British Empire Exhibition At Wembley Park 1924 Planned As Greatest World Event
The British Empire Exhibition planned for Wembley Park in London in 1924 will be the greatest world exhibition. Builders rise on permanent halls as architects Simpson Ayrton and engineer Williams survey progress. The vast layout includes national pavilions for Australia Canada South Africa New Zealand India and others with an arena for a 125000 spectator cup tie.
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London
Wembley Park
Duke of York
Daily Telegraph
J. W. Simpson
Maxwell Ayrton
E. O. Williams
British Empire
United Kingdom
Trafalgar Square
Carlton
Northumberland Avenue
Commonwealth
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
India
West Africa
Empire Stadium
McAlpine and Sons
Watkin
Edward Watkin
Eiffeld
Baker Street
Wembly Park
Metropolitan
Marylebone
Great Central Railway
Wembly Hill
Wembley
London and North Western Railway
Bakerloo Tube
Alperton
Record Butter Shipment Leaves Vancouver
A large dairy cargo departed Vancouver during the week carried by a single vessel. The shipment totaled 55 354 packages of butter with 6 394 packages allocated for shipping.
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Vancouver
Oldest Known Literary Composition Mentioned as Rig Veda
The record notes the Rig Veda as a possibly oldest literary composition in Sanskrit. It references its ancient origins and significance in literary and linguistic history.
Whistling Marmots May Be Broadcasted For Radio Fans
A national park service proposal could broadcast Marmot Chorus from Glacier National Park in Montana. A 200 watt receiver and transmitter at 360 meters would cover 1500 miles, allowing coast to coast reception of the picollo like whistling chorus by up to one million marmots near the Canadian border.
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Hocky Mountain Marmot Singing Society
National Park Service
Park
Montana
Platinum as a Rubric for Russian Money
A Detroit Free Press note speculates that Russia has long accumulated platinum to coin as currency. It argues platinum could underlie a hard money system, given Russia's platinum output versus global supply, but notes the metal would still be far from gold in value. It cites annual platinum value around ten million dollars and Russia's need for a trillion in gold to achieve a solid monetary base.
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Europe
Russia
United States
Detroit Free Press
Prehistoric Drawings Hint At Pleiades Ten Star Group
Cave drawings described to the French Academy suggest the Pleiades cluster with ten stars depicted. Modern observers see only seven unaided, with the extra stars visible from mountains or with a telescope. The report raises questions about ancient astronomical knowledge or changes in star brightness.
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Bigourdan
French Academy of Sciences
Nerves of Today and Modern Civilization
A well known neurologist warns civilization must conquer its nerves or be conquered by them. He cites neurasthenia insomnia and nervous breakdown as rising dangers in England urging early action and buffers like short rests and outdoor activity to recharge the nervous system.
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England
World’s Wonder Waterway Canal Project Delivers Vast European Link
A colossal canal plan from Fel senau Germany aims to connect Rotter dam Holland with Basle Switzerland via the Rhine and a long waterway to Geneva and Neuchatel. Construction begins at the Rhine end with a tunnel beneath Geneva to allow seven hundred ton ships to pass. Thirty locks between Geneva and Neuchatel will raise the canal two hundred feet above the lake.
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Felsenau
Germany
Rotterdam
Holland
Basle
Switzerland
Rhine
Europe
Geneva
Neuchatel
She Changed Her Mind
A gentle Cleveland woman arrives in New York and tips a station porter. He throws the dime in fury but she explains it is all she has. Walking two miles would condemn her to a longer trip, so she offers again to tip and then asks for the bus, and he relents.
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Cleveland
New York
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Scenery as a National Asset and Town Aesthetics
President Harding marks the Yellowstone Park Reserve’s fiftieth anniversary noting scenery as a national asset. The piece argues that everyday country views and city avenues also constitute valuable scenery and warns against grotesque advertising boards marring landscapes, urging pleasant natural scenery along railways and roadways.
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Harding
Yellowstone Park Reserve
United States
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Yosemite
Niagara
St. Thomas
How Sand Forms From Tiny Shells and Cliffs
A beach sand features smooth dry grains, many chipped from cliff faces by waves, and others are tiny shells. These shells come from minute sea creatures whose remains wash ashore, accumulate in tides, and eventually fuse into stone. Over time they build large rock formations and even entire mountain ranges.
Bolshevists Not Russian No Treaties No Agreements
London Times reports that Bolshevists are separate from Russia and that their rule destroys freedom and production. The piece argues Russia has nothing to offer while the Bolshevists stay in power, condemning their system as enslaving the nation.
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Russia
London
Times
Jolly minister cracks poultry quip at farmhouse table
A young country minister at a farmhouse Sunday dinner jokes as the plate of roast chicken is passed. He quips about the chicken entering the ministry while a bright family member retorts with a witty comeback.
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Bostos
Hot Squids Frozen by Pressure Aggression
Hot Squids can be frozen by aggregation of pressure aloess.
New Farming Areas Of Northern Saskatchewan Potential Wheat Country
The article describes vast, largely unsettled lands north of North Battleford and Prince Albert in Saskatchewan, with rich loam soils and water resources. Explorers report potential for large scale farming and cattle ranching, predicting future wheat and crop prosperity as settlement expands.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan River
Hudson's Bay Company
North-West Territories
Department of the Interior
Dominion
Peace River Country
North Battleford
Prince Albert
Churchill Rivers
Manitoba
Pembina
Meadow Lake
Canada
Lac la Range
Manitoba division elects president at publisher short course
Roy Fahrni of Gladstone Manitoba was elected president of the Manitoba division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association at the final session of the short course conference of publishers in the Agricultural College Winnipeg. C H Saults Winnipeg was re elected secretary. J A MacLachlan Virden retired president reported a satisfactory year. Discussion covered wages for job printing. Roy Ashwin Regina gave a report on the year's business of the firm. Bruce Campbell spoke on the Advertising Agency and the Local Paper. W A McLeod Regina presented Government Agricultural News and Bruce Walker spoke to the gathering.
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Roy Fahrni
Gladstone
Man
Manitoba
Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association
Agricultural College
Winnipeg
C. H. Saults
Regina
Fim
Bruce Campbell
W. A. McLeod
Department of Agriculture
Government Agricultural News
Bruce Walker
Conserving a Resource The Dominion Buffalo Herd
The Dominion Government seeks to preserve Canada’s last wild buffalo herd in the far north. Sentiment prompts protection, with potential long term utilitarian value. The buffalo hides and meat are valued, and leather from the hides promising for coats and robes, making buffalo farming a possible profitable pursuit.
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Dominion
Canada
Edmonton Bulletin
More Gold Retrieved From Laurentic Wreck
British salvage crews report recovery of more than a million pounds sterling from the Laurentic gold cargo, adding to prior finds from the White Star liner wreck. Divers aboard the Admiralty vessel Racer have worked off Lough Swilly near Donegal since 1917, with autumn salvage hoped before weather limits operations.
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Admiralty
Racer
Derry Harbor
Lough Swilly
Donegal
Ireland
Pacific lumber demand shifts to Orient markets
Lumber for Orient China and Japan now absorbs about 90 percent of the lumber once headed to British Columbia and prairie provinces. Demand from the Orient is so strong that 95 percent of Pacific Coast mills are said to be sold out a month ahead.
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China
Japan
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Orient
Pacific Coast
How to Insult a Bolshevist
The greatest insult to a Bolshevist is calling him a radish a taunt attributed to Trotsky implying outer red, inner white. The phrase mocks those who appear loyal but lack true commitment.
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Pleiades
Bolshevists
Philadelphia Ledger
R. Fahrni
Division of Weekly Newspapers Association
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