Essential Elements Of Fertility In Soils And Fertilizer
The text explains that fertilizers provide essential plant nutrients, notably nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, which are used up quickly and must be replenished. It notes calcium deficiency in some soils and the need for lime, plus the role of individual elements in plant growth and the use of commercial fertilizers to correct deficiencies. It also cites Canada’s fertilizer analysis and inspection regime by the Dominion Department of Agriculture.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Central London Farm for Sale on 25 Acres in Dulwich
A 25 acre farm on the Belair estate in Dulwich near Char ing Cross and Victoria offers a rare rural feel in inner London. The property lies beneath old trees with a stream, and is near continental trains and the city centre. Cromwellian and Elizabethan associations add historical notes to the sale context.
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Cromwell
London
Charing Cross
Victoria
Belair
Dulwich
Sir Evan Spicer Pearson
Weekly
Hairdresser outrage and clock sculpture in Sicily
A Swiss newspaper notes that a German Reich chamber official demanded Berlin as the hairdresser for a heroine in a novel, forcing the plot to relocate. The piece also describes a massive clock in Messina featuring a 12 foot bronze lion and a six foot crowing cock that mark noon and sunrise.
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Germany
Reich Chamber of Literature
Athens
Barcelona
Paris
Reich Chamber
Berlin
National-Zeitung
Switzerland
Messina
Sicily
Early Planting Advice for Vegetable Seeds
Vegetable seeds vary in soil needs with most not thriving if planted too early. Peas spinach and lettuce do well in cool weather while lettuce requires fertilized damp soil and dry spells hinder growth. Radishes mature quickly and are often sown with slower beets carrots. peas should be staggered every ten days to two weeks for continuous harvest. Parsnips and onions need a long season and should be planted early.
Ancient glass factory near London preserves ancient blowing craft
The London Observer recalls a glass factory just outside London where blowing follows methods from three to four thousand years before Christ. The site moved from Tudor Street after the Great Fire to a suburban location fifteen years ago. A fig tree cutting carried by the Whitefriars now grows outside a building echoing sixteenth and seventeenth century glass blowing treatises.
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London
Tudor Street
Observer Office
Whitefriars
London Observer
How Britain Taxes Its People
The Ottawa Journal notes two key factors behind Britain’s resilience: vast national wealth and a unique ability to tax themselves. It observes that taxes reach unbelievable heights yet Britons endure them with characteristic stoicism.
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Britain
The
Ottawa Journal
When Rich Enough to Sleep Late You Wake Early
A concise aphorism notes that wealth brings leisure yet failure to enjoy it delays youth, as the speaker reflects on aging and routines. The line implies irony that wealth does not guarantee late mornings and comfort.
Upkeep Of A Farm In The Modern Era
A Toronto businessman notes high costs in farming after buying northern acres and winning at the Royal Fair. The piece cites government census data showing farm sizes rising from under 100 acres in 1891 to over 200, driven by western expansion and new machinery like the harvester combine. Machinery costs 900 dollars per farm earlier, rising to 1000 to 2500 dollars for implements in Saskatchewan. Farm labor earnings lag, making ownership harder for wage earners, suggesting those with land are fortunate.
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Toronto
J. F. Booth
Economics
Federal Department of Agriculture
West
Saskatchewan
Candid Opinions On Today’s Youth From London Lady
A London woman tells Easter Sunday story about her observant son who critiques her hat at church. The brief moral contrasts youth candor with social vanity. A separate note mentions a girl who plans to marry the motorist who struck her, remarking humorously that it will teach him a lesson.
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London
Peril to Democracy Highlighted by Col Drew and Miss Cope
Colonel George A. Drew warned at the Canadian Club dinner in New York that democracy faces greater internal threats from Communism and Fascism than from foreign armies. Psychological architect Miss Grace Cope touts color theory as a means to improve health and social harmony, claiming colors influence mood and disease prevention. The event honored outgoing club president John A. Noonan with speeches by Ernest Applby and attendance by Edward Johnson and about 150 guests.
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Grace Cope
Middlesex
Miss Cope
The
Institute of Hygiene
Turkey
Ankara
George A. Drew
Canadian Club of
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Canada
United States
Russia
John A. Noonan
Leeds
Que
Ernest Applby
Saint John, N.B
Mr. Noonan
Edward Johnson
Guelph
Ont
Metropolitan Opera Company
Easter Morning Call to Save Easter Clothes
In Toronto the Fire Department dispatches an urgent but empty alarm when a worried woman pleads for the cleaning store on Bathurst Street to be smashed open so she can retrieve Easter clothes trapped inside. Dispatcher Mel Manning refuses the break-in, noting no fire.
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Fire Department
Toronto
Mel Manning
Manning
Bathurst Street
Jiffy Crochet Bolero Pattern 6117 from Winnipeg
A simple summer bolero project titled Pattern 6117 promises a quick jiffy crochet. Instructions include large hook, two strands of string, single crochet banding, and an illustration of stitches and materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Streets Named by Trades and Bright Street Lore
A London magistrate notes odd street names linked to trades of old. Pickle Herring Street, Bread Street, Milk Street, Pepper Street and others reflect historic crafts. A dramatic society director prompts the heroine to cry out two thousand, please Save me, for comic effect.
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London
Bread Street
Milk Street
Pepper Street
Garrick Hill
Orchard Street
Apple Grove
Orange Street
Pear Tree Court
Plum Tree Court
Strawberry Hill
Ham Yard
Bacon Lane
Beer Street
Water Lane
Silk Street
Shoe Lane
Petticoat Lane
Gold Street
Amber Street
Emerald Street
Diarmond Street
Pearl Street
Juby Street
Jewel Street
Villian
England Produces Seventeen Thousand Books in 1935
In 1935 England produced about 17,000 books, equating to two volumes every hour day and night across the year.
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England
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United Kingdom
Dominions
Buckingham Palace
Ancient Glass Works
Ory
Montreal Family Herald
Weekly Star
Drew
Italy
Ethiopia
Japan
China
Austria
Alice
Brooks
Bolero
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