Edison wealth tally marks half century of invention
A retrospective notes Thomas A Edison earned 100600 from a Western Union sale in installments and by 1928 held 1328 patents. It credits him with adding about 30 million a year to national wealth through telegraph, moving pictures, radio, electric lighting and railways, highlighting 1880 electric line and 1881 Pearl Street central station. The era culminated in a 1929 Edison Jubilee Year celebration of the filament lamp.
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M Edison
The
Western Union
Telegraph
Pioneer Electric
Sunbury
Central Station
United States
Edison
Pearl Street
New
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
North America
Hygiene advances shrink fleas says Dr. Lloyd
Dr. Lt. Lloyd of Leeds told the British Association in London that improved domestic hygiene reduces fleas. He cited less common human fleas now and attributed declines to fewer hangings, linoleum replacing carpet, and vacuum cleaners replacing sweeping. A joke from Lustige Blatter is included about a woman named Anna.
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Lt. Lloyd
Leeds
British Association
London
Big Douglas Fir Tracts Bought On Vancouver Island
Frank J. Db. Barnjum purchases more virgin growth forest from Forest Engineer R W. Hibberson in Vancouver Island’s Sahdam district. The tracts hold some of the Pacific Coast’s largest Douglas firs, up to twelve feet in diameter and three hundred feet tall, nine hundred years old. He condemns current clearcutting around Cameron Lake and vows to stop further loss by immediate acquisition, calling the destruction akin to vandalism and pyramids.
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Frank J. Db. Barnjum
R W. Hibberson
Victora
Sahdam
Vancouver Island
Barnjem
Pacific Coast
Barnjum
Cameron Lake
Coch
An Lake
Pyramids
Egypt
Victoria
B.C
Red Clover Seed Surplus Reported For 1931 Crop
Dominion Seed Branch reports a substantial 1931 red clover seed surplus in Canada with production likely between four and five million pounds versus a three million pound annual consumption. Prices have been high in past years but large domestic output and weak export markets suggest cheaper seed next spring, potentially using nearly all of the 1931 crop domestically.
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Dominion Seed
Canada
Animals and Audiences in Antwerp Zoo Odd Tale
Brussels dispatch notes Antwerp Zoo will not perform without an audience. A bear freed with whisky and a trainer’s sleep fled into the North Woods. Guides hunted the bear all day, but he later performed his tricks alone for food in a clearing.
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Brussels
Antwerp
North
Paul Smith
Postal Puzzles Delivering a Letter in Chatham
A letter with only a map address reached its destination in Chatham. Post offices face puzzling addresses both designed and accidental. One letter noted as Mass. was correctly interpreted as John Underwood Andover Mass.
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Chatham
Mass
John Underwood
Andover, Mass
Agnes MacPhail Defies US Condescension in Illinois Speech
MP Agnes MacPhail tells an Illinois audience that Canada will not endure condescension from the United States. She notes a woman can say plainly what many men fear to express, and she asserts Canadians will resist any offense.
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Agnes MacPhail
Illinois
Canada
United States
Saskatchewan Prefers Caragana Shelter Belts Across Farms
Saskatchewan officials promote caragana planting to conserve moisture and curb soil drift. The Dominion Government collects seed at Experimental Farms. fifty to sixty tons have been bought as farmers bring in sacks of seed. Distribution to farmers follows with two pound lots, and sixty acres are set for planting at Institutional Farms this fall and next spring. Critics warn hedges may harm arable land and invite pests, but plantings are expected to rise significantly as cross hedging tests begin at Institutional Farms.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion
Sic
Bryant
Sleep Movements in Deep Sleep Revealed by Mellon Institute
Experiments by Dr. H M Johnson show adults change position about once every seven to eight minutes during deep sleep. A sleeper uses roughly a dozen positions and may change twenty to sixty times per night to balance comfort and irritation while the brain stays alert enough to block conscious discomfort.
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Mellon Institute For Industrial Research
H. M. Johnson
Manitoba fur farms see capital investment surge in 1929
Manitoba fur farming shows rapid capital growth, with investments rising from 1,454,055 in 1928 to 3,039,206 in 1929. The province ranks fourth in capital employed after Quebec, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island.
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Manitoba
Quebec
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Butter Production Surges Across Canadian Provinces
The Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch reports eight month butter output in Canada rising 15.1 percent year over year to increase 29,289,600 pounds. Ontario creamery butter up 20.63 percent in August 1931 and 16.45 percent for the eight months. Manitoba fat received at creameries up 32.8 percent in September 1931. Saskatchewan butter production up 39.5 percent in 1931 versus last year. Alberta fat receipts rise 13.9 percent in September 1931 and 30.1 percent for the first nine months of 1931.
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Dominion Dairy and Cold Storage Branch
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Water and wine save Rothenburg siege victims
In 1631 Rothenburg on the Tauber endured a siege by General Hilley. Mayor Emeritus Nuseh drank a 13 quart goblet of wine to spare the town's people from slaughter, a act remembered as heroic while troops were repelled with boiling water and rocks.
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Rothenburg-on-the-Tauber
Germany
Nuseh
Rothenburg
Hilley
Nitsc
Empire Trade Policy Drives First BC Apple Shipment
The purchasing department of the London County Council under its Empire Trade Policy arranged a direct shipment of 4,480 pounds of dehydrated apples from British Columbia to a famous English corporation in London. The move aims to expand future BC foodstuff orders and signals interest in BC lumber for London housing needs.
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London County Council
British Columbia
Canada Sends Wildlife Gift Back From Toronto Zoo
Canada replies to Australia by shipping two kangaroos to Toronto and Montreal, along with two raccoons and two black bear cubs. Raccoons head to Melbourne while bear cubs travel to Sydney for transport to the sister Dominion.
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Australia
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Dominion
Melbourne
Sydney
Gandhi’s London Start Questioned by Kaiser Parallel
The report notes Gandhi’s belief that God would use him as an instrument for humanity, while suggesting the Kaiser similarly felt compelled by a higher purpose, though both may have erred.
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London
Gandhi
Kaiser
Nelson BC First Aid Team Wins Western Lines Shield
The Nelson British Columbia first aid team of Canadian Pacific Railway employees won the Western Lines First Aid Shield at Regina beating teams from Winnipeg Moose Jaw and Calgary. Captain F Blakeman received the shield from J M MacArthur divisional superintendent CPR Regina. Dr J A Bidfell Winnipeg judged. This is Nelsons second win, previously taking the shield in 1929 when the event was held at Regina. Calgary won in 1913 and Winnipeg teams won all years since 1911 other than Nelsons 1929 victory.
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Nelson
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Lines
Regina
Winnipeg
Moose Jaw
Calgary
F. Blakeman
J. M. MacArthur
J. A. Bidfell
Praises Canadian Banking System by Hon. Newton W Rowell
Hon. Newton W. Rowell of Toronto told Winnipeg Board of Trade's young men section that Canada's banking system has saved the Dominion from the worst low mood known in a century. He said the system kept things going while small U.S. banks failed and argued that relief depends on revision of reparations payments.
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Newton W. Rowell
Toronto
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Canada
Dominion
United States
Rewell
Teaching Aviation By Radio At Brooklands Aerodrome
Instruction to solo flying students uses ground to air radio at Brooklands Britain s oldest civil aerodrome. A two mile circling transmitting cable feeds a light wireless set for instructors to cue students on banking nose attitude and recovery. Students wear helmet earphones for feedback.
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Brooklands
Britain
Northern Huskies Headed to American Zoos This Month
The Northern Huskies, a mix of dog and wolf, will be sent to Cleveland’s zoological park as part of a broader display of North American animals. This move follows inquiries from The Pas and reflects careful selection to ensure quality specimens. The husky interest traces back to early east coast dog races.
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Pas
Cleveland
Ohio
Zoological Park
North America
East
Geographical Oddities Highlight NSGS Curiosities
The National Geographic Society lists surprising geography quirks. Reno is 100 miles farther west than Los Angeles, Jacksonville lies west of Cleveland, detours from Detroit reach Canada, Panama bends cause sunrises and sunsets on opposite oceans, and New York appears west of Africa’s Pacific reach through Chile.
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National Geographical Society
Reno
Nevada
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Florida
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Canada
Panama
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
Africa
Chile
Dinner Invitation From Colonel’s Wife to Captain Leonard
The Colonel and Mrs. Moore invite Captain Leonard to dinner on May 25. The reply signs that six men are on leave and two on the sick list, but Captain Leonard’s Company accepts the invitation.
Surprising value sales pitch on cycling stockings
A salesman extols cycling stockings to a customer praising value fast colors and durability while a servant retorts about demeanor. The exchange suggests a humorous social dynamic around goods and status.
Disease of Carelessness Across Nations
Dr. Louis I. Dublin of Metropolitan Life warns accidents are a growing menace with no full prevention. Citing New York City data from 1898 to 1929 and industrial losses rising to 523,604 in 1929, he urges health officers to lead nationwide campaigns to reduce preventable death and disability from accidents.
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Louis I. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
Canada
England
Dr. Dublin
Montreal
International Society of Medical Health
Dublin
New York City
Poultry Breeding Emphasizes Prepotent Males in Production
The Department of Agriculture in Ottawa notes high quality registered cockerels boost pullet production. Proven lines include females laying 200 eggs in Canadian Egg Laying contests, with cockerels bred from fully matured hens to ensure both volume and egg size.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Largest Majority and Smallest in 1921 Election Highlight
The 1921 British general election produced the biggest recorded majority of 62 253 for the Conservative double member seat in Brighton. In Ilkeston Derbyshire a Labour member won by a narrow margin after five recounts.
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Brighton
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
Wood for burning sparks humorous remark at Charleroi
In Charleroi Moustique quotes a farmer wondering when the wood will be cut and jokes that burning it might spare the chopping. The wry exchange captures rural wit about practical tasks and resource use.
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Berlin
Vaneceever
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Ness
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CPLR
Northern Huskies
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