Debates Over Hudson Bay Route and Western Shipping
The Financial Post of Toronto attacks the Hudson Bay Railway route calling it a costly failure. It notes government subsidies and low storage rates at Churchill to prop up shipments while Western grain interests abandon the route. The piece argues abandoning the line would raise Great Lakes prices and harm Western producers.
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Financial Post of
Toronto
Hudson Bay Railway
Financial Post
Churchill
Canada
Western
Europe
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Fort Churchill
Dominion
Bay
Ottawa
Mackenzie River
Arctic Ocean
Orth Pole
Hudson Bay
White Elephant
Government of
Montreal
Saulte Ste. Mare
Welland
St. Lawrence
Upper Lakes
Straits
Saskatchewan
England
Toronto Financial Paper
Three Year Cable Recovery Brought From Ocean Floor
The Lord Kelvin returned to Haltex harbor with three miles of damaged cable recovered after a three year search that followed a 1929 Newfoundland tidal wave. Captain Bloomer noted the ocean quake caused rapid earth tremors and cable damage, with only ten miles usable after twenty attempts over eighty miles.
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Haltex Harbor
Western Union Cable Company
Lord Kelvin
Atlantic
Newfoundland
H. Bhomer
Bloomer
Monument marks grave of Abraham Gesner in Halifax
An oil company marks the sunken grave of Abraham Gesner in Camp Hill cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia. Gesner pioneered kerosene as lighting fuel and authored the Geology and Mineralogy of Nova Scotia in 1836. He was born May 2 1797 in Cornwallis and died April 29 1864 in Halifax.
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Camp Hill
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Abraham Gesher
America
Dr. Gesner
Abraham Gesner, MD
Cornwallis
Nova Scot
Excursions Among UK Schoolboys Draw Wide Interest
Summer excursions by public schoolboys in the United Kingdom proved popular with trips including 11 boys touring the Maritime Provinces of Canada Newfoundland and Labrador coast under J Guise Winchester master and a 30 boy Arctic Circle expedition led by Commander G Murray Levick RN, a Scott Antarctic veteran. In Finnish Lapland the 30 split into three groups guided by leaders, moving across uncharted wastes by compass under the Arctic lights.
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United Kingdom
Maritime Provinces
Canada
Newfoundland
Labrador
J. Guise
Winchester
Arctic Circle
G. Murray Levick
R.N
Scott
Finnish Lapland
Oldest Lucknow siege survivor turns 86 in Duncan
Charles George Palmer of Duncan British Columbia, the oldest living survivor of the Lucknow siege, is celebrated on his 86th birthday Sept. 24. He was not quite 19 when the siege occurred in September 1857, and only eight other survivors remain alive.
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Lucknow
Charles George Palmer
Duncan
B.C
Mr. Palmer
Fresh vegetables lose sweetness in warm storage
Fresh vegetables kept in warm temperatures lose more sweetness than vegetables kept in cool conditions. The contrast highlights how heat accelerates sugar loss in produce, affecting taste and quality over time.
Highway safety urged as weekend crashes rise
St Marys Journal Argus notes a worrisome surge in highway accidents. Pedestrians walk on pavement edge at night to stay visible while cyclists, one light car drivers, and unlit buggies risk collision. Calls grow for school safety instruction and stronger public warnings to curb fatalities.
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St. Mary's Journal-Argua
Chinese Methuselah Li Chung Yen Claimed 256 Years Old
Li Chung Yen, reportedly born in 1677 at Kinh Sien, died recently claiming 256 years of age. He had multiple wives and seventy grandchildren, with his youngest great grandson now seventy. He attributed longevity to a herb he found on a mountain journey.
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Kinh Sien
Methuselah
Li Chung Yen
Stomach acid burns like fire prompt Bisurated Magnesia remedy
Readers offered quick relief from burning stomach pain sour acid and indigestion by taking Bisurated Magnesia stirred in half a glass of water. The note claims a single spoonful from any drug store provides rapid relief.
Reception Almost Too Perfect Stolen Radio Astonished Thief
A Charlotte man sold a radio with a short wave adapter. He tuned it to show its reception and fled when the police description matched the stolen set. The radio was later returned to its owner.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Reigate Demonstrates Safety First in Notable Town Program
Aiming to make safety pay every day Reigate staged a dramatic program featuring mock road crashes at dangerous curves and hills. Cars were overturned and decorated with warning notices while banners with red triangles warned the public. A display of automatic signaling and an evening on first aid for “victims” highlighted the effort.
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Reigate
England
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