Surveys Based on Astronomical Calculations Across Western Provinces
An Arctic Red River survey party established gravity and astronomical stations along the Mackenzie watershed from Liard to Arctic Red River. The 1921 expedition linked control points for mapping, used wireless time signals, and noted gravity variation with latitude affecting weight and pendulum clocks. The journey covered about 1500 miles by scow and river routes, with three staffers and a local cook assisting.
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Dominion Opera
Fort Norman
Northwest Territories
Laird River
Geoot Hope
Arctic Red River
Mackenzie River
Fort Chipewrsan
Lake Rathabasc
Nelson River
Nelson
Liard
Mackenzie
Good Hope
Arctic Circle
Sikanni Chief River
Sikanni
Observatory
A. H. Swinburn
J. P. Henderson
A. H. Miller
Cook
Mackenzie District
Ottawa
Arctic
Red River
Annapolis
Maryland
San Francisco
San Diego
Panamia
Honolulu
North
Paradise in Africa Crater Town Atop Ancient Volcano
An Englishman plans an expedition to a vast crater in Africa described as a refuge for thousands of animals possibly extinct elsewhere. The mouth spans ten miles and scientists hope to uncover prehistoric life and living species known only from fossils. Explorers T A Barnes and Mrs. Frederick Balziel recently visited the crater.
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Africa
T. A. Barnes
Frederick Balziel
New York
Crater
Farm Animal Ventilation Standards For Cattle
The article explains that 600 to 800 cubic feet of air per cow two years old and over is needed for proper ventilation. It warns that crowding hinders air flow and drafts, while too few animals fail to maintain comfortable temperatures. It notes cold, frosty air is not inherently pure and emphasizes proper space planning per the Animal Husbandry Division guidance.
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Animal Husbandry Division
Dominion Experimental Farms
Government Official Is Woman on Torres Strait Island
A long serving European woman acts as the island’s government official overseeing the island governor registrar school teacher and about a dozen other roles on a Torres Strait island far from white habitation.
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Torres Strait
Man Seeks Fund for Boston Lecture Series
A man asks for 20 to travel to Boston where he has been contracted to deliver a series of lectures titled How to Succeed in Life. He mentions lacking a copy of the rare New York Sun.
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Boston
New York Sun
Parachute Invention by Lt. Julian Promises Revolution
Dr Hubert Julian, a West Indian airman and first lieutenant in the Canadian Air Corps, conceived a motor driven parachute after a crash and months in hospital. The device combines an umbrella shaped parachute atop the plane with a motor fan system to inflate and descend safely, and can be autonomous or dirigible for controlled steering.
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Hubert Julian
Canadian Air Corps
Julian
Ontario’s Hollinger Mine Declared World’s Largest
Toronto journalist John R. Bone reports from Timmins that the Hollinger mine, begun from a bush rock find by Ben Hollinger, now spans 400 acres with 45 miles of tunnels and a vast milling and refining operation. Output surpasses rivals like the Rand’s Gold Fields.
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John R. Bone
Toronto
New York
Timmins
Rgld
Ben Hollinger
Hollinger
Pembroke
Ontario
Rand
South Africa
Ontario Department of Mines
First Women Hunters In Northern Canada
Lady Yule and her daughter of Hampstead House England became the first women to undertake a big game hunt in the Cassiar district at British Columbia's northern boundary. They traveled from England to Vancouver and then into the Yukon area guided by A. Byron Williams. The women hunted mountain goat, caribou and moose in harsh fall conditions, on horseback and on foot, enduring snow and freezing weather. They plan another trip into the famed country.
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Cassiar
British Columbia
Lady Yule
Hampstead House
St. Albans
Herts
England
Vancouver
Skegway
Alaska
A. Byron Williams
Epworth League Names Top Ten Men Of All Time
The Epworth League vote names Edison as the greatest man in history with Roosevelt second and Shakespeare third. Other top figures include Longfellow fourth Tennyson fifth Hoover sixth Dickens seventh Pershing eighth Lloyd George ninth and Wolstead tenth per the New York Times report.
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Epworth League
Mr. Edison
Theodore Roosevelt
William Shakespeare
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Herbert Hoover
Charles Dickens
John J. Pershing
David Lloyd George
Andrew J. Wolstead
New York Times
Airboat Route Suggests Halifax to Vancouver Flight Pace
A proposed airboat path allows flying from Halifax to Vancouver with landings on lakes or rivers within 150 miles intervals for supply access, indicating a feasible long distance waterborne flight plan with frequent refueling and resupply stops.
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Halifax
Vancouver
Fish In Northern Lakes
Mr C S Macdonald of the Department of the Interior reports the north shore of Great Slave Lake is rocky with sparse timber and thousands of uncharted islands. The lake hosts many fish including whitefish and red tailed salmon trout, with catches of thirty to fifty pound fish in a single afternoon. Indigenous people rely on fish as a main diet source year round.
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C .S. Macdonald
D.L.S
Department of the Interior
Great Slave Lake
Ottawa
Macdonald
Old Fort Reliance
Leacock's Self Mockery in The Discovery of England
In his new book The Discovery of England Stephen Leacock mockingly recounts a lecture moment. A clerical gentleman introduces the speaker by recalling past emigration to Canada including workers scholars and criminals who are now returning.
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England
Stephen Leacock
Canada
Conditions In Great Britain Relative To Canadian Agri Products
Dr J H Grisdale on lifting the 30 year embargo and the result for Canadian beef butter cheese and eggs. He notes British buyers seek uniform quality in competing nations and Canada lags in appearance and packaging while eggs retain strong British demand due to grading. Beef prices vary by origin with Argentina and Ireland priced and frozen and chilled Canadian beef less profitable. Recommend experiments in slow defrosting to reduce juice leakage.
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J. H. Grisdale
Ottawa
Great Britain
Actian
Canada
London
Commission
Denmark
Holland
New Zealand
Australia
South Africa
Argentina
Smithfield
Liverpool
Toronto
Harvard Astronomers Record Fast Star RZ Copher Speed
Harvard Observatory reports RZ Copher as moving through space at nearly two and a half million miles per hour. The tenth magnitude star lies in Cepheus about 3,800 light years away and its light began its journey around 1900 years before Christ. Measurements were made at Harvard University.
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Harvard College Observatory
Harvard
Constellation
Cepheus
Earth
Egypt
Harvard University
Reassuring Proud Wife About George Driving
A wife comforts a nervous friend by praising George for joining Red Cross. She says he is learning first aid and knows hospital locations, making her feel safer while he drives.
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George
Red Cross
Fortune favors bold feet and decisive women
A proverbial stance on quick action, noting a man may risk fortune by hesitating while a woman who acts decisively gains reward. The saying juxtaposes risk and restraint in pursuing opportunity.
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