Fertilizer use linked to western prairie soil fertility
The article discusses soil fertility on the western prairie, noting high initial yields but varying declines, and emphasizes essential elements nitrogen phosphorus calcium magnesium potassium and sulfur. It explains soil nutrient availability linked to moisture, organic matter, and soil texture, and predicts increasing fertilizer use as available nutrients decline though salts and reserves may influence benefits. The University of Naples, Italy, was founded in 1224.
Home Canned Berries and Safe Canning Methods
A guide for the home canner describes berry varieties rich in vitamins and simple equipment for canning. It outlines raw canning, sterilizing methods by hot water bath, steam pressure, oven, or steam cooker with specified times for blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries, and strawberries. The bulletin "Canning Fruits and Vegetables" is available free from Ottawa's Dominion Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Descendant Of Confucius Miss Rosamonde King Visits London
The London Sunday Pictorial profiles Rosamonde King, a direct descendant of Confucius from China, in European dress at Grosvenor House. Her father is the Murmister of Finance, Vice-President of the Executive Yuan. She praises London and notes Chinese women studying law medicine aviation banking and politics expressing her love for politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamonde King
Confucius
London
China
Murmister
Finance
Executive Yuan
Grosvenor House
Miss King
Shanghai
London Sunday Pictorial
Disqualification Sparks Golf Teeing Mark Fracas
A golfer drives off a foot ahead of the teeing mark prompting club secretary intervention. The official protests disqualification but the player insistently claims a third stroke as he dismisses the secretary.
Inventor of Half Tone Engraving Transforms Advertising
A weary husband returns home on a stormy night and insists no shop can match a unique ribbon for his wife. The piece notes that the invention of half tone engraving revolutionized advertising art, highlighting its impact on visual design.
Queen Mary’s Private Life and Cheerful Dignity
The article recalls Queen Mary's private life showing dignity and humor. It notes her 70th anniversary and describes a housemaid’s surprise at hearing the Queen whistling in a palace corridor. Keir Hardie once praised her cheerful, genuine laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Buckngham Palace
Queen Mary
Whistler
Keir Hardie
Dentist Performs Own Dental Work With Mirror
Toronto dentist Dr. S. M. R. says he can treat his own teeth using a mirror and his own hands. He explains back molars were awkward at first but offers that his self-treatment is cheaper and done as well as any other dentist.
Move Against Cancer Council Seeks Canadian National Society
The Move Against Cancer Council of the Canadian Medical Association launched a drive to form a national society for cancer study and control in Canada, urged compulsory pasteurization of milk nationwide, and voted to align with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons on specialist standards. Funds from the King George V silver jubilee cancer fund support this effort with Dr. Harvey Agnew of Toronto noting trustee support and outreach to Canadian leaders.
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Council of the
Canadian Medical Association
Study and Control of Cancer
Canada
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
King George V. Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund
King George Cancer Fund
Harvey Agnew
Toronto
Practical Sunstroke Advice and Salt Use From Industrial Association
The Industrial Accidents Prevention Association offers tips to ward off sunstroke and heat exhaustion. Advice includes keeping skin clean, wearing light clothing, eating vegetables, avoiding alcohol, not overfatiguing, and a pinch of salt in water. Salt comes from 400 foot Cheshire mines. production exceeds 1,000,000 tons yearly. London’s lord mayor salary rose from 50000 to 75000.
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The
Industrial Accidents Prevention Association
Cheshire
Cat motif pattern for embroidery in wool or silk
A charming embroidery transfer features a cuddly pussy-cat 9 by 12 inches. It includes a color chart and stitches, with easy transfer pattern 5805. Send 20 cents or 20 stamps to the Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern description.
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Miss Puss
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Dominion Proposals For Joint Youth Training Plan With Aid Of Provinces
The national plan aims to place unemployed youth in training or work projects across Western Canada as part of a $1,000,000 parliamentary approval. Provinces are urged to participate. the program includes courses, short learnerships, forest conservation work, and physical training to improve employability and morale.
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Dominion
Canadian Rockies
Canada
Great West
Government of Canada
Rockies
National Parks Bureau
Lands, Parks and Forests
Department of Mines and Resources
Glacier National Park
Selkirk Range
British Columbia
National Employment Commission
Commission
Home Safety Education Highlights Canadian Accident Causes
Dr. L Burnette urged focus on home safety education and psychology of public indifference at the Canadian Public Health Association. Miss Yvonne Baudry outlined 1936 Canadian accidental death patterns by age and sex, noting infant suffocation, burns, drownings, and vehicle risks, with adults facing industrial and traffic hazards and the elderly showing fragility-related deaths.
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L. Burnette
Ottawa
Canadian Public Health Association
Burnette
Yvonne Baudry
Vital Statistics Branch
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Miss Baudry
Time Units and Calendar Concepts Amid Everyday Language
The text explains day year and month as natural units measuring time on earth. It notes basic cycle definitions and then shifts to a joke about a tiny flat and a remark on Hawaii increasing its education appropriations.
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Earth
Hawaii
Cow wins multiple Milk Production honors at Trail BC event
Cow Takes Prize Picken s Patty owned by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co of Canada wins 18th Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Assoc meritorious production gold medal for lifetime milk over 106 000 pounds. It joins the Hundred Thousand Pound Club with 106 422 pounds milk and 4 239 pounds butterfat in six lactations. Average per lactation is 17 736 pounds milk and 706 pounds butterfat. A note on a new Chinese paper mill near Canton mentions Swedish design and Chinese workers.
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Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada
Trail
Association
King George VI to keep and expand late king’s stamp collection
Rumors about the disposition of King George V’s stamp collection are laid to rest as King George VI decides to retain the collection and add to it. The 200 plus albums, containing rare and valuable specimens, are valued at about £500,000. A closing line notes the irony of how evenings affect morning feelings.
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George V
King
George VI
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National Society For Study and Control of Disease
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