Millikan urges inner progress over numbers in 1934
Dr Robert A Millikan argues true progress lies in moral and mental growth, not statistics. He cites how communication and transportation measures matter less than kindness, fellowship, and humane actions, urging reflection on how we use technology to uplift society.
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Progresy
Robert A. Millikan
Reader's Digest
Dr. Millican
Aneets
London
Paris
Aind
Fim
Vienna imposes strict vehicle noise limits with new device
Vienna authorities adopt a vehicle sound limit measured in units called phones, setting fines for excess emanations. A police apparatus records the sound signatures of passing vehicles to enforce the schedule, with each transport allowed only a defined number of phones.
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Tela
Vienna
Austria
Bells Return to Church in Lut on British Columbia
Antonio Giovann Keoaguan the Cariboo merchant who donated bells years ago to a Lut on church has returned to worship with neighbors after the bells were finally rung on Sundays. Residents had complained of the noise previously and Re pagliati demanded the bells be rung or he would not attend church. The merchant now attends services regularly.
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Antonio Giovann
Keoaguan
Cariboo
Luton
B.C
Repagliati
Sir Charles Lindsay Built a Great Piano Business
Sir Charles Lindsay, stricken with blindness at nineteen, overcame adversity to become a piano tuner and dealer. He built a large business and amassed a fortune that funds his notable philanthropy.
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Monreais
Charles Lindsay
Football Coach Urges Players to Follow Instructions
A football coach tells players that the game builds individuality initiative and leadership and urges them to execute instructions precisely as given. The text then oddly references mountain goats and a garbled phrase mentioning Saint Rar Natal Pore and Wearingtom.
Advice Column Warns About Suitors and Deceitful Lovers
The Winnipeg paper publishes an editor's note on readers seeking personal reading. A Manitoba reader seeks guidance on a 36 year old suitor for a 23 year old woman, finding deceit and a sensual streak. The adviser urges caution, suggests handwriting analysis, and offers a paid service through Lawrence Hibbert.
Little Journeys In Science By Gordon H Guest MLA
The article explains natural magnets found near Magnesia in Asia Minor and how they attract iron and indicate direction. It describes permanent steel magnets such as bar and horseshoe magnets, magnetic fields, and the behavior of compass needles pointing toward geographic north.
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Asia ‘Minor
Magnesia
Survival chances of a couple’s silver wedding
A distressed 19th century-style notice discusses marriage trends and long-term survival odds for couples. It cites statisticians noting only about one in four reaching ten anniversaries, reflecting social attitudes of the era and forecasting likely outcomes for newlyweds.
World Happenings Briefly Told From A Calgary View
Major W C Litteton of Calgary is elected president of the Alberta Military Institute. Col D W B Spry commands District 13 named honorary president. The Montreal Star marks 66 years under Lord Athelstan who founded it two years after Confederation. Canadian Federation of Zionist Societies calls for a Jerusalem trade commissioner. Ottawa pact expiry looms for a new inter empire trade deal. National Research Council report urges Canadian resource data in Commons. Government issues order in council to abolish all vacant posts on February 1 as a cleanup. if needed, posts may be recreated.
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W. C. Litteton
Calgary
Alberta Military Institute
Col
D. W. B. Spry
Military District 13
Montreal Star
Lord Athelstan
Associated Australian Chambers of Commerce
Jerusalem
Canadian Federation O Zionist Societies
Toronto
National Research Council
House of Commons
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