Rust Resistant Thatcher Wheat Boosts Saskatchewan Farmers
Saskatchewan farmers report insuring against rust using Thatcher wheat with 367000 bushels seeded this year. Rust caused 75000000 damage in 1925, and a northeastern Saskatchewan report notes rising prosperity from alfalfa and new seed varieties. Manitoba and Ontario seed programs expand with record seed production and calls for seed purity and varied wheat planting to curb rust risk.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Seed Growers Association
Canada
W. T. G Wierner
Ottawa
Chantenay
Nantes
Prince of Wales
Timothy Swallow
Manitoba
Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association
P. M. Dewan
Ontario
F. W Townley-Smith
Lashburn
Sask
Primitive Physics in John Wesley's Curebook Cited
The Manchester Guardian reviews John Wesley’s Primitive Physic 1747 edition calling many cures humorous or dangerous. It notes advice such as carrot regimens for asthma wormwood remedies and copious alcohol use, including a man cured of dropsy drinking five to six quarts of cider daily.
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John Wesley
Wesley
England
The
Manchester Guardian
Champion Letter Writer J P Bacon Phillips dies at 81
Rev. J P Bacon-Phillips, Britain's champion writer of letters to the editor, who authored over 9 000 letters across 59 years and carried a briefcase of pipes biscuits and foot ointment for tramps, died at Burges Hill England at age 81. His writings defended various odd topics from nightshirts over pyjamas to moustache germ-straining and beard warmth.
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Britain
J P Bacon-Phillips
Burges Hill
England
Clifton Memorial Arch at Niagara Gateway Honours 28 Treason Executions
A monumental Clifton Memorial Arch at Niagara Falls gateway, unveiled by Prime Minister Mackenzie King, honors 28 men executed for treason in the 1837 rebellion and their leader William Lyon Mackenzie alongside all pioneers of political freedom and responsible government in Canada.
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Canada
Niagara Fall
Clifton Memorial
Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie
British Commonwealth of Nations
Tall King Fat and the Narrow Carbed Corridor
King Christian’s tall entourage had to squeeze through a newly built railway car corridor to allow the king six feet five inch height to lie fully in bed. Spaniards traveling through Andorra to refuge in France are weighed and charged a toll of six cents per person with average tolls around 12.50 dollars. Over 90000 season tickets were sold before the Empire Exhibition opened in Glasgow Scotland.
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Christian
Andorra
Republic of the
Pyrenees
France
Glasgow
Scotland
Long Bicycle Tour Aims to Prove Poor Can See World
Calcutta man Manna Singh plans a seven year round the world bicycle journey seeking food and shelter rather than hospitality. He will earn meals by palmistry cycle feats and school lectures if needed.
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Manna Singh
Calcutta
Calcutta Statesman
Fire legend from Keefer ties Vancouver blaze to match
Cobble Hill resident George H Keefer recalled accidentally starting the 1886 Vancouver fire that razed the logging town. He said a dry brush burn near the beach spread while he and others dined, leaving only charred stumps and scattered bricks as the city burned.
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George H. Keefer
Cobble Hill
B.C
Vancouver
Cowichan Leader
Vancouver Island
Keefer
West End
Visitors choose flat saddle for riding in western city
A pair of young visitors decide to ride horses in a western city. The head groom offers a choice between a flat English saddle and a western saddle with a horn. She chooses flat, saying they won’t ride in traffic and won’t need a horn.
Congo Plantations Win Cinchona Boom For Quinine
A 15 000 acre Belgian Congo plantation will be used to cultivate cinchona trees for quinine production. Government and company officials announced plans to establish the project to ensure a steady supply of the fever remedy.
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Belgian Congo
Parents blamed as public enemies by leading psychologist
Raymond Henniker Heaton, a noted psychologist, told delegates at the British Union of Practical Psychologists conference that parents are the primary danger to the growing generation. He called motherhood overidealized and warned that bad parenting damages both the child and society. He added fathers fare little better in public praise.
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Townley- Smith
Raymond Henniker-Heaton
British Union of Practical Psychologists
Rebecca and the Hash Moment in Wiggin's Dialogue
In a Wiggin Rebecca story a proofreader questions hash as a finished product suggesting meat and potatoes might be intended. Wiggin replies with a note that the moment she had in mind is the blend of meat and potatoes into hash.
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Rebecca
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Crochet doilies pattern 6164 offered by Winnipeg union
Pattern 6164 provides instructions and illustration for crochet doilies to brighten tables. It includes stitches and material list with a photograph. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. no Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Daily World
Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Canada
Saskatchewan
R. C. Russell
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Dominion Laboratories of Plant Pathology
Edmonton
Rockets and Plant Pathology From Eden Valley to the Stars
From Saskatchewan labs to Eden Valley New Mexico discussions range from plant disease diagnosis to pioneering rocket research. Professor Robert H. Goddard pursues higher flights and a possible rocket for space observatories, aiming to pierce the earth’s air blanket and glimpse the stars.
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Eden Valley
New Mexico
Kitty Hawk
Wrights
Robert H. Goddard
Professor Goddard
Canadian skiing campaign aims to grow sport nationwide
Frederic J. Dormer of Hannes Schneider Sports of Canada says skiing will become a top west and prairie winter sport within a few years. He tours to educate on styles and equipment while noting Europe leads in facilities. Dormer previews skijoring and Austrian backing for equipment.
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Frederic J. Dormer
Montreal
Hannes Schneider Sports of Canada
Saskatchewan
Regina
Dormer
Canada
United States
Europe
America
Austria
M. Dormer
Hannes Schneider
Unwilling Attendant John Wesley and His Conversion
A London Sunday Dispatch meditation reflects on John Wesley’s reluctant attendance at a religious meeting two centuries past. It links his conversion to life changing outcomes for millions, urging readers to recognize future impact from unwilling acts and small decisions such as careful egg storage with small ends down.
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John Wesley
Wesley
London Sunday Dispatch
World’s largest teapot and oldest teapot on show at Empire Exhibition
Edinburgh Scotsman notes exhibits at the Empire Tea Pavilion include what may be the world’s largest teapot holding 3% gallons and a 1,700 to 2,000 year old cup teapot from the Hans Dynasty. Other pieces include two small blue and white teapots, an agate pot, Worces ter ware 1810 1820 teapots, and a John Wesley themed piece.
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Empire
Edinburgh Scotsman
Cathay
Worcester
John Wesley
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