Radio At The School Trustees Convention Sets Big Wireless Plan
The Saskatchewan School Trustees Association schedules a landmark convention with radio broadcasts from distant stations. President Walter Jessup of the University of Iowa will speak via radiophone from Davenport at eight, heard in Sackville time nine. Concerts from Los Angeles and Fort Worth will entertain the attendees as trustees register in record numbers for what may be the largest gathering yet.
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Backatchewan School
Sackatoom
Canada
Harding
Prince of Wales
Trustees’ Association
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan School Trustees Association
America
Walter Jessup
University of Iowa
United States
Jessup
W.O.C
Davenport
Iowa
Palmer School of Chiropractic
Davenport Times
Convention Hall
Sackatchewan
Jeseup
Saskatchewan
Leader Publishing Company
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
California
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fort Worth
Texas
Hilo
Poultry Advice for Juniors and Community Breeding
Encouraging youth to keep poultry with guidance and avenues for assistance. Learn to cull flocks, obtain expert help, study markets, and pursue cooperative marketing to improve breeder stock and profits.
Saskatchewan TB Fund aims to aid fifty mothers with disease
The Anti-T.B. League has moved seven tubercular mothers to the Qu’Appelle Sanatorium in Saskatchewan where care is funded by a $50,000 drive. By February 2 the fund stood at $2,000 with hope for more gifts to cover long stays and the care of remaining mothers and their children. Donations can be sent to The Leader in Regina or A B Cook at the Sanatorium Fort Qu’Appelle, marked For the $56,000 TB Fund.
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Saskatchewan
Qu'Appelle
Regina
F. W. Bates
Angus Street
B. Cook
Fort Qu’Appelle
Snows
Kip Ung
Canada
Banff
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Winnipeg
Edinburgh
London
Buckingham
Royal Palace
England
Horses Return to Favor as Motor Output Surges
Census figures show 1921 December output of 206 418 automobiles and 20 128 motor trucks, nearly three times the prior year. Dr. G A Dick notes Pennsylvania dealers moved 14 000 horses last year, filling farm shortfalls, while horses prove economical for city deliveries and short routes, illustrating value beyond speed.
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G. A. Dick
Pennsylvania State Veternary Medical Association
Pennsylvania
Dobbin
Philadelphia Bulletin
Wealth in a Whale Exposes High Value and Loss Risk
The article notes whales hold immense economic value with Greenland and sperm whales yielding whalebone worth 7 000 to 10 000 dollars per whale and blubber oil worth about 2 500 dollars, while ambergris from sperm whales can exceed its weight in sold. It warns ongoing hunting could make these creatures extinct for future generations.
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Greenland
Oldest Living Cypress in Tule Churchyard
The oldest living thing is the Tule cypress near Mexico City, aged between five and six thousand years. It is said to have been a stripping two hundred years old when Cheops built the Great Pyramid. In 1903 the tree measured 126 feet in circumference.
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Santa Marie de Tule
Mexico City
Cheops
Hovering Biplane Flew By Radio Guided From Ground
A biplane stayed aloft for a period using Hertzian radio waves with no one aboard. A pilot in an engineer's office below controlled the craft through foggy air, guiding it remotely.
The Carnegie secret of success and savings habits
The text extols Andrew Carnegie as a model of future wealth built on early saving and disciplined focus. It emphasizes living within means, saving the first hundred dollars, and dedicating energy, thought, and capital to a chosen line, with Emerson cited on self-imposed limits to success.
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Andrew Carnegie
Lloyd George
Emerson
The Glacial Periods and Future Ice Ages
The article explains five glacial periods in North America with start dates from about 400 000 to 175 000 years ago. It notes warm spells between advances and that remnants still linger on mountaintops. A future ice age could occur if temperatures drop significantly.
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Canada
United States
Philadelphia
St. Louis
United States Geological Survey
Ivory Trade and Ancient Tusks Feed London Docks
A London ivory warehouse stocks tusks worth about half a million pounds with roughly 500 tons used yearly for knife handles and decoration. Ivory comes from elephants walrus and mastodon fossils from Northern Asia. Tusks vary greatly in size and value, with large African elephants yielding tusks weighing 50 to 150 pounds each.
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London
Asia
Africa
Great Demand For Bibles Worldwide After War
A New York Times notice notes unprecedented global demand for Bibles since World War I. Despite population drops from war and disease, about 30 million volumes were printed and distributed in the last year, with expectations of higher demand this year as more people seek the Truth.
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New York Times
War's Animal Victims Will Be Commemorated
Westminster City Council approves a Hyde Park memorial for war animals. Over 10,000 pounds raised by the RSPCA. Mice and birds used to detect poison gas, elephants on transport duty, thousands of dogs, horses with 364130 casualties, plus deer oxen pigeons cats and even goldfish tested gas helmet waters.
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Westminster City
Hyde Park
Royal Society For
Saskatchewan Roads Expenditures in 1922 Hit 1.9 Million
Government reports show 1922 road spending in Saskatchewan with road gang wages at 369000 and contracts totaling 455000 for 1082 contracts. About 755.4 miles of road were constructed last year by the government.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta Potatoes Acreage Drops Since 1921 Estimates
Official estimates show Alberta planted over 42 500 acres with potatoes last year, about 9 000 acres less than in 1921. Central and Northern Alberta totaled nearly 31 000 acres with an estimated yield of about two and a half tons per acre. Christmas was first celebrated as a religious festival around A D 190.
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Alberta
Cow Testing Raises Manitoba Herds To Higher Yields
The article reviews dairy herd efficiency, noting Canada averages 4000 pounds of milk and 150 pounds of fat. Ontario herds in 1920 averaged 7186 pounds of milk and 246 pounds of fat, with some herds exceeding 11 000 pounds of milk per cow and 371 pounds fat. It highlights the Dairy and Cold Storage Branch efforts, uses of testing, and the potential gain from improved breeding and feeding.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Itawa
Ontario
Ottawa
Northern wireless stations linked from Dawson to Fort Smith
The Montreal Family Herald notes a new chain of wireless stations from Dawson City to Fort Smith including Forts Resolution Simpson Norman and McPherson. It argues the system will keep federal officials in daily contact and connect the Arctic with the world, spurring future development of northern lands into wheat fields and commerce.
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Dawson City
Fort Smith
Forts Resolution
Simpson
Norman
McPherson
Arctic
Dominion
Northland
Stefansson
Canada
North
West
Montreal Family Herald
New Order Honors Historic Locomotives in Museums
The New York Herald reports the Paris taxi that led the force to the Marne and the De Witt Clinton engine are to be preserved in Paris and New York Central Railroad relics, joining other historic items like gilded royal couches in museums.
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Paris
The
Marne
Hotel Des Invalides
de Witt Clinton
New York Central Railroad
New York Herald
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A fragmented dialogue shows a character asking if someone called while another person, Mr. Snooks, responds unsure of the caller. The snippet mentions likely a call to see someone, with casual references to names and relations.
Song of Winter in Canada A festive season in Banff and Winnipeg
A lyrical travelogue paints Canada in winter from Banff to Winnipeg. Snowbound scenes show hockey leagues, toboggans, snowshoeing, and bustling carnivals with ice palaces and banquets. Lively streets, broom parades, and cheerful crowds reflect national gaiety and frostbitten charm.
Puritan Husband Sparks Wife’s Pleasures Dilemma
A young wife laments her husband’s puritanical stance and avoidance of pleasures like dancing cards and theatre. Her friend quips that marriage is for better or worse, noting the paradox that worse might be preferable. This vignette from The Argonaut captures domestic humor and social norms.
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