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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
2
The paper reports Brando experiments showing well rotted barnyard manure boosts average yields per acre and that large seed potatoes outperform small ones. Three year data: large tubers averaged 479 bushels, small 440 bushels. sets cut from large tubers yielded about 470 bushels. Uniform, shallow-eyed tubers recommended for seed.
Provisions are made for a 291 foot Gothic tower in Ottawa to crown the new Parliament building. The spire will rise from a 35 to 49 foot square stone base, with a 70 foot reinforced copper-covered shaft and a 35 foot bronze flag pole above. The Memorial Chamber dedicated to Canadian WWI dead will feature stone from battlefields, a black marble alter, inscriptions, and a book listing all Expeditionary Force members. A carillon above the Console Chamber and a 114 foot Belfry will house the Big Ben style clock with two four-dial faces and five bells totaling 20 to 22 tons.
The British government gave the Regent of Abyssinia an Abyssinian crown in a historic gift recalling past international exchanges. The article notes the Resolute, a U S ship saved after ice entrapment, cost 260600 dollars and was restored by Congress. Queen Victoria later presented a desk made from the ship’s timbers to the White House.
The governor general in council grants the minister of the interior authority to issue 21 year grazing leases on vacant Dominion lands in Saskatchewan found fit for agricultural use. It also allows renewal of existing 21 year leases if lands are unfit for farming but suitable for stock grazing to the fullest extent.
The piece cites Gettysburg Federal losses totaling 16 543 killed and wounded. It notes 1924 Massachusetts automobile casualties at 20 288 with 709 deaths incl 260 children and 19 67$ injuries with 5 548 children. It claims last year’s casualties rose and pedestrians account for most harm amid rising casualty curves.
Anderson Aero Corporation of America announces baby monoplanes measuring 12 to 16 feet on the wing surface with prices from 400 to 2000 dollars. The planes will use imported 140 horsepower motors and be constructed of dura aluminum, claimed to reach a speed of six miles per hour.
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