Valuable Lands Discovered In North Alberta Survey
An official survey report unveils rich resources in a 80 by 179 mile area north and west of Peace River, Canada. The exploration maps 10 000 square miles of new territory with easier access via rail and steamers, tracing back to Mackenzie’s 1793 reach toward the Pacific.
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Canada
Peace River District
Department of the Interior
Peace River
Rockies
Hudson Hope
Edmonton
Unis
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Pacific
Peace
Finlay
Victoria council adopts daylight saving period change
World happenings brief notes Victoria votes to adopt daylight saving from April 1 to September 1 while leaders update on international affairs. Alberta tourism revenue hits 30 million. Canada sees new bank branches in February across the Dominion including Sask and The Pas mining district.
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Victoria City
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Bank of Nova Scotia
Glaslyn and Sonningdale
Sask
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Toronto
Pas Mining
Fletcher's Castoria Promoted for Babies Health Aid
An advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria as a safe gentle remedy for infant colic upset stomach and sleep. It claims the product is purely vegetable tasteless and free from shock to the system and notes a care book on babies comes with it.
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Sally
Fletcher
Simple daytime frock with front plaits and lace cuffs
The depicted frock features two front side plaits joining the bodice, a one piece back, shoulder tucks, long sleeves or three quarter length with lace cuffs, and a belt buckle. Sizes 34 to 42. Materials listed for View A and B with pattern price 25 cents. Our Fashion Book costs 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
A fragmented snippet describes a colored porter in a hotel asked why rich men give small tips while poor men are liberal. He replies that rich men do not want others to know they are rich and poor men do not want others to know they are poor.
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Wes
Canadian Nationality Would Give Official Recognition To a Canadian Race
The House of Commons debates Dr Bissett of Springfield bill to establish Canadian nationality and a Canadian race. The proposal seeks official standing for nationality in documents and to recognize a white Canadian race by three generations born in Canada. The Manitoba Free Press argues Ottawa should adopt steps to give full effect to the motion.
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House of Commons
Bissett
Springfield
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Manitoba Free Press
Manitoba Yeoman Immigrant Influx Under Bay Scheme Grows
Manitoba authorities request doubling youths from 50 to 100 under the Bay Immigration plan as 175 farmers seek boy labor. The first batch of British youths is expected to arrive this month to assist farming operations.
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Manitoba
Great Britain
Albert Prefontaine
Western Canada Hog Industry Near Half Share in Dominion Production
At the Western Canada Livestock Union annual convention it was predicted Western Canada will soon exceed 50 percent of hog production in Canada. The share of select bacon hogs has risen as grading expanded, with the four western provinces nearly doubling output. Swine numbers climbed from 865,097 in 1920 to 1,976,188 in 1927.
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Western Canada
Dominion
Western Canada Livestock Union
Night Crossing Crash Averted By Witty Driver
A motorist skirts a level crossing as an express train passes. The car crashes into the last coach but the driver survives and quips the hiccups are cured. Separately the BC lands department supports forestry students with summer surveys and graduate placements.
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British Columbia Department of Lands
Ton T. D. Pattullo
BC Sheep Population Up in 1927 Amid Stable Local Demand
British Columbia notes a 28 thousand rise in the province's sheep population in 1927, about 2 percent, while only 40 percent of mutton and lamb consumed is domestically raised, suggesting no overproduction danger. The passage also mentions a duration of concrete shrinking after settlement in air.
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British Columbia
World’s loudest loud speaker reaches Britain from continent
A super loud speaker claimed to be the loudest in the world has arrived in Britain from the continent. Tested on the Lido the device reportedly boomed five miles away driven by a 1500 volt generator with a 22 inch diaphragm. It could amplify speech music gramophone or radio for crowds up to 150000, and listeners described walls rocking and windows swaying as organ records played.
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Britain
Putting Rural Credits Scheme Into Effect
Parliament approved rural credits will start within two months with a 50-50 provincial plan. Nova Scotia Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia show adherence while Saskatchewan pursues its own path. A Dominion act creates a Ottawa based commissioner and provincial loan boards to supervise loans backed by a fifteen million appropriation.
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Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Not Just What She Wanted
A portly country woman visiting London chats with a hospital nurse on a Christmas trip. She admires the nurse’s uniform while the nurse modestly deflects praise. The old woman laments she can kill fowl but fears harming a human.
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London
Stomach and liver relief praised in Ontario ad
Mrs. Caroline Nelson reports weight gain and better health after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and liver trouble. The ad touts the herbal remedy sold by druggists in fluid and tablets, with a 10 cent trial offer from Dr. Pierce's Laboratory in Bridgeburg, Ontario.
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Hamilton
Ont
Dr. Pierce
Caroline Nelson
Steaben St. E
Bridgeburg
Discipleship Demands Sacrifice In Jesus Message
Sunday School lesson highlights Jesus as the Messiah who must suffer and call followers to deny self and take up the cross. Speer commentary notes Christian heroism, self surrender, and the paradox of losing natural life to gain spiritual life.
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Jesus
Christ
Peter
Luther
Paul
Jesus Christ
Robert EF. Speer
Bristol refuses big bid for 17th century document page
The Bristol Corporation rejected a 5000 offer from an American millionaire for a page of a 17th century document found in a lumber-room. The clerical list records 12000 names of servants sent to the West Indies and Virginia between 1658 and 1662, soon to be published in America.
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Bristol Corporation
West Indies
Virginia
America
Alberta Sheep Shipments to Aleutian Islands Start
A shipment of Alberta sheep to the Aleutian Islands is arranged by J. Nolte of Stettler district. The consignment includes 95 sheep and two rams, traveling from Stettler to Seattle before continuing onward, marking the first Alberta sheep shipment to the Aleutians.
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Alberta
Aleutian Islands
Alaskan
J. Nolte
Stettler District
Stettler
Seattle
Aleutians
Alberta sheep first to Aleutians shipped from Stettler
A 97 head shipment of sheep led by farmer J. Nolte from the Stettler District traveled to Seattle en route to the Aleutians. This marks Alberta’s first sheep export to the Aleutians.
Beet acreage to rise in Southern Alberta in 1928
General opinion in Alberta points to a one third expansion of beet acreage, reaching about 2,000 acres versus 1,630 acres in 1927. Signups are already under way as farmers expect larger plantings.
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Alberta
Fur Farming Lands Rent Plan Details
The Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister outlines fur farming leases charging 25 cents an acre for three years and 100 cents an acre thereafter. Rentals based on leased land and water. administration costs borne by the provincial government. Two applications received by the Department.
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Saskatchewan
C. M. Hamilton
Alberta Premier Seeks Quality Coal For Eastbound Shipments
Premier G. H. Ferguson of Toronto comments on the board of railway commissioners rate for Alberta coal moving east. He notes Alberta has plenty of suitable coal but recalls past shipments of poorer quality coal and urges careful examination by the government.
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G. H. Ferguson
Toronto
Board of Railway Commissioners
Alberta
Douglas fir resources in British Columbia surveyed
A BC survey reports a total Douglas fir stand of about 76 billion board feet. Much is near water and rail access, with roughly 80 percent located on Vancouver Island and nearby mainland, though not all is currently commercially accessible.
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British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Mainland
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