English Language Reaches Global Spread as Vienna Foresees Universal Use
The Vienna example signals a trend toward English as a compulsory modern language in higher grades, reducing French and Italian influence. English, with about 170 million speakers, shows vast vocabulary and mixed origins from many nations, yet remains tied to Aryan grammar. World diffusion and empire history aid its universal role.
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Vienna
Ministry of Education
Britain
Christian Science Monitor
Saskatchewan Clydesdales Lead in North America
Saskatchewan now houses some of the world’s finest Clydesdale stock, with the University of Saskatchewan and local breeders building strong studs. The province has achieved notable wins in Toronto and Chicago, underscoring its leadership in Belgian and Percheron shows as well.
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Saskatchewan
Scotland
University of Saskatchewan
Toronto
Chicago
Where Canadian Flour Goes Across World Exports
Official figures show Canadian flour reaching 68 countries in the last crop year. Greenland bought 2691 barrels, Brazil 35659, Austria 1611, Morocco 3839, New Zealand 287, Palestine 4212, Peru 1637, Portuguese Africa 10017, Spanish Africa 2873, Philippine Islands 3626, Venezuela 110601.
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Greenland
Brazil
Austria
Morocco
New Zealand
Palestine
Peru
Portuguese Africa
Spanish Africa
The
Philippine Islands
Venezuela
Awfu Pleads About Past Dates In Quiet Exchange
Awfu pleads with a woman asking if she has dated worse looking men than him. She remains mostly silent then says she heard him but is thinking. The moment emphasizes his insecurity and her evasive response in a tense, intimate conversation.
The Newest Thing Lady Buys Lard in Shades
A comic overheard exchange shows a lady seeking lard and noting it comes in two shades, prompting a grocer to ask about her choice. The whimsy captures everyday shopping humor.
Turks fear the number 13 and rarely mention it
A terse cultural quirk notes that in Turkish tradition the number 13 is avoided. Observers say superstition suppresses mention of the digit in daily life and public affairs.
Forage Seed Cars On Saskatchewan CPR Routes
Canadian Pacific Railway will operate forage seed cars across prairie Saskatchewan in February and March. Cars will travel Moose Jaw to the Alberta boundary and cover the Empress Outlook Rosetown Macklin lines, returning via Wilkie Saskatoon Colonsay and Young to Regina. The government supplies lecturers and seed offered for sale at stops. A carload of seeds will be available at all times in varieties like sweet clover alfalfa corn western rye grass brome and millet.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairie
Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Alberta
Outlook
Rosetown
Macklin
Wilkie
Saskatoon
Colonsay
Young
Regina
Beef Shipments To Britain Rise Amid Canadian Cattle Exports
The department of agriculture notes Canadian Ive cattle exports to Great Britain climbed from 57000 head in 1923 to 110000 head in 1925. A bulletin says live beef can fetch better prices than frozen meat and compete with home killed beef, though Argentina remains a price competitor for chilled beef. The live shipment system is seen as most profitable now and a driver for beef cattle industry growth.
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Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Department
Canada
Predicts Larger Wheat Crop In North America
The Canadian Milling and Grain Journal predicts the United States will cease to be a major factor in foreign wheat and flour markets. Canada has doubled wheat production in the past decade and the journal foresees a harvest of about 60,000,000 bushels in the next ten years with better seed, wider cultivation, faster ripening, and expanded export facilities.
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Canadian Milling and Grain Journal
United States
Canada
He Likes Canada Says Liverpool Shipbuilder
Sir Burton Chadwick head of Joseph Chadwick and Sons told the Canadian chamber of commerce in London that his son after three years as a farm laborer in Quebec has a good position but longs to return to Canada and will not be hindered.
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Quebec
Eton
Canada
Sir Burton Chadwick
Joseph Chadwick
Woman’s umbrella causes train delay at Clapham station
A gust of wind flipped a woman's umbrella on the Clapham station platform. In anger she dropped it onto the rails where the steel frame touched a live rail, creating a short circuit that halted trains in the area for about ten minutes.
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Southern Railway
Clapham
Eng
Feast of the Kingdom of Christ Proclaimed in St Peter’s
Pope Pius announced a new holy day called the Feast of the Kingdom of Christ to be observed annually on the last Sunday in October. He celebrated mass at the high altar as he outlined in his encyclical the festival’s aim to recall Christ’s reign amid a world focused on temporal and material things.
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St. Peter’s
Pope Pius
Christ
Use the hammer of truth when you have occasion to nal
A terse historical remark urges timely action with decisive language. It emphasizes employing a firm, principled approach when circumstances require clear evidence or decisive judgment.
Act Regulating Dairy Produce Effective February 3 1926
The act regulates grading of dairy produce for export and sets up grading stores and graders certificates. It allows the government to define standards and impose fees and includes amendments on refusing to grade and withholding certificates. Enforcement covers parts of Canada with penalties up to 200 dollars or three months imprisonment. Regulations will be announced when the act takes effect.
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Canada
Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner
Canada Expands Paper Exports to Global Markets
Canada grows its paper industry beyond newsprint with higher grade writing and book papers shipping to Mexico New Zealand Australia China and Japan. Selling agencies form and connections grow in these markets signaling a rising export trade.
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Mexico
New Zealand
Australia
China
Japan
Greek children grateful for plum puddings from Red Cross
Five thousand Greek junior Red Cross members sent plum puddings to as many American homes this Christmas. The treats express gratitude for Christmas packages received last year from American Junior Red Cross members.
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Greek Junior Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Weed Inspectors Course Under Saskatchewan Agriculture
The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture offers a ten day weed inspectors course. In Saskatoon the course runs February 19 and in Retina February 23 to March 26. Topics include the Noxious Weeds Act weed identification control methods and cooperation among rural and urban municipalities railways and livestock and forage crops. Inspectors who attended last year are invited to attend the seventh and eighth days of this year’s sessions.
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Department of Agriculture
Saskatoon
Retina
British Columbia Seed Potatoes Aimed at European Trade
An exhibit of BC seed potatoes was selected from the provincial show for forwarding to the British Columbia House in London. Efforts will target European buyers to develop international trade for provincial seed tubers.
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British Columbia
British Columbia House
London
England
Europe
British Manufacturers to Visit Alberta for Resource Survey
Thirty British manufacturers invited by the Canadian chamber of commerce in London will visit Canada next year. They will tour Alberta to gain first-hand information on the province’s resources and opportunities for agricultural settlers.
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Canada
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
London
Alberta
Farm horses drop to 16 percent of five years ago
Government figures show machines replacing horses on United States farms with the number of horses now only 16 percent of five years earlier, a decrease of about 3.5 million head.
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United States
Ninety-Three Christmases Observed by Twin Dowd Seymour
Maria Sophia Dowd and Sarah Maria Seymour, twins, observed the ninety third Christmas together at Fairfield Connecticut. January 9 marked their ninety fourth birthday.
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Maria Sophia Dowd
Sarah Maria Seymour
Fairfield
Conn
Captain Hailey Honored by King for Disaster Aid
Captain A J Hailey of the Empress of Australia was decorated by King Alfonso of Spain for humanitarian service after the 1924 Yokohama earthquake. Hailey's ship aided hundreds of survivors, bringing them to Chinese ports, and he was told he may wear the First Class Civil Order of Beneficence.
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A. J. Hailey
Spain
Hailey
Canada
Yokohama
Alfonso of
Abolish War Or No Means On Earth Can Mitigate Its Horrors
J L Ciarvin argues in The Observer London that war cannot be tempered or limited and must be abolished at its root. He condemns submarines and modern weaponry as expressions of a global disease, urging international justice and total disarmament to prevent mass murder and civilian suffering.
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Earth
J. L. Ciarvin
the Observer
London
Luther Burbank Presents New Flowers and Plants
Luther Burbank reports a record year in his laboratory of nature and unveils seven major creations and improvements. He will distribute thousands of seeds worldwide for the new varieties including a blue carnassia, rainbow teosinte reaching eight feet tall with multiple ears per stalk, and a giant cactus flowering zinnia developed from a common flower.
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Luther Burbank
Laboratory of Nature
Mr. Burbank
Burbank
Fox Farming In Norway Sees Silver Fox Industry Grow
Norwegian journalist Johannes Borge notes silver fox farming as a key industry in Sandmore Norway, with 120 to 150 foxes in the district. He compares climate to Prince Edward Island and recalls last autumn's shipment of about 120 foxes worth 1,090,000 kroner from PEI to Norway.
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Norway
Johannes Borge
Bergen
Canada
Sandmore
Prince Edward Island
Professor Marks Paper With D Flat Note Sing This
A Midwest university uses A to E grades. a student adds a note citing busy schedules. The professor returns the paper with a musical clef and a single D flat note and the caption Sing this. The punchline contrasts matri mony’s start with freedom’s end, per Youth’s Companion.
Canada Sees Substantial Rise in Wheat and Flour Exports
November reports from the bureau of statistics show Canada increased exports of wheat and flour. Wheat exports reached 26,982,261 bushels valued at 46,967,753 dollars, up from the prior year. Flour exports totaled 1,210,041 barrels valued at 7,695,196 dollars, compared with 965,336 barrels worth 5,992,739 dollars a year earlier.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Western Homesteads in Western Canada Ten Months Totals
Official figures show 3,144 homesteads and 437 soldier grants taken up in Western Canada from January 1 to October 31, totaling about 572,960 acres. In the same period last year 3,152 homesteads and 488 grants were taken up, aggregating 582,120 acres, or 9,160 acres more than the current ten months.
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Canada
Greater Vancouver Becomes Canada's Third Largest Metro Polis
W E Payne secretary of the Vancouver board of trade states Greater Vancouver now has 230000 people, placing it third behind Toronto and Montreal and ahead of Winnipeg which has 210000. The figures reflect a shift in population rankings within Canada.
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Greater Vancouver
Canada
W. E. Payne
Vancouver Board of Trade
Greater
Winnipeg
Mr. Payne
Pearl fisheries employ over 106000 people worldwide
The article states that more than 106,000 individuals work in the global pearl fisheries sector, highlighting its scale and employment impact across regions and markets.
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Pearl Fieherlee
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C.P.R. Lines
Old Country
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Coast Province
Natural Resources Bulletin
Natural Resources Inteligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
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