Canada’s air growth seen in growing fleet and harbors
Colonel Pedley predicts Canada will have a thousand airplanes and a thousand pilots next year. National Defence reports rapid gains with 323 airplanes at year start rising to 335, 246 military and commercial use, 44 air harbors, and pilots increasing from 40 to 190. Flying advances imperceptibly yet steadily, shaping communications and mining progress.
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Pedley
Ottawa Flying Club
Canada
Department of National Defence
Tremendous Pressure From New Apparatus
Artificial pressure of 600000 pounds to the square inch, the highest so far, was achieved by Prof. Percy W. Bridgman of Harvard with an apparatus of his own invention. The pressure equates to bottom-of-ocean depths. under it steel tends to spread and paraffin hardens beyond machine steel, while rubber becomes as hard as a die. Mercury froze at room temperature under 200000 pounds.
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Percy W. Bridgman
Harvard University
Reversible Rug Leads To Grim Confession
A policeman interrogates a householder about a rug theft asking for a description. The homeowner recalls a reversible rug with red on one side and green on the other, prompting the officer to press for which side was red.
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Robert
Swedes Embrace Talking Machines In Stockholm
The gramophone grows popular in Stockholm and hurts musical instrument sales. In a large music store, nine of every hundred instruments sold are talking machines. A quip from Pages Gales in Yverdon notes the absurdity of overbuying.
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Stockholm
Apples Against Winter Editorial Echoes 1900s Taste Shift
In an editorial titled Apples Against Winter the New York Herald Tribune laments the decline of the Northern Spy and Greening apples as exotic fruit floods city markets. It recalls childhood cellar memories and notes the Pound Sweet now scarce while strawberries and citrus dominate January fruit displays.
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New York Herald-Tribune
California
New York
Florida
Pillar boxes in England still bear Queen Victoria insignia
A wanderer finds numerous V R pillar boxes in rural England and West London still display Victoria’s cypher decades after her death. The switch to King Edward’s cypher was delayed by the scale of the job, leaving boxes in Piccadilly Grosvenor Place Bond Street and Park Lane as living relics of the past.
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Victoria the
England
Edward
Park Lane
George IV
Hanover Square District
Kept the Cake Incident From Training Camp
A training camp report recalls a night guard hearing a disturbance on the road. The sentry stops a mess sergeant returning to camp with two cakes and then reluctantly allows passage saying Pass, Mr. Sergeant. Halt, cake.
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Sambo
Bare Necessities Rise in Far West Decried by Traveler
A traveller remarks on soaring prices in a desolate Far West region. A native onlooker agrees that life has become expensive and adds that it is not worth drinking when you get it.
Great Change In Heligoland
Heligoland once a German fortress is now a tourist playground in British hands though its language remains German and North Frisian. Visitors explore former fortifications, illuminated grottoes, the ocean laboratory and the North Sea museum as summer visitors from Hamburg and Bremen increase.
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Heligoland
North Sea
Scotsman
Britain
Swinemunde
State Biological Institute
Germany
North Sea Museum
Canada’s Deep Sea Fisheries Vessels and Practices
Canadian fleets use 40 to 100 ton vessels with twelve to twenty men, fishing on Grand Bank Middle Ground and Banque réel. Ships built locally stay out months, crews skilled and seasoned, fish split and dried on shore after return.
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Canada
Grand Bank
Middle Ground
Banquereal
Boundary Commission Established to Mark US Canada Line
The International Boundary between Canada and the United States including Alaska spans 5,500 miles. A treaty signed in Washington on February 24 1925 made permanent demarcation a function of the International Boundary Commission.
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Canada
United States
Alaska
International Boundary Commission
Washington
Polar Flattening Confirmed by Geodetic Observations
Geodesists report the Earth shows a slightly flattened shape at the poles due to rotation. Satellite data and ground surveys map the equatorial bulge and polar flattening, refining models of planetary gravity and shape.
Varieties Of Rhubarb Tested At Ottawa Experimental Farm
Commercial rhubarb varieties Linnaeus Victoria and Early Raspberry were grown for six years at Ottawa in rich sandy soil. Linnaeus yielded 620 pounds 4 ounces, Victoria 405 pounds and Early Raspberry 415 pounds. Other varieties also tested per 1927 Dominion Horticulturist report.
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Ottawa
Victoria
Linnaeus
Dominion Horticultrist
Department of Agriculture
Profitable Turkeys Boost Peace River District Exports
The Beaverlodge Experimental Sub Station report for 1927 shows 60 500 pounds of dressed turkeys shipped from Grande Prairie and Spirit River districts, plus about 9 000 pounds from farther north. No 1 stock over twelve pounds netted about 35.5 cents per pound, lighter stock sold for less.
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Peace River
Beaverlodge
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Grande Prairie
Spirit River
No Noise Allowed In Rental Property Exchange
A brief exchange shows a tenant asserting they are a desirable occupant while the Landlord rejects horn blowing in the building. The dialogue reflects a clash over quiet rules and self-promotion in leasing.
Stirling jokes about new addition to family
Ashley teases Stirling after he says he has another addition to his family since the last meeting. The exchange ends with the reveal: "Son-in-law!" indicating a humorous turn in the conversation.
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Stirling
Ashley
Patient Questions Extra Charge for Chair
A patient asks about a five dollar fee while the dentist explains it covers the cost of squeezing the arms of the chair out of shape.
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Bill
Steam Model Locomotive Heads to London Exhibition
Winnipeg builder John E Wood created a working miniature of a Canadian National Railway giant. The eight foot six inch model, weighing about 275 pounds, mirrors the original 6100 in detail and runs under its own power with a motor in the oak base. Apprentices from Fort Rouge and Transcona shops contributed main frames and other parts. The boiler has tested to 150 psi.
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Canadian National Railways
London
England
National
John E. Wood
Winnipeg
Dili
Fort Rouge
Transcona
The Quiet Holidays of Japan and China on Leisure
A humorous travel sketch contrasts Japanese holiday calm with flower viewing rituals and refined etiquette. It then notes Chinese temperaments, likening their gaiety to work focus and describing holiday parades as pompous displays.
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California
London
Special Banana Trains Move Bananas Warmed for Transit
Bananas from West Indies and Canary Islands are kept warm in insulated double boarding vans on steam heated Banana Specials. Trains run from Hull with grey-covered vans, no passengers, no windows, and no fixed timetable as fruit is steamed along to warm storage at destination.
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West Indies
Canary Islands
Hull
Britain
Garthpool Windjammer to Anchor in Thames for Preservation
The last windjammer of Britain’s nineteenth century fleet, the four masted barque Garthpool, plans to anchor near Blackfriars Bridge in London. If saved from ship breakers she will become a museum or training ship for mercantile cadets, after previously trading between England and Australia.
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Britain
Garthpool
Thames
Blackfriars Bridge
London
Mercantile Marine Cadets
England
Australia
Ship of the Desert designed to cross Sahara
A German engineer designs a gigantic desert liner to supplant the camel in the Sahara. The craft measures 130 feet long 42 feet high and 26 feet wide and is propelled by two 450 horsepower motors driving four wheels. It has four decks and can cover 12 000 miles without stores.
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Germany
Sahara Desert
Cigarette Ash Used as Silver Polish
A curious household tip suggests cigarette ash can shine silverware effectively. The method involves rubbing ash onto tarnished items to restore luster, then wiping clean for a polished finish.
Who Pays For Advertising
An article extracts a parable where a teacher explains that advertising is paid by no single party yet benefits all. The dialogue shows a manufacturer retailer and consumer each gain from increased demand, lower prices, and goodwill, with the star salesman earning his salary from the profits advertising helps generate.
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Hans van Houten
Sleepy Hollow
Vost Katzeneillenbogen
Crane
Brom van Ripper
First Cattle Arrive In North America 1521
The first cattle shipped from Spain landed at Vera Cruz in 1521 and later became the Texas longhorn, a breed now nearly extinct. A quoted exchange reflects a dramatic domestic skit about leaving and dying.
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North America
Spain
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Der Gemutliche Sachse Offered in Leipzig
A brief note from Leipzig mentions the offering of Der Gemutliche Sachse, indicating availability or promotion in the city. The text highlights Leipzig as the locale of the offering without detailing a specific date or venue.
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Leipzig
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