Radio Telegraph Service Expands in Northern Hinterland
Radio telegraphic operations by Royal Canadian Signals grow in the Northwest Territories with a network from Edmonton to Mackenzie River. Key stations include Fort Chippewyan, Fort Norman, Rae, and Cameron Bay with two Yukon posts at Mayo and Dawson. Meteorological reports steady critical data for agriculture and perishable goods across the North.
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North West Territories
Royal Canadian Signals
Edmontes
McMurray
Landlime
Oase Meath
Mackenzie
Fort Chipperwyam
Fort Gastth
Rae
Blance
Fort Norman
Cameell River
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Aklavik
Yukon
Mayo
Dawsem
Hersche Island
Fort Chippewyan
Lake Athabaska
North American
Mackenzie River
Toronto
Soybeans Gain Ground in American Farms and Industry
The Western career of the soybean spreads beyond Asia as Henry Ford promotes the crop in a model Chicago plot. Advocates praise its versatility from milk substitutes to car parts, glue, soap, and fuel. The hardy plant resists chinch bugs, boosting hopeful growers.
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Uber
Henry Ford
Ford
Chicago
America
Hamilton Spectator
Wealthy British estates face heavy death duties in Cowdray cases
The St Thomas Times-Journal reports on British death duties showing the Cowdray estates taxed heavily. The first lord left 20 million with 4 million in duties, the widow’s 7 million yielding 3.1 million, and the second lord 2.5 million with about 750 thousand in duties, totaling nearly 12 million to the Treasury from three deaths.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal Gays
Great Britain
Cowdray
Treasury
Lord Cowdray
Bishop's Bride Shown in Cathedral Paintings
Norwich cathedral reveals 900 year old wall paintings uncovered during restoration by Professor Tristram of the Royal College of Art. Medallions depict Bishop Herbert de Losinga in the act of buying the bishopric, blessing, and the completed church. Paintings may endure another century.
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Norwich
England
Tristram
Royal College of Art
Herbert de Losinga
C Losinga
Tristam
Ananibal Spider Exhibit In Gunnison Utah Barbershop
Mrs. Sarah Hill found three female and two male black widow spiders in her Gunnison Utah cellar. She placed them in a fruit jar and exhibited them in a local barber shop where one female spider consumed four cam- pamens.
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Sarah Hill
Gunnison
Utah
Paris dress pattern in violet-blue satin or velvet
Pattern offers a Paris style dress with covered shoulders and flutter hem, shown in violet-blue satin. Model can be made in Lengue velvet or taffeta with similar charm. Pattern No. 459 fits bust 36 to 40 inches. size 16 requires 5 yards of 39 inch material and 7 yards binding. Price 20 cents. wrap coin preferred.
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Paris
Spectacular plan outlined for television telephony in Germany
The German post office reveals a plan to introduce television telephony between Berlin and Munich amid high apparatus costs. Trials with a television car show 20 pictures a second and a seven metre wavelength broadcast while sound rides its radio wave.
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Near
Berlin
Munich
Method Greatly Low Proves Wheat Harvest Burden
A vintage estimate claims the three Prairie Provinces would need all Canadian farmers their sons and hired men laboring ten hours daily for 113 days to produce and harvest wheat by methods from a century ago, spanning seed time to harvest.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dust storm of 1901 Origins in Sahara Desert
The famous 1901 dust storm that blanketed Europe began in the Sahara Desert. It triggered widespread haze and disrupted daily life across multiple countries as winds carried fine desert dust across the continent.
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Europe
Sahara Desert
Safeguarding Fire Calls In London Trial
A new fare call system tested in London uses a device in the call box to grasp the caller and hold them until responders arrive. It aims to prevent false alarms which cost the London county council about 150000 dollars yearly and directs firemen to the fire location.
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London
London County Council
Exports of Canadian gold seen near hundred million
Dr Charles Camsell deputy minister of mines told Princeton students led by R M Field that exports of gold from Canada this year could total about 100 million dollars if all production is exported. The visitors spent the weekend in Ottawa touring mining centers.
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Canada
Charlies Camsell
Princeton
Ottawa
R. M. Field
Head Hair Count Varies Across Nation
The text estimates the U S population holds between ten and fifteen trillion hairs on heads while stating the James River is Virginia’s largest river.
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United States
James River
Virginia
Lords Cheshire Estate Rules Guard Countryside Style
Lord Leverhulme outlined strict conditions for development on his Cheshire estate to preserve rural amenities. No building without plan approval, no sham half timber, banned purple roofs, yellow brick, terra cotta, glazed bricks, or colored glass, with emphasis on proper framing and design.
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Lord Leverhuime
Leudos
Cheshire
Should A Duck Swim
A His Majesty's Stationery Office bulletin questions the farmer belief that ducks must swim. It says swimming is a purposeless recreation for ducks, though it can help keep ducklings clean and content, and notes that it provides too much exercise.
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His Majesty's Stationary Office
Fire danger from smoking expert warns of fires
Dominion fire commissioner J Grove Smith of Ottawa told the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals that tobacco smoking causes about 10 000 fires each year. He noted Canadian fire fatalities reached 254 in 1983, 31 fewer than in 1921.
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J. Grove Smith
Dominion Fire Commissioner
Ottawa
Association of Canadian Fire Marshals
Smith
University of Saskatchewan reports barley and grass yields
A field of Colsess barley yielded 57 bushels per acre and was threshed by the Field Husbandry Department. The hooded variety provides good feeding quality. Superior brome grass, a university-developed strain, yielded nine bushels of seed per acre.
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University of Saskatchewan
Cactus Plants Thrive With Water and Long Summer Moisture
A brief note observes cacti need water to survive and grow more in a moist summer. The text also notes improving economic conditions in Austria.
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Austria
Philadelphia Zoo Removes Fences for Natural Habitat Enclosures
The Philadelphia Zoo advances an extensive program to replace wire fences with concrete-faced moats to create faux free roaming animal areas. Bison herd and two llamas occupy early fenceless runs while a snake pit houses over 100 lizards, turtles, and snakes in more natural surroundings.
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Philadelphia Zoological Garden
CWA
Notable figures tied to Florence culture and finance
Florence, Italy stands as a historic center of world culture and finance with enduring names such as Michelangelo, the Medici, Dante, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, and Leonardo da Vinci among others. The passage highlights famed Florentine figures and their lasting influence.
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Florence
Italy
Michelangelo
the Medici
Dante Aliguiteri
Boccaccio
Machievelli
Della Roubbia
Leonardo da Vinci
Benevenuto
Ellini
Raphael
Canada Ships Wide Range of Goods to South Africa
Canada sent a large shipment to South Africa last year covering over 200 commodities. The mix included apples, rolled oats, wheat, flour, canned vegetables, binder twine, lumber, and agricultural implements among others.
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Canada
South Africa
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Ameria
Ruth Rogers
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Germany
Australia
Ture
Sydney
Melbourne
Smit
Act Smith
Poultry Services
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Egg Inspection Service
Stors
Dominion
States
King George
Britannia
Royal Southampton Yacht Club
Cowes Isle of Wight
Philadelphia
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