Essentially Canadian Fur Farming Expands Across Canada
The piece highlights fur farming as a fast growing Canadian industry spreading from coast to coast. Governments in Prince Edward Island Ontario Alberta support development, while fields in Manitoba and the prairies convert marshland to muskrat ranches. Vancouver Island and Western Canada show rapid growth in numerous fur farms, with outlooks calling fur farming a staple comparable to wheat and cattle.
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Canada
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
Ontario
Europe
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Pacific
Vancouver Island
Prairie Provinces
Ex-service Men Urge Canada Settlement Roles Abroad
One hundred ex-service men from the East Bed of London after touring the Canadian and Australian pavilions at the British Empire Exhibition passed a resolution urging the British Government to allocate funds for placing unemployed men in overseas dominions.
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London
Lightning’s Favorite Trees: Oaks Lead Struck List
The report notes that lightning most often strikes oaks, followed by elms, chestnuts, and pines. It highlights tree susceptibility and local observations of high strike frequency on these species.
Broadmindedness is Discussed With Caution
The piece warns that broadminded approaches have value but carry risk as wide streams run shallow. It emphasizes caution in embracing expansive views to avoid unintended consequences.
Factors In Milk Contamination and Clean Milk Procedures
A 1924 report by Dominion experimental farms outlines key contamination factors in milk. Poorly cleaned pails and dirty animals top the list, with emphasis on cleaning thoroughly dried manure and using covered pails. Dr A Grant Lochhead notes tests and statistics on milker, beast, stable, and utensil sanitation, and stresses a clean pail and animal as central to clean milk.
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Dominion
A. Grant Lochhead
Dominion Agricultural Bacteriologist
Agricultural Department
Ottawa
Central Experimental Farm
Canada’s 1925 Cattle Shipments Hit Canadian Markets Record
Ottawa authority forecasts Canada's cattle shipments to the United Kingdom will exceed 100000 head in 1925 with monthly averages above 10900 and a yearly total over 12000000 dollars. The British admiralty has taken control of key wharves, limiting discharge facilities as negotiations continue for a regular, lower cost ocean transportation system.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Record Wheat Movement in Prairie Provinces in September
The record movement of over 103 million bushels of wheat in September across prairie provinces is reported by railway accounts. If all CPR marketed grain were baked into bread and loaded on thousand-wagon deliveries at five miles per hour, it would take eight and a half weeks to pass a fixed point. The September CPR marketing totaled 62,269,957 bushels, equivalent to 75 bushels per second over twenty five nine hour days.
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Prairie Provinces
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
British Cattle Raisers Alarmed by Foot and Mouth Outbreaks
British cattle raisers fear a spreading foot and mouth outbreak across England. After the minister of agriculture withdrew the last restriction, isolated cases appeared and grow. Restrictions have been reimposed in areas including Manchester where hundreds of cattle and sheep from Wales and Westmoreland are slaughtered.
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England
Manchester
Wales
Westmoreland
Women to Join Tokyo Broadcast as Announcers
Tokyo announces a new broadcasting station will hire women exclusively as announcers, signaling a shift in staffing policy. The move highlights gender roles in media and marks a notable employment policy change in Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
After a Woman Reaches 30 She Refuses Conviction on Mortal Ends
A concise remark notes that once a woman hits thirty she will not be persuaded that good all die roaming, reflecting a stubborn stance attributed to age. The sentence frames a general viewpoint without citing individuals or events.
Dairying Expands in Saskatchewan With Nine New Creameries
Dairy commissioner P G Kidd notes nine new creameries opened in Saskatchewan this year, plus five new cheese factories in northern to southern districts. The shift shows more local dairy processing as regions previously exporting cream now produce cheese locally.
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Saskatchewan
P. G Kidd
Obstacles In Way Of Walker's Plan
The Nation discusses J Bruce Walker Canadian migration plan to train British unemployed in the UK for Canada. It notes Canada will favor best families and skilled workers, risking loss of Britain’s top talent while urging a coordinated emigration policy.
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Walker
the Nation
London
J. Bruce Walker
Britain
Canada
Bruce Walker
Great Britain
German Women Professionals Back Local Option In Liquor Debate
Women physicians lawyers and economists from Germany held a joint conference and adopted a resolution memorializing the Reichstag in favor of local option to curb excessive alcohol use.
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Germany
Association of German Women Physicians
Federation of Women Lawyers
Association of Women Economists
Reichstag
Old Flame Forecasts into Winter Weeks Ahead
A playful note hints at rekindling an old relationship as winter approaches, suggesting a cautious optimism about reconnecting before the season fully settles in.
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Petter
Health Of Our Livestock In Canada 1924 25 Disease Report
The veterinary director general Dr. George Hilton reports major declines in contagious diseases across Canada. Rabies has not appeared for years, no diphtheria outbreaks in breeding horses for five years, and a single anthrax outbreak in Columbia was controlled. Hog cholera is nearly eradicated and glanders are controlled with vigilant supervision. Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta face focused measures near the border. Bovine tuberculosis control advances with 1,675 accredited and 2,100 in progress. A Carman Manitoba free zone and Quebec test area advance tuberculosis elimination.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
George Hilton
Canada
Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Hilton
Carman
Huntingdon
Chateauguay
Beauharnois
No longer prefer clean clothes over higher wages in work
The New York Herald Tribune notes a shift from the old belief that a white collar job with low pay is better than a rougher, higher wage job. Rising costs for food and clothing push men with families to prioritize money over appearance.
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New York Herald- Tribune
Ephraim Bigo Try and Rastus Cracking Marriage Math
In a humorous exchange, Ephraim questions the term for a woman wed three times while Rastus quips that two marriages are bigo try and a third becomes trigonometry. The playful banter reflects slang and regional humor.
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Ephraim
Birds built by sight. Beasts of prey rely on smell.
A brief contrast notes that avian life depends on visual cues for construction or behavior, while predators rely on olfactory senses to hunt, underscoring different sensory strengths across species.
Sugar Beet Cultivation Seen As Key To Western Canada Prosperity
Saskatoon scientists report wheat rust resistance work at the University of Saskatchewan aims to combine Marquis wheat qualities with Lumillo rust resistance. In Alberta, the Raymond beet sugar refinery begins operations and 7,200 acres signed for beets, with yields near 90,000 tons. Officials forecast 11,000 acres next year and up to 17 sugar factories, boosting Alberta and Western Canada agriculture and livestock industries.
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University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Minnesota
Marquis
Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd
Raymond
Alberta
United States
City and Country Co operation
City and country regions must cooperate as interdependent units. Past ridicule and antagonism gave way to mutual interest, with cities supporting rural prosperity and rural areas backing urban enterprise for shared growth. Salem News.
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Salem News
A Suggestion Young Mistress Play Prompt
A brief dialogue fragment shows Marie asking what she would do if she could play the piano like the speaker. The servant replies she would take lessons to learn. The exchange hints at social roles and musical ambition in a domestic setting.
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Marie
Good imitations outshine poor originals in tests
A critic notes that carefully crafted imitations often surpass rough copies in quality and appeal, suggesting refinement and authenticity elevate replication to a higher standard.
Fort Garry Orchestra Debuts At CNRW Fort Garry
The Fort Garry Orchestra led by J A Plumm opens a winter engagement at the Fort Garry Hotel Winnipeg. It will be heard every Wednesday evening on Station CNRW in studio and dance numbers from the new Fort Garry studio, following praise earned at Jasper Park Lodge.
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Canada
CNRW
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Port Garry
A. Plumm
Jasper Park Lodge
Mr. Plumm
Jasper
Port Carry
Million-Tree Nursery at Berkshires Run by Miss Smith
Miss Evelyn W. Smith of Amawalk New York has expanded her father’s tree farm to 1,000,000 trees worth about 3 million dollars at the foot of the Berkshires. For sixteen years she has cultivated trees admired by tree lovers landscape architects and college forest specialists. Amawalk trees are in demand for memorials and decorations with a beech sent to Belgium to symbolize friendship.
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Evelyn W. Smith
Armnawalk
N.Y
Berkshires
Miss Smith
Manitoba Crow and Gopher Extermination Contest Totals
The Manitoba department of agriculture ran a pest control competition this season collecting 175,519 crows eggs 28,243 crows feet and 47 153 gopher tails. Prize money totaling 32 150 was distributed.
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Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Stormy weeks after September 26 seen as no longer seasonal
The Port Rowan News notes scientists say the week after September 26, once linked to storm risk during the vernal equinox, is no longer more likely to bring storms than any other time in early fall.
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Port Rowan News
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Weel
Western
Saskatoon
Fort Garry Orchestra
New York
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