Whaling in Killer Ships Revived in British Columbia
Canadian correspondent reports Western Whaling resuming after a lull as stern wheel ships hunt sperm, finback, blue, humpback and sei whales around Vancouver Island. Harpoons, lines, and powerful motors drive a perilous pursuit from May to November amid storm risk and sea drama.
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British Columbia
Central Press
Anate
C Hase
W. J. Granberg
Vancouver
B.C
Pacific Ocean
Western Whaling Indian Canoe and
Vancouver Island
Quatsino Sound
Gems of Thought on Books as Friends and Teachers
A collection of quotes extolling books as quiet, constant friends and patient teachers. Several authors praise reading for shaping habits and character, urging careful selection and active engagement with texts, with a final nod to the Bible as a universal reference.
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Charles W. Eliot
Paxton Hood
Smile of the Week at a Polar Outpost
A fragment describes a sergeant explaining a long night and day cycle at a remote post. The exchange notes a person staying three days and three nights in a place where nights and days span six months. The text hints at extreme seasonal living.
Handy Hints For Home Repairs And Dyeing
Useful tips on using muffin tins for small screws and hardware storage. Guidance on dyeing faded materials to darker shades including navy blue or black. Instructions to measure garments before dyeing and noting factors that affect dye results such as heat and humidity. Also mentions radiator repainting odor fading after heating starts.
Garden 4 Notes For A Healthy Garden
Garden 4 Notes advises on garden health and pest prevention through spacing, fertilization, weed control, and careful chemical use. It recommends trimming fringes, using weed killers, and having sprayers ready. The piece notes planting windows in Canada and stake use for tall plants to prevent wind damage.
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Canada
New Cement Plant To Use Manitoba And 8.C. Material
Western Cement Limited builds a new plant four miles north of Red Deer Alberta with an estimated cost near 2.5 million dollars. Raw clay is local, limestone from Nordegg quarry, gypsum from Manitoba or British Columbia. The dry process needs water on site and 2 million cubic feet of gas daily from Northwest Utilities. Output expected about 2000 barrels of cement per day.
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Red Deer
Alta
Western Cement, Limited
Nordegg
Manitoba
British Columbia
Northwest Utilities, Ltd
Canadian Finance
More Homes Being Built In Canada in January
Canadian builders completed 6 480 new dwellings in January down from 6 643 a year earlier while under construction totalled 55 125 at month end, up from 52 852. Carry-over remained high in most provinces with completions rising in Quebec Alberta and New Brunswick but falling in Ontario and British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
New Brunswick
Ontario
B.C
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
G R Clark Appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Fisheries
George R. Clark, director of the Pacific and Inland Division, is named Assistant Deputy Minister for Fisheries. He succeeds Dr. A W H Needier, who will focus on station director duties and advisory work. Clark previously guided federal inland and commercial fisheries in British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories and served as a World War II liaison for BC’s fishing industry.
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George R. Clark
Federal Department of Fisheries
R. W. Mayhew
J. Watson
MacNaught
Mr. Clark
A. W. H. Needier
Atlantic Biological Station
St. Andrews
Dr. Needier
Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Pacific and Inland Division
British Columbia
British Columbia Salt Fish Board
Salmon Canners’ Operating Committee
Mobilization Board
Canadian Fishing Company, Limited
Vancouver
Clark
Yukon
Northwest Territories
International Fisheries Commission
Fisheries
Big Industrial Fight Shaping Up In B C
British Columbia faces a clash between fish and power as industrial growth demands more dams. Experts discuss fish ladders and river planning to balance salmon spawning with electricity needs. B C currently ships 14 percent of the world salmon pack, valued around 36 million dollars annually.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Christian Science Monitor
Pacific Northwest
Europe
R. Bell-Irving
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Ontario Flower: White Trillium Declared Provincial Symbol
The white trillium has been designated Ontario's official provincial flower marking its status as a emblem of the province.
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Ontario
Abbott urges US buyers to import more Canadian goods
Canada Finance Minister Abbott told the Bond Club of Chicago that the United States should buy more Canadian products to reduce the U.S. trade deficit. He said Canada would boost exports rather than curb imports and urged American help to reach a better balance.
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Chicago
Abbott
Canada
United States
Bond Club of
Typhoid Treated Effectively With Chloromycetin
doctors report chloromycetin as a satisfactory typhoid treatment after an outbreak in the Magog district. in twelve cases adults may receive two to two and a half grams daily while children receive one to one and a half grams in divided doses. no adverse reactions noted and patients regained appetite and normal temperature within three to ten days.
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G. W. Wood
Scott
J. R. Bogert
J. Alan
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Magog
Selected Recipes Sweet Raisin Bread
Readable steps describe making sweet raisin bread with scalded milk shortening and sugar, yeast, eggs, flour and raisins. Mix dissolve yeast in warm liquid, add eggs, knead, rise, fold in raisins, bake at 425 F then 375 F for an hour.
Rhubarb Pie Recipe Classic Instructions for Baking
Rhubarb cut into one inch pieces mixed with three cups rhubarb two cups sugar pinch salt lemon rind and three crackers rolled finely. Line pie plate with pastry fill shell dot butter top pastry seal and bake 400 F ten minutes then 350 F and 35 to 40 minutes.
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Abies Brook
Household Arts Department
Seneca
James McCosh
Mary Baker Eddy
8.C
G. R. Clark
Asia
Paris
Foreign Missions of
China
Persia
Hermann Goering
M.M.D
Chicago Tribune
Dept of National Health and Welfare
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