Waste Elimination and Seed Quality Urged in Canada
The Vancouver Province editorially argues Canada wastes resources by poor seed and low grade wheat while promoting scientific farming and seed purity in Alberta. It notes year to year quality varies with weather but emphasizes higher returns from sound seed and weed control, urging full use of patrimony.
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Vancouver
Canada
Alberta
Dominion
Calgary
Calgary Herald
Gratitude Gift From Student To Bronx Teacher
A Bronx school story recalls a mother praising her daughter’s work and behavior. The next day the girl presented a bundle from her mother to the teacher. Inside was a bottle of Scotch, prompting the teacher to react with surprise and discretion.
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Bronx
Baby's Crying Nurse Case and Honeymoon Quip
A new mother from India hires a nurse for her crying baby and recalls the previous nurse was black, directing the current caretaker to stove polish on the kitchen shelf. The judge jokes about a week married man beating his wife, deeming a month in prison as a cure, while the husband counters about spoiling their honeymoon.
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India
Canada Forests Surpass Agriculture in Product Value
In Canada, the forest sector ranks second to agriculture in the value of its products. The statement highlights the economic importance of forestry alongside farming within the national economy.
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Canada
Witness Refuses Oath. Judge Concludes Belief in Jail
In Stockholm Kasper reports a witness questioning an oath due to atheism. The judge responds that belief in God is irrelevant as long as the witness believes in jail, framing the consequence of perjury or contempt.
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Kasper
Stockholm
Ancient Wedding Customs Across Cultures and Traditions
A writer in Answers explains common wedding traditions. The veil signals modesty per Eastern lore, rice blessing means abundance, the left-hand ring finger stems from pagan Rome, shoe tossing recalls parental rights in old customs, and the wedding cake traces to Roman rites. The line about giving away reflects past views of women as chattel.
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Rome
England the Music Maker and British Instruments Rise
Lieutenant-Colonel R H Tatton, organizing director of the Federation of British Musical Industries, proclaims England as a music creator and exporter. He notes British bands and orchestras use English instruments worldwide, British engraving of music plates rising as a British industry, and England exporting gramophones and records to Germany and Italy.
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England
R. H. Tatton
Federation of British Musical Industries
Tatton
Germany
Italy
The Lure Of the Farm Longing for Rest Overwork in Spring
The piece argues city men crave farm life not farm work. In spring the longing to quit all labor grows strongest, seeking a farm residence and a wheat field to look at, not to cultivate. Most dream of rest rather than farming duties.
Catalogue Draws Rural Inquiry on Farm Implements
A farming implements catalogue from a manufacturer reached a remote village where a reader sent a careful but clumsy letter asking for more details. In return the firm sent a typewritten reply and received a brief note stating You need not print your letters to me IT cam read writing.
Motorist Claims Pedestrians Cannot Be Trusted
A motorist argues that pedestrians are inherently deceitful, insisting they are always up to some dodge or other and unreliable in traffic. The remark highlights tension over road safety and pedestrian behavior.
Letter Carrier Advises Route Residents to Take Things as They Come
A letter carrier urges on his route that residents endure daily life with calm acceptance. He emphasizes patience and steady routines during routine deliveries and community interactions.
Weaning Young Pigs and Early Care Practices
Circular No. 61 from the Department of Agriculture Ottawa outlines feeding and handling for suckling and weaned piglets. It advises teaching litter to eat before weaning, using 4 creep pens, sweet skim milk at weaning, then sour milk or buttermilk, and mid dlings with milk. It warns against over feeding and suggests staggered weaning ages for multiple litters, with guidance on health and ideal rations by Dominion Animal Husbandman G. B. Rothwell and assistant W. G. Dunsmore.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandman
W. G. Dunsmore
Department
Shelterbelts Prove Valuable To Prairie Farms
The planting of shelterbelts on Western Canada prairie farms has improved water conservation, boosted crop yields, and protected fruit trees from temperature and wind extremes. Snow drifts formed by the belts store moisture that melts in spring, aiding irrigation after treeless areas dry. The writer notes success is hard to appreciate without experiencing failure.
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Canada
Canada completes virtual road programme by 1927
The annual report of the Commissioner of Highways notes Canada’s road building plan, begun in 1919, completed in 1927 with 7,436 miles of 8,415 built. Federal subsidies covered 46 percent, provinces the rest, totaling $20 million federal funding against a $48.99 million project. Provinces received funds ranging from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia, distributed across eight provinces.
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Canada
Commissioner of Highways
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Pedestrians Week Aims To Teach Vienna Street Use
City police announce a pedestrians week to reform walker behavior in Vienna. Trained officers will patrol main thoroughfares daily detaining pedestrians and demonstrating proper crossing and sidewalk etiquette. The program seeks to curb unsafe habits on streets and crossings.
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Vienna
Sugar Jack feeding system tested by central experimental farm
The Sugar Jack Converter moistens dry forage before pressing or silo placement. A Central Experimental Farm study finds the process adds no nutritive value, yields less milk, costs more feed and labor, and mirrors an old method long replaced by silage. The bulletin is released by Agriculture Ottawa Publications Branch.
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Animal Husbandry Division
Central Experimental Farm
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Blazing the Trail of Cheerful Habit
The passage compares habit to a forest trail and creases in paper. Repeated cheerful thoughts reinforce mental paths, making cheerfulness easier to sustain. It emphasizes deliberate repetition to blaze a mental trail toward happiness.
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R. P. Anderson
Pioneering Transatlantic Fliers Finish Historic Nonstop Hop
The three fliers who first conquered the North Atlantic non stop from Baldonnel Ireland to Greenly Island Quebec are celebrated. An outside assist arrived aboard a Fairchild plane on Sunday April 15 at five pm carrying Lieut C A Duke Schiller Dr Louis Cuisinier and Mechanic Thibault. The photograph shows Captain Herman Koehl Faron Ehrenfeld von Huenefeld and Col James KE Fitzmaurice with the Bremen crew.
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North Atlantic
Baldonnel Aerodrome
Ireland
Greenly Island
Quebec
Fairchild
Greenly
C. A
Duke) Schiller
Louis Cuisinier
Thibault
Herman Koehl
Bremen
Faron Ehrenfeld von Huenefeld
James KE. Fitzmaurice
Irish Free State Air Force
Sheep Club Work in Manitoba Promotes Proper Care
In Oakville District Manitoba a government supported sheep club fosters enthusiasm and knowledge. James Bartlett shares an essay on Sheep and Their Care In Manitoba outlining flock management from seasonally timed ewe purchases to winter housing and diet for healthy lambs. He stresses livestock affinity, close flock familiarity, wind shelter, hay and straw, oats before lambing, and ample water and salt.
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Oakville
Manitoba
James Bartlett
Canada
Bartlett
Care of Cream For Butter Making Emphasized
The Department of Agriculture pamphlet No 87 from Ottawa urges dairy creameries to maintain healthy cows and careful handling of cream. It stresses keeping cream at or below 48 degrees with ice, efficient equipment, accurate testing, and a clean model operation to reassure patrons.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Garter Knights Appointed by King Honoring Earl Athlone
Honored by His Majesty The King the Earl of Athlone Governor General of South Africa and brother of Queen Mary is named a Knight of the Garter. Also named are the Duke of Abercorn and Baron Desborough. The order was founded in 1349.
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Earl of Athlone
South Africa
Queen Mary
Duke of Abercorn
Baron Desborough
Knights of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter
Columbia Icefield Shaped by Rockies Source of Three Oceans
The Columbia icefield in the Canadian Rockies spans about 150 square miles and feeds streams reaching three oceans. A fragmented quote references football and cigarettes, attributed to Dort juarkier, Bertin, with unclear context.
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Columbia
Canadian Rockies
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