Unusual Historic Interest At Main Water Routes Of Northern Canada
The Pelican Narrows area in northern Canada is highlighted in a new provisional edition map by the Topographical Survey. It traces 5,500 square miles of waterways from Frog Portage to the Churchill and Reindeer rivers, noting early explorers like Frobisher and Pond, historic trading posts, and ongoing fur, mining, timber, and fisheries potential along the renowned Churchill route and surrounding lakes. Trees, wildlife, and native reserves are described amid rising surveys and modern mapping advances.
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Canada
Pelian Narrows
Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Churchill River
Passy Stusgemweir
Churchill
Frog Portage
Rendeer
Reindeer Lake
Joseph Frobisher
Montreal
Northwest Company
Sturgeonweir
Cumberland
Pelican Narrows
Chinchill
Great Mackenze Basin
Frobisher
Alexander Henry
Frobisher Brothers
Peter Pond
Lake Athabaska
Russia
Pond
Philip Turner
Hudson's Bay Company
Malcolm Ross
Sturgeonweir River
Pel'can Narrows
Church Il
London
Arrowsmith
North America
David Thompson
Chuurchill
Rendeer River
Reindeer
Fairford House
Thompson
Peter Fidler
Robert Bell
Upper Churchill
Lac la Ronge
Kississing
Arctic
Saskatchewan
Malcolm McLeod
Surveyor Prospector
Hindison Bay
Stanley
Warren Hastings
East Indian Empire
Bunker Hill
Captain Cook
Pelican, Wood and Minrond Lakes
Pelicar Narrows
Athabasca
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson Bay
Island Falls
Demand For Silver Fox Fur Becomes Global Favorite
Canadian Silver Fox Breeders Association reports 58 000 foxes from 6000 members inspected last year as the industry grows despite booms or busts. Fox farming gains popularity across the Dominion with Prince Edward Island live foxes selling from 60 to 300 pounds per pair, higher for top pelts.
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Dominion
Prince Edward Island
Lindbergh Admitted to National Society of Long Fellows
Qualified for Society Lindbergh joins the National Society of Long Fellows as the lone Atlantic flier. The requirement is at least 6 feet 1 inch tall. A Los Angeles man qualified with a height of feet 9 inches. The society started two years ago and now has 3,000 members pursuing longer baths higher awnings signs ceilings restaurant tables and beds that do not double them up.
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Lindbergh
Atlantic
National Society of Long Fellows
Los Angeles
Only One He Knew And Paper Facts In A Note
A children’s joke about a four word commandment prompts a laugh. A statistic notes only three percent of U S wood goes to paper. A fact states an elephant trunk contains forty thousand muscles.
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United States
Fashion Pattern: Princess Line Dress in Crepe Satin
Annabelle Worthington describes a black crepe satin princess line dress with molded bodice and full flare. It uses two surfaces for trimming, with shiny bands on the left side, size range 16 to 42 bust, two hour construction, low cost, versatile for daily wear pattern No. 3002.
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Annabelle Worthington
Paris
Faille
How To Order Patterns In Winnipeg
A Winnipeg notice lists patterns available for order. Address shown is Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 335 MacDermot Ave. The text includes a town name and a contact prompt for ordering.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
MacDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Poultry Improvement Stations Boost Purebred Birds Across Canada
A Department of Agriculture report shows Ottawa connected stations improving poultry stock. In eastern Quebec, 375 purebred birds on 20 stations four years ago grew to 1,650 of 1,900 birds on 22 stations in 1928, mainly Barred Plymouth Rock. Breeding stock sales included 516 cockerels, 489 pullets, and 1,631 hatching egg settings, with housing upgrades and better ventilation noted.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Department of Agriculture
Debunking Teeth Myths and Sugar Safety
A columnist argues that diet, especially calcium rich foods, supports strong teeth and that sweets warn of cavities rather than cause decay. Cites a physician feeding puppies glucose with no decay as an example. Includes a humorous line about antiques and a note on canoes built by early Hawaiians carrying 56 men.
Manitoba Oral Hygiene Campaign Aids Distant Communities
A Manitoba province wide drive to promote mouth health partnered with the Manitoba Dental Association and Red Cross, offering free examinations and personal advice. Dentists traveled to far northern regions, running mobile clinics for over 1200 children, with Dr. Frank Livingstone leading vivid itineraries from Icelandic towns to Arctic routes, illustrating dentistry as nation building.
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Manitoba
Canadian Dental Hygiene Council
Manitoba Dental Association
North
Frank Livingstone
Vacuum Trucks Keep Rail Cars Spotless Across Routes
Canadian Pacific Railway deploys a fleet of vacuum trucks to uphold cleanliness standards. After each run, carpets and upholstery are meticulously cleaned and movable parts like seats are removed and treated by air. A large team of cleaners is maintained at all terminals.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Improving Dairy Herds at Dominion Illustration Stations
The Dominion Department of Agriculture notes focus on dairy herd improvement at illustration stations. Operators use purebred sires and milk records to judge butter fat, with yields ranging from 408 to 121 pounds, and some cows producing as low as 74 pounds. Breeding and stock sales drive district breeding programs.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Moynan
Illustraton
Servant of Dickens Elizabeth Eastdown Dies at 82
Elizabeth Eastdown longtime Dickens servant died at Burnt House Farm Higham England at age 82. The only other surviving Dickens servant is a former page boy who resides in London. The report notes the earths atmosphere extends upward about 100 miles.
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Elizabeth Eastdown
Charles Dickens
Burnt House Farm
Higham
England
Dickens
London
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Northern
Hummel
Hamburg
National Society of Long
Wwe
Albert
Buen Humor
Madrid
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