Peace Through Education Call For Nonwar Settlement Methods
The Gazette Montreal reports a Peyal Victoria College gathering under MGU Canadian Club and National Council of Education urging education aimed at resolving international disputes without war. Speakers push for tribunals and peace education within families to shift public sentiment away from militaristic violence and towards lasting restraint.
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Peyal Victoria College
MGU
Canadian Cub
National Council of Education
Soed
Pigia Estreczk
Militantium
Gazette
Montreal
Porpoise Delicacy Through Medieval English Courts
Porpoise flesh was a prized delicacy in medieval England appearing at court banquets from Henry III to Henry VII. It featured in royal and church feasts, was presented by Yarmouth bailiffs in 1493, boiled roasted and baked into pies, and remained common in markets until 1575 before declining in popularity.
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Neville
Yarmouth
Oxford
Henry III
Richard Hy
Stenry VII
Employment Outlook Improves Across Nation in October
The Domicion Bureau of Statistics reports betterment in hiring with 6,918 reporting employers and total staff growth of 2 231 in early October, marking the strongest improvement since 1920.
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Domicion Bureau of Statistics
Soviet Grain Exports Hit By Interior Price Pressure
Moscow Life reports Canadian grain appearing on the world market has disrupted this year’s Soviet exports. The Russian crop collection is delayed as authorities try to lower grain prices in internal markets.
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Moscow Economic Life
Ontario Gold Production Reaches Record Eight Months
Ontario reports a record eight month gold production of 20 750 000 dollars while the provincial government projects a full year output of 32 million dollars The exchange between two Scotsmen adds color as radio activity is credited with adding 3000 Finglish words to the language.
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Ontario
Radio
Beeswax Preservation in Apiaries Increases Returns
Beekeeping guidance urges saving every particle of wax as demand exceeds supply. Small pieces from cappings, burr combs, and discarded frames accumulate to significant wax yield, especially in large apiaries during heavy honey flows. A solar wax extractor or container for collectable wax boosts profits.
Americans Settle Roots in Canada and Embrace Permanent Home
The Toronto Star notes U S farmers increasingly take permanent residence in Canada. It argues these settlers assimilate, contribute to the Canadian West’s farming, become good citizens, and their children grow to be future statesmen scientists and artists in Canada.
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New York
Canada
United States
Dominion
Canada of Tomorrow
Toronto Star
Salmon Route Study Shows Northern Path To Fraser
The Globe reports on how seaward salmon now rearred in British Columbia use the northern Canadian route to reach the Fraser River, avoiding U S waters. Scientists note the homing instinct drives return to birthplaces after years at sea, aiding a strong Canadian catch and commerce. A tagged Atlantic salmon released off Nova Scotia reportedly returned via the Panama Canal, illustrating remarkable migratory feats.
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Globe
British Columbia
Fraser
Victoria
Pacific
Fraser River
United States
Canada
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Panama Canal
South America
Canada Seeks British Settlers in Vast Migration Push
Sir George MacLaren Brown of the Canadian Pacific Railway says Canadians crave more British settlers as he returns from a Dominion tour. He believes the Imperial conference discussions reflect this policy, with J Bruce Walker London noting a remarkable next year rise in British emigration to Canada.
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Canada
George MacLaren Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion
Canadaa
George
J. Bruce Walker
Londen
Tarperial Conference Committee On
Great Britain
Telepathist claims Mars contact and Martian traits
Dr Manseld Robinson of London asserts he received a reply from Mars and remains in communication with the red planet. He describes Commarulus as a close Martian companion and claims Martians are seven to eight feet tall with large ears and Chinese features, liking tea and weathered cars.
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Manseld Robinson
London
Eng
Earth
Mars
Red Planet
Commarulus
Com. Maruru
Dr.Robinson
Robinson
Niagara Falls Roar Outranks City Traffic in Noise
Tests show Niagara Falls at the Cave of the Winds foot and American Falls facing area registering 70 sound units, louder than New York sites. The falls also power a vast turbine-dynamo system transmitting energy over 3,000 miles, lighting Toronto and powering many industries and farms.
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Niagara Falls
New York City
New York
Strath Avenue
34Th Street
Niagara
Toronto
Dominion
Victorian VC Hero Thackeray Celebrates Birthday Abroad
Colonel Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray, oldest recipient of the Victoria Cross, celebrated his sixth birthday in Bordighera Italy. He earned the VC for bravery at Delhi during the mutiny, helping extinguish a burning magazine under heavy fire and holding the position until reinforcements arrived alongside Captain Rennie.
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Edward Talbot Thackeray
V.C
Bordighera
Italy
William Makepeace Thackeray
Delhi
Rennie
Message Floated Forty Years From Master Mariner
A bottle message from John Lee, master mariner, to his widowed mother, found in the Baltic and sent to Halifax, claims he died fighting and dates to May 17, 1887. The paper notes his ship’s fate remains unknown, and his mother is long deceased.
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John Lee
Halifax
Baltic Sea
Borkum
Nova Scotia
Naufax
Big Ben Bell Cracked After Sixty Years
London report reveals Big Ben, the largest clock bell in the world, is cracked. William Houghton of the Ancient Society of College Youths notes the crack appeared during casting in 1858 and a bronze hole was bored to halt it. Despite the flaw, the bell is deemed healthy today.
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Westminster
William Houghton
Ancient Society of College Youths
England
London
Big Ben
Ontario Plums Sent to Britain Arrive Prime
The Ontario Department of Agriculture reports a trial shipment of ripe plums to England, arriving in prime condition. The fruit was picked ripe and fully colored, with excellent results confirmed by the British side.
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England
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Martin Wins Silver Cup at Sesquicentennial Poultry Show
The Hon. John S. Martin, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, won the Silver Cup for the best display of poultry at the Sesquicentennial Poultry Show.
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John S. Martin
Ontario
Small hand cranked generator powers light bulb for minutes
A compact spring driven electric power plant provides enough current to operate a light bulb. Ten seconds of cranking by hand yields about three minutes of illumination, illustrating a simple portable energy source and its practical output.
Youth Revisited: Women and Recurrent Youth Concepts
An aphoristic line notes that everyone experiences youth once, yet women may feel youth anew multiple times through life stages and achievements. The remark frames aging as a series of recurring youthful experiences rather than a single phase.
City of London sewer survey faces unknown dangers
A three year expedition to map the City of London sewers will brave torrents floods tunnels and vaults dating back to Elizabethan times. Workers warn of tidal waves explosions and the risk of being lost as storms above ground push torrents into the subterranean labyrinths.
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City of
London
City of London
Corporation
The
City Noises Shorten Life Says Chicago Doctor
Chicago's health commissioner Dr. Herman N. Bundeson says street noises reduce life expectancy by about seven years. He warns that persistent din wears nerves, lowers efficiency, and can cause dizziness and nausea even as people adapt to daily sounds.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundeson
Edison Sees Scientific City of the Future
Thomas A. Edison envisions a future city where time saving is central and traffic is managed by mathematicians. Crime declines with scientific policing and expert government. Noise rises but people adapt with hardened nerves.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edward Marshall
Forum Magazine
Edison
Tablet unveiled in Westminster Abbey for WWI dead
To the million dead of the British Empire who fell in the Great War a tablet was unveiled in Westminster Abbey by the Prince of Wales. It was erected by the Imperial War Graves Commission and bears the arms of the Mother Country surrounded by those of the Dominions and India.
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Westminster Abbey
Prince of Wales
Imperial War Graves Commission
Dominions
India
Jim as a Talker Turns on Traffic Officer
A humorous exchange shows Jim praised as convincing until his attempt to argue with a traffic officer exposes his limits. The quip highlights a clash between smooth speech and real-world authority.
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Jim
C P R Introduces Pacific Locomotives With Higher Pressure
Canadian Pacific Railway delivers twenty four Pacific type locomotives noted as the most powerful in use. Boiler pressure rises from 200 to 250 psi through superheaters, boosting speed and haulage without extra weight by nickel steel shell plates. Delivery also begins on twenty Mikado type locomotives in the 5300 series with the same improvements and mechanical stokers.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Necessary Factor In Modern Business
A historical account notes President Coolidge urging advertising as essential to modern business. The essay cites a large scale advertiser in the eighties and nineties whose decline after reducing publicity led to failure, then recovery with proper advertising. It argues demand must be created to sustain production and rising living standards depend on advertising.
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Coolidge
Coollidre
Young Albert IleMan gains national notice in Famous Story Magazine
Albert IleMan of New York, a Horace Mann prize winner, is profiled after his story appeared in Famous Story Magazine. He describes his writing method using country facts from encyclopedias and aims to rival Dickens or Jack London. He is the son of George T. Uelacorte Jr., a publisher, and speaks German and French.
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Albert “IleMan
New York
Story
Theodore Dreiser
John Galsworthy
Edna Feber
Dickens
Jack London
Albert
George T. Uelacorte, Jr
Giant Dry Dock At Esquimalt Marks World Second Largest
The new drydock at Esquimalt Victoria is the world’s second largest, only 29 feet shorter than Boston’s Commonwealth dock. Hewn from solid rock, it cost $6,000,000 and measures 1,156 feet long and 149 feet wide at the top, 125 at the bottom, with a depth of 49 feet 5 inches and 10 feet of water at high tide. It will accommodate the largest ships afloat.
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Esquimalt
Victoria
Commonwealth Dock
Boston
Canadian Ayrshire Betsy Wyle Sets Butter Fat Record
A Canadian cow named Betsy Wyle, an Ayrshire owned by C. Crocket of Middle Mus quodobolt Nova Scotia, has set the world record for butter fat production with 1,103 pounds from 21,965 pounds of milk in the year. The previous record was 1,003 pounds from 20,222 pounds of milk held by a Montreal cow owned by W. C. Wyllie.
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Betsy Wyle
Ayrshire
C. Crocket
Middle Musquodobolt
Nova Scotia
Montreal
W. C. Wyllie
Manitoba Turkeys Sent to Australia for Breeding Trial
A gobbler and hen from the Manitoba Agricultural College have been shipped to Australia to test their turkey breeding program in a new environment. The move follows the college's reputation for producing superior birds and aims to establish a quality strain in the Antipodes.
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Manitoba
Australia
Manitoba Agricultural College
Manitoba College
A Harvest Help Seeks One Quiet Morning
A college man working in the harvest asks to stay in bed until the lamp chimney cools. The farmer engages with a terse exchange about the request and the worker’s comfort.
Bride's party disrupted by vehicle accident in Coliler's
A startling note from Coliler's reports a vehicular accident during a bride’s afternoon party. The bride’s party was interrupted as her husband was run over by a truck, causing shock and concern among attendees.
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Ress
B.C
Pacific Coast
Thackeray
Bobby
Father
Seaview
Britain
Prince Unveils
C.P.R
Coliler
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