Advances in Chemistry Create New Fabrics and Materials
The Winnipeg Free Press reports on international chemists producing cotton like fabric from wood pulp, rubber from the poinsettia plant, synthetic silk from Georgia trees, and new light weight concrete from waste slate. Sweden also spins glass thread from melted glass. Researchers predict rapid progress in fabrics building materials and foods with strong potential benefits.
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United States
Georgia
North Wales
Wight
Sweden
Winnipeg Free Press
Bitumen Refining Soon Major Alberta Industry
Calgary roofing material maker orders 3 percent carloads of Alberta bitumen. McMurray sands riddle solved. field tests show success of extraction system. International Bitumen Company shipped two carloads from Situmont plant used in paint and roofing material manufacture with high quality results.
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Calgary
Alberta
McMurray
International
Situmont
Export movement boosts most Canadian canned fruits and vegetables
The export trend rises across many items with canned apple sport exports up over 200 percent. From 1931 to 1933 asparagus cases jump from 94 to 1 758 and reach 4 931 in the first nine months of 1934. Canned pears climb from 6 000 cases in 1951 to 158 000 in 1935 and about 130 000 in 1934, with similar gains in peaches loganberries beans carrots corn spinach and tomatoes.
Wheat Carry-Over in Canada Reaches Major Total
On July 1 1934 Canada held 311 740 188 bushels of carry over wheat. With 1933 crop 269 729 000 bushels and imports 413 165 bushels, total available for distribution was 181 822 353 bushels.
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Canada
The Necessity For Farm Accounting
Farmers are urged to inventory assets and track receipts and expenses to determine net worth and monitor progress. The Dominion Department of Agriculture promotes a simple, practical farm accounting book requiring little time weekly to aid banking, insurance, estates, and strategic planning.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Jurors And Their Hardships In 19th Century Courts
A London reference notes jurors faced harsh conditions before a 1870 relief act. They were denied meat drink or fire during verdict deliberations and could sit for long hours, sometimes 13, without refreshment. In some courts jurors literally laid their heads together under the judge’s injunction.
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London News
Canadian firms misled by exclusive GB agents
Canadian firms seeking Britain's market still opt for exclusive agents in London or the south, often losing sales in Scotland. The Trade Commissioner urges separate representation for Scotland, arguing there is no argument against it.
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Great Britain
London
Scotland
Marketing Canadian Honey Of St Beliz
Unfavorable weather for three years lowered Canada's honey crop affecting UK market. Yet the tight supply improved selling conditions and allowed surplus stock to move at higher prices. Over five years Canadian honey has strengthened its position in Britain and must maintain high quality to meet competition and new restrictions on foreign honeys.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Football as a social event turns grounds into hotels
Football in England shifts from sport to all day social function as spectators arrive early for luncheon and stay for tea after matches. Big clubs like Woolwich Arsenal West Ham Charlton Nottingham Forest Notts County offer meals and drinks. many others plan to follow. In Quebec provinces, conifer seedlings suffer fungi blight with considerable mortality prompting preventive actions by authorities.
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England
Woolwich
Arsenal
West Ham
Charlton
Nottingham Forests
Notts County
Quebec
Dominion
First Brain Operation 50 Years Ago Shocks Medical World
A 50th anniversary recounts the first human brain operation at London’s Hospital for Epilepsy and Paralysis. Wylie McKissock demonstrates with a skull and hammer as Alexander Henderson underwent the historic procedure, proving the brain could be operated on with survival. Mortality then was high, now about 12 percent due to antiseptic advances. Also notes changes to the Bermuda tomato packing British Columbia log.
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London
Wylie McKissock
Alexander Henderson
Dumfries
Rickman Godlee
Henderson
Bermuda
British Columbia
Strange Hobbies From Tram Tickets To Mangl e Boards
An old Chester man left behind four large boxes of tram tickets from around the world, sorted by city, revealing a lifelong hobby. Other collectors include a KC with 20 000 railway tickets, a London theatre-goer with a margin-noted collection, a sailor who kept a shipboard aquarium, King Chulalongkorn’s matchbox covers, a Scots lawyer who cut and linked family references, and a clergyman who gathers mangled boards of every type.
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Chester
K.C
London
Fach
Pacific
Chulalongkorn
Siam
An Ancient Winchester Rifle From Duck Lake Reserve
A worn .44 rimfire Winchester rifle tied to the Riel rebellion and Buffalo hunt on the Duck Lake reserve in Saskatchewan is treasured by Joseph Seesequasis, an Indian of Beardy's Band. The weapon once belonged to Summer Chief, with three Indians and Seesequasis’ father recalling its history.
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Buffalo
Riel
Joseph Seesequasis
Duck Lake
Saskatchewan
Beardy
Summer
Seesequasis
No Billboards In Hawaii Amid Scenic Attraction
Hawaii bans billboards declaring no signs remain statewide after repeal era ads. In Hilo beer signs were removed following a sustained campaign by women's groups, with officials calling the structures nuisances.
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Hawaii
Hilo
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Randy
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