Push Sale of Canadian Wheat Promoted Overseas
Western Canadian farmer groups move to launch a coordinated publicity push for high grade wheat. They favor creating a Canadian Wheat Institute with offices abroad to boost overseas demand, especially in Britain, amid declining exports and shifting British tastes threatening Western farmers.
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Ing
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool de Grain Growers Ltd
U.G.G. Ltd
Boards of Trade
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Wheat Institute
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Great Britain
Cian
Legates
United Innipeg
Canada
Europe
Co-operative Wholesale Canada
As & Operative
Society
Scotchman
Caledonian
England
Tweed
Cheviots
Canadian Wheat Board
Department of Trade and Commerce
Wheat Board
Canada Wheat Board Act
Canada would face wheat losses if Italy stops buys
Officials warn that Italy curbing purchases would hit Canada hardest in wheat exports. Last fiscal year Canada shipped wheat worth 1,096,624 dollars to Italy, a key buyer. The potential reduction risks a significant downturn in grain trade relations and farmers' incomes.
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Canada
Italy
Language Dying Out Manx Language Interest Declines
Manx speakers shrink as enthusiasts strive to preserve the tongue. No pupils entered this year for the best scholar prize in the Manx language at King William's College on the Isle of Man.
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King William's College
Isle of Man
Rockefeller Jr Ends Annual Gifts to Northern Baptist Church
John D. Rockefeller Jr ends his yearly gifts to the Northern Baptist Convention and will direct future funds to specific church agencies. In a March 7 letter revealed recently he says denominational emphasis divides progress and that the church must engage youth beyond denominational lines. The note comes as the Sixth World Poultry Congress moves from Berlin to Leipsic after a Berlin fire. delegates will tour Berlin sights and may attend the Olympic Games nearby. A Canadian tour is being arranged with several bookings already made.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Northern Baptist Church
Northern Baptist Convention
Rockefeller
Donnor
Berlin
Germany
Leipsic
Wasps Swarm Across British Columbia Forests
The report notes a year of widespread wasp activity in British Columbia with hundreds of nests across the Cariboo district and Vancouver Island. A logger described a humming in the woods like distant aeroplanes and recounted a bear tearing apart nests while wasps attacked pack trains and startled horses. The stings last only minutes before horses calm.
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B.C
British Columbia
Cariboo
Vancouver Island
Courtenay
Forbidden
Unique Picture Gallery Trail's Historic Wall of Died Biographies
Trail British Columbia hosts Unique Picture Gallery owned by Pete Levesque a hotelkeeper for 35 years. The lobby walls display autographed photographs of visitors since 1900 each with a short biography ending with died and a blank for future date. Some subjects find the setup overly morbid.
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Trail
British Columbia
Pete Levesque
Lady Baden-Powell praises Java’s people after world tour
The narrative notes Lord Baden-Powell and Lady Baden-Powell ending a world tour with a Canada visit. Lady Baden-Powell recalls staying in Java and remarks there is no poor person in Java. She cites the frugal native diet of rice and bananas and admires the Eastern people’s kindness and good spirits.
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Lord Baden-Powell
Canada
Baden-Powell
Java
Propane Gas Finds Dual Uses in Refrigeration and Fuel
Propane from oil and gas wells can exist as a liquid under compression and revert to a gas at atmospheric pressure. It has been proposed for two opposite uses: first cooling a refrigerator by evaporation, then powering a gas stove, and similarly for transport trucks that chill goods and later use propane as fuel.
Caspian Fishermen Marooned Five Days As Sea Recedes
Thousands of Caspian fishermen report being stranded for five days when the sea withdrew from under the fleet along 150 miles of the northern coastline. Airplanes dropped food as tides returned and ships were refloated.
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Caspian Sea
Moscow
Canary Islands name origin and plant anatomy note
Pliny named the Canary Islands Canaria from the many large dogs found there, while the domesticated canary derives its name from the island. The calla lily’s large white “blossoms” are outer leaves. true flowers are tiny and clustered on the club-like spadix at the center.
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Canary Islands
Canaria
Canary
Islands
Memory and Myth in Food Fables
The item contrasts unreliable recall with misperceived truth and notes the shared family link between poisonous toadstools and edible mushrooms, highlighting how sensational beliefs can arise from misremembered or unfounded claims.
Stained Glass Windows For SA Post Office Under Construction
Unique design features stained glass windows showing enlarged replicas of Union stamps the halfpenny penny twopenny and fourpenny with interwoven symbols of a streamlined train aeroplane motor ship and a radio station emitting sparks A balancing pair of poles rests on medallions and sketches of old postal transport methods.
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South Africa
Union
L. A. Barnes
Girls Go to England to Learn English as Domestic Servants
In the last two years nearly 4,000 foreign girls have gone to England to become domestic servants, most well educated and from good families, seeking to improve their English language skills through this work.
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England
Phrase about collective gullibility in society
A compact reflection notes that a portion of people are susceptible to deception at times. It emphasizes awareness and critical thinking as safeguards against misinformation.
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Vicks VA
Tro-Nol
Poultry Congress
Ogden’s
Ogden's
Chantecler
Vogue
Ogden
New Post Office
Edwardsburg
The
Canada Starch Co., Limited
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