Straw and Sawdust Make Straw Pulp on the Farm
Reports from France detail methods to convert straw and sawdust into useful products. A on farm pulp process eliminates transport costs and can yield oxalic acid as a by product. Tiles from dust and sand via enamel coating offer a cementless, heat free tile production method. These innovations promise new income for Canadian farmers and lumber sectors if adaptable to local conditions.
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Canada
Natural Resources Inteligence
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Grans Gliets Lon
France
Paris
Poison Honey From Alpine Flower Across Ancient Texts
Alpine poison honey from rho dodendron causes dizziness and is noted by Pliny Xenophon and Strabo in ancient accounts. The piece weaves myths about romantic panic and misinterpretations as it mentions Grand Manitoulin waves of departed spirits.
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Pliny
Xenophon
Strabo
Pompey
Grand Manitoulin
Lake Huron
Nicholas Flood Davin A Pioneering Canadian Figure
Nicholas Flood Davin, born 1843 in Kilfinane Ireland, became a major pioneer in Canada. A journalist and Conservative voice, he helped shape policy, edited the Leader in Regina, served as MP for West Assiniboia, advocated immigration and tariff reform, and supported women’s voting rights in 1895. He wrote poetry and essays including Irishman in Canada.
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Canada
Nicholas Flood Davin
Middle West
Haultain
Saskatchewan
Brett
Leutenant
Alberta
Travin
Kilfinane
Ireland
Middle Temple
Dar
House of Commons
London
Irisk Times
London Standard
Montech
Paris
Toronto Globe
Old Mail
Haldimand
Ontario
Bennett
George Brown
Winnipeg
Prairies
C.P.R
Regina
Bright
Assiniboia
West Assiniboia
Ottawa
Territories
Absentminded Prof. Smith on Midnight Train Misstep
A sleepy sleeper berth mystery unfolds as Professor Smith, in a crowded aisle, searches for water at midnight. The conductor quizzes him about his berth while he recalls noting lake view windows earlier, revealing a humorous confusion aboard the speeding train.
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Prof. Smith
Dialogue on profanity and daily life amid medical talk
The passage presents a stitched conversation where Ethel and Edith discuss profanity, street swearing, and a doctor’s prescription. It contrasts social chatter with remarks on faith and timing, suggesting a fragmented slice of everyday interaction.
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Ethel
Edith
Rumpler Boss predicts 170 passenger plane could cross Atlantic in 16 hours
Professor Rumpler of the Rumpler Airplane Construction Company in Leeseau Germany says a future transatlantic airliner could carry 170 passengers and cross the ocean in sixteen hours. He envisions a ten motor machine with fault tolerance and believes it could replace earlier 100 passenger designs within a decade.
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Ocean
Exper
Professor Rumpier
Rumpler Airplane Construction Company
Leseau
Germany
Atlantic
Rumpler
Racia
Air Machine Resembles Bicycle Inventor Palmer Builds Air Bicycle
Jules FE Palmer of Andover England an electrical engineer has become known as the bicxicle man of the air. He has made experimental flights with a one man air bicycle driven by pedal power and a small balloon. Palmer describes a three pound aluminum frame under a gas bag with a front propeller and rear elevator. He aims for about 25 miles per hour in still air.
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Jules FE. Palmer
Andover
England
Palmer
Stil All
Wealth in Dead Sea Salt Extraction Project Advances
The Dead Sea may yield rich revenue as a British backed 25 year concession to extract and process mineral salts. Plan includes pumping water to pans, evaporating to leave salts, plus building forty miles of railway in the Jordan Valley. Local Bedouin smuggling business would be displaced by new, scientific operations.
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Dead Sea
Jordan Valier
Jerisakan
Aelentifc
Making Canada Beautiful Spending on flowers and shrubs tops millions
A new Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics report shows strong annual beautification spending. It cites 8 060 rose trees bought from wholesale growers and 9 000 other trees and shrubs from Canadian producers, plus 15 000 000 plants sold by florists and over 2 trillion dollars paid by the public. The first year of the inquiry notes many nurserymen did not submit returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Vancouver women build farming venture in Ladner district
Miss Grace McGaw of Vancouver and Miss Dorothy Bell formed a farming venture after leaving railway publicity and Maclean's Magazine roles. They focused on bean growing in Ladner B C earning fair profits and providing material for a strong story.
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Grace McGaw
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dorothy Bell
Ladner, B.C
Misa Belt
Maclean's Magazine
United States
New York
China advice from foreigners trading there sparks critique
The text condemns foreigners in China for prioritizing self interests and scolding governments. It praises Britain for avoiding gunboat diplomacy and notes future Chinese goodwill as essential. It also mentions Dawson Yukon as the Empire's northern town and Stanley Falkland Islands as the southern, with Labrador praised for coast scenery.
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China
Empire
Dawson
Yukon
Stanley
Falkland
Cape Horn
Armistice Blotter to Be Auctioned as Historic Page
A blotting pad used on November 11 1918 in Marshal Foch’s saloon car near Rathondes forest Compeigne bears the armistice signatures of Foch Wemyss and Erzberger. Expected to fetch at least £1600 as a priceless historical relic of World War I.
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Ferdinand Foch
Rathondas
Forest of
Compeigne
Marshal Foch
Admiral Wemyss
Matthias Erzberger
Largest squared stones in Syrian ruins at Baalbee
In the Temple of the Sun at Baalbee Syria the largest squared stones exceed 63 feet in length and 13 feet in height in a wall 19 feet above ground. A nearby quarry yields a 69 foot long monolith of 14 foot thickness and 1% foot height, weighing about 1500 tons.
Tibetan Books Mounted on Long Narrow Pages
Tibetan sacred texts are printed from wooden blocks on fine buff paper from shrub bark. Pages lie long and narrow, not bound in a volume, stacked loosely with two carved wooden slabs and silk ribbons. A beautifully embroidered silk cover encases the set, revered in Tibet.
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Tibet
Marvels Yet to Come Inventions and Hidden Secrets
A collage of captions and quotes notes rapid inventions and unseen wonders yet to be revealed by wireless and electricity. Flashes of daily life mingle with remarks on love and distant Quebec resources as readers ponder future marvels and curious conversations.
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London Daily Mall
Dual Purpose Cow Is Best for Farmers
The Farmer's Sun argues for a genuine dual purpose dairy beef cow, praising the old Durham type and calling for breeders to emphasize cows that provide milk and beef. It notes modern Holstein milking and beef breeds, but urges selection of dual purpose stock to suit non-dairying farmers, highlighting Shorthorn, Angus, and Hereford breeds and urging breeders to focus on utility over pedigree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borhood
C.N
Durham
Lost Ophir lands found say explorer Crawford near Arabia
Commander C Crawford told the United States Institution he located Ophir about 400 miles east of Aden in Arabia. He described ruins including a temple and harbor, urged excavations, and claimed Palestine now resembles a rich land with gold mines and precious stones ready for development.
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C. Crawford
Ophir
Sheba
Solomon
United States Institution
Crawford
Arabia
Aden
God
Palestine
Kine Saul
Transvaal
Trans Pacific Flight Plans From Vancouver by Captain Giles
Captain Frederick A. Giles former Royal Air Force officer arrives in Vancouver from Australia to map a Pacific crossing this summer. He has piloted an air service between Sydney and Adelaide for three years and aims to fly from Vancouver to Sydney via Honolulu Suva Fiji New Orleans.
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Frederick A. Giles
Royal Air Force
Vancouver
Australia
Pacific
Giles
Sydney
Adelaide
Honolulu
Suva
Fanning Islands
New Orleans
U.S. Delegation Set for World Poultry Congress
About two thousand poultrymen from the United States will attend the upcoming World's Poultry Congress from July 27 to August 4. Leading the delegation is Hon. W. M. Jardine, secretary of Agriculture, with Assistant Secretary R. W. Dunlop also in official representation. Delegates come from some 25 states.
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United States
Malorey O
W. M. Jardine
R. W. Dunlop
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W. N. Uw
Nicholas Flood
Davin
Labrador
All
America
Algonquin Park
Bigwin Inn Tds
Algonauin Park
Canadian National Railways
Monster
Ence
Florence
Betty
Quebec
Jerry
Bill
Ted
Iman
Old Durham
U.S
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