Canada’s Buffalo Revival Proves Remarkably Successful
Canada's buffalo program since 1907 has rebuilt a wild herd in the Northwest and Northwest Territories. The effort expanded the park herd to over two thousand and spurred humane slaughter and new tanning and dressing methods. The return of the buffalo rekindles a national memory and supports redevelopment, with meat, robes, and hides now more available and improved.
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Grand
Taffelo
Baffsio Nasionsal Park
Northwest
Territories
Buffalo Park
Canada
Middle West
Far
Victoria Memorist
Ottawa
Big Wood
Fort Smith
Japanese Like Jazz and Canadian Rockies Inspire Poems
A noisy mix of notes on jazz popularity in Japan and scenic reveries of the Canadian Rockies. Mary Belle Rich of Spokane praises Banff Lake Louise scenes inThoughts from the Sunny South, weaving imagery of pearly peaks and sapphire creeks with provincial pride and a nod to Alberta.
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Japan
Banff
Lake Louise
Mary Belle Rich
Spokane
Wash
Canadian Rockies
South
Fewer Horses In Canada Figures Show Rapid Decline
A Canadian agricultural report notes a sharp fall in horse numbers from 1923 to 1925, especially in the prairie provinces. Stallions and young stock decline significantly with Saskatchewan dropping from 13 515 to 6 326, while Ontario stalls drop slightly. The report warns mechanical power increasing and horse supply drying up, with horse values about half what they were 18 years ago while cows, sheep, and hog values rise.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Ontario
Praire
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Housanda
Saskachewan
Marathon Battle Shaped Europe Says Premier Baldwin
Premier Baldwin argues Marathon was more decisive than World War outcomes, preventing orientalization of Europe. He spoke to the British School at Athens in London, claiming ancient Greek victory preserved civilization and saved Europe from darker fates.
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Warathon
Baldwin
Europe
London
British School
Athens
Marathon
Fortification identifications under the sergeant’s eye
The sergeant questioned recruits about two identifications in a fortification drill. The most intelligent recruit stepped forward and answered swiftly that he had two IDs. The NCO repeated the prompt as the squad stood fast at attention.
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N.C.O
London
Parliament votes to save nineteen historic London churches
The British House of Commons narrowly passes a motion to preserve nineteen famed London churches. Lawmakers argue the structures, though no longer serving utilitarian needs, embody architectural beauty and national heritage and should be safeguarded for posterity.
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London
House of Commons
Metropolis
Regina
Prince to Visit Ranch for Two Months Next Fall
The Prince of Wales plans a lengthy Alberta visit staying two months at the Royal ranch near High River next August. Prof. Carlyle says the Prince was disappointed previously by shorter stays and aims to spend most of the year there. The manager also notes Carlyle will be in England in January to confer with the Prince.
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Prince of Wales
Alberta
W. L. Carlyle
Royal Ranch
High River
Alta
Canada
Carlyle
Prof
England
Electric map lights Olio Wesleyan students to world affairs
An illuminated map display in a university corridor draws Olio Wesleyan University students to watch world affairs unfold. The novel setup uses electric lighting to highlight events as students gather to view updates and commentary.
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Olio Wesleyan University
Dilly
Married women think of their husbands after vows
A quip notes the shift in thought from courtship to marriage, suggesting a wife’s mental focus moves from pursuing a man to thinking for her spouse once the union is formed.
Modern farmer defies rural caricature in Toledo Blade
An American Farm Bureau official on a tour of twenty five states notes farmers now lack whiskers and wear practical attire. He argues farmers stay well informed using modern means and resemble the average man, debunking stale stereotypes of rural life.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Tio
How To Avoid Germs by Health Commissioner Lees
Health Commissioner Lees warns against hand shaking to curb pneumonia and influenza germs. Dr Louis I Harris urges avoiding touching lips nose or eyes after shaking hands and not touching food, noting hands remain somewhat soiled despite washing.
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Lees
Louis I. Harris
New York
Greeling
Warris
Doctor questions two girls know-it-all cost
Two young girls with their nurse meet a pausing doctor who asks how they are. One replies they should not tell him because their father warned that last time he called it cost him two guineas. The man who knows it all never tired of trying to put others wise.
Interprovincial Wheat Pools Seek Unified Elevator Negotiations
Canada wide timber and other lands open for settlement as frontier zones expand. Interprovincial wheat pool boards in Winnipeg announce they will negotiate to buy all elevators controlled in three prairie provinces, consolidating efforts with U S C elevators and terminals at Great Lakes. The move aims to accelerate homeseeker access to new lands and encourage settlement across both older and newer provinces.
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Inter-Frovincial Wheat Pool
United Drain Srowers
Prairie Proiigees
Jsolal Wheat Pools
Wheat Pool Boards
Winnipeg
A. J. McPhail
Inter-Provincial Pool
Wilunipes
Prairie Provinces
1.G.G
Mant’ Tobe
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lakes
Canada
Dominion
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Assisted Immigration Policy Is Fundamentally Wrong
Toronto professor Dr. Peter Sandiford argues at a Winnipeg Teachers’ Association convention that assisted immigration is flawed. He claims intelligence tests should govern immigration and cites British Columbia tests where Scottish origin children scored higher than English or Irish, and Japanese and Chinese outperforming whites, framing morality and health around intelligence.
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Toronto
Peter Sandiford
College of Education
i _ University of Toronto
Winnipeg Teachers’ Association
Sandiford
British Columbia
Sandlford
A Queer Hiding Place Miner Secreted Stolen Gold In Glass
The Kalgoorlie pub owner, once a glass eyed miner, hid stolen gold behind his eye socket. He reportedly took four small gold bits daily, earning about 40 dollars weekly, and planned to retire after stealing several thousand dollars.
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Kalgoorlis
Western Australia
Euspicion
Women to Dominate Industry Says British Publicist
Sir Charles Algham told Soroptimist Club members in London that women are rapidly advancing and will dominate the work of the United States and Britain within about 20 years if men do not improve. He praised women as generally better employees than men, a change from 15 years ago.
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United States
Britain
Sir Charles Algham
Soroptimist Club
London
Sir Charles
America
Parisians Urged to Reinstate Salute to Unknown Soldier
A Paris veterans group laments lax attitudes toward the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The protest notes men uncovering and women bowing are vanishing as Parisians and foreigners alike drift from the custom, urging a return to the salutary salute.
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Pollu
Veterans’ Association
Paris
Transatlantic and Pan-American Communication Networks
The text notes extensive cable routes totaling over 724000 miles linking North and South America and 25000 miles connecting Europe with Latin American shores. It also mentions high power radio stations operating across South America and globally, indicating a mature telecommunication network.
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North
South America
Europe
Civilized World
New Province From Zuyder Zee Drainage Scheme
The Netherlands begins the Zuyder Zee drainage project by forming a company with 6 million guilders capital to build a massive dyke eighteen miles long separating the North Sea from the inland zee. Estimated dyke cost is 80 million guilders, and construction must precede the drainage system work.
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Zuyder Zee
Netherlands
North Sea
jZuyder Zee
Why Buy a Home I Need Only a Garage With Bedroom
A brief, ironic line from a newly wed recounts a shopping tactic in real estate sales. The speaker mocks the notion of lifelong home ownership, highlighting a preference for a minimal, modern living setup centered on a garage and a single bedroom.
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Ansesman
Home in a Tree Near Montexano Washington Built from Hollowed Lumber
A man named Wade is constructing a tree home from a felled fog cut hollowed in a Wynooce lumber camp near Montexano Washington. The dwelling is roughly the size of a Pullman drawing room. The piece notes that living by wit does not always equate to high living and cites a sizeable tree with broad foliage as typical.
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Montexano
Wash
Pulman
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