Canada’s rail and industry news and obituaries
Last year CN Rail moved 2 963 agricultural families on 335 126 acres of land. Plans for a six mile channel tunnel under the sea cost 5 400 000. Manitoba Poultry Federation formed in Winnipeg with Robert C. McGregor Carman as president. Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer died at 85. Revision of electors lists begins May 15. Canada’s first quarter 1935 building contracts total 29 391 300, up 48 percent from 1934. Frank G Vizetelly marked his 71st birthday while editing dictionaries.
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Canadian National Railways
House of Commons
Kyushu Island
Ministers of Railways
Manitoba Poultry Federation
Winnipeg
Robert C. McGregor Carman
Britain
Edward Albert Sharpey- Schafer
Schafer
Northumberland
Canada
By products from animal waste parts boost packing industry
The packing industry has developed about 140 by products, mainly from animal parts once deemed waste. This shift reuses materials, expanding product lines and reducing waste.
Handwriting Analysis Warns Of Calculating Suitor
A widow writes seeking guidance on a West men’s marriage proposal and returns a graphologist’s verdict. The analyst torpedoes the suitor as selfish, irritable, changeable, and stingy, while praising the woman’s emotional nature and sociable need for companionship. The piece ends inviting further writing for character analysis services.
Would Make Gold Cheap If Dunikowsky Proved Claim
Paris authorities weigh a secret Z ray process by Professor Dunikowsky to extract eight times more gold from auriferous earth. If true, metal could turn base or lead like, yet experts ridiculed the prospect despite Bonn’s San Remo testing claiming larger yields. Lawyer Legrande seeks retrial after Dunikowsky’s two year fraud sentence.
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Dunikowsky
Paris
M. Bonn
San Remo
Italy
Maitre Jean Charles Legrande
Hoe care advice for garden tools and blades
The text advises checking hoes occasionally and greasing blades to prevent rust. It stresses that a rusty hoe is a poor tool and implies regular maintenance to keep gardening equipment effective.
This Name Means Extra Fast Relief From Pain
An Aspirin tablet starts disintegrating as soon as it touches moisture. That means Aspirin starts taking hold and eases a bad headache neuritis or rheumatic pain almost instantly. Doctors prescribe it and it does not harm the heart.
Gasoline History and Refining Advances in Oil Cracking
Gordon H. Guest explains gasoline as a vaporized fuel and explains ethyl gasoline with lead tetraethyl and ethylene bromide to prevent engine knocking. The piece notes cracking raises gasoline yield, from kerosene dominance to 70 percent or more, and mentions hydrogenated coal conversion as a future oil source.
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Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Texas
Oklahoma
New Gravity Machine Demonstrated in Melbourne
A new device built in New South Wales and shown at the Melbourne Science Congress can locate the body's centre of gravity. Prof Osborne demonstrated it. the unit is heavy yet highly sensitive, tipping with a weight as light as one third of an ounce placed one foot from the center. Disturbances linked to certain diseases may be detected by the instrument. Aluminum produced by a new process shows greatly improved reflecting properties. The Yangtse Kiang river in China features 7,000 miles of dikes.
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New South Wales
Melbourne University
Science Congress
Melbourne
Prof
Osborne
A. H. Paul
Sunday School Lesson April 14 Focus on John 3 16
The lesson centers on John 3 16 and Isaiah 53 4 9, explaining God's love for the world and the sending of His Son. It contrasts Jewish expectations with the universal scope of salvation, cites Romans 5 6 10, and includes reflections by Grace E Abler and James Denny on atonement and eternal life.
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Fuji
Mr. Spurgeon
John McDowell
Christ
God
James Denny
A Queer Combination: Deaf Dancers Meet Blind Musicians
In England six blind musicians form an orchestra by memorizing pieces from broadcasts. Next month they perform for a Leeds Town Hall dance taught by eye to deaf mute dancers who cannot hear the music. The odd pairing highlights triumph over handicaps.
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England
Leeds Town Hall
Longevity Of Horses Described In English Writings
A horse's life typically ranges from 25 to 30 years but English writers note beings living past 60. The remark surveys historical mention of exceptionally long-lived horses.
French Air Collision Halves One Fighter Above Tours
During a military aviation exercise over Tours a French fighter cut another in two in midair. The destroyed aircraft crashed on two houses, damaging them, while its pilot parachuted to safety into the Loire. The surviving plane was only scratched.
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France
Tours
Loire
Day-dreaming of Yesterday Marks Old Age Thought
The quote contemplates aging as beginning when one shifts focus from the future to memories of the past. It suggests a contemplation of time and the nature of aging across ages and moments.
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John Thompson
Dominion
Canada Gazette
Frank G. Vizetelly
New York
Funk and Wagnalls
Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Man
Arizona
Bayer
China
Calvary
Grace E. Abler
Ogden
Chantecler
Vogue
Cppleford Paper Products
Hamilton
Ontario
Edwardsburg
The
Canada Starch Co., Limited
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