Canada May Issue Extra Currency Without Inflation
The Ottawa Journal discusses possible $100,000,000 in new currency backed by a 25 percent gold reserve, noting it could fund public works or pay government debt. It argues inflation is not guaranteed and that careful measures by Roosevelt might stabilize Canada Britain and the United States currencies with gold backing.
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Canada
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Ottawa Journal
Canada’s Resources Show Wide Range of Non-Metallic Minerals
Canada hosts a broad set of non-metallic minerals with asbestos leadership, top talc output in the British Empire, and zeolite-like producers. It exports feldspar gypsum salt arsenic diatomite and grindstones while producing sodium sulfate abrasives magnesite silica and moulding sands. Structural non metals include clay sand and gravel limestone granite and marble.
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Canada
Dominion
British Empire
Harmless Explosion Involves Codex Sinaiticus At Museum
The Archbishop of Canterbury and Sir Frederick Kenyon stood with clerics and laymen beside the Codex Sinaiticus when a gaslight exploded at the British Museum. A loud bang and breaking glass caused alarm, but no one was hurt and a photographer proceeded with a replacement setup.
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Canterbury
British Museum
Frederick Kenyon
Elderly Woman Weighs Happiness of Marriage
An elderly lady contemplates whether married or unmarried people are happier. She acknowledges uncertainty saying she does not know and adds that there may be as many unhappy married folks as single ones.
Bovine Tuberculosis Control Efforts Face Re-Test Strain
Canada reports progress in bovine tuberculosis control with expanded co operation among health bodies dairymen and livestock owners. The veterinary director general warns that re test work is crucial as herd and area tests dominate manpower and funding limits despite nearly two million cattle under policy. Heligoland Island, long a German fortress, is eroding under sea action prompting calls to reinforce ramparts as its military value declines.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Addiiton
St. Thomas
Heligoland Island
Germany
Elba
Europe
Britain
Zanzibar
East Africa
Scapa Flow
Holland
Fortune From Pennies Leaves England Spinster Wealthy
Emily Smith, a solitary Paddington resident, left an estate exceeding 250000 dollars after probate of her will. Her fortune began with penny gains, tied to her Crimea veteran father's charge of Hampton Court Garden Maze admissions, later boosted by shrewd investments.
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Emily Smith
England
Paddington
Thames
Crimea
Hampton Court Palace
Beecham Declares English Opera Doomed
Sir Thomas Beecham, renowned conductor and critic, says English opera is a washout with no future for opera and singers. He spoke during a Society of Musicians gathering, urging acceptance of the bleak outlook.
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Thomas Beecham
World of Music
England
The
Society of Musicians
Shah of Persia’s car costs $125,900 with gem studded fittings
The Shah of Persia reportedly owns the world’s most expensive automobile priced at $125,900. Its switchboard and steering wheel are studded with diamonds sap phires and rubies while the clock is set with gems.
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Persia
The Strongest Timber In Australia Explained
The gate timber, among Australia’s hard woods, is noted as the strongest known timber with an average tensile strength of 24,000 psi and a maximum around 35,000 psi, roughly equal to cast and wrought iron.
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Australia
District Visitor Delivers Quirky Talk on Diet
Lizzie explains she has already had her diet and is now enjoying her dinner while a district visitor questions the doctor’s orders. Miss Smith weighs in with a humorous exchange as Lizzie defends her meals.
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Lizzie
Miss Smith
Steel scaffolding aids British building safety surge
W D Lambie of Winnipeg, deputy British trade commissioner, notes British steel scaffolding may advance Canadian construction. The material replaces rope fastenings with safety, seen in Parliament repairs and varied uses from grandstands to film studio camera supports, railway yards, shipyards, arenas, and exhibitions.
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Great Britain
W. D. Lambie
Winnipeg
England
Westminster
Lambie
Horse Guards
London
Objection to Lottery for Unemployment Relief
The piece argues that a unemployment relief lottery would burden the poor. Lottery funds mostly come from the poorest classes, often involuntary sacrifices from families that could starve or lack warm clothing for children and women. The Winnipeg Tribune emphasizes the regressive impact on the least able to bear the load.
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Winnipeg Tribune
First Microscope Simple and Its Pioneers
The article traces early magnifying aids from glass globes filled with water to simple tubes with lenses. It notes Seneca in AD 63, Bernard de Gordon 1307 spectacles, Descartes with mirror reflection, Hook’s glass ball lenses, and van Leeuwenhoek’s refined microscope. It also mentions Galileo and Zacharias in the lens duo development.
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Seneca
Bernard de Gordon
Descartes
Robert Hook
Royal Society
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek
Zacharias
Galileo
Preference for Advertised Goods Revealed in Major Markets
A survey by J Davd Houser Associates under Gimbel Brothers Inc. found broad consumer preference for persistently advertised products in New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Milwaukee. Among 24 apparel and home furnishing items branded and nationally advertised merchandise were most in demand, though brands with reduced advertising had slipped in popularity.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
J. Davd Houser Associates
Gimbel Brothers, Inc
Brymbo Steel Works Reopens After Two-Year Idle Period
Brymbo steel works in Nowi Wales resumes operation after nearly two years of idleness. Sir Henry Robertson, chairman, says over 100 men employed and hopes all former workers will be rehired soon.
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Brymbo Steel Works
Nowi Wales
Henry Robertson
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