Commercial Fertilizers Must Be Produced In Increasing Amount
A 1927 Canadian report from the Natural Resources Intelligence Service argues that commercial fertilizers must be produced in ever increasing amounts to maintain current yields and support population growth. It notes high theoretical fertilizer needs, a large Canadian market potential, and calls for farmer education and industry consolidation to boost efficiency and marketing.
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Canada
Natural Biewmirces Intelligence Service
Department of the Interor
Ottawa
Real Wealth At Home in Canada as Immigrants Increase
The article notes 4164 immigrants and 4427 emigrants in January as people move seeking better life prospects. It cites William McFee on Elizabethan adventurers and coal wealth beneath lands once owned by Sir Martin Frobisher. Canada is described as a real land of opportunity.
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Canada
Willam McFee
Frobisher
McFee
England
Arctic Islands
Britain
Sir Martin
Brain talk and odd snippets from London lecture and jokes
Sir Arthur Keith tells Royal College of Surgeons audience that most use little of the brain while others waste time. The piece also copies humorous lines about a ceramic policeman and a proud father, plus stray fragments from Madrid and a string of odd remarks.
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Sir Arthur Keith
Royal College of Surgeons
London
Silk Crepe Pattern No 431 For Smart Daywear
Its tailored simplicity in silk crepe with naval dot pattern and plain piping defines Style No. 431. Sizes 16 18 20 years 36 38 40 42 bust. various fabric options and colors. pattern price 25 cents, wrap coin preferred. add 10 cents for Spring Fashion Magazine.
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Angora Jersey
Passing Of Oratory In Modern Audience Trends
A writer notes that contemporary audiences demand concise facts and brevity over lengthy rhetorical flourishes. While training students to speak effectively remains useful, the value of extended oration courses is questioned amid shifting times.
Timber Consumption Shifts Dominion's Forest Use
Figures from the Forest Service show pulpwood consumption rising toward lumber use, with pulpwood now about 77 percent of lumber. The trend, mostly upward since two decades, suggests pulpwood could surpass lumber, increasing Canada’s reliance on forest management and conservation as a major commercial incentive.
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Dominion
Farm Courses Show Bright Future for Canadian Agriculture
A winding up dinner for pupils of short courses highlighted strong student enthusiasm and the appeal of hands on scientific farming. Teachers who love their work and receptive students made the practical instruction more attractive than rote memorization. The piece notes the value of applied farming education over traditional study.
Leaning Tower of Pisa Debate Reignites in Italy
The Italy America Society reports renewed dispute over why Pisa’s tower leans. Opinions split between a designed tilt and ground subsidence, with a new view suggesting a balancing construction altered the angle. The structure remains admired and deemed safe.
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Pisa
Italy
Preachers’ Actions Versus Harsh Overtime Reality
A sharp aphorism notes that many public figures demand high standards from others while failing to meet them themselves. The line implies hypocrisy about work ethic and integrity. It critiques inconsistency between preached values and personal conduct.
Difficult par four at Jasper Park hosts amateur championship
The Canadian amateur championship of the B C G A will be played August 19 to 24 at the Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course in Jasper National Park Alberta. The dog leg features a knoll before the second shot to a fast sloping green guarded by a deep grass ditch. The event promises strong competition, including players who may lack high handicaps competing in the Dominion event.
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Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper National Park
Alberta
Canaan
Western Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Survey On Province Wheat Varieties
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool conducts a survey of wheat varieties grown in the province in cooperation with the ecros committee and universities. Questionnaires gather data on varieties, reasons for choices, and changes, while parallel studies assess admixture of varieties through samples from farmers to elevators and ports for milling and baking tests.
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Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Ecros
University
Provincial Department of Agriculture
Dominica
Canada
Closures of Public Worship in the Soviet Union 1928
The 1928 survey shows 532 places of worship closed and repurposed as clubs, schools, libraries, or hospitals. A further 253 sites are slated for conversion this year, with a vote by local authorities if initiated locally. Orthodox churches and monasteries led the list, along with synagogues and mosques.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Alberta bounties reward gopher tails and bird eggs
Alberta Department of Agriculture offers cash prizes for gopher tails feet and crow and magpie eggs taken in Alberta. Prizes range from 1 to 200 dollars and are payable by November 1. A pre season bonus ends June 30 with points assigned for crow and magpie feet and eggs and gopher tails.
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Alberta Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Vancouver to Host First Aeroplane Factory Merger
Henry Hoftar announces Hof tar-Beeching Shipyards Limited merges with Boeing Aeroplane Company of Seattle to form Boeing Aircraft Limited of Canada. The Canadian concern will use Canadian labor and materials with engines manufactured in Montreal.
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Vancouver
Hoftar-Beeching Shipyards Limited
Boeing Aeroplane Company
Seattle
Henry Hoftar
British Columbia
Boeing Aircraft, Limited
Canada
Montreal
Sailors Request Provisions In Tosspot-Lined Exchange
Far! Beatty recalls two old-time seamen detailing for special duty to draft a shopping list aboard ship. They barter shorthand for items as one writes figures and spellings, calling for two pounds semolina and rice amid muttered pirate-like talk.
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Jack
Matey
Theatres Scene Sparks Tears During Recon Death Act
In a dramatic theatre moment today audience members wept at a death scene they believed was real. Jake explained the audience misunderstood the act, saying it was merely a rehearsal recon.
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Jim
Jake
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Tion
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Taby
Antonie
Bien Humor
Madrid
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
TSN
Smart Tailleur
Isi
Adérese
Lin McDermot
Arve
Winnipeg
Paiten. Ne
Heen
Steet Eee
Forest Service
Markes
Sparkes
Tower of
Tecomme Ee
Tekarra
Hudson Bay
Panama Canal
Europe
Prince Rupert
Peace River
Atlantic
Pacific
Gophers
Wyatt
Rutherford
Cameron
Saskatoon
Saskatoon Board of Trade
J. H. Holmes
West
Vancouver Airplane Factory
Coast City
Beatty
Jutland
Lynetige Kolner
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