National Fuel Policy Explored by Commons Committee
A House of Commons committee weighing Canada’s fuel supply plans invites premiers from Nova Scotia Quebec Ontario and Alberta to testify. It seeks a national policy to reduce US dependency, address distribution costs and ensure coal reaches Maritimes and western provinces while balancing railway needs. Cooperation among governments and railways is essential.
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House of Common
Canada
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
United States
Maritimes
Regina
Japs Grow Taller Citing Venus de Milo Standard
Tokyo expert Dr Ishiwara, head of hygiene and physical development at Imperial University, says Japanese women's bodies now resemble Western proportions. He links increased height to removal of floor mats, noting Europeans and Japanese share torso length while legs lengthen, with hope to mirror Venus de Milo in Japan.
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Japan
Kikutara Ishiwara
Department of Hygiene and Physical Development
Imperial University
Tokyo
Ishiwara
Canada
United States
Drishiwara
Europe
Venus de Milo
Cash advances spark query over daily ten dollar charges
A socially prominent New Yorker hosting a foreign nobleman at an Upper Park Avenue hotel puzzled over recurring ten dollar charges on his guest’s bill. The cashier explained they were cash advances, noting the count had been drawing ten dollars every morning for expenses.
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Park Avenue
New York Evening World
Hagen recounts golf tale at St. Petersburg dinner
Walter Hagen told a golf story during a Florida trip dinner in St. Petersburg. He recalled a Scotchman playing at a famous club who, after a round, said in the shower that the course was not so bad, noting he lost three balls but found eight.
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Walter Hagen
St. Petersburg
Florida
Weretable Bundling Device Promises Quick Productivity
A compact foot lever operated machine bundles objects from a quarter to an inch in diameter while the operator remains seated. It self adjusts to varying bundle sizes and begins work early in the morning, hinting at practical remedies for local farmers.
Century Old Plant Cells Found In Giant Desert Cactus
Dr Daniel T MacDougal described to the American Philosophical Society that century old living plant cells exist in the pith of the giant cactus of Arizona. These cells, formed at the plant's start, are still living and functioning, with some specimens believed to be 150 years old and dating back to the American Revolution.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Daniel T. MacDouglal
Department of Botanical Research
Carnegie Institution of Washington
MacDougal
Foods Rich in Iron Ruled Essential for Blood Health
Recent medical findings favor iron rich foods over tonics for treating iron deficiency. Key sources include egg yolks beans whole wheat beef nuts prunes and spinach, noted by medical scientists and food chemists as vital for maintaining healthy blood and preventing pale symptoms.
Scotch bettor’s unusual request ends budding bookmaker trade
A Glasgow bookmaker was asked by a Scotchman to supply stamp ed, addressed envelopes to forward his betting instructions. The bookmaker complied but the venture ended when the client’s first bet arrived as stamps. The money came in the form of stamps steam from the envelopes.
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Glasgow
New York Evening World
Secret Of Walking Erect Revealed By Sir Squire Bancroft
A London Sunday Express note recalls Sir Squire Bancroft’s upright carriage and cheerful outlook. He supposedly trained his posture by reading shop window names as he walked, always looking up rather than down.
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Squire Bancroft
London
London Sunday Express
Paris Scholarships Awarded to Three Canadian Teachers
Three Paris scholarships tenable for one year awarded by the department of education to Miss Roxana Smith dean of women at Regina College Miss Jean G Dixon of Bedford Road Collegiate Saskatoon and Murdoch Matheson principal of Assiniboia public school They were chosen by the trustees from fourteen applicants.
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Paris
Department of Education
Roxana Smith
Regina College
Jean G. Dixon
Bedford Road
Saskatoon
Murdoch Matheson
Assiniboia
Narrow Escape Dialogue and Soldier’s Long Journey
A pompous Mrs Newrich questions a poorer neighbor about a sunbarst list. The neighbor retorts caustically that the man would eat another bite. A British soldier who deserted at Hong Kong walked home across Asia in 16 months via China Mongolia Siberia and Europe.
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Hong Kong
England
China
Mongolia
Siberia
Purope
Bi Lingual Education Advocated for Canada's Growth
Colonel Alexander MacPhail argues for mandatory bilingual education in Canada, stressing French as a mother tongue for a third of the population and the need for children to study both languages to access literature and national progress. He sent his son to a Quebec college to illustrate his stance. Western Canada Irrigation Convention set for Medicine Hat July 27 28 29 with focus on sugar beet industry in irrigated districts.
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Canada
Alexander MacPhail, Cmg
Dso
Adc
Queen's University
Kingston
Ontario
Col
MacPhail
Quebec
Western Canada
Western Canada Irrigation Association
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Judge Of Singing Notes Value Of Melba Performance
An old bushranger after hearing Melba sing in Australia said he walked eighteen miles to hear her and found it worthwhile calling her all prizes and no blanks. He claimed circus experience in the past. Meanwhile there is interest in a proposal for a canal across Scotland.
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Melba
Australia
Definition of News by Henry J Smith at Illinois club
Henry J Smith, aging editor of the Chicago Daily News, offered ten working definitions of news to the Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs. He described news as synthetic food for hungry minds and a revelation for millions, among other vivid analogies and guiding ideas.
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Henry Justin Smith
Chicago Daily News
Llinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ufe
Branch line to Eb and B C Railway near Busby
Commencement planned for the proposed branch line from 4 point near Busby to cross the Pembina Valley north of Edmonton. The route targets a rich farming region while noting local remarks about Peggy and observations of a sock. French airships require registered inspection before operation.
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Eb & BC
Busby
Edmonton
Pembina Valley
Dolls Fill Home On Empress of Scotland Passenger
Mrs W Kendall Evans aboard the Empress of Scotland returns to New York on April 10 with a large collection of dolls from every country visited on the 129 day world cruise. Her collection fills her room and bag and her husband heads the Round the World Golf Club.
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W. Kendall Evans
New York
Evans
Nature as Sculptor on Cornish Coasts and Lakes
A vivid travel note describes coastal and mountain rock formations in England. It highlights Land's End views resembling Dr Johnson, Queen Victoria on Redruthen Steps, Queen Elizabeth Rock, and near Grasmere a rock called The Hon and another rock shaped like The Lady at the Organ.
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Cornish
England
Nature
Land's End
Dr. Johnson
Queen Victoria
Cornwall
Redruthen Steps
Lake District
Grasmere
Landseer Lifons
Trafalgar Square
Questionable Notoriety and the Undesirable Alien
A traveller in an inland Moroccan village meets a dirty Arab boy who speaks English and boasts of London days. He shows a torn deportation certificate labeling him an Undesirable Alien after a stint in a prison-like place, amid comic misadventure and a whistled tune.
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Itady
Morocco
Tipperary
London
Dammal
South African Tree Flourishes in English Garden Since Anglo Saxon Era
A South African tree, transplanted in an English garden during Athelstan's reign over a thousand years ago, still flourishes. The tree, a har sh bread plant variety, grows about ten feet tall with long curled leaves. Its age is inferred by counting trunk scars from yearly leaf production.
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Athelstan
Great Britain
One of World's Greatest Rivers The Amazon
The Amazon is described as the King of Streams with over 1 200 tributaries including more than 100 large rivers. Floods vary by region so the river remains nearly the same height year round. Its lower course mouth spans about 180 miles and the river is navigable for ocean steamers 1 000 miles from the sea, coastal floods tinting the ocean yellow for 400 miles.
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Amazon
Para
Brazi
Canadian Apples Dominate Imperial Shows 1922 25
Canadian apples swept imperial shows across England from 1922 to 1925 winning 64 firsts 73 seconds 24 thirds and 22 special prizes. In 1925 British Columbia Jonathan was judged best dessert apple in the empire while Ontario Rhode Island Greening topped as premier cooking apple. In 1923 and 1924 Canadian Macintosh was judged the best dessert apple in the empire.
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England
British Columbia
British Empire
Ontario
Rhode Island
Evolution Evidence Favored By Toronto Professor
Dr A Parks of the University of Toronto told the Royal Society of Canada that evidence for evolution is overwhelming and that the earth is more than 1.7 billion years old. He cited life beginning 700 million years ago and noted modern man appeared 25 000 to 30 000 years ago with uncertain direct ancestry. He warned about discrepancies between Biblical and scientific history.
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Toronto
A. Parks
University of Toronto
Royal Society of Canada
Ottawa
Parks
Western
Europe
Doubtful Testimonial and the Teapot Certificate Tale
A Youth's Companion passage recalls early Hudson’s Bay Company letters of good character given to Indians, nicknamed teapots for their rough pronunciation. Indians valued the certificates, using them in trade, until one man’s teapot revealed a blunt warning about a deceitful trader.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Outlet For Lonely Elders Feeding Squirrels In Central Park
New York elders seek companionship by feeding Central Park squirrels. Strangers notice patterns as lively squirrels perch on shoulders and rest on recipients while exiting the park at day’s end.
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Central Park
New
New York
Park
Madison Square
Power Of Imagination Misses Blo wdown on Brooklyn Street
A crowd of 500 gathered as an ambulance arrived after a distraught woman cried I am shot. Doctors found no wound. observers shouted murder and police. It turned out the gunshot was the backfire of an auto truck.
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Brooklyn
Natural History Society Outing Planned for Victoria Beach
The Natural History Society of Manitoba announces a Victoria Beach Peninsula survey this summer. Excursions are run by the NR in May July and September to suit members. This year marks the seventy fifth anniversary of the manufacture of ico.
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Natural History Society
Natural History Society of Manitoba
Victoria Beach
The
Ico Sevass
Soteisessenselasiss
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Rock
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