Dominion's Capital An Attractive City
The article reviews Ottawa as a historic site and modern capital. It notes Champlain's 1615 voyage, Chaudiere falls, and the future Parliament location. Ottawa is praised for scenic views from Parliament Hill and Nepean Point, Gatineau Valley leisure appeal, and rapid growth with a 200000 population near City Hall.
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Dominion
Samuel de Champlain
Quebec
New France
Ottawa
Montreal
Chaudiere
Champlein
Champlain
Georgian Bay
Canada
Confederation
Parliament Hill
Nepean Point
North America
Gatineau Valley
Gatineau
Switzerland
Largest Grindstone Displayed in London
A colossal grindstone claimed as the largest in the world was shown in London. Measuring six feet across and fourteen inches thick, it is assembled from twenty four keystone arch shaped sections joined at the hub to create the wheel’s surface.
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London
Return Road Marks in Paris Quote by Pele Mele
The fragment places Pele Mele in Paris with a dusk-tinged line about recognizing a road for a return and noting that it has left his marks. The readable text hints at personal reflection and a sense of permanence in a travel or career context.
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Paris
Egg Laying Contests Show Rising Averages In Canada
The Department of Agriculture experiments at Ottawa describe nine seasons of egg production contests across Canada and Ontario. Since 1919 20, 25 820 hens have been tested in trap nests, with averages rising to 179.5 eggs in 1925 26, a gain of 57 eggs from the first year.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Ontari
Nesta
Plymouth
Englishman Invented Thimble
A Popular Knowledge writer notes the thimble was created by John Lofting in England less than two centuries ago. He designed a metal top for the thumb, first called a thumb-bell, gaining rapid praise and wealth as the device evolved to be worn on the middle finger and renamed thimble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lofting
England
Lofting
Young Liberal Brooke Answers Hecklers in Guildford
In Elstead a Liberal candidate Mr Stopford Brooke aged in his early twenties faced hecklers. He quipped he would rather enter Parliament in his first childhood than in his second. Another interruption was met with the line This is a public meeting not a public house.
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Somerset Stopford Brooke
Guildford
Stopford Brooke
Oxford Union
Divine
Elstead
Mr. Stopford Brooke
Manitoba Free Press
Bachelors and Old Married Man Trade Jokes at Crossing
A bachelor muses about marriage and being bossy while an old married man counters with a joke about hooting at railroad crossings to clear the way. The light exchange underscores playful Gen X style banter between generations.
Man Who Sings While Shaving Sparks Razor Debate
A witty quip contrasts a singer who shaves with a smooth razor to a growler whose style lacks polish, suggesting differing grooming approaches. The remark hints at broader flair versus rough performance in daily routines.
Sugar Beets Slightly Improve Milk Yield In Dairy Tests
A trial at Agassiz experimental farm British Columbia fed ten cows differing root feeds. Sugar beets raised 111.6 pounds of milk per 100 pounds income versus 115.03 pounds mangels. cost per 100 pounds milk favored beets at 1.91 vs 1.95 for mangels. Butter fat favored beet ration. overall, beets produced similar milk with higher cost efficiency and yield considerations.
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Agassiz
British Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Mr. Hicks
Age and Usefulness of World Leaders Defies Years
The piece argues that age does not determine leadership ability or intellect. It cites Lord Phillimore at eighty three, Elihu Root at eighty three, and John Russell Moore who has just died, to show vigor can persist beyond age. It notes that feeling young matters more than calendar years and that overwork at twenty can dull mental vigor later.
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World Court
Lord Phillimore
Elihu Root
John Russell Moore
Laugh And Growl In The World Of Wit
A compact aphorism notes that laughter earns companionship while grim displays can invite ridicule and distance, suggesting humor as social currency in public life. The line plays on shared experience and universal reaction to mood and demeanor.
Blooming Shrubs Color Prairie Province Gardens Through Seasons
Prairie Provinces gardeners enjoy a long bloom season with diverse shrubs. Daphne leads in April, followed by alders birches and hazels with pussy willows. May brings Siberian apricot almond Saskatoon plums cherries and apples. June features lilac honeysuckle spiraea currants hawthorns and mountain ashes with further blooms through July.
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Prairie Provinces
Saskatoon
W. R. Leslie
Morden Experimental Station
Morden
Maxima
Anthony Waterer
Leadplant
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Timepieces of Guildhall Museum Reveal Rare Wonders
In London the Guildhall Museum houses odd clocks and watches. A see-saw clock marks each hour, a musical clock uses tunes, and a 1580 clock watch has pins to feel the time. A large Empire face features tiny negroes striking bells, and a six inch giant watch worn on a girdle suited for a belt, not a pocket.
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Guildhall Museum
London
England
Grand Casavant Organ Installed at Royal York Hotel Toronto
The auditorium organ room houses Canada’s largest Casavant Freres instrument with five manuals and six units: Great Swell Choir Orchestral Bombarde and Pedal. The 26 19 17 18 8 26 stops and thousands of pipes power by a 20 HP electric blower plus generator mark a major archival achievement.
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Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Canada
Casavant Freres
St. Hyacinthe
Quebec
Columbus sailed earlier than 1492 claims arise
Historian Ulloa asserts Christopher Columbus acted as an obscure sailor aboard a Danish vessel years before 1492. The account claims Columbus touched Haiti on a first cruise, misnamed lands as Cipangu, and sought support from European courts while following routes traced by Lief the Lucky.
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Christopher Columbus
America
Louis Allen
Ulea
Lief the Lucky
Ulloa
Columbus
Denmark
New Land
Rikishas Fade as Motor Cars Take Over Japan
The rikisha, once a thriving Japanese export, is rapidly declining due to domestic demand drop and rising foreign competition. Motor cars replace horse drawn vehicles, with Tokyo counts dropping from 26 000 rikishas and 6 000 exports in 1901 and 1900s to 8 700 rikishas and 15 000 automobiles today. The Ginza factory founded by Daisuke Akiba, once the world’s largest rikisha plant, is now a baby carriage shop.
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Japan
Montreal
China
South Sea Islands
British India
Africa
Tokyo
Ginza
Daisuke Akiba
What Makes Our Friends
It is not seeing one's friends nor having them within reach that makes them ours. Many have that and still lack substance. It is believing in them and depending on them that makes friendship real, convinced they are good and true at core and will be good and true to others, including us.
Ontario Government to Erect London Office in Strand
Premier G Howard Ferguson announces a new five storey office building and showroom planned by the Ontario Government in London England. The Strand frontage will be 26 feet and the project costs about $250000.
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Ontario
London
England
G. Howard Ferguson
Strand
National Parks Road Mileage by Canadian Parks
The article lists road mileage in Canada’s national parks totaling slightly over four hundred miles. Banff has 127 miles, Jasper 62, Yoho 50, Glacier 9, Mount Revelstoke 19, Waterton Lakes 20, Kootenay 63, Prince Albert 34, Elk Island 11, Point Pelee 7, and Buffalo 1.
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Canada
Banff
Jasper
Yoho
Glacier
Mount Revelstoke
Waterton Lakes
Kootenay
Prince Albert
Elk Island
Point Pelee
Buffalo
Yukon and Alaska Rise From Gold Rush Fame to Modern North
The article reflects on three years since the Kiondike era and its global gold rush impact, noting mining remains profitable in Alaska and the Yukon but on a larger organized scale. It contrasts old prospector life with evolving frontier towns, preserved Indigenous crafts, and growing civilization along the north coast while urging visitors to witness changing traditions and artifacts in Wrangell Sitka and beyond.
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Yukon
Alaska
O Kid
Wrangell
Sitka
Boer backwelder distrusts bank safety in Transvaal
A Boer backwelder, unsettled by native depredations in a remote Transvaal area, hides £300 under his bed. He deposits the money in a town bank after a friend advises, asks for a storage fee, and is told the bank would pay £15 yearly. He then retrieves the cash, suspecting a scheme.
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Transvaal
Old Advice Echoes in Parental Warnings
A fragment from a dialogue references Pulonius and Lord Chesterfield advising their sons with ironic notes on modern wisdom. It contrasts abundant guidance with a lack of truly wise men able to teach, suggesting skepticism about contemporary paternal counsel.
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Www
N. U. 1793
Steads
Americas
Haiti
Cipangu
Cathay
Marco Polo
Canary Islands
Ferdinand
Castille
Isabelle
Aragon
Wills
National Parks
O.d Kiondike
North
Cess
Pulonius
Lord Chesterfield
Son
Sachse
Leipzig
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