Aftermath of War Urges League Action for Assyrian Remnant
In its Montreal Star report the paper notes the Assyrian survivors in Syria and Iraq lacking a home after World War I. It cites 9000 on the Khabur and 35000 at its peak, drought and denied rights, urging Britain Iraq and the League of Nations to provide immediate aid and a durable settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
League Nations
Britain
Iraq
League
Ghab
Syria
Khabur
Euphrates
Montreal Star
Boston-Style Prodigy Snares Timber Wolves For Broadway Return
Joe Laflamme, a 225 pound former Montreal policeman, plans to train seven timber wolves for a Broadway show between now and November. He previously exhibited nine wolves at Madison Square Garden in 1926 drawing cheering crowds. He expects to obtain wolves from Saskatchewan and Gogama Ontario, using canvas harnesses as the animals chew leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Laflamme
Broadway
Montreal
Madison Square Garden
Laflamme
Toronto dentist circumnavigates Arctic to visit missions
Dr. C. G. Ellis, a flying dentist from Toronto, departed Edmonton by plane for Aklavik in the Northwest Territories inside the Arctic circle. He then proceeded to Old Crow in northeastern Alaska and planned to visit every Anglican mission school in the western Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Ellis
Toronto
Edmonton
Aklavik
N.W.T
Arctic Circle
Old Crow
Alaska
Arctic
Separate Japanese scripts reflect gendered character use
The Japanese writing system features two distinct scripts, each historically tied to gender. Men predominantly used katakana and forms of kana differently from women, who favored more cursive variants, shaping literacy and social expectations across eras.
Coronation Ring returns to France after 100 years
The Coronation Ring, one of Napoleons crown jewels, is back in France from Austria after a century of eluding records. The emerald ring with eagle claws and a dove under the canopy faced a torn inventory, with speculation it left with Empress Marie Louise, explaining its Austrian appearance amid coronation robes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Austria
Holy Roman Empire
Gerard
Malmaison
Marie Louise
Austria -London Times
Opportunity in a democratic Canada noted by Oshawa Times
The Oshawa Times remarks on Canada’s opportunity driven by a democratic system. It recalls Finance Minister Charles A. Dunning who immigrated from England in his teens and worked as a farm boy earning ten dollars a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Oshawa Times
Charles A. Dunning
England
Canadian pilots massing for RAF boost after London recruitment
London announces 31 650 volunteers to join the Royal Air Force including 2 100 pilots raising expectations that about 200 Canadian pilots already in Britain will swell the RAF ranks. Canadi an flyers have previously joined independently via flying schools and clubs. The drive also seeks observers apprentices and specialists but Canadian airmen focus on pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
London
Kingsley Wood
R.A.F
England
Frontier of Work and Business Then and Now
A century ago 83 of 100 workers produced crops in the United States, today machinery makes 17 per cent sufficient. Inscriptions from Mesopotamia dating to 3000 B.C. indicate early holding companies formed by enterprising men, paralleling modern business practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mesopotamia
B.C
Wrong Environment What makes Jack a dull boy
London psychologists summarize causes of dullness in Cockney children. They rank home environment poverty sleep and food as key factors. A study of 350 six to seven year olds shows limited exposure to animals fields grass and sea, highlighting lack of stimulation in urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
London
Harvard Party Reports Unmapped Peaks in Alaska Range
Bradford Washburn led a four man Harvard expedition from the Chugach range reporting at least a dozen unmapped peaks over 10,000 feet, plus extensive glaciers and ice fields. The group achieved the first ascent of Mount Saint Agnes on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Chugach
Alaska
Bradford Washburn
Mount Saint Agnes
Prevalence Of Weeds Threatens Clean Seed Supplies
A Dominion of Agriculture bulletin discusses how weed seeds in soil undermine seed cleanliness and farming returns. It cites Alberta fields with high counts of ball mustard lambs quarters and other seeds across soil depths and warns that prolific weeds can contaminate fields in a few years. It promotes seed cleaning equipment and offers a free bulletin from Ottawa for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Beavers in Terrebonne Colony Impress Visitors
The Canadian Beaver Restoration Colony at Terrebonne near Montreal attracts visitors with French speaking beavers that cut trees in daylight. Founded in 1930 by Edward Lavoie the colony highlights Jacques Cartier a four year old beaver famed for tree cutting in pens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrebonne
Montreal
Edward Lavoie
Grey Owl
Lavoie
Jacques Cartier
Brockville Recorder and Times
Lazy Beavers Face Severe Penalty for Idleness
A historical note describes lazy beavers as punished by expulsion from their home settlement and sometimes tail-cutting. The outcasts are consistently male.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Travis Timber Wolves
Gogama Way
Manhattan
Japan
Brigade of
Guards
Napoleon’s
Canton
Wongsha Station
Shameen
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank
Hankow-Canton
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!