Wonders Of King's Domains At The British Empire Exhibition
The piece extols 1924 as Empire Year with Wembley as a grand gathering where Britons and distant Dominions unite to display imperial achievements. It celebrates loyalty to the Crown, unity of the Empire, and hopes visitors from Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa India and colonies will meet and see each other as brothers.
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William the Conqueror
Maghanarta
Shakespeare
Neleon
Watertoo
Meoet
Britain
Rome
John Bail
Canada
New
Seven Seas
India
Wembley
London
Montreal
Sydney
Prairies
Pacific
Australasia
England
Atlantic
Antipodes
Queensland
Forests Drive Canadian Telephone Service Needs
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service notes 944,029 telephones in Canada in December with prairie provinces using 107,958 pole miles and Ontario 47,176. With about 40 poles per mile, 7,365,889 poles exist, each a tree, underscoring forests' role and the need to protect them from fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Otttawa
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada reports higher wheat and grain yields for year
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Canada’s wheat yield at 20.75 bushels per acre for the year, up about three bushels from 1922, with oats up sharply and total grain crops rising in most categories. Provincially, Alberta shows a heavy wheat gain while Manitoba declines and Saskatchewan edges up.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Gas Combat in Tunnels Aimed at Locomotive Crews
Enginemen face heat up to 136 degrees in tunnels with smoke and carbon monoxide. The Bureau of Mines tested gas masks and pocket respirators, but a better method uses fresh air from the train air brake system. A rubber tube with a funnel delivers air to the face for quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Herdsmen used smudge to corral horses during survey
Pack horses in the Canadian survey party mapping land north of Athabasca Landing crowded into the smoke as soon as the smudge began. The tactic helped captors drive and gather the animals for the next day’s journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athabasca Landing
Alberta
Unlucky Lily of the Valley Planting Belief
A historic superstition warned that planting a bed of lilies of the valley would bring death within the next year. The belief reflects old folk customs about charms and omens surrounding flowers.
Cattle Trade Outlook Lowers Prices in September and October
The Dominion Livestock Branch notes droughts in Ontario and Quebec raise thin stock in the west but overall feeds look hopeful. They warn against heavy slaughter early, emphasize clearing markets to avoid packer storage of carcasses, and urge producers to market higher quality cattle to secure better profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Livestock Branch
Ontario
Qluebee
Ireland Strengthens Dairy Regulation and Pedigree Cattle Program
Ireland focuses on dairy industry reform with butter grading to protect the National Brand. The Department of Agriculture oversees cow testing and records purebred cows, maintaining a register. By 1922 over a thousand pedigreed cows met standards, dairy Shorthorns dominate, and 942 purebred bulls have been bred from registered cows for mating.
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Ireland
Department of Agriculture
Kerries
RCMP Sawmill at Aklavik Serves Arctic Posts
Canada's northernmost sawmill, run by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, sits at Aklavik on the Mackenzie delta. Intended to square logs for new Arctic posts, it also cuts lumber and could supply Eskimo communities along the Arctic coast if all orders were filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Aklavik
Mackenzie River
Arctic
Tramp Refuses Bath Within House Bordering Tub
A dialogue fragment shows a lady questioning a tramp about being in a place with a bathtub and the tramp denying presence. The exchange humorously notes a bathtub could not coexist with the house.
Wheat farmers face hard times despite dairy and hen value
Diversified farming commentary notes Kansas dairy cows and Leghorn hens produced over 90 million dollars last year while Kansas wheat yielded 61 million and North Dakota under 57.6 million, implying diversification could be more valuable than reports on railroad freight rates.
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Mohler
Kansas
North Dakota
Wall Street Journal
Commodity Rates On Vegetables
A railway commission judgment denies Alberta firms in Medicine Hat and Calgary a revision of express rates on vegetables moving east on a distance basis with BC eastward rates. It also rejects advancing the Vancouver Winnipeg special vegetable rates by one month, now in force May 15 to November 30.
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Railway Commission
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Captain MacMillan Plans New World Flight Next Spring
Illness forced a previous attempt to circle the globe to be abandoned. Captain MacMillan now prepares for another voyage next spring as dumps of stores and equipment are laid in at outlying Pacific ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain MacMillan
Pacific
Duluth Man fined for swearing in his sleep
A Duluth man was fined 50 dollars after a complaint of swearing in his sleep. The Brockville Recorder notes a humorous take implying penalties for snoring could repay wartime debt.
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Duluth
Brockville Recorder
Prairie Provinces Of Canada Supply High Grade Seed Wheat For Growers Of Southern Climes
Canadian seed exports expand as Marquis wheat, bred by Dr. Charles E. Saunders, reaches Argentina aboard the SS Hesperia. Prairie provinces push for larger, purer seed production to meet home and foreign demand, while Ontario inland clover seed shows strong dairying impact and market potential for growers in Dryden and Oxdrift.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
South Atlantic States
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Hesperia
Puenos Aires
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Calcutta
India
Germany
Marquis
Charles E. Saunders
United States
Dominion
Dominion Seed Laboratories
Commercial Intelligence Service
Department of Trade and Commerce
Republic
Dryden
New Ontario
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dair
Ontario
Cooperative Association of Seed Growers
Oxdrift
Tourists Boost Local Farmer Receipts In Ontario Markets
An Ontario Canadian Observer piece argues that tourist traffic channels new cash into towns, benefiting farmers as city earnings circulate through food and clothing purchases. When visitors spend locally, farmers gain via higher demand for beef pork corn tomatoes and related goods. The rural economy gains as money cycles through Ontario markets.
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United States
Dominion of Canada
Ontario
Sarnia Canadian Observer
Deputy Minister W J Black Resigns Amid Move to CN Rail London
Dr W J Black retires as Deputy Minister of the Department of Immigration and Colonization and will head the Colonization and Development Department of the Canadian National Railways in London. W J Egan becomes deputy, a role he assumed October 16, and Black has long been a leading figure in Canadian agriculture and colonization work.
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Department of Immigration and Colonization
W. J. Black
W. J. Egan
Black
Canadian National Railways
British Isles
London
Soldier Settlement Board of Canada
Canada
Manitoba Agricultural College
Trade Commissioner Service
Canadian Department of Trade and Commerce
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This fragment describes Chinese people enjoying joy rides in automobiles. It claims travelers spend their last cash on car trips, sometimes ending stranded miles from home, with the traveler content to walk back and feel the expense was worthwhile.
Factory Rivalry Over Gunpowder Skills
A confrontation in which one factory boaster challenges another, boasting about superior gunpowder production. The exchange highlights pride in manufacturing prowess and sets a competitive undertone without detailing methods or outcomes.
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Sir John Foster Fraser
Natural Resources Bulletin
Suez Canal
Emerald Isi
Vege
P. Stewart
Mr. Toomath
S.S
Marburn
Dr. Black
Colonization Dept. of
C.N.R
Weil
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