Alberta and Saskatchewan Reach Adult Stage in Canada
The 1905 provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan now approach full maturity as self governing entities. Population and industry have surged since 1906 with Calgary and Edmonton expanding, railways multiplying, and wheat, dairy, and coal sectors growing. Both provinces reflect rapid development and promise further growth in the coming decades.
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Albert
Calgary
Edmonton
Alberta
Waa
Saskatchewan
Nlberia
Ian
Regina
Saskatoon
Cros
Sankatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Chilhood
Sisterhood
Noahs Ark as a Model for Modern Freight Vessels
The article analyzes biblical descriptions of Noahs Ark to compare its dimensions and cargo capacity with modern ships. It notes proportions, three storeys, and possible cargo efficiencies, arguing the Ark could hold vast quantities of animals and supplies, likening its space to freight train capacity and ship design principles.
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Ita
Frances E. Siewert
Ancient Poultry Incubation by Egyptians and Chinese
Ancient Egyptians and Chinese practiced artificial incubation thousands of years ago using large brick ovens and egg vaults. Fire and vents regulate heat and oxygen as eggs age, allowing chicks to hatch when ready despite lack of modern incubators.
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Europe
Beypt
Dull Hearing in Whales Reflects Evolution Before Humans
The whale ear opening is tiny, large enough for a finger tip, leading to a long narrow tube. The malleus is welded to the tympanic bone, hindering transmission of aerial sounds. An acute sense of hearing would aid detecting whalers, but evolution occurred before humans emerged.
Estimated yearly forest depletion and losses
The text estimates annual standing timber loss between 214 and 3 billion cubic feet and suggests a similar amount is destroyed yearly by fire, insects, and similar agents. It mentions unspecified causes like jfangi as factors in forest decline.
Forbidden Fruit Tree of Ceylon Forest Curio
A plant in Ceylon carries a fruit named Eve s Apple Tree or Forbidden Fruit. The orange outer rind encloses a crimson interior and each fruit appears bitten. Its scent and poison fed the belief it mimics the Garden of Eden s forbidden fruit.
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Ceylon
Homestead Entries Compare June Totals to 1925
Homestead entries in Western Canada for June show 427 compared with 4, or 1925 figures. For the first six months of the year, total entries reach 3,198 versus 3,685 in the same period of 1925.
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Western
Canada
World Shipbuilding Tonnage Slips in Britain and Ireland
The June 1926 shipbuilding report shows 20 merchant vessels totaling 841,529 tons under construction in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Italy remains leader with 357,346 gross tons. France and Germany hold second and third, followed by Holland and the United States with decreasing totals.
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British Isles
Great Britain
North Ireland
Italy
France
Germany
Holland
United States
Pedestrian Outlook on Aviation Raises Safety Jitters
The piece notes a cautious view of aviation inviting danger to pedestrians who only look upward for progress. It warns injury can come from the sky at any moment while affirming aviation's enduring inspirational pull and Los Angeles city context.
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Los Angeles
One-Way Street Confusion in Abe’s Argument
A fragment shows Abe and Cop Trey in a tense exchange about a one-way street. The dialogue hints at a pursuasive, taunting moment as Abe drives away in a new car.
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Trey
Abe
Ain
Royal Greek tomb unearthed near Asine in Peloponnesus
Swedish led fourth annual dig near Asine uncovers a tomb dating about 1500 B C with ornate gold pieces and weapons. Excavation reveals ancient Greek life materials and remarkably preserved underground water pipes. Dr Otto Frobin reports the find surpasses prior expeditions.
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Tutankhamen
Asine
Peloponnesian
Greece
Gustav Adolph
Stockholm
Sweden
Tower City
Otto Frobin
Prominent Canadian Northern Official Dies in London
Hugh Sutherland a Selkirk member of the 1882 Federal Parliament and a veteran of the Canadian and Hudson Bay rail projects died in London England. He was a leading lumberman and an early builder of rail links in the west and remembered as Winnipes’s esteemed oldtimer. A local orator proclaimed the city as a place of homes noting every vacant house was occupied.
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Hugh Sutherland
Selkirk
Canadian Northern Railway
Hudson's Bay Railway
Winnipes
London
England
Annual Pow Wow of Jasper Trail Riders at Maligne Lake
The first Jasper Squadron of Trail Riders pow-wow gathered 100 plus riders from Canada, the United States, India and the British Isles at Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. Major Fred Brewster presided as officers were reelected for 1926 27. Attendees included notable figures from Canada the U S and United Kingdom with Miss Rosalie Beaubert among the climbers at Mount Leah and the summit of Shovel Pass marked by advance riders.
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Jasper
Beautiful
Maligne Lake
Canada
United States
India
British Isles
Trail Riders
Canadian Rockies
Jasper National Park
Great Mountain
Rocky Mountain Lakes
Fred Brewster
Treasure
H. S. Davis
R. W. Langfod
Digby Harris
T. W. McDonough
Donald “Curley” Phillips
Tonquin Valley
Amethyst i Lake
Ie “Ramparts
Jasper Squadron
Earl
Countess Haig
Yuki Maki
Hasha Moto
Japan
Sir Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Irving Cummings
J. Farret Macdonald
ME. Nickell
Toronto
C. R. Nickell
Hazel Reid
Calgary
C. L Wedon
Calcutta
Rosalie Beaubert
Brooklyn
W. H. Jones
New York City
Leary
Fowler
Albert Britt
Galesburg
Lit
Hf. W. Sheldon
Edmonton
George Il Browne
Cambridge
Mass
E. V. Huntington
Harvard University
Osborne Scott
Winnipeg
Ray Peck
Arthur Carter
Ottawa
W. H. Robinson
G. Hf. Lash
Montreal
Joe Warris
Boston
A. Wilkins
Guildford
England
Professor Neave
Allan Mosely
John Woolston
Philadelphia
Bob Jones
Charles Bowlen
Dean Swift
Harry Mellor
John Toovey
Grant Hare
Opal
Hazel Reid Osborne Scott
M. E. Nickell
S. Davis
Henry C Fowler
P. H. Jones
Shovel Pass
Fulton Street
Mount Leah
Mosquito Therapy Reported To Help Paralysis Patients
A Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene summary describes using bites from malaria-infected mosquitoes to treat general paralysis and mental illness. At Epsom’s Trorton Mental Hospital a controlled program rears mosquitoes to bite patients, with malaria treated after fever spikes subside, leading to apparent paralysis relief in many cases.
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Miimah Ministry of Health
Royal Society of ‘Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
London
Monqnito
Trorton
Epsom
Surrey
Mark Twain Jokes About a Gloomy Man at Banquet
A New York editor recounts Mark Twain saying a gloomy man at a banquet would not smile at jokes. Twain asks why the man cannot laugh, and the gloomy guest replies that every breath recalls a soul passing into the afterlife. The humorist replies with a quip about cloves.
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Mark Twain
New York
the &Loomy
Everybody's Magazine
Ada Proves Top Golf Destination per Population
Ada hosts 464 golf courses, more than the United States per population, attracting summer visitors from abroad who can play. Ontario leads provinces with 160 courses followed by Quebec 70 Alberta 69 Saskatchewan 53 Manitoba 51 British Columbia 39 Nova Scotia 17 New Brunswick 11 Prince Edward Island 3. Several new courses will be completed this year.
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Canada
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Britixh Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Pion Champion Andrew Hood Dies Soon After Plowing Victory
Andrew Hood, hailed as the only all Canada plowing champion, dies at age . Born in Scarboro township he lived in Winnipeg and Toronto before returning to Ontario ten years ago He conducted a spice business and is survived by his widow two daughters and two sons William of Winnipeg and Robert of Vancouver The obituary notes a moral message about judging worth by heart over wealth.
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Andrew Hood
Scarboro
Winnipeg
Soronto
Ontario
Ilis
William
Robert
Vancouver
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Whale
Britain
Canadian Alpine Club
Www
UL We
Ordeal
Shute
Madalia
Fie
S. P. James
Tropics
Pion
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