Entomology and Industry Compute The Insect Toll
A report by Leonard S. McLaine outlines how insects threaten land values tourism forests and multiple industries from fur and candy to dairy and grain. Entomologists’ control measures protect crops livestock and major forest resources shaping national economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonards. McLaine
American Asociation of
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
McLaine
Canadian National Park
Banff
Canada
Driver’s horn use in traffic declared largely unnecessary
Dr. H. E. Rely of McGill told the Royal Society of Canada in Toronto that experiments show a driver can traverse Canadian cities and rural areas for months at legal speeds without using the horn often. He cited an average of about 90 percent of horn blasts as unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Society of Canada
Toronto
H. E. Rely
McGill University
Montreal
Smallest Letter Carrier in Orissa
The newly formed Indian province of Orissa may claim the smallest letter carrier in the world. Dhoopana Kamanna is 48 and three feet tall yet perfectly proportioned. He serves due to smartness and devotion, supporting a family of six. his wife stands two feet taller than he. The passage ends with a geologic note on heat loss through the earth’s crust and related features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orissa
Dhoopana Kamanna
Kamanna
Mysterious chains and the strange tale of global resource use
The Calcutta Statesman reports on iron mine waste shipments from the Great Lakes to Germany and a curious resilience of ancient chains in Tibet and Afghanistan. It notes German demand, American waste, and legendary chains linked to monasteries and a Kabul river chain said to endure indefinitely under Allah.
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Great Lakes Region
Germany
United States
Detroit Free Press
Tibet
Kabul
Dakka
Afghanistan
Allah
Calcutta
Youngest dental patient record claimed in Illinois
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mock of Moline Illinois is said to be the world’s youngest dental patient. Baby Mock, ten minutes old, had a tooth extracted without anesthesia as the physician noted the tooth was loose and the baby resisted the procedure like any patient.
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Raymond Mock
Moline
Illinois
Baby Mock
First Blood Transfusion Reported In 1492
Medical records claim the first blood transfusion occurred in 1492 and compare it to Dr. Columbus introducing new blood to the Western World. The text notes heat effects on air density, contrasting hot and cool days.
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Columbus
Guarding The Mint Extraordinary Precautions In San Francisco
A San Francisco dedication of a new national mint describes extreme protection measures. Vaults with 22 ton doors and two foot reinforced walls. ceiling microphones relay sounds to the guard room. two way radio link to police and the Presidio with 800 soldiers nearby. In Ottawa the Royal Canadian Mint is guarded by steel fencing and Dominion police with no past successful plots.
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Canada
United States
San Francisco
Presidio
Ottawa
Dominion
Royal Canadian Mint
Brockville Recorder and Times
Frugal Wealth Sparks Car Conversation on Road
A pleasant country road encounter shows a $7,000 limousine overtaking a smaller car. The big car owner jokes about a rattle caused by a $6,500 jingling pocket item, mocking the smaller driver’s ostentation and individuality.
Wealthy Abroad Order Luxurious Packards For Distant Routes
A survey of how elite buyers in India Persia Colombia and Shanghai demand highly customized Packards. Clients specify non reflective white exteriors special upholstery matched to slippers and even transport challenges including caravans over deserts and high altitudes. Some vehicles never see service for months while crews polish and protect them.
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Far East
Maharanee
India
Packard
Detroi
Balloon blaze destroys Piccard Cosyns high flight plan
Fire destroyed the FNRS balloon used by Dr. Auguste Piccard and Max Cosyns as they prepared for a new ascent. The 1932 record holder, reaching 16 201 metres, exploded during gondola attachment with about 50 soldiers nearby. No injuries reported. Cosyns blamed wind. burner was active at blast.
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Auguste Piccard
Max Cosyns
FNRS
Montgolfier
Piccard
Cosyns
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Indian Province
London
Shepherdess Walk
Shoreditch
America
Asia
High Asia
Tsangpo
Lhasa
New National
Crystal Palace
AH. Horton
Stadium Bend
Persia
Mediterranean
Haifa
Nazareth
Palestine
Damascus
Syrian Desert
Baghdad
Iraq
Euphrates River
Teheran
Colombia
South America
Shanghai
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