Six Year Drive to Fix Calendar Year by Year
A letter from Mcsea B Cotsworth, calendar expert, outlines the International Fixed Calendar idea. It argues a 13-month year of twenty-eight days yields consistent holidays and long weekends. The article details six years of cooperative astronomical work across five nations to plan calendars for 1933 with involvement from Greenwich Observatory and Nautical Almanac Office.
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League of Nations Society
Canada
Ottawa
Mcsea B Cotsworth
International
Coteworth
Cotsworth
Mr. Cotsworth
Greenwich Observatory
Nautical Almanac Office
United States
Germany
France
Spain
Arctic Circle
Greenwich
Wll
Geodet’c
Daly Times
Morinville Farmer Doubles Land Holdings Near Edmonton
Peter Hettinger of the Morinville district recenty bought 4 1 quarter sections totaling 960 acres for 57000 dollars averaging over 59 dollars per acre. He now owns about 1600 acres in the Edmonton district and arrived from North Dakota with his parents in 1891.
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Peter Hettinger
Morinville
Edmonton
Alberta
Hettinger
North Dakota
U.S. A
Successful Immigrant Farms 4500 Acres in Alsask Show Place
Andrew Anderson, born in Sweden and arriving in 1910, started a 169 acre homestead in Alsask Sask and expanded to 4500 acres. In 1928 his Marquis wheat harvest reached 54000 bushels. His farm features an arborium and an artificial lake, making it a local show place.
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Andrew Anderson
Alsask
Sask
Sweden
Experiments Show Pressure Reverses Properties of Substances
At Harvard University experiments by Prof. Percy W. Bridgman reveal extreme pressure alters common materials. Paraffin becomes harder than steel, rubber acts as a usable die, steel begins to flow, oil loses lubricating value, and mercury starts to escape the chamber. Results aim to test materials for weapon manufacture and study molecular changes.
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Harvard University
Percy W. Bridgman
Bridgman
Flu Epidemic Strikes Ontario With High Rate
The Ontario provincial health department reports circa forty percent of the population infected in the recent flu epidemic. Some districts reached one hundred percent, Toronto about fifty percent, with cases declining yet deaths rising per cent of cases. Dr. S J Bell notes the death rate among reported cases is increasing.
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Ontario
Department of Health
Toronto
S. J. Bell
Odds In Her Favor Angry Mother
A terse exchange arises as an angry mother confronts a boy over a ball. The boy retorts that they only have one ball for six children, prompting a sharp rebuke and social friction in the yard.
Canadian industries export activity and article production
A recent survey finds 6500 groups of articles fully or partly manufactured in Canada and about 1600 Canadian firms or corporations active exporters. The report highlights the scale of domestic production and export participation across industries.
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Dominion
Radio sets in Canada reach 350000 estimate
An estimate places about 350,000 radio sets in use in Canada with most in rural districts where reception is better. The text also includes humorous exchanges and notes on silk usage, mentioning that three-fourths of the world's silk is used in the United States.
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Canada
United States
Salvation Army leader asked to retire due to ill health
General Bramwell Boote, supreme commander of the Salvation Army, has been asked by the high council to retire from active leadership because of ill health.
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Bramwell Boote
Salvation Army
High Council of the Army
Alberta Grain Province Impresses at Chicago Show
W J Stephen Alberta Field Crop Commissioner attended the Chicago International Livestock and Grain Show in charge of provincial exhibits. He says Alberta drew a very favorable impression, won more premium money than any U S state, and more than all other Canadian provinces combined. Of 58 entries, 32 prizes were secured indicating Alberta is growing grain equal to any on the continent.
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W. J. Stephen
Alberta
Chicago
Airplane service in Canada broad and practical
Airplane use in Canada spans sealing fleet observation forest patrols air mail to Pelee Island ice condition monitoring in Hudson Strait forest fire protection and Yukon transport. Pilots and aircraft support conservation development and engineering by wide varied activities across coasts and territories.
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Canada
Atlantic
Cape Breton Island
Pacific
Pelee Island
Hudson Strait
Yukon
Canadian Deposits of Sodium Sulphate Exceed 100 Million Tons
Department of Mines reports Western Canada natural deposits contain over 100 million tons of hydrous sodium and magnesium sulphate. Additional Prairie Province reserves exist, but current markets and price limit production to deposits near railways.
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Canada
Department of Mines
Prairie Provinces
New Pictorial Stamp Issue Highlights Seven New Issues
The post office department released seven new stamps to replace the old issue. The top value is the one dollar olive green showing Canada's Parliament at Ottawa, a blue 50 cent with a pink harvesting scene, a gray 12 cent featuring the Quebec bridge, and three low values with King George portraits in dark blue, purple, and red. Collectors hail the issue as among the finest and most colorful ever issued. Each stamp features extensive scroll work around the central image.
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Post-Office Department
Canada
Ottawa
Quebec Bridge
George
Dominion Fuel Board
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
Board of Railway Commissioners
Great Britain
France
Germany
Department of Mines
Department
Fuel Board
Dominion Fuel Board Reports on Canada’s 1928 Fisheries and Fuel
The Dominion Fuel Board presents a progress report showing 1928 Canadian fisheries value near 54 million with Pacific salmon pack about 2 million cases and halibut landings at 30 million pounds. It notes Nova Scotia’s strong year and overall fuel independence challenges and transport costs from western fields.
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Pacific Coast
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Gaspe Coast
Nova Scotia
Duchess Invents Egg Turning Tray for Incubation Use
The Duchess of Montrose showcases a device named the Brodick egg turning tray to keep eggs fresh or fertile by turning them automatically. The four by sixteen inch tray holds 102 eggs in 17 sections and uses a canvas roll system to rotate all eggs in a second.
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Duchess of Montrose
Great Britain
Horrible Name Promises Sweet Lemonade From Xylotrihydroxyglutaric
Dr Warren E Emley of the Bureau of Standards told the American Chemical Society that xylotrihydroxyglutaric acid, despite its grim name, can yield good lemonade. Xylose from peanut shells and cottonseed bran is a wood sugar with sweet taste but no food value and may become a substitute for glucose and a food for diabetes sufferers.
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Warren E. Emley
Bureau of Standards
American Chemical Society
A Good Definition
An old man recalls a definition of circumstantial evidence through a comical folk tale: a man explains it as the feathers left behind after stealing a chicken, illustrating the idea with a humorous quip about how evidence is explained to him.
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Darky
Treatment Not So Good Bachelor Joke
A comic dialogue shows a bachelor asking if his wife treats him as before marriage. The married man quips that after marriage she used to refuse to speak when displeased, a sharper bite on how behavior changed after wedding.
King Mihai of Romania Celebrates Seventh Birthday
King Mihai of Romania, ruler over 18 million subjects, marked his seventh birthday with celebration across the realm. The young monarch’s milestone drew attention from foreign dignitaries and local nobles alike.
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Mihai
Romania
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Madrid
N. U
Big Farm
Saskatchewan
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Tayloly
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Neme
Lowe
Canadian Industries
Henry
Salvation Army Trouble
Airplane Service In
Vikingen
Oslo
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