Millions Of Acres Of Fine Wheat Lands To Come Under Reclamation Plan
The Dominion of Canada plans reclamation to bind wind blown prairie soils, restore drought damaged wheat lands, and support cattle and horse feed. Provinces report extensive drought across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with millions of acres ruined. Government set aside 15 to 20 million dollars for relief and reclamation while railways and agencies coordinate reduced livestock feed rates and prevent hay exports to guard supplies.
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Weet
Prairies
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Railways
Drouth
Dominion
United States
Washington
Remarkable Test Wireless Link Between India and London
A wireless telephone test between India and London succeeded with a clear conversation between the Karachi Collector and a London Post Office official. The voice traveled 2,000 miles via land lines through Lahore, Agra, and Surat before transmission from the Kirkee wireless station.
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India
London
Karachi
Lahore
Agra
Surat
Kirkee
Umbrella Umbrellas Arrive in London Stores
Shoppers in London see new umbrella designs with a dainty pencil at the top and a retractable note surface on the handle for writing and erasing notes. An odd proverb, a remark on safety, and a note on glass color are included, hinting at novelty goods and curiosities in recent listings.
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London
New Zealand church officials urge readable Bible type
In New Plymouth officials at a Bible convention discuss printing changes including brighter covers better arrangement and possible illustrations. They favor more readable type arguing that small print makes the Book hard to read while newspapers use clearer faces. The Stratford Beacon-Herald endorses this protest and hopes action follows.
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New Plymouth
New Zealand
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Smart grey-blue jacket pattern for raglan sleeve dress
The pattern offers a youthful boxy jacket with a wine trim collar and buttoning front. It suggests Angora plaids, crepes, and woolens as development ideas, with Style No. 484 for bust sizes 36 to 40 inches and material requirements on the pattern envelope. Price is 20 cents.
How To Organize A Poultry Pool
Farmers across provinces form poultry pools to assemble box pack and ship poultry. The Dominion Department of Agriculture Poultry Services publish a pamphlet showing how to organize, grade, pack, and inspect for shipment, stressing each member’s workload in reducing overhead and increasing market value.
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Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Jecury
Aid US Farmers To Receive Over One Billion In Aid
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration plans more than 1.0 billion dollars in aid to U S farmers by year end 1935. Cotton tobacco wheat and corn hog payments total about 7794 million with August 25 disbursements at roughly 2829 million. Cotton leads benefits, followed by wheat and corn hogs, then tobacco. cattle and sheep programs add hundreds of millions, bringing farm adjustment totals near one billion, excluding the sugar program.
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United States
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Inventors Rarely Cash In On Vast Patent Duds
A 1910s style report notes that about 20 000 inventions last year failed to secure patents. Perpetual motion schemes top popular failures, with roughly a hundred freak discoveries yearly. The piece mentions powerful engines pulling freight cars and lifeguards numbering around 4 000 in England with over 1 500 being women.
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England
Reindeer Journey Across Alaska to Mackenzie Delta
After a four year trek across Alaska and part of the Yukon, nearly 3,000 reindeer bought by Canada in 1928 rest near the Mackenzie River delta awaiting winter. The herd faced blizzards and glare ice during a 70 mile crossing from west to east, prompting detours. another attempt is planned this autumn to reach the eastern grazing range and support northern natives.
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Alaska
Yukon
Mackenzie River
Northwest Territories
Mackensie
Napaktoolek
Mackenzie _Tiver
Thia
Shingle Point
Mackenzie
Delta
Department of the Interior
Dominion
English Bakers Seek Canadian Wheat to Raise Bread Prices
J H Merrett of Cardiff and William Collier of Leigh, with 12 master bakers visiting Canada, outline a five year plan to expand bread varieties and secure price regulation. They report a bread price war in Britain, with deliveries near a penny per pound until four months ago, and insist Canadian wheat content should increase to justify higher quality bread.
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Great Britain
J. H. Merrett
Cardiff
National Association of Master Bakers and Confectioners
Canada
Mr. Merrett
William Collier
Leigh
Britain
Manchester
Liverpool
Coffee plants and a peach vine travel tale in Michigan
A London resident returning from a Michigan trip brought coffee and peach seeds. He now grows three coffee plants and a peach vine. the peaches are seedless, tree size a vine, tastings likened to Canadian fruit, with no pits and goose egg size. Lightning conductors planned for historic trees in Czecho-Slovakia.
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Michigan
London
Czecho-Slovakia
Map of Western Canada sheep ranches aids farmers and buyers
A government map showing all large sheep ranches in Western Canada was prepared by the Department of the Interior and the Economy Branch of the Department of Agriculture to help ranchers and feeders connect. Copies and standard contracts are available from regional secretary listings, with guidance on distance and contracting practices. The effort follows an economic survey supporting Western Canadian sheep ranchers. The Panama story follows with background on canal history and U S relations.
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Canada
Department of the Interior
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Her- Finger
Southwestern Saskatchewan Wool Growers’ Association
Maple Creek
Sask
N. T. McLeod
Southern Alberta Sheep Breeders, Ltd
2Nd Ave
Lethbridge
Lamba
Western Canada
Economica
Department of Agriculture
Dominion Experimental Farms
Aid For Sheep Breeders In Alberta To Buy Rambouillet Rams
Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan sheep associations to receive Dominion aid for Rambouillet ram purchases in Montana to improve local flocks. A. A. Macmillan notes substantial federal support though not fully meeting breeder needs. W. S. Bennon will select rams. government covers Benson’s expenses and freight. expected total is two car loads.
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Alberta
Dominion
Montana
N. T. Macleod
Alberta Sheep Breeders’ Association
Saskatchewan
A. A. Macmillan
Ottawa
Telephone tips lure investors to unknown stocks again
The Brandon Sun notes a resurgence of telephoned stock tips as scammers adapt with local variations. It warns that gullible investors chase blind hints about gold mine shares from strangers, a trap to part with money through camouflaged calls.
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Brandon Sun
Balzac Prize Awarded to Balzac House in Paris
The French Society of Men of Letters in Paris awarded a literary prize of $625 to honor the living Balzac, with the funds to be given to the Balzac House in Paris. Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson took 17 years to compose his famous poem In Memoriam.
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Henri de Balzac
French Society of Men of Letters
Paris
Balzac
Tennyson
English bishop questions meaning of beauty parlor
An English bishop expressed uncertainty about the term beauty parlor. He suggested the phrase describes a place where a woman may lock away her flaws for hours while she aims to look her best for a short period.
Egg advertising rules cited by Cuna on sale claims
No person shall valush an untrue deceptive or misleading advertisement in respect to eggs offered for sale or distribution says ts Cuna dlan egg regulations.
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Royal Miby
Ruth Rogers
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Reindeer Bn
White City
A. Dearnney
E. Meacher
L. Palmer
B. White
Huly
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama
New World
Earliesr
America
Columbus
Panamanian
Europe
Cathay
Balboe
Pacific Ocean
South America
Cape Horn
Department of
Colombia
Government of
Colon
Acapulco
Republic
Meaures
Engineer Corps
Regular Army
G. W. Goethals
Contra Rica
Maine
Panama Canal Zone
Panama City
Morgan
Old City
Walla
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