Northward Red Cross Outpost Story and Highway Link
A Northern Outpost Hospital tale recalls brave volunteers, a dying pioneer's last wish, and a midnight horse relay to reach a patient. Edmonton and Alberta towns gain a gravel road connection as the Wheat-to-Oranges Highway contracts advance, linking MacLeod-Pincher, Lethbridge to New Dayton.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Alberta
British Columbia
United States Pacific Coast States
Edmonton and Calgary unveil major year construction totals
Edmonton plans exceed 2 000 000 for this year while Calgary projects surpass 5 000 000 led by Dominion Bridge Works Manitoba Rolling Mills and Dominion Wheel and Foundry Company. Precision Machine Works Calgary reports a 150 000 plant expansion as a local notice notes a mourning sale linked to Mrs Jones.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Dominion Bridge Works
Manitoba Rolling Mills
Dominion Wheel and Foundry Company
Precision Machine Works
Advice For Poultry Raisers Warns On Chick Cramp And Leg Weakness
The chick season opens with wet weather risking cramp in young stock. Cramp causes chicks to hobble on a leg joint, unlike leg weakness where birds lie with legs unable to use. Keep brooders dry but not dusty and treat affected birds with carbolated oil on legs, reworming and reapplying oil later to restore movement. Ensure earth access early to prevent leg weakness.
Dogs as Loyal Friends Show Intelligent Work and Faith
The article extols dogs as intelligent helpers and loyal companions. It cites dogs hurrying to aid strangers in trouble guarding children, rescuing people from water, and guiding and protecting the blind and needy in city life.
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Uweing
Bishop's Visitation Talk Sparks Curious Reply
A bishop visiting a parish addresses Sunday School children about the term Visitation. He asks for its meaning and a child responds that it is a plague sent by God, highlighting humorous misinterpretation from the audience.
Substituting Petrol With Shoe Feather Mentioned in Quip
A father quips that a substitute for petrol exists calling it shoe feather. His son Charles dismisses it as unknown and questions how it could work. The exchange shows confusion as the wife asks why any of it matters.
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Charles
Tre
Prima Donna Sees Victoria Stopover at Empress Hotel
On a Pacific Coast tour the Prima Donna paused for days at the Em press Hotel in Victoria to enjoy the balm of the Japanese current.
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Pacific Coast
Empress Hotel
Victoria
Letters Diminished by New Media, Says Holyoke Paper
A Holyoke papermaker argues personal letter writing is fading due to radio, telephone, and telegraph. He notes yearly paper usage dropped from 315 million to 10 million dollars and predicts a loss of the art, though he concedes some thoughts would still be written.
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Holyoke
Mass
Fresh Eggs Labeled With Date for Madam
A mistress asks for twelve eggs with the laying date marked. The maid confirms, noting the grocer wrote the date on each egg immediately.
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Maide
Maid
Long-serving Lewester worker Polly Gadsby vows no retirement
Miss Elizabeth Gadsby known as Polly began as a nine year old at Turner & Co elastic web works Lewester England and has served 82 years. She will reach her 92nd birthday in April and refuses to retire.
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Elizabeth Gadsby
Polly
Turner & Co., Ltd
Lewester
England
British labour scheme opens Canadian farm passage to Britons
The Department of Immigration announced an assisted passage plan for British workers to farm areas in Canada. Young unemployed men will be recruited in the British Isles and lent passage money by Britain after Canadian medical checks. The scheme starts this spring with several thousand likely to be brought, limited to unskilled or non farmer miners who are physically fit and willing to settle permanently. Canada will not bear costs and no return passage is provided at harvest end.
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House of Healing
Hospital Hfe
Famonton
Red Cross
Hice
Hythe
Fruzter de Marrer
Department of Immigration
British Isles
Buckingham Palace Vast Estate With Many Rooms and Staff
Buckingham Palace houses more than 200 rooms including forty bedrooms thirty servant rooms ten private royal apartments nine royal suites and twenty state and luggage rooms. Staff totals about 250 with sixty housemaids a house keeper and four assistants. Car usage includes ten royal cars twenty for households and twelve for baggage and transport.
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Buckingham Palace
Jones and Wife Clash Over Worth and Board Jibes
A quarrel between Jones and his wife ends with a sharp retort about cleanliness and self reliance. A separate remark mocks the new company’s board, saying half are capable of nothing while the rest are capable of anything.
Ponies Of Jasper Have Gentle, Readily Trained Ways
In Jasper National Park Alberta the ponies are described as energetic yet kind and well behaved. Tourists frequently buy the animals. the latest buyer is Miss Marie Creveling of St Louis Missouri who took the saddle pony Sandy to her home after a summer at Jasper Park Lodge.
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T.N.T
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Fred Brewster
Jasper
Marie Creveling
St. Louis
Missouri
Sandy
School Inspection Tale From Britain Inspires Quiet Humor
A surprise school visit in England finds a nun taught class praying when the inspector arrives. The teacher, with calm wit, tells the children to rise and says the prayer has been answered. The piece concludes with reflections on self-critique and everyday judgments.
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Oregon
England
Earldom of Egmont Passes to Hon. Frederick Moore Perceval
The earldom of Egmont with its ancient tithe and wastes succeeds to the Hon. Frederick Joseph Moore Perceval. The status change places him in line for the ancestral title as the next earl.
Northern Flight Pioneers Canadian Arctic Route
The 1928 flight from Peace River to Simpson trading post near Chesterfield Inlet marks rapid northern transport progress. Two planes crossed unmapped terrain, landed at Simpson, then Bear Lake, facing winter conditions and skis. Mishaps occurred, repairs used native glue, and one craft returned to civilization.
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Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Bay
Civilization
Canada
Department of the Interior
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Mistake Bay
Fort Simpson
Mackenzie River
Peace River
Northwest Territories
Simpson
Bear Lake
Getting Into a Groove and the Price of Contentment
The piece contrasts our gifts and laziness with the pull of comfort. It argues contentment with mediocrity hinders noble aims, urging readers to resist settling for less and pursue genuine achievement despite discomfort. It warns that pride in own progress versus neighborly comparison signals true attainment.
Book on the rocking chair explores its origin
A new book on the rocking chair is noted as answering long held questions about the origin of the familiar furniture. The Work is credited to a man and a woman, reflecting ongoing gender discussions around domestic items. Apples were originally brought from the East by the Romans.
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Providence Journal
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Phaers
M. H
Ithle
Nurse
Geraldine Farrar
Ence
Britain
Rnado
Earldom of Egmont
Frederick Joseph
Moore Perceval
Tates
Earl
Frederick Joseph Trevel
Yan Percival
Ada Rancher
Priddis
Alta
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