Hidden wealth prospecting across Western Canada rises with new finds
Geologists report vast potential oil gas and mineral wealth across the prairie provinces from Manitoba to Alberta and Saskatchewan with recent discoveries in Turner Valley and Athabasca Lake region. Experts caution that subsoil complexity glacial cover and faults require substantial capital and risk. Major figures warn the hunt is a rich man’s game demanding large investment for any meaningful returns.
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Prairie Provinces
Rocky Mountains
Manitoba
International
Arctic Circle
Turner Valley
Alberta
Athabasca Lake
Saskatchewan
Major Howard
Winnipeg
Dorsey Hager
New York
Hager
Lloydminster
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Representatives Meet Coronation Commission
Dominions sent representatives to a private St James Palace meeting to discuss their roles in the coronation ceremony next May. Stanley Bruce and Charles Water, high commissioners for Australia and South Africa in London, attended the historic session.
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Dominion
Dominions
St. James’ Palace
Stanley Bruce
Charles Water
London
Australia
South Africa
Monks Start Modern Community Church Near Mirfield England
Brethren of the Community of the Resurrection in Mirfield begin erecting a modern church on their grounds. Students from their college assist. The plan features early Cistercian simplicity with a large nave a sacristy rose window a chancel and a crypt under the nave. Galleries chapels and a tower with a dome are planned.
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Brethren of
Engiaah
Community of the Resurrection
Mirfield
England
Not So Very Easy Pronunciation Note From Globe
The Toronto Globe discusses English pronunciation with the drought example, noting the oddity of its spelling and sound. It contrasts a saying about telling all one knows to becoming interesting, reflecting language quirks.
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Toronto Globe
Special Stamps Mark Vimy Memorial Dedication
French government issues stamps to honor the Vimy Ridge memorial. A special post service operated at Vimy on July 26, 1936, with stamps reading Vimy France Canadian Memorial July 26 1936. Albin de Possesse presents a Vimy memorial medal to the Canadian Legion party. medals show In Memoriam and Canada France. One gold medal to the King, another fliver to Ernest Lapointe and a bronze to Marshal Petain.
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Vimy
Canada
Vimy Ridge
France
Albin de Possesse
Canadian Legion
Ernest Lapointe
Henri Petain
Medicinal Herb Plan Employs Unemployed In German Town
The mayor of a Rhone Mountains town orders the unemployed to collect and process regional medicinal herbs. A Leipzig report says the program will expand to require district schoolchildren to gather herbs one hour weekly, aiming to boost a local medicinal industry.
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Rhone Mountains
Germany
Leipzig
Fish Hear Radio Broadcasts Says Hungarian Scientist
Dr Bela Farkas of Szeged University reports fish can hear radio. In an experiment he placed food in a corner of an aquarium at noon and turned on a radio as Budapest church bells rang, and the fish swam to the corner to feed each time.
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Bela Farkas
Szeged University
Hungary
Budapest
Swiss Watchmaker Unveils Electric Timepiece Invention
Georges Pellaton, renowned Swiss watchmaker, claims to have perfected an electric watch powered by a tiny ator age battery. The device promises unprecedented accuracy and a novel energy source for future timekeeping progress.
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Georges Pellaton
Peaceful Penetration How Japan Seized vast Hopei Province
A historical analysis claims Japan quietly moved control of Hopei, a 39 million strong, trade‑heavy Chinese province, to its rule without arms or broad notice. It notes autonomous governance, Japanese advisers in key offices, and hints at ambitions to extend beyond the Yellow River.
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Japan
Hopei
China
Ethiopia
Hopet
United States
Lytton
Hopei and
Chahar
Yellow River
Hopei-Chahar
Stereotypes aside British restraint after attempted regicide
The New York Post notes that in London after an assassination attempt on King Edward the seventh the assassin was calmly restrained and not torn apart. Edward minimized the incident while the police explained the loaded revolver had an empty firing chamber.
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Edward
Europe
London
McMahon
New, York Post
Coronation to Provide Jobs Across the Empire Next Year
The Daily Mail reports that thousands will gain employment as preparations for the coronation begin. Passages to London and seats on the procession route are being booked by Australians, New Zealanders, and Indian merchants. In Yorkshire, locals are already earning work making commemorative mugs and jugs.
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London
Reuter
India
Yorkshire
Daily Mail
Millionaire for a Day: Dividend Check Mix‑up Recalled
William E. Merchant of Winston-Salem North Carolina received a dividend cheque for 1,000,014.50 instead of 14.50. He returned the cheque and joked about the error. A separate report notes the depth of the ocean and the sunken MS Everest between the Philippines and Japan.
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Wiliam E. Merchant
Winston- Salem
N.C
Merchant
Philippines
Japan
Everest
Naval committee weighs bomber threat to battleships
The government plans two 7.5 million pound super-dreadnoughts with tenders soon and four more by year end. Tests on ship vulnerability show planes unlikely to sink battleships, thanks to heavy armor and improved anti aircraft guns. Naval air forces will be boosted to 80 more planes to deter attackers.
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Barrow-in-Furness
Clyde
Tyne
Belfast
Sir Arm
Government Reinstates Wolf Bounty for Pelts Across North
Officials restore a bounty on wolf pelts as wolf numbers surge in the far north. The Dominion previously paid 30 dollars per pelt, cut to 20 in 1932, then dropped. New rules set a five dollar bounty with trappers keeping the skins for sale, aligning with provincial practice.
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Dominion
Wanted A Companion Clock Theft Ends In Jail
Elmer Koch, 24, jailed in Chicago on theft charges after stealing a solid walnut Swiss cuckoo clock from a Milwaukee avenue curiosity shop. He said loneliness at home pushed him to take the clock, and the judge sentenced him to 30 days.
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Elmer Koch
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Elmer
Quebec safety league eyes truck rear sound device
The Safety League in Quebec proposes a sound absorbing rear device for trucks to transmit the approach of cars to the driver via microphone. The aim is to help motorists pass trucks more safely on highways.
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Quebec
Safety League
Veteran Edmonton blacksmith returns to work at 90
Charles Gibbs of Edmonton ended retirement to shoe a 30 year old mare named Nelly belonging to 100-year-old Joseph Haire. Gibbs has always wanted to shoe a horse and achieved it at his 90th birthday.
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Charles Gibbs
Edmonton
Joseph Haire
Nelly
Odd Will Disallows Embalming and Anks for Simple Burial
Sudbury Ont probate records reveal Celina Charbonneau a 1928 will directing burial in an old fashioned way without ank or white cotton and with a pillow of wood shavings covered by white cloth she died in February. The estate valued at 16000 dollars provides most to church causes an income for her brother and amounts for nieces and nephews. Furniture goes to attendees at the funeral.
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Sudbury
Ont
Celina Charbonneau
Selected Recipes Gold Cake
Cream butter and sugar. Beat egg yolks until thick and add flavoring. Sift flour with baking powder, fold in milk and musk, then alternately mix with butter mixture. Bake in greased leaf pan at 375 degrees F for 35 minutes or shallow pan 25 minutes. Cover with icing.
Clergyman Humor Over Darwin During Dinner Talk
A tale of a dinner conversation where a talkative young man argues Darwin lore and a clergyman replies with a wittily pointed remark about his grandfather and grandmother. Also note: over a million pounds of American toilet soaps were imported into the Philippines last year and Tarpon Springs, Florida is dubbed the sponge capital of the world.
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Philippines
Tarpon Springs, Fla
Edmonton Scholar Appointed Dominion Soil Specialist
Appointed soil expert Dr Alfred Leahey of Edmonton succeeds the late Sidney Barnes overseeing soil moisture, erosion and related studies for Western Canada under the Dominion Department of Agriculture. Leahey’s training includes a BSc and MSc from Alberta, a PhD from Wisconsin, and ten years’ work in Alberta soil research and analysis.
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Alfred Leahey
Edmonton
Alberta
Sidney Barmes
Western Canada
Dominion
Experimental Farms
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Mr. Barnes
Prairie Provinces
Leahey
Jawell
Dominion Experimental Farma
New Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Sask
University of Alberta
University of Wisconsin
Research Council of Alberta
Trifles Make Perfection Quote by Michelangelo
A visitor to Michelangelo's studio notes little changes since last visit. The sculptor replies that small touches soften expressions and refine projections, insisting that trifles make perfection even if they seem minor.
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Michelangelo
Courage From Sardines Sparks Diner Debate
A small boardinghouse diner reportedly gained courage after asking for another sardine on his toast, illustrating how fish tales can embolden the meek.
Fur pelts harvested rise in Louisiana surpassing other regions
Louisiana reports higher annual fur pelts taken than Canada and Alaska combined, reflecting a regional emphasis on trapping. The finding highlights the state as a leading source of pelts among North American jurisdictions.
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Louisiana
Canada
Alaska
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McMey Beck
Navy
Exitela Willontinwe
Northwest
Calgary
Regina
Bigg
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