Ancient kitchen middens reveal pre-Columbian coast life
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service describes Prince Rupert BC shell heaps as ancient kitchen middens with shells bones and a cedar stump marking pre Columbus Indigenous settlement. Dominion Archaeologist Harlan L Smith notes rings indicate midden age before 1500 and extensive coastal sites from Vancouver to Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Archaeol
Dominion
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Canada
A Queer Occupation and Worm Farmer in New York
Richard Rowden, a worm farmer in New York, earns good income selling angle worms to zoologists for dissection. He catches worms at night with a flashlight and sells them at 15 for 29 cents, earning solid daily wages. Townsfolk joke about him as a “surgeon in the place” while noting his unusual trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rowden
New York
Rowden
Pedigreed Poultry Shipments Attract Japanese Order
The Japanese government is pleased with pedigreed poultry from the British Columbia Poultry Breeders' Association. An on‑continent agent cables Secretary E. A. Lloyd for an order worth several hundred dollars for six White Leghorn cockerels and twenty four pullets with eggs over 300. F. A. Sansomne bought a White Leghorn hen from the UBC poultry department for 500 dollars, noted for laying 335 eggs in 366 days. Maizie, world champion egg layer, with 352 eggs in 365 days, is part of the UBC flock and attended the Ottawa World Poultry Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KOOP
Poultry Breeders’ Association of
Brttish Columbia
E. A. Lloyd
Beng
F. A. Sansomne
Greenwich
Connecticut
Poultry Department
University of British Columbia
Ottawa
Maizie
Favorable Trade Balance for Canada Tourism in 1926 27
Ottawa reports Canadian tourist traffic to Canada in 1926 reached 190.463 million, with automobile tourists contributing about 105 million. US tourists spent 27 million in 1926, creating a favorable Canadian balance of trade of 63.463 million that aids Canada’s exchange position.
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Canada
United States
Ottawa
Washington
Saskatchewan Corn Growers elects Colquhown president at Maple Creek
P. C Colquhown of Maple Creek was unanimously elected president of the Saskatchewan Corn Growers Association at the fifth annual corn show closing in Maple Creek. The meeting set Weyburn for the 1928 corn show and approved new officers and directors from Weyburn Indian Head Regina Swift Current and other communities. Preliminary moves toward commercial seed corn organization and a drying plant were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. C Colquhown
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan Corn Growers’ Association
Weyburn
Bertha and
Moase Jaw
G. PD. Mathews
August Peterson
Lee
Ben Harrison
Ed. Merdith
A Monteith
H. Thacker
R. P. Robbins
Shaunavon
George Spence
Regina
J. G Taggart
Swift Current
F. P Trowell
Saltcoats
A. Cleophas
Saskatchewan
Cross Channel Air Service Sees Growth In Britain
Between December 1924 and July 1927 British Imperial Airways covered 2,000,000 miles carrying 36,500 passengers with no fatalities. In June this year 2,460 passengers flew cross channel, up from 2,098 last season. The Air Union logged 1,060 passengers this year versus 52 last year. Fifty to sixty percent of travelers were women according to the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Imperial Airways
Air Union
Bar-U Ranch Sold to P Burns in Calgary Deal
The Bar-U ranch, a leading western institution, has changed hands in a deal negotiated by Hon. A J McLean as executor for the George Lane estate. Calgary's P Burns is reported to have paid about $750,000 for roughly 76,000 acres of deeded land and 55,000 to 60,000 acres of leased land, with stock estimated at 6,000 cattle and 500 horses. Burns declined to reveal disposal plans or confirm rumors of selling portions to English buyers near the E P ranch vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar-I Ranch
A J. McLean
George Lane
P. Burns
Calgary
Pekisko
High River
Prince of Wales
Albertan
E.P
Big Fox Shipment Bound for Norway Marks Largest North American Export
A 1900 fox consignment valued at 1500 each pair, totaling about 500000, left Charlottetown P E I for Halifax to board the Stavangerfjord bound for Norway. Norwegian buyers had been in Prince Edward Island seeking stock, and this shipment reflects their efforts.
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North America
Norway
Charlottetown
P.ej
Halifax
Stavangerfjord
Prince Edward Island
Oldest writs of common law Habaes Corpus explained
The writ of habeas corpus, meaning you have the body, is one of the oldest writs of common law. It commands the production before the court of a person held in custody to determine why the detention is lawful.
Canadian Pacific Plans Annual Folk and Sea Music Festivals
Canadian Pacific announces plans to repeat the French Canadian Folksong Festival in Quebec and the Highland Gathering in Banff next year. They also schedule two new 1928 festivals at Winnipeg and Vancouver, with Harold Eustace Key named musical director.
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Quebec
Banff
Winnipeg
Europe
Canada
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Harold Eustace Key
Mendelssohn Choir
Montreal
Key
Fellington College
London
City of London School
Guildhall School of Music
France
British Columbia
Droucourt
Emmanuel Church
Banff Springs Hotel
Harold E. Key
The
C.P.R
Russia to Join Disarmament Talks Welcomed by Nations
Editorial notes Russia will participate in Preliminary disarmament discussions under the League of Nations. It argues Moscow's move reflects a strategic shift from a large standing army toward peace gestures, easing fears in Europe and offering a chance to step down without loss of credit.
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Russia
Moscow
League of Nations
Republica
Great Britain
India
Nussia
Europe
Minerals In Swine Feed Boosts Weight At Rosthern Station
At Rosthern Saskatchewan Experimental Station a trial with Tamworth Yorkshire crossbred pigs weighed five pigs per pen. The mineral group received about two pounds daily of a mineral mix including coal dust lime bone meal salt and sulfur. From Nov 25 to Mar 2 the mineral group averaged 212 pounds per pig versus 196 pounds for the non mineral group. The mineral pigs also looked more thrifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosthern
Saskatchewan
Copper Carbonate Dust For Smut Control
Tests at the La combe Alberta Experimental Station show copper carbonate dust outperforms formalin for wheat bunt control by destroying spores and not harming germination. It can be stored with seed and applied in winter using a mixing device. It also controls hulless oats smut, though formalin remains preferred for common oats, and breathing the dust is hazardous.
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North
Saskatchewan
Scott Station
Lacombe
Alberta
Los Angeles Institutes Self Serve Traffic Fine Policy
Los Angeles adopts a serve yourself system for traffic penalties. Courts are eliminated for all but major offenses. An automatic fines system issues a tag upon apprehension with a reverse side showing a schedule of fines for each offence.
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Los Angeles
Shoe shop humor about price per foot
A shopper asks the price of 34.00 shoes and the clerk quips the cost is two dollars per foot, highlighting a playful misunderstanding of price terms and a quick punchline.
No real hustler would pay for waiting rewards
A wry saying dismisses patience as slow and unlikely to yield gains, contrasting a hustler mindset with the idea that waiting brings little value. The quote implies action over passive time, suggesting impatience may drive faster results.
Lawyers who Stay Quiet Net Higher Fees Than Talkers
A saying notes some lawyers gain larger fees from non disclosure than others earn from taking the stand. The remark contrasts silent tactics with outspoken advocacy in legal circles.
Quest to locate Fawn Ifoof mummy of Kentucky queen
A long search across world museums seeks the mummy of Fawn Ifoof, an Amazon queen with bobbed red hair, once buried in Mammoth Cave around 1813. It remained exhibited there until 1850 when the artifact vanished.
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Fawn Ifoof
Cave Land
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Proclaimed Faith in British Columbia Mineral Riches
Sir Albert E. Kitson of the Geological Survey of the Gold Coast Colony expresses strong confidence in British Columbia's mineral wealth. He praises the province's diverse mineral assortment and favorable geology for discovery prospects.
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British Columbia
Albert E. Kitson
Geological Survey of
Gold Coast Colony
James Lane Allen Replies on Bachelor Status
The author James Lane Allen is asked by a lady if he is a bachelor by choice. He answers yes and deflects the question saying it is for the ladies to decide, noting it was their choice.
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James Lane Allen
Svid Allen
Economy as Quiet Skill of Doing Without
A compact reflection on frugal living where personal restraint becomes a practiced art. It frames economy as a discreet discipline that avoids conspicuous display while sustaining daily life and social harmony.
Unclear Crime Quote From Paris Commentary
A fragment quotes Ruy Bias in Paris discussing disposing of a body after a crime. The passage presents dialogue about concealing a violent act without additional context or identifiable reporting details.
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Pacific Coast
Hewitt
W. Nuv
B.C. Pedigreed Poultry
Poultry Breeders’ Association
U.S
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tashiong
McDermot Ave
Saskatchewan Corn Growers
C. Colquhoun
Estevan
Aviation
Britain
Bar-U Ranch
Scott
British Columbia Minerals
Ruy Bias
Paris
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