Commemorative Medal Issued for Canadian Diamond Jubilee
The National Diamond Jubilee Committee announces an official three inch medal honoring Canada’s 1867 1927 jubilee. Obverse features King George V, reverse a youthful figure with Liberty and Justice symbols. Gold silver and bronze versions honor many figures and officials. distribution aims before year end.
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Diamond Jubilee Committee
Medal of Beautiful
National
John A Macdonald
England
Queen Victoria
Britain
National Committee
George V
Canada
C. W. Jeffreys
Toronto
Raymond Delamarre
Paris
France
Ki. George V
Bertram MacKennal
Atlantic
Canadas
Cartier
Champlain
Pacific
H.R.H
Prince of Wales
Stanley Baldwin
Great Britain
Dominion
Hex Excellency
Viscountess Willingdon
Prince George
Privy Council of Canada
Europe
Manitoba Fisheries Group Targets Stronger Profit Sharing
A Manitoba Co-Operative Fisheries Limited meeting with over 100 fishermen from Lakes Winnipeg, Manitoba and Winnipegosis outlined plans to place the industry on a firmer footing with greater profit sharing. Proposals included appointing agents in Chicago and New York. Last year Manitoba produced 18 million pounds of fish, with members responsible for about 7 million pounds.
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Manitoba Co- Operative Fisheries Limited
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Winnipegosis
Chicago
New York
Curious regimental pets of the British Army history
The article notes various regimental animals kept by British Army units across eras, including a chimpanzee an ape a lion a sea eagle a cheetah a black bear and a camel.
Quote Exchange From Pele Mele in Paris
A brief exchange features Pele Mele in Paris praising a remarkable article and the other party noting continued confusion. The dialogue underscores ambiguity and flattery without further details.
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Paris
Distinguished royalty joins Alberta Wheat Pool members
The Alberta Wheat Pool adds royalty to its ranks with Prince of Wales, Baron Rodney, the Duke of Sutherland, and Countess de Foras among the members. The group totals 10 000 acres, with Countess de Foras signing for 350 acres at the Calgary offices.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Calgary
Prince of Wales
Rodney
Duke of Sutherland
Countess de Foras
High River
Human body as electric power plant and nerve transmitter
Two psychology experimenters report listening to messages flashed over the body's nervous network translating nerve impulses into audible sound. Electrodes detect impulses and a strong amplifier magnifies them eight hundred times then wireless broadcasts them.
Valley Of a Thousand Falls Name Origin
The name Valley of a Thousand Falls in the Mount Robson District British Columbia was given by Rev. G B Kinney who first visited the area with Dr A P Coleman and joined his ascent attempt of Mount Robson.
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Valley of A Thousand Falls
Mount Robson
British Columbia
G. B. Kinney
A. P. Coleman
Canada’s School Car Brings Education To Remote Districts
The Canadian Pacific Railway has launched a second mobile school coach from Angus Shops to serve Ontario districts west of Fort William and Port Arthur. The car offers a full classroom, library, maps, globe, and living quarters for teachers, enabling winter schooling in isolated areas where permanent schools are impractical or unsafe for children to travel.
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Ontario Department of Education
Pacffc Railway
Fts Angus
Ontario
Fort Willam
Port Arthur
Cartier and
Chapleau
World links Pitcairn Island with Marconi wireless
Pitcairn Island residents will gain permanent world communication via a Marconi transmitter donated by the Marconi International Marine Communication Company. The device, now en route, will connect the remote island to Morse Code using crystal receivers previously supplied by Marconi operators.
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Isoland
Pitcairn Islands
Marconi
Marconi International Marine Communication Company
Pitcairn Island
Pacific Ocean
British Settlers Offered Land Support by British Columbia Premier
British Columbia premier Tolmie informed Empire Parliamentary Association delegates and Vancouver board of trade members that the province was ready to negotiate for placing British born settlers on BC lands. BC would provide land, administration, supervision, schools, roads, and railway investment. The block settlement system was urged with preliminary training for settlers in clearing lands. Feasibility of settlers in the Peace River district was discussed as part of a broader settlement plan.
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S. F. Tolmie
Empire Parliamentary Association
Vancouver Board of Trade
British Columbia
Tolmie
Peace River District
British” Columbia
New Broadcast Station Starts Daily Use
Brandon opens his first broadcasting station with a daily grain and stock report from a studio. Each week an evening concert will be broadcast locally. The main rubber supply comes from Heven trees in the tropics.
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Brandon
Tropics
Heavy hail losses hit Alberta insurers this season
Insurance losses from the August 11 storm push company claims to about four million dollars, with the bail insurance board adding over four hundred thousand. Total payouts exceed four and a half million, prompting some companies to consider stopping bail insurance in Alberta while others hope for recovery next year.
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Hail Insurance Board of Alberta
Line Imsurance
Bail Insurance Board
Alberta
Mining Prospects Stir Northern Canada Mining Areas
The 1928 mining push expands across northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan with new ore bodies near Flin Flon and Hudson Bay access. Prospectors deploy by land, boat, and air to remote sites, using surface surveys and diamond drilling to speed discoveries. Provinces Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan and territories lead the exploration drive.
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Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Northwest Territories
Hudson Bay
Flin Flon
Department of Mines
Ottawa
Churchill
Canada
Atlantic
Manitoba- Saskatchewan
Rouyn
Sudbury, Patricia
Winnipeg Patterns Order Catalog Note
A Winnipeg newspaper fragment lists an ordering pattern address at 175 McDermot Ave. It quotes a police officer remark about a forty five speed guess and a reply from a lady driver about her hat aging her.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
National Museum Studies French Canadian Designs
The National Museum in Ottawa will study ancient handicrafts among French Canada to determine how patterns in bead and silk work on Indian specimens reflect European influence rather than aboriginal origins.
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National Museum
Ottawa
Canada
Tourists Link Travel to Local Development
The article argues that tourists spur development by firsthand observation of a country’s people and resources. Upon returning home, visitors become investors or settlers, aiding improvement in a more informed and satisfactory way.
Young Canadian Sprinter Stuns World on West Coast
The piece notes a young Canadian sprinter's remarkable speed to beat the West in any event. It laments a newspaper heading calling for action against a drunken driver, then touches on literary lines about a novel, opening chapters, and a German town reference.
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Cook
Vancouver
Cosat
London
Royal Mint
Manitoba Fisheries
W. NU
The
Cause
Red School House
B.C
Brandon’s
Tao
British Empire
Vulcan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lustige Korner Zeitung
Cologne
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