Canada and Britain Admire Growing Dominion Ties
Lord Desborough presided as Premier Mackenzie King sent a message praising Canada’s postwar growth and debt reduction. The speaker noted Canada’s devotion to the crown, its unity of British and French peoples, and the improving prosperity. He stressed strengthened Canada United States friendship and no boundary fortifications as a world example.
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Owth
Deentaion
Asert Halstead
Conter-Cemerel
Bono
Vv Tigrime
Aumcheon
Hel“ ' Lowson
Ila
Uw Firth Bte
Pilgrims’ Society
Canada
United States
Tastesd
Britain
Lord Desborough
Mackenzie King
How Safe Is Civilization Asignificant Tales From A Bias
An old fragment debates safety, contrasting wild beasts in India with auto deaths in the United States. It includes overheard anecdotes about a mule kicking a man and casual racist dialect reflecting historical attitudes.
One Woman Blacksmith Works Through Five Decades in London
Mrs. Annie Chibb of Kentish Town, North London, is believed to be Fingland’s only working female blacksmith. In more than twenty five years she crafts iron balconies, window frames, and antique tramwork, lifting a fourteen pound sledgehammer as deftly as any man. Her 63 year old son assists, and she has trained three sons, one in America and two in England, to carry on the trade after her husband’s death.
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Annie Chibb
Kentish
London
Ping
Fingland
Animals Enjoy Music Says Not All Dogs Dislike It
A noted musician investigates animal responses to music. Dogs generally dislike rough tunes, but prime classical and modern pieces please many animals. The piano attracts cats and birds, mice enjoy its sound, cows milk better, and penguins favor classical music while ragtime and jazz cause displeasure in squirrels and parrots.
Mark Twain paces Nevada claim life as notary and windlass operator
In the Nevada gold rush era Samuel Clemens known as Mark Twain was a struggling miner who hung a notary shingle. He helped with ore buckets and, when asked what he was doing, quipped that he was winding up the company's business.
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Nevada
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Sam
Sir Charles Gordon Bank of Montreal Leader and Educator
Sir Charles Gordon of Montreal born 1867 son of John Gordon educated at Montreal High School. He served as Vice-Chairman Imperial Munitions Board 1915 to 1917 and was made KBE in 1917. Gordon led Dominion Textile Company and Penman's Limited, governed McGill University, and chaired the British War Mission in Washington and the British Ministry of Munitions liaison in the United States.
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Sir Charles Gordon
Bank of Montreal
Montreal
John Gordon
Imperial Munitions Board of Canada
K.B.E
G.be
Dominion Textile Company
Penman's Limited
McGill University
Washington
Ministry of Munitions
United States
Airmen Map Vast Canadian Lands for Geologic and Resource Surveys
Royal Canadian Air Force photos cover 53 000 square miles across eight provinces with 22 000 by vertical and 31 900 by oblique methods. The effort supports geological mapping water power studies pulpwood and lumber resource assessment and topographic map preparation. A 1 000 000 bushel Fraser River grain elevator opens December near New Westminster with 100 car receiving 160 000 bushels daily and 30 000 bushels per hour shipping.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
New York
Delaware
Rhode Island
England
Canada
Fraser River
New Westminster
British Columbia
Canadian National Railways
Great Northern
Canadian Pacific Railway
Britweh Bait Planes Declared Best in Empire Flight
Foreign governments placed numerous orders for British flying boats after the 23 000 mile Empire voyage from Britain to Australia and back to Singapore. No spare parts were needed for the four flying boats or eight Napier engines during the trip, with only two wooden propellers replaced by metal screws. The Air Ministry plans Empire flying boat bases to operate all metal boats aiding Navy patrols.
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Britain
Australia
Singapore
Air Ministry
Manitoba creates barley research body for market expansion
Premier Bracken announces a barley research lab at Manitoba Agricultural College with government support. A Manitoba Barley Research Committee will oversee research and marketing, chaired by C. H. Burnell of the Manitoba Wheat Pool, with Albert Prefontaine and H. C. Grant in key roles. Manitoba grows more barley than wheat.
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Manitoba Agricultural College
Bracken
C. H. Burnell
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Manitoba Barley Research Committee
Albert Prefontaine
H. C. Grant
The
Agricultural College
Manitoba
British Dirigible Stronger_WS Succeed Where Graf Zeppelin Failed Says Commander Burney
Commander Burney asserts a new airship will outpace the Graf Zeppelin and reach Canada. He cites Eckener's verdict on Graf Zeppelin as expected and promises a faster, sturdier vessel designed to succeed where the Germans failed.
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Burney
Hugo Eckener
Commander Burney
Canada
Vernon plant treats 26 tons of cull apples daily
A newly established dehydrating plant at Vernon Prnties Columbia in the Okanagan Valley processes about 26 tons of cull apples each day, reflecting the region's busy fruit production.
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Vernon
Prnties Columbia
Okanagan Valley
Canada
Canadian Pacific Engineers Rebuild Don Valley Bridge
Toronto engineers replace a thirteen span Don Valley bridge without traffic disruption. The original 1886 structure, 1150 feet long and 75 feet high, is replaced on 609 concrete piers. New 45 ton spans are launched as old sections are removed between trains.
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Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Don Valley
Trafic
Sheel
Clay Soil Moisture and Fall Plowing Guidelines
The bulletin explains clay soils need careful moisture management for productive farming. It advises plowing clay soils early or late in fall when soil is damp but moldable, warns against plowing when too wet, and notes spring plowing can raise work and rough seed beds.
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Experimental Farms
Canadian hen sets Dominion egg record in New Brunswick contest
Mrs Edward Mart of Grane Bay New Brunswick enters a Barred Rock that lays 332 eggs in a year near the world record 335 set at Kansas City in 1926. The prior Canadian mark was 26 eggs set in 1925 26 contest at Agassiz British Columbia.
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New Brunswick
Edward Mart
Grane Bay
N.B
Dominion
Dominion of Canada
Kansas City
Newmarket
Ont
Agassiz
B.C
Wooden clock keeps perfect time after 165 years
An all wooden clock dating to 1823 in Massachusetts continues to keep accurate time for D. Engieman of Pawhuska Oklahoma. After 25 years stored in an attic, the clock now functions reliably again.
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D. Engieman
Pawhuska
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Saskatchewan Showcases Largest Provincial Honey Exhibit
Saskatchewan presents its largest Pro vincial honey display at the Royal Winter felt. Representatives from across the province entered 37 honey classes. The event highlights practical knowledge from years of experience.
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Saskatchewan
The Unseen Wall Of Canada
An aging essay extols the Great Wall and traces a prior ancient path through Mongolia. It links walls to health education, praising the Red Cross's decade of work building a health consciousness to protect the sick, the crippled, and the young.
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Mongvila
Great Wall
Athens
Jerusalem
Red Cross
Canada
Why the dumbbell got its name from bell ringing
The term dumbbell traces to a training device once used by church bell ringers. The heavy bells required energy, and the bell-ringing apparatus inspired the early exercise tool. Over time simpler devices evolved, but the name dumbbell persisted.
Cooperation by United States in League affairs under Hoover
Geneva officials believe Hoover’s experience shows nations’ inter dependence and need for international collaboration. The article notes U S cooperation in League activities and broad aims for plain speech in foreign policy, reflecting Hoover era expectations.
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United States
League of Nations
League
Herbert Hoover
Geneva
Hoover
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