World Happenings Briefly Told In 1927 Canada News
Summary covers 1927 British Columbia salmon catch totals and shortfall versus 1926, Prince of Wales choosing a fast two seaters plane for engagements, 15 RAF pilots killed this year, CN Radio to broadcast coast to coast next fall, death of William Burns founder of BC schools, Lindbergh reporting 200000 miles flown, plan for night flying via a St Lawrence airway, Captain Malcolm McPhee opening two ports earning silk hats, skeletons found at Old Fort Erie from War of 1812 siege, and shell fragments marking battlefield burials.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Wiliam Burns
Toronto
British Columbia
John Robson
Charles A. Lindbergh
Aeronautics
Commerce Department
Dominion
Civil Aviation
Department of National Defence
The
St. Lawrence
Malcolm McPhee
Sault
Old Fort Erie
Ont
Canadian Co operatives Wool Growers mark decade of activity
The Canadian Co operative Wool Growers Ltd of Toronto reports over 36 million pounds of wool handled in ten years. The 1927 clip involved 16 local associations and included 3,636,315 pounds of wool and 11,929 pounds of pelts. Alberta provided 41 percent and Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan combined 19 percent. Also handled sacks twine stockmen supplies and woollens. Total sidelings sales 77 673 dollars.
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Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Ltd
Toronto
Canada
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Alberta
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Evolution of country newspapers shines in modern era
The article notes how small town weeklies gain modern tools, including own stereotyping outfits and boiler plate features, enabling editors to craft local, attractive pages. It praises libraries of services from syndicates and the growing role of university trained journalists in boosting rural press.
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C.O.D
Bert Mills
Country Weekly Today
Franklin Simms
Fox
Toronto banker opposes service fees on small savings
A. D. Watts predicts Canadian banks will charge a service fee on small savings accounts, citing U S practice. C L Hodgkins, Royal Bank of Canada Brantford manager, disagrees, arguing banks serve public thrift, keep small depositors, and that fees would hinder saving goals across Canada. He says profits rise with thrift and larger balances.
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United States
Financial Post
A. D. Watts
Toronto
New York
C. L Hodgkins
Royal Bank of Canada
Brantford
Brantford Board of Trade
Watts
Science Discovering Secrets Of Leprosy
Dr E L Walker of the University of California reports tentative findings from Hawaii suggesting leprosy is caused by a bacterium related to actinomyces and not contagious. The bacteria would enter through foot wounds, with transmission not requiring contact with leprosy patients.
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University of California
E. L. Walker
University Medical School
Berkeley
Honolulu
Molekai
Walker
Hawaii
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
A fragment list mentions Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave and a stray quote about drowning blind pups. The text shifts to navigation aids to be placed along Hudson Straits this summer as a preliminary step toward opening a route from Fort Churchill.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Hudson Straits
Unis
Fort Churchill
Winnipeg Seen As Site For Major Paper Bags Plant
A leading U S paper bag maker for the cement industry may locate in Winnipeg. Officials have visited the city and conferred with the Industrial Development Board on suitability and approval seems likely.
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United States
Winnipeg
Industrial Development Board
Saskatoon aims to boost cattle industry through purebred sire areas
Municipalities across Saskatchewan move to eliminate grade sires and create purebred sire zones under provincial act. Officials estimate that if all cattle were sired by purebred bulls, provincewide cattle value could rise by about 15.6 million dollars.
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Saskatchewan
Flu left Mrs. Demone with a weak heart in Nova Scotia
Mrs. Beulah Demone of Pleasant River Nova Scotia says after suffering with the flu years ago she was left with a very weak heart unable to perform housework. She describes dirty spells and insomnia from noise and notes that various medicines failed until a friend advised a remedy.
Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's
A Sunday school lesson discusses the Pharisees and Herodians testing Jesus with the question of paying tribute to Caesar. Jesus answers that there is a duty to both civil authority and God, noting the coin bears Caesar's image and that people should render to Caesar the things that belong to him.
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Herod
Jesus
Galileans
Lyman Abbott
Pilate
Caesar
God
Rome
Australia
Irish Free State relies on imports despite pastoral agriculture
About 55 percent of the population works in agricultural occupations while only 13 percent of land is cultivated, with 74 percent of agricultural workers being farmers and families. The state imports most food, averaging 522,783 tons of wheat and flour annually, while producing about 30,000 tons of wheat at home. A 1480 four volume Bible by Adolph Rusch joined Princeton University Library’s rare books. Lightning risk is five times higher in the country than the city and twenty times higher at sea than on land.
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Irish Free State
Ireland
Iree
Adolph Rusch
Strasbourg
Princeton University Library
Langley Criticizes Canadian Medical Immigration Debate
Hon. George Langley former Saskatchewan agriculture minister tells Ottawa immigration inquiry Canadian medical inspection at British ports causes blockade and anti immigrant sentiment in Britain. He advocates joint use of roster and Canadian doctors and criticizes the 8000 family settlement scheme while predicting strong farming prospects in Canada.
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Canada
Dominion
George Langley
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Great Britain
Mr. Langley
British Isles
Old Country
Langley
Lon
Robert Forke
How Much Water Should Baby Get A Famous Authority Rule
Baby specialists say during the first six months babies need three ounces of fluid per pound daily, rising to two ounces per pound later. For breastfed babies weigh before and after feedings to compute needs. bottle fed can be calculated, then water added as needed. If feverish or unsettled, give water, or Fletcher's Castoria for various infant ailments.
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Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
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Mars
Prince of Wales
Royal Air Force
House of Commons
Co-Operative Wool Marketing
Yliniment
Adies
National Manufacturing CO
Montreal
Small Town Papers
Frank Parker Stockbridge
Epecial
Curtis
Association
Brookings Register
South Dakota
Graphic
Newton
Massachusetts
News
Montevideo
Minnesota
Willard Bleyer
Wisconsin University School
Indiana State
Nebraska
Cook Courier
Johnson County
Barteria
Christies
Governor General
Wicomster
Shedandara
Canoe Mibura Co. Limited
Britain
Ruth Brittain
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