Western Canada faces gradual gains from US Canada pact
The article discusses the Canada United States trade agreement signed in Washington, noting it is a positive step toward freer trade but emphasizes benefits will unfold slowly. It highlights live cattle duty reductions, quota effects, and price impacts for Western Canadian producers and consumers, while acknowledging political reactions in both nations and optimistic forecasts by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
Prairie Provinces
United States
U.S.A
Sasi Ok Andeladiiky Sbneem Tonite Baneei
Daily Press
Roosevelt
Western Canada wheat exports via Churchill rise and fall
The directors report shows 12,440,000 bushels exported through Churchill since 1931 with 2,407,000 bushels via the Hudson Bay route in the last season, down from a 4,050,000 bushel peak in 1934. the piece also notes sawfly larva sprays its enemies with acid.
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Canada
Churchill
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Hudson Bay
Old Ireland Christmas Pie Custom Ends With Pie Law
The custom of presenting the King with four and twenty woodcocks baked in a pie began with Lord Talbot and was kept by Irish viceroys and governors general. It ran from 1813 to 1981 when the practice was discontinued after a 1952 incident where Donald Buckley, then governor-general of the Irish Free State, failed to send the pastry.
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England
Lord Talbot
Ireland
Donald Buckley
Irish Free State
Venison Banquet Tradition Tied to Windsor Poaching History
The venison banquet presented to the Prince of Wales by Windsor’s mayor is a survival of medieval customs. King John once gifted venison to Windsor to deter poaching, and successive monarchs have continued the practice in varying forms.
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Prince of Wales
Windsor
John
Windsor Forest
German girls required to serve as mothers helper after school
On leaving school German girls must take a year as a mother's helper before entering business. No pay is given during this period, only board and lodging.
Magnetometer Aims to Predict Weather Two Years Ahead
Selby Maxwell, meteorology instructor, claims a magnetometer can forecast world weather two years in advance. He explains the device models the earth’s motion like a fluid, sloshing to form atmospheric patterns, with preliminary tests predicting significant storms.
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Selby Maxwell
Navy
Telescope built by Western Ontario student earns praise
Randad Cole of Clinton, a University of Western Ontario student, crafted a functional telescope from sheet metal, windshield glass, and wood over 18 months. He ground his own lens and mirror and built a six inch mirror from plate glass, then mounted the device on a sheet metal base. Dr. H. R. Kingston hailed it as one of the most successful amateur telescopes seen.
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Randad Cole
Clinton
University of Western Ontario
Saturn
Jupiter
H. R. Kingston
Cole
Royal Water Fair Alberta Heavily Wins Cattle Class
At the Royal Winter Fair in Alberta Charles Bull of Calgary won the senior yearling bull Hereford class. Kendall Stock Co of Kew and Frank Collicutt of Crossfield placed second and third. Western entries dominated the junior yearling bull class with Donald Stanray Third from Frost Hanton. Hughes Bros High River finished second with Wintercott Bardolph. Prince of Wales ranch High River claimed best two years and under three Shorthorn bull.
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Alberta
Charles Bull
Calgary
Kendall Stock Co
Kew
Alta
Frank Collicutt
Crossfield
W. Crawford
Frost
Hanton
Donald Stanray
Hughes Bros
High River
Wintercott Bardolph
Prince of Wales Ranch
Bapton Orator
No Vaccination Marks The Pill Vaccination Idea
Dr Lloyd Arnold of the University of Illinois proposes a pill method to deliver vaccine directly to the small intestine. The plan uses a bile pill to silence the stomach for one to two hours so the vaccine remains intact until absorption.
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Little Mary
Lloyd Arnold
University of Illinoia
Medical College
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Farmer Seeks Advice About Troubled Horse
A farmer asks a country editor for horse advice as the animal alternates between normal and lame. The editor’s humorous reply: sell the horse the next time it appears sound.
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Country Paper
Canadian Book Contest Open to Canadian Writers
The Canadian Book Contest invites Canadian citizens living in Canada as of Sept 16 1995 to submit novels in English between 69000 and 125000 words. Closes June 1 1936. winners published within six months. Judges include Dr Pelham Edgar B Morgan-Powell and C R Sanderson. Applications from George J McLeod Limited Toronto and The Canadian Authors Association Montreal.
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Canada
Pelham Edgar
The
Canadian Authors’ Association
8. Morgan-Powell
Montreal Daily Star
C. R. Sanderson
Toronto Public Library
George J. McLeod
Limited
King St. West
Toronto
Ontario
P.O. Box
Montreal
Quebec
Curious Old Laws Still Illegal in Britain
A Hastings court case prompts lawyers to note lingering archaic statutes in Britain. Still illegal are smoking a cigarette in the street, Sunday radio broadcasting, Christmas dinner over three courses, making a mince pie deemed abominable, playing billiards on a Sunday, and inducing others to drink excessive liquor.
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Britain
Hastings
First airbound business meeting at Blackpool Airport minutes read
The Blackpool Airport committee on a return flight from the Isle of Man held what is believed to be the first business meeting in the air. Minutes were read and business transacted as the plane landed, noting the compass’s weaker pull near the earth's magnetic poles.
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Blackpool
Isle of Man
Primitive James Bay Indians Largely Unchanged Through Centuries
Dr Truman Michelson of Smithsonian Institution found the James Bay Indians in northern Ontario have altered language, customs, folklore and mythology little over eight or 10 centuries despite three centuries of mission work and other contact with whites. He says they may be closer to ancient primitive Algonquins than any other group.
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Truman Michelson
Smitheon
Institute
James Bay
Danube River Dries Up Shaping Unprecedented Drought
The Danube and Sava rivers near Belgrade are at record low levels for the season, forcing river crossings on foot in many areas. Sava navigation is halted and ships are stranded on sand banks. only very shallow draft vessels can pass the Danube. River service between Belgrade and Vienna has stopped.
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Danube
Sava
Belgrade
Vienna
Bal four's Dinner Courtesy and Clever Cleansing Tip
In 1917 at a Washington dinner Lord Bal four tipped a Negro waiter lavishly and asked for a good meal. The waiter thanked him and offered to help any other friends who cannot read. The article also notes a flannel cloth with oatmeal clean for painted woodwork and mentions rubber latex used in cement.
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Charles Phillips
Paderewski
Lord Balfour
Balfour
Washington
Life Insurance Leaders Urged to Uphold Trusteeship in Canada
Finance Minister Charles Dunning addressed the 42nd annual meeting of the Canadian Life Insurance Officers Association in Toronto. He cited assets of 2.5 billion dollars and 3.5 million policy holders, stressing that large interests entail a duty of trusteeship to the public and Canada's future.
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Ompanies
Canadian Life Insurance Officers’ Association
Charles Dunning
Toronto
Dunning
Canada
Mr. Dunning
Norman Bell 5,000 Mile Journey to Canada
Nine year old Norman Bell traveled alone from Durham England covering five thousand miles to Edmonton Canada. Orphaned after his father's death last Christmas he accepted an invitation to live with his uncle Arthur Jackson at 11820 98rd street.
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Norman Bell
Durham
England
Norman
Canada
Arthur
Jackson
98Rd Street
Edmonton
Foot-Conscious UK Tops Old World in Shoe Purchases
The United Kingdom leads among Old World nations in shoe buying, second only to the United States, as organizers note at the Shoe and Leather Fair held at the Royal Agricultural Hall in London. A comment on a girl's nose and a retroussé profile appears in a separate odd aside.
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United Kingdom
United States
Royal Agricultural Hall
London
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