Typhoid Mary and the Carrier Menace
A detailed examination of Typhoid Mary Mary Mallon and the broader threat of asymptomatic carriers. The piece traces Dr George A Soper s investigation into outbreaks linked to a cook, the girls refusal to cooperate and the subsequent public health actions. It notes carriers exist worldwide including Canada and England and urges sanitation and careful hiring practices. It emphasizes hand washing and kitchen cleanliness as defenses.
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Mary
Mary Mallon
George A. Soper
Oyster Bay
Soper
North Brother Islands
New York
Canada
England
Mary Mahon
Canadian Herds Clean Up Tuberculosis Across Provinces
Canada has advanced TB eradication in cattle since 15 years ago when Ottawa began testing. The Health of Animals Branch outlines two main plans the Accredited Herd and the Restricted Area. By Oct 8, one million four hundred sixty nine thousand six hundred seventy nine cattle had tuberculin tested.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Minister of Agriculture
Department of Tuberculosis Eradication
New Water Heater For Chicken Troughs Invented In Regina
An improved water heater for chicken troughs by B. Moscovitch of Regina uses a conical center section to heat water from the top down. It operates with electricity gas oil or charcoal lamps and keeps water from freezing though not hot, with patents applied for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
B. Moscovitch
Regina
It Is Sometimes a Pity That a Bookish Man Talks
A sharp remark on a man who speaks as if he were a book and cannot be silenced like a page. The quip suggests frustration with verbose rhetoric and entrenched speaking styles.
Canadian hog grading improves pork quality nationwide
The 1928 report from Ottawa shows Canada’s select hogs rising from 11.97 to 16.88 percent since 1923 with Alberta Manitoba and Ontario leading gains. Grading policy aims to align carcass value with market classes and is endorsed by producers packers and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Department of Agriculture
A Safe Dairy Investment Despite Talk Of Synthetic Milk
Babson and Ford have long foretold synthetic milk, but history shows no real substitute yet. Hoover warns the white race relies on cows, yet practical dairy farming remains a strong, safe investment as production and consumption double.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson
Henry Ford
Motor King
Ford Hospital
Detroit
Herbert Hoover
Nitrogen Mystery and Dormitory Demand
A professor quizzes a student about nitrogen in Ireland with a textbook claim that nitrogen is not found free. Mr Beard seeks clothing for the dormitory while a salesgirl questions dormitory size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Free State
Beard
Travelling Passenger Agent Appointed for CN Railways
Mr. Webster named Travelling Passenger Agent for Canadian National Railways at Saskatoon. He previously served in Winnipeg ticket office and four summers as Jasper Park Lodge ticket clerk. He succeeds F. N. McKenzie, now City Ticket Agent at Portland Cre.
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Canadian National Railways
Saskatoon
Webster
Canadian National
Winnipeg
Jasper Park Lodge
F. N. McKenzie
Portland
Cre
Grading boosts Canadian food exports to Empire and beyond
Dr. J. H. Grisdale deputy minister of agriculture told a radio audience that good market grading of Canadian food products has raised demand across the British Empire and foreign countries. He cited cheese price gains since grading started, noting Canadian cheese now commands the highest price in Britain, two cents above New Zealand cheese. He outlined broader gains for Dominion products on world markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Empire
J. H. Grisdale
Ottawa
Grisdale
Professional Institute of the Civil Service of Canada
England
New Zealand
Dominion
Phones For Blind In Paris With Braille Service
Paris completes installation of specialized telephones for blind subscribers using Braille. The system benefits veterans in hospitals and blinded soldiers at home. A doctor advises stopping smoking and drinking and maintaining regular sleep, prompting a patient to ask for more guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Earthquake menace argues fewer big shocks likely
Dr J H L Johnstone of Dalhousie University in Halifax says the odds of another quake as severe as last year are much reduced and calls for preparedness through sturdier buildings. He notes Japan and California have tested quake resistant designs and urges continued study to predict threats and reduce danger. He cites 60 major shocks that shake the globe and about 5000 movements yearly, with the November 18 event linked to a sea bed drop in the St Lawrence Gulf.
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Halifax
J. H. L. Johnstone
Dalhousie University
New England
Johnstone
Atlantic
Japan
California
St. Lawrence Gulf
Oddities In Etiquette In Scandinavia And Denmark
The piece notes Scandinavian and Danish etiquette quirks. It contrasts Sweden's formal address with Denmark's looser style where hosts greet guests after meals. Dialogues include Mrs De Smyth and Mrs De Browne discussing theatre, chocolates, and a cemetery joke about burial.
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Scandinavia
Sweden
Wirseen
Olsson
Denmark
Mrs. de Smyth
Mrs. de Browne
Belief Drivers Win Right of Way by Arrival
A long standing traffic belief divides drivers as many insist the first arriver has priority. The perspective shows a pattern of misunderstandings about yielding rules and road courtesy among motorists.
Expanding frontiers of the Arctic and beyond
The New York Herald Tribune argues that lands once deemed wastelands may become hubs of future prosperity. It cites the Sahara, Brazilian jungles, Canada’s Hudson Bay rail line, and the Antarctic coal discoveries as signs of vast, untapped potential, with Arctic exploration expanding commercially and scientifically.
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Sahara
Atlantic
Pacific
Brazil
Canada
Europe
American
Arctic
Alaska
Hudson Bay
Antarctic
Spitzbergen
Byrd
Siberia
John Muir
Wrangell Island
Stefansson
Eielson
Geographical Review
Lena
New York Herald-Tribune
Scratch Grain For Hens And Feeding Timing
Scratch grain amounts vary by season with hens needing more energy in winter. Feed an hour before roosting to allow cleanup before dark. avoid morning grain to prevent early digestion and mash intake. May God bless a long, happy, and prosper ous life inscribed on a grain of rice sent from Delhi museum to an English official.
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Delhi Museum
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Travaso
Rome
T. S. Webster
Britain
West Indies
Lady Willingdon
British West Indies
Lord Willingdon
Lady Drake
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Jamaica
World Sit
Tommy
Abraham Lincoln
Germany
Smith
Lustige Blatter
Berlin
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