Early hatched pullets best for egg production profits
The article argues that early hatched pullets lay more eggs in their first laying year than later, making them more profitable for egg production. For commercial egg farming, purchasing day old chicks yearly avoids breeding, incubator costs, and disease risks, though home hatching favors using hens for stock.
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Dominion
Scott
Sask
E van Nice
Central
Ottawa
Canada
Fall Holiday Camps Gain Popularity in Britain
The Christian Science Monitor notes Britain’s holiday camps report higher October bookings than ever, suggesting a growing appeal of autumn holidays. It highlights costs fall with leaves, lighter travel, and the season’s appeal for those seeking rest away from sun worship.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
Mark Twain
No Depression In Eastern Arctic Says Museum Rep
Terence M. Shortt of the Royal Ontario Museum reports a good Arctic year for white fox and Eskimos on the Nas copie voyage. He collected Eastern Arctic ornithological specimens and 38 birds from Somerset Island by Hudson's Bay Co manager L. A. Learmuth.
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Terence M. Shortt
Royal Ontario Museum
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic
Shortt
Somerset Island
L. A. Learmuth
Fort Ross
Huge Glacier Systems Beyond St Elias in Alaska
The Harvard University National Geographic expedition reports vast glacier fields in the St Elias range Alaska. Bradford Washburn notes the field nearly reaches the sea about one hundred miles west of Mount St Elias and rises from five to seven thousand feet.
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Harvard University
National Geographic
St Elias Range
Alaska
Maritimes
New England
Antarctic
Creenland
Alaska- Yukon
Praires
Mount St. Alias
Pacific
Abruzzi
Bradford Washburn
Mount St. Elias
Chinese Educator Sees Difficult War For China
A. C. Koo told Detroit business leaders that China cannot win the current war against Japan citing Japan's superior materiel, troops and supplies. He warned Hankow's fall underscores the grim odds though he believes China will endure and eventually reclaim eastern Asia.
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A. C. Koo
Detroit
China
Japan
Dr. Koo
Hankow
Asia
Detroit Free Press
The Black Cobra Snakes and the Slender Spreader of Falsehood
The article compares the black cobra to a slanderer who blinds minds with venomous slander. It notes the cobra’s reputed venom can cause instant blindness and sometimes permanent harm, then uses the metaphor to warn that slander blinds intellects as surely as venom blinds eyes.
Prolongation of Life Says Ukraine Academy President
A A Bogomoletz, head of Ukraine’s Academy of Sciences, argues life can extend to 125 to 150 years. He cites his book Prolongation of Life and research from Soviet and foreign scientists as the basis for his view. Balsa wood is noted as the world’s lightest.
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A. A. Bogomoletz
Academy of Sciences of the
Ukraine
Cuba
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
Trinidad
Central America
Trout Season Ends On Lake Athabaska At McInnis Camp
The commercial fishing season on Lake Athabaska closed September 15 as crews at McInnis Products on Cracking Stone Point packed gear. About a million pounds of trout were sent to Chicago markets. 12 tugs with three man crews worked on contract, delivering to the company warehouse for refrigeration and shipment by rail via Edmonton to Waterways Alberta.
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Lake Athabaska
Big Lake
McInnis Products
Cracking Stone Point
Goldfields
Chicago
Cracking Stone
Waterways
Alberta
Edmonton
Cake wins at international exhibition after long journey
D McIntyre, a Bulawayo baker, flew 1000 miles to Capetown then sailed 6000 miles to Islington for the wedding cake division. He arrived with two minutes to spare before judging at the Royal Agricultural Hall, and returned home with the first prize.
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International Bakers’ and Confectioners
D. McIntyre
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
Capetown
Royal Agricultural Hall
Islington
Overseas Daily Mail
Canada influenza cases and deaths prompt Health Minister warning
In 1937 Canada reported 63 147 influenza cases and 5 254 deaths. Hon C G Power urges timely warning and advises plain nourishing foods from November to March as safeguard at symptom onset. Canadian cattle exports to Great Britain reached 25 792 head by September 1, 1938, up from 7 200 in 1937. The Pacific golden plover makes a non stop Alaska to Hawaii fall flight.
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Canada
Hon. C. G. Power
Dominion
Great Britain
Pacific
Alaska
Hawaii
Spelling as You Like Discussed by Stratford Scholars
At the Shakespeare Conference Professor Dover Wilson examined handwriting and spelling. He argued that English spelling is comparatively modern and that in Shakespeare's day each person could spell as they wished. He cited examples showing Tudor forms such as Rafe for Ralph and Rawley for Raleigh in Sir Walter Raleigh's signature.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Dover Wilson
Ralph
Rafe
Raleigh
Sir Walter
Rawley
London Times
Night lighting boosts egg production for poultry farms
Poultrymen use night lighting with electricity kerosene or gasoline to extend the birds eating window to twelve hours or include a 9 p.m. lunch. This method increases feed intake and heavier egg production, especially in bossed birds that might otherwise under eat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wideawake
Timid Bride Requests Money for Dress
The bride of three months asks her husband for funds for a new dress. He gives five dollars and adds to buy a hat as well. The lighthearted exchange portrays a playful domestic moment.
Lifeboat Network and Bodleian Library Expansion
Around Britain coastlines 290 life saving stations rely on 4000 volunteers alongside the regular lifeboat service. Oxford's Bodleian Library adds between 20000 and 25000 volumes annually.
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Britain
Oxford
Steel power and ore trade reshape WWI output claims
The Globe notes Steel magazine figures compare central powers to allied nations, showing output rising from 15.65 million tons (Germany Austria Hungary) vs 13.65 million (UK Russia France) in 1915 to 20.82 million vs 38.24 million today. Germany up 50 percent, Russia 333, UK 51, France 613. Germany also imports ore under a Franco-German coke-for-ore deal of about 7.2 million tons annually.
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Hitler
Germany
Austria-Hungary
United Kingdom
Russia
France
Steel Magazine
Toronto Globe and Mail
Wrong year on Poultry Congress tickets misleads visitors
Two men from Philadelphia and Akron arrived for admission to the World's Poultry Congress at Cleveland Gardens. Ticket taker refused their cards as the dates read July 28 to August 7, 1939, the wrong year, forcing them to return home.
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Poultry Congress
Philadelphia
Penn
Akron
Ohio
Cleveland Horticultural Gardens
The
Miss Morris a wartime helper pledges aid if another war comes
London mother Miss Jenny Morris, famed for feeding 90 000 bowls of porridge to soldiers in the Great War, says she would help the boys again if a new conflict arises. She recalls the effort as a profound duty and expresses readiness to repeat it.
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Jenny Morris
London
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Delicate scales tip on eyelash weight in diamond weighing
A report notes the balance used for weighing diamonds is so precise that the weight of a single eyelash can shift the reading. This detail underscores the extreme sensitivity of the measurement system and its implications for gem valuation.
Wintering Bees Foundation for next summer’s honey crop
The article explains autumn hive preparation matters for strong colonies led by good queens to survive long winters. It covers shelter, ventilation, stores, and pest protection, with guidance from M J Rowland of Kapuskasing’s Dominion Experimental Station.
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Kapuskasing
Dominion
Ontario
M. J. Rowland
The Real Thirty Nine Steps at St David's Cathedral
C M Turner notes that the famous fictitious steps appear actually at St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire Wales. The 39 steps link to Elizabeth I's 39 articles and, after Welsh church disestablishment in 1920, Welsh clergy now may walk them.
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John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Britain
C. M. Turner
Associated
British and Irish Railways
North Sea
St. David's Cathedral
Wales
Pembrokeshire
Ecclesiastics
Pleased With Success Tailor Lets Out Suit Four Times
A general merchant who moonlighted as a tailor was asked to alter a tight dress. He agreed and, after a week, reported the dress had been let out to four men, remarking the result was better than expected.
British Workers Lose Billions to Illness Says Report
British workers lose about 25 million dollars annually due to illness. The common cold accounts for about 9 percent of this total, according to the findings summarized.
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