Park workers transform Riding Mountain into vacation land
At Riding Mountain National Park Manitoba a Dominion relief program employs over 1,300 men including 913 from Winnipeg to clear brush, build bunk houses, recreation halls and a hospital. Camps rise rapidly with timber from the park and local farmers supply food aiding agricultural relief. A resident doctor and first aid staff are arranged for emergencies.
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Riding Mountain National Park
Manitoba
Dominion Relief
George W. Northwood
Northwood
Winnipeg
Free Press
Dowager sacks debt with penny a year plan
The Dowager Lady Sackville proposes a public debt cutting scheme asking notable people to send a penny for each year of life on their next birthday. Lord Darling, aged 82, sent seven shillings and sixpence. Alder man W W Kelly of Birkenhead, 78, sent six shillings fourpence.
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Kelly
Rome Chamber Seeks Alaska Panhandle Trade with Canada
The Rome New York Chamber of Commerce suggests trading Alaska's Panhandle to Canada for land south of the St. Lawrence before a waterways treaty. The remark implies humor or opposition to a St. Lawrence Seaway. Also notes Alaska land area and Puerto Rico crop optimism.
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Rome
N.Y
Chamber of Commerce
Alaska ‘Panhandle
Canada
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Waterways
Rome Chamber of Commerce
St. Lawrence Seaway
British Columbia Egg Exports Reach $5,000 Daily to Poultry Farmers
BC egg shipments to the prairies and eastern Canada total about one carload per day, with three or four carloads weekly by the BC Egg Fool. Montreal carloads average $7,000 each after freight and handling deductions. industry growth prompts optimism for overseas sales. Professor Lloyd predicts expanding exports beyond domestic markets.
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British Columbia
BC Egg Fool
Prairies
Canada
G. R. Wilson
Dominion Livestock Branch
Winch
Montreal
Department of Agriculture
George P. Wallace
B.C. Egg Pool
Catching Insects Proves Profitable At Platteville College
Three youths at Platteville State Teachers College caught and sold insects including butterflies and moths, earning over 1500 dollars. George Kettler and Leo Speth joined Beadle as partners as the venture expanded. Beadle notes collecting insects is risky but rewarding, requiring fields, briars, rocks, and streams. they even once convinced a deputy sheriff they were college boys.
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Platteville State Teachers’ College
George Kettler
Leo Speth
Beadle
Some Of Those I Teach They Sing In Between The Cracks
A famous professor chastises a pupil who sings out of tune on both black and white notes, declaring she sings in the cracks. The wise parent raises children as if they belonged to someone else.
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Mademoiselle
Worry and imagination in daily life
Gene Tunney argues self restraint is needed to avoid imagining fights before entering the ring. He says worry stems from an overworked imagination and most fears never occur, urging people to focus on current problems and heed the ancient saying sufficient unto the day. He advocates not fighting until the bell rings.
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Gene Tunney
John Bull locomotive marks 100 years at Smithsonian
The John Bull steam locomotive, the first to haul American passengers, celebrated its centennial by moving on blocks at the Smithsonian. Once sparking awe in New Jersey society a century ago, its pistons leaked and it ran on compressed air under the command of a top hats engineer at Bordentown, N J on November 12 1831.
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John Bull
Smithsonian Institution
New Jersey
Bordentown
N.J
Man’s breath hold ends in comic alarm at home
A man attempting a long breath hold reportedly lasted three and a half minutes but woke his wife at the tenth step when the effort ended.
Birch Rated Among Strongest Cabinet Woods
A note highlights birch as one of the strongest woods used for cabinet making, praised for durability and reliable workability in furniture construction.
Seed Cleaning Breakthrough by Toronto Researchers
Professors F. C. Dyer and H. L. McClelland at the University of Toronto mining laboratories report a method to greatly reduce weed seeds in alfalfa and clovers. By exploiting a physical seed characteristic, they achieve near elimination of unwanted seeds from alsike and bladder campion, using a simple rotating band and water tub.
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F. C. Dyer
H. L. McClelland
University of Toronto
Dyer
Mr. McClelland
Gold rings melt into fillings as wartime recalls rise
Germany restricts gold for industry and arts to cure a scarce stock. Dentists receive rings, chains, and jewelry to transform into fillings and bridgework, echoing a wartime exchange where citizens traded gold for iron with the phrase The gold I gave for iron. Iron chains remain seen on many waistcoats.
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Germany
Pendulum clock origins linked to Dutch and Scottish figures
Perth inventor J Drummond Robertson traces clock evolution noting that while Christian Huygens conceived the pendulum, the first practical use came from Alexander Earl of Kincardine. The Scottish noble crossed to Holland, learned from Dutch partners, and tested his improved clocks on explorer ships.
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J. Drummond Roberston
Perth
Christian Huygens
Alexander
Earl of
Huygens
Photographers Venture Deep Sea Near Genoa Italy
A research expedition near Genoa Italy captured photographs 300 feet below the sea. The crew documented underwater terrain and marine life, detailing equipment depth readings and seine observations during the dive.
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Genoa
Italy
Isolation as Foolish National Policy Cited
A statement argues that requiring less than nine days to travel around the earth makes isolation a foolish policy for a nation. The remark emphasizes practical travel and global outreach over self-imposed limits.
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Earth
Good Humor Week Brings Smiles to Geneva Streets
St. Thomas Times-Journal notes Geneva launches Good Humor Week via La Suisse to lift spirits amid economic woes. Despite losses, bank failures, and fewer American visitors, citizens are urged to smile more as optimism and contagious cheer could ease gloom and boost morale globally.
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Geneva
la Suisse
St. Thomas
Vast Ivory Cargo From Siberia at London Docks
In London docks a shipment of 140 mammoth tusks from Siberia sits as one of the era’s strangest cargoes. Some tusks reach fourteen feet, date up to 50,000 years, and fetch high prices. the ivory trade arrives in London as a global clearinghouse.
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London Dock
London River
Siberia
London
Natives of Jamaica Learn to Wear Shoes
Jamaica natives adopt footwear as a growing cultural shift reported in a brief regional note. The item notes new fashion practices and social adaptation abroad.
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Jamaica
Miners Push Sea Freight From Vancouver To Arctic Sites
Mining interests have spent around 2 million dollars developing copper silver and pitchblende prospects in Great Bear Lake and Coppermine River areas. They favor a sea freight line from Vancouver to Coronation Gulf with air support, aided by potential San Francisco shipping investment. Col. J K Cornwall urges Canadian entry, noting favorable terminal sites at the Copper Mine mouth and feasible 150 mile air leg to Great Bear.
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Great Bear Lake
Coppermine River
Vancouver
Coronation Gulf
San Fran
San Francisco
Great Bear
Col
J. K
Jim” Cornwall
Col. Cornwall
Mackenzie
Coppermine
Arctic
Soviet plans massive Moscow stadium for Spartaklad event
The Soviet presidium orders construction of the world’s largest stadium in Moscow by 1933. The complex will cover 300 acres and seat 200000, to host Spartaklad for proletarian athletes from all nations, with a prior 1928 Moscow Spartaklad precedent. Also noted are an electric helmet light for aviators and a stain free French dry perfume.
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Moscow
Russia
Central Executive Committee
Soviet Union
Spartaklad
Los Angeles
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Leopold Macauley
Ontario
Toronto
Dutchman
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Maple Leaf Gardens
Dick Irwin
Regina
Leafs
Joe Primeau
Chas. Conacher
Mabel
Cuba
Samoa
France
Charleroi
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