Debunking Monsters From Ogopogo to Nessie
The piece traces global thrills over aquatic mystery beings from Ogopogo in British Columbia to the Loch Ness monster, noting public fascination and scientific skepticism. It contrasts human curiosity with animal reactions and cites media hype around these sightings and how experts dismissed the legends as relics or misidentifications.
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British Columbia
Ocean
Vancouver Island
Quebec
France
Scotland
Brazil
Missouri
Loch Lomond
Loch Ness
Tweed
Loch Ness Monster
Alley Oop
Ellesmere Island Expedition Planned by Shackleton’s Son
Edward Shackleton son of Sir Ernest Shackleton organizes the Oxford University Ellesmere Island expedition to depart England in July aboard a Norwegian chartered sealer. Supported by the Canadian government and the Royal Geographical Society, the voyage aims to explore and map unknown Ellesmere interior led by Dr. Noel Humphreys. a London dinner's chairman hopes visitors gain souvenirs from the event.
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Edward Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton
Oxford University
Ellesmere Island
England
Royal Geographical Society
Canada
Arctic
Noel Humphreys
Apples cost same in London as Soudon desert to BC
A quirky note from Country Life in B C compares apple prices across distant regions. It claims apples cost the same in London and in the Soudon desert as in parts of British Columbia, highlighting an odd price anomaly with no immediate remedy.
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London
Soudon
British Columbia
Mars
B.C
Streamline train envisioned as new era of progress
The New York World Telegram lauds a proposed streamline train carrying eighty five passengers plus baggage and express for 1000 miles in thirteen hours at 17 dollars in fuel. It promises railroads new life and benefits for the traveling public, arguing progress requires invention and sweeping changes in trains, fuel, and operations.
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M. E. Tracy
New York World-Telegram
Letter From A Man Of 90
A ninety year old author thanks readers for allowing his writing and praises Kruschen Salts for keeping him well after a six week inflammatory rheumatism attack three years ago. He notes residual stiffness and plans to continue the daily Kruschen dose to prevent uric acid buildup. Kruschen is described as dissolving uric acid crystals and flushing them from the system.
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J. R. G. Kruschen
Aspirin Relief Promises Quick Headache Stop
An old advertisement touts aspirin tablets for rapid relief from headaches and other pains. It claims disintegration within two seconds after moisture and immediate action after ingestion, urging buyers to ensure Bayer branding on every tablet to ensure genuine aspirin.
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Bayer
Midget City at Chicago World’s Fair Draws Scientific Hope
Scientists invited to study the growing problem at a larger midget city set to return to the fair. Nate T. Eagle says the colony will be four times larger, housing many little people of all ages and sexes as a living clinic for glandular disorder research.
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Nate T. Eagle
Australian Poet Gordon Honored With Westminster Abbey Bust
The national poet Adam Lindsay Gordon becomes the first British Dominions writer honored with a Westminster Abbey bust since Tennyson. A memorial volume by Mayor Douglas Sladden recounts Gordon life, his loves, and his tragic 1870 death after debts and land disputes. He led an adventurous life in Australia as a policeman horse trainer parliamentarian and famed steeplechase rider before shooting himself.
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Adam Lindsay Gordon
Australia
Westminster Abbey
Tennyson
Douglas Sladden
Gordon
Gardons
Halfhead
Aberdeenshire
Unusual Hobby Tops World with Vast Match-Box Collection
The article profiles Major Pat A Beckett nephew of Lord Kitchener who runs Ye Old Plough Inn Speen Buckinghamshire and owns the largest match box top collection in the world. He has 22 000 tops displayed on walls in three rooms and travels widely in search of designs. Ex King Alphonso once visited and viewed his display though his own collection totals about 3000. Also notes grasshoppers shed skins during development.
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Lord Kitchener
Khartoum
Pat A’beckett
Alphonso
A.beckett
Hay production costs on Dominion Farms in Prairie Provinces
The average hay production cost is 8.99 per acre or 6.23 per ton with a yield of 1.44 tons per acre. Costs vary across farms from 5.93 at Swift Current to 11.19 at Morden, and per ton costs range from 4.47 at Brandon to 8.42 at Indian Head.
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Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Swift Current
Morden
Brandon
Indian Head
X-Ray Motion Pictures Show Bones Knitting With New Camera
Doctor Arthur C. Pillsbury of the University of California perfects an X-ray motion camera that records bone knitting. The device takes intermittent photographs of movement unseen by the eye and compiles them into a rapid sequence. Earlier experiments filmed rose growth over seventy two hours using a special X-ray tube by Doctor William D. Coolidge.
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Arthur C. Pillsbury
University of California
Doctor Pillsbury
William D. Coolidge
Coolidge
Bible records birth of first Tristan da Cunha children
The British Museum trustees purchased an American Bible dated 1831 from the family of William Glass, founder of Tristan da Cunha. It records Glass' marriage and the birth of 16 children, linking to many of the island's 700 inhabitants today. The latest owner was Mrs. Annie Glass.
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Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
Cape of Good Hope
British Museum
William Glass
Tristan Settlement
Glass
Garden Lettuces Puzzle Prods Reader
A correspondent confesses confusion over garden lettuces and suggests consulting a salad recipe book for guidance. The light remark hints at vegetable mysteries and practical gardening advice.
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T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Chicago
British Museum Boys Records
Cppleford
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