Tribute to Arctic wireless shown by Wayling
Thomas Wayling praised Canada’s air force and wireless service for linking vast Arctic regions. He spoke at Moose Jaw before the Womens Canadian Club after a cross prairie and Mackenzie River trip for the Canadian Geographical Society. He highlighted planes aiding mercy missions and the north’s potential wealth via air and water routes.
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Arctic Circle
Thomas Wayling
Ottawa
Womens Canadian Club
Moose Jaw
Wayling
the Parliamentary Press Gallery
Prairies
Mackenzie River
Canadian Geographical Society
Wilds
Canada
Arctic
Mackenzie
Boston and Maine Raises Crossing Whistle Distance
Boston and Maine Railroad officials say whistle signals must now be sounded a full quarter mile before all crossings. A study found horse drawn carriages travel far slower than modern autos and trains, creating safety gaps at grade crossings.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine
Some Apple Facts for Buyers and Growers
Apples are versatile, with red varieties favored for dessert and eating while green ones suit cooking. Proper harvest hard-ripe fruit stores well, and quality improves with storage. Use sound tart apples for preserves. no waste with good handling and jelly use. Buyers should select by grade and size under government standards.
Thought For The Pessimist
A reflective piece by Richard S. Bond contrasts scarce optimism with growing prosperity. It notes busy city streets, rising movie attendance, and abundant luxury from silk undergarments to fast cars, urging readers to invest in circulation while anticipating better times just around the corner.
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Richard S. Bond
Not Many New Baby Names Here in Toronto Prize List
A Toronto daily reviews school prize reports to test the claim that few girls now bear old fashioned names. Among 112 girls, Helen led with six instances, Shirley surprised with five, and Mary and Marie followed with four and three respectively. Elizabeth and Jo an appear with four, Catherine with four, and other names show three or two occurrences in this peek at popular girl names.
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Toronto
Helen
Shirley
Mary
Ust
Marie
Margarets
Marjorie
Marguerite
Elizabeths
Bettys
Joan
Pay Day Hits British Workers and Unemployed in New Economy Plan
The new proposals cut unemployment benefits by 10 percent and increase required payments by workers and employers. A single man on the dole drops to 3.66 dollars weekly, a woman to 3.25, with dependents and children receiving reduced rates. married families face lower totals. The piece notes other items: a party gate crasher joke, Currituck NC church buys a new motor bus for Sunday service, and Italy favors American radio gear.
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Britain
Geld Does Not Make Country
Arthur Brisbane remarks on wartime aviation feats by British Lieutenant Stainforth who reached 386 miles per hour. He argues a nation is built by brains and hearts, not gold reserves, and that Britain should not be discouraged by a few million pounds sterling in support of cutting edge aircraft and skilled pilots.
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Arthur Brisbane
United States
Stainforth
Barley Grower Threshed 13 Acres at 75 Bushels per Acre
Big Barley Vield N A Peterson of Hillspring Alberta threshed 13 acres averaging 75 bushels an acre. The land was fertilized and irrigated and part was sown to sugar beets in the last two years. Prolific farm notes and local farming detail appear in this brief item.
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N. A. Peterson
Hillspring
Alberta
Speeding youth in Orillia crashes after horse strike
A young man in Orillia Ontario died after a night crash involving a horse he struck first. The impact threw the horse 20 feet, sent the car into a ditch where it skidded 188 feet, scraped both sides, hit a telegraph pole breaking it and continued 92 feet before the vehicle overturned. Police sought to estimate the impact speed at the moment of horse collision. The report also notes a new street car design with crank-operated windows.
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Orillia
Ontario
Columbus Anchors at Chicago Exhibit Prompt Million Offer Refusal
Two large unlabeled anchors at the Chicago Historical Society attract attention after a Europe dispatch claims one is from Columbus flagship Santa Maria and another from the Trinidad coast. A $1,000,000 offer allegedly was refused.
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Chicago Historical Society
Europe
Haiti
Santa Maria
Alejandro Lienas
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Lienas
Cape Haven
Columbus
Trinidad
Peace River Jim Describes Arctic North Workful Life
Col J K Cornwall known as Peace River Jim says in the Arctic North everyone works money is unused and low mood is not noticed. He notes barter rules, thriving Mackenzie veg crop and abundant meat while furs dip in value. An electric clipper could shear 1500 sheep daily and stock records feel pressure.
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Northwest Territories
Col. J. K. Cornwall
Peace River
Jim
Canada
Arctic Circle
Mackenzie
Stock Exchange
Evolution Debate by Sir Oliver Lodge at Chichester Council
Sir Oliver Lodge challenged science's view that the universe is running down. He argued evolution continues and that energy and matter may interchange, suggesting mind could reverse or restart cosmic processes. He warned against speculative limits of current knowledge and framed the universe as a single, law governed system with enduring life and mind.
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Oliver Lodge
Chichester
Oliver
Dublin Women Police Force Shows Style and Danger
Four Dublin women patrol with the city’s smallest police unit while maintaining fashionable attire funded by the state. They feed informants, pose in disguise to catch crooks, and have been offered bribes totaling thousands of pounds. Mrs O Neill, Mrs Lang, Miss Watters, and Miss Naughton risk death yet remain devoted to duty.
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Dublin
O'Neill
Green mouse show eyed at St Albans amid fancier rivalry
The London and Southern Mouse and Rat Club prepares a 30-variety exhibition in St Albans Hertfordshire. Organiser Mrs Blowers notes North South rivalry fuels breeding as mice are polished nightly with silk and fed special diets. Cats kept out to protect prized specimens.
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St. Albans
Hertfordshire
England
London and Southern Mouse and
Water Levels Of Great Lakes Fall Below Recent Records
September levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River were generally below recent equivalents. The Canadian hydrographic service notes Huron Erie and Ontario likely to dip further in winter unless heavy autumn precipitation occurs. Montreal harbour drainage fell below the September 1860 record, aided slightly by backwater from remedial lakes near Lake St Peter.
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Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Canadian Hydrographic Service
Department of Marine
Huron
Erie
Ontario
Montreal Harbour
Lake
St. Peter
Ontario Tomato Industry Urged to Emulate Orange Growers
A regional writer urges Ontario tomato growers to apply aggressive advertising like California and Florida orange groups. With abundant harvests and low prices, thousands of bushels may rot without a market, and homemade tomato juice is promoted as a healthy, local alternative to imported oranges.
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California
Ontario
Florida
Hungarian Post Office Supplying Dial Telephones for Blind Subscribers
The Hungarian post office will supply special dial telephones for blind subscribers in Budapest. The dials have ten openings 0 to 9 with tactile incisions to distinguish figures. A Braille directory of important phone numbers is issued, with space for extra numbers and addresses in Braille.
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Budapest
Telephone Department
Peat Beds Survey Planned by Dominion Expert in Manitoba
Peat expert Anrep from the Dominion Government will survey Manitoba peat beds to assess use of peat in insulating material. Large quantities of peat exist in Southeastern and Eastern Manitoba for potential industrial use.
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Anrep
Dominion Government
Manitoba
Whirlpools East of Cape Cod Repel Ship Described
A recent description notes a sea whirlpool 150 miles east of Cape Cod so forceful it repels vessels. The report mentions other curiosities from health myths to road plans and coffee stockpiles in Brazil.
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Cape Cod
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