Requisites For Safe Driving In Prairie Provinces
The article argues that most auto accidents stem from human factors rather than defective machines. It recommends driver training and possible licensing tests, noting experience as key to road sense. It cites Oliver Stewart on intuition versus learned interpretation of roadside signs.
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Prairie Provinces
United States
Oliver Stewart
the Observer
London
England
Mr. Stewart
Coronation Article Imports Face Higher Duties
The government considers raising duties on foreign made flags pictures of the King and other coronation articles. Increases target items used in or commemorating the coronation or as souvenirs bearing royal emblems or royal family images.
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British Empire
Paper that could last 1000 years invented in Leningrad lab
Scientists at the Leningrad preservation and restoration lab claim a new paper that lasts about 1000 years. The formula came from studying ancient papers including Egyptian examples. Director Professor Tikhonov says production cost will match ordinary paper. Also improved dial telephones now endure 5,000,000 operations.
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Leningrad
Tikhonov
Eldredge Free Museum at Old Mystic Draws 60,000 Visitors
Charles Q. Eldredge, veteran traveller and sole owner curator, runs the Eldredge free museum in Old Mystic Connecticut with over 7,000 items collected in more than a year. He opened the museum in 1917 after building a large Riverview recreational center and has since guided 25,612 visitors himself. The collection includes a 90 foot whale skeleton from Hudson Bay gifted by Capt. John C. Spicer, a penguin from Cape Horn with a Bible verse label, and prized relics like a Fort Sumter cannon ball and various rare stamps. He emphasizes entertaining as much as collecting.
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Charles Q. Eldredge
Eldredge
Old Mystic
Connecticut
Riverview
John C. Spicer
Groton
Fort Sumter
Edmund Ruffin
Lee
Panama Canal
South Africa
Merrimac
Silver Polishing Tricks For Quick Bright Work
Hot polishing halves the labor and doubles brightness for silver items. Wash silver last after a brief hot water soak, then dry before cooling. For extra sparkle, soak in potato water briefly, then dry while still hot for a striking shine.
Selected Recipes and Teacher Joke in One Column
A column combines a recipe excerpt listing shortening flour baking powder salt milk dates and baking directions with a separate quip from a classroom joke about a written excuse for absence. The dialogue features a student Johnnie and a reply about his mother away on holiday.
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Johnnie
Scotland pupils read triple the books of London students
In Scotland pupils must read about three times as many books in a school year as their London counterparts. Britain moves to standardize all brass foundry products nationwide.
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Scotland
London
Great
Sees Better Times In League Report
An official League of Nations report by secretary Joseph A. C. Avenol notes a turning point from a low mood in world trade and predicts easier solving of international economic problems. It cites agriculture lagging due to protectionist policies and calls for talks among powers when politics allow.
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League of Nation
Joseph A. C. Avenol
Avenol
League
Taking More Medicine In England Health Minister Warns
Sir Kingsley Wood the health minister warned that England is rapidly becoming a nation of medicine drinkers. He said in the House of Commons that per head medicine costs are twice those in Scotland.
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England
Kingsley Wood
Minster
House of Commons
Scotland
Market For Feeder Cattle Seen In Old Country
Ontario Agricultural Minister Duncan Marshall reported a brisk demand for Canadian feeder cattle during a stay in England and Scotland. He predicted continued demand this fall, noting the British beef bonus supports the market and that Canadian horses are selling quickly in the Old Country.
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Duncan Marshall
England
Scotland
Ontario
William Henderson
Marshall
Royal Pony Jock Returns to Sandringham Life
One of King George’s favorite ponies, Jock, has returned to Sandringham as a personal charge in the royal pet list funded by the King’s Privy Purse. With Windsor Castle mews closed, the pony will stay at the old home under groom Mr. French, who has cared for him for nearly two decades. King Edward provided a cottage for the royal pensioner to live out 30 years of service.
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Jock
George
Sandringham
Windsor
Mr. French
Edward
Campaign Urgently Needed To Sell Canadian Wheat To Europe
Lieut.-Col. H. Barre, Canadian Trade Commissioner to France, urged an educational campaign in Winnipeg to convince Continental countries to import hard Canadian wheat for blending with their own. He argued the French market would not abandon Canada for Russia and that Canadian wheat has earned a strong reputation among French millers.
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Col. H. Barre
France
Winnipeg
Canada
Russia
Europe
A. Espinov
Soviet Commissariat of Agriculture
Groundhog and Woodchuck Are the Same Animal
The groundhog and the woodchuck refer to the same creature with different regional names. In the eastern states the term groundhog is typically used, while woodchuck is common in other areas.
Visitors Outpace Residents in Canada Last Year
Census data show international visitors exceeded resident population by year end as tourism and border activity surged. Officials caution the figures reflect temporary inflows, not a change in permanent residents.
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Britain
Johnny
Women In Banking
Association of
Bank Women
American Bankers’ Association
League of Nations
King George
Eveready Air Ce
CANAD
Rush
Ata
AIR
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