Diphtheria Is Preventable Plan Outlined By Health Official
Saskatchewan deputy minister Dr. M. M. Seymour promotes the Seymour Plan to curb diphtheria deaths. He cites Canadian and American data, urges early vaccination and toxoid use, and notes safe, effective immunization starting after three months with Schick testing to check immunity.
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Canada
M. M. Seymour
Saskatchewan
United States
Seymour
Conference of
North America
America
Prince Edward Island
Buffalo
New York City
Fritish Government to Aid Canadian Farm Labor Training
London reports say the British government will cooperate with Canada to extend training schools for British unemployed workers as farm labor in Canada, if Canada shares the extra costs. Blair of the Canadian Immigration Department visited the schools. a proposal may come to extend the plan. A stray quote about writing with a pen dial and a wireless device guiding ships in fog appears in the same dispatch.
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London
Fritish
Canada
Accuracy Rules Time on Railroads Across the Nation
An article notes that divergent timekeeping by engin eers conductors and signalmen caused wrecks and that a rigid watch inspection system now governs 125 000 miles of railroad. Investigations found seventeen distinct times across cities and rail hubs with clerks and engineers relying on cheap alarms and clocks.
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Tte
Jewels Bound Books Sail in Historic Treasures
A jewel bound Omar Khayyam copy bound with opals, once aboard the Titanic, lies lost at sea. A Frankfort museum hold a similar gem encrusted volume with twenty one opals. A continental Romeo and Juliet bound in gold settings bears four hundred stones forming hearts and flowers. An illuminated Keats poetry copy in America, vellum pages and 4400 feather inlays and 1000 stones, features a pearl and turquoise miniature.
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Atlantic
Omar Khayyam
America
Frankfort
Costliest Map In World At Paris Louvre
A London paper notes the giant map of France in the Louvre, a one square metre centerpiece crafted from jasper towns marked in gold with rivers in platinum and 87 departments as gem schemes. Made in Russia as a gift to France during the Franco-Russian Alliance, it cost an estimated £258,000.
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San Francisco
Giat
Louvre
Paris
London
France
Russia
Grenadier Guards Relax Height Rule To Six Feet
The Grenadier Guards lowered their height requirement to 5 feet 10 inches in April 1925 due to a shortage of suitable six-foot recruits. The policy has since returned to the traditional six-foot standard as recruitment improved and six-foot men became available.
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Grenadier Guards
McNes
Grenadiers
Car linked to Archduke murder spurred more tragedy
The Sarajevo 1914 archduke murder car, later bought by a dealer, skidded while overtaking another vehicle and four people were killed, renewing tragedy surrounding the historic vehicle.
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Archduke Ferdinand of Austria
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Norwegian sailor sails North Sea alone in open boat
A Norwegian seaman crossed the North Sea alone in a 25 foot open sailing boat. After two days the boat leaked and for eight days he bailed every three hours, enduring harsh conditions before reaching safety. Beware of the man who never did anything wrong. There’s a first time for everything.
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North Sea
Reindeer Prospects Seen as Canada Wealth Source
Captain Henry Toke Mann argues Northern Canadian reindeer herds could become a major wealth source for the Dominion. He cites Alaska examples, notes humanitarian benefits for Eskimos, and says the Arctic prairies offer business value despite past discouraging reports. He insists reindeer meat is domesticated, fine grained, like mutton, and herds can double in three years with proper care.
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Canada
Dominion
Henry Toke Mann
F.r.gs
Fas
Hudson's Bay Company
Munn
Systema
Dames
Lemon Brothers
Alaska
Canadian Arctic
Arctic
Mackenzie River
No Bald Men In Asylums Says British Scientist
The British Association for the Advancement of Science heard Professor H. T. Fleur claim bald men have more sense and link hair growth to thyroid activity. He argued diminished hair growth frees thyroid influence to affect brain growth, suggesting an accessory factor in human brain development.
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British Association For the Advancement of Science
H. T. Fleur
Divorce Growth Denounced by Canadian Social Council Leader
Dr Gordon Bates general secretary of the Canadian Social Highline Council warns against divorce as a social ill. He cites headlines in large American cities that add Divorces to Births Deaths and Marriages, noting examples in Los Angeles and Detroit.
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Gordon Bates
Canadian Social Highline Council
Los Angeles
Detroit
China Turns To Tobacco In Modern Era
China rapidly sheds ancient so the Canton industrial center embraces cigarettes and cigars. The demand is huge with three new match factories installed to supply the region. Some men only save money by breaking into jail.
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China
Canton
Health Of Our Live Stock Shows Decline In Slaughter Compensation
The Dominion Veterinary Director-General reports year ending March 31 1926 saw fewer compensations for slaughter due to disease. Glanders payments dropped from 15722 to 2255, hog cholera costs modestly rose, and tubercle eradication progresses as demand for tubercle free cattle grows. The Ottawa Publications Branch offers the full report free.
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Dominion Veterinary
Geo. Hilton
Ottawa
Poorer Classes In France Enjoy Radio
The poorest residents on Paris outskirts are the most avid radio listeners, with insulaed huts showing wires from roofs and families gathering around crystal sets. In wealthy districts few homes have aerials as government discourages broadcasting and fears of German propaganda linger.
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France
Lve
Hoovels
Paris
Gerigapy
Will Celebrate Volta Centenary With Italy Exhibition
A centenary tribute to Volta is planned with an international exhibition and congress in Como, Italy between May and October 1927. Wireless developments of the era will be featured, highlighting the legacy of the father of the volt and voltmeter. Ten London cows produce about 160 quarts daily when in a shed, but roam restlessly on grass in the country.
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Volta
Como
Italy
London
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Fragmentary line expresses judgment on people who fear the best being too good and hunt for the worst, suggesting cynicism about others seeking flaws rather than appreciating positives. The sentence tones imply social critique rather than a specific incident or人物.
Rheumatism Now Seen as Major Health Menace
A London conference by the Citizens' Council of the Federation of Medical and Allied Services urged an industrial clinic to combat rheumatism. Sir Thomas Horder argued rheumatism harms movement tissue and efficiency, noting aspirin should be used with care and not as a careless remedy.
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London
Citizens’ Council
Federation of Medical and Allied Services
Thomas Horder
Sir Thomas
German Luke fragments found in 11th century parchments
Ancient German translation of parts of the Gospel of Luke dating to the 11th century was recovered from torn real estate deeds in Bensheim archives. Patches reveal the text likely from the Lorsch cloister, a famed monastery founded in the seventh century and destroyed by fire in 1761.
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Bensheim
Lorsch
Germany
Wheat yields in Canada rise in 1926 reports
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates spring wheat 385,045,000 bushels and fall wheat 20,769,090 bushels, totaling 405,814,000 for 1926, down from 411,375,700 in 1925. Prairie provinces total 381,274,000, slight decrease from 382,959,000 last year. Manitoba and Alberta show substantial gains.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Alberta
Siberian river fish quarried and thawed alive
In Siberia streams freeze solid and fish are mined or quarried for sale. When thawed out the fish are found to be alive, indicating an unusual survival phenomenon amid severe cold.
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Siberia
Improved Methods Of Growing Alfalfa In Ontario
The Ottawa Experimental Farm shows alfalfa yields exceed those of clover and timothy with 2.75 tons per acre vs 1.58. Key factors: choose well drained, non acidic soil, slight slope, fertile start, inoculate seed, use Canadian grown seed, and consider nurse crop. The report details inoculation and seeding methods.
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Ontario
Ottawa
E. S. Hopkins
Dominic
Department of Agriculture
Head Shape Changes Do Not Prove Brain Size Defines Genius
Sir Bertram Windle cites Sir Arthur Keith saying English head shapes vary widely due to centuries of cross breeding, making type identification unreliable. He argues brain size does not determine intellect, noting birds and whales have different brain-to-body ratios and that Bismarck’s brain was about twice Gambetta’s yet both led nations in war outcomes.
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Arthur Keith
London
Bertram Windle
University of Toronto
Bertram
Bismarck and
Gambetta
Bismarck
Christianity Expands in Japan With Thousands Converting
Over the last eight years Christianity has gained a foothold in Japan with about 16 000 converted Christians. The country now has more than 29 000 Japanese Methodists, not counting adherents of other denominations.
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Japan
Influenza Case Peak Timing Over 36 Years
Records over 36 years show influenza cases peak around the ninth or tenth week and decline to the lowest levels by the 35th or 36th week each year. The pattern highlights a mid winter surge followed by a late spring drop in activity.
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Connaught Laboratories
Papa
Dan Baby
Keats
Czar
Maritimes
Windsor Street
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Maritime Provinces
E. W. Beatty
A.V. Sale
Hudson Bay Company
Stanley
Hudson Bay Overseas Settlement
Premier Rhodes
Nova Scotia
The
Stewart
Baxter
New Brunswick
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