Science Scores New Triumph In Sugar Synthesis
At Columbia University Professor E. Baly of Liverpool details a method turning carbon dioxide and water into formaldehyde and then sugar using violet light. He suggests this could someday enable factory production of the world’s food if agriculture becomes impossible due to population growth. He notes humanity may be on the edge of understanding how sunlight converts inorganic matter into plant food elements.
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Columbia University
University of Liverpool
Eliza
Baly
Prof
New Drying Process Aims to Reform English Harvests
Institute of Agricultural Engineers at Oxford University tests a drying method for farm crops. The plan cuts the crop into circular 19 to 20 ton stacks around a hollow central chamber, with heated air blown through by fans. Haystacks have dried in ten hours without fermentation.
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Institute of Agricultural Engineers
Oxford University
Increase in Canada Farm Crops and Livestock 1924
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 66,006,000 acres in field crops in 1924 up from 55,310,092 in 1923. Wheat occupies 22,504,658 acres, down 167,206 from last year. oats total 14,480,568 acres with a small rise. Horses increase by over 100,000 to 3,516,233. cattle population excluding British Columbia stands at 198,714.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
British Columbia
Ottawa Citizen
Dominions
United States
Italy
Manitoba
Western Canada
Sackatchewan
Portland
Oregon
America
Vancouver
Reedtal
Advertising insight on women as buyers from E W Howe Monthly
E W Howe Monthly notes advertising should appeal to women as the buyers. It warns ad men about the trouble caused to farmers by excessive appeals to women, urging a gentler approach.
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E. W. Howe
War Engines Spark Call for Genue Men to Fight
In a Columbia Record note, the writer urges that future wars be fought by the very men who invent deadly engines. The call frames engineers as the ones shaping conflict and questions who should bear the costs and risks of war.
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Columbia Record
High Wheat Yields Reported At Lacombe Station
The Lacombe experimental station reports forty bushels per acre on a thirty five acre barley field. The highest yield in oats was twenty two bushels per acre.
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Lacombe
Boy Describes Snake Amid Qualms About its Size
A young boy recalls seeing a snake and describes it as tall with a small head, noting only the distinctive head shape stands out. The fragment conveys a cautious impression without further details.
Successful Woman Farmer Turns Saskatchewan Homestead Profit
Miss Jesele Nixon, once in Minneapolis and active in the moving picture trade, homesteads south of Mortinch Saskatchewan. After three summers she runs cattle and milks high butter price, breeds pure sheep, raises pure bred swine with guidance from University of Saskatchewan bulletins, and keeps turkeys and fowl as hobbies and ventures.
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Jesele Nixon
Minneapolis
Minnesota
U.S.A
Mortinch
Saskatchewan
Miss Nixon
Moving Picture
Agricultural Department
University of Saskatchewan
Nixon
Hog and Sheep Prices Rise Across Canadian Markets
Markets Intelligence Division reports higher top prices on October 23 compared with a year earlier. Hogs up in Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Calgary and Edmonton with gains ranging from 49 to 2.22 dollars. lambs and sheep show increases in all reviewed cities including Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Calgary and Edmonton with gains from 44 to 1.25 dollars.
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Canada
Dominiogy Livestock Branch
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Denmark Swedish Explorer Challenge in Berlin Debate
Sven Anders Hedin announces a public debate in Berlin with Ferdinand Ossendowski to settle a dispute over claims in Ossendowski's Asia books. Hedin calls Ossendowski's writings deliberate fabrications. Ossendowski, then in Egypt, accepts and agrees Berlin as meeting place. Date to be announced.
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Sven Anders Hedin
Sweden
Tibet
Trans-Himalaya
Ferdinand Ossendowski
Asia
Berlin
Dr. Hedin
Ossemlowski
Egypt
Alberta to import 400 Rambouillet rams to boost herd
Alberta range men plan a shipment of 400 Rambouillet breed ing rams from the United States to increase local sheep stocks. World wool production has fallen since pre war highs, from 3.15 billion pounds to 2.6 billion in 1921.
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Alberta
Canada
United States
Swedish engineer unveils method to forge iron directly from ore
Swedish engineer Plodin of Hagfors Iron Works announces a breakthrough method that creates pure steel and iron directly from ore, bypassing smelting furnaces. The invention stems from extensive testing and has sparked strong interest among metal experts, with plans for larger scale trials underway.
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Plodin
Hagfors
Parks Branch grows sunflowers for winter feed in Wainwright
In Alberta at Wainwright the Canadian National Parks Branch tests sunflowers to supply winter feed for buffalo and other park animals. Early results are promising and officials expect to extend the trials.
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Wainwright
Alberta
Canadian National Parks Branch
Department of the Interior
Saskatchewan policy promotes patient effort and steadiness
The Saskatoon Star reports Premier Dunning urging immigration by steady effort rather than quick riches. He argues persistence builds permanent homes and assets for Canada, while promoter optimism alone risks creating liabilities for society.
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Hetter
Saskatchewan
Dunning
Saskatoon
Saskatoon Star
Saskatchewan Feature Section in Empire Mail Exposé
A 11 page Canadian issue from Empire Mail in London highlights Saskatchewan with photographs of Dev aney Street government buildings, parliament, Matador ranch Herefords near Swift Current, and the Leicester Royal Agricultural Show. Articles by Newlands Dunning Hamilton Latta Uhrich Gardiner cover the empire’s granary progress education health highways and agricultural enterprise.
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Empire Mail
London
England
Saskatchewan
Devaney Street
Parliament
Matador Ranch
Swift Current
Leicester
Newlands
Empire
Dunning
C. M. Hamilton
J. J. Latta
J. M. Uhrich
J.3. Gardiner
Saskatcehwan
Prairie boys and girls win big in farm essays
A total of 292 essays arrived from prairie nations with Saskatchewan contributions leading. Judges, including F W Brodrick of Manitoba Agricultural College, awarded top prizes from 4 to 1 dollars plus three special prizes for younger entrants. Elstow prizes go to Lilian Sanderson Reggie Preston and Julia Smith.
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Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
F. W. Brodrick
Manitoba Agricultural College
Olive Currie
Vonda
Elmer R. Peterson
Comrey
Alberta
Annie Fach
Newton
Manitoba
Myrtle D. Behens
Abernethy
Elstow Agricultural Society
Lilian Sanderson
Elstow
Reggie Preston
Julia Smith
Illiteracy Declining in Canadian Urban Districts
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a steady drop in illiteracy across Canada. Five years old and over show 9.25 percent unable to read or write in the last census, down from 10.50 percent in 1911 and 14.38 percent in 1901. Rural areas have higher illiteracy (6.48%) than urban centers (2.66%).
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Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Hood Passes Panama Canal Charging Record Toll
The British warship Hood recently traversed the Panama Canal paying 22439.50 dollars in tolls. It stands as the largest vessel to use the canal to date, reflecting the high cost but overall savings versus the alternative voyage around the Horn.
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Panama Canal
Horn
Bs&rish
Hood
Newfoundland Troop Losses Highlight Somme Toll
London Sunday Pictorial notes Newfoundland raised 5,046 troops during World War I, with 1,203 killed and 2,214 wounded, totaling 3,517 casualties. The piece observes no other community matched this proportionate loss, likening Newfoundland’s fate to Ulster at the Somme.
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Newfoundland
Somme
London Sunday Pictorial
Car praised as health booster in Syracuse address
Dr Woods Hutchinson, a Boston author and lecturer, extolled the automobile as a strong promoter of health and longevity. He said a car takes you into the open air and sunlight, nature’s curative forces, and adds to your years of life.
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Woods Hutchinson
Boston
Syracuse
Are they putting that poor man out for laughing
A spectator laughs in a theater current scene triggers manager to summon him to learn what caused the amusement.
Battle Tactics: Camouflage in Offensive Setups
The article describes methods of concealment in frontline attacks, using camouflage to hide the true objective of the offensive. It emphasizes surprise and misdirection as core strategic aims.
Peddler Returns with Hard Words for Soft Answer
A peddler ignores the idea that a gentle reply avoids conflict and presses on with his sales, challenging the notion that niceties prevent confrontation. The remark contrasts civil speech with insistence in the market.
New Method of Warfare in Chinese Civil War
A new warfare method is adopted by Chinese forces during the civil conflict. Kiangsu troops receive a trainload of firecrackers for assault near Shanghai. The Bay of Fundy experiences the world's highest tides, often reaching about one hundred feet.
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Kiangsu
Shanghai
Bay of Fundy
British youths begin farming study in Alberta visit
A first party of British youths recruited under the Empire settlement plan arrived in Vermilion to study Western farming conditions. They traveled by Canadian National Railway and were pictured on arrival at the Quebec station en route to Western Canada.
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Alberta
Vermilion
Canadian National Railways
Canadian National
Quebec
Western Canada
C N. R
Destructive Insects and Bird Protection Argument
It is estimated that Canada loses over 200 million dollars annually to destructive insects in crops. Birds’ consumption of insects prevents greater losses, providing a strong argument for protecting insectivorous birds.
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Canada
Canada Grows Stronger as Exports Rise and Farming Booms
Ottawa commentary notes Canada shows activity with rising paper exports and building permits while agriculture flourishes. Wheat prices lift Western farmers' 1924 outlook with large harvest gains and debt repayment improving credit positions. The Zodiacal Light described as a vast sun ring remains a distant astronomical note.
Canada Needs British Settlers Says Fort William Times Journal
A colonial advocate urges reinforcements from Britain to preserve imperial dominance in Canada. The piece argues Britons retain pioneer spirit and urges thousands to immigrate regardless of status, warning against non-British settlers expanding northward influence.
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Ife
Fort William
Underwear Makers Enter Radio Business With Loud Speakers
An underwear mill owner turns to radio and horn production claiming mellowness of tone, reduced vibration, and flexible design. Orders total 1,500,000 horns could keep the plant busy through next July.
Soviet notes on Arctic rights amid Wrangel Island visit
Soviet Foreign Minister Tehitcherin addresses a note to foreign governments claiming rights to Arctic islands north of Siberia. He alleges violations by other powers as Soviet transport Red October allegedly raises a flag on Wrangel Island after a colonist party's discovery there.
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Tehitcherin
Russia
Arctic
Siberia
Wrangel Island
Red October
Antelope Breeding Success Reported at Nemiskan Reserve
State of the antelope reports continue at Nemiskan Alberta in the Antelope Reserve. There are now 1454 animals, up 50 in the past year, with the experiment showing successful semi captivity breeding.
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Canadian National Parks
Nemiskan
Alberta
Engineer Chater arrives to survey Prince Rupert site
W. N. Chater of C. D. Howe and Company, Port Arthur, has reached Prince Rupert to take soundings for the planned government elevator. He surveys the site with Canadian National Railways engineers to assess construction needs.
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W. N. Chater
C. D. Howe and Company
Port Arthur
Prince Rupert
B.C
Mr. Chater
Canadian National Railwars
Thrift Tip Sparks Tense Coat Style Remark
A thrift practice remark about last winter's coat triggers tension at home. The line about making her look too young prompts a candid exchange and a reconsideration of wardrobe choices.
The Hutterites' Experience in Southern Alberta
The Lethbridge Herald notes that over five years in Southern Alberta the Hutterites have grown more wheat than in forty years in North Dakota. It argues that rapid wealth is unlikely and warns spreaders of gloom that farming cannot make a person rich in a few years.
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Alberta
North Dakota
Lethbridge Werald
Untidy Cook Applicant Sparks Domestic Argument
The applicant for cook was described as untidy and insolent in appearance. Jones whispered to his wife that he did not like her looks and would not hire her, while his wife argued about the reputation for cooking she bore.
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Jones
Fourth U S patent found issued in 1741 by Washington
The Patent Office discovers the fourth U S patent issued in 1741 signed by George Washington granting a new matrix type for making printing type. The historic document underscores early American intellectual property and printing innovation.
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United States
Patent Office
Department of the Interior
George Washington
Tobacco Growing Areas Across Canada Noted
Canadian tobacco is cultivated in Ontario counties along Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence valley, in Quebec near Montreal, and in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.
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Ontario
Lake Erie
Quebec
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Okanagan Valley
British Columbia
German Patent On Lock And Key With Adjustable Teeth
A German patent covers a lock and key combination with a loose arrangement of teeth that allows adjustment to change the fit. The design focuses on a variable engagement mechanism to tailor the key’s alignment to the lock.
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Germany
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