Triggers and Theories Behind Earthquakes
The piece surveys proposed quake triggers from outer space gravitation to microseisms and ocean tides. It notes isostasy and asthenoliths as competing ideas, with Stetson and Osborn offering views on solid earth tides and pole wobble as imbalance sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Continents
House of Cards
Harlan P. Stetson
Perkins Observatory
Delaware
Ohio
Chase S. Osborn
United States Senate
Michigan
Prince Albert National Park A Northern Saskatchewan Playground
A Canadian region in northern Saskatchewan north of the fertile belt features rocks woods and lakes. The area hosts large white birch jack pine and white spruce with abundant pickerel pike gray trout moose deer bear and many game birds. Prince Albert National Park was established in 1928 as a key addition to Canada’s national reservations.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Prince Albert National Park
Canadian business tour to the Orient gathers dozens of reservations
More than thirty bookings from across Canada are secured for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce business men's tour to the Orient, departing from Vancouver on October 15. Excur sion chairman H R McMillan expects up to fifty more reservations before sailing day. The piece notes high living costs and shifts in what is considered luxury.
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Canada
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver
H. R. McMillan
Shoplifting Not Driven by Need Says Toronto Store Head
The head of the indoor detective squad at a major Toronto department store argues most thieves act from impulse not need. He notes women predominate among cases and cites a professor's wife in the rogues gallery. The store tends to mild handling, prosecuting only those denying guilt or appearing as bad characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Mail
Empire
Formant
Rogues Gallery
Counterfeit Bank Notes Warned Circulating in Canada
The post office department warns that counterfeit Bank of Nova Scotia ten dollar bills are circulating in Canada. The fake notes imitate the front of the 1929 issue and use a blunted blue back from the 1924 note. They are darker and blurred with crude numbering, varied sizes, greasy shiny paper, and one example shows the numbers 20052 occupying more space than on the genuine bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Nova Scotia
Canada
Post Office Department
Politics Are Precarious in Parliament
The Ottawa Journal notes that politics is a fragile career with Parliament renewing itself roughly every two decades. Since 1911 over 400 men have entered Parliament, enjoyed brief prominence, then faded from memory, as ten years or two sessions often marks the life span of an average parliamentarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurier
Ottawa Journal
First Flying Touring Party Plans Europe Tour
The initial group of amateur pilots began with 200 planes departing England as the first leg of a Europe tour. They spent a day in Frankfort sightseeing and attended a banquet at the local sports club before continuing to Friedrichshafen and other European cities.
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Europe
England
Frankfort
Germany
Friedrichshafen
European
Coal varieties in Alberta and British Columbia
The article notes that apart from true anthracite, Alberta and British Columbia host nearly all coal types. Alberta’s high grade lignite and sub-bituminous coals are labeled by provincial authorities as domestic coal to distinguish them from ordinary lignites.
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Alberta
British Columbia
Tagging Deer Aims to Map Life History and Habitats
Conservation science expands tagging beyond fish and birds to deer. Michigan begins tagging fawns to track movements and habitats, noting origin sites and later relocations to answer why travel occurs. The method promises life history data to improve wild deer environments across states.
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American Game Protective Association
New York
Conservation Department of Michigan
New Director Elected to Monaco Hydrographic Bureau
The Monaco based Hydrographic Bureau selects a new director to lead global sea mapping efforts. The article honors early navigators Christopher Columbus Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan highlighting Magellan's Pacific voyage and the first circumnavigation ending in Seville.
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International Hydrographic Bureau
Monaco
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Cape of Good Hope
Ferdinand Magellan
Pacific Ocean
Spain
Java
Malacca
Spice Islands
Straits of Magellan
Train Robbery Teaches Lesson In Canadian Rails
Hoboes and two foreign men flagged a mixed train south from Churchill. The men leaped between box cars to ride to The Pas. The conductor halted the two, escorted them to the day coach, collected their fares, and the train continued on.
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Hudson Bay
Churchill
Pas
New Zealand Plans Eclipse Observations From Tin Can Island
Scientists in New Zealand prepare for a total solar eclipse visible near Niuafou also called Tin Can Island. The New Zealand Radio Research Committee has borrowed English instruments to study radio signal transmission across the eclipse path.
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Niuafou
Tin Can Island
New Zealand
New
Sweets for Livestock Unprofitable Molasses Feeds
University of Minnesota feeding experiments show calves relish molasses in grain but gains do not exceed regular diets, making sweetened mixes uneconomical. Berlin urban and suburban railways carried 445 million passengers last year. Linoleum wears better when waxed occasionally.
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University of Minnesota
College of Agriculture
Berlin
Definition of a Gentleman by Lord Lonsdale at Pontypridd
Lord Lonsdale, a veteran sporting peer, defined a gentleman as one who does what is right in any walk of life. He spoke at a luncheon in his honor at Pontypridd Glamorgan recently, offering thoughts on character and conduct.
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Lord Lonsdale
Pontypridd
Glamorgan
Swedish phonograph uses curved cardboard soundbox
A curved sheet of cardboard serves as the reproduced sound source in the device, replacing a traditional soundbox to recreate tones of a Swedish inventor's phonograph.
Canadian National Appoints Atlantic Region General Freight Agent
Canadian National names a General Freight and Passenger Agent for the Atlantic Region with headquarters in Moncton New Brunswick. The post of General Passenger Agent is abolished.
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Atlantic Region
Moncton
N.B
Appointed District Passenger Agent Named for New Brunswick Quebec Region
Appointed district passenger agent based at Moncton covering New Brunswick Quebec from Matapedia to Riviere du Loup and Edmundston to Monk with Gaspe Peninsula excluded.
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Moncton
New Brunswick
Quebec
Matapedia
Riviere du Loup
Edmundston
Monk
Gaspe Peninsula
Free Homestead Policy May Be Extended In Western Canada
The government hints the free homestead policy may continue temporarily as Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia lands transfer to provincial control. Entry numbers show 58 million acres have been surveyed for homesteads, with 160 acre parcels and a $10 fee. Canadians lead in entries followed by Americans and English.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Warning to Hunters Urges Safe Gunning Practices
Carlos Avery of the American Game Protective Association calls on hunters nationwide to cooperate with officials and conservation groups as new educational campaigns begin. He warns that wind blown branches and movement can mislead shooters and stresses keeping the gun muzzle safe, unloading during rests, and never aiming at anyone to prevent accidental shootings.
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Carlos Avery
American Game Protective Association
Mr. Avery
Ice Cream Freezer Aboard Hudson Bay Ship Reaches Behring Strait
The Old Maid No. 2 sailed from Vancouver to the Western Arctic carrying what may be the first ice cream freezer to pass Behring Strait. The cargo included peanut butter fruit salad grape juice canned grapefruit lobsters jams vegetables and many candies for Christmas gifts. The voyage supplies fox farm fence wire and a package labeled hip bat.
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Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Vancouver
Arctic
Behring Straits
Princess Giovanna Aids Wounded Soldier in Fast Car Rescue
Princess Giovanna daughter of the King of Italy, trained by the Red Cross, stopped to aid artilleryman Manton Morani after he was thrown from his horse. She bound his wounds and, with her chauffeur, sped to a hospital, defying the speed limit.
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Giovanna
Italy
Red Cross
Manton Morani
London of Dickens A Guided Walk Through Dickensian London
The article reviews Walter Dexter s The London of Dickens a fifteen chapter guide to streets and houses mentioned by Dickens and to London sites tied to his works It notes Fred Wade s influence on Dickens lore and praises the book as a vivid supplement to London guides while honoring Dexter s restraint in distinguishing fact from fiction.
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London
Dickens
Walter Dexter
Cecil Palmer
St. Martin’s Church
Trafalgar Square
David Copperfield
Peggotty
Strand
Golden Cross Hotel
Pickwickians
Betsy Trotwood
David
Copperfield
Mr. Dexter
Dicken
Dexter
First Nova Scotia apples export voyage and prices
The first apples exported from Nova Scotia were shipped by sailing vessel from Halifax to Liverpool in 1849, fetching $2 per barrel. In 1856 a schooner carried 700 barrels to Boston at $2.75 per barrel.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
Liverpool
Boston
U.S.A
A Good English Waiter Said to be Best Servant in World
A proverb notes that a good English waiter is regarded as the best servant in the world. The claim reflects praise for refined service and discretion in hospitality.
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Meier
Hummel
Hamburg
W. N. UW
Western Canada Coal
Magellan
Philippines
Seville
Weatherston
H. Corcoran
Eskimos
Princess
Westminster Abbey
Tower of London
Temple Gardens
Ruth Pinch
John Westlock
F. C. Wade
Dickens Fellowship
Fred Wade
Wade
Karikaturen
Oslo
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