Wheat Grading By Artificial Light
Ottawa scientists report artificial lighting can satisfactorily grade Canada's grain, reducing weather delays. Tests at Winnipeg offices aim to enable round the clock grading, though inspectors may need psychological adjustment to indoor light and room comfort.
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Sol
Canada
Fort William
Vancouver
National Research Laboratories
Ottawa
D. C. Rose
Winnipeg
Dr. Rose
Board of Grain Commissioners
Enthusiastic Help Ends in a Witty Domestic Moment
A husband warns his wife the sewing machine runs too fast and jokes about sticking a finger. She explains she has ten years of experience yet the exchange mirrors their mutual effort to help each other. The tale closes with a quip about helping with driving.
Cure for bone infections found in maggot therapy
At the 82nd AMA session in Philadelphia physicians heard that larvae from the common green bottle fly have remarkable healing properties for bone infections. Credit for the discovery is given to the late Dr. William S. Baer, once orthopedic professor at Johns Hopkins, who observed maggot-assisted healing during World War I.
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American Medical Association
Philadelphia
William S. Baer
John Hopkins
Baer
Beatty says British navy stretched by anti submarine duties
Admiral Beatty warns that by war’s end 580 ships were tied to convoy duties leaving doubt about meeting the German high seas fleet on equal terms. He told a naval conference that provoking a fleet action like Jutland was no longer desirable. Sir Henry Newbolt argues the convoy system secured victory at sea.
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Earl Beatty
Jutland
Henry Newbolt
Julian Corbett
Londoner’s device aids Poseidon escape six sailors
The British Admiralty credited R. H. Davis, a London inventor, with saving six men who escaped the sunken submarine Poseidon using a breathing bag and buoyancy apparatus attached to a gas mask. The device filters air in a chest bag, oxygen cylinder, and goggles, allowing breath and buoyancy to surface regardless of depth. Davis’s son noted the apparatus has been standard equipment for a year and can enable escape if others aboard survive.
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Poseidon
R. H. Davis
Gorman Davis
Admiralty
Captain Jimmy and Jed Stone Escape Bandits in a Rail Encounter
In a World War era tale fragment Captain Jimmy and Lieut. Stone evade pursuing bandits after their freight train wreck. They plan a night time warded ambush with Fu and Scottie guiding horses while they reconnoiter a camp and aim to recover a hidden plane.
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China
Jimmy
Lieut
Stone
Toi d farmers deliver thousands of live toads to Vancouver
A shipment of several thousand live toads from China and Japan arrives in Vancouver B C for use in medical schools and laboratories. Encased in ventilated earth filled boxes the reptiles endure a 7 000 mile journey without feeding though they are watered during transit The notes also include light humorous items about a man with a broken ankle and a writer’s quip about marriage and false steps.
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China
Japan
Vancouver
B.C
Suit Made In Record Time For Bradford Rotary Challenge
Yorkshire manufacturers and a Leeds tailor beat the 1898 U S time record by finishing a suit from sheep shearing in 3 hours 22 minutes. The garment to fit Rt. Hon. J H Thomas will be worn at Bradford Imperial Industries Fair and at the Imperial Economic Conference. Miller's Worm Powders claim to combat intestinal worms and improve child health.
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Malcolm Campbell
Bradford
Saskatchewan cattle to British markets in first weekly shipment
One hundred head of Saskatchewan cattle were sent to British markets in the latest shipment by the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Livestock Producers Limited. Thirty animals came from a feed lot near Saskatoon, marking the first of several weekly consignments. Hugo Grotius, noted Dutch scholar, had a law practice at 17 and served as attorney general at 24.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Co-Operative Livestock Producers Limited
Hugo Grotius
Deportation Question: Britain Seeks Canada Reply
In the British House of Commons Rt Hon J H Thomas said the government had not yet received a reply from Canada regarding deporting British subjects who become public charges there. He noted April 21 remarks about contacting Canadian authorities and would update when able.
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J. H. Thomas
Dominions
House of Commons
Canada
Dominion
House
Philadelphia Interne Attempted Self Tonsil Removal
An interne in Philadelphia attempted to remove his own tonsils to contribute to science. Dr. Charles T. Meacham of Petersburg Virginia a UPenn graduate a year ago performed the operation removing one tonsil and nearly removing the other before falling ill. Mirrors a disc on his forehead and a mirror on the wall were used.
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Philadelphia
Charles T. Meacham
Petersburg
University of Pennsylvania
Little Helps For This Week Reflects Servant Leadership Message
A devotional piece cites Mark's teaching on greatness through service and recalls Christ's servant example. Quoted lines urge humility and steady obedience, noting the value of small acts as part of the Father’s will.
Muscular Rheumatism Relief Through Dr. Thomas Oil
Sufferers of muscular rheumatism are advised to rub the affected region briskly with Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil until relief. The advertisement claims notable virtue in a bottle beyond estimate.
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Thomas
Survey on Mafeking cut-off in Manitoba reported to minister
Engineers of the Canadian National Railways completed a survey of the proposed Mafeking cut-off in Manitoba and filed a report with the minister of railways and canals Sir Henry Thornton. Hon. R. J. Manion said he had not seen the report and was unaware of its recommendations as it had only recently been received by his department.
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Jong
Watt
Stone
Scottie
Fu Hew
Jed Stone
Scotle
Canadian National Railways
Mafeking
Manitoba
Buffalo Bill’s Legend Questioned by Historian
A historian argues there is no solid proof Buffalo Bill fought or killed any Indian, suggesting the famous rider’s battlefield deeds may be myth rather than fact.
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Buffalo Bill
Interrogation Point Shaped Like Ear Draws Attention
The design features an ear shaped interrogation point emphasizing listening to answers. The concept highlights the value of an attentive ear in dialogue.
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