Our Mother's Allowance Laws by De J G Shearer
The piece discusses widowed mothers left with children and the social cost of their poverty. It notes provinces like British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and Ontario enacting Mother s Allowance Laws to provide basic support for dependent mothers and children. It contrasts regimes across provinces and urges a comparative study by a national child welfare body.
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Reformatory
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Manitoba
Alberta
Child Welfare Council of Canada
Education to prevent future wars valued by Mrs Franklin
Mrs E F Franklin urged education of children as key to avoiding future wars at Victoria College Toronto. She warned against overindulgent control and banning boys from playing soldiers, and opposed pacifist propaganda in history. She urged honest history to let readers form opinions, noting wartime horrors should not be concealed.
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Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Victoria College
Toronto
E. F. Franklin
Chuckles the Good Deed Brownie Hears Enemy Plot
A Brave Good Deed Brownie nicknamed Chuckles hides near a Cr e e l Camp listening as Cruel Brownies plot to capture or burn the enemy camp. He fears recognition, recalls Queen Loneliness, and races to warn the heroes while evading discovery.
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Chuckles
Creel
Loneliness
Loveliness
Rabbit meat in Canada urged as profitable sideline
A 1920s Department of Agriculture booklet argues Canada climate suits rabbit breeding and trade could add revenue. It notes imports and breeding in Europe, outlines how to rear feed house tend skin and market rabbits, and praises meat quality and economic value of rabbit meat.
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Great Britain
France
Belgium
United States
Canada
Department of Agriculture
D.S.C.R
The Inspiration Of Music In Welsh Miners
The piece extols Welsh miners whose singing lifts spirits and may aid in dangerous underground work. It praises four part a cappella harmony at the Fisteddfod and claims music drives Welsh achievement and uplift.
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Huddersfield
Great Age Of Elephants In Freedom Foretold
The article notes elephants can exceed fifteen miles per hour and maintain ten miles per hour over long runs. It claims maturity around forty years and potential lifespans over a century. Darwin suggests that without interference, after seven hundred fifty years a single pair could yield nineteen million elephants. tusks are used by both sexes for digging roots.
Packing Bees For Winter In Prairie Provinces
Beekeepers in the prairie provinces seek reliable wintering methods. A tested approach: stack hives on flax straw packing outdoors, with burlap, tar paper, and straw layers, then seal and insulate. Hives face south to catch sun and improve winter flight when warm briefly.
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Prairie Provinces
Prairie
Blindness Rate Among Americans Revealed
A contemporary statistic notes that out of every million people in the United States, 493 are blind. The figure highlights the prevalence of blindness within the national population and suggests ongoing public health considerations.
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United States
Dame Clara Butt on the Prince of Wales in Toronto
Dame Clara Butt praised the Prince of Wales for his cleverness saying he can distill long speeches into summaries. She noted his shy childhood and doubted he will marry, calling settlement a weak point in his popularity.
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Toronto
Clara Butt
Prince of Wales
Dame Clara
Harmless English Visitor In Scottish Town
A visiting Englishman asks a town porter about insignia for the mayor. The porter replies there is a chain but the mayor is loose and harmless, highlighting the comical misunderstanding between outsider and locals.
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Scotland
Sapphire bubble mystery in nine-carat British Museum gem
The British Museum houses a nine carat sapphire that shows a bubble forming and vanishing with temperature changes, a curious optical phenomenon noted by curators.
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British Museum
Birthday celebration for Charles Quick famed racing saddle maker
Charles Quick known as Dad and celebrated 103rd birthday by planning a 12 to 13 hour workday. He quips that work sustains appetite and sleep and jokes about late nights. He recently took dancing lessons but his passion for work limits practice.
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Charles
Dad) Quick
Mr. Quick
Wheels of fortune to be barred at Alberta fairs
Alberta agricultural fairs will prohibit gambling devices including wheel of fortune style games in the future. The move targets gaming machines and related devices at fairgrounds to curb gambling activity and ensure event decorum.
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Alberta
Lace Goes To The Ball With Crepe Fashion Note
Lace and crepe set to be autumn’s popular duo with a deep circular gold lace panel in the skirt boosting appeal. Beads may fade from society this fall, though bead lovers persist. the photographed frock finishes at the neckline.
Canada Population Debate in Lloyd George Address
In a Montreal talk Lloyd George likened Canada to Scotland if as densely populated. He crunched figures showing 596 million possible Canadians, but warned the land’s habitability limits true population. He noted vast wilderness and peltry economy shaping immigration prospects for generations.
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Montreal
Lloyd George
Scotland
Canada
Man of Means Lloyd George Wealth Highlights
Ottawa Journal notes David Lloyd George is not penniless with a Carnegie pension of 100000 dollars yearly and 180000 dollars from literary contracts. Future earnings are estimated at 650 dollars per word plus excess profits. His legal income is about 1800 dollars annually. His son Major Lloyd George married a daughter of Sir Robert McAlpine, a wealthy contractor.
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David Lloyd George
Carnegie
Major Lloyd George
Robert McAlpine
Lloyd George
Ottawa Journal
No Autos In Bermuda Keeps Cars Off Island
Bermuda remains a car free zone with a single imported vehicle returned to the United States without its engine. Islanders had removed the engine to repurpose it, though the article omits its new use.
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Bermuda
United States
Papal Garden Fruit Arrives in London in Historic Sale
Sixty thousand pounds of plums pears and greengages from the Pope's orchards reached London recently. It is believed to be the first sale of Papal garden produce in England.
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London
England
No-Drink Skeptics Skip Exercise for Health Reasons
Some people refuse physical exercise for health, arguing wellness cannot be bottled or sold, preferring inactivity over fitness products or regimens.
Replanting Timber In Canada Faces Forest Fire Losses
Canadians have destroyed over 3.6 million acres of merchantable timber on public land in five years while only 6,000 acres have been artificially planted. Fire has wiped out about 4 million acres of young growth, challenging reforestation efforts. Ontario and Quebec nurseries show ambitious planting programs, with private firms expanding seedling production and area set aside for timber production.
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Canada
Canadian Forestry Association
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
Laurentide Company
Grand Mere
Riordon
Abitibi
Darkness and Silence Above the Atmosphere
The passage describes how air thins with altitude, losing oxygen by 30 miles and nitrogen by 50 miles, making sound transmission impossible above 25 miles. It explains near total darkness and room temperature drop, while meteors glowing at 100 miles suggest a sparse upper atmosphere of light gases.
Building Easy In Kentucky Bowling Green Sewer Access
The Kentucky city of Bowling Green sits atop limestone with many underground passages. Homeowners connect to sewers by digging to a fissure and diverting water to clear obstructions before joining waste pipes. Sewage is purified by limestone and discharged into the river bed.
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Bowling Green
Kentucky
Language and transport terseness across English and American usage
A note on concise British and American speech noting how English terms like prams trams tubes and lifts contrast with American baby carriages street cars subways and elevators. The observation appears in a Chicago News piece on linguistic economy.
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Chicago News
Only One Person in Fifteen Has Perfect Eyes
A concise aphorism notes that only a minority possess perfect vision and that over time the oldest resident endures as a survivor. It reflects on aging, endurance, and the enduring nature of the老est inhabitants.
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