Timber Supply Nearly Exhausted Across Global Forests
The Imperial Forestry Institute at Oxford warns world softwood supplies are nearing depletion. Canadian virgin softwood reserves may last only 25 years, with nine tenths of pine spruce larch and fir resources in North America Europe and Siberia.
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Imperial Forestry Institute
Oxford
Canada
North America
Europe
Siberia
Great Britain
Russia
China
Japan
United Stats
Best Business in the World Minding One's Own Affairs
An old Cornwall farm hand John Jamies spends vacations visiting graveyards to mind his own business. A busybody woman taunts him about dying there, and he replies that graveyards are where people mind their own business. Elizabeth's quote on trimming one's own house echoes the theme of avoiding meddling. The piece concludes that the best business may be minding one’s own affairs.
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John Jamies
Cornwall
John James
Elizabeth
New Fire Apparatus For Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace replaces old bucket brigade with modern electric summons and up to date engines. No serious fires at the palace in years, due to sturdy construction and vigilant guards. The note recalls the 1698 Whitehall blaze as royal history.
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Buckingham Palace
Palace
Royal Houses
Whitehall Palace
Mount Armour Named for Ontario Judge on Boundary Tribunal
Mount Armour sits on the International Boundary between British Columbia and Alaska at 1776 feet. It is named for Hon. Mr. Justice John D D Armour, Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario, who served as a Canadian member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1943.
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Mount Armour
British Columbia
Alaska
John D.D. Armour
High Court of
Ontario
Alaska Boundary Tribunal
Hidden cave in Felsburg yields multi age relics
Archaologists uncover a cave in the forests of Felsburg Germany containing artifacts from stone bronze and iron ages. Discoveries include pottery quartz implements bronze jewelry and bone fashioned weapons. A fireplace was found indicating habitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felsburg
Germany
Dialogue Fragments Highlight Sanity and Dissent
Fragmentary exchange shows Percy doubting current sanity while Dennis questions lasting presence. The terse interaction hints at tension over truth, perception, and mental state within a constrained moment.
World's Largest Book Displayed at British Museum
The British Museum showed the world's largest book, a five foot ten inch by three foot two inch tome of maps presented to Charles II in 1660 by Amsterdam merchants. Bound in morocco, each panel uses four skins and features gold harps roses and crowns with large bosses and clasps.
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Charlies II
London
Brilish
Charles II
Amsterdam
Morocco
New Cargo For Airplanes Shifts To Fort Churchill
A Dominion Government chartered plane will carry 800 pounds of dynamite to Fort Churchill for harbor investigation by government engineers. The aircraft, used in mining and forestry patrols in the north, will later transport engineers and general supplies on additional trips.
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Fort Churchill
Dominion
Winnipeg
King's 15year-old grapevine at Hampton Court yields modest crop
Last year 286,009 people paid to see the 15-year-old vine at Hampton Court. It has produced as many as 2.26 bunches per year, but its current average crop is about 100 bunches while remaining vigorous. Proceeds from grapes and gate receipts go to the Treasury.
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Hampton Court
England
Radio vs phonograph duel echoes from the era
Simson claims he can receive as much on his radio as a phono graph and more. Sinson challenges him to prove by tuning in Caruso, prompting a light spirited test of early audio tech capabilities.
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Simson
Sinson
Caruso
Cooperative Marketing Pays in Alberta Poultry Pool 1926
In 1926 the Alberta Co operative Poultry Producers Ltd Calgary handed 223 1 2¢ dozen eggs delivered by signed producers. Prices averaged two cents below market with later final settlement. Four pool periods yielded small early returns and larger mid year payments. storage delayed final settlements. Turkeys and chickens also processed with final payments above market prices.
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Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers Ltd
Calgary
Alberta
West Coast Mountains Formed by Submerged Land Strip
Dr. E C Andrews of Yale University lectures on Pacific geology stating a vast land strip once connected the Canadian coast west of Vancouver Island. He says it submerged during earth’s undulations as the Selkirks and Rockies rose, sinking from Alaska to the U S border.
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E. C. Andrews
Yale University
Pacific
Andrews
Canadian Coast Line
Dr. Andrews
Selkirks
Rockies
Territory
Alaska
United States
Vancouver Island
Canada to study domestic wool under NRC direction
The National Research Council of Canada plans a study of Canadian wool under Dr. H. M. Tory of the University of Alberta to bridge gaps between growers and manufacturers. The goal is to classify wool grades, identify best uses, and boost home production while acknowledging some fits remain nonviable.
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National Research Council of Canada
H. M. Tory
University of Alberta
The
Research Council
Garnet Wheat Discovery Promises Westward Line Extension
A Dominion bulletin by I. H. Newman forecasts a wheat line extension northward and potential million acre cultivation from Garnet wheat. Garnet, a hard red spring wheat like Marquis, is a Central Experimental Farm finding with test results guiding western growers.
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I. H. Newman
Dominion
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Bubbley-Jack Dish Reimagined At Chelsea Arts Club Ball
A medieval styled course named Bubbley-Jack, served at the Chelsea Arts Club ball, revived from Yorkshire traditions 300 years old. The layered creation nests goose, chicken, pigeon, lark, and quail as a single boned dish.
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Chelsea
Yorkshire
If you can't marry the one you love try to love the one you marry
Proverbial advice encouraging acceptance and commitment in marriage. Emphasizes finding affection and respect with the chosen partner rather than focusing on unattainable romance.
Ministers Visit Montreal with Twenty-Eight Western MPs
Ministers W R Motherwell and Robert Forke along with Charles A Denning arrived in Montreal aboard a Canadian Pacific Railway party from Ottawa. The group included 28 western MPs and officials led by J A McGill, with names such as Beaubien Bird Bissett McDiarmid Milne Steedsman Ward Ricthweil Donnelly McPhee Millar Gordon Ross Spence Totzke Villance Adashead Blatchford Gardiner Garland Gershaw Irvine Kellner Kennedy Speakman Stewart Johnston McKenzie. The delegation toured Windsor street station and stayed in the city for the day.
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Agriculture
Robert Forke
Chas. A. Denning
Windsor Street
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Ottawa
A. L. Beaubien
Provencher
I. W. Bird
Nelson
Edgar Bissett
Springfield
John L. Brown
Lisgar
Spence
Maple Creek
Albert Totzke
Humboldt
John Villance
South Bat Ueford
A. McGillivray-Young
Saskatoon
Edward J. Young
Weyburn
Herbert B. Adshead
Calgary
Kenneth A. Blatchford
Robert Gardiner
Arcadia
Edward J. Garland
Bow River
Frederic Gershaw
Medicine Hat
William Irvine
Wetaskiwin
Donald Kellner
Athabasca
Donald M. Kennedy
Peace River
Alfred Speakman
At What Age Do Man’s Best Works Appear
Edison himself suggested thirty five as a peak age, but the piece notes this is personal opinion. It cites statistics from Dorland showing masterpieces often emerge around age fifty with chemists and physicists at forty one, naturalists and jurists at fifty eight, and poets at forty four. It also mentions Hardy as a late blooming exception.
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Thomas Edison
New York
W. A N. Dorland
Providence Journal
Thomas Hardy
Mailana Empire
Prairie provinces key to Canada’s prosperity says Winnipeg mayor
Winnipeg mayor R H Webb told the Calgary Board of Trade that the three prairie provinces are essential to national prosperity. He urged cooperation with railways and stressed river and canal transit, noting Winnipeg’s connection to ocean ports would shorten distances and boost trade. Webb proposed low-draft 1 000-ton boats with caterpillar transmissions for river cargo.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
R. H. Webb
Winnipeg
Calgary
Alberta
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Panama Canal
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Webb
River
Caas
Prince Saves Pet Dog in Narrow Train Platform Rescue
Prince of Wales reportedly risked his life to save his cairn terrier Cora from an express train at Melton Mowbray. Witnesses say the dog leapt onto the tracks as the London express approached, and the prince dashed through two Scotland Yard detectives to recover the animal moments before the train passed. The incident caused fright among bystanders on the platform.
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Prince of Wales
Cora
Melton Mowbray
Mf Ae
Scotland Yard
Lord Willingdon on Women in Public Life
The Montreal Star quotes Lord Willingdon praising women as a help to men in governance. He says sympathy strengthens public life and argues for a united effort toward a common purpose to lift Canada toward a broader brotherhood and sisterhood of nations.
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Lord Willingdon
Canada
Montreal Star
Homemade Mash Beats Commercial Feed for Baby Chicks
Research at the Morden Manitoba Experimental Station shows homemade mash equal parts bran shorts corn meal oat flour and meat scrap costing 3.50 per 100 pounds outpacing $6.40 commercial mash. Both groups had same scratch feed and buttermilk. home mash produced larger weight gains at lower cost. The piece notes 22 million dolls made in 1926 with only about one half of one percent blondes in the US.
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Morden
Manitoba
How the Eye Reads Lines of Print From Bottom to Top
A description of how the eye moves when reading and how photorecords from Stanford psychology labs show the eye often takes in short groups of words rather than reading left to right. It notes reading from bottom to top being easier for the eye and mentions ancient Chinese writing starting at the bottom and moving upward.
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Psychology
Stanford University
My Magazine
Potential Water Power in Canadian Resources
The article notes abundant water power across Canada from coast to coast, supporting industrial centers and nearby mineral and timber resources. In southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Maritime Provinces water power is limited, yet vast coal and lignite resources exist.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Interior surveys map McKenzie Valley waterways
Department of the Interior has long conducted surveys along the McKenzie Valley route, especially around Great Slave Lake and Slave River. Maps from these surveys aid navigators while buoys beacons and lights are installed along the route. Fencing is used by young women in France as a health and grace aid. A man's weakness is cited as finally overpowering strength.
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McKenzie Valley
Department of the Interior
Great Slave Lake
Slave River
France
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