Use of Combines Accelerated Harvest Across Canada Prairie
The article explains how combines and new windrow harvesters sped up prairie harvests in 1928, aided by earlier ripening wheat varieties and experimental farm work. It notes adoption increases since 1927, the swather's role, and the shift to centralized threshing and quicker transport to markets.
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Muchihes Stee
Agricultura Np
Gig Machine
Afl
Prairies
Eslimates Pimce
United States
Australia
Prairie
Sasatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Swift Centre
Saskatchewan
Asust
Department of Agriculture
Lamb Gains in Canada Reflects Cooperative Efforts
Ottawa statistics show per capita lamb and mutton consumption rising, from about five pounds three years ago to 6.1 pounds in 1927, with expectations of further gains as quality improves. International comparisons place Canada behind New Zealand, Australia, Britain, and the United States in per person consumption.
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New Zealand
Australia
Great Britain
United States
The Approaching Storm in Lustige Kolner Zeitung
A fragment from Lustige Kolner Zeitung Cologne hints at a looming weather event. The snippet mentions an approaching storm and the German term for Cologne humor paper context without further details.
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Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
Indian trappers use plane to reach trap lines
The article notes a wide spread fringe of Canadian civilization as Indian trappers now ride mail planes from Mayo to reach fur trap lines. Natives once traveled by dog sleds but profitable trapping has led to motor cars and now air travel, which replaces days of hard travel with a few hours aloft.
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Mayo
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Union
Pattern order notice lists address 4175 McDermott Ave Winnipeg and asks pattern number size and name. It reads as a catalog style instruction from the Winnipeg newspaper union material.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Tariff Board Debates Duties On Nuts Clay Machinery
At Ottawa recent meetings the tariff advisory board reviewed requests for tariff adjustments on peanuts and other nuts, unsweetened desiccated coconut, and clay-working machinery. J Bodley urged 99 percent draw back on gutting for home consumption. K Deadhman pressed removal of pottery machinery duties, arguing Canada lacks local manufacture and relief would aid clay products firms against U S competition.
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Tarif
Ottawa
Canada
J. Bodley
Kr. J. Deadhman
International Clay Products Limited
May Utilize Straw From Western Farms
Saskatchewan officials consider testing a French engineer's machine that presses prairie straw into two inch thick slabs bound with wire. The slabs may serve as partitions or building material and could also be used as fuel. The province may ship straw to France for testing.
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Saskatchewan
France
Waterloo Master Rules Railroads and Seas
The speaker describes a powerful financier who controls railroads coal and ships while his daughter Bridget, a modern flapper, challenges tradition. The dialogue hints that clever people elude concealment and expose truths, even as autocratic influence persists.
Work of League of Nations Gains Fresh Emphasis
Premier William Mackenzie King spoke at Ottawa on the League of Nations after the 1928 Paris peace pact. He said the treaty gives renewed emphasis to preventing war and urges pacific means, with Canada’s voice seen as the continent’s. Sir George Foster praised King’s loyal leadership for peace.
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Canada
North America
League of NATO
League
Tnis
New World
W. . Mackenzie King
League of Nations
Geneva
Ottawa
King
KR. B. Bennett
Supreme Court of Canada
William Clark
Paris
Pacific
George E. Foster
Last of German Red Cross War Dogs Dies at Hamburg
Veteran canine of World War I era, aged twenty, died in Hamburg after demobilization. The dog, beloved by German Red Cross volunteers, served in perilous shell holes and underbrush to aid wounded soldiers. Veterans worldwide recall these animals as humane responders who bravely comforted the afflicted.
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Red Cross
Hamburg
Asia
Africa
Gratt
Germany
Canadian tuberculosis specialists return from Europe tour
Canadian tuberculosis specialists from every province arrived in Canada on November 5 aboard the White Star liner Calgaric after an 11 week European tour studying disease control. The group included Dr J H Elliott of Toronto as president and numerous doctors from Ontario Quebec Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia and British Columbia.
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Canadien
Canada
Calgaria
Europe
J. H. Elliott
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Toronto
Ont
Toronto Returns as Grain Port with New Elevators
Toronto readies for a record grain season after twenty years as a port. Harbormaster J M Allen notes it is more than two decades since storage last occurred. Two new elevators add 2 750 000 bushels capacity to the waterfront.
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Toronto
Prairies
J. M. Allen
Alberta spends over three million on highways this season
The Calgary Albertan reports Alberta has spent 3 240 000 on highways maintenance and related works this season, under the current appropriation, ahead of 1927 totals of 2 346 009. A separate note mentions a 15 ton largest bell cast in England and a doctor’s joke about diagnosing a stomach ache. The text concludes with Vikinaen Oslo.
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Alberta
Calgary Albertan
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P.Q
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