Streets of Gold in Dawson City Yukon Territory
Dawson City, Yukon Territory, capitalizing on past Klondike wealth, features streets paved with tailings still yielding traces of gold. Modern salvage uses hydraulic dredges to recover gold from large metal junk while traffic congestion and parking issues persist amid improved roads to Klondike creeks.
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Dawson City
Yukon Territory
Klondike Valley
Dawson
Klond.ke
Klondke
Klondike Gold Fields
Seeding From The Skies A Novel Idea For Western Canada
J A Stiles outlines in Regina a plan to seed grain by aeroplane in Russia at 400 acres per hour. He notes potential snow and mud seedings but warns many questions remain about feasibility, costs, and practicality for Western Canadian farmers.
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Prairie
Soviet Russia
Canada
J. A. Stiles
Boy Scouts In Canada
University of Fredericton
New Brunswick
Regina
Russia
Dean
Stiles
Unlucky Day at the Field Sparks Odd Exchange
A humorous exchange recalls a football match with 22 players and a referee on the pitch as the ball struck Jones. The line hints at a local scene with large crowds and everyday mishaps in a newspapery voice.
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Jones
Dunera Troopship Promises Luxurious War Transport
The British troopship Dunera, 11 160 tons, built for the British India Steam Navigation Co at 2 500 000, offers unusually large cabins and modern ventilation. Troops to distant stations will travel in comfort with airy quarters, first class public rooms, family spaces with cooking facilities, ironing rooms, three berth cabins, portholes and baths with showers. When not needed for transport she may serve passenger cruises.
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Empire
Dunera
British India Steam Navigation Company
Clyde
Alice Stevens Home Service Advice on Wall Display
Readers are invited to write to Alice Stevens Home Service for free advice on home cooking and household problems. The Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave E, Winnipeg, Man, offers guidance on hanging pictures, wall design, and personal taste to express character and avoid clutter.
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Alice Stevens
Home Service
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Livingstone Statue Finds Permanent Home in Salisbury Courtyard
A life sized marble statue of David Livingstone, once at Glasgow University then shipped to Southern Rhodesia, is set to stand in the courtyard of Salisbury new Government offices. After cleaning, it will stay pristine in Rhodesian air. the sculpture appears in stride, with a bundle of papers in the left hand a sextant in the right and a Bible peeking from the pocket.
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David Livingstone
Glasgow University
Southern Rhodesia
Salisbury
Livingstone
Edinburgh Scotsman
Woollen Mill Opensat Sifton Manitoba Signs of Economic Growth
The Spin-Well Woollen Mills opened in Sifton Manitoba in a two story brick building with a 100 by 40 foot footprint and a concrete boiler room. It plans to produce wool butts yarn socks comforters sleeping robes and blankets with washing and drying capacity of 200 pounds per hour. The October 14 official ceremony was led by Health and Public Welfare Minister I B Griffith with Public Works Minister W R Clubb and Speaker R Hawkins present. Clubb praised the directors and noted job creation and regional relief through farming based industry.
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West
Sifton
Man
Manitoba
I. B Griffith
W. R. Clubb
R. Hawkins
King to Tour Provinces in Coronation Year
The Daly Sketch reports that after much time in London the King will likely tour Nottinghamshire and Lancashire in spring with dates not yet fixed and also visit the Duchy of Cornwall.
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London
Nottinghamshire
Lancashire
Daly
Duchy of Cornwall
System Is Efficient City Chickens Replace Barnyard Fowls
A London Armchair Science note claims United States cities will shift to born and bred chickens. In New York skyscraper farming hens hatch and live in metal boxes within buildings. When eggs are laid they drop to a collecting box as one attendant may tend up to 15,000 birds.
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United States
New York
Armchair Science
London
Piper Must Be Paid
There is no strong public push to curb municipal services and costs. Governments face rising demand for more services, but funding expansions is often ignored. If tax limits occur, a limit on service quantity and quality should accompany them. Cotton is cultivated in 19 states of the Union.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
States
The
Union
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Chantecler
Sheffield
England
Southern
Rhodesia
Phillips
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