Agricultural College Training Is Essential To Highest Success With Farming
The article argues that while practical farming roots help, agricultural education and college training provide essential preparation for a farmer's life. It defends higher education against skeptics, praising the value of an alert mind and developed powers, with education seen as more than material gain. It honors those who overcome opposition to pursue learning.
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Farroct
Agricultural College
John
Dover Calais Tunnel to Link London with distant Lands
A New York Times提 fragment predicts an ambitious Dover Calais tunnel project. It envisions construction on both sides of the Channel with completion within ten years. Travelers could ride trains from London to Siberia or the Persian Gulf, sleeping and dining aboard while observing desert caravans.
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Dover-Calais
Channel
London
Siberia
Far East
Bagdad
Persian Gulf
New York Times
Hyde Park Corner busiest London route for traffic
The piece notes Hyde Park Corner handles about 44 000 vehicles daily in a twelve hour day, more than Piccadilly Circus at roughly 37 000, challenging common beliefs about the city's busiest thoroughfare.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Trafalgar Square
Mansion House
Hyde Park Corner
An Artful Dodger Conversation Sketch
A sharp exchange highlights a husband and wife where she notes his reading habit masks communication needs. The quip implies the husband prioritizes reading, while the wife hints at delayed honesty and suggests timing matters in conversations.
No Men Are Allowed Poultry Farm Run by Women
A Welwyn England farm operates with an all female payroll and premises staff where men are not employed. The feature notes support local economic boosts from every dollar spent in the home town.
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Welwyn
England
Woman Created Five Year Trance Regained by Janet Methods
French neurologist Dr Pierre Janet described a 21 year old woman who fell into a five year trance after memory lapses began at age 13. Hypnosis and clandestine correspondence helped reestablish contact with the outside world and she gradually recovered full mental and physical health.
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Pierre Janet
American Neurological Association
Janet
No Degrees In Honesty
A moral essay argues honesty is binary and universal. It contrasts big thieves and little crooks by courage and opportunity, urging self examination, rejecting partial honesty, and advising to drop cheaters from one’s circle. It asserts most people are honest and trustworthy when honest.
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Littl
Loneliness in London Census Figures
At the census, nine percent of London residents lived alone. Of these, 58,594 were women while men numbered 37,130 in 1911, indicating men were more socially gregarious.
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London
England
The Faster a Man Lives He Will Occupy Ground Floor Space
An aphoristic note warns that a person who dies sooner fills ground-floor space in a cemetery more quickly, implying a moral about living life fully.
Edelweiss Swiss Chalet Row Graces Canadian Rockies Village
The Edelweiss village near Golden blends Alpine Swiss chalets with the Canadian Rockies using rustic bridges and tiered cottages. Swiss guides, trail makers, and their families add a homey, cross continent charm while praising the mountains and landscape despite architectural imperfections.
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Canadian Rockies
Edelweiss
Switzerfaco O
Canada
Alpine
Switzerland
Irrigated land praised by Nicaragua visitor in Alberta
Paul D Sheridan O Leary of San Sebastian Nicaragua talks with a Calgary Herald representative. He praises Alberta irrigation land for intensified farming and recommends it to friends. He notes Southern Manitoba for wheat and predicts growth of small irrigated plots east of Calgary bringing prosperity.
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Calgary Heberald
Paul D Sheridan O'Leary
San Sebastian
Nicaragua
Canada
Manitoba
Mr. O'Leary
Alberta
Calgary
Lady Seeks Sunken Gold In 15 Ton Motor Yacht
Miss Knowles Foster sails from London toward the Norfolk coast in a 15 ton motor yacht to locate two wrecks believed to hold Australian gold. The Admiralty sets the salvage terms including a time limit and a share of proceeds. Foster navigates the voyage with a steward and two divers, pursuing the mission to its bitter end.
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Knowles Foster
F.R.G.S
London
Norfolk
Admiralty
Miss Foster
Imperial veterans' war service gratuity extended to March 31 1922
Date for applying to obtain war service gratuity is extended to March 31 1922 to cover still outstanding cases. Imperial veterans may contact the secretary of the G.W.VA for information. This item also notes a humorous line about bachelors.
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The
G.w.va
Peace Conference and League of Nations Spirit
The article contends the Peace Conference failed not in results but in dampening global idealism. It cites General Smuts praising the League of Nations as the surviving hopeful element and argues for mutual crediting of motives to foster understanding across nations and organizations.
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League of Nations
Gen. Smuts
General Smuts
London Daily News
War-ravaged Dvinsk dwellers live in dugouts amid ruins
Hundreds of families in the war devastated territory around Dvinsk Lat via endure in dugouts previously used by German and Russian troops. No real rebuilding has occurred as villages remain razed and people remain poor after the Russia Germany war and Bolshevik rule.
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Dvinsk
Latvia
Russia
Germany
Five Washington youths sentenced to church for a year
Five young men from Washington North Carolina were ordered by Judge Horton to attend church regularly for one year after being convicted of stealing automobile supplies. They faced a choice of county road labor for a year or regular church attendance for the same period.
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Washington
North Carolina
Horton
Dense Sinking Ice Prompts Novel Discovery
A new form of ice created by high pressure becomes denser than water and sinks. The text notes a man gains sense by moving through crowds by walking around them.
Prairie Timber Wealth Across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta
Prairie provinces hold merchantable forests totaling millions of acres with Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan each containing hundreds of thousands of timber lands. The article notes spruce and pine stands, past fires, and limited cross-border trade, but growing local demand and expansion in lumber and pulp industries.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ashe Prairie
Eurie
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Prince Albert
Great Plains
Germans Undersell Britain in World Trade Rush
The Daily Express warns that Germany undercuts Britain across many goods as a result of lower production costs and currency parity loss. Examples cite steel sold to England $20 per ton cheaper and an electric switch produced for ten cents, sold for $1 in Britain, with German bids on contracts often 20 to 50 percent lower.
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Great Britain
Germany
Daily Express
Britain
England
Havre
Paris
Daily Mail
South America
United States
Europe
Official Wine Tasters and Their Savory Salaries
London Answers notes the government pays William Pheysey an annual salary of 1500 pounds for official wine tasting. It contrasts with French tasters like Mile Colliniere who earn 2500 pounds plus extra from private work. Colliniere is famed for detecting vineyard, vintage year, and other details from a single spoonful.
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William Pheysey
London
Mile. Collinere
Chinaman Builds Bottle-Walled House in Clinton B C
In Clinton British Columbia a Chinaman owner built a unique house with bottle walls set in mud and a roof of earth and tin. The structure uses bottle necks facing outward and is topped with discarded can shingles.
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Clinton
B.C
Chinaman
Absentminded Husband and Shoes Discuss Short Vamps
In a humorous domestic exchange Mrs Runabout questions short vamp shoes while her husband prefers tall wavy styles. A light quip about a boy with a new watch ends with the idea that parts may be missing. London sells Bunyan Pilgrims Progress editions for ten thousand dollars. Support local merchants by buying at home.
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Dover-Calais Tunnel
Golden
Lake Louise
Edelweiss, B.C
Official
Bunyan
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