Pole Flights Boosted Aviation For Commercial Use
The third installment of Byrd and Amundsen air expeditions argues polar flight proves aircraft can advance commercial aviation. It notes potential Arctic discoveries, warns about ice fragments damaging dirigibles, and suggests future explorers will extend these Arctic findings.
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Polar
Spitabergen
North Pole
Byrd
Bennett
Amundsen
Poten
Norge
Spiitbergen
Teller
Sineka
Arctic
Chicago
Emily News
Sultan of Morocco’s Peculiar Royal Hobby
The Sultan of Morocco collects mechanical devices as a hobby including six musical armchairs made in Zurich for diplomatic events. Each chair plays a different national anthem such as The Star Spangled Banner God Save the King and the anthems of Spain Italy and Germany. He also owns motor cycles for his sons two for the deposed brother’s heirs ladies bikes electric pianos Swiss clocks and a red lacquered hansom cab with silver fittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morocco
Zurich
Marseilles
Spain
Italy
Germany
Senis
Training Begins At Home Says Juvenile Court Data
Statistics from juvenile court records indicate children from Christian households with regular day school attendance and active parental effort seldom appear in court. The article argues crime waves can be halted at the home, criticizing modernism and praising traditional values.
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Stratford Beacon Herald
Ants Described as Marvelous Minds and Messengers
The article extols an ant named Karwin as the brain of an ant, declaring it one of the most marvellous atoms of matter. It claims ants hear, see beyond human senses, and possess remarkable means of communication, noting early crowds shape events.
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Karwin
Young Scot urges Alberta farming study at Vermilion school
A Stirling Journal reader from Mirror, Alberta, a young Scot in the first British Isles agri cultural cohort in Alberta, extols farming in Western Canada. He describes Vermilion, Olds, and Claresholm schools, five month terms starting late October, tuition free but with $155 for board and personal expenses, plus housing arranged by the principal.
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H. Macpherson
British Isles
Alberta
Vermilion School of Agriculture
Stirling Journal
Mirror
Canada
Western
Vermillion
Olds
Claresholm
Vermilion
Shade for Poultry Runs Boosts Comfort and Egg-Laying
The article urges poultry keepers to provide year round shade for hens in runs facing the south. It suggests planting sunflowers and artichokes outside the wire to cast heavy shadows across east, west or south of the run, while noting north shadows are useless. Proper shade improves fowl comfort and productivity.
Marriage customs among Bush Negroes of Suriname
John W. Vandercock describes Suriname jungle life and Bush-Negro marriage rules. He notes girls wed young, divorce is simple, and women hold control of the home while husbands are barred from entry, with the wife’s house remaining hers.
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Suriname
John W. Vandercock
South America
Harper's Magazine
Wilfe
Ownership of the Pole sparks international law debate
University of Toronto law lecturer A B Clute argues that if ice at the North Pole is navigable, the pole may be international territory. The issue arises from a US admittance request for films taken at the pole claiming US territory. Manitoba reports rising honey output with 4,000,000 pounds valued at 600,000 and 2,000 beekeepers maintaining 27,100 hives.
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Amundsen
Richard E. Byrd
Nort Pole
North Pole
A. B. Clute
University of Toronto
Pole
United States
Manitoba
Vicar Hazards Gas Smell With Candle
A dialogue from Popular Science notes Mrs. Jones recounting the vicar entering a gas-smelling room with a lighted candle and remarking it could be his last act. The response confirms agreement that it indeed would be fatal.
True Patriotism Nurtured by Gratitude in Democratic America
Democratic faith is saved when patriotism grows naturally from gratitude, not from government favors or forced duties. The New York Nation argues that true patriotism cannot be bought or compelled without losing its essence.
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America
N. Y. Nation
Eleven Minute Naps Replace Eight Hours Sleep
Psychologists report from Prof. H L Johnson of the Mellon Institute Pittsburgh that a sleeping study found people average eleven and a half minutes of rest before restless activity repeats. The experiment used a hanging bed with recording apparatus to track naps as the sleep cycle.
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H. L. Johnson
Mellon Institute
Pittsburg
Men Do Most Candy Buying and Eating Says Retail Confectioners
At the tenth annual convention in Chicago the Associated Retail Confectioners of the United States challenged the belief that flappers and children are the main candy buyers and eaters. Statisticians noted men buy more than half and do most of the consuming, tracing the habit back to cocoa’s early value.
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Associated Retail Confectioners of the
United States
Chicago
Association
Central America
Clothing of the future to harvest energy from ether
The Washington Herald notes a future where clothes absorb energy from the ether at night. It suggests radio evolution will make this energy intake as refreshing as eight to ten hours of sleep during a dance.
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Washington Herald
Solomon era chauffeur could not calm many wives
A humorous Water town Times quip overheard locally imagines Solomon driving with S800 wives in the back seat, each telling him how to drive, underscoring the comic strain of managing a large retinue.
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Solomon
Waterton
N.Y
Plant Lice on Cabbage Turnips And Garden Plants
Plant lice or aphids injure cabbage turnips and many garden plants in Canada. They vary in color from green dark to red and feed by sucking sap from foliage stems and roots. Sprays such as kerosene emulsion whale oil soap or tobacco preparations should be applied to reach clustered insects.
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Canada
Surplus Of Women Drives Migration to Canada
Miss Rachel M. Ard, OBE JP of the Kent Migration Committee says Britain has about 2 600 000 more women than men and many seek to emigrate to Canada. She told reporters in Montreal during a four month study of Canadian conditions after 17 years promoting settlement. Ard has lived in Alberta and British Columbia.
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Britain
Great Britain
Canada
Rachel M. Ard
O.B.E
J.P
Kent
Wichita leisure fades under cars films and screens
A Wichita Eagle reflection laments the loss of common leisure as driving, cinema, radio, card games and modern distractions push recreation to the backseat, leaving little time for conversation or leisure.
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Wichita
Wichita Eagle
Restaurant Manager Quips During Umbrella Makers Event
A restaurant manager comments on music choice to an audience of umbrella manufacturers. He notes the group’s presence and references a traditional tune It Ain't Gonna Rain No More as he suggests a tastier snare tact in selection.
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Io Orchestra
National Association of Umbrella Manufacturers
Historic Canada and New England Drawn Together
The Canada and New England rail link expands with two daily services between Boston and Montreal and onward to Quebec. The Red Wing night train from Boston to Montreal saves 2 hours 20 minutes, with the Montreal to Boston leg saving 1 hour. The Alouette day train runs Boston to Montreal and back, offering scenic travel through New England.
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Historic
Canada
New England
Canadian Pacific Railway
Boston and
Maine
Boston
Montreal
Quebec
New
New England States
At & Am
Had A Good Reason And Other Oddities From The Era
A collection of short quips and anecdotes. A Wiley eulogy about rhubarb ends with a two foot long pie gag. A motor show salesman boasts the car lacks only a beautiful owner. A remark notes that one bad boy can lead many good boys into mischief, reflecting light humor of the period.
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Harvey W. Wiley
Kent
Marquis Wheat Heralds War Victory in Argentina
The Buenos Aires Standard notes Marquis wheat shipments from Canada to Argentina as a symbolic victory in world affairs. It recalls Dr. Saunders’s 1903 selection that supported Allied troops, predicting the grain could greatly impact Argentina and North American agriculture while speculating on public celebration.
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The
Standard
Buenos Aires
Canadian Seed Growers Association
Marquis
Moose Jaw
Buenos Aires Standard
Marquis Wheat
Canada
Argentina
Joffre
Dr. Saunders
Ottawa
United States
Casa Rosada
Juan Garay
Buttermilk Boosts Growth in Growing Chicks
An experiment at the central experimental farm fed Barred Rocks and White Leghorns with standard rations with or without buttermilk. After nine weeks the buttermilk group weighed 7.2 ounces more on average, while the water-only group averaged 16.1 ounces. mortality was higher without buttermilk, confirming its value for development and viability.
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Central Experimental Farm
Ancient Florida Burial Mound Unearthed in Broward County
Scientists excavated remnants of a 2000 year old race near a burial mound in Broward county close to the Atlantic. An idol thirty five feet tall, carved from sea mangrove, and a shell carved female figure were found beside a wood body. The mound stands among Florida's high coastal terrain, near early white settlement routes.
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Florida
Broward County
Alec
Mongolia
Atlantic Ocean
Sometime Somewhere We’ll Understand Sailor Choir Sermon
A Methodist Recorder note recalls a western town sermon by Dr. J. Ross Stevenson. A soprano requested his subject to choose an apt solo after, and, after the sermon, she declared she would select Sometime, somewhere, we’ll understand.
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J. Ross Stevenson
Methodist
Quiet domestic dispute over meals and fault
A husband questions feeding tramps, accusing he feeds every passerby. The wife replies that feeding gives satisfaction to see a man eat without faulting the cooking.
Farm known as Kong Farm sold near Grassy Lake Alta
The Kong Farm of 2,560 acres near Grassy Lake Alberta was sold for 115000 dollars, averaging about 15 dollars per acre. The deal reflects a modest price per acre and confirms the property's sale status. The buyers and precise transaction date are not specified in the available text.
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Grassy Lake
Alta
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