Democracy On Trial in Canada and the Democracy Standard
A speech argues democracy requires high citizen standards of intelligence education and character. It warns Canada risks poor electors, low literacy, and moral failings, urging renewed focus on home school and church to raise mentality literacy education and morals for democracy to work.
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Tee Te
Great Britain
United States of America
France
China
Russia
Canada
United States
Merc
Ten-Year Dictionary Project Maps Babylonian History
Prof D D Luckenbill of the University of Chicago leads eight assistants in a ten year project to compile a Babylonian Assyrian dictionary from clay tablet records. The work aims to reveal 3,000 years of commerce and law, including ancient contracts and codes that shaped modern nations.
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D D Luckenbdill
University of Chicago
Ope
Luckenbill
Intelligent horse saves child and herds cows in remarkable acts
A Victoria British Columbia horse named Some shows high intelligence by stopping to keep a two year old safe from a truck. In Western Australia a grey horse and a brown horse herd cows into a milking yard without any driver, then go to their stable.
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George Gawley
Victoria
B.C
Kingston St. Firehall
Western Australia
Egypt and Hedjaz in a Doctors and Carpet Dispute
King Fuad demands Egyptian doctors accompany the annual Mecca pilgrimage and the Holy Carpet from Cairo. King Hussein of Hedjaz refuses Egyptian medical importation, appealing to Britain for resolution as diplomatic tensions rise over the pilgrimage arrangements.
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Fuad
Egypt
Hussein
Hedjaz
Huussein
Mecca
Great Britain
EgypUian
Cairo
Construction contracts in Canada rise to July total
July contracts totalled 30,842,500 dollars, up from 26,694,200 the prior year. Residential work reached 9,402,500 dollars, business 2,272,600, industrial 1,514,600, and public works and utilities 10,653,100. The value of contenzlated new work reported during July was 50,200 dollars.
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Canada
Enterprising Hunchbacks At Grand Central Stand
A group of six enterprising hunchbacks operate a news stand near Grand Central terminal named The Six Hunches. A placard invites superstition believers to rub their backs for luck as they sell papers. They were former newspaper sellers who joined to form the venture and do brisk business.
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Grand Central Terminal
New York
Americans Settle in Alberta Peace River Homesteads Increase
Officials of the Dominion land office in Edmonton report steady demand for homesteads in northern Alberta. American farmers, especially, travel from the United States to the Peace River country by automobile to inspect land before filing applications.
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Alberta
Dominion Land Office
Edmonton
Peace River Country
Cause For Delay Thief Pinched In Chickens Fire Assault Case
A man was arrested for stealing chickens setting a house on fire and assaulting a police officer. The report notes suspicions about a family connection and a mother asking whether the man is the father.
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Bobby
Father
What Ailed Her Guest at Party
A terse dialogue notes a flirtatious woman at a gathering turning icy upon the husband’s arrival, framing a tense domestic misreading and marriage tension in a quick, quip-like corner.
Watering the Elephants Dairy Farmer Parable
A dairy farmer tells of a poor man who toiled carrying water to elephants to earn circus admission but slept through the show as the workers dismantled the venue. He compares this to farmers whose toil yields no lasting payoff, their feed and energy wasted.
Lethbridge Irrigation Expansion Costs Outlined
The annual report of the reclamation service notes feasible irrigation of about 400000 more acres south and east of Lethbridge at roughly $40 per acre. Development hinges on reservoir systems on the Waterton St Marys and Milk River, with southeastern Lethbridge project costing about $4.60 per acre for reservoirs.
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Reclamation Service
Department of the Interior
Lethbridge
Waterton
St. Mary’s
Milk River
First Tree Growing Competition in Biggar Canada
Progress reported in a unique national tree growing contest at Biggar Saskatchewan. The aim is to encourage farmers to establish shelter belts fruit plantations and ornamental shrubs. The note closes with a proverb about dentistry and friendship.
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Biggar
Sask
Canada
Timberman Beetles and the Fairy Sketch
Stella asks for a grown up drawing and sketches Mr Timberman with extraordinarily long antennae. The tale notes Timberman Beetles as fierce fighters whose antennae often break, while Mrs Timberman’s are shorter. The Brownies want to play hide and seek in the sunshine.
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Stella
Mr. Timberman
Hard Times for U S Farmers Reflecting Wheat Price Crisis
Secretary Wallace warns thousands of U S farmers face bankruptcy as wheat prices stay well below production costs. He calls for higher farm product prices and rail freight reductions to restore balance among agriculture industry and commerce and avert ongoing acute agricultural problems.
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United States
Wallace
United States Department of Agriculture
Peculiar Missouri and the naming oddity of Franklin towns
A historic note explains how Peculiar Missouri got its name after officials rejected many options and a postal worker quipped about naming it Peculiar. The piece also notes that while states avoid duplicate town names, many names appear across multiple states with Franklin the most common, used 21 times in 31 states.
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Post Office Department
Missouri
Peeuliar
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Your Teeth and the Danger of Mouth Infections
The article explains that most bodily infections originate from mouth and throat abscesses, calling them focus infections when blood poisoning occurs. It notes there are twenty temporary and thirty two permanent teeth, creating many potential infection sources unless cared for, and urges immediate preventive care to preserve future health and success.
Merchant Discovers Right Side Attracts More Customers
A Harrisboro electrical dealer finds the right side of his shop draws more buyers than the left as patrons enter. Show cases lure customers while the left side holds staples. rear booths reveal the right booth yields four times as many nickies as the left one.
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Harrisboro
Pennsyllvania
Don
Tribute Across Distances For Presidents McKinley And Harding
The New York Herald recalls how in 1901 crowds along the Buffalo to Washington route paid silent tribute to President McKinley after his assassination, mirroring the nation’s mourning as President Harding’s funeral train moved toward Washington nearly twenty-two years later.
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Washington
Harding
Buffalo
McKinley
New York Herald
Shackleton Memorial Movement Gains Steam in England
A movement forms in England to honor the late Sir Ernest Shackleton the Antarctic explorer. Proposals include a public memorial or relief for his dependents. In Birmingham factories turn out about 37 million spins daily.
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England
Ernest Shackleton
Birmingham
Remarkable 1705 Sermons Volume Passes to Ottawa Family
An old Birmingham published volume from 1705 titled Sermons remains in excellent condition. It moved from the Marlow Perrin library in England to George Perrin in Ottawa after the Perrin line, with most feather bindings intact and 488 pages mostly pristine. A single torn page was repaired by sewing, keeping the book's heritage intact.
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Birmingham
England
George Perrin
Ottawa
Rey Edward Broadhurst
Perrin
Marlow Perrin
Marlon Perrin
Canada
Mistletoe Threat in Southwest Pine Forests
The article warns mistletoe as a deadly parasite on yellow pine, a widespread commercial pest in the Southwest. For 12 years researchers have studied its damage and control, with eradication chiefly by removing infected trees as the parasite dies with its host.
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Department of Agriculture
Canadian Premier Mackenzie King Heads to Imperial Conference
Premier W. L. Mackenzie King of Canada plans a September departure for London with cabinet members to attend the Imperial Conference. Delegates from across the British Empire will discuss issues of vital interest to the members of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
England
London
British Commonwealth of Nations
Prosperous Canada Shows Record Bond and Deposit Totals
Canada holds 1.837 billion dollars in Dominion bonds and 537.349 million in demand deposits with chartered banks. Savings deposits total 1.229253431 billion. International trade and national revenue reach historic highs.
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Dominion of Canada
Chartered Banks of Canada
Canada
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