West Answers Back on Soil Health and Wheat Futures
Major HG L Strange, director of research for Searle Grain, told Winnipeg's Young Men's Section at the board of trade dinner that there is no soil deterioration in western belts. He urged tariff cuts and cheaper eastern goods. split prairies into fertile, semi arid, and arid belts. He says wheat remains vital and arid lands suit ranching.
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HG L Strange
Searle Grain Company
Young Men’s
Prairies
Captain Palliser
Alberta
Saskatchewan
China
Winnipeg Free Press
Money Well Spent Rockefeller Funds Restorations
Rockefeller financed restoration of Reims Cathedral and other historic sites. The Reims restoration followed 23 years of work and was marked by solemn rites. He supported Gothic, Versailles Louis Quatorze style, and Colonial Williamsburg projects, with additional skyscraper projects in New York.
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Reims
Louvain
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Louis Quatorze
Versailles
Williamsburg
New York
Peiping
The Condor of California and Its Vanishing Range
The article notes the California condor once ranged from the Golden Gate to Vancouver but is now rarely seen north of Monterey. It discusses the species’ decline under civilization, calls for mountain sanctuaries if possible, and contrasts it with the Andean condor with details on diet, size, and hunting habits. It cites the National Association of Audubon Societies and the Federal Department of Agriculture.
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California
Pacific Coast
Golden Gate
Vancouver
Monterey
National Association of Audubon Societies
Federal Department of Agriculture
Chicago Daily News
Study estimates 1.5 million species exist worldwide
The Chicago Daily News reports Organic Diversity from Columbia University Press notes about 1,500,000 species known, with 822,765 animal species, 133,000 flowering plants, and 100,000 lower plants described. The author, Theodosius Dobzhansky, notes many species remain uncatalogued and variations within species exceed these totals.
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Columbia University Press
Theodosius Dobzhansky
California Institute of Technology
Chicago Daily News
Kumalo Survives Wild Ride to Stop Runaway Horses
Kumalo, a Zulu worker in Harrismith district, was dragged nearly 400 yards after a trap with two horses bolted. He stayed on the reins, stopped the team, and then the wheel passed over his chest before he rose and continued on.
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Kumalo
Mr. Meyer
Harrismith
Johannesburg
Army leaders dampen air war hype in wartime view
The highest army officers dismiss aerial warfare as theory claiming planes cannot hold targets clear machine gun nests or snipers, cannot operate in bad weather, and suffer heavy anti aircraft fire. They insist war remains muddy trenches barbed wire and death in shell holes.
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Vancouver Sun
Nose job joke sparks price talk with surgeon
A woman broadcaster asked a beauty surgeon for nose reshaping but balked at the cost of a hundred guineas. The surgeon coolly offered a cheaper punch line suggesting she try walking into a lamp post.
Rattles Through Time At Field Museum Exhibition
Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago houses ancient rattles from Kish dating to 2600 B C. Potter-shaped animals and hollow pebbled vessels show wide use beyond children, with ties to Sargon of Akkad. Other displays include whistles, chariots, bronze Chinese ritual rattles, African magical rattles, and Native American uses.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Kish
Field Museum
Oxford University
Mesopotamia
Sargon
Akkad
Richard A. Martin
Europe
America
India
34th National Business Show Opens in New York Exhibits
The 34th annual National Business Show opened in New York featuring 1 500 exhibitors. Highlights include a typewriter attachment that turns pages automatically and hosiery guards for stenographers desks. Ink wells that only need filling once a year and typewriters that write in reverse were among the curiosities. A reflective line notes a silent earth and a quote on true education about the world functioning without a person.
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New York
Modern salute shows era of loudspeakers at navy yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard honors Major General Frank R. McCoy with a thirteen gun salute not from ships but via a loudspeaker at the gate. The piece notes the shift from traditional gunpowder to modern technology, while praising the idea behind the gesture over its form.
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Frank R. McCoy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Cairo
Mecca
New York Times
Dining car costs force railroads to seek fixes
Washington meeting of nearly fifty dining car superintendents led by John T. Finnegan, PA Railroad, examines rising food costs driving railroads to lose about 10 million dollars annually. With 900 dining cars in daily operation, each passenger adds four miles of travel and seven cents per mile hauling, creating a persistent profit squeeze.
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Washington
John T. Finnegan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Japanese Baseball Fans Rally Behind Umpires
Japanese baseball fans, numbering in the millions, remain loyal to umpires regardless of standout performances or pro careers.
Crochet Set Makes Warm Xmas Gift For Young Misses
Delightful crochet project for a matching set using double crochet and pop corn stitches in white or contrasting colors. Pattern 5958 includes illustrations and material needs, with fold Germantown for a snug finish. Send 26 stamps or coin to Household Arts Dept., Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave E, Winnipeg.
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Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnpeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
House Move Recreates 235-Year-Old Haverhill Home In Pittsford
A 235-year-old colonial house built by John Hutchins in Massachusetts is being moved to Pittsford near Rochester to be reconstructed exactly as it stood. Mitchell Pierson of Rochester bought the house to relocate, reinstalling its four fireplaces, cupboards, winding stairs, and original doorway with wooden pegs. The feature article also notes Canadian and U.S. census figures showing Indigenous populations rising, with education and citizenship reforms expanding self-sufficiency under government policy.
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Haverhill
Mass
George Washington
Pittsford
Rochester
Mitchell Pierson
Suburan Rochester
Boston
John Hutchins
Massachusetts
Mr. Pierson
New England
Willard Tenney
Hutchins
Canada
United States
Indian Affairs Branch
Ottawa
Government Department
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Statstics
Dominion
Northland
Time gun still marks Edinburgh hour since 1861
The Edinburgh time gun, maintained by James Ritchie & Sons, remains a 76 year old signal firing at one o clock daily except Sundays holidays. Originated by Hewat inspired by a sun fired Paris gun, its reliability outlasts sun clock and Greenwich signals though many still heed its bang in the streets.
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Edinburgh
Messrs. James Ritchie & Sons
Hewat
Paris
B.B.C
Greenwich
Edinburgh Scotsman
Canada to Exhibit Pavilion at Glasgow Empire Exhibition
Major J. G. Parmelee deputy minister of trade and commerce says Canada will have a pavilion at the Empire Exhibition in Glasgow next year. The site for the Canadian pavilion has been chosen detailing a 24,000 square foot area. Accompanying on the visit were A. T. Seaman and other officials.
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Canada
Glasgow
J. G. Parmelee
Dominion
Parmelee
A. T. Seaman
Canadian Government Exhibition Commission
Women aviators eyed for future war dispatch role
Lady Drummond Hay arriving in New York for a lecture tour on Personalities of Famous Men says Britain will likely employ women pilots as dispatch carriers and air transports if another war comes. She notes renewed flying licenses reveal full histories. The piece also references a poet’s autumn image and a note about Napoleon’s chef finding work with Crosse & Blackwell.
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Great Britain
Drummond Hay
New York
England
The Greatest Winner of Friends Is a Puppy
The text extols a puppy as the world’s best friend. It describes how a puppy greets you with wagging tail and pure affection. It notes there are no ulterior motives behind the dog’s love, only companionship and loyalty.
Jazz Origin Claimed by American Indian Voices
A Detroit News note suggests jazz was invented by American Indian people, while observing how past practices differ and noting current legality. The piece adds that Buenos Aires will install large mirrors at street corners to aid drivers in spotting oncoming traffic.
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The
Detroit News
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Chilean Mines Ramp Up Silver Output This Year
Chilean mines report a sharp rise in silver production compared with last year driven by higher ore grades and expanded output at major operations.
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Chile
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Tennyson
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Alice Brooks
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Crosse & Blackwell
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