Vacant Spaces Of Canada Offer Permanent Homes
Canada offers opportunities for landless workmen to establish permanent homes. The piece highlights farmers and city dwellers turning to rural life, with vacant spaces enabling ownership of extensive lands. It notes security, reduced expenses, and a sense of ancestral dwelling as motives for settlement. It also discusses nitro culture inoculation for legumes and its proven benefits in increasing yield and soil fertility.
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Canada
Garden
Lominion
Central Experimental Farm
Otttawa
Simple Ice Storage For Summer Use In Homes
A Canadian pamphlet urges simple ice storage to reduce waste in dairy and other foods. It describes a rough 10 by 10 foot enclosure with a roof, free drainage, and a sawdust floor and gaps filled with crushed ice to preserve about fifty pounds daily for 130 days. Instructions cover ice wells and ice house plans for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Newlyweds Quarrel Ended By One Dinner Plan
A newly married couple quarrels over a trivial matter. The husband plans to go to work but returns home to ask his wife what she is cooking. She snaps rats, and he jokes that only one will be cooked since he won't be home for dinner. A separate note mentions bathtubs and coffins taxed as luxuries by Germany.
Ontario Leaves Field in Canadian Apple Output in 1920
Ontario led Canadian apple production in 1920 with 1 621 800 barrels valued at 13 073 765 dollars and an average price of 8 06. Nova Scotia followed with 1 160 600 barrels worth 16 931 420 dollars at 9 42. British Columbia ranked third with 504 540 barrels at 10 12 averaging 5 106 905 dollars.
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Ontario
Canada
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Quebec
New Brunswick
Responsibility and Leadership Sayings by Philip D Armour
The remark attributes responsibility to the individual, noting a successful executive or foreman must assume duty without waiting for orders. It emphasizes that hesitation to act on one’s own judgment prevents true leadership.
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Philip D. Armour
Listowel Benner
Shah to Tour Europe for Health Reasons
The Shah of Persia will undertake a six month tour of Europe for health reasons. He leaves Hussein Ali Mirza as regent while the heir presumptive Mohammed Hassan Mirza remains in Persia. A two percent carbon monoxide level in air can cause unconsciousness.
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Persia
Europe
Teheran
Hussein Ali Mirza
Mohammed Hassan Mirza
Marvelous Escape On Alpine Slope Ends in Tragedy
German expert skier Professor Schork and a companion ascended Mount Sulzkoel in Tyrol when an avalanche struck. The professor was buried while the friend rode the avalanche and escaped, though he fell 1,400 feet. After three days of searching with guides, the party had to give up. The Swiss Alpine Club warns skiers that snow bridges in the Alps are treacherous after drought and heavy melt. Much snow covers Alpine resorts.
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Professor Schork
Sulzkoel
Tyrol
Swiss Alpine Club
Alps
Saskatchewan Wins Inter-University Debate Championship
The University of Saskatchewan defeats Manitoba and Alberta to claim the prairie inter-university debating title. In Saskatoon Graham Spry and Henry Grant for Manitoba face C. W. McCool and Marion Massey for Saskatchewan who argued for appointing a Canadian ambassador to the United States. Judges included Mr. Justice MacLean and Dr. John A. Valens.
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Saskatoon
Edmonton
University of Saskatchewan
Prairie
Graham Spry
Henry Grant
University of Manitoba
C. W. McCool
Marion Massey
Canada
United States
Justice MacLean
John A. Valens
W. McPherson
J. B. Cleveland
Gerald Willoughby
A Modern Fable About Work and Waste
A wise hen scolds a young white leghorn, urging less daily laying to create more jobs for hens. She cites incubators and brooders reducing employment. The farmer's boy and mother interrupt, planning to kill the elder. Moral: Mother Nature uses our excess as fertilizer in a vast chemical lab.
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Jess
Buffalo Commercial
Submarine limits praised as broader ban
The Providence Journal lauds the Washington Conference amendment to forbid improper use of submarines, whether many or few, calling it an achievement surpassing the original aim of simply limiting numbers. The piece contrasts the broadened prohibition with the earlier plan and notes its significance.
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Providence Journal
German War Criminal Escapes From Nuremburg Prison
Ludwig and Dittmar, recently sentenced by the Leipzig supreme court to four years for sinking the hospital ship Llandover Castle, have escaped from Nuremberg prison. A reward of 50,000 marks is posted for their recapture.
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Ludwig, Dittmar
Leipsic Supreme Court
Llandover Castle
Nuremburg
Heligoland to be Returned to Germany After Demolition
The Inter Allied Commission reports major demolition of Heligoland is complete and control will be withdrawn by October 1. Remaining works will be done by Germany under quarterly inspections until the Peace Treaty is fully observed. The island will be fully German again, though fortification remains prohibited.
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Heligoland
North Sea
Inter-Allied Commission
Germany
German Marine Service
Supreme Council
Commission
Strange Aeroplane Fatality Stuns Amsterdam Flight
A man traveling from Amsterdam to Brussels by traction engine aeroplane sat in the pilot seat when a gust lifted the craft 60 feet. It crashed onto a road pinning him beneath the machine and he died instantly.
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Amsterdam
Brussels
Your Grace and Patronage Talk in Old Times
A Louisville Courier Journal quip contrasts prevention and cure with equal appeal. A druggist explains he advertises both options so customers decide. The piece notes archbishops and dukes were addressed as Your Grace due to historic power to grant favors or graces.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Grain Yields Of The Prairie Provinces Show Possibilities Of The West
The article reports Canada's western grain growth with 1921 yields for Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Wheat output rose to 308 925 000 bushels from 234 138 300 a 32 percent rise. Barley and rye also climbed as western farming expands northward and strengthens global supply.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Canadian
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lake Superior
Rocky Mountains
Prairie
Potash From Dust Heap Changes War Chemistry
During the war chemist Kenneth M. Chance developed a method to extract potash from blast furnace dust once discarded as refuse. He later found a chlorine process that boosted permanganate potash output by fifty percent, reducing dependence on foreign suppliers.
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Kenneth M. Chance
Germany
Newsboy Showed Fine Academic Promise
Two Calgary boys David Pasternack and Allen Winspear, in their first year at Queen's University Kingston, excelled in Christmas examinations. Winspear was first in Latin and Greek and second in chemistry, Pasternack topped English and several other subjects. Pasternack, long known as a Calgary newsboy, lost a leg as a child but saved money selling papers to finish high school and attend university.
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Calgary
David Pasteryack
Allen Winspear
Queen’s University
Kingston
Winspear
Pasternack
Himo
Sub rosa meaning silent in confidence
The phrase sub rosa from Latin literally means under the rose and signifies secrecy. Historically roses symbolized silence, and the expression entered common usage to denote confidential matters.
Local merchants urged to patronize for community growth
A call to support neighborhood businesses to strengthen the town and its economy. The message emphasizes shared benefits from buying locally and keeping commerce in the community.
Gold Production In Canada In 1921 Crowned By Ontario Output
The Federal Government estimates Canada’s 1921 gold production at 875,088 fine ounces worth $18,039,674, up from 756,007 ounces worth $15,814,098 in 1920. Ontario alone supplied over 75 percent of national output.
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Canada
Ontario
Dominion
Family moment as infant meets rich relative
The infant Willie is urged by his mother to greet Uncle John with a kiss and then wash his face, illustrating a domestic scene of surprise upon a sudden wealth in the family.
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Willie
John
Farce supply tempts mouse despite sufficient meal
A fleeting risk drives a mouse to nibble at a farce supply even when a meal is ample, illustrating eagerness to test deceptive provisions.
Science Prolongs Life of Insects
Scientist M. Louis Destouches reports that alternating daily temperatures extend insect lifespans five to six times. Butterflies kept between warm blood-heat and just above freezing live about 35 days, lay more eggs, and seem healthier. The method involves daily temperature shifts. question remains if humans could be similarly prolonged.
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M. Louis Destouches
Two New Provincial Parks Announced in British Columbia
The Provincial Government, led by Minister of Lands Hon. T. D. Pattullo, announced creation of two parks. Mount Assiniboine Park will be near Banff, and Kewanees Park located at the head of the Kootenay and Slocan Lakes.
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T. D. Pattullo
Mount Assiniboine Park
Banff
Kewanees Park
Kootenay
Slocan Lakes
Her Choice in a Louisville Dawn Exchange
An exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal portrays a bride and groom discuss married life and simple courtesies at breakfast. The pair quibble over serenely small acts like bringing violets and avoiding morning grouches in a domestic moment.
Melancholy and Biliary Causes Examined
A brief note suggests melancholy can arise from biliary issues. The statement links mood with digestive concerns, implying a medical basis for sadness.
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