Canada uses films to sell nation abroad through official bureau
Canadian government started the official Motion Picture Bureau in 1917 to depict Canada’s wealth, opportunity, and scenery to attract immigrants and trade. Foreign exhibitors accept Canadian films on merit, with Britain and other nations following Canada’s example in a bid to counter U.S. dominance in film.
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Trade, and Commerce Department
Offical Motion Picture Bureau
Prophet
Canada
South Africa
Great Britain
United States
London
Advertising Creates Demand for Goods and Trade
The passage argues that advertising moves goods from shelves to buyers by informing the public that products are available. It cites Coolidge praising advertising and notes the growing space advertisers use as proof of its educative role in commerce and its function to turn over stock and guide consumers to necessities and luxuries.
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Hineelf
Coolidge
Studies Age Of Fish Major Fowler Says Some Live More Than Fifty Years
Major FP Fowler reported in a London Zoological Society lecture that fish lifespans vary greatly. Data include electric eel twelve years at London Zoo, European catfish sixty years, carp thirteen, goldfish twelve, herring four, salmon three, bullfrog fourteen, tree frog twenty four, female Spanish newt eighteen, and giant salamander fifty two years.
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Fowler
London Zoological Society
London Zoo
Duke of Bedford
Parisian barbers weigh men’s hair trends against women’s
The article notes long haired men are seen as a natural match to bobbed women and that barbers in Paris believe grooming shifts will endure. Hairdressers move from shaping women’s crowning glory to persuading men to let their hair grow similarly, signaling changing styles.
Canadian Potato Crop Estimate Rises Slightly for 1926
The Canadian potato crop is estimated at 43,29¢,000 ewt for 1926, up from 42,279,906 in 1925. Regional breakdown shows Prince Edward Island 3,405,000 ewt, Nova Scotia 2,535,000, New Brunswick 4,527,008, Quebec 14,790,000, Ontario 916,000, Manitoba 2,248,000, Saskatchewan 2,015,000, Alberta 2,764,000 and British Columbia 1,859,000.
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Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Abberta
British Columbia
Recruiting Sergeant and Applicant for Enlistment
The piece contrasts roles in military recruitment, asking how birthdays influence eligibility and the distinction between a recruiting sergeant and an applicant for enlistment. It notes dialogue about expectations and payment or gifts in a tense social exchange.
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Mme
A Little Girl's Asters At A School Fair
A Canadian paper reports a first grader who carefully tended asters for a school fair. A cold wind damaged her display, and her aunt offered extra blooms, but the girl declined to keep her own flowers, feeling she had lost the prize. The tale is shared as a moral about fairs and exhibitions.
Norwich council to build 200 concrete houses under bold guarantee
Norwich England plans 200 concrete houses using a new system by Canadian architect D G Underdown. He guarantees a house can be lifted two feet and dropped without a crack, tipped and replaced without damage, and moved bodily after thirty days. His blocks form the building and two five ton lorries failed to separate them.
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Norwich
England
D. G. Underdown
Underdown
Beet Sugar Plant Visit At Grand Forks Draws Winnipeg Delegation
A party of 100 to 200 Winnipeg business men and farmers organized by the Mayor traveled to Grand Forks to view the new beet sugar factory and its agricultural and manufacturing aspects. Experiments in sugar beet production in Manitoba show promise and a Winnipeg plant may be established by next fall.
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Winnipeg
Grand Forks
Mapnioba
Wingipes
Alberta Homesteads Attract 200000 Acres In Nine Months
Alberta filings total 1240 for the nine months, including soldiers grants, up from 741 in the prior year. Edmonton Agency notes land takings rise as new settlers claim homesteads across Rominton and surrounding areas.
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Rominton
Edmonton
Alberta
Pacific Coast Travelers Reach Over Two Million
Here and There reports more than 2,000,000 people travel highways along the Pacific Coast annually for sightseeing. The figure reflects a broad appeal of coastal towns and scenic routes.
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Pacific Coast
Alberta Wheat Crop Outlook Sees Record Yields Across Prairies
Report estimates Alberta wheat average 19 bushels per acre on 6 275 million acres yielding 199 225 million bushels. Prairies total forecast about 38 009 million bushels with Manitoba at 15 million and Saskatchewan between 208 and 225 million. Western crop value previously 422 529 million on 382 205 million bushels, with prices around 1 45 at Winnipeg.
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Alberta
Three
Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan Dairy Output Growth Shaping Province
Dairy Commissioner reports Saskatchewan creamery butter production in August reached 2,247,382 pounds, eight months total 13,453,058 pounds, up 16 percent from 1925. Output is expected to reach 8,000,000 pounds this year. Overseas Settlement Committee grants aid British boys aged 14 to 18 for farm settlement in Canada, with about 500 boys annually moved since chartering.
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Saskatchewan
British Immigration and Colonization Association
Overseas Settlement Committee
Seciviv
Manitoba Pulp Mill to Begin Paper Making in Fort Alexander
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company plans paper making at Fort Alexander this month. The plant will operate two trains weekly to Winnipeg carrying finished product, much of which will be shipped across the line. The modern facility will employ 300 staff, with 400 men logging.
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Fort Alexander
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company
Winnipeg
Hardisty Boys Win CPR Swine Club Championship
Hardisty boys led by Walter Kobitech and George Matthews won the CPR towns swine contest with 79.5 points, earning a trip to Toronto for the Royal Livestock Show. Bentley and Sedgewick followed. Edmonton division chief Geo Box presented the trophy at the Edmonton Exhibition association dinner.
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Hardisty
C.P.R
Alberta
Walter Kobitech
George Matthews
Mardisty
Toronto
Bentley
Sedgewick
Nardisty
Geo. Box
Edmonton
Edmonton Exhibition Association
C.V.R
Scheme to Move Canadian Farmers West Proposed
Rev Abbe Phillippe Casgrain director of the Catholic Immigration Association of Canada proposes a scheme to curb emigration to the United States by moving exhausted Eastern farmers to Western Canada. The plan echoes the Soldiers' Land Settlement and would transfer farmers from Ontario and Quebec to open western provinces.
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United States
West
Abbe Phillippe Casgrain
Catholic Immigration Associaton of Canada
Quebec
Abbe Casgrain
Canada
Abbe Casxerain
Western
Hollow bones enable flight in birds
The article explains that flying birds have hollow air filled bones, a design that reduces weight yet increases strength. It notes that solid bones would add weight and be less resistant to the stresses of flying, a point a physicist would affirm.
In China’s 136 B C Earliest Seismo Device
The article notes the earliest instrument for detecting earthquake direction was built in China in 136 B C. A hollow brass cup with a pendulum freely moving in all directions is described, marking the origin of seismology before modern self registering instruments.
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China
Scotsman Scotchman Scotman Spellings in WSJ Article
The Wall Street Journal uses Scotsman Scotchman and Scotman in a brief piece noting varying spellings. Readers are reminded that sources differ in this attribution and no single form is mandated by the paper.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Montreal man claims trans Atlantic travel record
W A Williams of Montreal asserts he holds the undisputed trans Atlantic journey record with 117 trips, averaging about nine days per crossing. The commercial buyer has spent over three years aboard ships and logged nearly 500000 ocean miles, mostly on Canadian Pacific liners including the Montcalm.
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Williams
Atlantic
William
Small Mar Williams
Canadian Pacific
Riners
Mr. Williams
Montcalm
Hiner
Utilization Of Waste Lands For Fur Farming Development
The report outlines fur farming as a solution to rising pelts demand. It notes Canada’s fur resources, limited high quality pelts, and shifts to farmed and wild fur bearers on waste lands. Dry farming and captive breeding are seen as expanding sources, with international interest growing.
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Canada
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
United States
Europe
Asia
Heavy grain yields reported across Alberta farms
Reports from Alberta detail strong harvests. G A Walker MLA threshed 55 bushels per acre from 46 acres of wheat at Claresholm per the Lethbridge Herald. Spring Coulee saw 42.4 bushels per acre from 155 acres of Marquis, Armour and Brimble near Lethbridge averaged 72 bushels of Turkey Red winter wheat. An irrigated Taber area farm yielded 51 bushels acre, Champion records 45.5 bushels on one farm and 100 bushels of oats per acre on another.
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Alberta
Claresholm
Lethbridge
Taber
Champion
Britain’s New Seaplane Nicknamed the Flying Bunga Low
Britain unveils a seaplane with five crew, three engines, and space for 18 to 23 passengers. Its design supports experiments for a potential flying service to Australia and New Zealand, with bed hammocks in the cabin living area and a rear galley.
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Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Gold Fish Production in China and Japan Hit by Disasters
Oriental Industry reports severe impairment of gold fish output due to earthquakes, typhoons, and heat waves. Flooding ruined lakes, many fish drowned or starved, with shipments of 40 000 to 50 900 per consignment and a single dealer facing losses around 59 000 this year.
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China
Japan
Prince of Wales Cousin Creates Fashion Venture in Berkeley
George Fitz-George, cousin to the Prince of Wales and grandson of the Duke of Cambridge, runs a Berkeley street dressmaking business with Misa Rose Taylor. Last year they made £3,000 and this year expect improved profits, noting initial capital was only a few hundred pounds.
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Prince of Wales
Berkeley Street
George Fitz-George
Duke of Cambridge
Misa Rose Taylor
Edinburgh Switch To Automatic Telephone Control
The change over to automatic control in Edinburgh’s telephone system was completed in under five minutes with minimal disruption. Between 1,000 and 12,000 lines and about 20,000 exchanges were updated. Suburban and Leith operations will begin later in the season.
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Edinburgh
Leith
Hospital elevator use at Port Arthur terminal announced
Saskatchewan Pool after acquiring facilities of the Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company will operate the Davidson and Smith terminal elevator at Port Arthur as a hospital elevator with a capacity of 1 750 000 bushels.
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Saskatchewan Pool
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Davidson and Smith
Port Arthur
Flu fatalities peak in early year weeks ninth and tenth
Records spanning 26 years show influenza deaths rise to their highest level around weeks nine or ten, while the lull occurs near weeks thirty five to thirty six. The data highlight seasonal timing of fatalities and the ebb by late winter to early spring.
Canada Telegraph Bill of 1925 Reported by Statistics
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics records 1925 telegraph expenditures at 11 520 323 dollars. A total of 1 436 854 telegrams were sent in the year, more than one per person in the Dominion. U S messages reached 2 747 324 with 924 036 cables sent to Europe and 5 179 909 received.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
United States
England
Europe
Proposed Timber Merger Shrinks Cross Border Mill Gap
A giant merger of timber interests in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, involving 460 million dollars, is likely to eventuate from plans under way. Several British Columbia mills, about a quarter of the regional total, are said to be favorably inclined to the amalgamation.
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British Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Daily Province
Big Apple Crop Surges in British Columbia
British Columbia expects 3,625,000 boxes of apples this year, 750,000 more than last year's 2,359,000. W. Robertson, provincial horticulturist, says the total marks a historic high for the province.
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British Columbia
W. &. Robertson
Water Board supplies vast London population with vast mains
The Metropolitan Water Board serves a population larger than Cana and states that its water mains laid end to end would stretch from London to New York and back.
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Metropolitan (London) Water Board
Cana
London
New York
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Chicago
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Wendell C. Phillips
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