Rubber Empire Growth Through Henry Wickham Seeds
Sir Henry Wickham carried rubber seeds from Brazil to Britain in 1876, sparking a global plantation boom. Seeds sprouted in London botanical gardens and spread to Ceylon, India, Borneo and other British territories, turning the UK into a dominant rubber producer with over 76 percent of world supply while South America fell below 10 percent. Dutch interests later funded by Britain fill remaining output.
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Britain
Sir Henry Wickham
Victom
Sleary
Brazil
Hracii
Sir Henry
England
Prazil
Para
Hraszil
Perciesion
Ile
Botanical Garden
London
Ceylon
Borneo
India
South America
R. B. Bataan
New York Evening World
Sleep, Self Control, and Health Amid Political Life
The article cites Dr. Cabot on avoiding overeating alcohol and smoking, and valuing sleep even at social cost. It argues lack of rest hurts vitality and can lead to debt and stress. It then notes a renewed effort in the House of Commons to create a pew room for women members at the grand stair and terrace, enabling social viewing space.
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Hichard
Cabot
House of Commons
Alberta Dairy Output Edges Down As Export Butter Rises
Production of dairy products in Alberta dropped about ten percent for the year, with creamery output down around twelve percent. Prices rose roughly ten percent, while butter exports stood out as a strong feature amid the year’s market shifts.
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Alberta
Chris Marker
The Story of the Potato
The article traces potato origins in Peru and its spread to Europe by the 16th century. It notes resistance to adoption, mentions Parmentier in Paris, later acceptance after the French Revolution, and the Irish peasantry’s dependence on the crop for sustenance and wartime resilience.
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Thomas Carlyle
Peru
Pacific
Europe
Walter Raleigh
England
Virginia
North America
Parmentier
Paris
Emerald Isle
Old World
Germany
Pathfinder
World's Most Celebrated Bear Found With Content Mother Ursus
The famed Ursus Kermodei mother on Princess Royal Island is found content eating berries, ignoring yapping terriers. The white bear, unique to the island, may trace ancestry to polar bears though differs in many traits. The cub from the capture era now rests in Beacon Hill Park Victoria in a protected enclosure.
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Ursus Kermodes
J. N. McPhee
Butedale
Prince Royal Island
Princess Royal Island
Ursus Kermodei
Arctic
Beacon Hill Park
Victoria
McPhee
Great Soldier Afraid Of Cats Lord Roberts Feared Cats
The great soldier Lord Roberts reportedly feared cats. Cosmo Hamilton recalls an incident at a country house where a kitten appeared at dinner, causing him to flee and tremble on the lawn. The tale suggests cats sense fear and may leap to dispel prejudice.
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Lord Roberts
Cosmo Hamiton
Angola
Canada narrows jail population as five jails close
News dispatch reports British Columbia holds about half as many inmates as the year before the war and notes five jails shuttered. Similar trends across provinces suggest Canada is a poor breeding ground for crime.
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News Dispatch
British Columbia
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Dinner in the prisons served in three coarse courses
The excerpt notes prison meals consist of three courses: coarse bread, coarse meat, and coarse vegetables. It reflects the harsh, spartan regime of food in confinement and emphasizes uniformity of rations.
Stronger Canadianism and Confidence in Canada
Senator John Lewis urges a more assertive Canadian spirit to avoid Americanization. He stresses pride in Canadian achievements, independence in judging American ideas, and unity across parties and creeds to face future political challenges. He quotes Longfellow on Ship of State and calls for national effort for Canada.
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Canada
Canadians
Longfellow
John Lewis
Canadian Senate
Thrift Education Should Emphasize Spending and Investing
Thrift is more than saving money. The article argues thrift education should cover spending wisely and investing, not just accumulation. It notes many save patiently yet lose funds through poor investments, urging broader thrift guidance.
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Thrift Magazine
Compulsory Cream Grading Proposed in Ontario Legislature
The Ontario Legislature will introduce compulsory grading of cream sold in the province at this session. Milk sold to cheese factories is already tested, but cream has not been government graded, though creameries and other users have their own gradings.
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Ontario
Quaint Birmingham Matrimonial Ad from 19th Century Paper
A Birmingham tradesman, 30, with good income seeks a wife under 20, preferably 18. He prefers innocence and modesty, rejects Birmingham locals, and hints a fortune is acceptable only if lacking money. Applications via post to Selim at the printer’s.
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Birmingham
Selim
Never Talked Back
A boy known for popularity says his success lies in never talking back. The piece notes talking back to umpire or parents leads to trouble, penalties, and damaged relations, urging calm, measured responses to avoid anger and conflict.
Building site quip hints at rival dig depth
Workmen excavate for a new building when the overseer notes Johnson trails Brown in dirt. The respondent quips that Brown has a bigger hole because he is digging deeper, highlighting workplace rivalry in a humorous exchange.
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Johnson
Brown
Lord Willingdon in Canada on China mission in boxer indemnity era
Lord Willingdon the British statesman travels through Canada with Lady Willingdon on a Rail journey from Montreal to Vancouver and Victoria. They are hosted by the Governor General and local lieutenant governors and are to sail for China on a mission related to the Boxer indemnity. The visit includes Winnipeg and a noted effort to return Quebec’s city escutcheon from Hastings.
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Lord Willingdon
Lord Byng
Canada
Dominion
China
British Foreign Office
Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Lady Willingdon
Lord
Ontario
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Vanco
Uver
Victoria
Orient
C. K. Howard
Canadian National
King George
Hastings
England
Bombay
Madras
Quebec
P. C. Larkin
London
Sleep and Workload Theory Stirs Public Interest
Psychologists report that heavy workers need less sleep than others and claim humans sleep too much. In a test of ninety subjects, eight to ten hours of sleep restored them after eighty hours awake, with exercise aiding wakefulness. After forty-five hours, driving was hard, yet on the third night drowsiness largely disappeared while mental alertness stayed intact.
Delayed Irish Wireless Set Hobbles London Firm
A London firm faced long delays delivering a wireless receiving set to an Irish customer. Ordered last June, the set was customs held, dispatched, damaged on arrival in November, and returned by the recipient. It remains unsettled, believed held by customs or railway authorities across the Irish Sea.
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Ireland
London
Irish Sea
Liverpool Weekly Post
Fingernail Clues Reveal Past Illness For Doctors
A hospital house surgeon may read a patient's fingernails to uncover prior illnesses. Pneumonia can leave transverse ridges on all nails, typhoid fever can thin nails, and rheumatic fever may cause sharp transverse cuts. Even after a broken arm, ridges persist for about eighteen months.
Indians Prove Skill With Tools Enviable By Whites
Clark B. Dickinson head of the government Indian school for girls at Bismarck North Dakota says after ten years in the Indian service that Indians have an innate ability with machinery and tools. He notes Indian boys make excellent automobile mechanics and show proficiency in trades requiring steadiness of hand and precise eye.
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Clark B. Dickinson
Government Indian School For Girls
Bismarck
N.D
Indian Service
Dickinson
Trees and towns mirror civilization in rise and fall
A Manchester Guardian quotation notes the paradox of progress as cities clear forests and later struggle to replace them. The piece highlights repeated cycles from trees to slums and back to trees, urging restraint and thoughtful planning.
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Manithester Guardian
Good Seed Quality and Germination Tests for Farmers
Guidelines from the Dominion Seed Branch discuss defining good seed as pure, weed free, and vigorous. It explains sampling, impurity counting, weed-seed identification, and germination testing using blotting papers and simple pots, with Winnipeg laboratory offers free tests outside peak months and paid tests during February to April.
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Dominion Seed Branch Laboratories
Winnipeg
Fort Wiliam
Alberta Exports Surge in Eggs and Poultry Trade
Over the last year Alberta shipped about 60 000 cases of eggs and 5 000 000 pounds of poultry to Eastern Canada and the British Isles. A few years ago Alberta mainly imported these goods, but provincial campaigns and public interest efforts have reversed the balance.
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Alberta
Canada
British Isles
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Frank Fould
Dominion Seed Branch
West
Brandon
Morden
Indian Head
Scott and Rosthern
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Cate
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