Canada Moves to Build National Research Institute
The House adopted a resolution supporting a national research institute for Canada under the Dominion Government. Hon. James Malcolm outlined plans to build the first wing on a ten acre site at the Ottawa experimental farm, with budgets ranging up to 5 million over five to ten years and initial annual administration funding rising to 300 thousand. The talk stressed avoiding duplication, boosting standards, and uniting private and government research with a phased staff build‑up.
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E J. Garland
Uf.a
Bow River
Dominica
James Malcolm
Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
Canada
Dominion
Garland
Bureau of Standards
United States
Great Britain
Malcolm
National Research Council
Research Council
Lord Roberts and the Witty London Club Exchange
A London club scene features Lord Roberts facing a boastful wit who mocks others. Roberts fires back by saying he has seen the wit but not his father, while the wit flounders in the exchange. A brief Sunday School quip by a child and a lone July 4 1894 car note close the fragment.
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Lord Roberts
London
Chinese Drama Still Thrives in Town and Village Stages
A London Times correspondent notes Chinese drama endures across cities and rural areas with traveling companies performing before temples on feast days. Performances resemble slow ballet with formal gestures as orchestras punctuate almost every movement, stars like Mei Lanfang famed for floating, feminine roles.
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London Times
Hollywood President Corrects Wolf Scene In Northwest Film
A film studio story recalls a studio head objecting to a wolf on a stage for a Northwest set. The director argues a wolf fits the woods, while a lion would look odd in the Canadian Rockies. The exchange highlights insistence on realism.
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Hollywood
Northwest
Canadian Rockies
Lorry Bursts Into Flames Among Shells. Driver Killed
A Birmingham to London motor lorry packed with shells exploded and burned for three hours, likened to artillery bombardment. The driver was killed after being flung through the windscreen. four would-be rescuers were badly burned.
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Birmingham
London
Bride Weeps Over Husband’s Funeral Wishes
A newlywed wife laments to her mother that John is stubborn about his death plans He refuses a big church funeral when he dies His remark sparks tears and concern from the family member.
You Should Always Say When You Feel Pain
A reader quotes a reminder that speaking up about pain is essential. The line challenges silent endurance and encourages seeking help or support when hurt.
American machinery leads in South Africa finds
Investigations into South African manufacturers show American machinery dominating production and export trends, highlighting strong U S influence in the region's industrial sector.
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South Africa
Nerve Tests For Airmen At Le Bourget
Pilots undergo semiannual neurological and endurance tests in a Le Bourget laboratory. Seated in rotating chairs they check balance and reaction times, then walk blindfolded and perform a high kick. Altitude simulations up to 36000 feet test physiological limits and note headaches, whistle difficulty, and impaired hearing. The facility claims no crashes due to such exams and suggests road testing motorists might cut accidents.
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le Bourget
Warm feed boosts pig performance in cold at Kentville station
A Nova Scotia experiment split pigs into four equal groups to test feeding methods. Dry meal, cold water slop, and warmed slop were compared. warm feed to Lot 4 produced the best results, while dry meal underperformed. A closing aphorism notes men burying faults, and undertakers would toil.
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Kentville
Nova Scotia
Origins of common vegetables across the world
An article notes how potatoes spread to Britain via Sir Walter Raleigh from Virginia and Ireland, with wreckage spreading tubers to Lancashire. It traces cucumbers from China, tomatoes from Peru, broad beans and peas from Asia Minor, cauliflower from Germany, and onions from Brittany Tripoli and Madeira with Crusader-era introductions.
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Britain
Walter Rainigh
Virginia
Ireland
Erin
Lancashire
China
India
Peru
Mexico
Europe
Asia Minor
Egypt
England
Germany
Greece
Asia
Brittany
Tripoli
Madeira
Pillar of Salt Threatened Over Dead Sea Salt Concession
The Pillar of Salt known as Lot's Wife of the Old Testament is reported endangered as concession holders near the Dead Sea plan to tear it down for salt production. The threatened extinction of the pillar causes dismay in many quarters.
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Lot
Bookkeeper and Office Boy Exchange Salary Jibe
A brief office exchange has the bookkeeper noting lower pay while the office boy asks if they could live on the reduced salary. The line captures office humor about compensation.
Standard Rails Weigh From 120 to 140 Pounds Per Yard
The report notes that standard rails vary in weight from 120 to 140 pounds per yard. This indicates typical rail sizes used in rail infrastructure at the period described.
Banff Crowned Canada’s Youngest Musher at Winter Carnival
Banff showcases Miss Gertrude Steele the youngest western musher driving Jack the horse. The three year old leads the sleigh to the depot and Cave and Basin and runs errands with her loyal steed. spectators cheer the child during the Banff Winter Carnival.
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Banff
Gertrude Steele
Jack
Gertrude
Mother
Canada
Scientific Arctic Survey Planned by Nobile Expedition
General Umberto Nobile proposes a multiweek scientific study of Arctic climates and winds from a base at Spitzbergen. The project aims to observe temperatures magnetic variations and other data to assess polar routes while crew mostly consists of scientists.
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Nobile
Umberto Nobile
Norge
Raoch Amundsen
Lincoln Ellsworth
General Nobile
Spitzbergen
Alaska
North Pole
Germany
Russia
Arctic
Terra Firma
America
Europe
Polar
London Shops Consider Stricter Evening Restrictions
A government committee reports on wartime shop closing rules in England allowing uncooked tripe until 9.30 p.m. but forbidding cooked tripe after all evening hours. It suggests tightening the limits to 8 p.m for both cooked and uncooked tripe and potentially banning sale of apples and apricots after 7 or 8 p.m. to simplify enforcement.
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England
Wild Turkeys Arrive on Vancouver Island From Ohio
Three wild turkeys arrive at Elk Lake farm as part of a BC Game Board effort to establish a colony on Vancouver Island. Major Furber notes the scientific name meleagris gallopavo ferris and that the birds are from Ohio. The plan is to rear them carefully to support future population growth and protect the young.
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Victoria
Major Furber
Vancouver Island
British Columbia Game Board
Game Board
Elk Lake
Ohio
No Speed Limit In This Town Says Uncle Ben
Uncle Ben dozed on the porch of the general store when a battered yellow racer roared up. The rider asked if there was a speed limit. Uncle Ben replied no and warned strangers they mustn’t hurry through town.
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Ben
Uncle Ben
Shakespeare Handwriting Described as Hard to Read
A report notes that Shakespeare’s handwriting was difficult to decipher and appeared un scholarly, challenging readers and collectors attempting to study its texts.
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Shakespeare
Prairie fruit growing eyed as future rule says official
W R Leslie, superintendent at Dominion Experimental Station Morden Manitoba, told a Winnipeg broadcast of the Western Soil Products exhibition that prairie fruit growing could become common. He cited cross breeding results in apples plums and cherries and noted thousands of seedlings already bearing fruit at Morden. Similar successes reported across the prairie despite diverse climates.
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W. R. Leslie
Dominion Experimental Station
Morden
Man
Lestie
Western Soil Products Exhibition
Winnipeg
Leslie
Prairies
Quebec
Ontario
Mr. Leslie
Farm Canadian Way Campaign for Argentine Grain System
Luis Duhua president of the Rural Society of Argentina inaugurated a nation wide drive to adopt the Canadian grain elevator and marketing system. He says adoption is the only way to protect Argentine growers from dealer exploitation as most grain passes through dealer hands before mills or foreign buyers.
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Argentina
Luis Duhua
Rural Society of
Duhua
Canada
Bolshevist claim bans dolls for Russian girls
A Riga despatch to the London Daily Mail cites the Soviet Woman denying dolls to little Russian girls. The newspaper argues dolls promote bourgeois family life and motherhood, and says the Moscow Teachers Union has banned them.
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Riga
London Daily Mail
Moscow ‘Teachers’ Union
Britain Would Welcome Evacuation Plan in Rhineland
Godfrey Locker-Lampson, under secretary of the Foreign Office, told the House of Commons that a general evacuation of the Rhineland would be welcome if carried out before the Versailles Treaty deadline, aligning with allied powers and Germany.
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Great Britain
Germany
Rhineland
Godfrey Locker-Lampson
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Has That Powder To Stop Him From Drinking Home
A curious note from Pages Gales in Yverdon mentions a powder claimed to prevent a husband from drinking. The text says it tastes so nasty he will only accept it with a quarter of brandy, suggesting a rough remedy or quackish tip within a local column.
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Yverdon
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Lord Robert
Elsie
Susie Jones
Moustiqur
Charleroi
MW. U
Mei Lanfang
Mel Lanfang
Nate
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John
Scientific Survey of
B.C
West
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