Prairie optimism as spring opens in Saskatchewan
Prairie residents face a new season with guarded hope amid federal and provincial farming laws. They seek leadership and a modernized economic structure to stabilize returns, aided by a gas strike in Lloydminster and a jump in gold output from 500 to over 110,000 dollars in 1933, signaling broader development beyond farming.
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Prairies
Leo Tolstoy
Cy Thetfe
Will Dynon
Prairie
Canada
Saskatchewan
Lloydminster
Mentan
Chinese Filial Piety Forgives Debt After 60 Years
In 1883 Chang died owes 120 dollars to friend Yih. At the funeral Yih forgave the debt. Now the Chang son, aged 60, presents 120 dollars. an arbitrator redirects the amount to a local primary school. Sudan reportedly has 112 official aviation landing fields.
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Tschi
Chang
Yih
Yib
Ninety Seven Cree Witness Sees Civilization First Time
Benjamin Crow known as Ah Ah Su, 97, from God's Lake Manitoba, travels to Winnipeg as a witness in a claim jumping case. He marvels at tall buildings, cars, and a talkie. His first hotel night features a rabbitskin robe on the floor. A British estimate notes 29 million tons of steel rusting yearly at 1.4 billion dollars.
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Benjamin Crow
Ah-Ah-Su
Winnipeg
God's Lake
Man
Ab-Ab-Su
Search for Ross' snow goose by land and air voyage
An expedition using canoes, dog sleds, snowshoes, and airplanes sails to British Columbia to locate the nesting site of Ross' snow goose, a rare white form first seen near Sacramento in 1861. The bird visits both regions in flight, but its breeding grounds remain undiscovered, and its summer home is uncertain amid modern pressures.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Hudson's Bay Company
Eskimos
Baffin Island
British Columbia
Ross
Sacramento
California
Great Slave
Great Bear Lakes
Pianist Overcomes Rheumatism With Kruschen Salts
An elderly pianist recounts overcoming rheumatism that threatened his ability to play. He started Kruschen Salts daily and, after weeks, his painful left arm improved significantly enabling continued performance in his eighties. The ad claims the six mineral salts neutralize uric acid, aid bloodstream health, and prevent uric acid buildup and related poisons.
Water Jets Test Metal Durability at High Speed
A water jet wears metal rapidly in a propeller and turbine test rig. Two metal plugs whirl at 20 000 revolutions per second and pass through water jets. Stainless iron or nickel wear through in two to three minutes while stellite and iron nitride last 15 to 20 minutes.
Empire's Jugular: Suez Canal Key to British Reach
The Suez Canal’s strategic role for India, Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East has grown from past apathy to clear imperial importance. British strategists link canal defense to Egypt’s future status, noting Germany once called it the empire’s jugular vein during the Great War.
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Suez Canal
India
Australia
New Zealand
Far East
Egypt
Germany
Denmark to build tall tower by Pebling Lake
Visitors will ascend 980 feet to a restaurant in a tower to be erected on the shore of Pebling lake in Copenhagen. The tower will rise 1,040 feet high and rest on a base park of 1,880 square yards hosting a skating rink and a clubroom for yachtmen and other sportsmen.
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Pebling Lake
Copenhagen
Denmark
Yachtamen
Ninety Years of The Toronto Globe Marks 90th Anniversary
The March 28 issue celebrated ninety years of publication from 1844 founded by George Brown. A 22 page supplement traced the paper’s history and much of Canada’s history through the years.
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Toronto Globe
Canada
George Brown
Cuba's Sugar Industry and Infrastructure Overview
Cuba boasts over 3,000 miles of railroad and nearly 2,000 miles of government highways, including the Central Highway a 120 million dollar ribbon of pavement linking Pinar del Rio to Santiago. Its telephone network featured automatic dial lines years before New York or Chicago. The island traditionally led raw sugar production, shipping 700,000 tons in 1928 29 but limited to 2,000,000 tons by 1933 decree. The Buelta Abajo district remains famed for cigar tobacco though labor troubles shifted production to U S facilities.
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Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Santiago
New York
Chicago
Antilles
Buelta-Abajo
United States
National meeting plans for Canadian Authors Association at Kenora
The Canadian Authors Association executive in Toronto completed plans for the national meeting in Kenora from June 6 to 8. Presiding was Dr C W Gordon with Howard A Kennedy J Murray Gibbon and others from Montreal H A Hardy Prof Pelham Edgar and M O Hammond attending. The program features campfires on the beach an Indian pow wow and papers on Indians and new citizens of foreign extraction. A poetry competition open to all Canada and discussions on financial protection for Canadians whose music and writings are reproduced are included.
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Canadian Authors’ Association
Kenora
Toronto
C. W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Howard A. Kennedy
J. Murray Gibbon
Montreal
H. A. Hardy
Pelham Edgar
M. O. Hammond
Canada
Won Hix Wager Derek Eyles Big Appetite Feat
Derek Eyles of Wellingborough England ate fifty doughnuts in a sitting and won a wager. He then ate fifty more at one per minute while still hungry, challenging others with large appetites. Argentina ranked top corn exporter with 7 million tons annually. Traffic signals with shapes aiding color blind drivers designed. French bean native to South America. Cucumbers cultivated in India for over 3000 years.
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Derek Eyles
Wellingborough
Northhampton
England
Eyles
Agricultural Notes From The Dominion Department Of Agriculture
Agricultural notes discuss Canadian sheep quality in the west, beef production declines, and May 10 labeling changes requiring "Canada" on products bound for the United States. Honey exports totals by country are listed, with butter production rising in 1933, crested wheat grass seed scarce, and dairy herd growth led by the west and maritimes. Maple sugar packaging rules now forbid reuse unless marks are removed.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
United States
Holland
Russia
France
Germany
Cuba
West
Theophrastus
B.C
Maritime Provinces
Dominion
Prairie
Old Country
Maritimes
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Devil's Food Cake Recipe with Sour Milk and Cocoa
A vintage cake method details Cream Mazola with sugar then add egg yolks. Melt bitter chocolate with boiling water and fold into sour milk. Sift flour cornstarch soda baking powder and salt, alternating with liquid. Bake in a moderate oven 350 degrees in well oiled pans.
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Benson's Core
Brazilian banks face 8 percent interest cap decree
A government order restricts lenders to charging no more than 8 percent interest. The topic raises questions about how this limit will impact financing and the economy, with observers noting potential effects on borrowing costs and investment.
Cushion stuffed with money found in York home
A cushion used as a kettle holder by Mrs. T. M. Crosby in Burton Stone Lane York contained £100 in twenty £5 notes aged forty years. Police traced the cushion to a neighbor Mrs. Ainsworth Ratcliffe Street York who had given a perambulator to Crosby’s child. The chief constable ordered £75 to Crosby and £25 to Ainsworth.
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T. M. Crosby
Burton Stone Lane
York
Have Not Changed Much About Youth Today
The author argues that concerns about modern youth mirror past generations. Parents warned similarly decades ago, and school children forty years ago behaved much as they do now, with both good and bad conduct present across eras.
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Atock
German Scientists Try Anti Freeze Road Surfaces
To prevent highway icing in icy weather German scientists experiment with chemical methods to create anti freeze road surfaces improving safety and traction during cold conditions.
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Kruschen
Empire
Saas
Sanaa Ass
WIR
Hix
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Magnesia
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Minard
Miavialle
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