Dominion Government Carries Medical Aid To Arctic And Sub-Arctic Areas
The Department of the Interior administers medical aid to Eskimos and northern inhabitants across the Northwest Territories. Eight doctors operate across locations from Akiavik to Great Bear and Hudson Bay, with patrols and varied transport ensuring care. The program aims to reduce diet related deaths and maintain traditional hunting while combating diseases introduced by outside contact.
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Dominion
Arctic
Sub-Arctic
Northwest Territories
North Country
J. A. Urquhart
Akiavik
Mackenzie River
Canada
A. G. MacKinnon
Panga'rtung
Baffin Island
J. M Morrow
Fort Smith
L. D Livingstone
Chesterfield
Hudson Bay
Department of the Interior
Thomas G. Murphy
Far North
Fiter Sails For Home From San Francisco
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, famed trans Pacific flyer, sailed from San Francisco aboard the Sintr Monterey for Australia. He recently completed a second Pacific crossing flying from Australia to Oakland in a three leg voyage.
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Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Trans- Pacific Flier
Australia
San Francisco
Sintr
Monterey
Sir Charles
Pacific
Oakland
Eclipse Year 1835 Sees Seven Eclipses Visible
The article notes an unusually high 1835 for eclipses with seven total, two in Canada and the United States. A February 3 partial sun eclipse will cover seven tenths at maximum, dimming light and turning it greenish. A July 16 total moon eclipse will also be visible, part of a rare peak in yearly eclipses.
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Canada
United States
Rockes
Herbert C. Wilson
U S Shelter Belt Plan Reveals Four Million Trees Spring Planting
Washington announced a vast shelter belt by the Forest Service from Canada to the Texas Panhandle. The American Tree Association said 23 of 30 areas were tentatively chosen for 139000 trees in five mile by ten rod strips across the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. President Roosevelt endorsed the plan with a $1000000 1934 allotment.
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Washington
Forest Service
Canada
Texas Panhandle
The
American Tree Association
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Roosevelt
Defective Teeth Linked to Severe Rickets in Childhood
A Washington Children's Bureau study finds defective teeth common among children who suffered severe rickets. Examining two groups, researchers observed more tooth defects in those with rickets and say early sun exposure and cod liver oil reduce or prevent these dental problems.
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Children's Bureau
Washington
Lark Destruction Sparks Norfolk Farmers War on Songbird
Farmers near Norfolk England clash with larks after the Norfolk Agricultural Committee bans the bird under the Wild Birds Protection Act allowing anyone to shoot it. George Hewitt says the skylark’s music is not worth the damage. Reports claim flocks travel from Germany and Russia amid broader poultry trade standardization in Canada.
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Shelly
Schubert
Norfolk
England
Norfolk Agricultural Committee
New Order
George Hewitt
Larks
Germany
Russia
Stratosphere Balloons Reach Deep Purple Sky Heights
Stratosphere explorers report the sky turning a deep purple at extreme altitudes reached by scientist invented balloons. Elsewhere a mushroom farm operates beneath Paris streets.
Weevil’s Noise Magnified By Sound Microscope At NYU
Scientist Dr. E. E. Free demonstrated a sound microscope at New York University that magnified a weevil’s chewing sound 10,000 billion times. He cautioned such amplification exceeds human hearing, noting a cat’s purr would be audible from San Francisco. A playful exchange about writing a novel using a typewriter followed.
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New York University
E. E. Free
San Francisco
Shaw credits self as man who could have averted World War
George Bernard Shaw says in The New Statesman that his advice to British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey in 1913 could have prevented the 1914 18 war. He asserts the Great War might have been avoided if Grey had followed his counsel.
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George Bernard Shaw
London
New Statesman
Nation
Shaw
Edward Grey
Gulf Coast Salt Domes Produce Major Sulphur Output
The region's sulphur supply relies on a handful of Gulf Coast salt domes, with a large share produced by these formations. The office manager praises the team, calling them perfect nonentities in a light remark.
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Elia
Gulf Coast
Box cameras wake up this winter with snap shot tips
The Snapshot Guild urges box camera owners to shoot now despite gray skies. Dust off the camera, load film, and experiment with indoor and outdoor winter shots using time exposures and photoflash lamps. A real amateur with perseverance can produce knockout pictures under adverse conditions. John Van Guilden signs off with encouragement to the family photographer.
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Snapshot Guild
John van Guilder
Renowned Varieties Of Grain Now Grown In Canada
An article lauds Canada's grain achievements and the role of the Dominion Experimental Farms begun in 1886. It notes how Canadian farmers now enjoy diverse spring wheat fall wheat oats and barley, with rust resistant varieties under test promising future inclusion among famed Dominion crops.
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Canada
Louis Hebert
Dominion Experimental Farms
Dominion
Dominion of Canada
Fish Meal For Stock Feeding Guidelines
The Fish Meal and Oils Bulletin notes fish meal as a rich protein and mineral source for livestock. High price, information gaps, and product variability limit use. It suits growing animals and milking cows best, with careful, lower percentages for maintenance rations.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Stationmaster Sweeps Lone Platform At Quiet Rural Stop
A rural railway station worker acts as stationmaster signalman porter and ticket collector. He even sweeps the small platform with fierce energy. A passenger remarks the effort seems like Paddington station but the man answers with a brisk salute and resumes sweeping.
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Paddington
Baker’s Wife Receives Eccentric Breakfast Groceries List
The wife of a New York banker on East Seventy eighth Street is sent a breakfast tray with a cook’s daily groceries list. One morning the tray bore coffee, toast, and orange juice along with a note about the dog having fleas, ending with a perplexing line about “Madame.”
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East Seventy-eighth Street
New York
A Very Bad Habit
A lengthy reflection warns that thousands live as pygmies by avoiding self expression. People fear initiative and rely on others for guidance, becoming echoes that imitate others instead of making independent judgments.
Chemists Seek Secrets of Molecules and Atoms
Chemists probe molecular secrets while physicists study atomic structure. The pursuit overlaps in fundamental science as researchers tackle long standing questions about matter and its smallest components.
Animals Play Like Children In Playful Animal Games
Naturalists note that young animals mimic human play from tug of war among foxes to otters shooting the chute. Badgers engage in moonlit King of the Castle while lambs, cats, and dogs also play hide and seek, often peacefully for hours.
Time Saving Breaks to Refresh the Day
The text advises short rests after breakfast and tea at eleven to refresh the mind and maintain energy. It suggests taking five minutes during travel breaks, pausing between shops, and reflecting on reading to reduce fatigue.
President Johnson’s Early Trade Says Tailor to Alphabet
A historical snippet notes Andrew Johnson worked as a tailor for seven years before learning the alphabet. The broader excerpt discusses growth, life after death, and character shaped by divine guidance and truth.
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Andrew Johnson
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