A Mine Of Interesting Information About Canada In Archives Of Dominion
Canada Weekly highlights the Dominion archives as a vast resource on French and British rule, with 50 000 volumes 30 000 maps 15 000 catalogued items and 380 000 books detailing Canadian history. It notes private papers from Bigot Montcalm Bougainville Radisson Johnstone Wolfe Moncton Townshend Murray Dalhousie Durham and Macdonald and praises Sir Leicester Harmsworth for donations including Laurier’s library and the Northcliffe collection.
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Paris
Canada
Bigot
Montcalm
Confederation
Public Records Office
British Museum
Boquet
Haldimand
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Wolfe
Moncton
Townshend
Murray
Quebec
Dalhousie
Lord Durham
Dominion
John A. Macdonald
Leicester Harmsworth
Bexhill-on-Sea
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Northcliffe
Canada Weekly
London
Eng
University of Manitoba marks diamond jubilee
The University of Manitoba celebrates its diamond jubilee as it ranks second in size among Canadian universities after the University of Toronto. Sixty years of growth brought enrolment to 2,469 in regular programs and similar numbers in summer courses.
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University of Manitoba
University of Toronto
Canadian professor warns on women dieting impact
A Toronto Board of Trade talk quotes a Canadian professor claiming dieting among women reduced world mood. The remark questions professors' expertise and signals critique of academic authority.
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The
Board of Trade of Toronto
Mass Slaughter of Robins Spurs Conservation Action
The New York Journal reports vast indiscriminate killing of robins along their northward migration. Birds sold for two cents apiece. hundreds of workers slaughtered nightly in a Chapel Hill area, prompting the U S Biological Survey and state agents to intervene to save the passenger pigeon’s kin from extinction.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Durham
Burtington
United States Biological Survey
State Conservation Department
New York Journal
Drug error triggers three-state alert to save woman
A druggist mistaken sinus medicine prescription led to an interstate alert for a maroon sedan with four occupants. Mrs. Sigsbee believed the bottle contained poison, but police confirmed the liquid was not toxic and the danger was a mistake.
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Herbert Sigsbee
South Bend
Indiana
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Frank J. Leigh
Sigsbee
Buffalo
Euclid
Ohio
Cleveland
Lieut
Rowland Baehr
Mrs. Sigsbee
Manitoba chemists seek dandelion killer for lawns
The Seaforth Expositor notes Manitoba University chemists are developing a preparation to kill dandelions without harming grass. The editorial hopes for success, while joking about losing color in landscapes and the nuisance of abundant dandelions on neighborly lawns.
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University of Manitoba
Manitoba
Seaforth Expositor
Wakeful Trick Turns Alarm Into Daily Routine
Richard Hess, a New York college student, devised a clever device that activates at 7 am. It starts the radio and douses him with cold water, forcing a fresh start to each day and earning him a famously washed and shiny face at roll call.
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Richard Hess
New York
Mr. Hess
State Coach of George III Described in Ornate Detail
The article notes a lavish state coach built for George III with ornate gold leaf panels and paintings by Giovanni Batista Cipriani. Despite a rough ride on London's cobbles, the coach endures, carrying British monarchs from George III to George VI and Queen Elizabeth II.
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George III
London
George IV
William IV
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
George V
George VI
Wiliam Chambers
Giovanni Batista Cipriani
St. Edward
Five New Streamlined Locomotives Named for Royal Figures
The LM and S Railway announces five Princess series locomotives under construction at Crewe for the Glasgow to London expresses. They bear numbers 6220 Coronation 6221 Queen Elizabeth 6222 Queen Mary 6223 Prince Alice and 6224 Princess Alexander named after royal figures and the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
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LM & S Railway Company
Crewe
Glasgow
London
Coronation
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Prince Alice
Princess Alexander
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Edinburgh Scotsman
Basque Children Bond Street bedsheet gifts for refugees
Bond Street merchants donated 750 wool sheets hung as Coronation Day ornaments to Basque children refugees from the Spanish Civil War. The sheets will be repurposed into clothing for the youngsters.
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Bond Street
Invasive Species Cascade on Sable Island
Rats overran Sable Island Nova Scotia prompting import of cats to reduce them. Cats eliminated rats then rabbits. Foxes released to curb cats devoured cats and birds. Residents appealed to authorities to exterminate foxes and halt further ecological damage.
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Sable Island
Nova Scotia
England to equip trolley cars with automobile horns
announcement points to soon adopting car horns on London and other English trolley cars to improve signaling and safety on urban transit networks.
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England
Interesting Bird City Attracts Tourists To Gaspe Coast
Thousands visit the Gaspe coast near Perce Rock and Bonaventure Island to see seabird colonies. More than 13,000 gannets inhabit the area while others nest on cliff ledges and the rock arch. Motor boats bring visitors past the cliffs with safe viewing points on land.
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Gaspe
Perce Rock
Bonaventure Island
Great Rock
Canadian Resources Bulletin
King George VI Keyed Guns at Jutland in Tunnel Turret
James Moffatt, former petty officer, recalls the king directing the calculating instruments in HMS Collingwood during the Battle of Jutland. He says the king showed immense zeal, operated the turret instruments, and remained in the sealed position as the German fleet engaged.
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Collingwood
Jutland
George VI
Belfast
James Moffatt
Timber Crash Staged Near Gloucester for Film
In New South Wales a staged event used 100000 tons of timber felled down a mountainside to film a dramatic crash. Thousands of trees were partly severed and detonated to topple on cue, with ten cameras recording the colossal stunt for movie purposes.
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Gloucester
N.S.W
Summer Knit Swagger Coat Pattern 5534
Germantown wool makes this lightweight warm swagger coat in two tones. Instructions cover rib body and sleeves with stockinette cuffs border and yoke. Sizes 16 18 and 38 46 include material requirements and illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Efficiency Of Rural Schools Cannot Be Maintained If Teachers Are Poorly Paid
The Ottawa Journal reports that Canada faces a rural school funding crisis as the Dominion Bureau of Statistics details sharp salary declines for one room schools. Many rural teachers earn under $300 to $400 yearly, with regional disparities. Ontario shows higher averages, but overall shortages and frequent turnover threaten education quality. Provinces bear primary responsibility to sustain educational standards rather than deflect to trustees or taxpayers.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Alberta
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa Journal
New Moisture-Extracting Machine Shown in Provence
A machine to extract moisture from the air has been built at Trans in Provence by Belgian engineer M. Knapen. The device stands about twelve meters high with inner air passages two and a half meters thick. Inside, 3,000 states condense moisture from daily temperature variation, producing water depending on air moisture and temperature swings.
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Trans
Provence
M. Knapen
Christian Science Monitor
Pacifist Plan Seeks Toy Reform For Children
Mrs J P Herring, a New York pacifist, urged toy makers to replace tin soldiers with lead postmen and other workers. She argued children need engaging tools and toys, so toy pistols will rest unused compared with more acceptable playthings.
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J. P. Herring
New York
Kingston on Tario Baffles Cable Clerk
A Kingston Ontario girl visiting England tries to send a cable home. The clerk frets over the message and, after checking references, says he can locate Kingston on Hull and Kingston on Thames but not Kingston on Tario.
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Kingston
Ontario
England
Kingston-on- Hull
Kingston-on-Thames
Kingston-on-Tario
Gambling Firms Named Watch & Waite Attit Early Layte and Grim & Barrett
The passage lists multiple firms Watch & Waite Attit Early Layte and Grim & Barrett as options in a game context. It notes that the term trump in card games derives from the French pronunciation of triumph.
Dentist scares on dental chair told at Ontario meeting
Dr J B Greer, Toronto dentist, admitted fear of a dental chair at the Ontario Dental Association convention. He praised a new nitrous oxide application that lets patients self regulate laughing gas while staying conscious and receiving only pain relief.
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J. B. Greer
Toronto
Ontario Dental Association
Finland's forests and lakes shape national wealth and travel
Finland is rich in virgin forests of pine and spruce with 60 000 lakes and 50 000 islands. Rail travel is extremely cheap in Europe with 900 miles for five dollars, while Jugoslavia reportedly has 6 327 miles of railways.
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Finland
Europe
Jugoslavia
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Sawbridgeworth
Sapser
Ile de France
Beauchamp
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Cholmondeley
Chumley
Lord Bottomeley
Lord Cholmondeley
Lord Burnley
Beaulieu
Bewlee
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Berengaria
Marchbanks
Farquharsons
Farson
Dixie Tigh
New York Post
Watch & Waite
Do & Darret
Grim & Barrett
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