Canada Emerges as a Poultry Power in 1934 Trade and Farm Revenue
Canada leads in poultry production with rising exports to Great Britain and a booming egg trade. In 1934 shipments to Britain and Newfoundland grew, while egg exports climbed to two million dozen annually. A national program cut costs and improved grading, boosting per capita egg consumption and overall poultry revenue for farmers.
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Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Newfoundland
Available All Year The Strawberry Season Returns
The article notes strawberries are available nearly year round. Boston received seventy two pints from Florida sold wholesale at 50 cents a pint. Canada’s British Columbia leads May ripening with Ontario and Quebec following in June and July, with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in July and August. California and Florida supplies alternate as the season progresses.
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Boston
Florida
British Columbia
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
California
Orchids Through the Ages as Rare and Coveted Blooms
The article traces orchids from ancient times praising their beauty and rarity. It discusses their growth in inaccessible regions and claims ancient cultures cultivated and hybridized them long before classical civilizations. The tone emphasizes their enduring value and mystery.
Ancestral Choices Echo Across Generations
The remark reflects on how people inherit traits and histories they did not select, suggesting a recursive fairness in lineage that echoes through family narratives and identity. No individuals or organizations are specified.
Yukon Mining Revival Signals New Northwest Era
Mrs R Lowe widow of Yukon’s first Speaker forecasts a mining boom as large interests push development in the north. She says the Yukon will emerge from red ink, with air and highway improvements accelerating activity and empowering the sourdough to reclaim past glory.
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Yukon
R. Lowe
Robert Lowe
Yukon Council
Scots Doctor Gifted England Its National Nickname John Bull
Dr. John Arbuthnot, a Scotsman, created John Bull as England’s national nickname in his 1712 satire History of John Bull. The book reshaped foreigners into caricatures and popularized England as a bluff kindly farmer, later embodied in Punch cartoons by F C Gould.
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John Arbuthnot
John Bull
Lewis Baboon
Nicholas Frog
England
Sidecar for Motorbike Includes Spare Wheel Compartment
A new motorcycle sidecar, designed by Japanese engineers, features a weather protective top and space for a spare wheel and tire. The spare wheel sits in a back compartment with a cover for easy access in trouble.
Hamelin Retains Old Rule on Street Music and Begging
An antique law in Hamelin Germany remains in force barring street piping and public begging on the street where the legendary pied piper is said to have led children to the sea.
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Hamelin
Germany
People are good in hard times, friend notes kindness
A friend facing his wife’s minor illness receives swift offers of aid from many, including three women to run the house and nurses, reflecting a belief that most people are good despite a world of war and crime.
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Hamilton Herald
Star Personal Crises Report Hint At End Of Earth
Dr. Fritz Zwicky of Caltech explains astronomers seek supernovae or star personal crisis reports to infer the possible nature of Earth's end. Supernovae unleash flames as bright as 100 million suns, with radiation erasing much of a star’s mass within weeks. The grand finale remains unknown after fifteen recorded supernovae in fifty years.
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Fritz Zwicky
California Institute of Technology
Zwicky
Cheerfulness as a Business Asset and Biblical Note
The article extols cheerfulness as a key to attracting customers and increasing business while reducing wear. It claims optimism drives success and contrasts it with pessimism. It also notes only one instance of the word girl in the Bible, citing Joel 3:3.
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Joel
Electroscope Defined as Tool for Detecting Electricity
An electroscope is an instrument used to detect the presence of electricity. It serves as a simple device to indicate electrical charge by movement of its leaves or needle when a charge is near.
Watson dies at 80. pioneer of telephone device
Thomas A. Watson, 80, early telephone instrument maker and first to hear a human voice over Bell's device, died of heart disease at his winter home in St. Petersburg Florida. He recalled the 1876 accidental acid spill that enabled the first voice transmission from Boston to a room below, marking a landmark in telecommunications.
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Thomas A. Watson
Alexander Graham Bell
St. Petersburg
Florida
Watson
Prof. Bell
Boston
Dr. Bell
Mr. Watson
Women strike bold in Peking over feminist editorials
Montreal tale from Princess Der Ling recalls a Peking editor who opposed feminism being confronted by a group of women who had studied Carrie Chapman Catt. They pleaded, then beat him, and set his house afire, after which anti feminist editorials disappeared from the local press.
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Montreal
Princess der Ling
Vicar Consoles Widow Over Lost Insurance Loss
A vicar counsels a widow who laments not insuring air quotes and possessions, noting the tragedy of realizing value only after it is gone. The fragment hints at regret and the need for coverage.
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Greece
Rome
Ww. N. U
Senate
Ottawa
R. B. Bennett
W. L. Mackenzie King
Lord Beasborough
Parliament
Scotsman
Enelard
John Poll
Tommy
Tahnni
Junior
Gustave
Bell
Prof. Beli
China
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