Saskatchewan sodium sulphate deposits rise in importance
Saskatchewan deposits once seen as worth little now appear major for the province. The Horseshoe Lake operation at Ormiston ships sodium sulphate to Copper Cliff and pulp mills, with deposits like Horseshoe Lake, Muskiki Lake, and Frederick Lake totaling vast tonnages. Shipments in 1920 reached 31,571 tons. 1929 imports and pulp mill needs show rising demand, with 1931 likely greater consumption. deposits estimated at over 250 million tons across known and unmeasured sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Manitoba Chamber of Mines
Saskatchewan
Horseshoe Lake Mining Company
Ormiston
International Nickel Company
Copper Cliff
Horseshoe Lake
Muskiki Lake
Frederick Lake
Chamber of Mines
Grapefruit's Rise From Shaddeck to Popular Juicy Topic
The article traces grapefruit origins from the shaddock named after George Shaddock in Polynesian islands to its spread across the Americas. It notes growing U S and European demand, with notable acreage in California Arizona Florida Texas and rising production from 1909 to 1929.
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Pelypesian Islands
Great Britain
Europe
East Indies
West Indies
Florida
California
Arizona
Texas
Derricks
Butter Exports Rise On Dominion Market Report
Canada sees stronger butter exports on a market basis per the Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch. For May 1 onward this season, butter exports total 105,452 packages, up from 3,068 last year. Butter fat shifts from cheese to butter, with cheese exports May 1 to Aug 29, 1931 at 349,100 boxes versus 374,487 previously. The piece ends with a quoted European exchange about nerve and adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage
Crepe Silk Pattern Offer for Bur Burgundy Dress
A crepe silk print in rich bur gundy features a smart neckline and tailored bodice and hipline seams. Style No 529 covers sizes 16 to 42 inches bust, requires 34 yards of 39 inch fabric for 36 inch size, options include black crepe satin or supple woollens, patterns 25 cents in stamps or coin.
Canada and West Indies trade cruise sails January 1932
The SS New Northland sails from Halifax January 8 1932 for Bermuda the British West Indies British Guiana the Bahamas and Cuba. The cruise aims to boost Canadian trade and relations with British Empire units visiting 13 ports over nearly two months with multi day stays in Kingston Jamaica and support from Canadian Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce.
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West Indies
New Northland
Halifax
Canada
British Empire
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canadian West Indian League
Clarke Steamship Company
Bermuda
British West Indies
British Guiana
Bahamas
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
King Crowned Annually in Uganda Ceremony on Hill
The native king of Tone in Uganda was crowned in an annual ceremony atop King's Hill. The event features a tall king with a cowrie shell headgear and colobus skin beard, the crown atop a reed cap. He stands motionless for three minutes before a hut, then changes to a European suit as guests arrive and a football match unfolds.
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Uganda
Tone
King’s Hill
George Rukidi
England
Buckingham Palace
Absolute monarchies in history and U S hospitals count
The text notes three absolute monarchies: the Empire of Abyssinia, the Kingdom of Siam, and the Empire of Morocco. It also states there are about 7,280 hospitals in the United States, with 700 located in New York State.
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Empire of Abyssinia
Kingdom of
Siam
Empire of
Morocco
The
United States
New York State
Present Cataclysm Ends Postwar Prosperity Model
Walter Lippmann argues that two years into upheaval the world has entered a new era beyond the 1920s. He notes governments fallen, global trade disrupted, arms increases rise, and national plans lag. He warns America still clings to past expectations without clear aims for recovery.
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Walter Lippmann
New York Herald-Tribune
Soldier Settler's Victory in Alberta Wheat Field
James Hazlett of Balmoral near Red Deer, a former Great War soldier, won the Alberta province field crop prize for best standing grain. His prize grain was ten acres of Marquis wheat on breaking, entered in the Red Deer Agricultural Society competition and expected to yield about 50 bushels per acre. Hazlett had 777 acres in crop this year, with 610 acres sown to wheat.
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James Hazlett
Balmoral
Red Deer
Alberta
Red
New Glass Is Flexible Invention From Europe
A flexible European invention made largely from vegetable materials mimics glass in appearance yet can be rolled like paper and bent or dropped without damage. The piece also notes a bachelor leaving his fortune to a woman who refused him and a remark about men’s gratitude.
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Europe
Photo-Canadian team films aurora borealis at Churchill
Three American scientists arrive with motion picture cameras to film the Aurora Borealis at Churchill as a prelude to Arctic atmosphere studies planned for next year by international explorers. Led by Capt Flavel M Williams, the team includes Jeff A Louie and Robert Maraha, color expert, tying their mission to Manitoba grain loading festivities.
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Photo - Canadien National Railways
United States
Churchill
Flavel M. Williams
Jeff
A. Louie
Robert Maraha
Manitoba
Meat Packing Tops among Dominion Industries
The Canadian meat packing industry ranks second in value of production after pulp and paper, with 76 plants in operation in 1930. Production fell from 1929’s peak, total slaughtered animals reached 3,987,819, and per capita beef and pork consumption dropped slightly while mutton and lamb rose. Ontario led with 24 plants, followed by Quebec with 17 and other provinces with fewer establishments.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Alberta farm experiments test strip farming method
Experiments at Youngstown Alberta Government Farm will test strip farming to conserve moisture. Alternate ten rod wide strips will be seeded and summer-fallowed, then cropped next year after fallowing. A four year rotation including oats sweet clover summer fallow and wheat aims to boost mixed farming and livestock in the dry area.
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Alberta
Youngstown
J. F. Andrew
Will Train Girls For Domestic Service
A domestic training school for unemployed girls will be established here soon per plans announced by the unemployed girls' committee. Government authorities support is said to exist with anticipated relief funds from Provincial and Federal levels. The committee notes domestic service remains the main remaining employment avenue for these girls, many lacking cooking skills. Training aims to raise earning capacity and aid future home life.
New Glass Turns Windows Opaque From Outside
A recently demonstrated glass lets passengers and driver see clearly from inside while appearing as a mirror to observers outside. The outside view shows a bluish tint, with no change in internal visibility.
Money in Post Office Savings Bank Near June End
At the close of June more than 24.2 million dollars remained in credit to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank and deposits nearly balanced withdrawals for the month. Similar patterns appear in other savings banks.
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Post Office Savings Bank
Butter Hunt in Trinidad Feeds Oil Bird Trade
In Trinidad an ordinary outing is going out to hunt for butter as natives catch young oil birds and melt down a supply, reflecting a local practice of extracting fats for use.
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Trinidad
Silo Helps Store Surplus Crops on Farm
A silo on a livestock farm may store immature crops in poor seasons and hold surplus crops in good years, says J B Fitch of Kansas State College. Experience shows immature crops dried too far lose viability, best conserved by silo storage. In years of surplus roughage a silo justifies silage for lean years.
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J. B. Fitch
Kansas State College
First regular shipment of quick frozen fish sent east
The initial regular consignments after an experimental run include seven cars of quick frozen fish from Prince Rupert that passed Winnipeg recently. They traveled via the Canadian National Railways toward the east for consumption in the United States and Eastern Canada.
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Canada
Prince Rupert
Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
United States
Firearms and cigar quip cited in Hamburg exchange
A clipped quote captures a terse exchange in Hamburg about firearm possession and a cigar, illustrating a moment of tension or humor. The fragment mentions a debate over what firearms are being carried and references a cigar as a counterpoint or distraction in the dialogue.
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