Farthest North Hospital Opens At Point Barrow Alaska
The most northerly hospital in the world has been completed at Point Barrow Alaska facing the North Pole. Built over a year at a cost of 3560 dollars it will cost 36606 dollars yearly to run. The building serves 66 000 square miles with a staff of doctor and nurse plus a housekeeper and porter. It is a wooden structure 70 by 85 feet with a basement hot air furnaces and an electric light plant. It has twelve beds but accommodates seventy and will serve sparse Eskimo settlements far from any other towns.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
North Pole
Huilding
Watld
United States
Nome
Siberian
Ttis
Eekimos
Regis Pen
Pskimos
Point Harrow
Seed Treatment to Control Smut in Wheat Oats and Barley
An agricultural bulletin outlines seed- itself treatment against smut in wheat oats and barley. It details blue stone and formalin methods, soaking times, drying, and handling to prevent re infection, noting losses to prairie growers and practical steps for farmers.
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Ottawa
Princess Mary and Prince Consort Share A Tudor Line
The article notes Princess Mary and her husband trace their ancestry to Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Their daughter Margaret wed James IV of Scotland, linking Mary’s line to Scottish royalty. A second daughter, Mary, married Charles Brandon, and Viscount Lascelles descends from that family line.
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Mary
Henry VII
Mirabeth of
York
Margaret
James IV
Scotland
Mars
Charles Brandon, Lake of Suffolk
Viscount Lascelles
Governor General planned Western Canada tour including Yukon
Governor General Lord Byng of Vimy intends a broad tour of Canada to study resources, travel through Western Canada and north to the Yukon. Delegates from Prince Albert Melfort The Pas head to Ottawa to press for Hudson Bay Railway completion. Other Saskatchewan boards may abstain from sending delegations.
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Canada
Lord Byng of
Vimy
France
Yukon
Dominion
H. B
Swords of Trade
Prince Albert
Melfort
Pas
Ottawa
Hudson Bay
Boards of Trade
Saskatchewan
Wave Quakes Reveal Earth as Jelly, Says Evans
Professor J W Evans announced seismate records from West Bromwich showing Atlantic wave shocks hitting Western Ireland cause the earth to tremble. He said tremors travel through crust at about 180 miles a minute and are named microsesims, with five to eight second intervals between each tremor.
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J. W. Evans
Royal Institution
West Bromwich
English Midlands
Ireland
Ruins of Babylon Show Layers of Ancient Empires
The Babylon ruins lie about 100 miles south of Baghdad with Nebuchadnezzar era construction around 600 B.C. Traces reach to earlier 2500 B.C. kings, revealing Asyrian, Neo Babylonian, Persian and Graeco Parthian layers. Water limits prevent deeper digging. The city once ranked among the world’s grandest, famed for palaces gardens and hanging gardens.
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Babylon
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Ter
Nebuchadnezzar
Nineveh
Nebuchandnezzar
Dustproof Germproof Glass House of Yokohama Doctor
A renowned Japanese bacteriologist builds a glass cellular house at Yokohama hospital grounds. The structure uses filtered air, glycerine glass plates, and salt-filled panels to cool by day and radiate heat by night, requiring artificial heating only after several cloudy days.
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Yokohama
Hospital of
British Industrial Advances Shown At Trade Exhibition
A British trade exhibition showcased progress across sectors. Demonstrations highlighted strong chemical production including dyes and medicines, plus extensive collaboration among British manufacturers. The film industry benefited from local firms supplying projectors lenses and other equipment, with one exhibitor claiming the largest commercial lens yet produced.
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Great Britain
Seed Shipments Fuel British Reforestation Efforts
A seven hundred pound shipment of Douglas fir seed from New Westminster B C to Great Britain marks the final 1921 collection. Total seed shipped this season includes 4000 pounds of Douglas fir 8000 pounds of Sitka spruce and 100 pounds of western hemlock. Seed size implies millions of seedlings for the British Forestry Commission reforestation program.
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Dominion Forestry Branch
New Westminster
B.C
Great Britain
British Forestry Commission
Costly Wives And Shells In Medieval Indian Trade
A returned traveler recounts a custom where eggs from African eats the eggs of a snalf and preserving shells to barter for wives. Men can wed for 20 000 shells or up to 60 000 if choosing a better wife. The piece notes money cow ries shells as early currency in India around 700 A.D.
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India
The Making and Care of the Lawn
Thorough soil preparation prevents seed failure. drainage matters as much as seed quality. Roll new lawns, avoid close cuts and fresh manure, and provide steady watering with thorough soaking and timely fertilization.
Even Trade Between Storekeeper and Stranger
A country storekeeper and a stranger negotiate a barter trading a wagon of nags for goods. The stranger proposes a trade using tobacco as the medium, offering to exchange a plug for a plug. The storekeeper counters with a basis for trade and they seek agreement.
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Terbaccer
Weill
Boston Transcript
First Aid CPR Instruction Figures From CPR Centre
The secretary of the C P R Centre of the St John Ambulance Association reports that over 15 000 Canadian Pacific Railway workers received first aid instruction before October 1921. In the year ending September 30 1921 one thousand five hundred twenty two took instruction, four hundred thirty five qualified for the association certificate and eighty three pursued higher examinations, totaling eight hundred eighteen percent of those who took lessons.
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Canadian Pacific
C.P.R
St. John Ambulance Association
Certificate of the Association
Model Farms for Russia Planned by Canadian and Other Farmers
A group of 200 farmers and technical experts, half from Canada, left Toronto bound for Soviet Russia to assist in economic rehabilitation. They will receive special land grants from the Soviet government to establish model farms and agricultural schools for Russian peasants.
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Canada
Toronto
Russia
Night shirts should wear longer than dress shirts
The note suggests night shirts should be longer than dress shirts because they are worn differently and likely cover more. It presents a general guideline without referencing specific people or places.
Sneezing Beliefs Across Ancient and Primitive Peoples
A survey of historical sneezing superstitions notes that in many cultures a sneeze marked a critical moment, prompting health wishes or ritual actions. From African courts to Roman emperors and ancient Greeks, sneezing carried prognostic and social significance, with varied practices and late reflections by 19th century writers.
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M. Staintyres
le Progres Medical
Tiberius
Pliny
Double
Immune from Poisons Readily Endured by Birds and Animals
The article notes several creatures showing immunity to venom and stings. Ducks, the bee eater, and death's head moth reportedly tolerate bee stings. the South American anteater feeds on poisonous ants. badger fur appears to shield it from wasp attacks. storks reportedly eat venomous snakes like adders without harm.
Spread Of Radio Telegraphy Sparks Regulation Debate
The Toronto Globe notes explosive growth of radio-telephony with 600000 to a million amateurs in North America and discusses the need to regulate wavelengths to prevent interference with business messages. Authors warn of chaos yet celebrate connectedness from lonely regions to urban centers.
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United States
Hoover
North America
Philadelphia
New York
Canada
New York Nation
Thoreau
Ruskin
Toronto Globe
How to Secure a Good Yield of Hay
Eastern Canada saw below average hay yields last summer yet Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm reached five tons per acre on a forty acre field. The Dominion Field Husbandman describes underdrained sandy loam soil, a three year corn oats hay rotation, and a hay mix of red clover alfalfa alsike and timothy. Five ton yield came from three cuts with red clover and alfalfa equal in the first, mainly alfalfa in the second, and pure alfalfa in the third. Alfalfa improves soil fertility and the report notes ten year farm average of 3.37 tons per acre.
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Canada
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dominion Field Husbandman
Married Life In Persia
A Persian wife leads a secluded life with only servants and no contact with the bridegroom until after the ceremony, reflecting traditional marriage customs.
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Persia
Gasoline Cars for Railways and Branch Line Costs
Hon. W. C. Kennedy reports in the House that Canadian National Railways explores self-propelled gasoline cars to serve branch lines at costs aligned with earnings. Labor cooperation is sought as motor car competition grows, and wages shape feasibility for operation.
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Canadian National Railways
W. C. Kennedy
Her View of the Mormons
A London Morning Post column reports a charlady's fierce critique of Mormon immigrants to London. She denounces them as "the nastest sex" and argues every man should have a dutiful wife, urging that Mormons are not decent and criticizing government policy on immigration.
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London
London Morning Post
Govrnment
Sallies
Agann
Fatal Proof Hoax
A terse quip from Bits of London notes the dark humor in the idea of a fatal number. The joke plays on the 13th century era being long past and its inhabitants dead.
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Joax
London
Old World Trades and Beliefs Mentioned
The article notes a Jewish custom where a new tailor leaves scissors as a guarantee of punctual start. It also references a Muslim practice viewing a person’s image as a curse.
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Port Garrow
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Dominion Botantist
Hane
Joan
Sunday Chronicle
Mancheste
Ritory
Odd
British Industrial Advances
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B.C. Seeds
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