Experiments Aid Laundry Claims Institute In Ottawa
The Canadian Institute of Launderers and Cleaners reports 550 damaged laundry disputes settled last year at NRC Laboratories Ottawa. 70 percent damage occurred outside the laundry due to home misuse. 20 percent from manufacture faults. 10 percent from the laundry. The institute aims to provide unbiased scientific opinions on damage claims using microscopes photography and other aids. It warns against improper use of bleaches and overloading washing machines and highlights causes such as sunlight on rayon curtains and silver polish reactions on textiles.
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Canadian Research Institute
Ie Court of Appeal
Canadian Research Institute of
National Research Council
Ottawa
Institute
Court of Appeal
Canadian Institute of Launderers and Cleaners
Postman Finishes 23 Year Bedspread Craft
Julian de Paepe, a Chicago postman on Michigan Avenue, completed a fancy bedspread he worked on for 23 years. He carried pieces to work for idle moments, crocheting techniques flashing during his shifts until his duties expanded and his time grew scarce.
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Julian de Paepe
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
de Paepe
Yawn On the Banks of the River Slow
The poem evokes a town named Yawn On the River Slow in a province of Let-It-Slide. It dwells in the Valley of What's the Use and celebrates the wait-a-while flora and the idle mood of residents famous for I don't care and Put-It-Offs.
San Francisco Leads Chinese Population Among US Cities
San Francisco has the largest Chinese population among US cities at about 16 000 while Los Angeles leads in Japanese speakers with just over 20 000.
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San Francisco
United States
Los Angeles
Cruelty to Poultry Criticized in Our Dumb Animals Editorial
An Our Dumb Animals editorial denounces keeping domestic birds in small pens and glass jars as cruel. It cites newspaper photos and notes humane societies plan prosecutions against such practices. The piece condemns confinement that deprives exercise and pleasure, calling it contrary to nature.
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Europe
Queen to Occupy Marlborough House Rooms During Redecor
The Queen will use her former Marlborough House suite in London while redecorations occur. Cream paint, stripped woodwork, and preserved Red Drawing Room and Saloon reflect Queen Alexandra’s era. The 1000 year old tower moves with tides but is not endangered.
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Marlborough House
River Thames
Marborough House
London Daily Telegraph
Tower of London
Preventive Medicine Boosts Dionne Quintuplets Health
Dr. A R Dafoe, physician to the Dionne quintuplets, praised preventive medicine citing excellent results from giving diphtheria toxoid to the five sisters as proof of its benefits for the healthy infants.
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A. R. Dafoe
Yugoslavian man starts costly mustache collection
Joka Tersitch, after returning to his hometown in Yugoslavia with American fortune, picks up collecting mustaches as a hobby. The hobby proves expensive as he pays up to $40 for finely curled lip fringe specimens.
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Yugoslavia
Joka Tersitch
America
Joka
Magpie Menace Prompts Saskatchewan Stock Growers Push for Help
At Moose Jaw convention the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association urged government aid to combat magpies described as a menace greater than wolves. Ranchers recounted winter losses from magpies attacking cattle and horses with wounds, while discussions covered bounties, trapping, banding, and school egg competitions to curb the birds.
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Saskatchewan Stock Growers’ Association
Moose Jaw
Cypress Hills
Bluffs
Resolutions Committee
W. G. Ross
K.C
M.L.A
Moose Jaw Wild Animal Park
Drouth
Ross
Wild Animal Park
World's Biggest Eater Spider Feeds Heaviest Diet Daily
Entomologists in South Germany report Munich researchers found the world's largest spider eats four times its weight at breakfast nine times at luncheon and 13 times at dinner totaling 25 times its weight each day. Calculations suggest the average man would need about one and a half tons daily to match such a ration.
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South
Germany
Munich
Gold and Saskatchewan: heat conductor and wheat power
A concise note links gold as a top heat conductor and copper alternative in electrical conductance while naming Saskatchewan as a leading wheat growing region. The reference implies a comparison of material properties and regional agriculture.
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Chicago Postman
Yawn
Sir Robert Borden
Canada
Disraeli
House of Commons
Sir Robert
Parliament Hill
Windsor
London
St. James's Palace
England
Central Experimental Farm
W. L. Mackenzie King
William Saunders
Dominion
Magpie
Saskatchewan Stock Growers Ask
Saskatchewan
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