Canada Looks For Record Wheat Harvest In 1927
Preliminary government figures project a bumper grain year in Canada with wheat near 168.862 million bushels and oats, barley, rye and other crops also set for record returns. The three prairie provinces expect high totals despite rust and frost, with threshing advancing and optimism rising among farmers and business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Manitoba Free Press
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Canada
Prairie
Japanese Prince Chichibu Betrothed to 17Yearold Mahako Ichijo
Tokio dispatch to the Evening News says Prince Chichibu brother of the emperor and heir apparent is engaged to Mahako Ichijo 17 daughter of Prince Ichijo chief ritualist of the Imperial Court. The match is urged by court dignitaries due to lack of a son in the emperor’s family and a second daughter recent birth.
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Chichibu
Mahako Ichijo
Prince Ichijo
Ichijo
Kioto
Lignite Plant at Bienfait Acquired by Western Collieries
The minister in charge of the Saskatchewan Bureau of Industries announces the Lignite Utilization Board plant at Bienfait is acquired by the Organized Western Dominion Collieries Company of Winnipeg. The firm will remodel the plant for commercial use at the earliest date after years of negotiations post 1919 to 1923 experiments.
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Bureau of Industries
Government of
Saskatchewan
Lignite Utilization Board
Bienfait
Sask
Western Dominion Collieries Company of
Winnipeg
Instrument Measures Billionths Of An Inch Showcased
Bell Telephone Laboratories unveils a device by P. P. Cloffi surpassing the interferometer in length measurement by about four hundred times. It detects minute changes in length as wires of various compositions magnetize, aiding magnetism research amid questions about the nature of magnetism and atomic alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Laboratories
P. P. Cioffi
Cloffi
Clof
L. W. McKeehan
Dell Laboratories
Mayor Foster Drops Bills to Promote Flight in Toronto
Toronto Mayor Foster dropped ten marked one dollar bills during a city flight and offers to redeem them for five dollars at city hall. The stunt aims to boost interest in his aerial trip and aid his bid to join the Aeronautical Association whose convention is under way in the city.
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Foster
Toronto
The
Aeronautical Association
Saskatchewan Furs Report Totals 1926 Pelts and Value
The Saskatchewan trappers brought in 654 742 furs in 1926 with total payments of 1 266 706 dollars. Muskrat pelts led at 483 858 valued at 536 629 dollars, followed by 26 475 coyote pelts worth 274 275 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Signing highways and the balance of direction advice
The piece argues against over signing roads and urges single clear signs only where directions are doubtful or dangerous. It compares confusing signage to overdose and stresses precise placement to prevent near misses and hard travel.
Putnam's Corn Extractor Promises Quick Relief
Advertisement touts Putnam's Corn Extractor as a wonder liquid that makes corns shrivel up and drop off in a day or two. Relief is claimed to be instantaneous with nightly application, urging purchase from a druggist with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Putnam's
Putnam’s
Ship Hens For Egg Contest From Vancouver To Preston
The first Canadian entry to the International egg laying contest leaves Vancouver in a special express car on the CN Railway bound for Preston Lancashire England. Thirteen white leghorns from Farrington Brothers Burnaby are supervised by Prof. E A Lloyd of the University of British Columbia. The birds travel with daily apples for nutrition during the long journey.
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Preston
Lancashire
England
Vancouver
Canadian National Railway
Farrington Brothers
Burnaby
E. A. Lloyd
University of British
Baby's Own Tablets Promise Health For Little Ones
Mothers praise Baby's Own Tablets for relieving mild stomach and bowel disturbances in children. The tablets ease constipation indigestion and teething discomfort and are sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Does Weakness Detract From Your Good Looks
Mrs. Thomas Chapman of 3 Somerset Place Toronto endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for nervousness and indigestion. She says it helped her sleep and restore natural rest after nerves and insomnia. She urges other women to try the medicine for relief and vitality.
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Dr. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Anus Suppositories Offer Safe Relief for Piles
A medical note asserts that Anus suppositories provide positive relief for piles and that surgical intervention may often be avoided. It claims the suppositories are safer and more effective than neon surgical treatment, with doctors endorsing their use.
Efficient Store Keeper Blind Man at Salt Lake
Charles A. Larson has been blind for 16 years yet runs a grocery store at a Salt Lake tourist park with remarkable efficiency. His wife and two daughters assist at times, but he works independently, placing items in designated spots and locating them for customers. He is an expert at distinguishing coins and giving change, quietly serving many tourists without revealing his affliction. A Corrector of Pulmonary Troubles. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is praised for respiratory relief and is recommended to sufferers of bronchial inflammation.
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Charles A. Larson
Salt Lake
Larson
Thomas
Cattle Tuberculin Testing Rules for Royal Winter Fair
New prize list requires all cattle at the Royal Winter Fair to pass a tuberculin test by a veterinary inspector within sixty days before opening on November 16. Accredited herds may enter without testing. Testing is free after entry. Early entries help. final date is October 27. Reactors are reported to the association and entry fees refunded. US cattle may enter Canada with approved test charts.
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Veterinary Inspector of the Health of Animals
Department of Agriculture
Owrtr
United States
Canada
Greenville man gives flowers to the sick for twenty years
A Greenville South Carolina resident has spent two decades sharing bouquets with hospitalized and ill neighbors. Now sixty six, he tends his garden at dawn and dusk and, each Sunday, gathers blooms to deliver to Greenville hospitals and bedridden patients.
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Greenville
South Carolina
The Terror Of Thirst and The Gobi Desert Feat
A brief note on the Ure Gobi Desert as a waterless vast expanse in Central Asia. It recalls Swedish explorer Seven Hedin’s dash across the desert after losing gear and nearly dying. Also mentions global expeditions and nature guarding its secrets. Miller's Worm Powders advertised as a safe remedy for children with intestinal worms and related symptoms.
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Central Asia
Ure Gobi Desert
Hedin
Ufe
United States
Nature
Descent and Duty: Roosevelt Quote on Ancestors
A reflective piece cites Theodore Roosevelt on the ease of talking about ancestors versus doing meaningful deeds. It argues personal achievement matters, urging pride in forebears while stressing the duty to act for future generations and allow children to be proud of their lineage.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Canada
Bayer
Byrd’s Greenlandic Quest Seeks Ship and Skiers for Antarctica
Lieut Balchen arriving in Oslo reports Commander Byrd’s plan to send a ship to the Ross barrier for reconnaissance before the Antarctic expedition next year. His task includes locating equipment and personnel, especially skiers, to depart this autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Oslo
Norway
Balchen
Richard E. Byrd
Woman Creates Colored Steel by Secret Process
Miss C. Griff of Birmingham England perfects a secret process to color steel for ornaments and buckles and buttons. The colored steel is described as stainless and rustproof and can imitate costly metals in artistic designs. Also notes Holloway's Corn Remover claims to relieve coins.
Manitoba Cordage Works Trials Hemp Binder Twine
Five hundred acres of hemp are under cultivation within five miles of the Manitoba Cordage Company plant at Portage la Prairie. The firm is testing binder twine this year and has begun supplying farmers with balls for trial to gauge quality after use.
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Manitoba Cordage Company
Portage la Prairie
Edmonton interests eye alfalfa mill at Lethbridge
Edmonton interests consider establishing an alfalfa meal mill at Lethbridge to grind alfalfa and produce mill feeds using ground alfalfa and by products from the Raymond sugar factory. Expanding alfalfa acreage in local irrigation districts has spurred this idea. Paris Gendarme to inebriated stranger demands an address. American Tourist gives 235 Third Avenue Chimgo.
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Edmonton
Lethbridge
Raymond
Paris
Third
Chimgo
Toll Tolls Chronicle Early European Duties
First known payment by Wes sels at the Stade on the Elbe in 1109. Toll bars appeared in England by 1267.
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Wessels
Stade
Elbe
England
Dysentery Alarm Leads Reader to Quick Remedy
Mrs. Wallace Pepper of Simcoe Ontario reports severe dysentery last summer with loss of appetite and abdominal pain. She fainted and passed blood, then consulted a doctor who urged a fast-acting treatment. An unrelated entomology note claims the fastest moving creature is the deer or bat fly, capable of 185 miles an hour.
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Wallace Pepper
Simcoe, Ont
North America
Europe
Fragmented Advice on Friendship and Perception
The passage contends that keeping a friendship requires restraint and humility. It warns against underestimating a friend's intellect and notes that it is easy to manipulate someone who is deceived.
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Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Dodds
Theuma
Ww. SN. U
Saskatchewan Furs
Minard
Canadian & Foreign Agency Company
Unity Luilding
Montreal
Roosevelt
Baby's Soap
Baby
Holloway
Alfalfa Meal Mill
Cee Ni Ayu
T. Milburn Co., Limited
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