Indians of Canada Becoming Self Supporting and Not a Liability
The piece asserts Canada’s Indian population numbers 104494 with little decade-to-decade change, notes $13.5 million held in trust, and highlights notable figures Tom Longboat Dr Oron Hyatekha Pauline Johnston. It reports rising farm earnings, schooling of over 10,000 at 247 schools, and claims most Indians are Christians while admitting tuberculosis remains a health risk.
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Canada
Dominion
Redskinas
Federal
Department of Indian Affairs
Tom Longboat
Oronhyatekha
Independent
Order of Foresters
Pauline Johnson
Poeteas
France
Canadian Corps
Department of Indian Alaia
Not Hard To Solve Rat Trap Advertising Riddle
Two non advertisers made near identical cages at 15 cents each. Sold to trade at 29 cents, purchaser paid 3 cents. One began advertising, cut production cost to 10 cents, sold to trade at 15 cents, purchaser paid 25 cents. Who bore the ad cost? Not the trap maker, retailer, or purchaser the price gaps show who funded it.
Wife and Hubb Clash Over Temptations in Humorous Exchange
The wife accuses her husband of朮 being distracted by pretty girls, while the husband retorts that nothing drives home his marriage reality more forcefully. The exchange captures a comic marital dynamic.
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Hubb
M'Dear
New Antiseptic Described as Superior Medical Weapon
Sir Alfred Mond announced at a London luncheon that a coal tar antiseptic from the Mond Gas Company laboratory in South Staffordshire is almost non poisonous and gentle on membranes. Doctors nationwide praised it with letters and the firm plans to supply it as a first class medical discovery.
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Sir Alfred Mond
London
Sir Alfred
South Staffordshire
Mond Gas Company
Would Hard Times Affect Automobiles
The article explores how the automobile reshaped American life socially economically and industrially noting rapid change outpacing adaptation. It discusses highway reconstruction the uncertain impact on retail business and broad social effects especially in recreation while warning hard times could intensify the auto’s influence.
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America
Elegant frock pattern with flounced bodice and jabot
A stylish dress pattern description details two fluted flounces on the bodice and a jabot under a scallop edge. View B uses figured material with bound edges. No. 1615 offers sizes 34 through 42 with yardage and 20 cent pattern price from the Fashion book.
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Vienna
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order details from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 176 McDermot Ave are given with pattern numbers and ordering steps. The note lists where to send requests and how to reference Pattern No. for delivery.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
New Rules for Canada’s House of Commons Adopted
The House will operate under stricter rules in the upcoming session with 40 minute speeches excluding the prime minister and opposition leader. All night sittings end and adjournment may occur by 11 pm, with Wednesday sessions ending at 6 pm. Parliamentary agents face a 25 dollar sessional fee and limits to proceedings with Speaker consent.
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Canada
House of Commons
House
Evolution may be stepping stone to higher life says Montreal clergyman
Rev. Lawrence Clare of the Church of the Messiah, Unitarian in Montreal, told Ottawa listeners that evolution is continuous and will never end. He argued that humans may be a stage toward something greater in the long history of life.
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Lawrence Clare
Church of the Messiah
Unitarian
Montreal
Ottawa
Canadians Find Value in New Supplement to Dictionary Biography
The 600 page addition covers 1912 to 1921 and highlights Sir Wilfrid Laurier as a key entry. It surveys Lord Strathcona and Sir Charles Tupper with notes by Edward Murray Wrong and W L Grant. Grant praises Tupper as a fearless statesman and discusses General Sir Sam Hughes and the Ross rifle.
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George Smith
Wilfrid Laurier
Lord Strathcona
Wrong
Edward Murray Wrong
Macdalen College
Oxford University
W. L. Grant
Upper Canada College
Sir Charles Tupper
Sir Charles
Canada
Grant
Sir Sam Hughes
Sir Sam
Handling Honey For Safe Harvest And Storage
The article explains honey care from harvest to sale, stressing harvest timing and proper storage. It cites a Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin on bees and emphasizes keeping honey in a dry cool place to prevent fermentation. Comb honey requires careful handling and warm dry storage to avoid breakage and granulation.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Health Education and Medical Advances Promise Better Hygiene
The article extols constant education on hygiene and sanitation, notes advances in medical science reducing historic plagues, and highlights preventive living building individual disease resistance. It mentions cigarettes claiming cough relief and mood improvement but jokes about a hair loss stopper. It also notes New Zealand’s forest conservation via substitutes for native building woods.
Miss Margaret Irving Tastes 300 Tea Samples Daily
Miss Margaret Irving is described as the only woman tea-taster in Great Britain. She tastes about three hundred samples every day, evaluating aroma flavor and quality for the industry.
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Margaret Irving
Great Britain
Air ship Los Angeles Flight Abandoned Over Ottawa
The flight of the United States Air ship Los Angeles from Lakehurst New Jersey to Ottawa with Sir Phillip Sasson on board was abandoned due to Ottawa lacking suitable airport facilities. Ottawa missed the chance to host a similar dirigible as two are being built in Great Britain. The Los Angeles moves slowly in the sunlit sky above, its torpedo shaped hull on display. A circus lion is valued at about two thousand dollars.
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United States
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Ottawa
Sir Phillip Sasson
Air
Great Britain
Hudson Straits Open to Navigation Longer Than Expected
Ottawa reports indicate Hudson Straits may remain ice free and navigable into spring 1927 far longer than anticipated. Marine experts observe clear water and minimal fog as airplanes patrol the 450 mile stretch, boosting hopes of an extended season beyond the St. Lawrence.
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Hudson Straits
Ottawa
Department of Marine and Fisheries
A Quaker Poet Avoids Tea Party Visitors
Two women sought out the home of American Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier in Amesbury. They entered a grocery store for directions and pressed their request with eager politeness. Whittier, pictured as a figure on a barrel, remained in conversation with locals and did not come to the door.
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Tennyson
Jonn Greenleaf Whittier
America
Amesbury
Greenleaf
Canadian dairy factory count rises in 1926 report
The Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics reports 1926 saw 3,074 dairy factories, up 2 from 1925 and 141 more than 1924. Of 8,074 factories in operation last year 1,287 were creameries, 1,411 cheese plants, 59 combined butter and cheese factories, and 26 condensaries.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Clean Bags Necessary For Potatoes
Experiments under the Dominion Botanist show sacks used for potatoes must be washed before use to remove injurious residues clinging to inner surfaces. Stored materials like salts fertilisers fungicides and even tea and coffee can harm tubers. New sacks prevent injury. the botanist’s report is available from Ottawa Publications Branch.
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Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Lesson In Cooperation And Its Impact On Liberty
The Detroit News notes that cooperation transformed a world with scarce property leisure and liberty. It argues injustice persists where system ideals are not observed, yet cooperation remains key to progress and shared freedom.
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Detroit News
U.S. Equipment Accounts for Half of Snab Lin Garage Gear
A report notes that about half of Snab Lin's garage equipment originates from the United States, highlighting a strong American supply share in the local facility.
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Snablin
The
United States
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