec Ontario and Manitoba, offset by declines in Nova Scotia New Brunswick and British Columbia. Saskatchewan and Alberta held steady.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Chinese view claims vast losses to defeat Japan
General Pai Chung-Hsi states China has not been defeated until it loses 100 million men after tallying 500 thousand casualties. The vice commander admits losses of three Chinese per one Japanese, predicting 106 million Chinese could wipe out Japan's male population at that rate.
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China
Pai Chung-Hsi
Japan
Thrashing Applicants Near Downing Street Home
A terse exchange reveals an applicant boasting of beating three rivals in passage No 10 and noting the British Premier’s residence, a 64 room dwelling. The odd claim underscores a stark, satirical glimpse of employment dynamics and political setting.
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Downing Street
Missouri tact defined by making rivals feel at home
A witty note from Missouri captures the year’s sharpest notion of tact as a strategy that makes visiting firms feel welcome in their host environment, contrasting with the wish they were elsewhere and highlighting a sly corporate hospitality.
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Wilds of
Missouri
New Foreign Goods Include Baby Gas Masks and Rubber Boots
Report notes new products manufactured abroad such as gas masks for babies and rubber goloshes for cattle. The items highlight expanding overseas production and potential wartime preparedness.
Unusual Honor: Camp Buchan Named on Prince Edward Island
The Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir consents to a permanent Boy Scout camp in the Maritime Provinces being named Camp Buchan on Prince Edward Island. The site is a gift from the Lieutenant-Governor to the movement.
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Canada
Lord Twedsmuir
Maritime Provinces
Prince Edward Island
Buchan
Cordelia Hosts Steel Apple Monument in Public Square
Cordelia Georgia unveils a replica apple sculpture weighing 5000 pounds and built of steel and concrete. The monument measures 22 feet in circumference and is mounted on an eight foot high base in the town square.
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Cordelia, Ga
No, not a single line from the paper to headline
The remark notes a common human bias where individuals feel superior when convinced they are correct, highlighting arrogance in dispute and self assurance across different groups.
Budgeting The Farm Income
A practical guide for Western farmers details how to prepare a cautious income and expense budget. It advises listing fixed income from crops and products, calculating definite outlays such as taxes, insurance, and repairs, and assessing unavoidable versus avoidable expenses to withstand unexpected costs.
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Black- Smith
Renovation Planned for Chiswick House and Grounds
Chiswick House, once home to King George V as a boy, will undergo extensive repairs after Queen Mary prompted the plan. The Office of Works, Brentford and Chiswick Urban District Council, and public subscriptions funded the house and 66 acres purchased nine years ago for 80 000 pounds. The grounds preserve royal memories with plots named for their original cultivators.
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Chiswick House
George V
Mary
London Daily Sketch
Office of Works
Brentford
Chiswick
Duke of Devonshire
Clarence
Duke of Clarence
George
Louise
Victoria
Maud
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Time Is Vital Element Warns Scotland’s Morrison Speech
In parliament Morrison argues time is vital as conciliation fails. He warns that if conciliation breaks down, a rearmed people could deter or threaten any dictator. The comment appears amid escalating European tensions.
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Willams
Europe
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London
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the Daily Sketch
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Mise Smellie
Joe Yovichin
Regina
King George V
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