Wedgwood Pottery Through Centuries and Modern Growth
The article traces Wedgwood’s rise from Josiah Wedgwood in 1759 to a modern plant outside Hanley England. It notes family lineage seven generations deep, U S sales, and a 1930 Manhattan chairman who remains based there. The piece highlights the firm’s assets, a new electric kiln project, and Wedgwood’s enduring prominence in English pottery.
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Catherine the Great of
Russa
Wedgwood Pottery
England
Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood & Sona Ltd
Hanley
Boode
Minton
Staffordshire
Josiah
George Ills
Charlotte
Wedgwoods
Lewis Mumford
No. 6
Josh
No. 7
United States
Canada
Manhattan
Kennard Laurence Wedgwood
Kennard
Priceless discovery behind vitamins and dietetics
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins of Cambridge, a leading biochemist, retires after long experiments that showed rats die on a pure diet but survive with milk. His work established vitamins' vital role in ordinary diet and helped nearly abolish rickets.
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Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Cambridge
News of the World
Canada and Jamaica Trade in 1937 Exports
Canada supplied Jamaica with flour cornmeal oats wheat ham pickled pork condensed milk leaf tobacco and potatoes as the principal agricultural exports in 1937. Total Canadian exports to Jamaica exceeded four and a half million dollars with Canada remaining the largest supplier of food drink and tobacco to Jamaica.
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Canada
Jamaica
Tree of Pan American Soil Stands in Havana
A monumental tree in Havana rests on earth gathered from every western hemisphere nation. The soil matrix was sourced to symbolize unity across the Americas, with the tree serving as a global emblem of shared heritage and cooperation.
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Havana
Cuba
Hemisphere
Rainfish and Robins Across Continents
A curious note on South American rainfish leaping from water and resting with half their body exposed. It also asserts all United States robins belong to a single species.
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South America
United States
Two views on Trans-Canada Highway benefits at Lake Superior
George Gerbach of Soo Michigan advocates the north shore road as a traffic draw and economic boon for the Sault once completed to the lakehead. W E Bryan of Fort William argues the road boosts tourist trade and unites Canada by linking east and west for better northern transportation and national cohesion. The Sault Star weighs government consideration.
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Lake Superior
George Gerbach
Soo
Mich
North Shore
Sault
Mr Gerbach
Lakehead
W. E S. Bryan
Fort William
North Shore Road
Bryan
Canada
Dominion
Mr. Bryan
Gerbach
Sault Star
Laughed At Wrong Time In Nova Scotia Tale
A Nova Scotia anecdote recalls the reaction to Sir John Thompson's 1894 Windsor Castle death. Years later a man in a sleigh laughs at the news, then loses control, calls for help, and a stranger passes by to confront him with a grim verdict.
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Nova
John
Oppenheim’s 151st novel ends years of prolific work
News notes the author, aged 73, finishing his 151st novel after decades of two a year output. A Londoner, he married an American judge’s daughter after patience and a Boston trip with £1000. They have a daughter and spend most of the year in Guernsey as a family. The walking stick insect study notes its color-changing mimicry from green to brown.
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Mr. Oppenheim
England
Boston
Guernsey
News of the World
London
Man Laughs At Wife Park Then Sews Button
A sharp remark about a husband who mocks his wife parking the car ends with him sewing a button onto his own shirt, implying self reflection. The brief serves as a domestic humor vignette highlighting petty male vanity.
Cenotaph Monument Described in Brief Chronicle
A brief entry explains cenotaphs as monuments honoring individuals buried elsewhere. The note clarifies their purpose and traditional use in commemorations and public memory.
Sixtieth Birthday of Shah of Iran Celebrated
The Shah is praised for completing the Trans-Iranian railway in just over ten years at a cost above £40,000,000 and for modernizing Iran with luxurious rail stock. He has weakened tribal power with a modern army and signed a Four Power Non-aggression Pact with Turkey Afghanistan and Iraq. His Saas-Abad palace is lauded for architecture and fountains set near the Alborz mountains.
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Iran
London Daily Sketch
Turkey
Irak
Saas-Abad
Alburz Mountains
North Dakota and Saskatchewan Plan Grasshopper Action
Hon. J. G. Taggart Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture visited Minot and Bismarck to discuss coordinated grasshopper control with North Dakota officials. The move links Saskatchewan with 15 U S states and 18 state and provincial governments may form a united front against the pests.
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North Dakota
Saskatchewan
J. G. Taggart
Minot
Bismarck
Fargo
Taggart
United States
Joint IJC to regulate Rainy Lake watershed level
An accord between Canada and the United States gives the International Joint Commission power to control water levels in the Rainy Lake watershed. The announcement came from Ottawa.
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Canada
United States
International Joint Commission
Rainy Lakes
Ottawa
Meteors Cool Rapidly Before Reaching Earth
Meteorites blaze during progress but slow as they approach the surface and have been known to land in hay without igniting it.
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Earth
Religious Composition of India's Population in All India Census
The statement estimates that among every 100 people in the Indian empire 68 are Hindus, 22 Muslims, three Buddhists, three tribes followers, one Christian, and one Sikh, reflecting demographic distribution patterns of the era.
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Indian Empire
Canadian Visitor Praises U S Trips But Seeks Money Reform
Mr. S. Anderson of Ottawa writes to The New York Times praising American friendliness highways drivers and scenery while criticizing currency exchange practices. He notes Canadians are treated as guests not foreigners and urges steps to ease currency acceptance for travelers.
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S. Anderson
Ottawa
New York Times
Canada
Quebec Plans $1 Million for Youth Vocational Training
Hon. Joseph Bilodeau announced a province wide push to fund vocational training for youth. The program started with 120000 dollars, rose to 325000 this year, and will reach 1000000 dollars next year to place youths in business and industry.
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Joseph Bilodeau
Quebec
Scientists Reconstruct Prehistoric Haluchitherium Skull
Scientists restored a haluchitherium skull from 600 bone fragments found in the Gobi desert. One man spent seven months assembling the intricate fossil like a jig saw puzzle. In South Africa pronouncing bees begin to replace spelling bees as a popular pastime.
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Gobi Desert
South Africa
Native Flowers of Scilly Islands Bloom in Winter
The Scilly Islands off Cornwall host a ship of native blooms grown by fisher folk. A London firm began exporting hundreds of tons yearly, with 200 varieties. From December to June locals pick pack and ship flowers to Penzance then London. Tennyson wrote Enoch Arden during a visit.
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Bishop's Rock
Sccilly Islands
Scilly
London
Penzance
Cornwall
Tennyson
Enoch Arden
Scilly Islands
Dairying Leads Manitoba at Canadian Exhibition
Gladstone Creamery of Gladstone Manitoba won the silver cup as exhibitor with the highest score in creamery butter at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Five other Manitoba exhibitors tied for second place, illustrating Manitoba’s strong showing in dairying over Ontario.
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Gladstone Creamery
Gladstone
Man
Toronto
Manitoba
Ontario
Montreal Gazette
Railway meals cost and corporate spending contrast noted
The Peterborough Examiner cites records showing a 1937 CPR customer paid $1 for food and services but received $1.42 in value. The CPR note points to a profit on meals while the CN R spent $1.56 per dollar received. The Ottawa Journal attributes the second pie comment to Sir Edward Beatty and Mr Hungerford.
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Peterborough Examiner
C.P.R
C.N.R
Edward Beatty
Hungerford
Ottawa Journal
World record oats yield exceeds common farming average
The average farmer yields about 40 bushels per acre while the world record stands at 187 bushels per acre, highlighting the gap between typical crops and record performances.
The railwayman who goes beyond to serve the passenger
A Canadian National Magazine article recounts a mother with a baby on a long western trip who received careful planning, refrigeration friendly milk supply, and icing service from one railway representative. A contrasting experience shows another railroader dismissing baby needs as off line. The lesson is that courteous extra service wins business and strengthens public trust.
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Railway
Pullman Porters
Canadian National Magazine
Speed and Happiness In UK Police Court Observations
A St Thomas Times-Journal item notes British police court cases on a Saturday. A bride fined $20 for speeding on a 50 in a 30 zone due to wedding excitement. an Aberdeen man $10 for honeymoon speed. a woman’s car blocked a crossing while en route to collect an engagement ring. a man fined $10 for braking hard after job notice. a young officer fined $200 and $10 costs for dangerous driving while intoxicated.
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Aberdeen
Hore- Belisha
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Cornell huskless chickens baffle Detroit News
Have Run Into Trouble Science reports Cornell breeders created featherless chickens. Heat costs to keep houses warm to prevent pneumonia allegedly exceed savings from removing feathers from normal birds. The note ends with a satirical jab about human progress and detours.
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Science
Poultry
Cornell University
The
Detroit News
Castor Oil Boom eyed With Wider Cultivation Plan
The United States imports and consumes 84 million pounds of castor oil yearly. The Agricultural Chemical Association plans large scale castor plant cultivation in 32 states to boost domestic manufacture and raise consumption to 400 million pounds annually.
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United States
The
Agricultural Chemical Association
Mrs Wilkes and Mrs Salmon Quip About Husbands
A brief exchange shows Mrs Wilkes remarking that her husband never goes out at night and Mrs Salmon replying with an amused one word response. The snippet captures a social moment.
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Mrs. Wilkes
Mrs. Salmon
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How Oppenheim
Negrin
Spain
League of Nations Assembly
Naples
Shah
U.S
Uncle Sam
Europe
Third Corps
Fort Meade
Maryland
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