Jack Miner Establishes Migratory Bird Foundation
The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation Inc has formed with Toronto General Trust to accept gifts and bequests to perpetuate the Jack Miner Sanctuary. Jack Miner plans to transfer the sanctuary to the foundation when funded, with an advisory board of about seventy five members to oversee donations and investments, and a commitment to educate youth and maintain the sanctuary through estate gifts and educational bequests.
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Jack Miner
Canada
United States
Jack Miners
Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation, Inc
America
Migratory Bird Foundation, Inc
Union Guardian Trust Co
Detroit
Largest Horse Sillon B Weighs 2960 Pounds In Ontario Farm Record
The 12 year old white stallion Sillon B weighs about 2960 pounds and stands 21 hands high on Clarence H. Van Wickle’s Waterloo New York farm. Described as temperamental yet friendly he requires five stalls and is still growing. Imported from France he aims at a heavyweight equestrian claim.
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Sillon
Clarence H. van Wickle
Waterloo
N.Y
van Wickle
Sillon B
France
St. Thomas
Robotic Fire Guide Keeps Patrons Calm in Emergencies
A new electric robot from Northern Electric Company directs crowds to safety during fires. The device speaks through hidden speakers saying there is a fire emergency but no immediate danger and instructs people to leave, remove hats and coats, and follow arrows toward exits.
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Northern Electric Company
Dime novels blamed for boy’s burglaries in Seaforth
The Guelph Mercury disputed claims that dime novels caused a fourteen year old to commit several burglaries in Seaforth Ontario. It argued no book ever teaches vice and asserted villains are always defeated in genuine dime novels.
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Seaforth
Ontario
Guelph Mercury
Visiting Friends End With Child Missing Ball
A three year old boy visiting friends crawled under a couch to retrieve a rubber ball and later said he was drawing pictures on the floor. The text notes the child remained hidden while the hostess called him out. The piece also states a separate fact that poison ivy poison is a resin in the stem and leaves, not pollen.
A Little French Girl Who Inspired Mademoiselle From Armentieres
War song history recounts how a cafe waitress in Armentieres slapped a Canadian general in front of his staff. The incident inspired a folk tune adapted with new words, propelling the famous WWI march song. The waitress’s fate and the cafe are now unknown.
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Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Zo Elliott
Pas de Calais
Red Roland
Gitz-Rice
Mademoiselle de
Cafe Pas de Calais
Manitoba Gold Brick Shipped to Ottawa Mint En Route
A gold brick from Cryderman Mine in Manitoba was flown to Winnipeg weeks ago on the way to the Mint in Ottawa. Manitoba's newest gold producer operates a 50 ton mill with a crew of 35 men. The region reports 165000 sheep in Manitoba, 209000 in Saskatchewan, and 614000 in Alberta, totaling 988000.
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Cryderman
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Mint
Ottawa
Former King Alfonso Loses Fortune in Treasure Confiscation
The director of the Spanish republic treasury announced confiscation of Alfonso’s private fortune including over 2.5 million in cash and securities plus other assets valued at more than 500 thousand. He said 21 million pesetas of seized property belonged to societies he led and the public treasury would take the money bonds while residences and other properties become state property. A strong box from the Royal Palace yielded 150 thousand pesetas in notes 6.8 million in private bonds and 11.5 million pesetas in other securities plus gifts to Queen Isabella II and the Order of Tolson de Oro. Furniture would be used for schools or museums.
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Alfonso
Spanish Republic Treasury
Royal
Isabella II
Andalusia
Cadiz
Order of Tolson de Oro
Treasury
Used Ancient Stamp Sent With Unpaid Letter
A Canadian stamp collector mailed a note from an interior British Columbia town to a Vancouver lawyer using two uncancelled 1897 Jubilee stamps. The client had no money but relied on his stamp collection to reach his solicitor. The piece reflects quirky postal history amid broader world events.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
Deer Herds In British Parks And Rural Estates
More than 7 500 deer inhabit British parks with private owners struggling under heavy taxes. The oldest herd is Mrs Smyth’s at Long Ashton Somerset dating to 1892. The largest is the Kings Windsor Great Park herd of 819 and Sandringham with 150. 46 herds are registered. wild deer exist in Scotland and parts of Wales for sport.
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Scotland
Wales
Ancient and Modern Roads Near Yuma Contrast Desert Engineering
Two desert roads near Yuma Arizona show old and new methods. The wooden road eroded by sand once served wagon travel across the Arizona California desert. A new concrete highway sits on an embankment raised to resist wind blown sand.
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Yuma
Arizona
California
Island Expropriated for Public Ownership
Island in the Gulf of Georgia called Pier Island, 250 acres, home to Doukhobor prisoners serving three year terms for nude parades, is seized under the Expropriation Act by the Dominion Government. Col. J. S. Harvey, owner, was notified of the seizure and the price is being arranged by authorities.
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Pier Island
Gulf of Georgia
Col
J. S. Harvey
Corolla Pestle Follows Family into Butchery in Columbus
Corolla Pestle, in Columbus, Ohio, chose to work in her father’s butcher shop alongside her brothers and father. She works daily sharpening her knives and has a notable record of rarely cutting herself.
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Corolla Pestle
Columbus
Ohio
Montreal collector houses 900 scrapbook volumes for public access
Jules Bourbonniere, a retired Montreal accountant, has built a unique library of over 900 hobby clipping scrapbooks since boyhood. He seeks a public institution to house the collection where it will be accessible to the public.
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Jules Bourbonniere
Montreal
Bulgaria expands talkie film rollout with 45 theatres
Bulgaria reports 45 talkie theatres in operation as wiring for sound films continues. Sweden follows with 160000 registered vehicles, signaling a busy modernization era in both countries.
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Bulgaria
Garden Pest Control And Seedling Thinning Tips
Practical notes on stopping garden pests with poisons for biters and suckers, using Paris Green and Arsenate of Lead, and the mix for cutworms. Guidance on washing aphids, mildew, and rust with Bordeaux mixture, plus thinning schedules for vegetables and starting perennials from seed. A joke closes the piece about a widow and lawyers.
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isse-Strix
Stockholm
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Empress Hotel
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Niagara
Sydney
Vancouver Island
Down Under
Arthur Marley
Vic Richardson
Don Bradman
P. Carney
E. Rose
McCabe
L. Fleetwood-Smith
Alan Kippax
Hanson Carter
W. F. Ives
R. J. Pope
Keith Tolhurst
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Napier
New Zealand
Hungary
England
Doukhobors
Sweden
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