Empire air mail plan cuts Canada rates to Empire nations
Canada to join a new air mail scheme with Imperial Airways reducing rates 50 to 75 percent for Empire countries served from London. Program starts in stages, beginning with South Africa and Egypt, then India and Australia. Canada will invest in a joint Trans Atlantic mail venture with Ireland and UK holding major shares. purpose to boost empire trade and relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
London
Imperial Airways
J C. Elliott
Imperial
Pan-American Airways
Irish Free State
United Kingdom
Montreal dentists adopt Hartman anaesthetic technique
Dentists who criticized Dr. Leroy L. Hartman’s thymol ether and alcohol formula last year now apply his pain killer before drilling. Montreal clinics emphasize dry dentine, avoidance of saliva, and rapid use after opening to prevent ethereal evaporation of ether and alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy L. Hartman
Columbia University
Montreal
Dr. Hartman
Hartman
Prairie dog pie touted as healthful new delicacy
In Estancia New Mexico a group of Estancia Lions Club members sampled prairie dog pie a dish inspired by a Western range scourge The diners compared the taste to chicken frog legs rabbit young turkey and prairie dog noting it as a wholesome morning after delicacy within the local buzz
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New Mexico Lions Club
Estancia
New Mexico
The Luckiest Man and Orville Wright Anecdote
The text asks who is the luckiest man alive citing Orville Wright the air pioneer who first flew 34 years ago. It notes he remains alive to recount the tale and is now 66, soon to die of old age.
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Orville Wright
Four Automobiles in United States in 1896
A historical note reports that only four automobiles existed in the United States in the year 1896. The brief highlights the rarity and early stage of American automotive development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mohr Unveils Hydrogen Stove From Solar Gas System
Otto H. Mohr of Concord California demonstrates a hydrogen burning stove fed by hydrogen from a solar heating unit. The device uses heated water vapor split into hydrogen and oxygen, storing hydrogen for household use, while oxygen vents away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto H. Mohr
Concord Calif
Mohr
George Claude
Claude
Physics Institute
University of Rome
Cripton
Whippletree Controversy Sparks Government Debate
The Farmers Journal notes a sale of a horse collar and three whiffletrees for $3 at a postoffice auction. It mocks the Department of Agriculture for supporting the term whippletree over Oxford and cites Agnes Chase on technical farming words, joking that farmers would differ in usage.
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The
Times
Mr. Webster
Department of Agriculture
Agnes Chase
Miss Chase
Chase
New York Times
Exhaustion Ends Long Duel in Budapest After 51 Rounds
The two sabre duellers in Budapest endured two and a half hours of fighting in a record setting duel. Both combatants collapsed from fatigue and wounds, ending the contest after fifty-one rounds. Stephen Foster is noted as the Dixie melodist visiting the South once on a boat trip to New Orleans. An old-timer recalls women’s modesty as they passed a barber shop.
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Hungary
Ulegal
Budapest
Stephen Foster
Joe
South
New Orleans
Coronation speed trains beat wear at high record pace
The Coronation Express and Coronation Scot tested between London and Edinburgh and London and Glasgow. At a record 114 mph the Coronation Scot caused less track wear than slow suburban trains, while more autumn launches pose both problems and knowledge for railway companies.
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St. Thomas
The Modern Prospector’s High Tech Mine Trailer
A Scientific American note contrasts the old burro prospector with a modern scout living year round in a scientifically equipped trailer. The rig carries an assay furnace diamond drills and instruments to assay ore. A special high traction truck with six 60 gallon water tanks pulls it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
World Protestant Population Totals Reported
The world today contains an estimated 207 million Protestants across multiple regions and denominations, reflecting a large global Christian minority and indicating shifting religious demographics in various countries.
Heavy British naval program outlined for 1938
Daily Telegraph naval correspondent Hector Bywater says Britain plans a two-hemisphere navy with a battlefleet in European waters and a second fleet in reserve for the Far East. The dominions are said to share in the defence task as this policy advances. A draft sentence about illness appears in the text.
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Hector Bywater
Daily Telegraph
Far East
Bywater
Dominions
Pattern 5941 Winter Afghan and Pillow Instructions
Winter themed crochet pattern 5941 explains a square joined afghan forming an effec tive design. It offers color options Germantown compatibility, requires three colors, includes stitches, material lists, and an illustration. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Analysis Of Canadian Forest And Wheat Market Dynamics
The Dominion bureau of statistics notes firmer world wheat prices helped by tight US grain holdings and strong Buenos Aires prices while Canada shows varied forest product rankings by province. Manobas logs and firewood dominate many provincial totals with Quebec leading in value and volume across multiple categories.
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United States
Buenos Aires
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Chicago
Australia
Cedoba
Santa Fe
United Kingdom
Dominion
New Brunswick
Quebec
British Columbia
Canada
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Undulant Fever Warns of Milk Linked Disease
Dr J S Fulton of the University of Saskatoon warns Health readers that undulant fever in Canada arises from animal diseases transmitted to humans via milk and meat. He cites 1936 data with 1,238 tests and 46 cases, urging pasteurization not to render diseased milk safe and calling for stronger control of dairy animal diseases. A Shakespeare mulberry tree wood snuff box sold in London for 4.56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
J. S. Fulton
Animals Diseases Laboratory
University of Saskatoon
Health
The
Health League of Canada
Fulton
Santoria
Stratford-on-Avon
London
Wrong Impressions From History Books Across the Line
A Canadian pastor at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian in New York criticizes biased Canadian and American history texts. He cites Admiral Perry's Lake Erie victory being called brilliant by Americans and an unimportant skirmish by Canadians. He urges cross border collaboration for a truthful continental narrative.
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J. 8. Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Canada
United States
Admiral Perry
Lake Erie
Brockville Recorder and Times
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Ottawa Journal
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Alice Brooks
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Providence
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