Plan to connect Vancouver and Alaska by Pacific Coast Highway
A. F. Holloway of Seattle promotes a cross continental highway from Vancouver through the Pacific coast to Alaska. The project would link Vancouver to Fairbanks with a route via Hazelton Prince George and the Yukon. Chambers of Commerce back the plan viewing it as a major tourist and economic boon.
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Vancouver
Alaska
Pacific Coast
A. F. Holloway
Seattle
Holloway
Yukon
British Columbia
Canada
United States Congress
Hazelton
Alaskan
United States
Fairbanks
Great Fraser Canyon
Cariboo
Mr. Holloway
Yukon Territory
Dawson
Sympathy Wasted Says Mrs McBain At Montreal Club
Mrs A R McBain told the Montreal Women's Club sympathy for the Victorian era is overdone. She cited Florence Nightingale George Eliot Charlotte Bronte Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Emmeline Pankhurst as examples of notable Victorian women who achieved much beyond passive roles.
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A. R. McBain
McBain
Montreal
Elizabeth Sarret
Emmeline Pankhurst
Mrs. McBain
Melodious Auto Horns May Ease Urban Noise
The Manchester Guardian argues that double note horns tuned to a major or minor third reduce noise without offending the ear. It calls for standardizing such horns to ease nervous strain from raucous transport noise and urges elimination of the worst offenders.
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Manchester Guardian
Special Offer 1C See Mail Address Below
A brief notice advertises a special offer labeled 1C with mail address details provided for contact. The fragment lists no names, dates, or locations beyond the postal reference and instruction to see the address below.
Spring Fashion Magazine patterns from Winnipeg newspaper union
The notice advertises patterns for a dainty V neck blouse with eyelet batiste and floral dimity prints. It lists Pattern No 843 sizes and yardage, pattern prices, and mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department. Also promotes the Spring Fashion Magazine with colorful illustrations and patterns for all family members.
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Batiste
Pattern Department
Winnipeg
Family feuds over money in timeless exchange
Father laments his son's spending while the boy blames the elder generation. the dialogue hints at generational tension and financial pressures across generations. The line about grand father adds a sardonic punch highlighting family dynamics in a single exchange.
Wheat King Seager Wheeler Earns Honor and Trip to England
Dr Seager Wheeler a Rosthern Saskatchewan wheat grower known as world wheat king five times receives a gift trip to England from friends and the CPR. He emigrated from the Isle of Wight in 1885 and earned a doctorate from Queen's University for his achievements in wheat oats barley grasses fodder crops and potatoes.
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Canada
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Saskatchewan
England
Canadian Pacific Railway
Isle of Wight
Dominion
Queen‘s University
Hiawatha Oil-Burning Locomotive Breaks Speed Record
A 120 mile per hour locomotive named Hiawatha was unveiled at Schenectady works, billed as the fastest steam engine and first of two to run between Chicago and St. Paul. The oil burning engine travels at high speed under a smooth metal shell as a Diesel competition answer.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Chicago
St. Paul
Hiawatha
Air Powers Aim To Build Mammoth Planes For Fast Troop Transport
The article notes air powers pushing to develop huge multi engine aircraft capable of carrying troops or bombs at 300 miles per hour for high altitude use. It contrasts Germany France and Britain, noting Germany's 17 air factories and 9 engine plants producing about 600 military planes, France with 3200 fighters bombers and observers, and Britain with 2800 combat planes including 1300 in Britain 400 at sea 600 abroad and 500 from dominions. It also cites Jubilee marketing in Britain as the year’s sales focus.
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Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Germany
France
British Isles
Royal Air Force
Baby Picture Preparedness Week Encourages Monthly Shots
The article urges fathers to document a newborn's life from birth through early years with regular photos. It jokes about camera readiness for the first steps and growth, noting relatives crave snapshots of the infant commander and the humor of baby tricks.
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Sir Stork
Daddie
Mommie
Wheat quality in Prairie wheat linked to climate and heredity
A Dominion study over thirty years shows gluten quality in wheat is shaped by inherited factors and local conditions. Temperature sunshine and low late moisture drive high quality. economic value of these seasonal conditions is highlighted alongside genetics and soil fertility.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Division of Chemistry
Herskovitz debunks voodoo myths from Haiti to Africa
Dr Melville J Herskovitz of Northwestern University returns from a three month study in Haiti and western Africa where he says stories of bloody voodoo rites are false. He describes voodoo as a peaceful religion with regular Saturday night ceremonies and no human sacrifice.
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West Indies
Melville J. Herskovitz
Haiti
Africa
Herskovitz
Northwestern University
Chicago
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1.C
Ellen Wort
Britain
Buckingham Palace
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