World Wheat Situation Shows Sharp Stock Decline Across Regions
The 1937 Agricultural Outlook notes a notable drop in world wheat stocks from 1929 35 levels. Short crops in North America and elsewhere tightened supplies while Western Europe imported more. Canada reduced August 1935 to 109.4 million bushels from 208.3 million in 1935. If yields hold, production may again exceed imports.
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North America
Russia
China
Europe
Canada
United States
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
North
Canadian National Livestock Records
Dominion Minister of Agriculture
Featherweight hats debut to ease England men’s fears
London hatters unveil a two ounce or lighter hat claiming to shield men from sun while nearly invisible on the head. The brisk introduction aims to banish worries that one in seven Englishmen go bareheaded.
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England
London
Hattess Brigade
At a year old the average child speaks seven words
A year old child typically has a vocabulary of seven words and may begin to form simple phrases. Researchers note early language milestones vary, with some toddlers using more or fewer words as development progresses.
Man From Canada Finds Life in Carolina Swamplands
A New Toronto man has lived since 1913 in the Carolina swamps near Santee river with a wife and children. Recounted by Dr. R. M. Saunders of the University of Toronto, the ex brakeman left Canada for the Atlantic seaboard, was stranded near Charleston, and chose to stay among crackers and Negroes, living on corn pone and occasional wild pork.
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Carolinas
New Toronto
Santee River
Canada
R. M. Saunders
University of Toronto
Carolina Swamps
Grand Trunk Railway
Ontario
Atlantic Seaboard
Charleston
Dr. Saunders
Queen Wilhelmina's Subtle Rule and Juliana's Growth
The article notes Queen Wilhelmina governs the royal household with limited powers and that Juliana studied law and economics at Leyden. It highlights their opposition to dictators and the Dutch Nazi movement, plus Wilhelmina’s 1923 era restraint on appointments saving taxpayers hundreds of thousands of florins.
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Wilhelmina
Holland
Juliana
University of Leyden
Netherlands
Sultan of Selangor Keeps Live Poultry in London Hotel
The Sultan of Selangor and his wife retained live fowls at a fashionable hotel during a London stay to follow Mohammedan practice. After a visit, 15 pots of steaming chicken were carried in a procession and killed by Selangor’s chefs for the departure meal. The ruler earns $75,000 yearly and governs 500,000 people.
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Selangor
Malaya
London
Fast talkers may reach 150 words a minute
Estimates suggest a rapid speaker can deliver about 150 words per minute. The figure indicates how swiftly conversations or lectures can progress and may affect comprehension and pacing in live settings.
Treasure of former Chinese emperors valued at 20 million
A report notes the treasure of the former emperors of China is valued at more than 20 million dollars. The itemization includes various historic artifacts and jewelry tied to imperial rulers.
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China
Inventive Age Highlights Odd Patent Ideas
The New York World Telegram notes the hundredth anniversary of federal patent law with a roundup of quirky inventions. Items include a cheese baited rat bell device, a pedal calorificator warming feet, a coffin bell for the awakened buried, a traveling washing machine on a car, life saving fireproof suspenders, a sandpaper cylinder razor, and a hair planting device for bald scalps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ben Franklin
New York World-Telegram
Kent Village Stansted Struggles With Modern Conveniences
Has Not Progressed Modern Conveniences Are Not Available In Kent Village Stansted. The 400 residents lack gas electricity bus service village hall constable and taxi. Nearest bus is two miles away with a three and a half mile call to Wrotham for a car. Only one shop and a post office exist with money orders from Fairseat. Few dances and whist drives. Young men ride motorcycles to nearby villages. Four pubs two miles apart. Parish church of the 13th century houses a 1000 year old yew tree.
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Kent
Stansted
London
Wrotham
Fairseat
Invention of Jacquard Loom Lowers Silk Fabric Prices
Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French inventor, created the loom enabling mass production of intricately patterned fabrics. This breakthrough lowered the cost of silken textiles by enabling efficient weaving at scale.
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Joseph Marie Jacquard
World trade shows definite uptick in nine months of 1936
World trade seems to have turned the corner with gains in the first nine months of 1936 though pace varies by country. Canada notes rising trade with Britain and the United States while agriculture exports reach 290.5 million dollars, up 10.7 percent from the prior year.
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Great Britain
United States
Dominion Departments of Agriculture and Trade and Commerce
Europe
Canada
France
Doctor Returns From Pangnirtung Describes Northern Coal Use
Dr. A G MacKinnon and his wife have come back from Pangnirtung in Baffin Land after two years with the Anglican church hospital. He notes coal costs over 100 dollars per ton there and Eskimos relying on seal oil for heat and light. The couple were sent north by the lands branch of the federal interior department. He previously practiced in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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A. G. MacKinnon
Pangnirtung
Baffin Land
MacKinnon
Arctic
Anglican Church Hospital
Lands Branch
Federal Department of the Interior
Saskatchewan
Laford
Big River
Manitoba
Regina
Sure To Delight In Colors Bright Pattern 5753
Describes an Afghan crochet pattern with three colors and flower motifs. Details include instructions for simple strips of three full rows and two half rows of flowers, materials, color suggestions, and an illustration. Available from Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union for 20 cents.
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Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Pasteur Method Profs Newstead to Tackle Grass Sickness
Professor M Newstead famed for locating the tsetse fly breeding ground and saving thousands from sleeping sickness plans to attack grass sickness killing horses in Scotland. He may study Aberdeenshire cases with funding from seed firm head David Miln. He believes an invisible virus requires inoculation with serum from diseased animals.
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M. Newstead
Scotland
Aberdeenshire
Newstead
Aberdeen
David Miln
Professor Newstead
Louis Pasteur
Queen's Scottish Ties Shape Fate of Monarchy
The Brantford Expositor notes the accession of King George VI strengthens ties with Scotland as Elizabeth’s royal line links the northern realm to the Crown. It recalls the Princess Louise’s marriage to the Marquis of Lorne and a Scottish woman’s quip about Argyll.
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George VI
Elizabeth
Scotland
United Kingdom
Louise
Victoria
Lorne
Argyll
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