Amended Game Regulations Under Migratory Birds Act
Regulators under the Migratory Birds Convention Act approve amendments governing migratory game birds across provinces. The rules set open seasons with specific start and end dates for provinces including Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia, plus special districts. The changes also adjust bag limits for ducks, geese, brant, rails, and other species and tighten night shooting prohibitions with prima facie evidence rules for night possession of firearms.
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Governors Council
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Yukon Territory
Ontario
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Brant
Wilson
Jack Snipe
Threatneedle London's Wall Street banking street portrait
A New Yorker in London describes Threatneedle as London’s Wall Street filled with aging banking houses. The interiors are musty and telephone access is rare. Bankers are middle aged, dress is somber, and the street feels quiet and dignified with a sense that money is safe.
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Threatneedle
London
Wall Street
South America
New Yorker
Film firm buys Monte Cristo for new motion picture site
An enterprising producer group has acquired Monte Cristo island, famous from Dumas, and plans to turn it into a staging ground for a modern cinema project. The venture aims to capitalize on the island’s dramatic landscape for upcoming filming opportunities.
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Island of
Monte Cristo
Dumas
Experimental results from Indian Head soil packing and fertilizing
Interim report from the Jeminion Experimental Farm at Indian Head Sask outlines trials on wheat packing on summer fallow and autumn ploughed stubble with variable outcomes. Fertilizer plots show limited yield gains on fertile prairie soils, with potassium sufficiency reducing fertilizer value for common crops though nitrates and phosphoric acid may help certain specialized crops.
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Jeminion Experimental Parm
Indian Head
Sask
Livestock Movements For Two Years By Province
Dominion Livestock Branch reports two year shifts in cattle calves hogs and sheep movements across five provinces. Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta show variances in quantities sold or moved year over year.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Optimism Urged by Trade Minister in Postwar Canada
Deputy Minister F C T O Hara in the annual trade and commerce report urges optimism as essential to restoring commerce after the war. He notes Canada as youth among nations facing war debts, praising renewed industrial activity and a gradual upturn after widespread pessimism.
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F. C. T. O'Hara
Trade and Commerce
Trade and Commerce Department
Europe
Footsteps psyche ends as rubber heel news shocks Edinburgh
A fragment from the Edinburgh Scotsman quotes a sorrowful speaker lamenting a lost beloved. The line reveals the twist that the feared footsteps are now heard as rubber heels, signaling a surreal or humorous urban oddity.
Native Panamanian Groups Speak Spanish Proficiency
The article notes that indigenous Panamanians are reported to speak fluent Spanish. It discusses language use among native communities and comments on linguistic adaptation in Panama.
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Panama
Dipping Sheep Prevents Winter Infections And Ticks
Pamphlet No. 6 from the Dominion Livestock Branch urges dipping sheep before winter quarters to curb infection and parasites. It notes scab isolation, wool removal, and ten day dips for infected animals, and recommends twice yearly dips for tick prevention with pamphlet details available from Ottawa Publications Branch.
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Sheep and Swine Division
Dominion Livestock Branch
Ottawa
Honored For Success In Fruit Growing In Manitoba
At Manitoba Agricultural College convocation four men were named to the college roll of fame for aiding western agriculture. Dr S A Bedford Brigadier General Hugh N Dyer J W Scallion and A Stevenson were honored with portraits for their contributions. Stevenson was praised for fruit growing success planting Manitoba first apple tree and promoting shelter belts and tree planting across prairie farms.
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Ontario
Manitoba
Manitoba Agricultural College
S. A. Bedford
Hugh N. Dyer
J. W. Scallion
A. P. Stevenson
Stevenson
Dominion Forestry Branch
Morden
Rural Population Shifts Mark Canadian Provinces
The Manitoba rural population rose 39 percent while urban grew 184 percent. Ontario saw a rural drop of 13 percent and urban gain of 34 percent. A district survey in 12 square miles shows eight owner-occupied farms, four tenants, three bachelor tenants, three married hired men, four empty. Transients hinder progress.
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Canada
Manitoba
Ontario
Manitoba Free Press
Game Destroyers In Saskatchewan Big Game At Risk
A Saskatoon Star report states wolves kill more big game in Saskatchewan in a single year than all hunters during open seasons. The province hires fifteen game guardians from September to April to protect wildlife, with about $32,000 in annual game revenue.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Star
Local merchants urged to patronize and boost community
A call to residents to support neighborhood merchants to strengthen the town economy and foster a sense of community. The message emphasizes continuing local patronage as a civic duty and economic lifeline.
Inoculation Glance: British War Medical Reports Compare
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes a London volume on Great War medical services showing enteric fevers far lower in British forces. Inoculation is credited as main cause of reduced typhoid deaths and milder disease when contracted, contrasting earlier wars with no or limited inoculation.
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England
France
Caucasus
London
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Canada's Competitors In Food Production
India reports its 1921-22 wheat yield at 115,866,000 bushels, 46 percent above last year and 5 percent above the five year average, while Dominion notices show Ireland maintaining bacon and cattle output. highlighting Canada facing growing international competition in export grains and livestock.
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India
Ireland
Dominion Livestock Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Light Travel Reframes Distant Stars Across Time
The article notes that because the Earth and solar system move through space and light has finite speed we observe stars as they were in different past dates. It cites C T Ryan in Theosophical Path and Lundmark of Upsala estimating light from distant nebulae takes up to twenty million years to reach us.
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Lundmark
Upsala
Daylight saving and clocks through the ages
The Victoria Times reflects on daylight saving and historical time quirks. It notes how people once believed clocks could regulate the sun and jokes about future generations laughing at the practice of turning clocks forward an hour.
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P. T. Barnum
Victoria Times
Tiny Fly Bites Grasshoppers Near Swift Current
Eyewitnesses report a tiny red fly appearing northwest of Swift Current attacking grasshoppers. The insect lays eggs under the hoppers’ wings. heat hatches maggots that bore into the grasshoppers, killing them and reducing the pest that damaged rye crops.
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Animal Kingdom
How to Measure Wallpaper for a Room
Calculate wall area by summing all floor to ceiling widths and multiplying by room height. Subtract openings by multiplying each opening height by width, sum, and reduce from total, then divide by thirty six for single pieces. Include waste. Ceiling yardage equals room area divided by thirty six. Border yards equal room perimeter in feet divided by three.
Rothschilds Golden Rules Found in Baron's Desk
Found in Baron Rothschild's desk after his death in 1836, the maxims urge careful detail in business prompt action thoughtful but decisive forward daring, patience in adversity, honesty, measured associations, modesty, and prompt debt payments.
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Baron Rothschild
Saskatchewan Cooperatives to Ship Butter to Great Britain
The Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries will send 25 to 20 carloads of butter to Great Britain this year after sending representatives overseas to establish business connections.
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Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries
Great Britain
Endless Chain and Snowball Charms Cited Against It
The piece notes the endless chain or snowball as a practice of antiquity condemned by Pope Innocent XI in 1673. It cites a Bombay Examiner writer who calculated that if conditions were fulfilled each letter could yield 400,000,000 in nine days, a point raised by Rev. W. Cooksey in the London Times.
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Innocent XI
Bombay Examiner
W. Cooksey
London Times
San Diego Fishermen Land Rare Basking Shark
San Diego crews landed a basking shark female marking a rare capture in a long history of fishing. Only six basking sharks have ever been recorded as taken globally.
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San Diego
All Are Producers and the Desk Workers
An essay contrasts hands on labor with desk work, arguing every class sustains civilization. It cites builders, farmers, and mill workers as producers while warning against neglecting the desk bound roles that create markets and enable diverse industry. The piece cites Soviet Russia as a cautionary example.
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Soviet Russia
Russia
Regina
New Stamps for Russia Marks Soviet Anniversary
Russia plans original artistic postage stamps in October to honor the fifth anniversary of the Soviets. A special jury of public art, currency, postal, and philatelic officials will judge open designs with prizes of one thousand roubles, three hundred, and two hundred million roubles.
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Currency Printing Establishment
Russian
Philatelic Union
Dabuschinski
Altmann
Tschechonin
Taworski
Sheltowski
Iuon
Music the Oldest Art Explores Its Ancient Roots
The piece argues music is humanity's oldest art, predating humans and even found in subhuman sources. It cites examples like horses prancing to martial music and pets responding to piano sounds, noting the well known impact of snake charmers melodies.
European leaders strain under crisis praised by Regina Leader
The Regina Leader opines that European prime ministers exaggerate crises to prove their crisis management prowess. The writer mocks perpetual adversity and suggests they relish stretching difficulties to demonstrate resilience.
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Queen's
W. Nt Fass
Ness
O'Hara
Manitoba Agriculturist
Game
Rothschild’s Golden Rules
Prairies
Niagara
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