History of Quinine A Global Transit and Price Collapse
The article traces quinine from its Peruvian origins to global exploitation. It notes near prohibitive prices, a pivotal British civil servant, and a series of transplantation efforts led by Clements Markham and Spruce. Plantations at Kew and in India cut costs, with price falls by 1888 and total expedition costs around 34 500.
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Peru
East
Diescet
la Condamine
Amazon
Jussieu
Clements Markham
India Office
Spruce
Markham
Grownn
Kew
Neilgherry Hills
India
When Cleanliness Was Next To Impossible
A historic school catalogue from St. Cyr describes 200 year old conditions for nobles. Pupils were entitled to one underwear set one stocking pair and two handkerchiefs per month. One towel per week one foot bath per month and three baths a year were allowed. Bathing occurred in May June and July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cyr
Bell Ringing Is An Art By Francis Fraser At Eltham Church
Francis Fraser marked his sixty second year as bellringer at the Eltham parish church in England. At eight years old he plans to continue ringing for many years, noting that an Oxford Triple Bob Major requires two hours and forty minutes of continuous ringing with 5040 changes and no two changes alike. Bell ringing, he says, is an art not a job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Fraser
Eltham
England
Canadian Grown Tobacco Expands Across Provinces
Historical notes describe Canada’s shift from small plots to large scale farming by 1930 with Ontario leading growth. Tobacco acreage rose from 11.9k acres in 1900 to over 40k, production from 11.3 million pounds to about 35.6 million. Ontario supplied 75 percent in 1900, with Quebec and limited British Columbia cultivation. Canadian leaf highly valued, used for cigars and cigarettes, exporting to the British Isles and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
British Isles
Mark
Switzerland
Spain
Malta
China
Belong To Exclusive Family Exactly who are the Fitches
A curious zoological anecdote recalls a family of four footed furry immigrants named Fitch arriving in Edmonton from Germany via Canadian National Express and delivered to a Canadian silver badger farm. Authorities consulted. the tale treads rumors of a German name and European polecat lineage, though no Fitch is listed in animaldom’s social register. The European polecat is an exclusive family not found in the new world, separating it from plebeian Canadian polecats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Germany
Canadian National Express
V. A. Latta
Fitch
New World
Maintaining Fertility Of Sod Through Crop Rotation
Dominion Department of Agriculture experts urge crop rotation as the most effective, costless method to preserve soil fertility and boost farm yields. Rotations help control weeds, pests, and diseases while balancing labor across seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
King George V Sheep Arrive for Vancouver Island Flockmasters
King George V sheep from Sandringham England and from the Lord Harlech flocks in Oswestry and other British farms have arrived at Victoria for the Vancouver Island Flockmasters Association. If the imports prove successful for breeding, additional flocks will be purchased from British breeders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King George V
Sandringham
England
Lord Harlech
Oswestry
British Isles
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Fertilizer yields rise on Saskatchewan experimental plots
Experimental plots near Unity Sask show average yield gains of about ten bushels per acre from fertilizer use. Sewell Bros. plots reached fifty bushels, and R R Knowles yielded forty-two with superphosphates and forty-four with ammonium phosphate, compared with thirty-three bushels average on his farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity
Sask
Sewell Bros
R. R. Knowles
Scientists Probe Heat Depth Beneath Yellowstone Geysers
Researchers study Yellowstone National Park geysers to determine how deep heat sources lie beneath the surface. The effort aims to map geothermal conditions driving spring activity and assess volcanic and hydrothermal processes in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Eggs Millions Of Years Old
Princeton University announced the discovery of dinosaur eggs near Red Ledde Montana and a small mammal tooth suggesting mammals may have contributed to dinosaur extinction. The Montana eggs, black in color, are dated to about 75 million years ago, with Mongolian eggs previously dated around 95 million years.
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Princeton University
Red Ledde
Montana
Glenn L. Jepsen
Scott Fund
Mongolia
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Jepsen
Upper Lance
Squirrel steals golf balls at Crestmont Country Club
A caddy followed a wandering squirrel at Crestmont West Orange NJ and found a hollow tree stump containing seventy five golf balls. Investigating, the caddy concluded the squirrel mistook balls for nuts and cached them for winter. Also notes a traveler quip about timetables and an international native animals exhibit in Leipsic where British Columbia won first prize.
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Crestmont Country Club
West Orange, N.J
Leipsic
British Columbia
Creed For Hunters From Alberta Game Commissioner
Alberta Game Commissioner issues a hunting creed urging hunter responsibility on farmers land borders and livestock. It emphasizes permission from landowners, careful entry, fire safety, respect for life, lawful conduct, and conservation. The article notes Canada offers rich hunting and 20 National Parks covering 13 816 square miles with rail and road access.
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Canada
Alberta
Dominion
Education Of the Future predicts living by learning to live
Dr William John Cooper federal education commissioner envisions a century hence students remaining in school to grow into responsible citizens. He foresees higher living standards, machinery replacing hand work, government led by specially trained professionals, and intelligence guiding public issues, replacing emotion. He notes free schools were absent a century ago.
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William John Cooper
United States
Edu
Cooper
Dr. Cooper
Names of Canadian Rivers Back River tribute dates
Names of Canadian rivers adopt Back River as the modern name for Great Fish River. The change honors Admiral Sir George Back, who led an Arctic expedition to the river in 1833 to 1835. Pelly Lake is named by Back in 1834 for Sir John Henry Pelly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company for thirty years.
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Back River
Great Fish River
Sir George Back
Pelly
Aberdeen Man Visits Canada Gives Hands Response
An Aberdonian visiting Canada reports a Canadian who, after asking his origin, asks for both hands. The Canadian recalls a prior Aberdeen native who pinched his watch, implying a cautionary tale about trust and place of origin.
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Aberdonian
Canada
Aberdeen
Seasonal decline as doorway to renewal and growth
The piece argues that autumnal gloom and the year’s decline are only a perspective. Death is not final, sap renews in winter quarters, and winter leads to spring. Progress comes through renewal, not stagnation, a broader view turning falls into impetus for higher development.
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London Times
Reindeer Herd To Resume Eastward March in 1931
By October end a 3000 head reindeer herd purchased by Canada from an American firm in Alaska in 1929 will resume its 1000 mile trip from Napaktoolek to Kittagazuit. The herd halted at Hunt River for summer and is due to reach its northern outpost in spring 1931 to provide food and clothing for Eskimos in the Mackenzie delta region.
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Alaska
Kittagazuit
Mackenzie River
North West Territories
Canada
Napaktoolek
Hunt River
Yukon
Mackenzie Delta
Cure vs Prevention in Tuberculosis Uplift Plan
Dr John W Ss McCullough argues prevention halts tuberculosis before it starts with tuberculin testing in children, open-air living, and better nutrition. He notes occurrences since 1907 in England and urges universal pasteurization and public education to curb the germ disease.
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John W. Ss. McCullough
D.H
Chatelaine Magazine
England
Bracken Announces Manitoba Debt Adjustment Bureau
Premier John Bracken reveals plans for a debt adjustment bureau to aid financially embarrassed farmers in Manitoba. He says bureau personnel will be announced later and legislation to strengthen its work will be introduced next session. United Farmers of Manitoba present resolutions for establishment and other relief. financial institutions at the conference offered no objections.
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Manitoba
John Bracken
United Farmers of Manitoba
Biscuit Plant Planned for Winnipeg by Christie Brown
Christie Brown and Company plan a $750 000 biscuit manufacturing plant in Winnipeg with work to start as soon as practical and operations expected within nine months. Austin J. Bordley, sales manager, announced the project and stated arrangements are in place. The item includes a vivid inside moment about a sergeant-major’s orderly and a verbal message slipped under the door.
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Winnipeg
Christie, Brown and Company
Austin J. Bordley
S.-M
U S Photo Industry Uses Over 150 Tons of Silver Yearly
The article notes that the photographic sector in the United States consumes more than 150 tons of silver annually, highlighting the material's crucial role in film production and developing processes.
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United States
Alberta Canners Preserve Seasonal Harvests In Western Canada
Edmonton plants canned seventy carloads of tomatoes and two carloads of pumpkins from Kamloops and Ashcroft districts in British Columbia. Local supplies include spinach beets and peas grown in southern Alberta irrigation districts and processed at a Medicine Hat plant.
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Edmonton
Kamloops
Ashcroft
British Columbia
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Government inspection of poultry expands nationwide
Practically all poultry from Prince Edward Island Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta is sold under government certificate of inspection issued by the Department of Agriculture. Inspection work is gradually extending to Ontario British Columbia New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Ontario
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
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Mede
Efort
Gales
Yverdon
Fitches
Europe
Dominion Field Husbandry
King George's Sheep
America
Porter
Education of
Scilly Island
Tresco Beach
Cornwall
Columbia
Errol Boyd
Harry Conner
Northland
T. B
Object of
Canadian Poultry
Medere Fashions
Il Travaso
Rome
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