Winnipeg Adults Taught Parent Education to Raise Healthy Children
A Winnipeg health official promotes adult Parent Education courses to teach core child-rearing skills. Prominent Canadians, including judges and doctors, back the idea that parenting education should start early, even before marriage or in high school, with practical, nonfaddish lessons for healthier next generations.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Health League
H. S. Mott
Juvenile Court
Toronto
James L. Hughes
L. A. David
Quebec
William F. Roberts
New Brunswick
J. F. McKinley
Ottawa
Peter Sandiford
Spencer
Longevity Of Lepers Highlighted In Hawaii Report
A Hawaii territorial board of health report to the Governor shows lepers at Kalaupapa with long residence spans. Fifteen have lived 40 to 49 years, thirty 30 to 39, thirty six 20 to 29, and 121 for 10 to 19 years, while leprosy is less common among whites.
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Territorial Board of Health
Hawaii
Kalaupapa
Andersen Returns to Inebriates' Home Drunk
A cartoon shows Andersen returned to an inebriates home sober after being punished for drunkenness, with a warder declaring the punishment and Andersen questioning the expectation. The caption cites Karikatu ren in Oslo.
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Andersen
Karikaturen
Oslo
Revolver abolition urged by American Prison Association
The American Prison Association, with Canadian members, adopted a resolution in Kansas City urging abolition of revolvers except for war needs and backing laws to ban manufacture sale distribution or possession of firearms under 26 inch barrels. The debate weighs crime prevention versus enforcement and permit systems. Toronto hosts the autumn meeting with remarks by W S Hughes on the Canadian penitentiary system.
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American Prison Association
Kansas City
APA
England
Canada
Association
Toronto
W. S. Hughes
Penitentiaries
Ottawa
Words Borrowed From Foreign Tongues in Britain’s Diction
Pearson's Weekly notes a yearly collection of new words entering up to date dictionaries. Many terms from French and Latin appear in common use such as garage from garret, motor from movere, engine from in genium, chassis from chasse, tire from tirer, and gear from earlier meanings of equipment.
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Britain
Pearson's Weekly
France
John
Hiker’s Vancouver to Miami Trek Extends to Three Months
In a terse exchange, a hiker explains the journey from Vancouver to Miami took three months rather than two, noting a ten mile walking detour that slowed progress.
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Vancouver
Miami
The Master of the Boots at a British hotel
A hotel boot department handles thousands of shoes daily under a Master of the Boots. He selects chalks creams and varnishes to match each color and skin. The process starts at ten and runs all night with multiple hand passes before delivery to guests.
Canadian Tribute to General Wolfe Inspires Greenwich Park Statue
The Free Press notes a Canadian gift to London England a statue to General Wolfe to be placed in Greenwich Park. It recalls Wolfe memorials in Ottawa and Westminster Abbey and the popularity of Wolfe among New Englanders and Canadians.
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Greenwich Park
London
England
Ottawa
General Wolfe
Plains of Abraham
Westminster Abbey
Wolfe
New England
Great Britain
Canada
Free Press
First Advertised Ice Cream in New York Gazette 1777
The first ice cream advertisement appeared in the New York Gazette on May 19 1777. It was inserted by Philip Lenzi who styled himself a confectioner from London and claimed the delicacy could be had at his shop almost every day.
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New York Gazette
New England Association of
Dupuis Sets Fast 41 Mile Lap in Dog Sled Derby
Frank Dupuis established a world record by posting a 3 hours 22 minutes 42 seconds time for the first 41 mile lap of the Eastern International Dog Sled Derby at Quebec. On subsequent days Seppala overtook the lead and won, but Dupuis remains unmatched for the opening day speed.
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Frank Dupuis
Quebec
Seppala
Dupuis
New Settlers Open Big Area In Western Canada
Land settlement officials of the Canadian National Railways report 1928 saw about 750000 acres newly broken and prepared for crops in the western territory tributary to the CN lines, up from 500000 acres in 1927. An additional 200000 acres were cleared for breaking for the coming season, with most new land broken by incoming settlers recruited and directed to locations by CNs Colonization Department.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
West
National Lines
Colonization Department of the Railway Company
Advertising Expenditures Highlight Shift in Media
Louis Wiley of the New York Times presents striking figures on ad spending. Radio 25,009,000. outdoor 75,000,000. magazines 177,000,900. direct mail 3,300,000. newspaper space 900,000,000. These numbers illustrate the growing media trend.
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Louis Wiley
New York Times
Times
Kingston’s Early Parking By Law Cited in 1816
Kingston magistrates in 1816 ordered carts and carriages left along street sides in regular order with a five shilling penalty. The ruling also prohibited racing or running horses on the street under the same penalty.
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Kingston
Ontario
Enterprising Vendor Seeks Matches from Kind Lady
A brisk exchange unfolds as a vendor asks for a match and offers to buy several boxes, while a polite resident replies she has none to spare. The brief moment captures a small urban interaction.
Sea Lanes of the Sea Floor a Hidden Treasure House
The article notes that sea floors hold vast deposits from shipwreck and everyday discard. It describes ash and clinker dumps from coal ships and millions of broken crockery, glass, tools, and lost valuables lying among cinders. It wonders what riches might be found if explorers could search beneath the waves.
Cod Liver Oil Reverses Barley Diet Ills in Lethbridge Hens
At Lethbridge Alberta Experimental Station barley fed pullets grew ill and died while corn fed birds stayed healthy. Doctor Fairfield's 1927 report cites vitamin A deficiency from barley. Cod liver oil given daily reversed the sickness and mortality, restoring thrift and production within two weeks.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
W. H. Fairfield
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Coffee Auction: Driver Trades Car For Ten Thousand Cups
A Roverto cafe proprietor admired a motorist’s car and offered to buy it cash down. With banks closed the buyer agreed to payment in coffee cups on demand, ten thousand cups in exchange for the vehicle.
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Roverto
Italy
Emigration Plan Set in Quotation on Land Claim
The dialogue notes a plan to emigrate to Australia and take up land. The idea is to begin modestly with a shovelful a time as a start. The exchange reflects early frontier settling attitudes.
How Sweet The Sugar Ship Model Impresses Empress Fans
The chief confectioner of the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland decorates the ship’s dining saloon buffet with a scale model of the 25 000 ton vessel entirely in sugar. Lights shine through portholes and lights show she is under steam.
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Harry Astley
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Royal York
London
American Hotelman’s Association
New York
Harry
Liverpool
Place Of Wheat In The Diet
Wheat now contributes one fourth of the calories of the American diet. A Food Research Institute study from Stanford notes wheat remains the outstanding staple, mainly for starch. In Europe wheat share varies by region. full benefits hinge on dietary diversification.
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Food Research Institute
Stanford University
California
United States
India
China
Great Britain
Canada
Australasia
Bee Keeping Trial Yields Record Honey at Beaverlodge Station
The Peace River District hosts a bee keeping trial at Beaverlodge Experimental Sub-station. Two pound packages imported from Alabama formed colonies that yielded 108 pounds per colony overall. The top colony produced 226 pounds, with August giving the highest single day harvest of 12.5 pounds from sweet clover.
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Beaverlodge
Peace River District
Alabama
New Cereal Varieties Introduced by Dominion Agriculture
The Cereal Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture has introduced for field trials three years of work two early maturing spring wheat varieties named Jarnet and Reward a heavy yielding field pea Mackay and a strong straw two rowed barley Duckbill Ottawa No 57 for trial in field areas by farmers.
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Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Reward
Mackay
Ottawa
Pebble and Boulder Quip In Witty Exchange
A playful dialogue features a pebble acknowledging life’s role beside a bustling shore and a witty reply suggesting the speaker could rise if they were a boulder. The exchange humorously frames aspiration through a coastal metaphor.
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Parent Education
Fieves
Bered
Western
Australia
Velazquez
Madria
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