Ottawa Doctor Runs Distant North Medical Network
Dr Parley of Ottawa maintains a unique practice serving scattered northern posts from Aklavik to Cape Chidsey. Diagnoses and treatment schedules travel by radio. patients pay no bills. A universal medical manual with 72 drugs guides remote care at weather stations, RCMP depots, and mining camps.
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F S&s Parley
Ottawa
Farley
Aklavik
Cape Chidsey
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Parley
Department of Health
Marine Department
Maggie
Tommy
Resolution Island
Pioneer Railroader W H L Rosevear Dies at 76
W H L Rosevear, prominent Montreal railway official and former mayor of St Lambert, died aged 76. Born in Cornwall England in 1837 he arrived in Canada in 1849 and joined the Great Western railway at Hamilton later serving Grand Trunk Railway in Montreal as general car accountant until his 1907 retirement. He was active in the Methodist church and leaves four sons including W H Rosevear J J Rosevear and J M Rosevear of Montreal and A E Rosevear of Winnipeg.
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W. H. L. Rosevear
Montreal
Canada
Wadebridge
Cornwall
England
Roosevear
Great Western Railroad
Hamitom
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk
Methodist Church
Rosevear
Methodist Con
St. Lambert
W. H. Rosevear
J. J. Rosevear
J. M. Rosevear
C.N.R
A. E. Rosevear
Winnipeg
Starter Aid When Cold Engine Starts
The text explains disengaging the clutch at engine start reduces load on the starter by avoiding turning transmission gears. Engaged clutch forces the starter to move both the transmission gears and the engine crankshaft, increasing resistance during starting.
Floods and Air Travel Jokes From Paris Journal
A brief quotation from Journal Anu s ent in Paris notes floods as a long standing scourge. It then jests about future air travel to London, predicting a half hour journey while joking it will still take two hours to prepare. The remark blends timeless flooding concerns with early humor about rapid transport.
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Robert
London
Journal Anu
Paris
Life Insurance Sales Rise in Canada and Provinces
New paid up ordinary life insurance in Canada and Newfoundland exceeds 2 million in November, with 11 month total new business at least 442,149,000 from 15 companies. Dominion in force 84 percent of business. November provincial totals include Alberta 1,809,000 British Columbia 2,237,000 Manitoba 2,517,000 New Brunswick 959,000 Nova Scotia 1,407,000 Ontario 15,787,000 Prince Edward Island 108,000 Quebec 11,836,000 Saskatchewan 1,955,000 Newfoundland 245,000.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Dominion
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Pioneer Of Printing Gutenberg Bible Sells For Record Price
A Gutenberg Bible, one of the few surviving copies printed by Johannes Gutenberg at Mainz, recently fetched a record price of 150000 dollars. Gutenberg, regarded as the inventor of movable type, began printing at Mainz around 1450 and died there in 1468, burial reportedly at the Franciscan church.
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Gutenberg
Johannes Gutenberg
Mainz
Germany
Jobless Figures Fall in Great Britain Week End Date
Great Britain showed a drop of 54,722 in unemployment during the week ended December 12 bringing the total to 2,572,302. The figure was 273,010 higher than a year earlier.
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Great Britain
Pattern list with sizes and fabric needs priced at 25 cents
The advertisement lists sewing patterns No 759 179 180 663 672 with sizes from toddlers to 46 inch bust, detailing material and ribbon needs for each size. All patterns priced at 25 cents in stamps or coin with wrap to be mailed carefully.
Mussolini Moves Toward Vatican Peace and Saskatchewan Sweepstakes
Mussolini appoints Deputy Gaetano Polverelli as chief of the press in a step toward Vatican relations, meeting Cardinal Gasparri unofficially to gauge the church stance. In Regina Saskatchewan Rev W E MacNiven opposes a Regina Exhibition Association sweepstake plan offering 100000 dollars in monthly weather contests with one dollar tickets.
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Gaetano Polverelli
Ministerial Association
Mussolini
Vatican
Gaetano Polverrelli
Polverelli
Cardinal Gasparri
Signor Ferretti
Il Wuce
W. E. MacNiven
Regina
Saskatchewan
Regina Exhibition Association
MacNiven
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order notice lists Unisa at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Pattern No size and name town fields appear for reader submissions. No further details provided on pricing or deadlines.
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Winnipeg
Unisa
McDermot Ave
Marriage Motive Cited Over Aunt’s Fortune
Webb claims marriage to Pene lope was to gain an aunt’s fortune, Foote counters it was a genuine union regardless of the inheritance.
California Law Bans Private Citizens From Machine Guns
Sweden and Denmark sign an international agreement to protect migratory birds, while California enforces a strict private possession ban on machine guns.
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California
Sweden
Denmark
Western Economist Advises Canada to Drop Gold Standard
Dr W W Swanson of the University of Saskatchewan suggests Canada abandon the gold standard temporarily and define the dollar as a part of the pound sterling to ease monetary conditions. He argues Britain’s currency policies influence Canadian trade and exchange rates, with wheat sales to Britain central to exports and parity with the pound rather than the U.S. dollar.
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Canada
Great Britain
W. W. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan
Swanson
Toronto Mail
Empire
New York
Britain
Dominion
Liverpool
Australia
Argentina
Phage Discovery May Control Bacteria By Breeding
Dr F D Herelle of Yale University reports a profound effect of bacterial fleas on disease germs. Flea bites can render bacteria virulent or harmless and may alter heredity, creating a new bacterial species that could be more or less dangerous. The phage or eater may allow control of bacteria through selective breeding.
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Society of American Bacteriologists
F. D’herelle
School of Medicine
Yale University
D‘herelle
Doctor Jailed For Liquor Possession Case In New York
Dr. Beverly Sproul, Lake Placid dog fancier and Montreal hotelman, fined $500 and sentenced to six months in federal detention on plea of guilty to possession transportation and sale of liquor. He received a suspended two year term for five years on good behavior or violation of prohibition law.
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Beverly Sproul
Lake Placid
Montreal
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Exports Hit High for 1931
Dairy Branch officials report record creamery butter output in Saskatchewan for 1931, projected to reach 20 million pounds by year end. Estimated external sales already total 12 million pounds, much of which went to the British market.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Time Riddle: When is it ten-fifty oclock
A boy asks the time and the elder replies a relation: in three quarters of an hour it will be half as many minutes to twelve as it is now after ten. The solution yields ten fifty.
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Canada
Britain
America
Financial Post
Nevada Divorce Payments Exceed Four Million in Eight Months
In the first eight months of the year about 4 million dollars was paid in Nevada for divorces. The figure highlights the substantial cost of marital dissolutions and reflects rising divorce activity in the state.
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Nevada
Yachtsmen favor purchase of famed Bluenose by U S buyers
United States yachtsmen show interest in buying the Bluenose, renowned queen of the North Atlantic fleets, after protecting her title this fall by defeating star American challenger Gertrude L. The baud. E Fenwick Zwicker, managing director of the Bluenose stock company, says two offers have been received and will be reviewed soon, though sale likely remains in Canada.
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United States
North Atlantic
Gertrude L. Thebaud
E. Fenwick Zwicker
Nova Scotia
Mouse Causes Car Crash In France
A car accident in France was caused when a driver reached for a mouse nesting in the vehicle. The man’s grab led to loss of control and a tree impact, injuring both him and his wife.
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France
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Pioneer Railroader
W. W.L. Rosevear
The
Webb
Penelope
Foote
H.M S. Petersfield
Tung Yung Island
Shanghai
Foochow
China
W. A. Kelly
Vleas
Meggendorfer Plactter
Munich
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