Saskatchewan's Valuable Clays
Saskatchewan’s clay resources offer wide varieties from bricks clays to a white kaolin near Lake Wapawekka, with silica deposits nearby. Pro fessor Worcester notes transport limits hindered access to Lake Wapawekka deposits, urging domestic clay products industry development to reduce imports and boost provincial wealth. The Regina Leader highlights bureau work locating and testing clays, anticipating future capital for industrial use.
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W. G. Worcester
Provincial University
Saskatchewan
Lake Wapawekka
Prince Albert
Medicine Hat
Worcester
Canada
Saskatchewan Bureau of Labor and Industries
Dunning
Regina Leader
Canada Fire Loss Sparks Call for Safer Habits
The Victoria Times notes annual Canadian fire losses reach 45 million dollars and urges stricter care from parents and smokers. A fire marshal speaker says one tenth of smoker caution could dramatically cut damage, urging better ignition practices and safer habits to reduce destruction and timber loss.
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Canada
Wewage, Inc
Association of Canadian Fire
Victoria Times
Trade Within the Empire
The piece argues that many business men ignore the Empire and focus on European markets. It criticizes politicians who doubt a cattle embargo promise to a Dominion and laments narrow horizons seeing only England and the Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
England
London Sunday Express
Brandon Cattle Wins Big at Vancouver Exhibition
J. D. McGregor of Brandon owned Aberdeen Angus cattle that captured seven first prizes and five seconds at the Vancouver Exhibition. The ball gentler and ball grand championships were awarded to his entries.
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J. D. McGregor
Brandon
Vancouver
High Praise For Grilisd Trade Butter Quality
A Saskatchewan dairy report praises the creamery butter shipped to a British house. The importer says the butter satisfied buyers, arrived in good condition, and packing was satisfactory with few damaged boxes. Provincial Dairy Commissioner Reed notes strong export demand and future direct trade links boosting returns.
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Mately
Saskatchewan
Canada
Mr. Reed
Glimpses of Primitive Life on a West Coast Cruise
A west coast Vancouver Island voyage from Victoria to Port Alice reveals towns with Indian names and a primeval coast. Indigenous people, their baskets and wares, and thriving port towns mark a rugged, developing region with opportunities for fishing and hunting. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. owns an island lodge on Sproat Lake near Port Alberni.
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Vancouver
James Basin
British Columbia
Fair Capitol
Victoria
Port Alice
Evergreen City
Vancouver Island
England
Clo-oose
Ucluelet
Clayaquot
Kyuquot
Port Alberni
Sproat Lake
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Lime in Agriculture Illuminates Soil Preservation Methods
Dominion Experimental Farm Bulletin No. 80 explains how lime neutralizes soil acidity, improves texture, and aids nitrogen fixation. It notes acid soils arise in wet or poorly drained lands and advocates testing soils and applying lime per form and rate guidelines.
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Dominion Experimental Farm System
Ottawa
British Engine Powered Gun Tested By Authorities
British military authorities test a petrol engine driven gun with no explosives and no smoke. It fires up to 1,200 rounds per minute at ranges to 2,000 yards using centrifugal force. A rotating basin of steel bullets releases projectiles through a single opening, adjustable for heavy or stun effects at close range.
Farming as Science in Red River Valley
The Minneapolis Journal notes a shift from luck to science in Red River Valley farming. Through Crookston agriculture school and Red River Valley Development Association, farmers adopt crop rotation, drainage, and year round livestock. They report higher yields, multiple crops, and income from dairy, transforming farming into a full year enterprise.
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Red River Valley
Minnesota
Crookston Agriculture School
Red Valley Development Association
Minneapolis, Journal
British Columbia Tops Dominion Egg Production Records
Advanced poultry records show British Columbia leading the Dominion in egg production with UC Vancouver area birds among the best. In BC 100 Leghorns 25 Plymouth Rocks and 7 Wyandottes earned advanced certificates for laying over 225 eggs in 52 weeks. Leghorn 297 by Old People’s Home Vancouver. Plymouth Rock 281 at Courtenay. Wyandotte 293 at Langley Prairie. Ontario totals include 44 Leghorns 11 Plymouth Rocks 18 Wyandottes with bests 282 Richmond Hill, 277 Kitchener, 254 Stony Creek.
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British Columbia
Dominion
Dominion Livestock Branch
University of British Columbia
Plymouth Rocks
Wyandottes
Vancouver
Plymouth Rock
Courtenay
Wyandotte
Langley Prairie
Ontario
Richmond Hill
Kitchener
Stony Creek
Record Binder Twine Trade Surges in 1922 at Fort William
Binder twine from the east at Fort William warehouses of International Harvester and Plymouth Cordage would encircle the earth 183.3 times if made into strand and total 4,583,333 miles. The 1922 season is the busiest on record for binder twine firms with output up at least 50 percent. Huge quantities have been shipped and demand outstrips supply.
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Fort William
International Harvester Company
Plymouth Cordage Company
Binder Twine
Vicar’s Wife and Village Dame Quarrel Over London Trip
Fragmentary dialogue shows a vicar’s wife claiming Arnold has gone to London to study pharmacy while a village dame laments the expense and suggests he could have stayed at the farm to be welcomed. The overheard exchange hints at rural tensions over education and money.
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Arnold
London
Leprosy Patient in Vancouver Improves with Chaulmoogra Oil
Doctors at Vancouver General Hospital report that a five month leprosy case is yielding to chaulmoogra oil treatment. A Chinese woman removed from an Orient steamer seven months ago began isolation there. with continued oil therapy she is now ready for release.
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General Hospital
Vancouver
Orient
Darmy Island
B.C
Scots Dialect Exchange At The Yard
A Scotsman recounts a brief encounter where a laborer slips from work to drink, meeting a cheerful bess who greets him and asks if he sought her. The exchange turns on a casual, humorous pleasantry in Edinburgh Scots.
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Randy
Eidinburgh
Book of Evangelista Bound in Oak Boards
The Book of Evangelista, used for coronation oaths of English kings, was bound in oak boards in 31308 AD according to the readable fragment.
Freight By Air Soon Transports Heavy Loads At Lower Rates
Charles Nall of Los Angeles predicts air freight and passenger lines will carry heavy loads at commercially satisfactory rates within five years. He cites radio, inflammable gas, and aluminium alloy as enabling light, safe airframes and lower airway rates, making air travel viable for business. Capper's Weekly notes aviation rivals to rail with rising rates.
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Charles Nall
Los Angeles
Capper
New Testament Divided into Verses by Printer Robert Stevens
The New Testament was first divided into verses by Robert Stevens, a printer, in 1561. This historic division helped standardize scripture reference across editions and languages.
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Robert Stevens
Peintes
Expulsion from Alsace Lorraine Targets 1500 Germans
Beginning August 12 the expulsion of 1500 Germans from Alsace Lorraine started, including wives and children. Married men may take 65 pounds baggage and 10 000 marks, single men half. A list of 500 adversaries was served first and property transfers were allowed. At the same time bank accounts of Germans in the region were sequestrated.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Hidden Treasures Behind Canton Wall Ruins Profit Builders
Contractors quoted to raze Canton walls in search of coins and ornaments found in abundance. The work triggered no payment but yielded profit to each applicant as ancient hoards were uncovered, per Youth's Companion.
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Canton
Chins
Thrift Or Rush Who Pays For Our National Luxury
Theodore Roosevelt told the Elks convention that Americans have grown to expect luxury and that the country’s wealth came from past labor and thrift. He warned that without sustained energy and willingness to work, the nation cannot maintain its modern comforts. He urged citizens to pay with labor and thought to preserve prosperity.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Elks’ National Convention
Europe
Lenine
Mother Nature
United States
Minneapolis Journal
British Columbia Dairy Records at Agassiz Do minion Farm
The 1921 annual report notes 23 Holstein cows in the Agassiz herd produced 9,996 pounds milk and 330 pounds fat in a 359 day lactation for nine months ending last December. Two-year-olds averaged 14,548 pounds milk and 607 pounds butter from 365 days. The 54 head purebred Holstein herd was accredited May 30, 1921, first in BC and among the first in Canada. Two heifers averaged 16,262 pounds milk and 506 pounds fat.
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Agassiz
British Columbia
Dominion Experimental Farm System
Canada
The Golden Rule of Life for All Men and Women
A Halifax Herald reflection on the Golden Rule urging daily self-checks to guide conduct. It argues the rule is simple, yet often neglected, and that mindful application would resolve many ordinary problems.
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Halifax Herald
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Brandon Cattle
Prizse
Klootchmen
Thes Nootka
Saskets
Mark Twain
Vancouver Islands
Banner Poultry
Experimental Farm
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