Western Canada immigration push and irrigation congress notes
Article outlines Western Canada immigration expansion, criticizing Ontario's pace and calling for bold recruitment. It cites emigration patterns, governmental actions, and business interests, plus coverage of the Irrigation Congress in Calgary with listed officials and committees. It also mentions Indian sedition trials with police findings and related Delhi proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punjab
Rajputana
Bengal
Arrah
Jaipur
Delhi
La’hore
Harsant Sabai
Hansant Sabai
Orman
China
Tirsia
Turkey
Burland
Absolute zero debate on lowest possible temperature
The article explains the concept of absolute zero at 459 degrees below the reading scale. It states that above this temperature matter remains in vibration and that at absolute zero all solutions would settle, with gases potentially liquefying or solidifying before reaching that point.
Bradley potato emerges from Spokane County farm cross
Beekeeper credits bees for pollination that led to a new potato variety named Bradley grown on a Spokane farm. The tuber is described as a cross between the ick and Million Dollar varieties with accidental origin and recognition given to the bees for pollen transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Tate
Herty K. Brady
Bradley
Royal gifts and French intrigue around Windsor treasures
The article notes a bronze Louis XV equestrian statue at Windsor in the green drawing room, copied from Paris by Girardon. It mentions three Gouthière cabinets once owned by George IV and valued at about 500 dollars each, potentially fetching 850 000 on the open market.
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George
Geo
Louis XV
Windsor Castle
Girardon
Place Vendoms
Paris
Gouthiere
George IV
Edmonton Population Surges Past 315 Thousand
Official cen sus shows Edmonton population over 315000 with 72915 registered residents and daily increases near 5100 from last year. Growth concentrates on the south bank with notable gains also on the north side of the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dmonton
Cenas
Live Stock and Soil: Balancing Yields and Resources
The text argues for careful use of natural resources to sustain farming, citing U.S. figures where Kansas yields fall from 444 to 213 bushels per acre over a period. It notes Kansas and Illinois expand alfalfa while corn and alfalfa are sold, reducing fields and stressing stock-raising areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kansas
Illinois
Pearl falsification case tests experts’ bath of collodion
A well known pearl merchant offered a pearl for ten thousand dollars after claims of genuine value. Warma and the dealer defended it as authentic while jewelers’ officials pressed charges. Three experts concluded the pearl was forged, treated with collodion and dye, reducing it to ordinary dullness yet retrievable after further Warma treatment. The tribunal will decide next steps.
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Warma
Deater
Spt
Invents Phone That Records Messages In Aberdeen
Carl J Gustafson of ten miles southwest of Aberdeen South Dakota patents an answering and recording telephone. The device combines telephone and phonograph functions to take and store messages and transmit them over the line to callers. It operates on its own batteries and can be used with any telephone line for message recording and playback.
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Young
Aberdeen
Farmer
Carl J. Gustafson
Faraer
Guid
Anne Curie
Paris
Geenralls
Currie
Royal Institution
Lad
Mme. Curie
Ullirr
X. Ss
Glass city of the future foreseen by Scheerbart
German writer Paul Scheerbart imagines a glass city where homes are iron framed and walls are double glass for warmth and color. He envisions glass garden houses, three sided glass porches, Tiffany majolica decor, and cities with stores churches and public spaces under perpetual sunshine. An expedition studies Earth’s interior with German scientists probing water and ore deposits in the United States, Canada, and German colonies in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman
Feretel
Sunsnire
Paul Scheerbart
Timce
Sunligh
Tiffany Majolica
Herr Scheerbart
Earth
United Tes
Canada
Oakland
Oaklard
Californi
British Interests Seek Large Oil Refineries In Canada
British interests plan to erect two large oil refineries in Canada, one on the Atlantic coast and one on the Pacific coast. Canadian capitalists and Ottawa financiers would back the project, with pipelines supplying crude to the refineries from distant fields. Refineries would be fortified to store oil for military use if needed.
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Atlantic
Poweb
Cazata
Ists
Kotiations
Crowe
Empire
Era
California
Posal
Ail
Albers
Ag Arems
Ottawa
Ich
Canada
Germanys lignite and briquettes new fuel potential
A report discusses lignite and the prospect of briquettes from degraded wood forming a cheap fuel. It notes Germanys large fields of brown coal and the ease of making briquettes, with low extraction costs, enabling broader adoption. The text also covers Roller Skates in the US postal service improving efficiency and reducing wear on boots.
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Europe
Germany
Canada
Berlin
United
Chicago
Haceme
de Gested
Sara “Chamber
Wireless Experiments Extend Range For Distant Signals
Marconi experts test a distant signal apparatus at the Gourock lighthouse wireless station. Signals are controlled from Port Matdash buoy Rose Heath Patch with the Stevenson Moyes acetylene gun. The system aims to prevent interference from passing ships and land signals and to improve reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
Mlyde Lighthouse Trust
Gourock
Port Matda
Rose Heath
Cargo carload gains and radium notes in daily update
The report compares grain hauling by major railways with CN K and NOR leading in increases while GTP drops. It also discusses radium origins from Curie and its medical uses, plus plans for Oakland California garden district mobilization and New Brunswick muskrat farming expansion.
Land and farm policy and stock statistics in Denmark and Africa
An article outlines a Danish plan to assist small farmers with loans for small holdings, detailing eligibility, holding size, and financial limits, plus stock and cooperative participation data. It also explains bee nectar to honey conversion and notes a mail from Johannesburg about large sums for fox farming investments and new offices in Montreal.
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New Brunswick
Lrgest
Halifax
Denmark
TOR Ina
Africa
PEI Foxes
Johannesburg
Royal Investment Exchange
Charlottetown
Pet
PEA Royal Investment Exchange
Montreal
Ndt One
London
England
Ce Exchange
Europe
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Shewan
Western
Avigige
Micsce
Beit
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Old County
Australia
the Irrigation Congress
Salt Lake
Congress
Calgary
RW. Youne
Salt Lake City
Arthur Hooker
Alberta
Case
Abilene
John Fairweather
Frenso
Cal
SH Lea
Pierre
Rickert P Barges
Texas
Kurt Wald
Dennis
Prrol
EH Crandell
W. Davidson
EL. Richardson
C. G.K. Nourse
WJ. Tregilius
AU WE Prycedures
Norman
T. A. Frose
RJ. Hutch
Venten
City OF
All Glass
NEW Wireless
Yaya Maudes Westers Wee
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GTP
Teg Nor
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