Inauguration Echoes Simple Washington Ceremony
President Harding’s inaugural events in Washington were unusually restrained with a four-troop cavalry escort. He outlined non entanglement in Europe while offering to work with nations on disarmament, arbitration, and a world court to settle justifiable questions. He asserted the United States would govern its own destiny and avoid permanent military alliances.
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Washington
Warren Gamenliel Harding
United States
Ottawa
Harding
Congressional
Capitol
White House
Hardinig
America
Big Salmon Run Declines As Fraser River Past Years Condemned
Government gallery expert Dr. C. H. Gilbert reports the Fraser River sockeye salmon run will be lean and will not match former big years. The 1913 Yale canyon blasting blockade caused the catastrophe, marking a turning point in salmon runs.
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Fraser River
C. H. Gilbert
Yale Canyon
War Prisoners In Russia Patrolling Petrograd Against Kronstadt Uprising
Advices state Communist forces in Petrograd and Moscow are concentrating detachments of former German and Austrian prisoners of war to quell the Kronstadt revolt inspired unrest. The report notes the use of war prisoners in suppressing the disturbances and maintains a wary stance on the reliability of these forces.
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Russia
Stockholm
Petrograd
Mosecow
Kronstas
Co-Operative Wheat Pool Not Planned for Manitoba Session
Officials from United Partners of Alberta and United Grain Growers say no charter request will be made this session. H W Wood and E S McRory acknowledge they have not received definite word on an application being pursued at the Manitoba Legislature.
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Calgary
Co-Operative Wheat Pool
United Partners of Alberta
United Grain Growers
Manitoba
H. W. Wood
E. S. McRory
U.G
Dresswear from varnish proposed for women
A new varnish fabric called dope advances from protecting airplane parts to making dresses. The liquid dope dries clear like glass, can be dyed, is water resistant and fireproof, and can be woven into a wide range of wearables.
Weather Factor in Mild Canadian Winter Cited
Sir Frederick Stupart explains that Japan’s Kuroshio current warmed Canada’s winter by causing atmospheric disturbances that alter wind patterns. He dismisses artificial rain, lunar influence, animal instinct forecasts, and Indian weather predictions as unfounded while speaking at Trinity College on weather changes.
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Canada
Japan
Dominion
Frederick Stupart
Macterological Office
Toronto
Trinity College
Sir Frederick
Mucilage Process On Postage Stamp Production
The back mucilage of postage stamps is made from sweet potato syrup. Liquid is forced through pipes to rollers where sheets pass. A spray coats the stamps, which move into a hot air flue to dry before exit.
President Wilson Declares Opponent Lacks Upper Story
The article recounts President Wilson warmly dismissing a Washington insider as a “simple bungalow” with no upper story, noting his perception of the man's limited intellect after listening patiently to a lengthy but unimpressive remark.
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Washington
Wilson
Production Needs Workers Amid Peace Paradox
The piece argues production remains essential in quiet times as the world seeds its future. It critiques those who pretend to be dutiful workers yet lack moral backbone, labeling them as merely conscientious objectors avoiding hardship.
First Shot in War Credited to Australia Clergyman Claim
In an Australia Day service at St Dunstan’s East the preacher Dr Lowther Clarke claimed the honor of firing the first shot of the war. A telegram to Queenscliff halted a German merchant ship minutes after war was declared, prompting a fort’s challenge shot as the vessel passed the bay. Dr Lowther Clarke had recently resigned as Archbishop of Melbourne after 18 years.
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Old City
St. Dunstan-in-the-East
Lowther-Clarke
Australia
Melbourne
Queenscliff
London Chronicle
Radium What It Is Why It Persists and How It Is Used
The article explains radium is not mysterious to obtain and that though global supply is small production has barely begun. Once extracted it is nearly indestructible and its radioactive power diminishes very slowly, meaning a small amount adds permanently to the world supply and can be reused for cures for millennia.
Eye Test for Cattle Aids Tuberculosis Detection
Bureau of Animal Industry scientists endorse the eye test as an extra safeguard alongside traditional tuberculin tests. Two tablets placed in the conjunctival sac of the left eye are observed over 24 hours for discharge or swelling. Best on dairy farms, not ideal for range cattle or cattle in transit. Combining eye tests with subcutaneous or intradermal methods helps reveal reactors missed by other tests.
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Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Census Taker Encounters Man Reading About Fates
A New York worker known as a keen reader and skeptic is found poring over an encyclopedia by a census taker. When asked how many children he has the man replies three and cites a startling statistic that every fourth child born is a Chinese? The brief vignette highlights comic confusion and aging census curiosity.
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New York
Prohibition of Divorce More Seeded Than Volstead Act
Rev. J. J. Corrigan of Bosca College says the banning of divorce is more deeply rooted in the United States than the Volstead Act, reflecting on social and legal changes shaping domestic life.
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United States
J. J. Corrigan
Bosca College
Grain facilities expand at Port Arthur head of Great Lakes
Grain handling capacity at Port Arthur Ontario private elevators rose from 75000 to 4800000 bushels. In 1920 Port Arthur Ship Building Company completed two of its largest freighters, 320 feet long and 9200 tons. In 1921 two vessels will be finished a 4000 ton freighter and a 3000 ton lake steamer.
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Great Lakes
Port Arthur
Ontario
Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company, Limited
Railways May Use Fast Time Across Canada This Season
The Railway Association of Canada urges municipalities to adopt uniform daylight saving dates from May 1 to October 2 to prevent traveler confusion. Spring change likely May 1 with fall revert on October 2, benefiting travellers and business scheduling across communities.
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Railway Association of Canada
Canadian Railways
Dominion
Timely rebuke from Chief Justice Mulock on Windsor trip
Chief Justice Sir William Mulock rejected Crown reservations for a Detroit hotel during his Windsor visit to hear the Spracklin case. He stated he would not take quarters in the United States while administering His Majesty's laws, urging Canadians to value their own towns and country over distant border cities.
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Sir William Mulock
Windsor
Detroit
Spracklin
United States
St. Thomas
Only the Dog's Sm Delights in a Mug Swap
A motorist driving along a dusty road discovers a small shop run by a boy and Geraldine the dog. The customer enjoys a drink from Geraldine's mug, marveling at the canine proprietor. The boy confirms Geraldine is his sister, but then clarifies she is the dog.
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Geraldine
Ottawa Journal
Decay of Cookery Lecture Promised at Mothers Welfare Meeting
A Punch style note quotes a plan for a mothers welfare meeting on Wednesday with a renowned chef invited to lecture titled The Decay of Cookery. The speaker hopes the talk will be most helpful despite a humorous aside about pigs in the reply.
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Mothers’ Welfare
Hutterite Brethren Run Successful Mill Near Standoff
The Hutterite Brethren at Standoff Alberta operate a grist mill with notable success. Local farmers, though not members, bring wheat for milling and report benefits that may direct future business to the sect.
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Standoff
Alta
Sinn Feiners Kill British General in Cork Ambush
Brigadier General Cumming commander of Kerry military area was killed in an ambush on a Cork county convoy near Clonbanin on Saturday afternoon. He presided over a Court of Inquiry into earlier shootings in Mallow and Belfast, as troops guarded his route with armored vehicles. A lieutenant also fell as the firefight lasted about an hour.
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Cork
Cumming
Kerry
Clonbaain
Court of Inqury
Mallow
Belfast
Clonbanin
Buttevant
King
Court House
Mineral Farm From Sea Water Aims For Profits
The article notes sea water contains small values of metals, with gold worth four cents per ton and silver about twice that amount, plus copper and other metals. Rivers feed the sea with rock minerals, while marine plants like kelps concentrate iodine and potash. Spain’s barilla shows how plant ashes yielded soda, suggesting a genuine concept of a mineral farm from the ocean.
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Spain
Barilla
Boy of eighteen survives many battles in Royal Navy
Midshipman J. L. Storey, about eighteen, reports to his commanding officer on the loss of his ship Queen Mary. He is described as having a charmed life, being saved at Jutland after sinking twice, with Cradock at Coronel, Sturdee at the Falklands, and numerous Dardanelles actions, as the sole surviving officer of one of Britain's largest ships.
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J. L. Storey
C.O
Jutland
Cradock
Coronel
Glasgow
Monmouth
Sturdee
Falklands
Dardanelles
London Saturday Review
Why Men Should Weigh In On Women’s Dress
A reader in Vasa Couver Province argues men should have input on women’s clothing noting it took 300 years to fix buttoning higher shirts. The writer suggests buttons allow full front opening and easier wear rather than pulving garments over the head.
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Vasacouver Province
Kronstadt Revolt Report Reaches Copenhagen Dispatch
Copenhagen reports confirm Kronstadt seized by revolutionaries at the Gulf of Finland head, with ships and guns in play around Petrograd. Rail service Petrograd to Oranienbaum suspended as Bolshevik response grows. Kerensky cites Petrograd revolt spreading, while Moscow frontiers see panic and disarmament of troops.
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London
Kronstadt
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Helsingfore
Exchange Telegraph
Petropavolsk
Om Petrograd
Paris
Alexander Kerensky
Helsingfors
Moscow
M. Kerensky
Dairying Grows as Saskatchewan Mixes In Rural Industry
Saskatchewan diversifies beyond grain with expanding dairying. Government notes call dairying a permanent industry boosting the province, with butter shipped to Vancouver Toronto and Montreal. In 1918 output reached 3,154,566 pounds, 2,301,280 from co operatives, and production has since risen.
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Saskatchewan
Vancouver
Toronto
Montreal
New Magnesium Alloy Promises Lighter Stronger Metal
Reports from Montreal claim a new magnesium alloy discovered by a metal company there weighs two thirds as much as aluminum yet matches steel in strength. The material is touted for pistons and connecting rods in aero and motor car engines, offering high strength with reduced weight.
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Montreal
Forest products shift in British Columbia 1920 summary
In 1920 BC mills sold pulp and paper worth 21 million dollars. Total forest product value reached 92,088,807 dollars, up 20 million since 1909. The year 1920 total is listed at 92,628,807 dollars, double the production three years earlier. Pulp and paper rose from 12 million to 21 million during the year.
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British Columbia
Man Needs But Little Advertisement Insight
An ad notes we spend one third of life in bed and a shoemaker claims two thirds in shoes, implying comfort hinges on bed and boots. The piece suggests simple needs secure life, emphasizing practical comforts.
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