Nova Scotia Tuna Sets World Record For Zane Grey
World record tuna caught off Nova Scotia by Zane Grey weighed 758 pounds and was towed into Liverpool harbor after a three hour ten minute battle. The prior record was 710 pounds by J. K. L. Ross. Also covered is Canada design work by Empress of France booklet and Canadian Pacific profits for July and seven months, plus film showings by Tom Laidman featuring Rin Tin Tin and Harold Lloyd in upcoming weeks.
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Zane Grey
Nova Scotia
Liverpool
Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
France
Tom Laidman
Rin-Tin-Tin
Weather and farm notices hint at slow threshing week
The passage notes little threshing likely this week due to an extended rainstorm from Thursday through Sunday and a snow storm on Saturday night, affecting farm activity and schedules.
Insurers face large assessments amid crop profit outlook
Local notes discuss Wawanssa Mutual assessments of 333 percent and a big test reserve, with policyholders skeptical. Western wheat crop forecasts in 1924 point to near 300 million bushels, favorable weather, lower straw, adequate labor, and potentially higher farmer profits as wheat prices rise from 1.00 to 1.40 per bushel, while railways may lose from a smaller crop.
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Wawanssa Mutual
Premiuti
Miniota Mutual Iy
Haba
Winnipeg
They Ain't Gonna Gain No Mo Song Fragments on Trade Floor
Fragmentary lines chant that farmers will not sell grain as the crowd on the trading floor resists. The nostalgic verse mocks an old wheat pool and questions how the old folks can sell if they cannot gain more from the grain. The piece evokes agricultural labor, markets, and rural resistance in a bygone era.
Explanation of a mistaken claim about Ninette Sanitorium stay
A reader explains a misstatement about Miss Aitken's location at Ninette Sanitorium. The writer clarifies that Miss Aitken was a pavilion patient rather than in the infirmary and notes the error came from assuming she was confined without inquiry. The letter aims to explain the error, not apologize.
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Aitken
Ninette Sanitorium
Miss Aitken
M. J. Winter
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Manitoba Hardware
Our
McClary
Vichary
Manitoba Hardware and Lumber
Miniota Phone 32 Company, Ltd
Manitoba
Harold Lloyd
Jessie Lasky
Gloria Swanson
Bluebeard
Gloria
Herald
Mintota
TheEditor
Chas. A. Grobb
Lagphin
Miniota
Tues
Nyal
Miniota Drug Store
R. K. Chalmers
M. D
Beulah
A. Spencer
B. C. Mac. Reds
Ontario
J.D. Forsyth
Ande
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