Marquis Wheat Fame Ties War Victory to Seed Shipments
Buenos Aires Standard cites Marquis wheat as key to World War effort, noting 2.90 bushels of registered seed from Moose Jaw headed to Argentina. The piece credits Canadian farmer Samaders with selecting the grain in 1902, claiming it fed troops and helped win the war, and ponders Argentine reception in Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Moose Jaw
Canada
Argentina
Joffre
Pero
Samaders
Ottawa
United Stat
Casa Rosada
Wartier
Juan Garay
Sailor taste favors funnels and old ship charm
The Detroit News comments on public preference for ships with multiple funnels and nostalgic features. It notes the Saturnia’s oil burner funnels lack smoke yet travelers favor stacked chimneys, a trend mirrored by rail and road vehicles adapting ornate designs while retaining familiar lines.
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Aly
Saila
Pudlfc
Conrh
Detroit News
Beechwood Dilemma For Violin Bridge Inquiry
A timber merchant laments slow trade when a young man asks for beechwood not for a large order but for a violin bridge. The scene plays on the joke that the merchant can supply it as fog or plank.
Difference in Titles Sparks British Business Banter
The Toronto Globe notes Lomlona editors amused by Mr S McKinnon of Toronto suggesting Canadians lack titles to do business in Britain. One editor counters that a title merely raises hotel bills, a distinction few seek today.
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Lomlona
S. McKinnon
Toronto
Britain
Ned
Toronto Globe
The Gobi and Sahara Deserts Describe Shifting Earth
Geologists note deserts like the Gobi and Sahara rose from ancient seas and now lie thousands of feet above sea level. They suggest continents cycle up and down as areas sink and rise, with current North Pacific bed uplift potentially signaling the next phase.
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Hese
Gobi
Central Asia
Sahara
Africa
Pacifc
Wireless headphones let dancers move to silent music
Prof A M Low proposes a London test at the Automobile Club where dancers wear inductive headsets to hear music in private. The system streams from a hidden transmitter to the performers, while spectators hear nothing, potentially sparing hotel guests from jazz noise.
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A. M. Low
Wirelees League
Automobile Chreb
London
Low
Tally Express
Development of the Crossword Principle Traced to Honorius Clementianus
The acrostic and crossword idea is traced to Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, a North Italian poet born around 525. He formed poems where first and last letters read vertically to add verses, and others whose internal letters form a cruciform pattern. His poems, lost for centuries, were first published in 1603 by Christopher Brower from a manuscript at St. Gall.
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Venantius Honorius Clementiances Fortunatus
Italy
Christopher Brower
St. Gall
Switzerland
Chaldeans Built Many Canals For Irrigation Centuries Ago
Archaeologists unveil a relief depicting King Ur-Engur worshipping the Moon God as an angel carries a water vase. The image repeats, suggesting each principal canal is symbolized by an angel. The find indicates Chaldeans labored on numerous irrigation channels over forty centuries ago.
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Ur-Engur
Adventurous Silk Road Merchants Cross Deserts and Mountains
The ancient Chinese silk merchants faced deserts and rugged ranges along a famed highway, a romantic trade route linking vast regions. Long before Christ, traders carried silks to replenish Jagdad and Tyre, enduring perils on the journey that could inspire epic poetry.
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Gobi
China
Jagdad
Tyre
Foreign Trade Gains With United States Imports
Canada imported over $76,000,000 more goods from the United States in the twelve months ending January than in the preceding year. Major imports include binder twine chemical products cottons fruits grass grain and products hides and skins meats metals passenger automobiles and silks.
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Canada
United States
Canada Increases Bacon Exports At Ontario Breeders Meeting
The Ontario Swine Breeders Association heard that Canada was the sole among British market suppliers to raise bacon exports. Dominion figures show exports last year rose by more than seventy two million pounds compared with the prior year.
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Canada
Ontario
Dominion
Population of British Columbia Surges Since 1921 Census
Government compiled figures based on school population show British Columbia total population rising from 524000 in 1921 to nearly 690000. The increase reflects a substantial growth trend across the province according to official statistics.
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British Columbia
Optimism and Pessimism in Public Discourse
An excerpt discusses Marcosson’s view that great leaders show cautious balance of pessimism and optimism. It argues pessimism without fairness distorts truth and urges intelligent action rather than mere hopeful rhetoric, citing Howe’s Monthly.
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Marcosson
Marcossen
Howe
Monthly
Willing To Help For Louis On The Front Porch
A young couple on a porch share a tender moment under moonlight. He laments needing money for travel, she slips her hand into his, then returns with a nickel found in his palm, leaving him aghast.
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Louis
Sleeping Sickness Worries British Medical Authorities
British medical authorities fear a persistent rise of sleeping sickness among schoolchildren and its severe aftereffects on conduct and character. The report notes growing concern over the condition's impact on behavior and overall development.
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Seheo
Inverted Thermometer By Fahrenheit Century’s Pioneer
The text recounts Gabriel Fahrenheit, born in Danzig, who, ruined financially, moved to Amsterdam. He pursued science and business, developing a mercury thermometer after experimenting with spirit-filled versions. He defined fixed points for freezing and boiling water to accurately measure temperature.
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Fahrenbert
Gabriel Dartit Pahrenhert
Danzig
Amsterdam
Many War Widows Remarry In England Pension Forfeiture Cited
Nearly 100000 war widows in England have remarried showing pensions cease in most cases. An official notes up to October last 96 500 widows remarried. Widows forfeiting pensions receive a gratuity, examples include a private's widow under 45 getting £35 15s. The end of March saw total pensions granted to ex service men widows reach 248 367 cases.
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England
Ministry of Pensions
Lnst
Canada exports exceed imports for February says statistics
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports February shows exports surpassing imports. Imports valued at 70,008,980 dollars while exports total 87,512,147 dollars. Twelve month totals end February show exports at 1,297,744,683 dollars and imports at 911,107,0535 dollars. A note on watermelons mentions no pumpking flavor risk even when grown together.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Medal awarded by radio for lifesaving feat
Sir Henry Thornton presented the Royal Humane Society medal by radio to Mrs. K G Polyblank from Ottawa. She saved a child off a motor boat at Long Lake Ontario in summer 1925 by swimming to the child, shedding clothing, and keeping the youngster afloat until help arrived.
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Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
CNRO
Ottawa
Royal Humane Society
K. G. Polyblank
Polyblank
Lsten
Long Lae
Ontario
Danning Viewed as Rising Liberal Figure in Western Canada
The Canadian correspondent of the London Times describes Mr. Danning as a faithful aggressive Liberal with a commanding Western Canada position. He is seen as soon to reach Ottawa and become an influential parliamentary voice for prairie provinces whether the King Government endures. As Saskatchewan premier he won business confidence in Toronto and Montreal and is well regarded by commercial interests on non Protectionist national questions.
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London Times
Danning
Canada
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Dunning
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Montreal
Camouflage Across Nature From Chameleons To Leaf Insects
The text explains camouflage in nature, noting the chameleon’s color shifts and the leopard and lion blending with backgrounds. It highlights insects as supreme camoufleurs, with twig and leaf forms that mimic their surroundings to avoid predators.
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Nature
Land Of Opportunity In Saskatchewan Draws Detroit Farmer
A Detroit man who moved to Fishing Lake Saskatchewan nine months ago reports buying a farm and harvesting 1 200 bushels of wheat last year. The letter from him to friends in Detroit says Saskatchewan offers opportunity but requires hard work, a sentiment echoed in the Regina Leader with reference to Charles Dunning and J C Mitchell.
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Fishing Lake
Sask
Detroit
Saskatchewan
West
Charles Dunning
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
Regina
Brighter Public Houses Campaign Spurs Respectable Pubs
The British effort led by Leeds licensing justices reports success as pubs host daily wireless concerts and women's teas with bread and cakes. Sir George Cockburn says the plan aims to end pubs as drinking dens and educate owners to deter drunken behavior, allowing families to visit. Bowling greens and flower gardens are added features in some Leeds pubs.
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Britain
Leeds Licensing Justices
England
Sir George Cockburn
Justices
Leeds
Ginger beard banter on London streets joke
Jimmy Glover recalls a London driver joke where a red bearded van man and a taxi driver trade quick retorts. The taxi man jokes about his beard being once seen in a glass, while the van man replies he grew his beard after seeing his own face in the glass.
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Jimmy Glover
London
Montreal Star
Paris language schools test tourists with bold lessons
A United States businessman rushed into a Paris language school and offered 100 francs to learn how to make a taxicab driver slow down. The Parisian instructor guided him to use lentement and passiivite, then he paid 190 francs and left with a perfected accent.
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Paris
United States
Ancient City Found On Moscow Outskirts
Russian archaeologists uncover traces of a fifth century BCE city near Moscow featuring iron tools, bronze and metal artifacts, glass bracelets, bone combs, gold and silver jewelry, primitive pottery designs, and evidence of cattle breeding with a small hunting role. An ancient Kremlin trace is also excavated.
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Moscow
Japanese steamer Taishin Maru No 3 crew rescued by Java Arrow
In the mid Pacific the tanker Java Arrow picked up 14 men from the sinking Taishin Maru No. 3. The rescued crew said they had survived 20 days with little water and subsisted by catching rats and making soup, then turning to cat as rats ran out.
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mid-Pacific
Prince of Wales praises Scots workers at banquet
The Prince of Wales hosted the Highland Society banquet in London in a Royal Stuart tartan. He joked about Africa tour and noted an E.P. ranch in Alberta where he employs four men, all Scots, on a 4,000 acre property.
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Prince of Wales
The
Highland Society
London
Africa
Bechuanaland
E.P
Alberta
Hill Royal
Canada
British Farmers For Alberta Arriving to Farm in Edmonton District
Between 1000 and 1550 young British men will arrive in the Edmonton district in coming months to undertake farming work. They are mainly single youths seeking real farming experience with the aim of becoming farmers themselves later on.
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United Kingdom
Edmonton
Land Settlement Board
Ontario Apples Reach Sierra Leone in Fine Condition
The Ontario Department of Agriculture reports a December shipment of Ontario apples arrived in Sierra Leone, West Africa in perfect condition. The Governor of Sierra Leone forwarded the fruit to local bodies likely to demand them.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Sierra Leone
West Africa
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