Romans Built Roads Still Used After Twenty Centuries
Ancient Roman roads across Europe remain in use or influence modern layouts. The Appian Way extended from Rome to Brindisi, with construction methods and straight-line planning shaping later trade routes, city growth, and even Napoleon’s tree-lined repurposing.
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Europe
Mediterranean
Forum
Eternal City
Brindisi
Pompey
France
Napoleon
Rome
Paris
Great Wall
England
William the Conqueror
Channel
London
Thames
Chaucer
St. Thomas
Canterbury
New York Times
France finds American women shoes too narrow
A French shoe dealer argues that shoes meant for American women are too narrow for French feet, highlighting a fit issue between styles and local preferences.
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France
Mixed farming urged as sound policy for Canada
Advocates at the Dominion Bank annual meeting urged mixed farming as the only sound policy for Canada. C A Bogart said wheat export gains spurred growth since the war but warned of limits, noting Russia's potential return and rising competition from cheaper foods. He cited world demand tied to population, emphasized growing acreage, and called for diversified farming to balance markets.
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C. A. Bogart
Dominion Bank
Russia
Canada
Saving Ten Million by Shifting an Agricultural Knife
Dr. Ernest Reed of Syracuse University challenges the belief that sugar concentrates in beet hearts. He demonstrates that removing beet tops labeled barren yields access to sugar, claiming a new testing method proves the discarded tops are rich in sugar and could boost national wealth by 10 million dollars.
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Ernest Reed
Syracuse University
Reed
Men's fashion resists change despite doctors urging reform
Old fashion women’s styles change rapidly while men’s attire stays largely the same through the centuries. Fraulein Helene Dihle of Berlin, an authority on the subject, notes physicians have long urged men to reform, yet they cling to tight collars belts and heavy suits.
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Fraulein
Helene Dihle
Berlin
Good News For Potato Lovers
Dieters need not avoid the Irish potato as experts say a potato has similar calories to a banana or bread and about one third the calories of pie or ice cream.
Shipping Bees in Canada Aims to Improve Bee Shipments
The Dominion Apiarist C B Gooderham outlines packaging and handling of bees in a new Department of Agriculture pamphlet. Bee shipments across Canada and from Alabama to Ottawa have succeeded. packages with a queen weigh about two pounds and hold about 10 000 bees. Safeguards are advised to ensure good results.
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Department of Agriculture
C. B. Gooderham
B.S.A
Dominion Apiarist
Canada
Mr. Gooderham
Alabama
Ottawa
Gooderham
Alberta Farm Placements Lead In 1929 Settlements
W R Dick superintendent of land settlement announced at a Calgary meeting that 427 families were settled on 50 803 acres in 1929, the highest in western Canada through the Canada Colonization Association, a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Department of Immigration and Colonization.
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Alberta
Canada Colonization Association
W. R. Dick
Calgary
The
Canadian Pacific
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Bournemouth Considers Trackless Trolley System
Bournemouth England plans to install a trackless trolley network as part of its public transportation modernization. City officials say the plan aims to reduce road congestion and cut emissions while improving urban mobility.
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Bournemouth
England
Scientists Explore Earth's Interior And Plant Advances
The piece notes a Devonshire plant yielding textile fibre, wood pulp, and cattle cake, promising profit though maturing in about eighteen months. It also discusses seismographs revealing Earth's interior, detailing a two-thousand mile thick elastic envelope and a molten-ish core, with blisters or asthenoliths driving continental formation and long, slow geological change.
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Devonshire
Europe
Willis
Dr. Wills
Dr. Willis
Africa
Eurasia
Americas
America
Germinating Asparagus Seeds Findings and Techniques
The article notes asparagus seedlings emerge 2 to 6 weeks after planting. At the Summerland Experimental Station germination improves when weed seeds are removed early and soil temp is 75 to 85 F. Seeds should soak 34 to 42 or 4 days at 86 to 95 F, then dry and plant, spacing seeds to prevent interwoven roots and using radish seeds to mark rows and control weeds.
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Summerland Experimental Station
Department of Agriculture
Gravity Measurements by Dominion Observatory Delicate Pendulum Tests
Measurements of gravity at various locations in Canada are made by the Dominion Observatory Ottawa. The pendulum period is measured to one ten millionth of a second to illuminate crustal structure and geological processes. An English pathologist notes anger raises blood sugar by 10 to 30 percent. The saying warns that the school of experience never ends.
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces Hit 1929 Industrial Output Record
Figures compiled by G. E. Carpenter show Western Manufacturing output reaching 350 million dollars in 1929, a record for the three Prairie Provinces. The Canadian Manufacturers' Association Prairie division notes growth, with membership rising from 50 in 1914 to 600 today.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
G. E. Carpenter
Prairie
Canadian Manufaturers’ Association
Portuguese Women Break Historic Bonds In Lisbon Rise
In Lisbon a growing cohort of professionals emerges with about 30 women physicians two score lawyers two philosophers a dozen poets and several artists and athletes. Hundreds of female graduates join men in professions once closed to women marking a shift in gender roles.
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Lisbon
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Cologne
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Aion
Annebelle Worthington
Winnipeg
Calog
McDermott Ave
Wiaonipeg
Patiere
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C.P.R
CKAC
CKGW
Montreal
Toronto
Alfred Heather
Rex Battle
Symphony Orchestra
Canadian Colonization Association
Diane Chamberlain
Sir Austin
Lady Chamberlain
Worder
Bailey Willis
Leland Stanford University
Geological Society of America
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Gravity
Western Manufacturing
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