The Caribou Trail Expedition Continues in Harsh Snow
Hammond and Jeanne Towers lead a long line of prospectors and dog teams across a whiteout lake toward the Caribou valley. Snow, wind and fatigue test the group as they push toward the plateau and beyond the Luken River with Olson taking the lead to camp or search for a missing companion.
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Hammon
Hammond
Terry
Annie
Fachinook
Jeanne Towers
North
Jack
Olson
Prince Rupert
Jeanne
Luken
Bicycle built from cans by British pair in Great Missenden
C Gilbert and G Horlick of Great Missenden England used old cans and scrap metal plus 700 hours of work to create a bicycle made from 600 parts. Around Britain coast there are about 290 life saving stations and 4,000 volunteers in lifeboat brigades in addition to the regular lifeboat service.
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C. Gilbert
G. Horlick
Great Missenden
England
Britain
Painted Lady in the Solar System Albedo Observed
An astronomer from Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff describes how during a lunar eclipse the Earth casts a red halo on the Moon, due to sunlight refracted through Earth's atmosphere. The article notes Earth as a bright reflector, unlike most planets, with albedo as the term for reflection.
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Solar System
Earth
Flagstaff
Arizona
W. M. Slipher
Lowell Observatory
Fitness Against Disease Proved By Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne quintuplets at Callander Ontario illustrate that illness cannot be fully avoided even with perfect isolation and medicine. Despite hygienic living and top health care, the quints contracted tonsillitis, likely via airborne germs, yet their rapid recovery shows fitness can help defeat disease when outbreaks occur.
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Callander
Ont
Canada
Sarnia
Fireproof Plant Expansion At Shredded Wheat Factory
Construction of a fireproof addition to the Canadian Shredded Wheat plant in Niagara Falls Ontario under way. The expansion will boost floor area by over 50 percent and workforce by about 150 percent. Completion is expected in December with 390 tons of structural steel involved. The enlarged plant will produce a full line of products including some not made currently.
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Canadian Shredded Wheat Company Limited
Niagara Falls
Ont
Wolf warning phrase echoes through Charnwood legends
Forest residents once cried A loup to warn of wolves in 1d days, a proverb linked to Halloup's surviving use in Charnwood England. Repeating the call quickly links to the origin of the greeting Hullo as a hailing term.
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Charnwood Forest
England
Language loss and cultural change in Indian tribes
The Sault Ste Marie Star notes that some isolated tribes may resist English, but most Indians and Eskimos are increasingly dependent on outsiders. The piece warns that unwritten languages may disappear, ending long histories of distinct cultures.
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India
Sault 5 Marie Star
Poultry Feed Sourced From Sharka Flesh
A new poultry feed is reported to derive its protein from sharka flesh. The development aims to supply feed materials for farm poultry operations and may impact livestock nutrition markets.
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Courtney Ryley Cooper
Jean Towers
Hungary
Budapest
St. Stephen
Royal
Buda
Danube
Ata
Bec
Costesas Ieates
POWER
Johnson Motors
Peterboro
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