British Immigrants and Bettered Canadian Emigration
In the Empire Review Gerald Adams urges targeting British rural districts to boost skilled immigrants for farming in Canada. He argues many arrivals prefer towns, creating a need for rural outreach, practical homestead opportunities, and low capital farms to attract "useful" settlers from Britain.
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Empire Review
Gerald Adams
Canterbury Chamber of Commerce
Congress of Chambers
Montreal
United Kingdom
Canada
Europe
Adams
West
British Isles
Britain
England
Dominion
Different Names For Waves Around Great Britain
The article lists regional terms for surf and waves along Britain. Peterhead calls large breakers Norrawa carpenters while Lincolnshire uses rollers. East Anglia uses slog for heavy surf and home for well marked swell. Suf folk speak of bark and feather white foam, with spoon drift describing foam.
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Great Britain
Peterhead
Norrawa
Norway
Lincolnshire
Atlantic
Ontario Farm Forestry Push Offers Free Planting Aid
The Ontario Department of Agriculture announces a program to encourage farm forestry with soil prep guidance and free planting stock where feasible. It limits material to two acres per year per person, requires landowners to plant and protect trees, and allows public inspection of plots.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
E. J. Zavitz
Guelph
O.A.C
What Is a Baby A Devotional Reflection
A poetic reflection defining a baby as the source of joy and growth, making home happier and life richer. It notes love deepening, quiet moments intensifying, and time shifting toward a brighter future.
Doomsday Wisdom from Emerson Cited on Daily Learning
A succinct Zen-like quote attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson states that true learning begins when one understands that every day is a potential doomsday. It frames education as continual vigilance and urgency.
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Emerson
Care in Handling Fine Prints and Engravings
A dealer warns that ink in engravings and etchings rarely dries, even after centuries. Experts can spot prints pulled across a blank area by ink transfer, so they store each print in snug boxes to lift only straight up. These small precautions can preserve prints worth thousands.
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Niet
Rembrandt
Durer
New York Press
Cultivation of cordiality aids life and happiness
The article urges early training in kindness to avoid cold unapproachable manners. It argues warm hearts struggle to express feel ings when guarded, especially for those raised away from social centers. Cultivating goodwill and helpfulness can soften the exterior and let the soul show itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
The Horse’s Ancestry through Geological Time
A geologic genealogy traces the horse from Hyracotherium and Eohippus of the lower Eocene to Epihippus Mesohippus Anchitherium Parahippus Protohippus Pliohippus and finally Equus in the pliocene and quaternary. Side branches Hipparion and Hippidium die out without descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Rice
Anchitherium
Hipparion
Hippidium
The Power and Calm of Laughter in Daily Life
A lighthearted exchange extols laughter as a healthful force affecting breathing, heart rate, circulation, and brain activity. It compares laughter to a sea breeze and August shower while praising its moral impact and its role in dispelling superstitions.
Long Hair as Mark of Honor Across Ancient Societies
The article traces long hair as a sign of rank and culture in many civilizations. It highlights France, Persia, Greek Homeric references, Gauls under Caesar, Franks, Goths, and contrasts with short hair symbolizing subjugation or criminal status.
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France
Stones of Ottawa and Canadian charm in Mr Campbell's prose
A review praises William Campbell for venerating Canadian regions including the Maritime Provinces and French Canada. It lauds his praise of Howe, Haliburton, and Ottawa Parliament Hill, with vivid descriptions of winter twilight and Gothic architecture. The piece highlights his admiration for Canada’s seasons and natural beauty as life’s remedy.
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Wiliid Campbell
Maritime Provinces
Howe
Haliburton
Canada
Sally Wertine
Montree
otMawna
Campbell
Ottawa
Venice
Ruskin
Parliament Hill
Europe
Gatinean Halls
Walking to Canada by two distressed sisters from Bromyard
Two sisters Elizabeth and Elsie Taylor aged 11 and 9 were found on a Monmouthshire road near Tredegar in a worn state. They said they left Bromyard Herefordshire eight days ago with their 15 year old brother aiming for Rhymney to reach an aunt and then Canada, but lost their brother and strayed toward Newport. They were cold hungry and travel worn when found crying by the roadside.
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Canada
Monmouthshire
Tredegar
Elizabeth
Elsie Taylor
Bromyard
Hereforshire
Rhymney
Rhymney Bridge
Newport
Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors Line Counts
Shakespeare’s longest play Hamlet contains 4058 lines while The Comedy of Errors is the shortest with 1807 lines. The note compares two plays by line length and highlights their relative sizes.
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Hamlet
Shakespeare
Two Great Victories At Leipsic And Breitenfeld
Leipsic, a Saxon city, lent its name to two major victories. Gustavus Adolphus defeated Tilly at Breitenfeld near the city. The allied triumph over Napoleon followed battles in nearby villages and in Leipsic streets.
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Leipsic
Saxony
Gustavus Adolphus
Tilly
Breitenfeld
Napoleon
Alaska's Big Bears in Fact and Fantasy
An article asserts the large brown bears of Alaska are the world’s largest carnivorous mammals, surpassing African lions in size and strength. It argues these bears, though capable of rapid, powerful blows, are not naturally vicious and eat a mixed diet with flesh comprising only a small share of their food.
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America
Subarctic
North
Scribner’s Magazine
Alaska Peninerta
Behring Sea
Jubilee at Gretna Green Records Double Marriage
Gretna Green keeps its jubilee as the village blacksmith still unites fleeing lovers in wedlock. In 1857 marriages there became illegal but Sheridan twins faced legal quirks after a Sunday wedding in Edinburgh was ruled nonbinding, prompting a return to Gretna Green for a weekday remarriage.
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Gretna Green
Purzle
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Vulcan
Edinburgh
Sheridan
English language growth and global spread projected
The text notes a rise from 20 million to 125 million English speakers in 100 years, with no other language advancing similarly. It compares Continental European languages, cites Spanish with 18 million in Spain and 35 million in America, German around 80 million, Portuguese usage, and predicts English reaching 300 million in the United States and India by the twenty fifth century.
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Europe
Spain
America
Germany
Portugal
France
United States
India
Mice Nest Found in Glasgow Printer's Apron
In a Glasgow printers office mice infested the workspace and hid young in a printer's apron. A campaigned worker found a nest of newborn mice and a dead mouse nearby, with rats also appearing as the mice vanished. The sighting suggested the mother mouse hid her brood to protect them from rats.
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Glasgow
Art and Happiness in the Life of Artists
A reflection notes that artists are not inherently happier than others. Unhappiness arises from folly and willfulness, while devotion to art is a mitigating factor rather than the sole cause of their misfortunes.
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