First air express to Winnipeg from New York arrives
The initial air express flight reached Winnipeg on June 12 after a 20 hour journey from New York by Northwestern Airways. The Quebec government will pursue public works unemployment relief this summer. Premier Taschereau announced the plan. Canada will send two delegates to Rome for the fifth world poultry congress September 5 to 16.
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First Air Express
Winnipeg
New York
Northwestern Airways
Quebec
L. A. Taschereau
Canada
Rome
Italy
F. C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
W. A. Brown
Mars Probably Uninhabited Says Pacific Science Congress
Infra red photography suggests Mars bands contain less than one tenth of one percent oxygen. Dr W S Adams notes shock to amateur astronomers and rules out earthlike life. Dr J R Beach warns fowlpox spread by mosquitoes and vaccination on farms common from 30 to 90 days. Summer fallowing shown to reduce foot rot with seasonal variation.
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Mars
Earth
W. S. Adams
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
California
Adams
J. S. Plaskett
Dominion Astronomical Observatory
Victoria
Congress
J. R Beach
College of Agriculture
Berkeley
Cal
Canada
R. A. W. Henry
University of Alberta
Air Commodore Kingsford Smith Plans New Zealand to England Flight
Wellington announcement states he will fly the Southern Cross from New Zealand to England next fall if eight passengers can be secured. Two Kiwis have booked seats at 2400 dollars each.
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Charles Kingsford-Smith
Wellington
N.Z
Southern Cross
New Zealand
England
New
Japanese Army Offers Condolences To China
The Japanese army sent condolences for Chinese lives lost during hostilities. A bomber without bombs landed near the Chinese airport on the city outskirts to deliver a condolence letter via a metal cylinder after failing to find an authorized Chinese official at the airport.
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Peiping
Great Wall of China
Oine
One Sided Rever Collar Dress Pattern 361
Dress pattern 361 offers a slim silhouette with a one sided rever collar and white crepe trim. Original black and white crepe silk print features white crepe silk collar vest belt and buttons. navy blue crepe silk variant also shown. Sizes 86 to 48 inch bust. price 20 cents. Wrap coin carefully.
Floating gold ambergris eyed by Murphy in ocean quest
In the Journal of the American Museum of Natural History Robert Cushman Murphy details ambergris as floating gold searched across seas from Mexico to the Mediterranean. He notes scarce success among 40 visitors, a Nome wolf incident, and a 270 pound piece once sold for £18,360 to a London merchant via Captain D. C. Stull of Provincetown.
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Journal of the American Museum of Natural History
Robert Cushman Murphy
Seven Seas
Murphy
Mexico
Peru
Ecuador
Mediterranean
Brazil
Madagascar
Africa
East Indies
China
Japan
Moluccas
West Indian Isles
Bahamas
United States
Ambergris
Nome
D. C. Stull
Provincetown
Dr. Murphy
London
Canada Exports Big Jump in Canned Meat
Canned meat exports from Canada surged in the last year with 657,661 pounds exported in the 12 months ending April, about eight times the 78,810 pounds shipped in the prior year. Last month alone reached 67,271 pounds, near the prior year’s annual total.
Big Laundry Bill at London Hospitals
London County Council runs fifty seven hospital laundries with 1,100 staff washing over 55 million articles annually at a cost exceeding 1 million dollars.
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London County Council
Sunday School Lesson Reflections on Biblical Teachings
A collection of quotes and allusions from lessons and sermons focusing on Matthew 28 18 20 and related spiritual themes. Prominent voices include Gladstone Rossetti Van Dyke Fosdick Bates Deeping Bates McDowell and Longfellow, weaving theology and daily life.
Wisdom of Nature Mangrove Propagation Described
The text explains mangrove trees do not scatter seeds as other trees do. Water at high tide covers roots, so young plants develop on the parent tree and later drop into mud like spears.
Forest Fire Warning Across Pacific Countries
A resolution from the Forestry and Meteorology section of the Fifth Pacific Science Congress urges eastern Pacific nations including Canada and the United States to take vigorous action against forest fires. The select committee chaired by Dr. C. D. Howe includes E. H. Bowie Fuji whara and Dr. D. Y. Lin, calling for efforts to protect standing timber, prevent floods and reduce soil erosion.
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Pacific
Canada
United States
Forestry and
Fifth Pacific Science Congress
C. D. Howe
Faculty of Forestry
University of Toronto
E. H. Bowie
United States Weather Bureau
San Francisco
US. Fujiwhara
Japan
D. Y. Lin
China
Pacific Basin
Pacific Science Congress
British Residents in China Hit by Currency Slump
J. E. Barnes of Hong Kong says the dollar has fallen to half value, with silver currency worth about 25 Canadian cents, hurting British residents in China and Crown colonies using Chinese funds. He notes stark Chinese poverty, cites electricity benefits, and recounts his Montreal stop en route to England.
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China
J. E. Barnes
Hong Kong
Barnes
Montreal
England
Shrine at Johannesburg Station Serves Faithful Travelers
The new Johannesburg railway station in South Africa features a dedicated shrine for Muslims. An inner prayer room with a mat and a shower bath allows ablutions before prayer, with Allahu Akbar softly recited as travelers depart on trains.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
British Empire
India
God
Alfalfa’s Long-Lived Value For Permanent Hay Fields
Alfalfa once seeded remains down for five or more years and is especially suited for permanent hay and pasture fields.
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Trinidad
Royal Scot
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Chicago
National Cellulose of Canada, Limited
Dominion
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Ike
Virginia Tobacco
Jesus Our
Lord and
Gladstone
Christina Rossetti
Cc. E. Montague
Henry van Dyke
Son of God
J. M. Stifler
Frenick
Warwick Deeping
Katherine Lee Bates
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Jesus
John McDowell
Rewing
U.S
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