British Columbia Adopts Federal Old Age Pensions Plan
British Columbia will implement the federal old age pensions program starting September 1 under an order in council. The province will pay up to 240 a year to eligible residents aged 70 and over, with the Dominion Government matching half of the pension costs for the preceding quarter. Applicants must reside in Canada for 20 years and five years in the province, be British subjects or widows eligible prior to marriage, and income above 125 reduces the maximum pension. Indian subjects under the Indian Act are ineligible.
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Orderim-Council
Tefl
Heenan
A. M Manson
Dritich
Columbia
Hrhnich Columbia
Pan
Heepan
Yukon
Gok! Com
Percy Reid
Reild
Yukooo
Manitoba
Sasketchewan
Teir
British Columbia
Dominion
Department of Tabor
Canada
All-Metal Air Battleship Leads Britain in Aviation Progress
Britain unveils an all metal air battleship weighing 12 tons with Rolls Royce engines, completing a 5500 mile cruise over the North and Baltic Seas. Further powerful planes are tested, with four to depart Plymouth for a 25000 mile tour to Egypt India and Australia. Two seaplane flying boats for overseas routes nearing completion, each carrying fifteen passengers. Stainless steel reduces weight and resists sea water corrosion. The piece also includes a brief unrelated anecdote about Pat and Mike and Father Reagan.
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Creat Dritain
North
Baltic Seas
Plymouth
Egypt
India
Australia
Passenever
Colorful history of the steamship Yapura on Lake Titicaca
The famed steamer Yapura, long retired, is being rebuilt as a tanker with 1200 barrels capacity. Once shipped from England to Mollendo and hauled by mule to Luna, she sailed Titicaca at 12545 feet and sparked excitement among natives. Now Bolivia converts her to move crude petroleum from Luna to Quque across the lake for Bolivian needs.
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Yapura
Lake Titicaca
Commerce Department
Southern Railway of
Peru
England
Mollendo
Fern
Southern
Mule
Dlama
Luna
Ake
Starboard Etiquette for Royal Passengers at Sea
The Prince of Wales enjoyed a starboard suite on Empress of Australia during a Canadian voyage by ship tradition. Etiquette places the captain on the starboard side and the royal guest sits at the captain's right, with doors and rooms aligned to starboard. These customs are described as rigid rules observed on all ships.
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Prince of Wales
Canada
Substitution for Radium Found in Mesothorium Factory
A small London area workshop extracts mesothorium from rare carbha used in gas mantles. The substance powers luminous watch faces and dials more cheaply and more strongly than radium, but fades after a few years as alpha emission declines. The process demands high skill and careful concentration of the radioactive element.
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London
Tulip Planting Window Narrow, November Deadline Noted
A Nova Scotia farm report urges fall bulb set out in the next weeks to ensure a strong spring display. Kept records show early varieties like Vermilion Brilliant and Joost Van Vonder bloom from late May to mid June, with Darwin tulips following and praised for richer colors. The Department of Agriculture publication summarizes tulips, dahlias, peas, perennials and other garden crops for general farming.
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Nappan
Nova Scotia
Baird
Staten
Joost van Vondel
Mr. Baird
Nappen
Europe
Edmee
Paracomie Sanders
Bartigon
la Tualipe Noire
Prof
Rauwenhof
Department of Agriculture
Otawa
German Couple Seeks Shelter On City Hall Steps
A married Bergmann couple in Waldenburg Germany set up a makeshift home on the city hall steps after a court ordered eviction and housing officials did not provide alternative quarters. Crowds blocked traffic, prompting the burgermeister to arrange immediate housing and transport for the couple while drawing threats from others seeking shelter due to housing shortages. The incident underscores postwar housing strain and the limits of municipal aid.
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Germany
Bergmann
Waldenburg
Burgermeister
Proper time to fatten turkeys and feeding guide
A bulletin from Ottawa outlines fattening timelines for turkeys four weeks before use. It describes housing considerations, feed mixes for mash and whole grain, moistened mash preparation timing, water and grit needs, and a total conditioning period of about four weeks including kill and shipping.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Largest feet man fails to fit giant boots at Spennymoor
In Spennymoor during carnival week a 18 size boot debut shown for 16 years finds claimant Thomas Roper a 6 ft bricklayer. He tries the boots and finds them too tight, while a violent crime mystery lingers in the narrative as a fragment from the source.
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Great Britain
Spennymoor
Yorkshire
Thomas Roper
Roper
Seed Wintering Roots For Field Planting Practices
An agricultural note explains seed root production from mature roots or Stecklings and details harvest handling. It describes cutting leaves but not roots, sorting out damaged roots, and proper storage in cellars or pits at 32 to 38 F, warning against rapid temperature changes and drying losses.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
The
Bulletin
Rubber from fig trees teased by Dr Osius experiments
Dr. Frederick Osius reports successful experiments extracting rubber from the panache fig and tests on Kadota and Adriatic varieties. He says commercial quantities may follow from panache milk, with Kadota and Adriatic under research. The scene includes chatter from a street audience and a humorous dialogue snippet.
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Frederick Osius
Osius
California
Kadota
Adriatic
First Iron Horse Fair Enthralls Boston at Centenary Exposition
The Baltimore and Ohio Centenary Exhibition showcases present day and historic locomotives from around the world in Boston from September 24 to October. Canada’s CPR brings its 2300 Pacific type engine with a nickel steel boiler plate yielding 25 psi boiler pressure. The Great Western’s King George V. heads a lineup of notable machines, with period-accurate passenger costumes enhancing the display.
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Boston
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Canadian Pacific Railway
Baltimore
Iron Horse
King George V
Great Western Line
Great Britain
Physician exam ends with fatal morphine miscue
A well known physician audits a nurse class by describing a patient and asks how much morphine to give. The nurse first says eight grains but corrects to one eighth of a grain. The examiner notes too late that the patient died. accompanying jokes about marriage and brunettes add no further facts.
Making A Real Comeback For North America’s migratory birds
A Canadian conservationist cites 1916 spring shooting bans across North America as key to revival of waterfowl. The article notes migratory treaty benefits with the United States, promotes protecting breeding birds, and highlights improved duck and goose populations under careful management.
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North
America
Canada
United States
American Gams Protective Association
Hals
Dominion
North America
Keeper Of Royal Dog Amusing Incident In Montreal
Mile. Hortense Cartier relates a Montreal tale from the Prince of Wales era. King Edward’s grandfather and a gifted dog sparked a royal procession. The mayor wore scarlet velvet as the dog’s keeper drew public fascination from an astonished American journalist observing the scene.
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Mile
Cartier
Montreal
Hortense Cartier
Prince of Wales
Edward
Mederic Martin
Philip van Koughnet
New York
Cattle-Raising Countries Ranked by Head Counts
Official returns show British India with 143,572,304 cattle, the United States 62,150,000, and the USSR in Europe 39,975,000. Argentina 37,064,850. Germany 17,262,256. France 14,372,980. Australia 13,595,539. Great Britain and Ireland 12,025,094. USSR in Asia 16,950,200. Union of South Africa 9,728,337. Canada 9,307,295. Canada ranks eleventh.
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Canada
British India
United States
Union of Socialist Soviet
Europe
Argentina
Germany
France
Australia
Great Britain and Ireland
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics
Asia
Union of South Africa
Squire yawns during sermon as hymn board prompts grim joke
The village squire, famed for horseflesh knowledge, yields to his wife and attends church. Awakened by a tedious sermon he sees the hymn number board Columbus and mutters Only three runners. A proposal suggests suspending licenses of old car owners guilty of dangerous driving.
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Columbus
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