Canada delegates tour as World Poultry Congress visits end
A 1235 member international delegation toured Canada by rail and sea finishing at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto after four weeks and about 600 miles by rail plus 1060 by car and ship. The trip highlighted education in agriculture and goodwill among 18 nations including Great Britain and the United States with stops from Ottawa to Vancouver and Niagara Falls.
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Canada
Toronto
Ottawa
Firat
Maritime Provinces
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railway
Ontario
Kapuskasing
Canadian Rockies
Vancouver
Victoria
Harmilton
Niagara Falls
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain
United States
Bermuda
Egypt
Australia
Alo
Saskatoon To Host Dominion Reindeer Company Branch
L. T Howly, vice-president of a $500,000 Dominion charter company, says headquarters will move from Vancouver to Saskatoon to base operations near the feeding grounds by Great Slave Lake. Prince Albert was considered. Hudson Bay addition will boost transport. Packing and canning plants planned soon.
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Dominion Reindeer Company
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
L. T Howly
Vancouver
Great Slave Lake
Prince Albert
Hudson Bay
Cannibal Cow in Staffelstein Shock: Geese Crate Devoured
In the Weser Zeitung tale a cow in the Uttle village of Staffelstein near Bremen allegedly unconsumedly eats geese from a crate before a barn. A parish scene shows Vicar querying Mrs Wops about her husband’s absence at meetings as a digression.
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Staffelstein
Bremen
Weser Zeitung
Health education should be core in Canadian schools
Dr. M M Seymour proposes two minutes daily in every class to read a health reason, arguing formal school health study could be cheaper and more effective than adult programs. Dr. Gordon Bates notes sex hygiene would be excluded, with texts for parents and home instruction. The aim is to reduce preventable disease and save vast economic losses from illness.
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Canadian Social Hygiene Council
MM. Seymour
Saskatchewan
Seymour
Gordon Bates
Canadian Social Nuziene Council
Dominion
Ris
Alberta coal for eastern Canada eyed to cut imports
Mayor Foster of Toronto says Alberta coal could cut national import costs by about 100 million dollars yearly. He cites a potential seven dollar freight rise to Ontario and a Toronto price of 12 to 13 dollars per ton, with Premier Brownlee in agreement. Householders pay roughly 16 dollars per ton for imported anthracite.
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Foster
Toronto
Alberta
Ontario
Brownlee
Canada
Uses of Adhesive Tape in Household Repairs
Adhesive tape can repair rubber gloves shoes and oil cloth by applying to under sides of cuts. It protects forefinger and thumb when paring foods and restrains knife blade near ends to prevent injury. Tape seals dusty boxes for furs or woollens and holds broken glass or china until dry.
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Glass
Plan to Fight Grasshoppers Targets Egg Beds in B C
Authorities in British Columbia move to locate grasshopper egg beds so liberal poison bait can be used next spring. Without such steps a severe outbreak could threaten the Chilcotin cattle country. A grasshopper plague in the Peace River area was mitigated this year by heavy rains drowning millions of nymphs.
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B.C
Chilcotin
Peace River
Peddler and Piper Dispute Over Lent Umbrella
A peddler accuses Piper of lending the umbrella he lent to the peddler to a friend. Piper denies lending it and says he lent it to a different person. The peddler insists the owner wants the umbrella returned.
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Peddler
Piper
A Russian Illusion on Oil Power and Propaganda
The piece argues oil controls global leverage, noting Russia’s deals with Standard Oil New York and Vacuum Oil to ship over 40 million barrels annually. It says Moscow seeks cash and aims to pressure England, while courting favorable sentiment in Britain and America via big business.
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Russia
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Vacuum Oil Company
England
Stalin
America
Cleveland Scientist Blames Jazz at Meals
Dr Charles M Newcomb a Cleveland scientist warns that jazz at meal times disrupts digestion and may become a national menace radio amplifies the effect. He claims nerves divert from digestion causing chaotic digestion and urges readers to consider the dangers and potential benefits of such distraction.
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Charles M. Newcomb
Cleveland
Typhoon-Forming Invention From U S Bureau Of Standards
The Bureau of Standards under the Department of Commerce unveils a new device to generate controlled wind fields from gentle breezes to 180 mph. A large model smoke stack with curved elbows simulates artificial storms for aviators, auto designers, ordinance makers, builders and architects.
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Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce
Geography of the Pacific by Dr. Herbert E. Gregory
Dr. Herbert E. Gregory of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu opened July sessions with a speech on the Geography of the Pacific. He described the vast ocean stretching from the Bering Strait to Wilkes Land and the Antarctic Circle, noting 9,300 miles between extremes and 16,000 miles along the equator.
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Herbert E. Gregory
Bishop Museum of Polynesian Research
Honolulu
Pacific
Sr. Gregory
Pacific Ocean
Bering Strait
Wilkes Land
Antarctic Circle
Equator
Atlantic
Canada
Continents
Nervous System Signals Now Seen As Chemical Impulses
Historical belief held that nerve messages were electric or radio in nature. Dr. A V Hill reports in Popular Science Monthly that nerve impulses are rapid chemical reactions, with heat measured at one twenty millionth of a degree during reaction. The article contrasts old assumptions with new evidence and includes unrelated quirky quotes for color.
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A. V. Hill
Cornell University
Popular Science Monthly
Hill
Baby Deer Makes Unplanned Visit to Springs Hotel
A young deer wandered into the Springs Hotel in the Rockies attracting social intrigue. Guests welcomed the uninvited visitor as she posed for photographs and lingered at the lane entrance before likely returning to the woods in the fall.
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Deer
Standards Of Thrift And The Future
S W Straus president of the American Society for Thrift argues balanced thrift creates lasting success. Warnings against living beyond means stress planning, prudent habits, and preparing for later years. He uses a Japanese proverb linking thrift bulbs to flowering success and urges practical financial discipline.
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S. W Straus
American Society For Thrift
The Dignity Of Work
A creed on finding happiness through work emphasizing humility effort preparation and daily excellence. It urges treating every task as worthy shaping character and striving for perfection with a respectful attitude.
Natural fly killer discovered by accident with castor plant
The British Medical Journal reports an accidental discovery of a natural fly killer. A castor oil plant placed among hundreds of flies caused them to vanish, with dead insects found under the plant leaves. The leaves are said to emit an essential toxin contributing to the insecticidal effect.
Austro-Hungarian Officers Plot Across Empire
Two Austrian officers idle one morning imagine a walk across the empire and discuss how to spend the afternoon, a light anecdote told by French Prime Minister Briand. The quip reflects postwar nostalgia and shifting borders.
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Austria
Do Inians
M. Briand
Canada’s Mineral Resources Aids Investor Confidence
A Canada Dominion booklet by Price-Green for the Department of Natural Resources outlines rising mineral production from under 23 million to 241 million in 1926 and a surge in water power to 4 656 000 hp. It emphasizes vast untapped pre Cambrian Shield wealth in Quebec and Manitoba regions and predicts continued major discoveries.
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Dominion of Canada
C Price-Green
F.r.gs
Department of Natural Resources
Canadian National Railways
Dominion
Canada
Labrador
Mackenzie
Quebec
Sudbury
Cobalt
South Lorrain
Miller Lake
Gowganda
Porcupine
Kirkland Lake
Manitoba
Thunder Bay
Rainy River
Pas
Empire's manganese ore deposits highlighted by expert
Sir Robert Hadfield notes British Empire advantages in manganese ore with large Indian and African deposits. Canada has no major deposits, despite earlier Maritime production. Russian and Brazilian outputs are also significant in 1925, with Jamaica and other regions mentioned in context.
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India
Africa
Robert Hadfield
Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress
Sydney
Canada
Sir Roberts
Institution of Civil Engineers
London
England
Sir Robert
Gold Coast
Russia
Brazil
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