Adaptation and Selection in Plants and Animals
Gordon H. Guest explains how organisms face varied environments and either adapt or perish. Plants respond to cold and light by growth changes and leaf adjustments, while variation enables survival through natural and artificial selection shaping domestic and wild varieties.
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Gordon H. Guest
M.A
What is your attitude to your country
A public address laments economic nationalism after the Great War and urges Canadians and Americans to work for themselves and pay taxes. It argues governments exist to serve collective needs, not individuals, and calls for reconstruction of thinking, personal responsibility, and timely tax payments to sustain public welfare. It questions citizen duty amid relief funding and unemployment.
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Board of Trade
Canada
Manitoba prorogues session authorize large hydro extension
The third session of the 19th Manitoba legislature prorogued after royal assent to 56 bills. Expenditures total 14 083 000 for the next year and capital outlay funds cover hydro extensions across a wide area. Also approved is enabling legislation to pension blind persons. In Canada over 32 000 speak Gaelic as a mother tongue, with more than 24 000 in Nova Scotia.
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Manitoba
W. J. Tupper
Dominion
Canada
Nova Scotia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Reading Wood Heat for Temperature Readouts
A technique uses photography to gauge extreme heat beyond thermometer range. It demonstrates how infrared imagery reveals wood insulation properties by visualizing heat flow and temperature distribution in difficult-to-measure contexts.
China to Implement Exchange Transactions Tax
China announces plans to introduce an exchange transactions tax as part of its fiscal reforms. The measure targets trading on major markets and aims to increase state revenue while regulating speculative activity.
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China
Pirates Tussle Prompts Ship Guards Upgrade
Chinese pirates attacked the steamer Tungchow carrying 75 mission school children from Shanghai to Chefoo. The China Navigation Company plans a 50 percent increase in armed guards equipped with fast-draw pistols to stamp out piracy along Chinese coasts.
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Tungchow
Shanghai
Chefoo
China Navigation Company
China
Why Your Head Aches Headache causes and dietary effects discussed
Dr Frederick Tilney explains air in brain ventricles can trigger headaches and New York physicians note milk eggs sugar and other foods may provoke pain. Dr Alexander Lambert cites hypersensitive individuals sometimes affected by foods and excessive smoking may worsen headaches. Some drink coffee to relieve pain while others find coffee triggers it.
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Frederick Tilney
New York Academy of Medicine
Alexander Lambert
Guest Tries Free Ride at Hotel Then Proclaims Payment
A man asks for stationery at a hotel desk. The clerk questions if he is a guest. The man replies he is paying two guineas a day, insisting he is a paying patron rather than a guest.
Barbara Hutton Aboard Ship Triggers Press Comedy Of Errors
Reporters swarm New York harbor to cover the arrival of Barbara Hutton only to learn she is a Canadian girl not the five and ten princess. The incident is dubbed a comedy of errors by the press.
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New York Harbor
Barbara Hutton
Remedy Lifts Rheumatism Sufferer To Work At 65
An elderly man recalls two and a half years of severe rheumatism. After taking Kruschen Salts, he could move again and now plans to work, claiming the treatment dissolved uric acid crystals and relieved his pain.
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J.B
Picture Hanging Eye Level Guideline
Observers should align the picture centre with the viewer's eye level. The rule may not apply to exceptionally tall individuals.
Experiments Link Sweet Corn Sweetness Loss to Heat
Experiments show sweet corn loses its sweetness six times faster when kept at 86 degrees Fahrenheit than at 32 degrees, highlighting temperature sensitivity in corn sweetness preservation.
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