Canada’s nut imports map a global trade network
Canada imports vast quantities of coconuts, desiccated coconut, coconut oil, palm oil, and soap oils from Jamaica, Fiji, Panama, Hawaii, the United States, and more. Peanuts arrive from Africa, Rhodesia, India, the West Indies, and Asia, while almonds, filberts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, and walnuts come from multiple continents. The trade totals several million dollars annually, with China a major peanut and shelled walnut supplier. The piece notes the peanuts' economic significance and the global reach of Canada’s nut imports.
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British Honduras
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Trinidad
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British India
West Indies
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Fearful Grasshopper Plague Threatens Saskatchewan and Alberta
The department of agriculture warns Saskatchewan faces a far more serious grasshopper plague than last year while Alberta likely sees conditions among the worst in five years. Manitoba is expected to escape major infestation though some local control may be needed on farms. Organized action is required on about 3,868,560 acres in Saskatchewan and 4,055,040 acres in Alberta.
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Katchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Manitoba
Moody says ask servants to know if one is converted
A London Observer correspondent recalls D L Moody advised a parishioner to ask her servants how to know if she was converted. Nearby, Banff Alberta’s Hot Sulphur Spring Creek has reportedly never frozen since its discovery in 1883, despite high altitude and surrounding lakes freezing solid.
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London Observer
D. L. Moody
Moody
Banff
Alberta
Old Prince of Wales Theatre Farewell and Plans for Rebuilt Site
The Old Prince of Wales Theatre in London, noted as the first to offer seat booking by telephone, bid farewell with a final performance using the original safety curtain, the West’s first fire curtain in 52 years. A new, larger theatre will be built on the site. A note adds a tip from the Christian Science Monitor: a flannel cloth dipped in oatmeal cleans painted woodwork.
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Prince of Wales’ Theatre
London
Christian Science Monitor
Chinese Woman Diplomat Heads to London Post
Miss Anna A. L. Huang, China's first woman diplomat and sister of poet Huang Chun, sails to England to serve as third secretary at the London Embassy. She studied at Yenching University in Peiping and is fluent in Chinese English French and German.
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China
Anna A. L. Huang
Huang Chun
England
London
Miss Huang
Nanking
Yenching University
Peiping
New Penny Hint Sparks Cash-For-Old Coin Quip
In a brief exchange, one speaker offers a bright penny to compliment a son and the reply retorts with a dirty old dime. The line captures a playful coin themed banter reflecting thrift and humor.
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Jackie
Roof pools as new heating and cooling idea in homes
New York announces a flat roofed house with a winter skating rink and summer wading pool to regulate indoor temperatures. Lieut. Col. W C Danielson of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers says water roofs last longer and offer insulation, with Hershey Company and a Milwaukee store already testing results.
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New York
W. C. Danielson
Washington
Col. Danielson
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey
Milwaukee
United States to test mechanical eye air log on planes
The air commerce bureau will trial a new safety device called the air log in ten transport planes. The cylindrical instrument secretly records speed direction and altitude to assess pilot performance and adherence to safety rules.
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United States Air Commerce Bureau
Bureau
Diet Knowledge Development Of Science Linking Food To Life
Dr Morris Fishbein editor of Americas Medical Journal spoke in Montreal about how diet science relates to longevity. He noted that digestive progress over thousands of years led to a modern science of foods and life expected to extend average lifespans by five to seven years if applied broadly.
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Morris Fushbein
The
Americas Medical Journal
Montreal
Fishbein
Safe mushroom ID by sight, not tests
Not one layman test is completely safe for poisonous mushrooms. The only sure method is to recognize species by sight based on established knowledge.
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