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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1912
Page
2
Abbottsford weekly paper outlines legal advertising rates per line for first insertion and subsequent insertions. Publication details emphasize accessibility for the Abbotsford and Surrounding areas.
A rapid conveyor system using a gravity powered chain of rollers on a narrow gauge track is being demonstrated for warehouse use. Trestles support a continuous jersey of wheels, moving crates and bales between levels with a suspended gradient to prevent excess fall. Two installations exist at Thames piers and Belfgat factory, claiming lower cost and higher efficiency than belt conveyors.
Trench scientists scrutinize glow-worms to uncover light source and biology. Both sexes and larvae emit faint luminosity with light produced in the last three abdomen segments. Glow-worms are beetles not worms and belong to Coleoptera. Adults are herbivores, larvae carnivorous. Phosphorescence debated. some attribute to phosphorus while Fabre notes phosphorus not present in the luminous substance. Microscopic view shows a white plasterlike epidermal covering with branching tubes.
The Japan Herald notes Matchurian beans moved beyond tofu miso and soy. Chinese growers near Tishiing and Kaiyuan began oil production fifty years ago, with Europe importing in 1008 for fuel soap and cattle feed. North Manchuria wheat now declines as bean cultivation expands.
Harry George Corran fights to defend Clare Corran estate as timber thieves backed by Wiggin move fast on Seven Number. Bragg alerts him as steam log haulers strip timber. Clare warns of danger while George mobilizes loyal men to protect property and fight back. Mary Laroche writes from afar amid tension.
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