Prairie riches lure explorers through non metallic resources
The article argues Western Canada’s prairie provinces hold vast non metallic resources such as clays salts and pigments. It laments heavy focus on metallic deposits while urging provincial governments to promote opportunities in Britain to attract capital for developing these lesser known assets.
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Prairie Provinces
el Dorado
Prairie
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Aviator Makes Dead-stick Landing After Propeller Lost
Pilot Alex Dame of Mackenzie air service lost a propeller at 3000 feet in heavy fog above the Athabasca river delta. He performed a perfect dead-stick landing without injuring passengers or damaging the aircraft, after discovering the propeller had come loose during the nose dive.
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Alex. Dame
Mackenzie Air Service
Dame
Athabasca
Britain Spends $750000 to Battle Rust in 1936
In 1936 Britain allocated a substantial sum to combat rust corrosion, with reports noting a figure around 750000 dollars directed toward corrosion control measures across key industries and infrastructure.
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Britain
How To Overcome Piles And Rectal Soreness
A consumer health note urges treating itching piles or rectal soreness promptly with Hemroid from a druggist. The remedy is described as easing itching and sore symptoms and aiding healing, avoiding surgery.
Soviet Waiter Returns Tip With Moral Appeal
A Moscow News note quotes a hotel waiter who rejects a guest tip as humiliating and urges rational spending. He identifies himself as a Soviet employee, a member of the Communal Feeding Workers Union, and a student at the State Institute of Foreign Languages.
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Moscow News
Communal Feeding Workers Union
State Institute of Foreign Languages
Locomotives to Be Named After Birds for Coronation Express
The London Times reports seven new Royal Line locomotives under construction at Doncaster for the L.N.E.A. Coronation streamlined express between London and Edinburgh will be named after birds. The first five names are Golden Eagle Falcon Merlin Kingfisher and Kestrel.
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London Times
Doncaster
L.N.E.A
London
Edinburgh
Deer Quietly Walks Amid Raucous Turkey Parade
A brief note describes a deer moving silently alongside a noisy turkey in a village walk. The contrast highlights size and sound, with the deer blending into the street scene while the turkey draws attention.
Disappearance of Germany War Note Shrouds Paris
In Paris a mystery resurfaces the missing 1914 German war declaration to France. Susanne Linder, a Foreign Office employee, is charged with forgery while officials say the note was sought since 1928 and possibly used by Raymond Poincare in memoirs. Bar on von Schoen delivered it to Premier Viviani on August 3, 1914.
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Paris
Germany
France
Suzanne Linder
Foreign Office
Mme Linder
Baron von Schoen
Rene Viviani
Raymond Poincare
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertisement Teaser
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to wake the liver and improve bile flow. It asserts the pills are harmless gentle and do the work of calomel without mercury, urging readers to ask for the product by name.
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Carter
Professor Corbett criticizes isolation policy in public address
Professor P E Corbett former dean of McGill University law school spoke at Dalhousie University urging against isolation or neutrality He warned that negligence of collective security risks war and argued Canada must align with Britain and world commerce rather than pursue a neutral foreign policy.
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League of Nations
P. E. Corbett
McGill University Law School
Dalhousie University Institute of Public Affairs
Hallifax
Canada
Corbett
Dominion
Wood use rises in modern industry says statistics
The Victoria Colonist reports the Dominion Bureau of Statistics forestry branch finds wood use in building at a minimum but increasing. More wood is used in automobiles than carriages, with new uses for wood daily. Artificial silk linoleum explosives and paper from wood all boost wood's importance.
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Victoria Colonist
Forestry Branch
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Cannot Be Done In Paris Morocco Oil Concession Claim
The Detroit News notes two key facts in the Paris rumor that Germany seeks an oil concession in Morocco. Morocco has no oil. Morocco imports about 75 million dollars of oil annually, underscoring the implausibility of the claim.
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Paris
Germany
Morocco
Detroit News
Village concert hushups lead to awkward advance
A village concert sees Miss Brown repeatedly encored for a recitation of "The Village Blacksmith" when, after returning behind the stage, she is approached by a burly fair-haired man who proclaims I’m the man you’ve been talking about and asks her to tell them when she goes back that he has bicycles to hire as well.
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Brown
Storing Gold United States Government Puts Two Hundred Million
The Baltimore Sun remarks on government sterilizing excess gold and storing about $200 million in an underground Kentucky vault, with plans to eventually store over $4 billion in gold bars and coin. It notes the metal is no longer usable as currency and is hidden from trade and credit.
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United States
Kentucky
Philadelphia Mint
Baltimore Sun
Ginger Molasses Cookies from Mildred Mackenya Recipe
A cookie recipe by Mildred Mackenya uses shortening molasses corn syrup and hot water mixed then lemon juice. Sift flour ginger soda salt cinnamon mix into the first mixture then chill dough until firm. Roll into balls flatten with a fork and bake fifteen minutes at moderate heat.
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Mildred Mae MackKeny
Christie's Magic Lemon Cream Pie
A no bake lemon pie recipe using sweetened condensed milk lemon juice lemon rind vanilla wafers and whipped cream. Prepare filling by blending dairy citrus and rind then line an eight inch dish with wafers add filling chill and top with lightly sweetened whipped cream. A stray fact notes that one in three Americans lives outside their birth state.
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Christie's
Canadian Press chief urges Empire news exchange in London
J. F. B. Livesay, general manager of The Canadian Press, urged Britain to back a cooperative empire news interchange at the Empire Press Union meeting in London. He noted decades of discussion and the need for an imperial press rate, while Sir Stanley Reed advocated cheaper, penny-a-word deferred transit.
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Canadian Press
Britain
Empire News
Empire Press Union
London
J. F. B. Livesay
Imperial
Islands
United Kingdom
Livesay
Canada
Australia
Africa
Stanley Reed
Times of India
J. J. Astor
Sir Stanley
Doctor’s New Nerves Cure Get a Dog
A Toronto physician prescribes a dog to troubled patients and reports quick relief. An overworked businesswoman near breaking point meets the doctor who says she must relax. She gets a dog, walks him, then sleeps peacefully, praising the advice.
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Toronto
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Quick Relief Claim
Advertises Phillips Milk of Magnesia as fast relief for stomach acidity including indigestion and gas. Promotes liquid and tablet forms with two teaspoons or two tablets after meals. Claims rapid cure and lists a 25 cent price for a large box at drug stores.
New Britain man collects 90 railroad lanterns from 40 railroads
A New Britain Connecticut resident builds an unusual collection of 90 railroad lanterns representing 40 railroads across New England to the Midwest. Items include lanterns from 1860 used by Adams Express and NY Lake Erie & Western, plus two brass Lake Ontario ship lanterns from 1864 with quartz glass globes.
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New Britain
Luckiest 19 carat pink diamond bought by England group
A rosy pink 19 carat diamond valued at $60,000 is described as the luckiest stone in the world. It allegedly warded illness after Aron Barbara of Paris acquired it a century ago, improving health for 28 years. The gem passed through generations until a recent sale by the family survivor.
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England
Aron Barbara
Paris
New Lab Device Weighs Objects Without Gravity
Chicago scientific instrument company develops equipment that weighs objects without gravity to distinguish weight from mass. Teachers hope the device helps students stop misusing weight and mass terms.
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Chicago
Detroit
Traveller’s boast met by DTs remark
In a pub a traveller boasts of seeing the world. A quiet man questions if he has ever had alcoholic delirium tremens. The traveller dismisses him, but the man retorts that if he hasn’t had DTs he’s seen nothing.
Process Behind Creating a Newspaper or Magazine
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The .500 Express Bullet in Elephant Hunting
The .500 express bullet used in elephant hunting delivers a striking power of 24 tons, highlighting its extreme stopping capability and historical use in big game pursuit.
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