Parent Education Gains Ground in Canadian Debate
A Winnipeg Health League official argues for formal parent education to prepare Canadians for child rearing. Prominent figures from judges to doctors back early training, with calls for programs starting before marriage or in high school.
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Winnipeg Health League
H. S. Mott
Juvenile Court
Toronto
Emily Murphy
Neil McNeil
Margaret Patterson
Women's Court
James L. Hughes
L. A. Davids
Quebec
William F. Roberts
New Brunswick
J. F. McKinley
Ottawa
Peter Sandiford
Spencer
Longevity Of Lepers Reported In Hawaii Settlement
A territorial board of health report to the Governor of Hawaii shows longevity among 322 lepers at Kalaupiapa. Fifteen have lived 40 to 49 years, thirty 30 to 39 years, thirty six 20 to 29 years, and 121 from 10 to 19 years. White residents show infrequency of leprosy.
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Territorial Board of Health
Hawaii
Kalaupiapa Settlement
Language borrowings and a witty quip on sobriety in old cartoons
An article notes how Britain compares new words with foreign roots in Pearson's Weekly. It traces garage from French garer to garret and garrison, motor from Latin movere, engine from in genium, and other terms like changein from French chasse and tire from tirer. A joke about a Vancouver to Miami hike ends the piece.
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Britain
Pearson's Weekly
France
John
American Prison Association calls for revolver ban
The American Prison Association meeting in Kansas City recommends banning revolvers except in war time and urges laws against manufacturing or owning any firearm with a barrel under 26 inches. The text notes possible crime impacts, compares to Canada, and cites General W S Hughes of Ottawa as a speaker.
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American Prison Association
Kansas City
Tt Apa
England
Canada
Association
Toronto
W. S. Hughes
Penitentiaries
Ottawa
Many Assistants Keep Hotel Boots In Prime Condition
The superintendent in a British hotel manages a large staff to handle thousands of boots daily. Wealthy guests arrive with racks of footwear in many colors and skins. The Master of the Boots selects exact chalks and finishes, guiding a nightlong effort where each pair passes through several hands before staging for owners.
Canada to Erect Wolfe Statue in Greenwich Park
In Ottawa archives a pair of baby shoes linked to General Wolfe symbolize his fame and costly death. The article notes Wolfe’s memory in Canada and New England, and announces a statue gift to London’s Greenwich Park by Canadian peoples, joining Westminster Abbey memorial reverence.
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Greenwich Park
London
England
Ottawa
Wolfe
Plains of Abraham
Westminster Abbey
New England
Great Britain
Canada
Free Press
First Advertised Ice Cream in New York Gazette 1777
The earliest ice cream ad appeared in the New York Gazette on May 19 1777. It was inserted by Philip Lenzi who called himself a confectioner from London and claimed the delicacy could be had at his shop almost every day.
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New York Gazette
New England Association of
World record set by Dupuis in dog sled derby
Frank Dupuis established a world record by finishing the first day of the Eastern International Dog Sled Derby in Quebec with a 41 mile lap in 3 hours 22 minutes 12 seconds. Over the next two days Seppala surpassed him to win the event, though Dupuis’ first day time remains unbeaten.
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Frank Dupuis
Quebec
Seppala
Dupuis
New Settlers Fuel Big Western Canada Development
Canadian National Railways land officials report 750000 acres broken for crops in 1928 in the western territory, up from 500000 acres in 1927, with 200000 acres more cleared for breaking next season driven by incoming settlers. Louis Wiley cites ad spending trends including 900 million for newspaper space.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
West
National Lines
Colonization Department of the Railway Company
Louis Wiley
New York Times
Times
Kingston's Early By Law Regulating Street Parking
In 1816 Kingston magistrates enacted a street regulation requiring carts and carriages to be arranged along the sides with a five shilling penalty for noncompliance. A ban on racing or running horses on streets also carried five shillings. The text also contains a humorous vendor exchange about matches.
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Kingston
Ontario
Sea floor treasure house of shipwrecked cargo and stories
The article highlights sea lanes and the sea floor as a vast repository of shipborne debris. It notes coal ashes, cinders, broken crockery, iron scraps, tools, glass, and even potential jewelry lying under vast ocean beds. It imagines explorers finding value among centuries of diversions and wreckage.
Cod Liver Oil Reverses Barley Feeding Illness in Hens
In Lethbridge Alberta Experimental Station pens, barley fed hens grew unthrifty and died, resembling soup, while corn fed birds stayed healthy. Vitamin A deficiency blamed. cod liver oil given daily restored thrift and normal production within two weeks.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
W. H. Fairfield
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Cafe Owner Finds Coffee Worth Ten Thousand Cups
A Rover Italy cafe proprietor admired a motorist’s car and offered a trade. The motorist said he had money but banks were closed, so they agreed for ten thousand cups of coffee payable on demand as the price.
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Roverto
Italy
Emigration Plan Questioned Over Land Claim
Dialog notes a plan to move to Australia with the aim of taking up land, starting modestly by claiming a shovelful at first, reflecting cautious ambitions and hopeful settlement.
Sugar Model of Empress of Scotland Wins Praise
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland’s buffet was decorated with a scale sugar model of the 25 000 ton ship. Harry Astley designed and built the ship model in five days and plans a London exhibition entry. He holds two sugar decorating cups from the American Hotelman Association and is from Liverpool.
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Empress of Scootland
Harry Astley
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Royal York
London
American Hotelman’s Association
New York
Harry
Wheat Diet Role in American Nutrition
Wheat now provides about one fourth of US calories and remains a key staple. The Food Research Institute at Stanford notes its value lies mainly in starch, not protein or vitamins, and that whole wheat bread offers no major health or economic advantage in the current American diet. Nutritional security hinges more on milk, with mill offals contributing a sizable share. Outside India and China, whole grains offer limited benefits. world consumption rises slowly, but the US and other Western countries show little growth.
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Food Research Institute
Stanford University
California
United States
India
China
Great Britain
Canada
Australasia
Bee Keeping In Peace River District At Beaverlodge Substation
Beekeeping trials at the Beaverlodge Experimental Sub-station in the Peace River District report 1927 yields of 108 pounds of honey per colony on average. The largest colony began as a two pound package from Alabama and produced 226 pounds in a season, with peak daily harvest of 12.5 pounds in August from sweet clover.
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Beaverlodge
Peace River District
Alabama
New Cereal Introductions From Dominion Agriculture
The Cereal Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture has trialed three new crops in field areas. Garnet and Reward are early maturing spring wheat varieties. Mackay is a heavy yielding field pea. Duckbill Ottawa No 57 is a strong-strawed two row barley.
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Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Mackay
Ottawa
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