The Acciailan Sheep Herder And Our Global Trade
The Independent argues national economies are linked through everyday habits and purchases. It claims Australia’s wool industry and distant markets influence American consumer choices, clothing, heating, cars, and even social stability. Small changes abroad can ripple into far-reaching consequences at home.
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Acciailan
America
J. A MM Elder
United States
Elder Polsta
Corin
Jhia
Massachusetts
New South Wales
South America
Brazil
Independent
Mars warmer with denser atmosphere argues for life
Dr Shotter and colleagues note Mars shows higher temperatures and thicker air than expected after last summer observations near its closest approach. Coblenz radiometer readings suggest heat emissions, while radiating canal lines intrigue researchers.
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Marsa
Earth
Shotter
United States
Mars
Coblenz
Shipher
British Fat Demand Surges in Meat Choices
The text notes Britons eat more fat in meat due to damp chilly climate while Americans tolerate less fat. It claims Brits consume significantly more butter per person than a referenced Brideh-Breeders’ Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Gazette
Water Scare in Gold Town Gilbert Nevada
Water costs five cents a gallon in Gilbert a desert boom town near Tonopah Nevada. The piece notes a Gilbert barber shop with a bath and a joking line about customers needing to furnish their own waiter. It also includes quirky quotes and garbled phrases about tardiness and inheritance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
Tonopah
Nevada
Chinese civilization driven by moral control not law
Chi Fung Liu argues in the Forum that Chinese society is sustained by moral force rather than legal codes. He cites China’s assimilation of conquerors, the primacy of aesthetic and moral aims, and a civilization guided by human reason as the essence of Chinese philosophy, art, and literature.
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China
Lfe
Chi-Fung Liu
8000 Peonies Arrive in Glasgow From Canada Exhibition
A Canadian Pacific liner Montreal delivered 8000 peonies to Glasgow attracting presses and photographers. Flowers shown at Canadian Pacific Railway offices on Bothwell Street and sent to London Wembley and editors of major London papers. Covent Garden experts laud the condition despite a long voyage and late season regret is Dominion Day timing.
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Glasgow
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bothwell Street
London
Wembley Exhibition
Covent Garden
Woman walks 8,146 miles in four years in Seary Arkansas
Maida Armstrong keeps a daily distance record with a speedometer showing 8,146 miles walked since her four year effort in Seary Arkansas. In the last year she logged 2,754 miles with a peak 26 mile day mainly spent walking to woods for flowers. She even added five miles while doing family wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seary
Ark
Makes New Air Record For Napier D H express flight
Imperial Airways Napier D H express flew London to Paris and back reaching 1 a.m. in London with urgently required documents. The aircraft departed Croydon at dawn and returned after a rapid transcontinental run. The pilot was Lieut Col Minchin.
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Imperial Airways
London
Paris
Croydon
Minchin
Man suspects bias in legal system and jokes about pessimism
A man claims the scales of justice may be tampered with and humorously notes that those who think funny thoughts without saying them are the worst kind of pessimist.
Dominion Debt Drops as June Revenue Improves
The monthly finance statement shows the Dominion’s net debt at 2,374,000,000 on June 24, down from 2,389,000,000 a year earlier. June 1925 customs revenue reached 10,700,000, up from 8,400,000 in June 1924, aiding a stronger quarter with 31,100,000 in customs revenue for the three months ended June 30.
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Gnance Department
Dominion
Pagan Day Names Persist in Modern Weekdays
Relics show that naming days of the week reflects Norse and Roman deities. Mars became Tiu's Day, Mercury to Woden's Day, Jupiter to Thor's Day, Venus to Freya. Saturn’s Day uncertain. Sun’s Day and Moon’s Day remain evident.
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England
Tiu
Woden
Thor
Venus
Freya
Parachutes Supplied to Royal Canadian Air Force Pilots
Parachutes purchased for all Royal Canadian Air Force pilots are being tested at High River Alberta and distributed to stations across Canada. The equipment will join the standard flying kit for daily operations. In a separate note some people hear better in the left ear and tend to hold the telephone receiver there.
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Royal Canadian
Aiir Force
Air Force
High River
Alberta
Canada
Good Place To Farm Winnipeg Hosts 40 North Dakota Farmers
A party of 40 American farmers from Cavalier County North Dakota visited Winnipeg to study western Canada farming. The article notes Canada as the top wheat exporter since the war and cites a 42 cent per bushel cost advantage over the United States due to land quality yields and freight rates. It says only a fifth of suitable Canadian land is in cultivation and highlights opportunities for capital and experienced farmers.
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Winnipeg
Cavalier County
North Dakota
Canada
Dakota
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Cod Liver Oil and Raw Liver Aid Chick Growth Says Farm Study
Experiments at the central experimental farm show brooder chicks fed cod liver oil and raw liver with their regular ration gained more than those on the basal ration alone. Adding canned tomato pulp did not prevent leg weakness, and rice polish in the diet increased mortality.
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Central
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Publications Branch
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Cutting down trees to feed U S mills harms Canada’s resources
The Toronto Mail and Empire warns that exporting raw timber for U S pulp mills will not enrich Canada but devastate its raw material base and keep Canadians poor. It adds that a motor scrub-brush can replace ten workers in large offices and halls.
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Pulp and
United States
Canada
Toronto Mail and Empire
Quebec as Last Outpost of Romance Inspires Two Novelists
James Oliver Curwood and Edwin Balmer visit Montreal and Quebec seeking material for fiction. Curwood notes Quebec as the North American romance hub and traces lineage to an Indian princess. Balmer plans to base a forthcoming book on French Canadian life observed during a stay at Chateau Frontenac and in surrounding regions.
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Quebec
Montreal
James Oliver Curwood
Windsor
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mr. Curwood
Curwood
North Country
Capt. Marryat
London
James
America
Ontario
Michigan
England
Edwin Balmer
Balmer
Windsor Station
Chateau Frontenac
Louisiana
Overwork Warnings Spark Debate Among British Executives
Sir Thomas Horder warns American doctors about overwork causing ill health as Taoist warnings echo. British business leaders like Sir Hugo Hirst challenge the view saying work drives progress and “work kills no man,” preferring extended labor despite risks.
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Mayo Hirst
Thomas Horder
London
Horder
Hugo Hirst
General Electric Company
Smile Hustle and Save: Newcomer Advice at Toronto Social Hour
Mrs. Clayton Ridge leads the Social Hour for new women arrivals to Canada at the British Wel come and Welfare League hostel in Toronto. She outlines donts for newcomers: praise Canada as a member of the British commonwealth, avoid colonial terms, refrain from comparing to the Old Country, and avoid saying we do not do that at home. She urges new residents to plant gardens wherever possible.
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Clayton Ridge
Canada
British Welcome and Welfare League
Gerrard and
Pembroke Streets
Toronto
Holidays Abound in Brazil With Many Official and Unofficial Days
A Guaranty Trust Company of New York report notes Brazil has eleven public holidays and many unofficial observances. The calendar spans January with Epiphany on the 6th and end of month breaks, followed by several state and national days. April also shows heavy holiday concentration.
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Brazil
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York
Rio Downs
Grandmother Watches First Film At Long Frightened Age
The Daily Oklahoman reports Grandma Schwartz, years old and an inmate at the country farm, watched her first moving picture a comedy. She clutched a friend's arm as she feared a villain would strike the hero with a pine slab. She noted actors are paid up to five dollars a week and cried that it isn’t enough.
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Grandma” Schwartz
Daily Oklahoman
Duanher
Arabia's Largest Industry Weavers Hold Dominant Role
The weavers form Arabia’s largest and best organized industry weaving cloth for outer cloaks worn across the region. Spinning is a household task peninsula wide, with color limited to white black and brown. They import fine yarns from Persia and England to meet weaving needs.
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Arabia
Peninsula
Persia
England
Canada’s Northern Wealth Are We Ready for the Risks
Natural resources intelligence notes Canada’s vast wealth in minerals waterpower forests fisheries and lands. Expeditions survey Arctic islands main land from Mackenzie to Hudson Bay while southern surveys in British Columbia face harsh conditions and long hours.
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Canada
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
Arctic
Mackenzie
Hudson Bay
British Columbia
Quebec
Wilds
Roles Reversed in 1919 League Position
The Independent notes a shift in stance between France and the United States since 1919 with Wilson pushing for the league as a tool for readjustment and France seeking security and status quo guarantees through strengthened international cooperation while the US remains skeptical and distant.
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France
United States
Wilson
League
Europe
Independent
Not a Single One Insomniac Tale at Boarding House
A guest complains of insomnia all night while the landlady retorts she has hosted better boarders and would house him free if he can prove a single person in his bed. The exchange reveals tension over credibility and lodging.
Calgary Leads U.S. in Telephones Per Capita
Calgary maintains the lead in telephones per capita with a directory listing 13,000 names, almost one connection for every five residents.
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Calgary
America
Radio magic sends London music to Pittsburg and back
A London orchestra piece crossed the Atlantic to Pittsburg then returned to England and was heard again by the conductor near his bandsmen. The report cites radio as a marvel. A new stone cutting machine is claimed to perform all tasks of a chamber circular saw.
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London
Pittsburg
England
Chumber
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