Back To The Land Movement Gains In Dominion
Census shows rural Canadians at 46 percent with 22 787 vacant farms and 728 244 occupied farms, up 2.1 percent since 1921. The Ottawa Journal notes a growing back to the land under Wesley Gordon and Maclean's reveals. The movement spans Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and provinces with thousands of urban residents shifted to rural life, aiming to strengthen Canada’s agricultural base.
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Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
Wesley Gordon
Richard Churchill
Maclean's Magazine
Gordon
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Queen Keeps Private Treasures in London Safe Vault
The Queen recently locked a steel box in a London Safe Deposit vault on a Saturday. Nine tests guard access to the box and a 20 ton door with keyless combinations and anti drill measures stands between intruders and the treasure. The vault lies beneath Piccadilly in the London Safe Deposit premises on Lower Regent Street, W.
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Piccadilly
London Safe Deposit
Lower Regent Street
London
England
Mrs Miggs and Mrs Biggs Comment on Servants and Training
The dialogue features Mrs Miggs praising independent servants and Mrs Biggs humorously claiming a young country girl should be trained then sent out. The passage notes eight hundred applications for patents on moving picture photography filed with the British patent office last year.
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Patent Office
Prospectors Ready As Great Bear Lake Region Opens
More than 200 men await spring break up to begin claims in the radium and silver rich Great Bear Lake area from Echo Bay to Hunter Bay. Oil expert R. W. Mackinnon, after testing Imperial Oil wells at Fort Horman, reports the district densely staked and expects many more fortune seekers to arrive once ice clears.
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Great Bear Lake
Canada
Arctic
R. W. Mackinnon
Calgary
Imperial
Fort Horman
Echo Bay
Hunter Bay
Early Shelter Origins From Weather to Architecture
Historians say early builders sought protection from weather shaping architecture. Initial huts likely arbors of twigs later mud covered, built by agriculturists. Hunters preferred caves for security while shepherd nomads used tents, ideas echoed by Central Asia shepherd patterns.
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Central Asia
Oldest Jockey in World Celebrates 104th Birthday
John Faulkner of Appleford Berkshire has turned 104. He first rode in 1851, rode Dusty Miller in the Cesarewitch of 1856, and last steeplechase at Abingdon aged 74. Still active, he has broken many bones, never bets, drinks one beer daily, and is famed as Johnny Faulkner with friends like Lady Oxford who enjoy his racing tales.
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John Faulkner
Appleford
Berks
England
Epsom
Dusty Miller
Abingdon
Berkshire
Johnny” Faulkner
Lady Oxford
Canada Sugar Maples Reach Across Provinces to Ontario
The Sugar Maple ranges from the Maritime Provinces to Lake of the Woods in Ontario. It can exceed 100 feet in forest stands but typically measures 75 to 80 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet in diameter. It grows pure stands or with other hardwoods, tolerates shade well, aiding its reproduction and survival amid competition. Separately, U.S. farms total about 8 million, with 6 million on unimproved roads and 2 million on dirt roads.
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Forest Service
Department of the Interior
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Lake of the Woods
Ontario
Glass walls and roofed wing erected at Beeston factory
Eleven acres of glass are used in the walls and roofs of one wing of a new Beeston factory in England, illustrating extensive use of glazing in industrial architecture.
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Beeston
England
Census Finds Canadian Farm Occupation Up in Prairie Provinces
Federal statisticians report 1921 to 1931 saw Canada’s occupied farms rise by 17 154 to 32 767 nationwide. Western provinces gained while Ontario and Atlantic provinces fell. Saskatchewan up 14.3 percent, Alberta 17.7 percent, British Columbia 18 percent. Ontario’s net loss 6 748 farms, 3.2 percent, with 14 of 55 counties showing gains and 41 declines.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Cochrane
Perth
Temiskaming
Peel
Manitoba
Errant railway car scene sparks terse exchange
An irascible Colonel in the adjoining compartment refuses a smoking request, prompting a terse, fiery exchange as a hurried late arrival in a railway carriage unfolds into comic tension.
Do you believe kissing is unhealthy
Nell explains she has never kissed and has never been sick while Bill jokes about never being kissed. The dialogue contrasts health myths with personal anecdotes in a playful exchange.
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Nell
Bill
Pharos Lighthouse Origin Linked to Alexandria Harbor
The term pharos derives from the ancient lighthouse on the Island of Pharos in Alexandria harbor Egypt, historically fueling the name for lighthouses worldwide.
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Pharos
Alexandria
Egypt
British Scientists To Head Expedition To Northern Canada
J M Stagg to lead a six man British expedition to Fort Rae Northwest Territories to study the aurora borealis as part of the second international polar year. The team will travel from England via Montreal and Edmonton to Great Bear Lake, setting up two camps 25 miles apart to photograph the lights and test radio related theories.
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J. M. Stagg
Fort Rae
N.W.T
Canada
International Meteorological Commission
Mr. Stage
Great Britain
England
Montreal
Edmonton
Athabasca
Slave Rivers
Great Bear Lake
Tromsoe
Norway
Europe
Worms That Shaped London's First Subways
Ship worms taught London engineers how to bore and line tunnels to resist water. The worm makes a half inch bore and lines it with a limelike substance to keep damp water out of wood and clay. Studying this, engineers learned to keep tunnels dry as they advanced. The worm shreds wood as it moves, passing small particles through its body.
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London
Ice Box at Mount Revelstoke Peak
In Mount Revelstoke National Park British Columbia a natural Ice Box lies on a boulder strewn slope at the summit. The cleft in the rock runs forty feet long four feet wide and about ten feet deep and remains frigid year round protected by rocky walls. Painted signs guide tourists to the feature. A captioned domestic scene mentions a wife urging her nervous husband George about driving their first car on the road.
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Mount Revelstoke
Mount Revelstoke National Park
British Columbia
Revival of vegetable home gardens gains pace
A revival of vegetable home gardens is predicted this year as gardeners respond to rising interest in self-sufficiency. Local clubs and extension agents report increased seed orders and soil preparation, signaling renewed community activity and healthier households.
Predicts Demand for Heavy Draft Horses Returns to Farms
The Dominion animal husbandman notes oats and feeds stay cheap while gas and oil for tractors rise, signaling a revived interest in heavy draft horses as farm power. He forecasts years of increased horse breeding and use across Canada east and west, citing low depreciation, fuel, and repair costs compared with engines.
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Dominion Animal Husbandman
Canada
Zinc and Its Properties Studied Systematically
Zinc has long been used as a metal, but only in the last decade has a systematic study of zinc and its properties been undertaken.
Citizen Defines Be er Reads and Taxes in Nashville
A Nashville paper quotes a citizen describing a typical resident as someone who demands better reads bigger schools a new post office and lower taxes. The remark notes a familiar local type in civic life.
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Nashville
Canada
Coloring Apples under Ultraviolet Light Advances Fast
Scientists report ripe yet uncolored apples developed full color after 48 hours exposed to ultraviolet light. The experiment demonstrates rapid pigment development and may impact postharvest processing and quality control for fresh produce.
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Pele Mele
Paris
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tajo
Maritimes
United States
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
France
Germany
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Mount Revelstoke Park
George
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
British Empire
Charles Camsell
Governor- General
Centre
F. W. Gray
Sydney
N.S
Institute
John A- Allan
University of Alberta
W. A. Gordon
Labour and Mines
Madrid
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