Dirigible Air Ships To Be Given Further Tests To Vindicate Worth
Germany and Great Britain press on with dirigible testing after a series of tests and prophecies. The Zeppelin from Friedrichshafen to Jerusalem and back is cited as proof of progress. future craft aim to cross the Atlantic and reach Canada. The voyage covers 5,000 miles in 8 hours 31 minutes and passes over Lyons Rome Haifa Jerusalem and Tel Aviv amid public displays in Palestine.
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Germany
Amd
Great Britain
Friedrichshaven Gereamny
Holy Land
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Lyons
Mars Tithes
Fremce
Corsica
Rome
Messina
Corfu
Creta
Cypres
Haifa
Jerusalem
Crete
Athens
Hungary
Vienna
Friedrichnhates
Dr. Eckener
Newfoundland
Mediterranean
Joa
Mount Carmel
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Esther
Jeruslem
Holy
Turkeys Bring Fame to Fraser Valley Pioneer
In two years since arriving from Bedfordshire England Jesse Throssell earned the title Turkey King of the Fraser Valley near Vancouver. He built a 500 to 600 bird flock by autumn 1927 and won top prizes at the Vancouver Winter Fair 1928 including best turkey and dressed turkey classes. A six-turkey две lot weighing 156 pounds sold to the lieutenant governor for 187.80 with 45 dollars for the best third. Throssell shipped turkeys to Australia for breeding.
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Jesse ‘Throssell Xine
Coloubia
Bedfordshire
England
Fraser Valley
Vancouver
Throssell
Oncleus
British Columbia
Throsser
Australia
World Feed Grain Supply rises with US and Canada gains
The total feed grain crop from reporting countries now stands at about 184 million short tons, up roughly 6 percent from the previous period and 5.6 percent above the five year average. The rise is mainly from surplus-exporting nations, notably the United States and Canada, while importing countries report tightened supplies and carryovers.
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Russia
China
United States
Canada
British Empire Naturalists Association Forms BC Branch
The British Empire Naturalists Association based in London has created a British Columbia branch to record Nature notes track bird arrivals and departures spread natural history literature protect wildlife and promote nature reserves. W A Nicholson formerly editor of The Shooting Times London is appointed Recorder with offices at Sea View Gibson's Landing B C.
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British Empire Naturalists’ Association of
London
England
British Columbia
W. A. Nicholson
Natural History
the Shooting Times
Landon
Sea View
Gibson's ‘Landing
B.C
Canada’s Apple Imports and Fruit Demand Rise
Canada imported 1,124,000 worth of apples last year with other fruits showing varied totals: grapes 31,189,000 melons 209,000 peaches 665,000 pears 928,000 plums 34,000 and berries 332,000. Vegetables imports topped eight and a half million dollars including half a million stellars of onions three quarters of a million potatoes and 1.5 million tomatoes.
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Canada
Trail Riders Plan Four Day Ride From Banff to Castle Mountain
The Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies announce an August 1 four day official ride starting Banff and passing Healy Creek Shadow Lake and Simpson Pass to Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp for the Pow wow. The group now exceeds ten thousand members with goals of earning the thousand mile badge and a longer seventeen day expedition to the Columbia Icefields from Lake Louise for twenty riders.
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Canadian Rockies
Banff
Healy Creek
Sunshine Valley
Simpson Pass
Shadow Lake
Mount Ball
Egypt Lakes
A. O. Wheeler
Canadian Pacific
Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp
Windermere Highway
British Empire
Columbia
Lake Louise
Heavy Honey Production Data by Prairie Provinces
Production value across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta totaling 1 011 019 with Manitoba 888 159 Saskatchewan 77 660 and Alberta 66 200. Music teacher pupil exchange defines opus as what you holler when you call the cat.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
It Happened In Turkey Camel Draws Jury Duty
The census in Turkey ordered by Kemal Pasha led to a comic error as stallion Haroun Kaba the camel was listed for jury service. The animal was brought to the courthouse by its owners, a curious incident from the census.
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Turkey
Kemal Pasha
Haroun Kaba
Winnipeg Pattern Catalog No. 417 Practical Child Sizes and Materials
Vintage Winnipeg Newspaper pattern listings describe sizes 26 to 42 bust, yardage needs for 36-inch fabrics, and extra embroidery fees. Items include No 277 Chic One Piece Dress, No 843 Ultra New, No 104 Practical Smart, and embroidery numbers 41435 blue 25 cents extra, with notes on colors and stamps.
Tattooing as the Best Branding for Pure-Bred Livestock
The piece argues tattooing is the ideal, permanent ID for pure-bred stock including Herefords Jersey cattle and sheep and swine. It cites foxes and historic cultures to support identification, urges compulsory adoption, and warns that certificates gain value only with honest breeders.
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Polyenesia
Marqueszas
Improvement In Canadian National Parks Opens Scenic Roads
National Parks in Canada covering 11 000 square miles show steady progress in opening scenic points to motorists and tourists. In 1928 the National Parks Branch expanded visitor facilities, extended motor roads in Western parks, and added over 400 miles of first class highways with new trails and improved maintenance for the coming tourist season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
National Parks Branch
Department of the Interior
Age of Speed Drives Frantic Commuting Behavior
The piece notes people rush through streets avoiding delays whether by car or streetcar, fearing others will beat them to destinations. It argues for statistics on time saved by speed and claims most speedsters only save minutes, then waste them later.
Predicts Great Wealth From BC Mines in The Future
Professor John A Turnbull of the University of British Columbia told the Vancouver Island Prospectors Association that BC mines will produce about 2 060 060 000 per year in twenty years. He argued the country is young with growth ahead and world metal shortages will push prices higher. The teacher narrator jokes about human nature as a student questions the metaphor of a snake.
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John A. Turnbull
University of British Columbia
Vancouver Island Prospectors’ Association
British Columbia
Edmonton Building Program Projects Over Seven Million Dollars
Edmonton faces a year of extensive construction with over 7 million dollars in planned building. Government figures show 1,250,000 for new construction, including a normal school, 500,600 for an administrative building, and 150,000 for a University hospital extension. Permit activity to date far surpasses the prior year. The note adds East Bengal in India records the world’s wettest rainfall at 429 inches annually.
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Edmonton
Univrsity Hospital
TemperanceSociety Slogan Sparks Colloquial Exchange
A snippet from Koelner Zeitung in Cologne reflects a terse exchange about temperance culture with a punchy jab about being a horrible example. The remark centers on public morals and social expectations within temperance discourse.
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Lawlige Koelner Zeitung
Cologne
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Bertin
World Feed Grain Supply
Comeda
Naturalists’ Association
British Empire Naturalists’ Association
Japan
Winnipeg Newspaper
Union Fashion
Emb
Emeb
Winnipes Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winniper
Birmingham
Edmonton Building Program
East Bengal
India
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