Peat Could Replace Anthracite, Says Canadian Expert
Peat specialist A Awrep told parliamentary fuel committee that Canadian peat can replace coal for heating. He noted peat would reduce reliance on U S mines and free coal for domestic use. Over thirty seven thousand square miles of peat bog exist and should be developed. A ton and a half of peat provides heat comparable to a ton of anthracite coal.
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A. Awrep
Get Mogical Survey
Sprew! Parliamentary Fuel Committee
Desamaon
United States
Prairie Provinces Behind On Collections For Movement
The Methodist National Forward Movement shows total subscriptions reaching $3,240,255, about 70.2 percent collected. Dr H H Riddell, president of Wesley College Winnipeg and western committee chair, notes outstanding totals of $1,021,124. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island lead at 82 percent, while Saskatchewan trails at 50.3 percent.
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Methodist National Forward Movement
H H. Riddell
Wesley College
Winnipeg
Western Committee
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Agricultural Land May Be Reclaimed
Two parties will survey the Carrot River triangle to reclaim about 800000 acres of fertile land along the Saskatchewan and Carrot Rivers near The Pas and extending southwest toward Abbotfield. Officials say floods hinder farming, with past estimates at $1 per acre now revised to around $2. The region is described as one of Western Canada’s richest soils.
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Carrot River
G F. Horsey
Reclamation
Department of the Interior
Saskatchewan River
Saskatchewan
Carrot Rivers
Pas
Abbotfield
Melfort
Canada
Churchill says Victoria has smallest taxation in British dominions
Speaking at a luncheon for Ston. W. McPherson Victoria’s treasurer Rt. Hon Winston Spencer Churchill stated that Victoria bears the lowest tax burden among British countries, with a per head levy of £2, cautioning that publicizing it could spur a rush of Britons to migrate to Australia.
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Ston. W. McPherson
Victoria
Australia
Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
Rebuilding Ancient City In Mexico Approved
President Obregon approves a $50,000 appropriation to reconstruct ruins at San Juan de Teotihuacan alongside pyramids dedicated to the Sun and Moon. Nearby lies a buried city likely flourishing about 4,000 years ago. Manuel Gamio leads excavations as head of anthropology for the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan de Teotiuacan
Obregon
Mexico
Senor Manuel Gamio
Department of Anthropology
Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Income Tax Collected Near Five Million
Manitoba collected just under five million dollars under the Income Taxation Act last year as reported by A W Gibbs provincial taxation inspector. Up to the deadline for complete returns about 25 000 people had paid their tax.
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Manitoba
A. W. Gibbs
Red Haired Parents and Their Offspring Question Hair Gene
A note on heredity explains that red hair in parents almost always yields red-haired children, while dark hair in parents does not guarantee dark-haired offspring. The passage discusses how hair color traits segregate and vary among offspring, illustrating genetic transmission concepts.
Some Great Men Who Died Poor
A Philadelphia commatescur returns from England with a Shelley manuscript paid £1708 while Shelley's lifetime earnings were about £290. The piece reflects on artists starving in life while posterity profits, citing Chatterton Schubert Septimus Winner and the mockingbird song rights.
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Philadelphia
England
Shelley
Chatterion
Schubert
Septimus Winner
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Unique Dinner Party of Ex-Convicts in New York
A private New York hotel banquet hosts 40 well dressed men who are revealed to be ex convicts from Sing Sing after the cigars are lit. They discuss the past while former wardens are often the guests of honor, proving an ex convict can make good.
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New York
Sing Sing
Small Farmers Favor Shorthorn
Holsteins gain popularity among province's small farmers per Dominion Livestock Branch. Duncan Brown reports applications for over a car of Holstein bulls, mostly from Ontario, with rising demand for milking Shorthorns. Over 100 bull applications cited, few for Herefords or Angus. trend toward dairy types across Peace River to Claresholm.
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Dominion Livestock Branch
Duncan Brown
Dominion
Ontario
Peace River
Claresholm
Edmonton Bulletin
Knouting Incident in Russia Sparks Alleged Bargain
A Jew in Russia was ordered to endure twenty knout strokes. The executioner, also Jewish, struck a deal for 20,000 rubles to merely crack the whip while the man screamed. Nine strokes were feigned, but the twentieth was real. The whip master claimed the final stroke proved the bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Swastika's ancient reach across Asia and art
The swastika, long hailed as a symbol of good luck, traces its origins to ancient times. It appeared in Japan, Korea, and China where it marked sacred works of art, buildings, porcelain, pictures and robes across civilizations.
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Japan
Korea
China
Linen Industry in Canada Becomes Fully Canadian
The linen industry in Canada began in 1902 led by William Benny of Dominion Linens Limited. A modern flax spinning plant has been built in Guelph using dry and wet spinning, with trained workers imported to ensure high quality yarns.
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Canada
William Benny
Dominion Linens Limited
Guelph
Ontario
Ireland
Russia
Britain
Icsk
Bigium
CPR
Belgium
Soviet Pilgrimage Urges Hostels For Canadian Graves Visit
Kalinin warns of Europe feeding and clothing the Bolsheviks before they turn on us. Canada plans St Barnabas Hostels at Ypres and Arras to aid visitors to graves in France and Belgium. Two houses exist but must be bought for 16000 dollars. Canadians are urged to subscribe. Hostels will house pilgrims only, not tourists.
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Europe
Tsardoni
Graves
France
Belgium
St. Barnabas
Ypres
Arras
New Zealand spinach touted as hot weather favorite
Calgary Horticultural Society recommends New Zealand spinach as a superior hot weather crop. Seed is three cornered and hard, soak 24 hours. Sow three seeds per hill, thin 15 inches apart. Plant spreads, grows large, and regrows after cutting, providing tender leaves all season.
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New Zealand
Calgary Horticultural Society
Hides and Shoes Reflect Farm to Consumer Gap
A Seymour Township farmer sold ten sheep skins, two calf skins and one cow hide but could not raise enough from the sale to buy a pair of shoes for himself. The Farmers' Sun notes the large spread between what farmers receive and what consumers pay for commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Township
Sheepherder Bill’s Riots and Lost Wages Tale
A Shelby area sheepherder named Bill Bill admits to yearly hard living and spending, recounting that he lost about a hundred and fifty in a stud game and spent nearly a hundred on clothes and a hundred on booze. The tale ends with his inability to recall the remaining fifty, joking that he naturally fooled it away.
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Shelby
Bill Bill
Bill
Waal
Fashionance Hall
British Officer Defuses Polish Insurgents at Night
A British control officer, Col Cockerill, confronted fifteen Polish insurgents who halted him at three am. After demanding their names, he disarmed them, boxed a leader, and ordered all to go home. He loaded the rifles into his car and reported to British headquarters. His chauffeur called it the nerviest act he had seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Cockerill
Japan to Restore Shantung to China After Conference
A foreign office official said Japan would evacuate Siberia and restore Shantung to China at the earliest possible moment after adjournment of the Fukio colonial conference in session. He stressed no change in Japan's fundamental Far East policy. Conferees included high Japanese military and civil authorities from Siberia Manchuria Korea and Kwantung.
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Japan
Siberia
Shantung
China
Foreign Office
Fukio
Far East
Manchuria
Korea
Kwan
The Settlers In March
In March this year 1,801 settlers from the United States arrived in Canada through western ports. Of these 896 were farmers or farm laborers, 776 were women and children, and 128 held various occupations. Funds and effects totaled $951,786 with $641,895 in money and $309,891 in personal property. They were allocated primarily to Ontario 6, to Manitoba 208, to Saskatchewan 709, to Alberta 786, and to British Columbia 42.
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United States
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Bachelors Describe Children And Child Life
A noted literary authority asserts that the finest descriptions of children and child life have been penned by bachelors. He argues bachelor writers capture innocence and behavior with clear detachment, offering insights not swayed by domestic certainty or parental bias.
Marconi Predicts Wireless Cross Atlantic Soon
Wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi asserts wireless telephony will eventually span the Atlantic though cable transatlantic tests show limited reach. He notes London to Paris and London to Rome successes but warns current wireless and space-wave disturbances hinder commercial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigtor Marconi
America
Cuba
Atlantic
London
Paris
Spain
Rome
Holmes tree seed sent to Washington for fly killing test
The United States Department of Agriculture will consider the claims that a Kentucky coffee tree seed grown sapling emits a poison fatal to flies. Professor George F Holmes of the University of Virginia planted the tree in his garden and dedicated it as his memorial. A metal plate reading Holmes tree and an iron fence surround the sapling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
George F Holmes
University of Virginia
Washington
University
Holmes
Expect Great Things Cardinal Gibbons Urges Youth
Cardinal Gibbons urges young people to expect great things from God, fellow men, themselves, and country. He warns greatness requires courage and vision, noting many fail due to faults and urging readers to keep his message as daily inspiration for ambition.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Faulh
Judge Questions Prisoner Over Alleged Insults
A courtroom exchange reveals the prisoner admitting he called a gentleman an old fool, with the judge probing the wording as the prisoner tries to steady his thoughts and respond.
One dilemma after another for insurance and tires
A dialogue shows repeated financial strains as one week requires a life insurance premium and the next demands buying a new car tire. The exchange highlights ongoing budget pressure and everyday compras.
Returning Sanity in Russia Signals Economic Proof
A New York World editorial argues that Russia’s move toward market ideas and peasant property rights shows growing sanity. It contends that prosperity cannot be decreed and that Russia’s shift hints at eventual reintegration with the family of nations.
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Russia
Family of Nations
New York World
Fer dinand Foch’s rise from private to marshal of France
The Toronto Mail and Empire notes Ferdinand Foch began as a private and advanced to Marshal of France and Generalissimo of the Allied Armies. Three years later he was named honorary colonel of the West Toronto Regiment, a career described as perhaps unequalled in military life.
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Ferdinand Foch
France
West Toronto Regiment
Toronto Mail and Empire
Man paddling his own canoe may sail his steam yacht someday
A proverb-like line notes self-reliance as a person might progress from small craft to a larger vessel. It imagines personal initiative leading to ownership of a steam yacht in the future.
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