Canada Expands Trade Across World Markets
The article notes Canada’s exports rising to Ireland and the British Empire, with wheat flour and fumber goods shipped to England and Australia. BC salmon, fruits and vegetables reach global markets while potatoes and apples move from Vancouver ports to distant destinations. toronto trade grows alongside improvements in transport, communications, and banking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
South America
England
Australia
Vancouver
Prati
Jersey
Shanghai
Ootare
Isdis
Toronto
Kunsta
United States
Bigger but not stronger Geots at Edinburgh pageant
Husky Scots in a Craignula Castle pageant struggled with ancient armor and heavy swords. Cast members too large for suits required a London firm to deliver new gear while Old King James era weapons proved so heavy they were hard to lift even after practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craignulla Castle
Edinburgh
London
James IV
The Letter R and the Prescription Symbol History
The article explains the R in prescriptions originated as a Latin take, evolved from a Jupiter symbol in astrology, and became the modern initial for drug orders. It also includes fragmented dialogue about weather and the sea, noting the umbrella joke and disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Sanctuary For Musk OX: Canada Protects Arctic Big Game
Canada creates a musk ox sanctuary in the Hanbury and Thelon valleys east of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories. Officials argue musk oxen are vital to native populations and Arctic ecology, offering strong, disease resistant herds with potential for domestication and protection from new threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Coralinion
Northland
Arctic
Canadian Arctic
A Modern Commodity in Soap History
The piece traces soap's rise from scarce cleansing aids like fuller’s earth and soap berry to modern manufacturing. It notes soponin from soapwort and horse chestnut as lather sources and highlights Highland crofters using natural substitutes to keep blankets soft and white for generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Highlands
Ginseng Roots Valued In Canada And China Trade
Canadian ginseng roots gather in woodlands and export to China where Chinese medicine has long prized their forked human shaped roots. Wild Canadian stock fetches top prices. cultivated roots sell at a premium but lower. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service notes strong Far Eastern demand for ginseng tea as a health standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ontario
Canada
Canadian
Arias
Chefoo
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Far East
Moslem Ruler Adopts Typewriter Marking Arab Progress
The Fez governor Pasha Bou chata el Baghdadi receives a typewriter after previously accepting an automobile last year. Though wary at first, he now accepts the device, aided by General Chambrun who ensured Arabic typing of God bless our lord the Pasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fez
Pasha Bouchata el Baghdadi
Satan
Chambrun
Lord the
Taking French Leave Origin and Social Reactions
The phrase describes leaving without permission or farewell. Originating in eighteenth century France, it spread to England among Paris imitators. French saw benefits in quiet departure, while English hosts viewed it as discourteous to guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Paris
Chilean forest vanishes as hill sinks and river forms island
Report from Chile describes a wooded hill north of the Claro River dropping into a hoof shaped chasm 1,200 yards long. Villagers heard a loud quake and saw the river bed rise creating an island 300 feet long and 90 feet wide. A second fragment notes girls planning a camping trip with their mother joining to cook and wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Claro
Women in Public Positions Across Canadian Sectors
The census shows growing female presence in work and public life. Agnes McPhail sits in Parliament. 419,975 women teachers now outnumber men. women enter mining electrical and civil engineering. Textiles employ over 67,000 women with many dressmakers and milliners in Regina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Regina Post
French Regulation Echoes in Western States Fashion Debate
An old French royal edict from 1770 threatens witchcraft prosecution and void marriage for use of cosmetics and fashionable dress. The passage notes Western states copying France meanwhile the dialogue sections show a string of quips about commerce and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Feeding Of Swine In New Brunswick Experiment
An experiment at Fredericton Experimental Station studied feeding methods on hog type. Pigs were divided into three groups hopper fed, pail fed full, and pail fed half rations then full. Results suggest hopper feeding is not practical for bacon production. light early rations stunt growth and extremes early are undesirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Preserving Fruits and Vegetables In the Home Bulletin
A Dominion Department of Agriculture bulletin offers home canning guidance. It stresses using fresh to slightly under ripe fruit for pectin, cooking in small batches, porcelain-lined vessels, and constant stirring. A sugar ratio of one to one or three fourths to one is advised, with recipes for jams jellies marmalades and pickles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Bulletin
Photographing a Bear When Charged By a Kodiak
National Kodiak bear expeditions return south from Alaska with notes that the animals are massive and dangerous. Fred Wolcott, a member of the party, says bears look large enough to battle a tank and warns of the thrill and danger of filming such encounters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Peninsula
Pacific
Alaska
Fred Wolcott
Window cleaner and the stubborn mower encounter microbe exhibit
A street scene features a window cleaner offering a wash of spectacles to a man mowing his lawn. Separately a magnifying microscope with 3,500 power is shown to the Royal Society in London to display interior organs of microbes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society
London
Reckless truck drivers blamed for NYC auto deaths
A Street Safety Committee report from the New York Automobile Club notes 514 people killed by autos in six months, with motor trucks (134,436 of them) shown to be driven more recklessly than passenger cars. The piece urges action to curb truck-related fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New York Automobile Club
Damsel Fly Seen as Mosquito Nemesis Says Alberta Scientist
Scientists from the University of Alberta note damsel flies, reddish brown dragonfly like insects, prey on mosquito larvae. They warn these flies alone cannot wipe out the mosquito problem due to large northern populations and the need for millions of damsel flies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. MacGregor
Department of Entomology
University of Alberta
Elgar's First Lesson From a House Painter
A young Edward Elgar, born at Upper Broadheath Worcester, received his first music lesson from a house painter while the family cottage was being decorated. The painter corrected his early four line stave and the anecdote hints that without that lesson the composer might not have written Land of Hope and Glory.
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Sir Edward Elgar
Britain
Upper Broadheath
Worcester
Edward
Wanted An Easy Job On The Railway
A frail applicant seeks an easy railway job walking with a car wheel tester and listening for faults. A separate dialogue fragment shows a woman rejecting marriage over love for another, and a bemused exchange about a ring sale. The piece closes with a proverb on first and second loves.
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Cocho
Slovakia
Irish Free State
Weather Bureau
Jones
Arabia
Mother
Mer
Agnes McPhail
House of Commons
Tioneer
Ach
Simith
North
West
Kodak Man
Wolcott
Motorist
Liverpool
World Federation of Education Associations
New York
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