Protection Of Wild Life Awakening conservation across borders
An international rise in wildlife protection and public involvement from farmers and urban sportsmen aims to halt declines in game birds and fur bearing animals. Saskatchewan studies cite crow predation on songbirds, with a government sweepstakes rewarding crow and magpie control as a conservation advance.
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Prairie Provinces
United States
Canada
Tip Ylands
H. G. Carson
Saskatoon
Fish and Game League
League
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan Wheat Cross Experiments Reported
University of Saskatchewan researchers conduct experiments in crossing Chinese and wheat qualities. The article discusses crossbreeding concepts and claims about combining traits from both grains, exploring possible gains from the cross and future agricultural implications.
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University of Saskat
Building Larger Zeppelin Work Begun In Germany
Report mentions a new Zeppelin under construction at Friedrichshafen, planned to be nearly as long as the Queen Mary, seating 80 passengers with speeds near 100 mph on long flights. It notes color changes for German mail services and cites Canada’s ban on advertising obesity cures.
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Friedrichshaven
South Atlantic
Mining Boom In Northwest Territories Prospecting 1936
Government mining records indicate heavy activity in prospecting and development across the Northwest Territories in 1936. Major firms will spearhead work around Yellowknife and the Great Slave Lake region with numerous independent parties also planning expeditions. Past field work covered 10,000 square miles north of the lake system, revealing favourable geology for precious metals in the southern Yellowknife Game Preserve.
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Northwest Territories
Department of Mines
Department of the Interior
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Fort Smith
Alberta-Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Great Slave Lake
Yellowknife Game Preserve
Grandma Olsen Prefers Alberta Wheat Farm Living at 93
At 93 Mrs Olsen prefers life on her wheat farm near High River Alberta, run by a son, over Arizona fruit lands or California homes of two sons. She recalls Denmark to New York and Salt Lake City, then Alberta arrival in 1905, walking 1100 miles behind a covered wagon to travel. She values wheat over fruit as bread to feed the world.
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Olsen
High River
Alberta
Arizona
California
Must Be Almost Perfect Cow Record at Stratford
A Stratford beacon herald item celebrates an American cow producing 38 606 pounds of milk and 1402 pounds of butterfat in a year. The record equates to daily milk use for over 200 people, 88 380 ice cream cones, and butter for eight families, highlighting cow perfection as a dairy farming ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Tourists Expect Canadian Travel Peak Amid Inquiries
D Leo Dolan of the Canadian Travel Bureau spoke at Ottawa at a northern division Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans banquet. He noted inquiries about visiting Canada were nearly double those of the previous year, mostly from United States citizens. A car owner recalls a Brighton trap joke, and a 1931 stat notes one car per 56 people worldwide.
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Canada
D. Leo Dolan
Canadian Travel Bureau
Ottawa
Ancient
Mystic Order of Samaritans
United States
Value Of Advertising A Greater Force In Business To-Day
In 1936, the Edmondton Journal notes advertising is a growing force in business, demanding sincere planning and constant, well executed campaigns. It stresses that buyers require value evidence, standards, and honesty, with advertising sustaining demand and delivering buyer value. It highlights the need for clear exposition of new scientific advances and careful distribution practices.
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McKim Directory of
Edmonton Journal
May Visit Faward King Faward to Attend Vimy Memorial
The Havas News Agency claims King Faward will travel to France on July 26 to attend the unveiling at Vimy of Canada's war dead memorial. He would fly by aeroplane and meet officials including President Lebrun and Marshal Petain. The king’s visit would greet about 10,000 Canadian subjects and mark his first overseas trip since accession.
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King Faward
Canada
Havas
France
Vimy
Paris
Edward
London
Albert Lebrun
Henri Petain
Vimy Ridge
Tribute To Spenser Inspires Earl Of Southampton
A fragment recounts a tale from the Christian Science Monitor about Spenser completing Faerie Queene and presenting it to the Earl of Southampton. The Earl, impressed by the manuscript, sent £20 to the waiting author, then added more payments before finally ordering the man be turned out as he feared being ruined by further reading.
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Farl
Spenser
Earl of Southampton
Christian Sciences Monitor
Indian Building Divided by Lightning at Caughnawaga
Police Chief John Jacks reported a two storey wooden building on the Indian reservation at Caughnawaga Quebec was split into two sections from roof to cellar by a lightning strike. The damage was estimated at 500 dollars and the house was unoccupied at the time.
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Caughnawaga
Que
John Jacks
New Lifeboat Invented Can Be Sealed And Air Renewed
A Catalan engineer Cosme Salmo Vila claims a non sinking lifeboat seating 40 to 50, sealed to keep out water and air renewed by a built in device. Demonstrated in Madrid before experts and the Spanish marine ministry, it could become standard submarine crew equipment.
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Vienna
Snk
San Hate
Cosme Salmo
Madrid
Ocala
Ministry of Marine
Conder
Salmo Vlastater
Salmo Vila
Withensee
Elected Recipes for Bran Cheese Tea Cookies
Recipe uses Quaker Natural Bran and flour with cheese as the main flavor. Mix dry ingredients, add cheese, melt shortening in boiling water, stir in beaten egg, roll thin with bran, cut and bake slowly for a crisp accompaniment to tea or salad.
Ramsay Named Commander of East Indies Station
Royal Navy announces Sir Alexander Ramsay as commander in chief of the East Indies station. He is married to Lady Patricia Ramsay, daughter of the Duke of Connaught, and former Princess Patricia who relinquished British royal title on her 1919 marriage.
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Alexander Ramsay
East Indies
Royal Navy
Alexander
Patricia Ramsay
Duke of Connaught
Princess Patricia
Canadian Light Infantry
Canada
Govetor
Patricia
Princess of
Great Britain and Ireland
Ancient English Home Puts Clock Back 141 Years
A. E. Richardson, professor of architecture at London University, lives in a Georgian Ampthill house frozen in time to 1796. The National Institute for the Blind in Britain produced 832,015 books and newspapers and 8,000 Braille music pieces last year.
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A. E. Richardson
London University
Ampthill
National Institute For the Blind
Britain
Thieves Deliver Parcel To Spare Roumanian Police
In Buzau a gang of burglars sent a large parcel of stolen goods to the police chief with a letter claiming they would move their crimes elsewhere to save the town’s police force from dismissal. A member of parliament had two fur coat stolen, triggering a threat of mass firing if the coat was not found within 24 hours. The next day the parcel arrived containing the coat among other items.
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Roumanian
Tobe
Buzau
Roumania
Bazan
M. Moceanu
Ministry of Interior
Takes Over New Post Warden of Cinque Ports
The Earl of Willingdon is appointed Warden of Cinque Ports with a residence at Dover Castle and comfortable emoluments. Returning from India after five years as viceroy, he receives a Marquessate from the king and succeeds the late Marquess of Reading, a former viceroy of India, in this ancient maritime league that includes Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich.
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Cinque Ports
Earl of Willingdon
Dover Castle
Lord Willingdon
India
Canada
Marquess of Reading
Hastings
Romney
Hythe
Dover
Sandwich
England
Expensive coal fuels Aklavik traders in scarce supply
In Aklavik Northwest Territories near the sub Arctic, coal is treated as precious fuel worth nearly its weight in gold due to extreme scarcity. Almost all coal comes by air, with traders and trappers paying sky-high prices amid limited local stocks.
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Aklavik
N.wt
Sub- Arctic
France Tests Resinous Esin For Road Surfacing
France explores esin as a road surfacing material to expand use of resinous products. Historical note recalls early farming tools where plows were crafted from crooked branches and powered solely by humans.
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France
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Kelly
Vancouver
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New Post
Carl of
Willingdon
Frank J
Shag) Shaughnessy
Montreal Royals
Simy
Addzean
Lily White
Cora Syrup
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