New Era Dawning For Glass Industry
Reported discovery of an unbreakable flexible glass by Austrian scientists Dr Feitr Peliak and Dr Karl Hipper described as non mineral organic and highly transparent. The material supposedly bends without fracture, transmits ultraviolet rays, and could replace rubber in some uses, with potential for car windows and sun therapy greenhouses.
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Austrias
Tiberius
Awsteia
Feitr Peliak
Karl Hipper
Vleton
Motor
Water intake guidance for diets and babies
The article stresses water as essential to health and body temperature regulation. Adults should drink six to seven glasses daily, with two quarts being safe, and babies to have water between feedings while avoiding feeding times. It advises chewing meals well and not washing food down with water.
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Rosa
New York
King World
Forbidden joke on mother-in-law etiquette among tribes
A North American Indian custom forbids a man to speak his mother-in-law under any circumstances. He may only raise the ta boo if he accomplishes a notable feat or is invited by the mother-in-law who gifts him something valuable. Other relatives are joked about, but not mothers in law.
Alberta Sees Record Tourist Influx Early May
Alberta reports a booming tourist season with the Banff and Windermere routes open for traffic. In the first three weeks of May Calgary’s auto camp hosted 140 visitors as Alberta anticipates the heaviest tourist movement in the province’s history.
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Alberta
Calgary
Banff- Windermere
Call Did He Die With His Boots On Mark Yes On the Accelerator
A fragmented exchange references a death involving an accelerator. The terse wording implies a fatal incident connected to a vehicle or machine, with a hint of sarcasm or disbelief about the deceased's state at death.
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Mark
Invention of the compass in ancient China
The article explains the origin of the compass in China during Huang-ti's reign around 2698 ELC. A scientist discovered that marrow splinter of lead tone or magnet ore floats to indicate direction. It describes a wooden card with four rays called tingnan ching and notes the south point marked, paralleling modern compass design.
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Huang-ti
Asia Minor
Queer Suspension Bridge of New Zealand Wobbles Afloat
In Kanangaroa the Wan gaeha River hosts New Zealand s queer suspension bridge built to carry traffic during a separate project. Flood wrecked the earlier span and its remains vanish in the river while the present structure sways eerily causing fear among cadle and motorists alike.
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New Zealand
Wangaeha River
Kanangaroa
Seventy-Two Years of Married Life Celebrated in Quebec
Mr. and Mrs. John Williamson of Point Fortune Quebec marked seventy two years of marriage. They wed when John was 20 and his bride 16, beginning a life partnership that continues with good health and active interest in contemporary issues.
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John Williamson
Point Fortune
Que
John
New Four-Gyrator Device Aims to Halt Falling Planes
A device built from four horizontal gyrators has been developed to reduce the greatest risks of an airplane losing speed during a fall. The innovation targets automatic deceleration threats and promises improved flight safety.
Canadian Sheep Of High Quality Earns Global Praise
The article notes Canada’s strong sheep and wool industry with praise from W A Dorden and Col. Robert McEwan. It cites Canadian lamb and mutton quality, global sheep numbers, and Canada’s substantial wool consumption and export, attributing success to climate and hardy lambs.
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Dominion
Canada
Chicago
W. A Dorden
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Robert McEwan
Environment and History Link Power of Regions
The passage argues that climate shapes human vigor and history. It links cold to energetic men and seas to safety, while sun baked plains hatch trouble and barbarism from Central Asia and Arabia. Bolshevism is said to originate in Russia’s central plains with limited chance to conquer Britain.
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Central Asia
Arabia
Africa
Russia
Britain
Plans After Term Expiration Mentioned By Convict
A philanthropist asks about plans after term ends. The convict responds he has several schemes including four country post offices and six private residences.
Two little girls recall party faces and attention
A mother asks her daughter about the party as Elsie replies that some boys made faces at her. The brief exchange captures youthful social attention and childhood interactions.
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Elsie
Exquimaux Pie Claim Intones Arctic Territory Dispute
A Transcript excerpt notes Soviet Russia and Canada claiming Arctic lands north of their dominions in pie shaped wedges. The piece recalls 1924 proposals to grant polar regions to bordering nations along longitudes, suggesting the plan could involve several states and US interest.
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Canada
Transcript
United States
Boston Transcript
The sloth the World’s Most Indolent Animal
A detailed description of the sloth as an exceptionally indolent creature. It sleeps through violent shaking and even nearby loud noises or strong smells, remaining impassive and unresponsive to a gunshot near its ear.
Proves Woman Can Keep Secret Tecumseh Burial Location Revealed
Emily, sister of Pauline Johnson, asserts she has kept a secret about Tecumseh's burial place for years. She claims Albert Greenwood once told her of the burial site and she would not reveal it. She says only an Indian could have thought of the location, suggesting whites would never find it.
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Emily
Pauline Johnson
Albert Greenwood
Mr.Greenwood
Maple Syrup Time in Old Quebec Sugaring Bees Begin
Maple syrup season opens with sugaring bees as locals and visitors sample the first output. Dominion Express notes high quality and ample supply while shipments to Montreal dealers and direct retailers increase. Traditional spiking of trees yields sap in rural Quebec amid March to April peak, with evaporators and careful boiling refining sap into syrup.
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Dominion Express
Montreal
Quebec
Province of
Windsor
Place Viger
Laurentian Mountains
Canada Expands Government Farm Network Across Dominion
Canada adds twenty two experimental farms and stations managed by the Department of Agriculture. Located in major agricultural districts, they support experimental, investigational and demonstrational work. Illustration stations bring results to farmers, with sub stations aiding sparse regions. The program includes disease control labs and provides wide free service to settlers and farmers.
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Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Canada
Very Few Changes In English Language
A historical note on English evolving like a living tree. Shakespeare’s plays remain largely as written, with added punctuation for clarity. Language grows, branches fall and others rise, while spelling and grammar settle into a more fixed system over centuries.
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Shakespeare
Canada’s Growth Publicly Praised by Minister Motherwell
In a published statement, Hon. W. R. Motherwell, Canada’s agriculture minister, extols Canada’s growth. He cites $1.5 billion in annual merchantable farm products from 700,000 farms and a 25 year rise in hard spring wheat output by over 1000 percent making Canada a leading wheat exporter.
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W. R. Motherwell
Canada
Canadian Youth Guests To Visit Atlantic City Kiwanis
A nine year old girl Dorothy Manfield and thirteen year old boy James Passau from Montreal will spend three weeks in the United States as guests of the Kiwanis Club of Atlantic City to promote goodwill. Passau will be made mayor for twenty minutes in a ceremonial event during his visit, announced by Alex Vollmer, president of the Atlantic City Club.
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Montreal
United States
Kiwanis Club
Atlantic City
Dorothy Manfield
James Passau
Passau
Alex Vollmer
Atlantic City Club
Postcard travels ten years from Knaresborough to Walmer
A 1916 postcard mailed from Knaresborough Yorkshire took a decade to arrive in Walmer Kent. It reached the recipient five years after the sender’s death. A half penny stamp marks its age and origin.
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Knaresboro
Yorkshire
Walmer
Kent
Canada's Vast Stone Quarries and Modern Quarrying
The piece extols stone as the premier building material with Canada rich in granite limestone sandstone and marble across provinces. It notes 1925 quarry output exceeding 413 million tons valued near six million dollars, Ontario and Quebec dominating production, describes high tech quarrying with diamond saws electric cranes and precise stone fitting by hand on final finish.
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Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Canara
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Alberta
New Brunswick
Tyndall
Seemed Rather Doubtful About Young Author from Syracuse
Harold MacGrath, a popular young American writer, recalls a skeptical exchange in Syracuse where an old woman doubted his authorship. She claimed her two sons, once schoolmates, became bookkeepers and said he was not smart then. The anecdote highlights doubt about a writer’s abilities from hometown eyes.
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Harold MacGrath
Syracuse
First prehistoric brain found in petrified state near Moscow
Scientists report a petrified brain believed to be from a prehistoric human, found at Odinzovo near Moscow. Dr. Grigorieff notes it contains all brain parts and fits a prehistoric skull, estimated at about 25 000 years old.
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Odinzovo
Moscow
Grigorieff
Sweden Sees Major Drop in Murder Rates
Crime declined as Sweden averaged about twenty murders annually in recent years down from sixty per year in 1870 to 1889. Authorities note no death penalty exists for murder in Sweden.
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Sweden
Alberta Butter Exports Surge to Britain
Government statistics show almost one third of Alberta butter production shipped to Great Britain last year, totaling about five million pounds.
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Alberta
Great Britain
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