League of Nations report on global slavery findings
League of Nations exposes continuing slavery across Africa Asia and the Near East. The report cites Liberia Portugal Africa Mecca pilgrimages and China with evidence of child and female trafficking and legal inaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Africa
Egypt
Somali
Near East
Far East
Mecca
Arabia
Republic of
Liberia
United States Commission of Inquiry
League
Angola
Mozambique
Commission of
The
China
Canterbury
England
International Labor Office
Geneva
Grain Loss in Transit Reported From Crop Year
Government data show that 21 454 bushels were lost in transporting 288 7 cars of grain from the prairies to the head of the lakes during the crop year ended July 31 1925. In response to a question by John Millar M P for Qu Appelle the grain commission said 515 claims were filed about 18 percent of cars hauled, with losses ranging from 40 to 14900 pounds and an average of 2500 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Commission
Prairies
Head of
Lakes
John Millar
M.P
Qu‘Appelle
Alberta Dairy Production in 1925 Report
Alberta dairy output reached 23,002,000 dollars in 1925 per the provincial dairy commissioner. Creamery butter valued at 6,873,600 dollars and factory cheese at 275,400 dollars formed the bulk, with other products totaling 15,350,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Home-Cured Pork and Beef Shown at Saskatoon
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture demonstrated botte cured pork and beef at a provincial agricultural convention. A cured carcase was shown alongside finished products and samples were distributed. Price comparisons favored curing, with savings on bacon and ham making home curing worthwhile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Animal Husbandry Department
Saskatchewan College of Agriculture
Convention of Agricultural Societies
Discovery of mosquito repellent by Rutgers professor
Dr William Rudolphs of Rutgers University announces a four year study yielding a mosquito repellent. The mix uses ordinary insect powder extract with vaseline cold cream or face powders and provides two to three hours of protection when mosquitoes land at five to twenty per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
William Rudolphs
Rutgers University
Rudolphs
Spring on the Prairies United by Western Frontier Feel
In early spring the writer recalls the vast Western prairie landscape stretching unseen beyond farms and towns. The scene evokes a pioneer impulse to roam, with restless energy pulling one toward open roads and farther west.
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New York Evening Post
Meat Consumption Hit Record in 1925 United States
The National Live Stock and Meat Board reports 1925 meat consumption higher than any year since 1907. Pork use declined due to higher prices after a 26 percent drop in hog receipts. veal beef and mutton rose. Average per person rose to 154.3 pounds, four pounds above the previous 18 year average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Livestock and Meat Board
Collision Avoidance When Another Car Crosses Path
Guidance advises turning in the same direction as the other car if a vehicle suddenly enters your lane or a car ahead turns left while you start to pass. Simultaneously slow your vehicle to reduce crash risk and avoid attempting a straight stop.
Prairies Not Yet In Horseless Age Harness Demand Surges
Saskatchewan firms report a boom in harness orders as horses stay common. Regina wholesalers claim 950 dozen horse collars sold this year and eight thousand complete sets expected from regional demand. Eastern factories struggle to fill orders with February shipments delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Mitie
Prairie
Canada
Saskatchewan Egg Pool plans Brandon branch operation
The Saskatchewan Eye and Poultry Pool proposes a Brandon branch to handle only Eastern Saskatchewan eggs and begin operations soon. Ralph Brighty, general manager, notes 16 600 contracts signed with about forty receiving stations and six candling stations across Regina Moose Jaw Assiniboia Swift Current Saskatoon and Humboldt. The exact opening date is not yet announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Saskatchewan Eye and Poultry Pool
Ralph Brighty
Saskatchewan
Regina
Moose Jaw
Assiniboia
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Humboldt
Brighty
Fretting at School Echoes Through Family Tale
A child voices intent to learn fretwork at school and a mother warns she may send him elsewhere. The father’s a worker who frets about Mondays, signaling hardship and a cycle of labor anxiety affecting the family.
Timber Purchase Ties New York and Florida Interests
Americans Bay B C Lumber announces sale of 4 0069 0000 feet of standing amber timber a temperate site and shingle unit on Coal Harbor near the city a mill site on Lulu Island opposite New Westminster and other assets of the old British Timber Corporation A new Great Western Corporation with 1 000 000 capitalization will be formed Howard Cole of New York is president Buckner Shipley of Palm Beach is associated An early project includes a mill on Latu Island Coal Harbor property likely reserved for industrial use Timber includes three billion feet in the Massett Valley Queen Charlotte Island and parcels along Bear Creek in the Kootenays
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New York
Florida
Coal Harbor
Lulu Island
New Westminster
Old British Timber Corporation
Great Western Corporation
Howard Cole
Flumberman of
Buckner Shipley
Latu Island
Massett Valley
Queen Charlotte Island
Sooke
Bear Creek
Kootenay
New Wheat Varieties Extend Canadian Farmland Northward
Bulletin from the Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce notes Marquis and Garnet early maturing wheat push the agricultural line about 60 miles north in the prairie provinces. The Quebec Chronicle estimates a potential new empire of 50,000 square miles adding to Canada west’s harvest, with prairie wealth about 3.5 billion dollars. Manitoba and Saskatchewan show large land surveys but limited cultivation percentages. Alberta’s surveyed lands total 60 million acres with 40 million already disposed.
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Marquis
Prairie Provinces
Canadian
Department of Trade and Commerce
Quebec Chronicle
Manitoba
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Pen Defect Triggers Grammar Question in School
In a classroom during writing time a teacher questions Henry why he is idle. Henry replies he has no pen, prompting the teacher to ask about his grammar and Henry quips that his grammar is dead.
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Henry
Man Proposes Again and Is Accepted
A brief exchange shows a man promising never to ask another woman to marry him and then accepting a proposal. The dialogue highlights a vow of fidelity followed by a renewed commitment, underscoring a dramatic shift in the couple’s plans.
Forage Crop Drive Aims to Boost Western Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway and provincial agriculture departments launch a forage campaign across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. A forage car will tour districts with seed samples and expert lectures plus small seed packages for farms up to five acres. The effort follows the Pouce Coupe Creamery success and notes past hay and fodder crops yields across the prairie provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairie Provinces
Departments of Agriculture
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Prairie
Western wheat pools issue 37 million dollar distribution
The wheat pools in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta mailed about 190000 checks totaling around 37 million dollars to farmers. Coarse grains paid six cents per bushel on oats and barley ten cents on rye twenty five cents on flax. Pools are farmer controlled cooperatives for grain marketing and initial payments occur at delivery with further payments as operations progress.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Western Provinces
Western
Canada
Dutch settlers voyage to Canada from Holland
Settlers from Holland, the first large Hollanders to reach Canada this year, sail from Holland under the Holland Colonization Board of Saskatchewan. The party numbers 200 plus, led by G. H. Hooff, with 117 single men, 20 families and 12 domestics. About 25 men go to Yorkton, 20 to Prince Albert, the rest to Nipawin Valley.
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Holland Colonization Board of Saskatoon
Canada
Holland Colonization Board of
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Holland
G. H. Hooff
Yorkton
Prince Albert
Nipawin Valley
Canadian Bulbs May Find Market
Canadian growers of flowers increasingly believe enterprise and ingenuity should be encouraged. There is satisfaction that the idea gains thought and publicity and that bulbs from this country may find a market in Holland or elsewhere on the American continent in due course.
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Holland
Guelph
Tomb with telephone and lights for Terre Haute broker
The mausoleum housing Martin A. Sheets, a wealthy stockbroker, features a telephone and electric lights so he could converse with the outside world if he awoke.
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Martin A. Sheets
Terre Haute
Ind
Sheets
Alberta Wool Clip Grows To 2.5 Million Pounds
Alberta’s wool clip rose from zero to about 2.5 million pounds over a few years with roughly 290 thousand pounds clipped last season.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan Moves To Halt Rat Invasion Across Prairies
The legislature defines a rat line east of a boundary from the international border through Lampman Broadview Melville and Priestville as infected. Officials say rats, once unknown in the three prairie provinces, have spread from Emerson to Winnipeg and now threaten Saskatchewan with further incursions. The government campaigns to stop the rodent advance.
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Saskatchewan
Lampman
Broadview
Melville
Priestville
Prairie Provinces
Emerson
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Kingston
Rice consumption in Japan tops three hundred thirty five million bushels
Japan's 1925 rice use is estimated by the agriculture and forestry department at 335 million bushels. Domestic production accounts for 285 million bushels while the rest, mainly from Korea, China and Indo-China, is imported. An increase of 6.15 million bushels from the prior year is reported.
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Japan
Agriculture and Forestry Department
Korea
China
Indo-China
Arab Revolt Fears Rise in Palestine Over League Inaction
Chakry Jack, leader of the Arabian party in Palestine, arrived at Gen eva and dispatched a letter to Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general of the League of Nations, warning that the league's failure to send a commission to Palestine could trigger an Arab revolt akin to Syria's.
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Palestine
Chakry Jack
Geneva
Eric Drummond
League of Nations
League
Syria
Barber Themed Quip On Extra Labor Charge
A barber deflects a shaving fee by noting higher costs stretch customers as faces grow longer. A customer asks what extra labor, and the barber cites the burden of rising costs and longer faces.
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Ww. NU
Americans Bay B.C. Lumber
National Council of Education
Montreal
Grace
Department of Education
Pouce Coupe
British Columbia
Pouce Coupe Creamery Association
DawWoon Creek
Peace River
Cutbank
Sunset Prairie
Mors #rea
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