British market for Canadian cattle prompts more livestock exports
Col Mullins reports strong demand for Canadian feeders in Britain and urges Ontario and western brands to expand production. He notes British buyers favor Canadian cattle for health and hardiness, recommends shipping feeder stock in the first six months to avoid Irish grain cattle. He spoke with British agriculture officials in London and found St John, NB, an ideal year round port for shipments.
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Ontario
Gdl
J. A
Great Britain
Ireland
Piritieh
Cot. Mullins
Scotland
Col. Mullins
Atlantic
London
Sir Auckland Geddes
Britain
St. John
Moon Maps And The Long History Of Lunar Charting
The article surveys how the moon’s near side has been mapped since 1610 using telescopic charts from Galileo and Fontana, notes Cassini’s 78 objects including eight maria, highlights the 1910 Goodacre group map as a standard, cites nine years of work by Mr Goodacre, and mentions the Paris atlas of 1894 to 1909 with large photographic plates as another resource.
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Galileo
Fontana
Wo. Porthouse
FRAS
Cassini
Paria Observatory
Maria
Seas
Walter Goodecee
Goodacre
Saskatchewan lignite coal tests planned in Europe
A report says Saskatchewan will stage commercial briquetting tests of lignite coal in Germany and Czecho Slovakia. The tests are expected to last six to eight weeks, with results available in time to remodel the Bienfait plant in June if successful.
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Saskatchewan
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Bienfait
Invention of the saw and early mills
The text recalls an ancient Rome tale of a man named Tsius who found a snake's saw bone and used it to cut through weed. He then fashioned an iron instrument akin to the bone, described as the first metal saw. Saw mills emerged in Central Europe in the early fifteenth century.
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Rome
Tsius
Central
Europe
Anatias Club Clerk Receives Unclear Demand for Pay
A garbled excerpt shows the Anatias Club clerk being confronted with a quarrel over pay and an unclear accusation or insult. The text suggests confusion around job performance and compensation, framed by disruptive dialogue.
Saskatchewan Awakens to Economic Potential and Reform
Saskatchewan is described as awake with debates on fiscal policy, resource control, and cooperative marketing. The piece notes a 1924 debt, rising hydro and energy prospects, and a push to diversify farming through year round production, silos, and rural industry while highlighting a provincial convention of grain growers.
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Saskatchewan
Geo. F. Fawards
Canada
United States
Edwards
Montreal
Dominion
Rudyard Kipling
Ontario
English author Miss Carlisle takes up Canadian ranch life
Miss P Carlisle known as David Lyle has her novel The Gift on the Gingerbread accepted and runs a 7000 bushel wheat ranch near Calgary. She cut two thirds of her crop and earned 5500 dollars last year. A London ball appearance and a surge of emigration interest follow. Dr Partridge will join in June to form the P and C ranch with plans to recruit five to six women each year.
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Miss P. Carlisle
David Lyle
Canada
Calgary
London
Miss Carlisle
Ohio
Lord Rodney in Canada Eyes Canada Property Near Fort Saskatchewan
Lord Rodney, staying with the French royal Duke of and Duchess of Vendome and nephew of King Albert, surveys land near Fort Saskatchewan as a potential buy. He led tanks in the Great War and earned distinction as a captain of the Second Dragoons before an injury sent him home. He later married the daughter of Hon. Lancelot Lowther, heir to Lord Lonsdale’s estates.
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Lord Rodney
France
England
Lancelot Lowther
Lord Lonsdale
Alberta Bond Sale Demonstrates Public Finance Strength
Alberta provincial treasury sold 3 740 000 five percent bonds with 25 years to run for refunding. Price at 99 158 attracted six bidders, signaling strong market demand. Interest focused on the date of sale and final settlement details.
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Alberta
Treasury Department
Admiral Phelps Calls Big Navy Shield Against Britain
Willam Woodward Phelps, American rear-admiral, argues a large navy is the sole safeguard for the United States in potential conflict with Britain.
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Willam Woodward Phelps
United States
Britain
Expected Opportunnities Drive Canadians Back Home
Immigrants in the United States report failed U S opportunities and return to Canada to farm. Narratives from P O Warner of Blacklick Ohio describe Alberta crops high yield and better climate, while families from North Dakota Ontario and Manitoba recount successful western Canada settlements and plans to relocate.
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Olheers
Department of Immigration and Colonization
United States
Canada
P. O. Warner
Blacklick
Ohio
Columbus
Alberta
Pan Fisher
Detroit
Michigan
Glengarry County
Ontario
Bruce County
John A. Mitchell
Armstrong Corners
Tiis
Grande Prairie
Alta
John McCarthy
Regina
Eddie Sumerfield
Verdun
Manitoba
Otisville
Summerfield
Boy Builds the Bumble Bee Mini Car in New York
Abe Bodoleky a 17 year old displays his self built car the Bumble Bee in Manhattan claiming it is the smallest automobile in the world. It sits nearly on the ground eight feet long with a motorcycle engine and a foot and a half wide seat. He says it will reach fifty miles an hour and has leather cushions from an old armchair. He also built miniature ractor boats and an aeroplane.
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Abe Bodoleky
New York
Abe
Ontario Canada Agricultural Production Value Rise 1915 1924
Figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show Canada's agricultural production increasing from 1.178 billion dollars in 1915 to 1.453 billion in 1924. Wheat value grew from 156.5 million ten years prior to 320.4 million last year. Dairy product value rose from 66.5 million in 1900 to 234 million in 1924.
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Canada
Goy
Prominion Bureau of Statistics
Alberta Dairy Cows Benefit From New Silos Growth
The annual report of the department of agriculture notes a great improvement in winter feed for dairy cows in Alberta. There are between 2500 and 3900 silos in the province, most erected within the past five years.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Dr Reid Takes Liquid Fire Thrower to Gorilla Study
Dr. W B Reid, noted for gorilla life research, plans to bring a liquid fire thrower into the African jungle as part of his field equipment.
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W. B. Reid
Gorilla Life
Feadick argues Canada US not isolated from world situation
Pr Harry E. Fosdick of New York tells a joint Empire Club Toronto League of Nations Society meeting that the Pacific links make isolation impossible. He claims a new war would be a world war and civilization would be shaken, and that social progress comes from moving human life from violence to cooperation.
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Canada
United States
Pacific
Harry E. Feadick
New York
Empire Club
Toronto
League of Nations Society
League of Nations
Pr. Fosdick
Belgian King Unveils Zeebrugge Memorial
King Albert of Belgium unveiled a 70 ft blue fluted granite memorial at Zeebrugge near the Mole on April 23 and St George's Day marking the 1918 blockade anniversary. Present were British navy officers including Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes and VC holders such as Capt. A F B Carpenter aboard the Vindictive.
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Zeebrugge
Albert
Belgium
Esplanade
Mole
St. George’s
Roger Keyes
V.C
A. F B. Carpenter
Montreal Exposition Seeks National Recognition
The Montreal International Exhibition Committee passes a resolution urging authorities to recognize the fair nationally, aligning it with Toronto’s Exhibition status and seeking official support and steps toward national recognition.
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Montreal International Exhibtion Committee
Toronto
Why are men who say only what they think so hard to find
A contemplative ask about honesty in men who speak plainly. It explores value and rarity of unfiltered speech, suggesting authenticity is scarce and practices of candor meet social pushback.
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