Romans Roads Still Used After Two Thousand Years
Ancient Roman engineers built straight, durable highways across Europe and North Africa. The Appian Way linked Rome to Brindisi, influencing modern routes and city growth. Roman road-building involved layered foundations and careful surveying, with parts still visible in Paris London and across England.
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Europe
Mediterranean
Italian
Forum
Eternal City
Brindisi
Pompey
France
Napoleon
Rome
Paris
Great Wail
England
Ife
William the Conqueror
Channel
London
Thames
Chaucer
St. Thomas
Canterbury
New York Times
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No 0
A shoe dealer in France notes that shoes intended for American women are too narrow for the French feminine foot. The item references patterns and an address at 175 NeDermot Ave in Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Cales
NeDermot Ave
France
Advocates Mixed Farming Only Sound Policy For Canada
A bank official argues that Canada should pursue mixed farming as the only sound policy. He notes wheat export gains postwar and warns against relying on a single crop as global demand shifts. He predicts future limits on profitable wheat raising and emphasizes growing production with diverse farming to meet steady world consumption.
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A Bogart
Common Bank
Canada
Scientists Claim Beet Tops Rich in Sugar Raises Wealth
Dr. Ernest Reed of Syracuse University challenges the belief that sugar is concentrated in the beet heart. He notes that Western practice of removing tops wastes potential sweetness and reports a new sugar testing method showing discarded tops contain significant sugar.
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Ernest Reed
Syracuse University
Reed
Menswear Styles Stubbornly Hold To Tradition
Old fashioned women’s styles change quickly while men’s attire barely evolves. Fraulein Helene Dihle of Berlin cites centuries of physician efforts to reform male fashion, but men persist with tight collars belts and heavy suits despite comfort or beauty aims.
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Fraulein
Helene Dihle
Berlin
Potatoes Suit Dieters Says Experts
Leading food specialists say the average Irish potato yields about the same calories as a banana or slice of bread and far fewer than pie or ice cream. The notable claim suggests potatoes can fit many diet plans without excess calories.
CPR Radio Concerts Highlight Opera Conductors
The CPR radio concerts from CKAC Montreal and CKGW Toronto feature Alfred Heather who will direct operettas and ballad operas and Rex Battle who conducts the symphony. The broadcasts air every Friday night from 10 to 11.
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C.P.R
CKAC
CKGW
Montreal
Toronto
Alfred Heather
Rex Battle
Symphony Orchestra
Shipping Bees Move Into Canadian Apiaries
The Dominion Apiarist C B Gooderham explains bee shipment and packaging in a new Department of Agriculture pamphlet. Bee shipments across Canada and from Alabama to Ottawa show feasibility, with a two pound package containing a queen and about 10 000 bees. Safeguards are outlined to ensure good results.
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Department of Agriculture
C. B. Gooderham
B.S.A
Dominion Apiarist
Canada
Mr. Gooderham
Alabama
Ottawa
Gooderham
Alberta tops farm placements in 1929 427 families settled
W. R. Dick reports the Canada Colonization Association settled 427 families on 50 803 acres in Alberta during 1929, leading western provinces in successful placements. The association is a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Department of Immigration and Colonization. Bournemouth plans a trackless trolley system.
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Alberta
Canada Colonization Association
W. R. Dick
Calgary
The
Canadian*Pacific
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Scientists Map Interior Earth and Plant Developments
The piece notes advances in exploration using seismographs to reach about 2000 miles beneath the surface and describes a new Devonshire plant yielding fibre, cellulose, and cattle cake. It explains Earth’s core and envelope dynamics and the slow growth of asthenoliths forming continents over millions of years.
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Devonshire
Europe
Bailey Wills
Leland Stanford University
Geological Society of America
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Willis
Continents
Dr. Willis
Africa
Eurasia
Americas
America
Germinating Asparagus Seeds Practical hints from experiments
The article explains that asparagus seed sprouting takes two to six weeks. At Summerland Station seeds germinate best when soil is 75 to 85 F and seed beds are weeded early. Soak seeds 31 to 4 days at 86 to 95 F, then plant promptly in moist soil one seed per spot. Plant radish to mark rows and deter weeds.
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Summerland Experimental Station
Department of Agriculture
Gravity Tests Measure Pendulum Period Across Canada
Dominion Observatory Ottawa conducts grav ity comparisons at many sites to gauge variations in the earth’s crust. Precision pendulum timing to one ten millionth of a second aims to illuminate geological formations and processes such as denudation and mountain building. An English pathologist notes bad temper raises blood sugar by 10 to 30 percent. The school of experience never finishes the course.
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Dominion Observatory
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces Hit Record Industrial Output
Figures compiled by G E E Carpenter show Western Manufacturing output reaching 3 350 000 000 in 1929 for the three Prairie Provinces, a new record. The Canadian Manufacturers' Association notes steady growth, with provincial membership rising from 50 in 1914 to 600 currently.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
G. E E. Carpenter
Prairie
Canadian Manufaturers’ Association
Portuguese Women Break Old Bond of Female Roles
In Lisbon about 30 women physicians, 40 lawyers, 24 philosophers, 12 poets, 6 painters, 2 bull fighters, and 1 aviatrix emerge. Hundreds of female graduates join men in professions once reserved for men, as girls complete university studies annually.
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Lisbon
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Pompeii
Herculaneum
Lustige Kolner Zei
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
TNOE
Annebelle Worthington
Cp.r.radio
Canadian Colonization Association
Bournemouth
Diane Chamberlain
Sir Austin
Lady Chamberlain
Biotex
Gravity
Western Manufacturing
Lustige Keiner Zeitung
Cologne
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