Fruit Growing Advances Across the Prairie Provinces
The article notes rising fruit cultivation in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta driven by settlers first farming land then diversifying to fruit. It cites Stevenson in Manitoba Athabasca Gauthier near Athabasca and Lawrences Edmonton nurseries plus university guidance and trials in Lethbridge Medicine Hat and Saskatoon outlooks include berries plums currants cherries apples and crabapples with growing home and market production.
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Canada
Canadian Prairies
Great Lakes
Rockies
Calgary
Bow River
North West Mounted Police
Turner Valley
North Saskatchewan
Manitoba
A. P. Stevenson
Morden
Kca
Stevenson
Gauthier
Athabasca
Lesser Slave Lake
Northern Alberta Railways
Edmonton
Herbert Lawrence
Saskatchewan
Lawrence
Lawrences
Buena Vista Gardens
Saskatchewan University
Saskatoon
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Prairie
W. B. Cameron
Geodetic Survey Maps Manitoba Fire Lookout Sites
The Forest Protection Service and Department of the Interior conducted an aerial reconnaissance of fire lookout sites in northwestern and southeastern Manitoba in the early part of the year at the request of Manitoba’s forest protective service.
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the Geodetic Survey of Canada
Department of the Interior
Province of Manitoba Forest Protective Service
Manitoba
Proportionate Measurements and Pattern Material Notes
Chart compares proportions for ages six to fourteen with measurements for bust and socket bone to floor. Instructions emphasize careful pattern comparison before cutting and list tile belt sizes and material percentages for different ages. Pattern price is 25 cents, payment by stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No sapai
A short note from Winnipeg Newspaper Union lists patterns and an address at 175 McDermot Ave. The text includes a jumbled anecdote about a judge and his efforts to win a wife and house, followed by brief mentions of a banana fibre bag machine in Guatemala and automats in Copenhagen and Sumaria with two cent prices.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Peace River growth seen with rail link and loans
Miss Elizabeth Harper, on a Canadian visit, told Montreal Women's Club welfare committee that Peace River country could become a major agricultural and commercial center. She urged a regional rail line to the Pacific and a maximum loan of 2700 dollars with annual payments of 290 to 400, noting coal and oil wealth and a need for doctors and nurses.
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Peace River
Henry Harper
Elizabeth Harper
Emily Harper
Banbury
England
Montreal
Miss Harper
Valley of the Peace
Pacific Coast
Peace River District
Eskimos in good condition in Baffin Land
Ralph Jardine Hudson's Bay Company Factor at Amadjuak South Baffin Land says Eskimos have plenty of game and fish for subsistence during his visit to The Pas. He plans an extended vacation after three years on duty at Amadjuak. He traveled on the Ungava steamer, disembarked at Churchill, then rode to The Pas.
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Baffin Land
Ralph Jardine
Hudson’s Bay Company
Amadjuak
South Baffin Land
Pas
Jardine
St. John's
Newfoundland
Hudson's Bay
Ungava
Canada
Churchill
Trade Talks With South Africa Amid Canadian News
Negotiations are under way for a Canada South Africa trade treaty while Canada maintains friendly ties with New Zealand. Minister Stevens forecasts a wheat price rebound in eight to ten months and discusses unemployment relief as the country readies for gradual recovery. The government aims to expand external trade on solid foundations, leveraging the Australian treaty as a model for inter empire relations. The feed situation prompts cautions on fodder use and possible shipment of horses to balance shortages in drought regions.
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W. C. Buckle
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
Hon
H. H. Stevens
Russia
Kir. Stevens
Stevens
Boothic Sails Arctic To Reinforce Northern Police Post
The Canadian Government steamer Boothic completes its annual Arctic patrol to Bache Peninsula the world’s northernmost police outpost. Major L T Burwash, new patrol chief, sails from Godhaven on August 7, reaches Cape Sabine August 10, exchanges greetings with RCMP at the post, then proceeds via Chesterfield Inlet Hudson Strait and Labrador back to St Lawrence ports.
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Arctic
Boothic
Bache Peninsula
Department of Interior
L. T. Burwash
Godhaven
Greenland
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cape Sabine
Mounted Police
Chesterfield Inlet
Hudson Strait
Labrador
St. Lawrence
Where did the tom-boy end up in sports history
The piece laments the disappearance of the term tom-boy while noting modern women in golf and tennis compete with men in skill and drive. It argues the once-taboo image of women in sports has faded as more ladies excel in natty attire, swinging like men and drawing praise from amused spectators.
Husband and wife quarrel over stockings and a promised coat
In a terse domestic exchange a husband complains that holes remain in his stockings and asks if his wife bought the promised coat. She replies with a sharp retort about not mending and not giving a wrap, implying disappointment and financial strain.
Telegraphic Summary of Scottish Accident
A brief dispatch translates a cryptic telegram about Bruce's accident where he was injured after racing a Ford, and Alice is harmed and dead. The note records both injuries and fatalities with concise wording reflecting the initial telegraphic report style.
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Scotchman
Bruce
Alice
Fashion Show at Sea Auctions Gowns for Seaman Fund
Seven hundred passengers aboard the White Star liner Majestic attended the first fashion show at sea. Celanese Corporation sponsored the event displaying new fall evening gowns on living models and auctioning them to raise funds for the Seaman's Fund.
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Majestic
Celanese Corpation
Seaman's Fund
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Prairie Provinces
Athabasca River
Alberta
Gautier
UO Ten
Forest Protection Service
Sapai
Heaven
Guatemala
Sumaria
Gen
Denmark
Peace River Country
Eskimos
Hudson's Bay Factor
Alan
Africa
Alan Cobham
Hunter
Li Travaso
Rome
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