Hides and Leather Industry in Canada
The Natural Resources Intelligence Service report from Ottawa notes Canada may increase tanning supply modestly using caribou hides sheep skins and Arctic walrus skins. It cites 105 oches hides 500 moose and 9606 geer as wild-origin inputs and explains domestic production plus world imports meet leather demand while artificial leather substitutes grow.
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British Columbia
Arctic
Liverpool
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Quebec
Canada
Canadian graduates in U S cited as intellectual reserve
An article notes 31 161 living graduates from eight Canadian universities with 4132 residing in the United States. It touches on American views of Canada as a source of intellect and includes a humorous trolley incident about a woman who cannot make change and a punchline about a vacuum cleaner mistaken for a radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Uncle Sam
Canada
Predicts Big Discoveries University Head Says Science on Verge
Sr Max Mason president of the University of Chicago addresses the American Society for Steel Treating in Milwaukee noting physics may yield a super Newton equation to describe motion for electrified matter and a universal correlation between distant actions. He cites radiation as a linkage and suggests toe stubs on earth affect Mars.
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Max Mason
University of Chicago
American Society For Steel Treating
Milwaukee
Great Chinese Wall Is Well Preserved
A report notes the Great Wall of China remains in near perfect condition in North China. Bricks of the parapet stay firm edges intact, top paving so smooth a bicycle can traverse it, granite facing blocks as precise as two millennia ago. The wall stretches about 1,400 versts with towers every hundred yards, rising twenty-two feet high and twenty feet thick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Wall
China
North
Movies and Juvenile Delinquency Cited in Commission
Judge La croix told the Royal Commission on the Jaurier Palace Theatre disaster that motion pictures provoke juvenile crime and that under sixteen must be barred. He linked youths copying film villains and girls imitating heroines to the theatre tragedy that killed 78 children on January 9.
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Lacroix
Montreal Juvenile Court
Royal Commission
Jaurier Palace Theatre
Becoming Important Industry Canadian Grown Vegetable Seeds
Seed production in Canada is steadily becoming an important and profitable industry. The kinds of seeds producing exportable surpluses include wheat oats barley peas alsike red clover alfalfa sweet clover blue grass brome grass brownton or Rhode Island bent grass and flax. Vegetable seeds are increasing and proving their excellence by supplanting imported stocks on Canada’s home markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Rhode Island
Voters Moved by Air in Manitoba Election Transport
For the first time in Manitoba election history, registration lists were carried by aeroplane to mining areas in the Ruperts Land constituency. The route from Long Lake to Lac du Bennett took about 45 minutes, versus several days by land.
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Manitoba
Ruperts Land
Long Lake
Lac du Bennett
Northland
Winnipeg
Seversl
Amateur radio contact crosses ocean from Woodstock Ontario
Charlies Shedden built and operated a homemade station C N V in Woodstock Ontario. His May transmission traveled over 4000 miles and was received in England by radio enthusiast F N Baskerville of Altrincham Shropshire. The note notes mood and a quip about speaking one's mind.
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Woodstock
Ontario
Mzn
C.N.V
Charlies Shedden
England
Mr. Shedden
F. N. Baskerville
Arthur Drive
Altrincham
Shropshire
Canadians Peak as World’s Biggest Egg Consumers
The Live Stock Commissioner campaigns to boost home markets while Canada’s egg consumption soars. Minister Motherwell notes Canadians eat at least 28 dozen eggs per person annually, far exceeding pre grading rules and making Canadians the top individual egg eaters globally.
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Canada
Motherwell
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Travellers in Ceylon and the Frog and Snake Tale
British producer Leslie retells a story from Colombo about a traveler at a hotel. The chambermaid explains the strange nightly routine involving a frog to rid cockroaches a snake to eat the frog and a final strike to end the night’s disturbances. The yarn highlights quirky accommodations in perhaps Ceylon’s capital.
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Low Leslie
Ceylon
Colombo
Why Trees Grow Straight When Close Together
Trees in dense stands grow straight as they compete for light. Firs and larches mature naturally tall and uniform because each tree pushes upward toward daylight to avoid stunting. The crowded race for light yields remarkable height and a direct ascent.
Cause of Crime Rooted in Material Gain and Lack of Work
The Ontario Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities warns crime rises as material wealth obsession outpaces moral growth. Toronto accounts for 40 percent of jail admissions in 1925. He urges reestablishing home training and spiritual values to curb crime. Toronto Globe.
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Inspector of Prisons and Public Charities
Ontario
H. M. Robbins
Toronto
Robbins
Toronto Globe
Long lived animals and a 13th century carp tale
The text notes very long lifespans in elephants eagles crows parrots and vipers. It mentions a 1497 Swabia carp allegedly aged 267 years from a copper ring claiming Frederick I planted it in 1250. It also includes comic snippets on lost purses and a laundries sign with cheap prices.
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Swabia
Frederick I
Feeding the nursing sow a good ration with oats and bran
G B Rothwell outlines a nursing sow feeding plan from warm slop in the first ten days to a mixed ration of ground oats, bran, shorts and middlings, diluted with skim milk and water. He cautions against excessive use of dairy in overfed sows and stresses exercise for both sow and litter, plus occasional earth and wood ash in the pen to encourage rooting behavior.
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G. B. Rothwell
Dominion Animal Husbandman
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Rothwell
Wild Horses Are Not Wild Says Curator
Dr. Janes W. Gidley, assistant curator of vertebrate paleontology, argues that today’s horses are all descendants of imported stock. He notes real native wild horses existed millennia ago but were extinct before humans arrived, their fossils proving their distinct lineage.
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Janes W. Gidley
United States
Gidley
Circus barred from speaking German in Polish Silesia show
A Kattowitz circus was forced by police to ban German dialogue during a performance. Clowns pivoted to Polish French English and Italian while German residents largely stayed away, curtailing revenue. Also noted is a failed rein deer import trial on Baffin Island and a quip on knowledge.
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Kattowitz
New CPR Observation Car Introduces All Weather Roof
The Canadian Pacific Railway introduces a new enclosed observation car for mountain trips. It features a flat roof for rain protection and high central windows offering unrestricted mountain views, designed to keep passengers comfortable on summer journeys through the Rockies.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Canadian Rockies
Pas
Canadian Pacific
Hockles
Canadian Race Recognition in Census Debate
The Manitoba Free Press argues that Canadians of long-standing residence should be allowed to identify with the Canadian race on census forms. It notes mixed origins in Canada and England and suggests genealogical data may reveal racial strains, urging the census to reflect Canadian identity rather than split hairs. This opinion appears in the Lethbridge Herald summary.
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Manitoba
England
Holland
William of Orange
Bentincks
Keppels
Duke of Portland
Earl of Albemarne
Volue
Great Britain
Canada
Lethbridge
Monument honors John Fitch as inventor of the steamboat
Bardstown Kentucky hosts a nation and state memorial dedication led by Governor W J Fields to honor John Fitch the inventor of the steamboat. The event notes Fitch’s recognition by Robert Fulton and calls for correcting textbooks to credit Fitch. Fitch born in East Windsor Connecticut moved to Bardstown as a youth and achieved steamship success on August 22 1787 with a 45 foot vessel on the Delaware river.
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John Fitch
W. J. Fields
Bardstown
Kentucky
War Department
Fitch
Fulton
Congress
Robert Fulton
East Windsor
Conn
Valley Forge
Delaware River
Odd Domestic Quirks Sparked by Cake and Survival Talk
A comic dialogue centers on a flawed cake and a playful clash over knowledge. A father’s reaction to an engagement is teased, while a misfit debate about survival of the fittest and fate adds dark humor. The undertaker remark lands as a punchline amid family banter.
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Mara
Montreal
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Helen Summer
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Upper Silesia
Baffin Island
Department of Interior
Hudson's Day Reindeer Company, Ltd
C.P.R
Paybody
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