The Great Lakes and Canada’s Massive Lake System
Canada hosts a vast inland water network beyond the famous Great Lakes. Lakes Winnipeg Great Bear and Great Slave exceed Ontario Erie and Huron in size, with 107 lakes 100 to 1,000 square miles and many others. These waters influence climate transport power fisheries and recreation across the region.
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Canada
Great Lakes
United States
Lakes Superior
Huron
Erie
Ontario
Lake Michigan
North America
Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lake Ontario
Great” Lakes
Great Bear Lake
Northwest Territories
Lake Erie
Great Slave Lake
Great Bear
Lake Huron
Sunday Train Controversy Prompts Perth Director’s Resignation
Hon Alexander Morris of Perth resigns from Brockville and Ottawa Railway Co board after managers advertise a Sunday Perth to Pakenham excursion for a Wesleyan camp meeting. Perth Wesleyans protest Sabbath desecration and Morris urges cancellation. managers refuse. Nearby Mallorytown protests Grand Trunk Sunday trains, recalling early Montreal Toronto Sunday services.
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Alexander Morris
Perth
Ontario
Brockville and Ottawa Railway Co
Pakenham
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Morris
Mallorytown
Grand Trunk
Montreal
Toronto
Brockville
Belleville
Story Fragment Involving Prince Rasputin In New York
A New Yorker tale cites scattered Youssoupoff anecdotes about the royal circle in New York. In one scene a hostess introduces a prince to Mrs X who greets him as the man who saved the honor of the Russian Court. She trails off after asking who he killed, Prince Rasputin.
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New Yorker
Youssoupoffs
New York
Youssoupoff
Prince
Royal Enclosure
Ascot Race Track
England
Earl of Granard
George
Queen Mary
Granard
Heart Disease Rise Attributed to Aging Over Infections
Dr. Robert L. Levy of Columbia University finds in a Columbia-Presbyterian study that occupation hardly affects coronary disease. He notes that improved infection control shifts deaths to degenerative circulatory diseases in older adults, with life expectancy rising to 59 for workers and heart disease becoming the leading killer, especially after age forty five.
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Robert L. Levy
Columbia University
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Centre
Unique crossbred game bird found in Saskatchewan records
A cross between a pinnated grouse and a sharp tailed grouse was found last fall at Truax Saskatchewan. Fred Bradshaw curator of the Saskatchewan provincial museum says it is the first such sighting reported to authorities and notes crossbreeding between game birds is rare beyond ducks.
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Truax
Saskatchewan
Minnesota
Fred Bradshaw
Saskatchewan Provincial
Sky Pilots rise in Scotland push ministers to island parishes
A new race of real sky pilots grows in Scotland as air travel boosts church outreach. Air travel facilities encourage young ministers to volunteer for remote Orkney and Shetland parishes. The prior minister shortage is resolved and aviation aids the island mission.
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Scotland
Orkney
Shetland
Birmingham Firms Plan Factory Extensions
Several Birmingham based companies reveal plans to expand facilities with new factory extensions in the near future. Local officials note housing and infrastructure will support increased industrial activity.
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Birmingham
England
Romance and Reality in Hudson's Bay Company Dreams
The New York Times asserts the Hudson's Bay Company earns a modest profit after years of losses and notes its legacy as a symbol of vast open spaces and northern life. It highlights fame in furs and land sales while emphasizing the cultural image the company projects beyond its trading role.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Canadian Mounted Police
Stefansson
Alaska
Baffin Land
New York Times
Snowflakes Photograph Show Unique Crystalline Forms
Snowflakes photographed in large numbers reveal no two are alike, each crystal displaying distinct patterns and symmetry, highlighting the infinite variety of ice crystals observed under careful imaging.
Quite The Contrary A Florida Church Visit
A Cleveland ladies party touring Florida by car decided to attend a local church on a sunny Sunday. They asked a native if the town had an Episcopal church and learned, to their amusement, that it was “only one story” rather than a High church, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding.
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Cleveland
Florida
Dave Proposes After Ten Years Together
Dave asks Kate to marry him after celebrating a decade as a couple. Kate hesitates, wondering if the feeling is a lasting commitment or a passing infatuation.
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Dave
Kate
Grain stocks in Canada fall from prior year March 31 totals
Dominion bureau of statistics reports lower stocks across wheat oats barley rye and flaxseed versus 1933. Wheat down 36.9 million bushels, oats 51.9 million, barley 5.6 million, rye 2.5 million, flaxseed 1.2 million. Notes large carry overs and lower domestic use explain the declines.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie
Babylonian temple economy records long before Christ
The article describes Babylonian temple ledgers with receipts for hides and oil, clay bank cheques, and orders to pay two shekels of silver to Nergalashorid. It notes revenue for religious offerings and king’s use, brick making, ship rental, armed guards, distant missions to Tyre, and formal contracts showing advanced office records five to six hundred years before Christ.
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Nergala Shorid
Tyre
Christ
Model Student or Problem Child, Dr. Reaman Says
Dr G C Elmore Reaman, educationalist, argues that a model student who minds the teacher and wins prizes may be as much a problem child as a footloose lad who misbehaves. He says a troublesome boy can become satisfactory when placed in the proper surroundings.
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G. C. Elmore Reaman
Dr. Reaman
Voluntary Blood Donors Dinner in London
Self sacrificing men and women who give blood to the weak formed the Voluntary Blood Donors Association and held their first annual dinner in London.
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Voluntary Blood Donors’ Association
London
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Kime Ane
Queen of Ascot
Lore Granard
Real
Sky Pilots
Fangful
Babylon
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