Tribute to Britain Gift Sparks US British ties
Bishop Manning of New York accepts a dish gifted by King George V to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine aboard a ceremony marking the project and the forging of friendship between the United States and the British Commonwealth. Sir Penne Howard, British ambassador, notes the King’s hope this link endures.
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Manning
Great Britain
George
Mary
George V
Chicago Professor Warns Malthusian Boom Threat
Professor H. Barrows at the Hamilton Club warns that medical advances will push the U S population to 325 million by 2060, crowding the nation and stressing resources. He cites wasteful land use, water power underutilization, soil loss, and pollution as signs of a looming economic perversion.
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Alaska
Canada
United States
China
America
World
Prof
Garrows
Barrows
Bucking Horse Deal Tops Alberta Market History
A record Alberta sale unites vast bucking horse holdings. Peter Welch buys Ray Knight’s string and top horses from Pete Lagardeur and Dick Cosgrove, creating one of the era’s largest gathers of Western Canada outlaw stock.
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Alberta
Peter Welch
Ray Knight
Raymond
Pete Lagardeur
Heusxar
Dick Cosgrove
Cheadie
Western Canada
Indians Still Observe Ancient Burial Rites at Alert Bay
At Alert Bay in British Columbia a prominent Indian woman was laid to rest with a canopy of white cotton cloth and a glass plate of flowers. The grave featured an embroidered ceremonial robe with elk teeth, prized possessions nearby, and a phonograph on a trunk, while foods were placed for the departed spirit in the afterlife. The community mixes nominal Christianity with traditional pagan burial rites.
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Alert Bay
British Columbia
Woman Receives Royal Warrant Chiropodist To King George V
A London woman gains the royal title Chiropodist to King George V as part of a yearly list of warrants of appointment. The register shows naturalists philatelists taxidermists sculptors and various tradesmen honored by King George Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales. Warrant holders may display the Royal Coat of Arms on premises and stationery.
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George V
Lst
George
Queen Mary
Prince of Wales
Mies Kelly
Pure Bred Ram Premium Policy Drives Sheep Improvement in Canada
The Live Stock Branch in Ottawa highlights the pure bred ram premium policy as a key driver of sheep improvement. In the year ending March 31 1826 there were 19068 first premiums and 1892 second premiums approved. Since 1918 clubs have formed to buy and distribute purebred rams, with 41 new clubs and 1326 rams placed. Lambs from clubs fetch superior prices and ewe flocks improve as more ewe lambs are kept for breeding, edging toward replacing scrub ewes with progeny of pure bred rams.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Live
Regina Heads Great Canadian Dairy Merger
Canada’s Greatest Dairy Concern Regina has been elected headquar ters of what is said to be the greatest dairy business in Canada when the Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries and the Caulder Creameries amalgamate, March 1st. Fifty-five plants are involved in the merger and the fixed assets of the two concerns total more than $3,000,000.
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Canada
Regina
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries
Caulder Creameries
Ostrich Feathers Plucked Regularly Boost Farm Profits
Ostrich feathers are harvested every seven months and ostrich birds commonly reach eighty years in age making such farms highly profitable.
Meaning of the milliard in modern English
The Manchester Guardian questions how many grasp the term milliard defined as a thousand millions and notes the concept becomes clear only when considering that milliard minutes have elapsed since Christ's birth, illustrating vast time scales.
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The
Manchester Guardian
Franco troops to withdraw from Saar Valley fate set by commission
A recommendation by the Saar Valley governing body calls for evacuation of the French force of occupation from Saar Valley and its replacement by an international railway defense corps. The proposal is signed by George Washington Stephens of Montreal, whose resignation as head of the governing commission was announced recently.
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Saar Valley
International Railway Defense Corps
George Washington Stephens
Montreal
Salt and Sugar Use in Canadian Food Preservation
The Natural Intelligence Service of the Department of the Interior notes that nearly 400 tons of salt are used annually for preserving Canadian vegetables intended for commercial sale, along with about 3,000 tons of sugar used in fruit preservation. This is in addition to domestic usage.
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Natural Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Crime Costs In United States Reach Billions Annually
The Manufacturers Record cites Mark Prentiss estimating U S crime costs at least sixteen billion dollars yearly. The figure accounts for frauds property losses law enforcement costs and economic waste with no graft or graft figures. The passage notes a river of crime may be overstated by metaphorical comparisons.
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United States
Mark
Prentiss
Growth of Agricultural Publications Across Dominion
The Minister of Agriculture reports a 7 percent rise in demand year over year and nearly 3.5 million printed copies of bulletins and reports distributed. In addition 785,591 mimeographed periodicals circulated versus 700,509 in 1924 25. The Dominian Department of Agriculture is the government’s largest publisher with over 300 catalogued titles, many available free.
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Dominian Department of Agriculture
Chinook Language Declared Dead by Scholar in Seattle
Edward H. Thomas of Seattle, a language expert, says Chinook is now a dead language. Once spoken by over 100 000 people across the Pacific Northwest in daily life, it served as a bridge between Indian tribes and white traders and left numerous Vancouver Island place names.
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Pacific Northwest
Vancouver
Edward Harper Thomas
Seattle
Cuban origin of the term pickaninny traced to Piquunini
The word pickaninny is described as Cuban in origin from Piquunini meaning little child, noting its etymology and usage context.
Heroin Mirrors a Girl’s Interest in a New Novel
A girl becomes intrigued by a new novel and sees reflections of herself in the heroine. The line between reader and character blurs as themes of growth and identity unfold through the narrative.
Albania Lacks Railways in European Context
Albania remains the sole European nation without a railway network. The absence of rail infrastructure contrasts with regional transit systems and is noted in comparative transport analyses.
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Albania
Europe
Alaska Enchants Tourists With Northland Glaciers and Steamships
The piece extols Alaska as accessible via the Vancouver Prince Rupert Alaska route by Canadian National Railways. It highlights the Taka Glacier end and berg calving, a deck of young people on a CN Alaska service ship, the Wrangel Narrows with remnants of the Russian era, and the Mendenhall Glacier near Skagway as key sights.
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Canadian National Railways
Taka
Canadian National Alaska Service
Wrangell
Mendenhall Glacier
Skagway
Women Amazons of England's Factories
Professor P Cathcart reports from Glasgow University and the Royal Institution that factory girls show remarkable strength. In chemical works near Glasgow and Midlands brick yards, young women born in harsh areas carried heavy loads with notable grace. At 18 they reach peak strength, college girls being taller and heavier but not stronger than factory workers.
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P. Cathcart
Gardner
Glasgow University
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Piccadilly
Medical Research Council
Home Secretary
Glasgow
Midlands
Cathcart
Faith in Canada: Beatty Praises Dominion at Three Rivers
E. W. Beatty, CPP president, urged confidence in Canada citing democratic government and a level headed people. He highlighted agricultural wealth, arable lands, water power, forest and mineral resources, plus climate as vital strengths for future prosperity.
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C.P.R
Dominion
Chamber of Commerce
Three Rivers
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Gas Power Transforms British Columbia Logging Industry
The article explains how gas powered trucks revolutionized logging on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. It notes the shift from horse and wagon to gas trucks, enabling logging on rugged terrain and isolated plots, and predicts future reliance on gas trucks over locomotives as lands grow steeper and railroad construction becomes harder.
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British Columbia
Cascade Mountains
Pine Country
Prison Visitor Encounters Swindler Turned Sacker
A recent visitor to Puelich prison spoke with an inmate known as Mr. Bot tomley who claimed to be sewing but admitted he was reaping sacks. The man had previously been jailed for swindling and had long been part of English public life, now seen laboring in the yard.
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Puelich
Mr. Bottomley
Minister and Brown Refer to Wedding Gifts
In a humorous exchange, the minister asks if the couple received much when they married. Brown replies plainly that neither did he, highlighting modest wedding gifts and shared frugality.
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Wissen
Brown
Changes Program of Religious Teaching in Turkey
Turkey quietly adapts its public schooling to include religious teaching that praises multiple creeds. The government has directed school directors to present non Moslem points of view alongside Islamic instruction, reflecting a shift from past Kemalist policy toward broader tolerance.
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Turkey
Pew
Mohammed
Moses
Christ
Actinological Institute Opens In Paris Basment
A new Paris basement facility named the Actinological Institute offers artificial sunlight to treat rickets and tuberculosis in children. Dozens of poor kids bathe naked except for goggles as mercury lamps power the white sand and aluminum walls reflect healing rays.
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Paris
Actinological Institute
Parisian
Not the Same Man Charged With Whisker Illegality
A colored man is interrogated in a courtroom scene as he denies aliases and details. The exchange features a strong-voiced interrogator demanding two names. The prisoner asserts his sole name Joshua, denying multiple identities and moonshine ties.
Uneven OCR Read Offers Mystery Phrase Fragments
Readable text fragments show a garbled question about a marvelous co batter and an Aleut term. context and full meaning remain unclear. No identifiable events, names, or places are readable to anchor a proper news item.
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