See Canada First Aims Spur Tourist Traffic Says Senate
Canada should boost tourist promotion as new wealth from visiting travellers flows in. Public highways, accessible remote districts, and the See Canada First campaign are urged to attract more foreign and domestic travelers, with a favorable tourist trade balance seen as cash in hand. The senate committee, representing east and west, reports findings for provincial and local promotion agencies.
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Dennis
Dominion
Canada
Meighen
United States
Old World
New York
Europe
Grain Growing Expensive Europe May Decide In Time To Buy
Jackson Dodds, joint general manager of the Bank of Montreal and president of the Canadian Bankers' Association, visited the Old Land and spoke at the Canada Club. He noted European wheat production had become uneconomical and predicted that as normal times return nations may favor purchasing Canadian wheat and other grain lands, a sensible and cheaper plan.
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Europe
Jackson Dodds
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Canada Club
Old Land
Brantford
Strange Deal In Four Bridge Game In Boulder
In Boulder Colorado Dr Leonard Pratt and R C Martin partnered to hold all red cards while their wives held the blacks. The women bid seven vulnerable and by making a laydown they scored 2460 points with a 700 premium for a rubber game.
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Bouler
Colorado
Dr. Leonard
Pratt
Boulder
R. C. Martin
Denver
Fastest fire engine shown at Brooklands track
A vehicle claimed as the world’s fastest fire engine was unveiled at Brooklands England. It supposedly reaches speeds over 100 miles per hour and can cover the 2.75 mile circuit in about one and a half minutes.
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Brooklands
England
Ghost Town Parkwood Echoes of a Once Flourishing Village
Forty years later Parkwood five miles from Carthage lies ruined with empty houses and deserted streets. Residents say they do not know why the town was abandoned after smallstone manufacturing declined. The Grand Hotel ledger shows a final entry on April 2 1891 for Moses Faber of Baltimore with a 75 cent overnight bill.
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Parkwood
Carthage
Gaberman
Grand Hotel
Moses Faber
Baltimore
Jaunty jumper dress pattern in lightweight fabrics
The article describes a jumper dress pattern for sizes 32 to 20 years with fabric options in cottons linens tub silks and lightweight wools. It outlines suggested guimpes in organdie net or silk and notes material yardage for size 16 plus the 2 percent to 1 percent yardage and a pattern price of 2 cents in stamps or coin.
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Gabardine
How To Order Patterns Address
Winnipeg newspaper notice lists order method for patterns from Winnipeg Pattern No. with address 16 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. The fragment indicates a pattern inquiry or ordering instruction from a local union or publication.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
First Woman Journalist on Continent Remembered in Brantford
F. D. Deville recalls Mrs. Atlee Lemowe Keeler Hart who began editorials in Brantford on the first journal Semtine. Rival claims by Mrs. Anne Royall and Mrs. Kate Maswah are noted. Keeler’s career began after her husband David Heeler started a paper in 1833. she wrote, wed, and carried on after his exile and her second marriage to D Acres Hart.
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Gstediente
Brantford
Onlaris
Jeurentiet
Ontario
Atlee Lemawe Keeler Hart
Anne Royall
Mra Kate Maswah
Montreal
F. D
Ireland
Keeler
George Brown
The
Globe
Upper Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie & Little
Rochester
Ednad Ferber
Cimarron
New Aircraft Concept Demonstrated At Berkeley Meeting
Professor M K Kirksten of the University of Washington outlined a novel airship idea to the American Association Society of Mechanical Engineers in Berkeley California. He described a craft resembling a ferry boat with paddle wheels driven by air instead of water and warned that radio could be hazardous to workers within ten feet of the powerful element.
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American Association, Society of Mechanical Engineers
Berkeley
California
To-Morrow
M. K. Kirksten
University of Washington
Kirksten
Ocean
Western Canada Crested Wheat Grass Seed Shifts to Fairway Variety
Severe drought in Saskatchewan and Alberta limits seed yield for crested wheat grass. The Fairway strain leads seed production, selling at a premium while distribution has favored northern districts. Officials expect Western Canadian stocks to soon be mainly the improved Fairway variety.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Danger from Hopper Poison in Saskatoon District
Dr. Norman Wright warns that careless handling of grasshopper poisons has killed five cattle four horses and a dog within ten miles of Saskatoon. The report highlights exposure from wet poisoned bran spilled from a wagon and a dog poisoned by a fanning mill, with cattle and horses succumbing to bait drips and lumps of poison spread for grasshoppers.
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Saskatoon
Norman Wright
Wright
Increase Of Scientific Knowledge Will Aid World Recovery
A Charles F. Kettering speech urges that expanding scientific knowledge will drive postwar recovery. He argues energy from the sun underpins all life and industry, and that mastering fundamental principles will enable advances like powered flight, all weather navigation, and improved urban life. He says progress requires solving core questions, not just accepting current definitions, and stresses forward movement over despair.
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Charles ¥. Kettering
General Motora Corporation
World Wool Market Outlook Brightens in 1934 Review
The 14th Annual Market Review by Canada's Dominion Department of Agriculture notes Canada influences global mutton and wool markets. Improved wool consumption and favorable lambing seasons in major producers boost output, with Australia and New Zealand seeing strong gains. Wool sale values rose early in 1934, improving growers' returns and signaling a continued upturn.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Australia
New Zealand
Women risk greater health danger in fasting for slender figure
Prof H J Deuel of the University of Southern California told the American Association for the Advancement of Reference that women who fast for a slender figure face higher health risks than men. He noted women develop more pronounced acidosis during a week of fasting and cannot burn fat as effectively as men.
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H. J. Deuel
University of Southern California, Medical School
Prof. Deuel
Power in Chaff Revealed by Cereal Chemist in Toronto
A cereal chemist told a millers and bakers convention in Toronto that chaff and straw from cereal crops hold vast power. He said surplus residues can be burned for heat but are more valuable for improving soil as a soil amendment.
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Millers and Bakers Convention
Toronto
William II Silver Forks Sold in London for 875
Two William II silver forks fetched 875 dollars at a London sale, reflecting strong interest in antique tableware. The items were described as authentic period pieces, drawing bidders from collectors and dealers alike.
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London
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