Canadian Poultry For United States Trade
Canadian poultry breeders operate a Saybrook Illinois hatchery with Canadian Record of Performance cockerels. The 186 ten week old cockerels from Kot dare were supplied by the ILOP Breeders' Association of Tiittish Columba. Government certified birds lay 154 eggs or more yearly and weigh about two ounces per egg. birds meeting standards are sold through associations to the United States and worldwide.
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Saybrook
Illinois
Pear
Kot
Casela
United States
Teaspoon Size Debate Stirs Medical Trade Group
A Kingston Standard report notes the Pharmaceutical Association meeting debated the unreliable teaspoon. Experts questioned capacity variances and agreed the issue belongs to spoonmakers, not the association, with potions and labels on flasks left unclear.
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The
Pharmaceutical Association
Kingston Standard
Can Moon Travel Be Achieved by Rocket Theory
The London Daily Mail quotes Professor A W Bickerton debunking moon-shot claims. He says escaping Earth requires seven miles per second and energy far beyond typical explosives, citing gram calorie comparisons and energy limits.
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Moscow
A. W. Bickerton
London Daily Mail
Mussolini Orders Classics in Italian School Curriculum
Mussolini decrees that Greek and Latin classics become required in Italian school curricula. A proverb notes that a fool can wield a hammer as effectively as a bitter enemy, signaling public rhetoric over details. Source: W. N. U. 1608.
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Mussolini
1927 Forecast of A Year Without a Summer
Washington scientists predict a severe 1927 with an early fall start and late spring end and extremely deep snows. The Thirteenth National Business Conference warned of a possible global volcanic shock and a mid year snow storm. Radio weather forecasts may guide listening times if sun activity allows reliable reception, per Merbert Janvrin Browne of Washington and Greenleaf W. Pickard of Boston.
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North American
United States
Babson Park
Merbert Janvrin Browne
Washington, D.C
Invention Aims to Consume Motor Fumes in Paris
A Paris city laboratory reports a catalyzer device that consumes carbon monoxide from car exhaust. The exhaust pipe holds chemicals that lower the gas combustion temperature, and air flow through the tube reduces fumes before release. Director Kohn Abrest cites Paris cars emit harmful CO levels, unlike rural dispersion.
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City Laboratories
Paris
Yanhdell Mendelson
Yale
M. Kohn-Abrest
Labor migration to Canada amid prairie harvest shortage
The British Columbia quota for harvest workers fell short by about a third, prompting appeals to the United States for labor. The piece notes BC's varied industries from farming to mining and transportation and recounts a London scene of two Americans talking in Piccadilly, reflecting the broader labor movement.
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Canada
British Columbia
Prairies
United States
Watch Pressure in Your Balloon Tires
A cautionary note on balloon tire care explains under inflation wastes tire miles and risks blowouts from curb or track hits. Check weekly, keep pressure within three pounds of the standard, and add two extra pounds on long trips with heavy loads for safety.
Queer Jewish Wedding Postponed by Sudden Death in Leeds
A Leeds wedding proceeded two hours before a funeral for the bride’s mother. Jewish law allows postponement only on certain parental deaths. The couple did not mourn during seven days after the ceremony, and no local rabbi recalled a similar case.
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Leeds
Misa Yenta Watter- Man
Promoting Better Homes Women’s Institutes in Canada
The article extols Canada’s organized system to improve homes, with Women’s Institutes widespread in rural areas offering courses in home economics through the Department of Agriculture. It notes home nursing sewing serving millinery and related arts taught in short courses. A humorous Aberdonian anecdote about arsenic follows.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Speeding Up Farm Life in Rural Canada
A Toronto Globe note says rural Canadians pace life with cars, not horses. An Ontario farmer bought a motor car to keep up with traffic and funerals, planning speeds around 23 miles per hour as roads and weekends expand his reach beyond ten miles.
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Canada
Ontario
Times
Toronto Globe
Ingenious wasp builds silk home in reel center
A wood wasp reportedly inhabited a silk reel by occupying the central hole and constructing four cells from mortar gnawed from a wall. Each cell later held five caterpillars and an infant wasp, as described by C P Jenkinson of Leigh, Westbury, Wilts, in a letter to a London newspaper.
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C. P. Jenkinson
Leigh
Westbury
Wilts
London
German Appetite Theory From Friedberger Study
Dr. Friedberger of Greifswald University theorizes German hunger drives five meals daily due to overcooked food. Freshly cooked meals allegedly curb appetite sooner and require smaller quantities. Experiments reportedly confirm the theory, noting some people reach similar results regardless of comic intention.
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Friedberger
Greifswald University
Has Own Fire Brigade at St Pauls Cathedral
Tit Bits notes that St Pauls Cathedral in London maintains a private fire brigade and water service installed before the war. The stone building hides hundreds of wood lined passages and dry timber. The wooden domed exterior adds tinder risk and supports the need for rapid containment.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
London
The Perils Of Lightning Safety Advice For Drivers
The article warns lightning danger favors being indoors and in towns. It cautions against open country, isolated trees, and tall trees near woods, and recommends seeking ditches in high open areas. It notes car tires offer little insulation and motorists should avoid stopping under trees or near fences.
Unknown Poet Named Arnold Wrote Death of Nelson Song
The Death of Nelson popularized by John Braham and Sims Reeves stems from Arnold who authored both that song and The Anchor's Weighed. Arnold’s father served as organist of Westminster Abbey. A Washington woman faced arrest and a fine for driving with one arm around her poodle.
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Nelson
Arnold
Westminster Abbey
John Braham
Sims Reeves
Washington
Sheep to Governor in 12 Hours at Toronto Exhibition
The account tells how a Brantford sheep shed its wool in hours to produce a herringbone tweed coat for Lieutenant Governor Narcisse Perodeau. Wool workers dyed spun and wove the fabric, then a parachute jumper delivered the finished coat to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Perodeau toured the fair with aides in All Canadian costumes and inspected exhibits including the Canadian Co operative Wool Growers and the Canadian Pacific display.
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J. T. Bretour
Burford
Ontario
Quebec
Narcisse Perodeau
Toronto
Oeer
Perodeau
Brethour
Brantford
Russell Templar
Quinlan
J. L. Clapp
Yvonne McKenna
A.D.C
Papineau
Cockshutt
Colonel Fraser
Dominion
Canadian Pacific
Mod
Chemists Aim to Make Sleep Unnecessary Says Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal notes the Philadelphia American Chemical Society session suggesting future science may synthesize foods and drugsto remove the need for sleep. Experts doubt a sleep drug exists yet but warn rapid progress brings economic and lifestyle shifts.
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American Chemical Fev. Ia
Philadelphia
Ottawa Journal
School Days Remembered in Compare to Modern Classrooms
The Hinckley News notes children today start school with lighter hearts due to brighter schools, better books, elastic methods, and easier commutes. Yet memories linger of old rooms, shared recitations, a single tin cup, and fearless youthful vigor, as affection for past days remains.
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Hinckley
Record attendance surge at Canadian National Exhibition reaches 1.57 million
The Canadian National Exhibition reports a two week total of 1,573,900 attendees from August 28 to closing night, surpassing the 1924 high of 1,515,000 and last year’s 1,491,900. The fair is touted as the largest annual exhibition in America if not the world. Ultraviolet ray therapy at Moorefields Hospital, London, treats partial and incipient blindness, with over 100 patients aided and results prompting expansion of the program.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
America
Moorefields Hospital
London
No More Liquor Ads by Punch Plan
London weekly No More Liquor Ads by Punch will refuse to print liquor advertisements after current contracts expire no new ads will be accepted for such promotions no reason given for the change is provided
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Punch
London
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Mra
Coatia
Toronto Fair
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