Canada to Lead United States in Wheat Production Claim
A Senate debate on the Lawrence waterway project and wheat trends argues Canada could surpass the United States as a wheat exporter. Senator Calder cites acreage, production growth, and land values, contrasting Canadian expansion with U.S. output gains and predicting shifts in global wheat power while noting Hoover’s remark on a future U.S. role as a wheat importer.
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Teagaint Calder
New York
Senate
Lawrence Waterway
Ile Trinee
Sac
Herbert Hoover
United
Femalor
United States
Canada
Canaan
Calder
Staiieles
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Poultry Performance Records Improve Across Regions
The Poultry Time division reports growth in egg laying records and entries for 1921 versus 1919-20. British Columbia leads in qualified birds and advanced certificates, with Ontario and Quebec following. Breeds favored include Leghorn Wyandotte Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Red across provinces.
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Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Wrandottes
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Rhode Island
New Boundary Line Defined by Wireless Time Signals
Western Australia and South Australia along with the Northern Territory have refined the historic 20th meridian boundary using field wireless time signals from Lyons and Annapolis. The exact border points on the 129th meridian were computed within about thirty yards accuracy, with concrete end blocks similarly precise. Also noted are updated population figures for Glasgow and Edinburgh and a roundup of national public holidays across several countries.
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East Longtitude
Western Australia
South Australia
Northern Territory
Lyons
France
Annapolis
United States
Boundary Line
Population Rise in Newfoundland and Labrador Census
Newfoundland and Labrador population stands at 262,9358 per the latest census, up from 242,619 in 1911. Island growth masks Labrador decline, with denominations led by Roman Catholic and Church of England, plus Methodist and Salvation Army totals. An extinct dragon fly once held the record as the largest insect with a two foot wingspan.
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Newfoundland
Labrador
Church of England
Salvation Army
Roman Catholica
Mystery of the Lightning Bug Lights Solved
Radio operator Tramilton Stalley of the Mackhawk fleet explains lightning bugs emit faint radio waves. These insects carry small audion bulbs and long antennae that act as aerials for the flashes seen during storms and breeding displays.
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Tramilton Stalley
North Sea
Lalley Gald
Balley
New York Found in Switzerland A Little Alpine Hamlet Near Lucerne
A Swiss peasant sent a telegram to his wife in New York and paid with a franc. The clerk questioned the destination and, after long search through an ancient volume, confirmed that New York exists in Switzerland as a small Alpine hamlet near Lucerne with about 60 inhabitants.
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New York
Switzerland
Lucerne
Etymological Bigotry On the New Boss Opinion
A stenographer recalls a remark about a new boss being bigoted for insisting words be spelled his way. A transcript notes the term. A barrier installed at both ends of the Lincoln Highway at the Hackensack and Passaic rivers in Jersey City blocks speeding cars without failing to either vehicle or barrier.
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Heston Transcript
Hackensack
Passaic Rivers
Jersey City
Underwater flame salvage device shown in testing
A powerful flame cuts steel plates underwater and may aid salvage work. Inventor M. Fugene Royer will demonstrate at Siebe laboratory for the British Admiralty and armament firms. A sheet plate three quarters of an inch thick was cut through at twenty inches per minute. an eight inch steel section could be processed in six minutes. Naval attaches in Britain will observe.
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Provinces
Ontario
Admiralty
Siebe German Laboratory
Medals Awarded to Monteagie Crew for Rescue Service
The British Board of Trade received eight silver medals and two bronze medals with diplomas awarded by President Millerand of France to Monteagie’s captain and crew from Vancouver for saving the Hsin Tien crew after the wreck on April 8, 1921. The medals and diplomas will be forwarded.
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British Board of Trade
Millerand
France
Monteagie
Vancouver
B.C
Japan's Largest Bathhouse Opens in North Yokohama
Japan's largest bathhouse recently opened in North Yokohama. The white brick building houses dressing rooms, bathing compartments, a barber shop, a lunch room, and a reading room. Bath costs half a cent, hair cut a cent and a half, two shaves five cents. Tea and reading room access are free.
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Japan
Yokohama
Immigration from Europe Surges in Canada 1920 21 figures
Canada’s 1920 21 immigration shows a sharp Europe to Canada rise with 224 per cent more entrants from continental Europe than 1919 20. British Isles stays modest, U S influx steady. Detailed by sex occupation and destination including Manitoba Ontario Quebec Nova Scotia and Alberta.
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Canada
British Isles
United States
Europe
Tat
6Ox
Wasag
Ocean
Ocean Ports
Nova Scotia
New P Brunswick
Prince Edward Istarnd
Ocean Porta
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Savkatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Scots Guards Band to Tour Canada in Support of Veterans
A historic British regiment, the Scots Guards, famed for its role in British wars, will tour Canada this summer under the Great War Veterans Association. Led by Lieut F W Wood, the century-old band seeks to raise awareness of veterans' work and feature Canada's public concerts. Dr Charles Harris directs the British Empire music undertakings for the tour.
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Charles
Margulis of Argyle
Ireland
Britain
Scots Guards
Hull
Halifax
Kipling
Wolfe
Quebec
England
Louis X
Argyle
Scots Guard
Canada
F. W. Wood
British Empire
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Utes
M. Fugene Royer
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Mennon Distets
New York City
Amazon River
A. W. Nell
Comox Alberni
Tabrador
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