Wheat Farmer Tribute Ties War on Weather to World Need
Vancouver Province argues the prairie drought and September storms hit Canadian wheat hard, but the enduring value of farmers and wheat sustains civilization. It contends wheat's role in food security and Canada as a world granary, citing losses to rust and market effects across cities from Calgary to Montreal.
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Almerta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Vancouver
Montreal
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Winnineg
Okanagan
Strowland Bifffen
Cambridge University
Vancouver Province
Deserves No Mercy Reckless Motor Drivers
A historical call condemns failing to stop after reckless driving. It urges police focus on catching offenders and argues courts are too lenient. The piece emphasizes responsibility for injury or property damage and denies mercy to those who avoid aid.
Canadian sought as assistant legal adviser at League of Nations
The International Labour Office in Geneva seeks a Canadian to join its staff as assistant legal adviser, to replace Norman Mackenzie who resigned to become a professor at the University of Toronto. Canada’s department of labor will assist in finding a suitable appointee.
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International Labor Office
Ue League of Nations
Geneva
Norman Mackenzie
Dalhousie University
Halifax
University of Toronto
Department of Labor of Canada
England to Build Iron Houses for Northampton Workers
The housing committee awarded a contract to a local foundry in Northampton for the first iron homes intended for workingmen. Flowers picked in Holland are transported to Berlin by rail and ship the same day, illustrating fast cross border movement of goods. WA EE 14
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Northampton
England
Housing Committee
Holland
Berlin
Alfplane
World Bible Sales Hit Ten Million Mark Amid Turmoil
The annual report shows nearly 15,400,000 Bibles issued last year in regions where the Society operates. China received 4,261,000 volumes despite civil war. many Bibles were printed in Chinese and bound in Chinese style. In Bolshevist Russia and some Europe poverty limits purchases. 1,000,000 English copies were sold to English-speaking communities, with others printing their own supplies.
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Mibie Society
National Bible Society
China
Bolshevist
Russia
Water essential to health drink three pints daily
The article urges that every person drink at least three pints of water daily, more in hot weather, noting water makes up about 70 percent of body weight and supports joints, digestion, and blood flow. It warns against drinking with meals, except when not chewing, and cautions water can carry bacteria and toxins if unsafe.
King Honors Veteran Engineers on Royal Train Route
Nine veteran railway engineers, retired from active service, were presented to the King as the Royal train moved from Balmoral to London through Crewe. They had logged 20,00000 miles without an accident and once guarded royal trains bearing Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort, and other dignitaries including the Sheri of Persia, the King of Spain, a French President, and President Woodrow Wilson.
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Balmoral
London
Crewe
Midlands
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Sheri
Persia
Spain
France
Woodrow Wilson
Welsh temperance reformer N. J. Williams dies
N J Williams longtime superintendent of the United Kingdom Alliance and early promoter of Lloyd George’s public speech at Machynlleth Wales has died. He was the first Welsh Grand Chief Templar forty years ago. In New Orleans over four hundred vagrants were rounded up for street cleaning duty.
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David Lieyd George
N. J. Williams
United Kingdom Alliance
Britain
Williams
Lloyd George
Machynlleth
Wales
Drake Vindicated Amid Romantic Echoes From Elizabethan Seafarers
A London dispatch reports Sir Francis Drake has been cleared of disobeying orders during the pursuit of the Spanish Armada. A 32 year old German sea captain’s letter supports Drake, arguing he did not desert his post under Lord Howard.
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London
Sir Francis Drake
Drake
Lord Howard
Netherlands origin proposed for Yankee Doodle
W I Endicott a Netherlands scholar argues Yankee Doodle began as Yank Heer Doo dle from Dutch air Yonk Heer The song allegedly mocked young lords in Britain and was first sung in America by a British drum corps to insult the New Amsterdam settlers Indians likened Dutch citizens to Yonk Heer and transformed that into Yankee.
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W. I. Endicott
Netherlands
Mr. Endicott
America
New Amsterdam
Holland Mills Fade as Windmills Dim Heritage
In Holand the windmills fade from use as electrification and demolition replace them. Millers named each mill and decorated for marriages, while a mill owner’s death once led to boards removed from the mill arm. The piece notes local attachment and unease with change.
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Holand
Health theories link eye color to body toxins and health
Dr. J. D. Levine claims blue eyes signal perfect health and eye color varies with toxins rather than race or climate. He asserts ninety percent of people have brown eyes due to toxins and cites diet and altitude as influencing eye color, describing blue eyes in children as natural but fragile.
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J. D. Levine
Seattle
Dr. Levine
Old Country
Alliterative Sentences Sweep Britain For Solace
Britain turns to Peter piperisms after a crossword craze waned. The alliterative phrases must have eight to twelve words all starting with the same letter. Examples include stylish silk stockings and phrases about miners and mothers.
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England
America
Peter
Maya
Max
Stephen
Sylvia
Mistakes To Avoid In Pursuit Of Progress
A concise list warns against crushing others to advance in life the futility of worrying about unchangeable matters and insisting on impossibilities. It urges openness to new ideas reading to refine the mind and setting aside trivial preferences to accomplish important ends.
Zebroid: New Hybrid Animal From Kansas Farm
A zebroid a cross between a zebra and a Percheron has been produced on a Kansas farm. The animal is praised for mule like strength strong intelligence and heat tolerance.
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Kansas
Health report on Tristan da Cunha colony after Dr Marshall visit
Dr E H Marshall examined half the Tristan da Cunha population and found health good. The tiny settlement grows potatoes, lacks staple foods, but shows no starvation risk and thrives with freedom from landlords taxes and strikes. Descendants of mixed ancestry appear healthy with no degeneration. The article notes isolation with only one annual vessel and mentions American tourist aid.
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Tristan da Cunha
British Empire
E H. Marshall
British Medical Research Council
Marshall
Cape of Good Hope
St. Helena
Longest Straight Rail Run Promised If Port Nelson Link Built
The Hudson's Bay railway could create one of America's longest straight tracts. The final 92 miles to Port Nelson would be nearly devoid of curves, with Kettle Rapids to Port Nelson showing only minor bends.
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Hudson's Bay Railway
Port Nelson
America
Kettle Rapids
Regina Kisbey
C.P.R
Winnipeg Street
Regina
Kisbey
Crying Babies vs Sleeping Infants Study Noted
A Danish physiologist reports experiments indicating tissue changes in a crying baby double those in a sleeping infant. The oldest Bible manuscript resides at the Vatican in Rome.
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Vatican
Rome
Boys from Sevotlish Bay sail to Canada in Montclare voyage
A group of 235 boys from Sevotlish Bays arrived in Canada aboard the Montclare from Glasgow under Dr G C Cossar. Eleven pictured form Cossar s Football Eleven, ready to play juvenile soccer, but farming prospects in Canada are their main aim. The voyage accompanied by reports of charming onboard girls and mystery over each boy s boutonniere flowers.
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Bor. Cossar
Canada
Dominion
Montclare
Four Jews Form Palestine Industrial Venture To Harness Jordan
A new Palestine Electric Company group led by the Marquess Reading Sir Alfred Mond James de Rothschild and Sir Hugo Hirst forms to industrialize Palestine. Pinhas Rutenberg as president plans to harness water power in Palestine and Transjordan for seventy years, aiming to put Palestine on a paying basis.
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England
Palestine
Jordan
Marquess Reading
Viceroy
India
Alfred Mond
M.P
James de Rothschild
Hugo Hirst
General Electric Company
Pinhas Rutenberg Rutenberg
Russia
Switzerland
Petrograd
Kerensky
Bolshevists
France
Italy
Rutenberg
Palestine Electric Corporation Ltd
Transjordan
London
BBC Declines Women as Radio Announcers
The BBC states women are temperamentally less suitable for announcing and cannot endure heavy physical strain. It notes women work well in radio elsewhere, citing Joana Cincuneguy of San Sebastian praised by British listeners for her enunciation and mic presence.
Beet Seed Dormancy Yields Long Term Germination Findings
A Danish seed-testing station stored beet seeds and withdrew them yearly for experiments. Tests show eighty five percent germination in year two and twenty four percent in year seventeen. White clover seeds germinated after twenty five years of dormancy.
Burma Ruby Mines Put Up For Sale Subject To Indian Approval
Ruby mines near Mandalay, long operated by a London company, are offered for sale as rubies lose popularity. Surface workings have yielded gems valued at about ten million dollars, with sale subject to Government of India approval.
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Burma
Government of
India
Mandalay
Best Not So Good Exchange At City Station
A stranger asks for directions to the best bah tel in town at a station platform. A Chicago man, rejected by a Civil War examining board as unfit and warned he would not last a week, has died at age 2.
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Chicago
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