The World of Monster Myths and Modern Wonders
A short survey of famous lake and sea monsters from Ogopogo to Loch Ness, noting public fascination and scientific explanations. It contrasts sensational sightings in Canada France Scotland and beyond with skeptical analysis, ending by recalling Alley Oop’s disnmosaur as a relic of earlier wonders.
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British Columbia
Ocean
Vancouver Island
Cady
Quebec
France
Scotland
Brazil
Burns
Missouri
Loch Lomond
Loch Ness
Tweed
Loch Ness Monster
Alley Oop
Air Base for Bermuda Advances with Imperial Airways Link
Bermuda moves to establish an air base with legislation to back a regular Imperial Airways service between the islands and the mainland. Darrel's and Burt's in Warwick Parish are designated landing bases with £15,000 for port construction and equipment and up to £3,620 yearly for upkeep. Government to supply free plant and equipment. provisions run to December 1940.
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Bermuda
Imperial Airways
Darrel's
Burt's
Warwick Parish
Queen Victoria
Light and X Rays Travel at Same Speed Varying in Length
Rays including light, X rays, heat rays, and wireless rays share speed but differ in wavelength or length. This concise note contrasts propagation speed with wave length across electromagnetic and related radiation types.
Record Rayon Output Reaches New Global Peak in 1933
The world produced 659.5 million pounds of rayon yarn in 1933, the highest on record, per Textile Organon of the Tubize Chatillon Corporation. The United States totaled 207.58 million pounds, Japan moved to second with 99.5 million, Britain 84 million, and Italy 81.8 million.
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Textile Organon
Tubize Chatillon Corporation
United States
Japan
Great Britain
Italy
Grasshoppers Shed Skins Through Multiple Molts in Canada
In Canada grasshoppers shed their skins an average of five times as they develop. The insect molts by hanging upside down from a support and wriggling out of its old coat as the new skin forms beneath.
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Canada
Oceanic and continental outlines largely unchanged through time
The record notes that there have been no major changes in the outlines of oceans and continents since earliest times, reflecting long term geological stability.
X ray motion pictures reveal bone knitting with new camera
Doctor Arthur Pillsbury of the University of California perfects an x ray motion picture camera that records bone healing. The device takes intermittent snapshots like a flower unfolding and compiles them into a rapid sequence, illustrating healing over days in moments. Doctor William D. Coolidge designed a special x ray tube to protect the subject.
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Arthur Pillsbury
University of California
Doctor Pillsbury
William D. Coolidge
Coolidge
Letter From a Man of 90
A ninety year old man explains he was bedridden with inflammatory rheumatism three years ago. He credits Kruschen Salts with preventing further attacks and keeping him in good shape, though his hands remain stiff. He plans to continue using the daily dose to prevent uric acid buildup.
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J. R. G. Kruschen
Postal Rocket Tested Near London By Postal Authorities
The world’s first postal rocket, devised by German expert Gerhard Zucker, was tested near London and deemed successful. It aims to provide one minute postal contact with France and three minutes with Ireland, carrying 1,200 letters with special stamps. Target routes include Calais from Dover and the Irish Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gerhard Zucker
Great Britain
France
Ireland
Calais
Dover
Irish Sea
Prices Equal in London desert and British Columbia
A curious note from Country Life in B.C. asserts that apple prices are the same across distant regions from London to the Soudan desert and to parts of British Columbia. The piece laments the lack of an immediate remedy for this disparity despite local production.
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London
Soudon
British Columbia
Mars
B.C
Meaford Watchmaker Drills Through Tiny Pin
Henry Huss a Meaford Ontario watchmaker after two years of experimentation drilled a hole end to end through a common pin without breaking it. The pin is large enough to thread a hair through. The display drew strong interest, and Toronto may be the only other Canadian to achieve this feat.
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Henry Huss
Meaford
Ontario
Huss
Canada
Toronto
Dr. Werner’s Powder Promises All Day Teeth Comfort
An old advertisement touts FALSE TEETH with Dr. Werner’s Powder to stabilize plates, prevent slipping, and cushion sensitive gums. It claims all-day confidence, sanitary mouth feel, pleasant breath, and universal fit priced as a small cost, available from any druggist.
Streamline Train Promises New Rail Era Says Progress Editor
Means True Progress M E Tracy outlines a vision of eighty five passengers with baggage traveling 1000 miles in thirteen hours on 17 dollars of fuel. He argues progress requires radical changes: diesel engines replace steam, oil replaces coal, aluminum use rises, and crews are retrained.
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M.E. Tracy
New York World-Telegram
Cenotaph Ceremony Unites Canada Great Britain and US
At Portland Oregon a Rose festival event featured a memorial cenotaph honoring World War dead from Canada and the United States with a shared flagpole symbolizing international friendship. Brig Gen Alex Ross called it a unique gesture. Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Legion units led a cross national parade.
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United States
Great Britain
Canada
British Columbia
Canadian Legion
Portland
Oregon
Alex. Ross
Heat of Stars Measured by Ultra light Device
Scientists report a novel instrument weighing one thousandth as much as a drop of water to gauge stellar heat. The measurement aims to improve precision in observing star temperatures and energy output.
Gossip Supply Lags Behind Demand in Local Circles
Neighborhood chatter runs high as rumors circulate about social events and alleged happenings. Residents compare notes, speculate on plans, and await confirmed details from trusted sources amid a steady stream of unverified reports.
Wheat Exports and Price Control Formula
An Alberta born Canadian, 35, and University of Alberta graduate, Andrew Cairns, leads an international Wheat Commission shaping world wheat supply under the London agreement. A keen organizer, he has worked at Rome and London with top traders, earning praise from US and European colleagues. He holds a Minnesota doctorate and began with the Alberta wheat pool.
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Andrew Cairns
Alberta
University of Alberta
Wheat Pool
International Wheat Commission
Andy
United States
Canadian Prairies
Rome
London
University of Minnesota
F. J. Birchard
Board of Grain Commissioners
Alberta Wheat Pool
Scientists at Chicago Seek Reason Why Midgets Do Not Grow
Scientists and medical men attend the Chicago World's Fair to study why midgets do not grow. Nate Eagle invites dentists to use the midget city as a clinic to investigate growth disorders. The colony will be four times larger and host the largest gathering of little people of all ages.
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Nate T. Eagle
Australian Poet Gordon Honored With Westminster Bust
Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon is honored with a bust in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner, the first British Dominions poet so commemorated since Tennyson. A memorial volume by Mayor Douglas Sladden recounts Gordon's life, marriage, death, and his famous Australian track career ended by suicide in 1870 after debt and legal defeat.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Australia
Westminster Abbey
Tennyson
Douglas Sladden
Gordon
Match-box Top Collector of Buckinghamshire
Major Pat A'Beckett of Ye Old Ploughe Inn Speen holds the world’s largest match-box top collection with 22 000 tops filling three rooms. He toured the world seeking designs and owns early boxes. Ex King Alphonso once visited, noting his rival three thousand tops.
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Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
Pat A’beckett
Alphonso
Major A'Beckett
Hay production costs on Dominion farms in Prairie Provinces
The average hay production cost is 8.99 per acre or 6.23 per ton for 1.44 tons per acre. Costs vary across farms from 5.93 per acre at Swift Current to 11.19 at Morden, with per ton costs ranging 4.47 at Brandon to 8.42 at Indian Head.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Swift Current
Morden
Brandon
Indian Head
Public Dinner Chairman Hopes For Souvenir Guests
At a London public dinner the chairman expressed a hope that visitors would carry away interesting souvenirs of their presence this evening.
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London
Shackleton’s son leads Ellesmere Island expedition from England
Edward Shackleton son of the late Ernest Shackleton organizes the Oxford University Ellesmere Island expedition to depart in July on a chartered Norwegian sealer. Supported by the Canadian government and the Royal Geographical Society, the voyage aims to explore unknown interiors of Ellesmere Island about 600 miles from Canada’s Arctic coast under Dr. Noel Humphreys.
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Edward Shackleton
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Oxford University
Ellesmere Island
England
Royal Geographical Society
Canada
Arctic
Noel Humphreys
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Promises Sunshine
A vintage ad warns of liver trouble and digestive imbalance while promoting Carter's Little Liver Pills as a safe, vegetable liver stimulant. It urges readers to ask for the product by name and avoid substitutes.
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Carter
British Museum acquires Tristan da Cunha Bible records
The British Museum trustees bought an 1831 American Bible from Mrs Annie Glass detailing William Glass’s marriage and the 16 births that anchor Tristan da Cunha’s ancestry. It links to Tristan settlers and the island’s 700 residents today. A Croydon wind gust of 81 mph in 1929 stands as London area record.
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Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
Cape of Good Hope
British Museum
William Glass
Tristan Settlement
Glass
Annie Glass
Croydon
London
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Ont
Postal
Britain
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Legionnaires
Mexico
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alchemist
Por Wheat Growers
Chicago
Westminster
Gardons
Hallhead
Aberdeenshire
British Museum Boys Records
Gopsford Paper
PagoueTo
Hamilton
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