Forestation Efforts Extend Across the Prairie Lands
The prairie provinces from Winnipeg to Calgary see growing forestation and fruit tree planting after years of skepticism. Since 1901 Canada distributed 47,206,000 trees to farmers as inspectors begin summer tours. success promises lasting value, beauty, and protective windbreaks for farms, with orchards advancing despite climate and soil adjustments.
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Winnipeg
Calgary
Canada
Eatablice
Toronto Globe
Simce
Prairies
Great West
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Windipex
Logan Rock Rocked by Hand to Restore Its Balance
A British coast legend recalls Logan Rock in Land’s End Cornwall weighing over seventy tons that can be rocked by a touch. A century ago a revenue cutter captain and eleven sailors rocked it from its base to a chasm, provoking anger until the admiralty ordered its return using thirteen capstans and heavy cables.
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Land'snd
England
Admiralty
Hats and Heat Measured By Scientists In Paris
A Paris heat study tested hats under a heat wave. Experiments used 7 degrees Fahrenheit ambient temperature with caps showing high heat and cooler underbrims. The derby, felt, straw and panama varied, with the panama best insulating by about 20 degrees cooler beneath the hat than outside.
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Paris
Panama
New York World
Unsure quarrel over wedding plans erupts in chatty exchange
Harold and Clarence clash while discussing marriage and a guitar purchase. Harold jokes about time since marriage as a light moment, but frustration surfaces with frequent interruptions and misheard questions.
Delicious Banana Growth From Plant to Table
This article explains how banana plants grow as herbaceous perennials with a underground rhizome, palm like leaves, and a single flowering stalk. It details bunch formation with hands and fingers, bunch weights of 50 to 75 pounds, and notes bananas are green at harvest and lose flavor if ripened on plant.
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Tropics
The Jutland Debate Ten Years On
The Philadelphia Public Ledger weighs the ten year Jutland controversy noting no settlement among rivals. It argues the battle had little real impact on the war and highlights the hypothetical outcomes if Beatty or Jellicoe had acted differently, leaving much room for debate.
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England
Beatty
Jellicoe
Admiralty
Grand Fleet
Jutland
Philadelphia Public Ledger
London Has Strange Court Appeals to Ancient Dealers
A London “High Court of Justice” for antique disputes sits at King Street and St James Street drawing 550 members of the British Antique Dealers Association. Judges, sometimes up to twenty, consider items like vases, tapestries, and furniture. experts may be called in. Private collectors may appeal through a dealer member.
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London
King Street
St. James’ Street
Art World of London
High Court of Justice
British
Antique Dealers’ Association
Court For Arbitration
British Antique Dealers’ Association
Workers' Santoria Serves Lenin Era Tableware for Vacations
Ditch diggers, factory hands, clerks and stenographers of Leningrad eat their meals from the tableware of the former czar during frequent vacations at the government established Workers' Santoria. Teacher asks Willie about his father’s essay. he says his mother finished it.
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Leningrad
Santtoria
Willie
The Man Who Does His Best Seldom Has to Look for Work
A proverb-like remark stating that a person who gives full effort often enjoys employment stability. It emphasizes diligence as a path to consistent work opportunities.
Rural Citizenship and the Farmer's Calling
Eastern Ontario minister Rev. R. W. Armstrong argues in the Kingston British Whig that farming offers freedom from drudgery due to diverse tasks and initiative requirements. He notes leisure for culture, strong independence, healthful work, and comparable pay with extra benefits, framing farming as a basic, divinely partnered industry.
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Ontario
R. W. Armstrong
Kingston British Whig
Emergency raft door invented for ships by vicar
The Rev Arthur Griffin, vicar of Brantingham cum Elleker near Hull, has devised a cabin door that converts into a liferaft with twist lever release. The door uses hollow buoyant panels, side handrails, and optional self igniting lights that flare on contact with water. Also, at the Feld Museum in Chicago mummies of pre Incan Peruvians are being X rayed to study anatomy without unwrapping.
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Arthur Griffin
Brantingham-cum-Elleker
Hull
Peru
Feld Museum
Chicago
Strange Happenings In London's Old Bailey
A warder recalls a mysterious midnight death cell bell at the Old Bailey that rang three times and again at 3 a.m on the anniversary of a murderer's death. He found no clue, only evidence in prison records of the eerie recurrence.
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London
Old Bailey
Central Criminal Court
Balley
Newgate
Palace of Justice
Egg Grading And Its Results
The Calgary Herald reports on Mr Hugh Guthrie’s push in parliament to amend Canada’s egg grading law. A department bulletin shows farmers in Guelph earned more per dozen than those in Waterloo and Kitchener during a five week period, suggesting the grading system raises profits and expands markets. The piece argues standardized grading boosts consumption and competitiveness at home and abroad.
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Hugh Guthrie
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Guthrie
Guelph
Waterloo
Kitchener
Eee
The
Calgary Herald
The Instinct Of Fear And Courage Under Fire
Fear is natural to mortals yet some men override it with grace. The bravest exhibit hidden dread, choosing to act rather than reveal weakness. All face fear, but few master it. The piece notes fear and courage alongside a brief reference to the dial automatic telephone debut in 1899.
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Toronto Star
Commander Webster Welcomes Kiwanis Queens Aboard Montclair
Five hundred women attend the 19th International Kiwanis Convention in Montreal and invade the Canadian Pacific liner Montclair. Commander G S Webster, a Kiwanian four years, displays the mystic handclasp with two visiting Kiwanis queens. He keeps a pipe engraved with a large K from the occasion. The uniform and tea aboard the ship add to the smiles and memories of the gathering.
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Montreal
Montclarc
G. S. Webster
Webster
Misquoted Proverb and Misread Kings Sayings
The article clarifies that spare the rod and spoil the child is misattributed to Solomon. It cites Solomon saying he that spareth the rod hateth his son and explains rod as parental authority. It also notes the David quotation about all men liars is misremembered and meant as I said in my haste.
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Solomon
David
Laughing Lost Habit in an Age of Silent Films
A fragment notices that frequent minstrel humor could restore laughter in society, lamenting how constant motoring and silent movies have left people strained and startled by genuine laughter, as per Collingwood Enterprise.
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Collingwood Enterprise
Drop of Water Wonders Impress Honeymoon Pair
A couple on their honeymoon marvels at a single drop of water. The playful exchange compares the tiny drop to Niagara Falls in a lighthearted, whimsical moment.
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Tio
City Cop Confrontation on Main Street
A street scene has a police officer questioning a man who responds with a flustered excuse about washing his car. The exchange hints at a stalled encounter and public scrutiny on a busy day.
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FakeOne
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