Rating Of Leading Banks Shows Concentration Of Wealth Worldwide
The study ranks the world’s top 150 banks and highlights Canada’s strong positions led by the Bank of New York and London institutions. It notes mergers boosted totals, the Bank of England’s high deposits, and that Canadian banks have growing global reach amid a world downturn.
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Ales
Chase National Bank of New York
United States
Reading
London
Midlands
Lloyds
Barclay's
Midland Bank
National City Bank of New York
National Provincial
Westminster
Bank of England
Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Costly Production Revealed In Amalgamated NY Papers
The article explains the high costs of publishing in New York reporting on the amalgamation of the New York World with the Telegram. It cites the New York Times figures for last year: 107,336 tons of newsprint about 2,700 car loads, 2,300 tons of ink, 14,951,865 pages, a staff of 3,452 and weekly payroll averaging $177,918.26.
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New York World
Telegram
New York
New York Times
Times
Imperial Fruit Show Delayed Benefit to BC Apple Growers
The market newsletter of the Department of Agriculture for British Columbia notes the Imperial Fruit Show in Manchester is set back one week to November Tth. The delay gives BC apple growers an extra week for winter apples to color on the trees, a potential quality advantage.
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Department of Agriculture For
British Columbia
Manchester
England
Rescued Man Refuses Gratitude Over Two Shillings
A rescuer saves a man who offers a shilling reward but has only a two shilling piece. The rescuer replies to jump again, implying further danger or a demand to continue the risky task. The exchange highlights a perilous rescue and the grim humor of the moment.
Apple bait and caterpillar remark from Madrid
A humorous exchange cites using an apple as bait with a caterpillar inside. The line, attributed to Buen Humor in Madrid, contrasts oddity and wit.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
When the Pay Cheque Stops
A study in the magazine Family published by the Family Welfare Association of America traces what happens when pay envelopes cease. It focuses on 48 families, noting rent and insurance lapse first, food and work become urgent, and destitute households depend on relatives neighbors churches or former employers for aid.
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Family Welfare Association of America
Sffy
Family Society
Philadelphia
Belize
An Editor Poem Allegedly From a Kansas Schoolboy
A Kansas schoolboy is said to have written a poem titled An Editor critiquing editors and doctors. The piece contrasts public reaction to editors versus doctors and notes editors “have to be born” while doctors can be made. The author comments on language, lawsuits, funerals, and moral double standards. The verse ends with the line Whoever did write it knows some thing about editors and doctors.
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Kansas
Transcontinental air schedule goes into effect
The new United States all air schedule starts April 1 on National Air Transport and Boeing Air Transport routes. Westbound trips take about 31 hours, eastbound about 28, with 115 mph cruising and flights of 2770 miles. Two pilots, big planes, radio beacons, and in-flight comforts mark air travel as routine transportation.
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United States
National Air Tramsport
Boeing Air Transport
New York
Ohio
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Department of Commerce
Atlantic
Pacific
New York Times
Dominion seed program offers pure grass and clover seed
The seed branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture plans large scale production of pure grass and clover seed. It will distribute seed through selected farmer groups across provinces and ensure oversight by provincial officers to supply at reasonable prices.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Hosiery Knit Goods and Glove Industries Report 1929
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics lists 159 reporting establishments in 1929 with total capital investment of 64,874,497 dollars and gross production of 59,500,060 dollars. Employment reached 19,048 across 63 establishments, which averaged 940,384 dollars each in investment.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Master What is the feminine of bachelor
The fragment presents a dialog about gendered titles with a request for the feminine form of bachelor and a reply referencing a lady-in-waiting. It’s a brief linguistic inquiry likely from a historical column or scene.
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Thomas
The Value and Limits of School Examinations
A London Evening Standard article argues exams are crude merit tests and should have limited importance. It notes success shows basic knowledge and composure, but life reveals other qualities exams cannot measure. Failing is bad but not a permanent setback.
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Evening Standard
London
Gasoline Use and Driver Range Calculations
The previous year saw gasoline consumption exceed 13.0006 billion gallons. With an average efficiency of 15 miles per gallon, over 1,000 motorists could have completed a round trip of 30 miles.
Family doctor’s role in modern medicine voiced by Dr Follansbee
Dr. G. E Follansbee of Cleveland argues before the American College of Physicians that there are too many specialists and not enough general practitioners. He urges restoring public confidence in the family doctor while acknowledging the essential place of specialists and noting cost barriers for many patients. Montreal Star.
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American College of Physians
G. E Follansbee
Cleveland
Montreal Star
What Is Wrong With Most People
Dr Charles G Obermeyer, a young Africander, warned the Montreal Women's Club that daydreams of fame wealth and luxury show childishness and risk a harsh reality when it arrives, potentially crashing the world around the dreamer.
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Charles G. Obermeyer
Montreal Women’s Club
Notable For That The Manager’s Harsh Tasking
A manager vents frustration at a slow young worker. The boy responds with a wry quip that no one tires as quickly as he can, revealing a sharp, humorous exchange in a workplace scene.
The Royal Albert Hall Diamond Jubilee Revisited
The Royal Albert Hall marks sixty years since opening under Queen Victoria with stories of its builder Colonel Scott a sapper and the hidden stream crossing the site. The building houses its own print shop forge and workshops with a hydraulic lift praised by officials and a floor system that can be raised or stored in hours.
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Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
Queen Victoria
Wagner
Verdi
Gounod
Patti
Paderewski
Scott
Askew
London
Recognizing Danger in Transit of Explosives
A 1930 bulletin notes railroads in the United States and Canada carried 50 million pounds of dangerous explosives with no fatal accidents and minimal losses. It contrasts splinters' risks with nitroglycerin and dynamite, stressing proper handling, vigilance, and identification as the core defense.
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United States
Canada
New York
Mummy A Bad Dog Looks At Me With Teeth
A quoted fragment from Sondagsnisse Strix in Stockholm features a childlike cry about a threatening dog. The line conveys fear and a tense domestic moment within a poetic publication.
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