Separate Grade Sought for Garnet Wheat by British Millers
British milling interests press for a distinct Garnet wheat grade separate from Marquis and Reward. Williams Smith of the Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society warns mixing Garnet could hurt Canadian wheat sales. He cites Garnet’s poor protein and baking stability versus Marquis and Reward. A separate grade would protect Canadian producers and British buyers, else prices may fall.
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Canada
Williams Smith
Scottish Co-Operative Wholesale Society
Britain
London
Mr. Smith
Lets Electricity Do It Farmer-Legislator Uses Modern Method
J. W. Berry, Delta member in the British Columbia legislature, uses electricity to remove stumps on his Langley farm. An electrically driven auger makes holes nine inches deep, filled with a gasoline and cylinder oil mixture, ignited to burn out the stump. Air is forced through pipes to feed the fire until the stump is destroyed.
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J. W. Berry
Delta
British Columbia
Langley
New Natural Gas Strike in Kinsella Field Alberta
A large flow of natural gas is reported at the Kinsella field southeast of Edmonton Alberta. The new producer is said to deliver 7 600 000 cubic feet per day. A bathing suit design allows the wearer to float for hours after fixation.
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Kinsella
Edmonton
Alberta
Glass eye fitted to Madagascar boa in London
A rare Madagascar boa, blinded in one eye, is to receive a glass eye. The operation aims to relieve pain and restore a semblance of beauty as the doctor performs a delicate fitting on the large snake in London.
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London Zoo
London
New Braille Laundry Board Lets Blind Solve Puzzles
London doctor Dr. F. W. Alexander, a former medical officer, invents a crossword and acrostic device for the blind. Based on Braille, a laundry board with nails marks alphabet groups. The device supports numerous games and arose from a laundry sighting.
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London
F. W. Alexander
New pattern promises slim, graceful silhouette with airy yoke
A fashion pattern presents a neck to ankle design cut close at the hip with an attached sash and shoulder yoke for contrast. It suits crepe satin chiffon rayon and crepe silk, priced 25 cents, Style No. 655 for busts 34 to 42 inches, size 14 18 20 36 38 40 42.
Ink Spots as Brain Shape Tests Stir Psychiatric Interest
Mrs. David Ralph Hertz and Samuel Beck study ink spot interpretations to separate normal from abnormal minds. Tests with 300 junior high students show normals see animals while psychoneurotics focus on color and body parts. the method aims to classify unknown cases, with hundreds more examples planned.
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David Ralph Hertz
Traction
Hertz
Cleveland
Samuel Beck
Boston
Beck
Mrs. Hertz
Mrs Grundy Origin In Speed the Plough Play
The famed figure Mrs Grundy arose from Thomas Morton’s play Speed the Plough about 130 years ago. A neighbor’s actions prompt references to her opinions, though she never appears on stage. The line What will Mrs Grundy say? became a public sensation and the character persists as a symbol of propriety.
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Mrs. Grundy
Proud of Gavel Exhibition from Inkster Oak
Stewart Young of the Saskatchewan Department of Municipal Affairs shows a gavel sent by J Lonsdale Coupe of Winnipeg to the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association. The oak timber comes from the Inkster family pioneer home at Kildonan Manitoba.
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Stewart Young
Saskatchewan Department of Municipal Affairs
Saskatchewan Land Surveyors Association
J. Lonsdale Coupe
Winnipeg
Inkster
Kildonan
Manitoba
Red Clover Seed Sale Highlights Stittsville Growers
Farmers in Stittsville Ontario sold 33 000 pounds of Certified No 1 red clover seed at a premium of three cents per pound over ordinary No 1. The seed underscores the value of top quality with four clover classes at Regina World Grain Exhibition offering 6500 in cash prizes including three firsts of 300 each.
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Stittsville
Ontario
Regina
German secret torpedo rocket test near Osnabrueck
A Hanover engineer Reinhold Til ing tested a new eight foot long torpedo like rocket at Daemmer Lake. The craft with ten foot wings ascended to over 5000 feet then glided to earth after wings deployed.
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Daemmer Lake
Osnabrueck
Germany
Hanover
Reinhold Tiling
Earth
Creamery Butter Production Reaches New Canadian Peak in 1931
Canada produced a record 225 million pounds of creamery butter in 1931, about 40 million more than 1930. The dairying industry operated 2,696 dairy factories nationwide.
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Canada
Empress Liners to Undergo Summer Drydock Work in Victoria
Under a Dominion arrangement the Canadian Pacific Empress liners will overhauls in Victoria British Columbia rather than Hong Kong. The Empress of Russia pictured in drydock measures 570 feet by 68 feet as the Victoria dock spans 1150 by 124 feet with 42 million gallon capacity and four hour dry pumping. The Dominion government grants concessions to bring work to Canada with about 150000 in labour plus material costs.
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Great Drydock
Victoria
British Columbia
Hong Kong
Canada
Commonwealth Dock
Boston
Southampton
Dominion
New Bethlehem Manger Discovery Spurs Historic Site Review
Archaeologists at Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity uncover ancient walls and a vaulted roof while sinking shafts to reach what may be the actual manger. Experts anticipate a landmark archaeology milestone as the three sects await full study before statements. The Historic Sites Board of Canada notes ongoing preservation goals and marks 190 sites nationwide.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Joseph
Constantine the Great
Justinian
Canada
Department of the Interior
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Ottawa
Minister of the Interior
Th c Cief
National Parks Branch
Upper Canada
Lyndhurst
Leeds County
Ontario
North America
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Norway House
Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
Quebec
Montreal
Orillia
Furnace Falls
Lansdowne
Leeds
Wallis Sanderlin
Ellen Gisbourne
Cape Tormentine
Carleton Head
Lake Simcoe
Manistoba
Do Not Keep Up With Foolish Rich People
A editor quotes J P Greene advising readers to avoid chasing upscale spending. Stay simple and live within means. Wealthy excess harms credit and respect, while prudent, industrious poor neighbors gain esteem. Poverty is not a crime.
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J. P. Greene
Times-Democrat personals column hint prompts readers to report visitors
The Flemingsburg Kentucky Times-Democrat editor, a woman, notes in the personals column that if you have visitors you are not ashamed of, you should report them to the office. The remark highlights social gossip norms and the editor's candid commentary on human nature.
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Times-Democrat
Flemingsburg
Kentucky
Ancient Salvage A Treasure Hunt for Orient Wreck
A recovery project targets the Orient, a French warship sunk by Nelson at Aboukir Bay during the Battle of the Nile on August 1 1798. Estimated aboard is about £500000 in gold seized by the French in Malta en route to Egypt.
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Orient
Nelson
Abukir Bay
Malta
Egypt
Sun Spots Said to Regulate Lake Erie Level
Cleveland observatory director Prof J J Nassau and graduate student William Koski report sun spot activity drives Lake Erie levels. The study finds an 11 percent yearly cycle from minimum to maximum intensity with a two year lag, linking 1928 sun spot maximum to the 1930 lake rise and projecting declines for two more years.
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Lake Erie
J. J. Nassau
Cleveland
William Koski
Nassau
Husband and wife banter over cucumber salad
A witty exchange on culinary effort and defense skills, noting a lawyer’s remark about learning defense after marriage, reported in Lustige Kolner Zeitung from Cologne.
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Mucha
Warsaw
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tso
Paris
McDermot Ave
I Scientifc
Wrink
Historic Sites and Monuments Board
Christ
Erie
Lustige Kolner Zeitung
Cologne
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