Debate Over Hudson Bay Route Threatens Western Trade
The Financial Post of Toronto urges abandoning the Hudson Bay Railway route, criticizing government subsidies and tolls at Churchill elevator. It argues the western grain trade shows the line is unfeasible, while noting Western lumber honey cattle and other goods move via Churchill. The piece defends early government backing as essential to regional growth.
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Financial Post
Foronto
Hudson Bay Railway
Churchill
Canada
Western
Bay
Europe
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Fort Churchill
Dominion
Ottawa
Mackenzie River
Arctic Ocean
North Pole
Hudson Bay
Government of
Montreal
Toronto
Saulte Ste. Mar'e
Welland
St. Lawrence
Upper Lakes
Straits
Saskatchewan
England
Toronto Financial Paper
Oldest Lucknow siege survivor Charles Palmer turns 86 in Duncan
Charles George Palmer of Duncan British Columbia marks his 86th birthday on September 24, recalling he was under 10 during the 1857 siege of Lucknow in the Indian mutiny. He notes only eight other survivors remain as history recalls the historic event. A quip about speeches from a Duke of Devonshire adds a lighter touch alongside news that Chile plans taxes on tourism to boost visitor numbers.
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Lucknow
Charles George Palmer
Duncan
B.C
Mr. Palmer
Inventor Gesner Honored With Granite Grave Marker
A sunken grave in Camp Hill cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia marks Abraham Gesner MD. DFGS as geologist and early kerosene inventor. The grave features a tall black granite monument noting his Newfoundland birth May 2 1797 death Halifax April 29 1864 and his 1836 geology work.
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Camp Hill
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Oll
Abraham Gesner
America
Dr. Gesner
Crawling About With Lumbago
A reader reports years of lumbago and sciatica relief after using Kruschen Salts. The letter credits the product with removing the impure blood and restoring bodily elimination, claiming long lasting reduction of symptoms.
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G.P.C
Largely Miscalculations on Highway Safety
A Toronto Star viewpoint argues drivers should give more room to others and that authorities could study head-on collisions to learn how miscalculations occur. It suggests collecting data on driver experience to reduce fatal misjudgments and warns that minor panics can trigger dangerous swerves.
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Toronto Star
Reception Almost Too Perfect in Charlotte Radio Heist
A man walked into a Charlotte radio shop with a short wave adapter equipped radio to demonstrate it. He tuned the set and vanished, after the broadcaster described the stolen receiver. The radio was quickly returned to its owner.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Wind Up Clockwork Car Rolls From Japan at 400 Rupees
A Japanese introduced a windup clockwork automobile capable of 40 miles per winding priced at 400 rupees. It, brought secretly to Calcutta, unsettles British dealers already coping with Japanese competition. The report also notes Horace Greeley’s view on plural news and mentions an Australian inventor’s device for detecting sudden mood drops on a railway track during train passage.
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Calcutta
India
Lord Kelvin Reels In Three Miles Of Recovered Cable
A rusted cable ship Lord Kelvin docked at Halifax after three years of ocean salvage. Captain M H Bloomer explained the long search across 80 miles yielded only 10 miles of usable line, damaged by a Newfoundland tidal wave and seaquakes that stretched and buried the line.
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Halifax Harbor
Western Union Cable Company
Lord Kelvin
Atlantic
Newfoundland
M. H. Bloomer
Bloomer
Arctic Captain Bartlett Returns From Arctic Voyage
Captain Bob Bartlett arrives in New York aboard the rifle schooner Effie Morrissey after an 11,000 mile polar voyage. He and his crew spent over two months gathering Arctic flora and fauna specimens and archaeological items for museum displays.
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Bob Bartlett
Effie Morrissey
New York
Morrissey
Bob
German state railways to use 2000 trucks for new freight
The German state railways announce freight services using motor trucks for collection and delivery, including carload shipments from plants detached from rail lines. Plants will receive nearly direct railway connections. The government orders 2,000 trucks, boosting the faltering automotive industry.
Fresh vegetables lose sweetness in warm storage
The text notes that vegetables stored in warm temperatures suffer greater loss of sweetness than those kept cool, highlighting temperature as a key factor in preserving flavor.
Safety on the highway urged by St. Marys Journal Argus
The Journal Argus laments endless weekend motor accidents and calls for public warning and school training in road safety. It urges the Department to require children to learn a safety code and for authorities to curb the fatal trend amid dark roads and unlit vehicles.
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St. Mary's Journal-Argus
Chinese man Li Chung Yen dies claiming 256 years
Li Chung Yen, born in 1677 at Kinh Sien, died aged 256 according to Chinese tradition. He reportedly had multiple wives and seventy grandchildren, with his youngest great grandson now seventy. He attributed longevity to a herb found on a youthful mountain excursion.
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Kinh Sien
Methuselah
Li Chung Yen
Stomach Acid Burning Like Fire Relief With Bisurated Magnesia
An old remedy advises immediate relief from burning stomach pain sour acid stomach and indigestion with a spoonful of Bisurated Magnesia in half a glass of water. It claims quick effectiveness and notes drug stores carry Bisurated.
Brampton Basilus Sets World Dairy Record Milk Fat
Brampton Basilus the Jersey cow owned by B. H. Bull and Son surpassed 19,012.3 pounds of milk and 1,312.7 pounds of butter fat in a 365 day test. Weighing 950 pounds she becomes the smallest cow to exceed 1,260 pounds of fat in a year and was milked thrice daily.
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Brampton Basilus
Jersey
B. H. Bull and Son
Brampton
Moose Seen Farther North In Sub Arctic Areas
Frontiersmen report moose herds spreading farther north into caribou country along the Yukon Valley. In ten years rabbits have nearly vanished south of the Yukon, prompting belief that moose browse more in the area since rabbits disappeared.
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sub-Arctic
Yukon
Eckener Plans Zeppelin Flight to North America in 1935
Dr. Hugo Eckener announced in Akron that plans to launch a trans Atlantic Zeppelint service in spring 1935 include seeking U S Navy permission to use the Lakehurst naval air station as a temporary terminal in New Jersey.
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Germany
North America
Hugo Eckener
Graf Zeppelin
United States Navy
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Akron
Ohio
Girls School Vote Declared Draw In Pretty Contest
A voting contest at a girls school ended in a draw as every pupil cast one vote. Only students participated and no winner was declared.
Public schoolboys’ summer excursions to distant lands
Excursions by United Kingdom public schoolboys proved popular this summer. Eleven boys traveled to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, Newfoundland, and Labrador under J Guise of Winchester, while 30 boys joined an Arctic Circle expedition led by Commander G Murray Levick of Scott’s last Antarctic voyage. The Finnish Lapland journey divided into three groups, guided by unnamed leaders, using only a compass and the Arctic lights for guidance.
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United Kingdom
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Newfoundland
Labrador
J. Guise
Winchester
Arctic Circle
G. Murray Levick
R.N
Scott
Finnish Lapland
Reigate Uses Dramatized Safety Campaign to Teach Caution
The town stages mock accidents at sharp curves and steep hills to stress safety. Cars are overturned and wrecked with warnings while banners mark red triangle cautions. A central square displays automatic signaling and an evening on first aid for victims.
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Reigate
England
Adoping
Sugar Plant Near Port au Prince Reopens After Shutdown
A major sugar company near Port au Prince Haiti resumes operations after a prolonged shutdown, signaling renewed activity in the local sugar industry and potential impacts on regional employment and supply.
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Pot Au Prince
Haiti
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Chile
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Terente
Ont
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Horace Greeley
Arctic
Carter
Zeppelin
Ogden
Ogden’s
P.S
Cippleford
Hamiltom
Ontario
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