Culture in the Country Shapes Western Canadian Taste
The article argues that culture thrives in Canada’s rural areas, where farms and small towns nurture discriminating taste in arts. It contrasts rural and urban development, noting country roots produce many artists who later succeed in cities, and that farmers’ conventions reflect deeply considered policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Canada
United States
Europe
Britain
Voften
Lnter
Montreal Borrows Most in Home Improvement Plan
Montreal homeowners led borrowing under the home improvement plan, with Toronto usage widespread. After about five months, total loans reached 2,405,350 dollars by the end of March, figures released by acting finance minister Hon. J. L. Sisley show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Toronto
J. L. Sisley
Japan's Living Buddha Marries Poetess in Kyoto
Count Kocho Otani known as the Living Buddha of Japan wed 19-year-old poetess Princess Yoshiko Tokudaiji in Kyoto in a ceremony attended by about 20 000 guests. He is head of a major Buddhist sect and gave 1 500 000 yen to the poor while the bride distributed 1 500 000 classical fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kocho Otani
Japan
Kyoto
Yoshiko Tokudaiji
Kimihiro
Bell patent for transmitting multiple signals on one wire
In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented an apparatus intended to send two or more telegraphical signals simultaneously on a single wire, a breakthrough in early telecommunication technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Rice paper pith from For mosa tree used by Oriental artists
Rice paper, favored by Oriental artists, is produced from the pith of a tree that grows in For mosa. The article notes the material’s origin and traditional use in Asian art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Bartram’s Boer War Trophy Hat Sent to Museum
Vivian T. Bartram, a Toronto sergeant and chief scout under Col. Sam Steele, captured Dom Paul Kruger’s old silk hat and other souvenirs during the South African campaign. He later presented the items to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
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Toronto
Vivian T. Bartram
Canada
Dom Paul Kruger
Orange Free State
Sam
Kruger
Pretoria
Bartram
Royal Ontario Museum
Invisible Ray Report Stirs Wiltshire Road Sighting
London correspondent reports rumors of a Wellsian invisible ray tested by military authorities. In Wiltshire near Salisbury Plain drivers claim multiple cars stalled inexplicably and a police sergeant advised waiting ten minutes, after which all cars resumed normally.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Wiltshire
Salisbury Plain
O.K
Centenarian recalls royal guest days in Buckingham Palace
Mrs Hadjie Edia Manan of Port Elizabeth remembers a hundred years ago as guest of Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace and travel to Mecca later. Born in Cape Town she and husband attended the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London and later settled in Johannesburg. She continues to cook and sew at home.
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Hadjie Edia Manan
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
Johannesburg
Mecca
Mussolini Opens Italian Hollywood Near Rome
Premier Mussolini inaugurates a modern motion picture city on Rome outskirts he calls Italian Hollywood. He envisions a thriving Italian cinema able to compete with foreign productions and foster a new national film art.
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Mussolini
Rome
Il Duce
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Claims Bile Flow Remedy
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safe laxative aiding liver bile flow. It asserts two pounds of bile daily improve digestion and reduce gas, claiming no calomel or mercury. The pitch urges asking by name and cites a 25 cent price.
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Hyer
Carter
Italian sailor scientist plans world voyage in equipped ketch
Italian captain Sorrentino plans a round the world voyage aboard a scientifically equipped ketch with an auxiliary motor research laboratories a library and space for photographers. He aims to prove a single navigator can traverse rough oceans and gather valuable oceanographic astronomical and other data for Italy. He will film with still and cinema cameras to create a picture report of the journey.
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Sorrentino
Italy
Toronto Hero Dogs Exhibit Honor Their Valor
A Saturday exhibition showcased Toronto’s famous canine heroes. Notable dogs included Sir Bob of Cluny a collie who saved a man from a street car and Jumbo who rescued children from Lake Ontario highlighting the city’s storybook dogs of courage.
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Toronto
Bob of
Cluny
Jumbo
Lake Ontario
Maple sap reduces in volume to make syrup
The note explains that maple sap is bulky and must be reduced by thirty to forty times in volume to produce maple syrup, outlining the concentration process.
Mussolini’s Papolo Italia Enforces Daily Scoop Policy
Mussolini, former editor, now head of Popolo d Italia, orders all Italian papers to print a three line notice announcing an important article. No paper may run the article until the next day, forcing readers to buy Il Duce’s newspaper.
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Benito Mussolini
Popolo @Italia
Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Il Duce
New Zinc Protamine Insulin Boosts Diabetes Treatment
Dr H J Cody president of the University of Toronto reports a new insulin preparation called zinc protamine insulin. Developed at Connaught laboratories in association with the university, it has been marketed for two months and shows longer immunity from diabetic symptoms and fewer injections for many patients.
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University of Toronto
H. J. Cody
Canada
Winnipeg
Connaught Laboratories
Cody
Just Like A Horse Giddyap Tractor Demonstrated Near Salt Lake
Two inventive brothers staged a giddyap tractor demonstration for Latter Day Saint officials near Salt Lake City Utah. Bert Bonham rode a plough seat and used leather reins to control the tractor. He explained the iron box behind the motor makes the machine respond to reins.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bert Bonham
Four British Workers Honored at Coronation Invites
Four workers from Britain attended the coronation as honored guests. Lizzie McCulloch, a Glasgow weaver. Doris Griffiths at General Electric in Birmingham. Leslie Pollard, a pit boy near Chesterfield. and Elfred Thomas at a Pontardawe steel and tinplate plant received invites from the Industrial Welfare Society president Albert Frederick Arthur George, who also leads the British Empire organization.
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Britain
Isle
Lizzie McCulloch
Glasgow
Doris Griffiths
General Electric
Birmingham
Leslie Pollard
Chesterfield
Elfred Thomas
Pontardawe
South Wales
Industrial Welfare Society
Albert Frederick Arthur George
The
British Empire
Mounties Honored in London Coronation Parade Link
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were honored in London during the coronation celebrations. Barrack-mates of the Household Cavalry at Knightsbridge barracks overlook Hyde Park, an unprecedented outside-regiment distinction.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
London
Household Cavalry
Knightsbridge
Hyde Park
Horse Guards
Lady Astor’s Mistake Highlights House Etiquette
The Daily Sketch notes even seasoned MPs have gaps in procedure. Lady Astor, 18 years in the Commons, asked Mr Morrison a question and was told No sir. She then objected that she is not a sir, forgetting that Morrison addressed the Speaker, not her, and MPs must speak to the chair.
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House of Commons
Daily Sketch
Lady Astor
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
M.P
Canada Poultry And Eggs Values Reach Postwar High
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates 1936 gross value of poultry and eggs at 1 118 000 dollars the highest since 1931 and 3 063 000 dollars above 1935. Poultry on December 1 1936 totals 47 533 700 with 43 491 600 hens and chickens and poultry value 40 351 000 dollars. Egg production is 219 428 000 dozen in 1936 vs 225 540 000 in 1935. average price 18 cents per dozen yields production value 40 767 000 dollars, compared with 37 763 000 in 1938 when price was 17 cents. The 1936 value marks the highest since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Better Farming Methods Warn Plains Deserts Risk
Major Dun can Stuart of Calgary told the Turgeon royal grain commission that western farmers must adopt better farming practices to prevent desertification of the plains. He urged crop rotation, fertilizers, more livestock, and clover, tree cultivation, and careful soil protection as essential for long term fertility.
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Duncan Stuart
Calgary
Turgeon Royal Grain Commission
Stuart
Stamps Clerk Predicts Rain From Curling Sheets
Camden Washington stamp clerk Arthur Clark says curled stamp sheets signal rain within eight to ten hours while flat sheets mean clear weather. The note ties weather forecasting to stamp shelf observations and mentions a government land plowing plan for Greek farmers at a fixed per acre charge.
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Arthur Clark
Camden
D.C
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