Art Of The Empire At Wembley Park Exhibition Plans
Arrangements underway to secure representation of the art of the Empire at the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park next year. A dedicated Art Council, chaired by Sir Aston Wedd, coordinates Modern Retrospective and Applied Art with a Sculpture committee linked to the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
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Wembley Park
Aston Wedd
K-C.v0
PRA
Royal Society of British Sculptors
Art Palace
United Kingdom
Lawrence Weaver
Kile
Alfred Youkney
A. A. Longden
Arta Council
H. W. Maxwell
Grosvenor Gardens
Moon Influence Prompts Botanist Claims On Cucumbers
A Liverpool university botanist reports cucumbers grow two to three inches taller in moonlight and seeds germinate faster when watered under the moon. The study links leaf polarity to starch production and notes farming lore ties planting to moon phases.
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University of Liverpool
Abe
Mechanic Fatally Struck by Propeller During Test
A skilled aircraft mechanic in ng land was fatally injured after walking into a spinning propeller during a test. Medical opinion suggested hypnotic trance or fatigue contributed to the accident in a Royal Air Force health report.
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Ngland
Royal Air Force
Promissory Breach Echoes in Nervous Conversation
A man confesses toward the end of a romance that his feelings have cooled and he may never claim the girl. She replies with cautious admission that such a break would breach their pledge and cause distress in their budding relationship.
Boon Companions and Hypocrites in Family Tables
A saying notes a boon companion is rarely a boon to the family of his associate. It adds that a hypocrite never succeeds in deceiving others as thoroughly as he deceives himself.
Record of Performance for Poultry Canada 1921 22 Report Issued
Ontario led with 22.8 percent ROP and 3.4 percent advanced ROP. British Columbia and Ontario dominated Leghorns while Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns featured in Alberta Saskatchewan and Maritime entries. The Ontario Agricultural College listed 788 Barred Plymouth Rocks 450 Single Comb White Leghorns and 12 White Plymouth Rocks. Associations formed in British Columbia and Alberta during the year.
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Livestock Branch
Ottawa
British Columbia
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
Leghorns
Wyandottes
Plymouth Rocks
Quebec
Rhode Island Reds
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
Manitoba
Ontario Agricultural College
University of British Columbia
Recluse in London and Regent Street widow told to move
A Highland shepherd in Kensington Gardens lives in a hut among the sheep while Mrs. George Williams of Regent Street, eighty, forced from her long home above the farrier's shop by a rebuilding scheme, laments leaving her familiar route of omnibuses and city life.
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London
Highlands
Scotland
Kensington Gardens
Regent Street
George Williams
No. 162
Boots kneeling in corridor tale from Cassell’s Weekly
A Devonshire Club incident reports a hotel boots worker cleaning boots outside a room. The manager asks why and the worker replies the occupant is a Scotchman still holding the laces. The anecdote reflects a humorous hotel scene from a London weekly.
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Devonshire Club
Cassell
London
Amusing Method Prevents Lantern Thefts in California
A California gas company clamped cement blocks around the bases of warning lanterns to deter theft. Each block measures ten inches square and four inches thick, adding weight and making theft impractical.
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California
The Spring Suit Fashion Highlighted This Season
The spring suit is essential for every woman and a wardrobe staple. This season’s designs are charming chic and becoming to most figures. Shown is navy poiret twill with silver embroidery and a belted Belgian blue variant. the matching hat features shirred taffeta and a silk veil.
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Mateh
Considerate Father Ends Parlor Lesson with a Joke
A witty exchange in the New York Sun notes a young man calling often and a daughter admitting his economy by lowering the washtubs in the parlor. The line lands as a humorous social quip on courtship.
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New York Sun
Natty Gardener Costumes Spark More Popularity
A whimsical note suggests gardening could gain appeal with a prescribed stylish costume for the gardener a fashionable tool bag and a young helper to carry it.
Methuselah Age Reduced to 7544 Years in Study
A new scientific report claims Methuselah's age is 7544 years, revising prior estimates. Researchers discuss methods used to date the ancient figure and implications for ancient timekeeping and biblical chronology.
Discontinue Use Of Provincial Crest By July First
Officials warn users of the Saskatchewan coat of arms to stop using it as a trade mark or insignia by July 1 1923 or face a 100 fine per day for ongoing misuse. The arms feature a crowned shield with a lion and three wheat sheaves and the inscription Saskatchewan.
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Saskatchewan
Edward
Growth of Canada Export Trade From 1910 to 1926
The article notes a rapid rise in Canada's manufactured exports over the decade. Automobile exports grew from 400,000 dollars in 1910 to 9,000,000 in 1926, pulp and paper from 51,000 tons in 1913 to 9,000,000 tons in 1922, rubber from 225,000 in 1910 to 4,000,000 in 1920, textiles from 62,648 in 1910 to 927,616 in 1920, and chemicals to 9,250,000. Manufacturing exports accounted for 54 percent of Canada's total export trade in the last year.
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Canada
Opposition Candidate Exposed by Old Allegations
The reporter notes the opposition candidate’s spotless record but suggests minor mischief in youth. A baker’s tart theft is mentioned as a vague hint of scandal, while remarks imply a broader smear campaign could unfold during the campaign.
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Baker's
Preparing Lambs For the Top Price
Federal Livestock Branch notes in the 1922 market review that docked and castrated lambs fetch higher prices, with Toronto market cited. The bulletin stresses early castration, around ten days old, as essential for better sale impressions and prices.
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Federal Livestock Branch
Toronto
Dominion
Canada
Opening of final link in grand circle tour boosts Alberta tourism
A new highway segment between Banff Alberta and Windermere B C opens June 30 enabling a continental circle tour of the Western States and Alberta. The route runs from the Grand Canyon through Utah and Salt Lake City to Montana and Waterton Lakes Park then Calgary Banff Lake Louise and down Windermere to the Columbia Valley and Washington. A 567 mile Canadian Rockies circle via Crow's Nest Pass and the Kootenay Valley to Banff and Calgary back to Macleod is also possible.
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Alberta
Banff
Windermere
B.C
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
Salt Lake
Great Falls
Glacier National Park
Montana
Waterton Lakes Park
Calgary
Macleod
Lake Louise
New Windermere Road
Columbia Valley
State of Washington
California
Canadian Rockies
Crow's Nest
Macleod and
Lethbridge
Oat Hay Boosts Steer Flesh Gain Over Prairie Diet
Alberta University experiments show steers on oat hay gain about 2 756 pounds per day versus 2 502 pounds with prairie hay. Oat hay group used 39 40 pounds of oat silage to prairie group 35 02 pounds. Both fed similar grain amounts. Feed cost per hundred pounds of gain was 10 70 dollars for oat hay and 11 48 dollars for prairie hay.
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University of Alberta
Prairie
The Iron Horse Tractors Grow Across Prairie Canada
The Montreal Trade Bulletin notes about 35,000 tractors are in use across Canada's prairie provinces after allowances for obsolete units. It cites 1917 at 7,000, 1913 sales at 5,000, 1910 at 9,000, 1920 at 10,200, 1921 dropping to 3,400, with 1922 expected to roughly match 1921 and little upside growth.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Montreal Trade Bulletin
Whole Shirts For Choice In A Dicky Joke
A man tries a dicky after seeing his friend in one for the first time. He buys it and later says it keeps him warmer than a whole shirt, in a humorous note from Pearson's Weekly.
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Dicky
Pearson’s Weekly
Britain Favors Western Butter and Canadian Dairy Exports
The British market offers a favorable outlook for Canadian dairy products with eleven months ending February showing butter exports to the United Kingdom reaching 17,627,607 lbs valued at 6,429, S78. Cheese exports declined to 1,061,614 cwt while English stocks dwindle and New Zealand supplies fill the gap amid rising cheese prices.
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United Kingdom
Prairie Provinces
London
Manchester Guardian
England
New Zealand
Canada
Heat from Sun Drops Then Severe Winter and Stormy Seas
Dr. C. G. Abbot warned in Washington that sun heat fell three to ten percent this year, following a year of above normal. He called the change extraordinary, noting a record warm 1921, a cooler 1922, and a severe winter with stormy seas and more icebergs in the North Atlantic.
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C. G. Abbot
National Academy of Sciences
Washington
Dr. Abbot
North Atlantic
Smuts and British Troupes Share Dinner War Tale
At an Imperial Conference dinner Lord French praised Smuts health. Smuts told a tale of Boer War retreat in the mountains as an armored train passed below. Boer officers planned to strike but Smuts forbade murder, only to learn the train carried Lord French and staff the next day.
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Pimzie
Kinkajou
Stella
Uga
Spookums
Pim
Switzerland
Mistertoe
Lord French
Smuts
dialogue snippet about family and hints of an only child
A short dialogue scene centers on Tom Vic and a remark about an only child Michigan Cargole. The lines suggest tensions over affection and misperceptions within a family context.
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Tom
Vice
Vic
Michigan Cargole
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