Why Do The Tourists Come
Tourists flock to Canada drawn by natural scenery and unspoiled beauty. Visitors cite friendly welcome and easy border passage, with letters from the Interior Department noting high satisfaction and plans to return. Local opinions bless Canada as a relaxing, education enhancing travel destination.
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Republic
Canada
Z. W. Cannon
Glaciers
Gulf Motorway Association
San Antonio
Texas
Mr. Cannon
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Beginning Of Arctic Night
The Arctic night settles over Arctic regions with no sun until April end. Spitzbergen quiets as coal mining retirements rise and output falls due to low prices. King's Bay sends 306 workers home. only 20 guards stay. Green Harbor offers odd jobs for about 500. Branganza Bay watches dwindle to 12 Swedes. Longyear City hopes to run 400 operatives and 15000 tong monthly. Wireless aids isolation of small posts.
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Spitzbergen
King’s Bay
Green Harbor
Branganza Bay
Great Northern Coal Company
Longyear City
French Canadian Association Plans Saskatchewan Immigration Drive
The L Association Catholique Franco- Canadienne with headquarters in Prince Albert Sask has completed plans to run an immigration campaign in Quebec aimed at bringing new settlers to Saskatchewan. The purely provincial group states its objective is to improve conditions for French Canadians in the Dominion.
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L'Association Catholique Franco- Canadienne
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert, Sask
Dominion
Apartment Building Planned on Park Lane London
Heirs of Sir Lord Leverhulme will sell Grosvenor House to a firm to build an upscale apartment block. Lord Leverhulme intended converting the ballroom into an art gallery. A stray quote notes a neighborly dispute about a private grudge. Boggs recalls a quiet Sunday at home.
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Park Lane
London
England
Lord Leverhulme
Grosvenor House
Sees Lion Cubs Trained by East Indian Official
An East Indian official observed a mother lioness teaching her cubs hunting techniques. In a jungle setting a tethered goat served as bait as the cubs watched and imitated the killing sequence. The lesson shifted to a buffalo, where the cubs faced stronger defense and the instructor intervened.
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Cubs
Spiders Respond to Music and Have Notable Senses
Reports describe a church organist noting a spider descending on a single thread to the keyboard while tunes played, and retreating when music stops. At a Leipzig concert a spider descended during a violin solo and fled after the solo ended. Experiments show spiders detect motionless prey at five inches, moving prey at greater distances, and sight another spider at twelve inches.
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Leipzig
Counting The Stars A Hopeless Task
The article notes the 40 year effort to count and map stars has reached over 100 million entries. It cites Greenwich and Oxford observatories as the only completions and argues new telescopes continually outdate charts, making a final tally seem impossible.
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Greenwich
Oxford
Absolutely No Connection Between Eye Teeth and Eyes
The writer explains that eye teeth and eyes have distinct nerve supplies and only rarely can tooth nerve inflammation affect eye nerves after extraction. Such eye trouble is temporary. In most cases permanent eye issues coincide with the natural decline of vision rather than tooth extraction.
Young Japanese Scientist Claims Silk Restoration Breakthrough
A recently graduated young Japanese scientist from the Ugeda Seri culture School reports a method to restore worn-out silk to its original state. The process remains secret but is believed to hold significant commercial potential.
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Ugeda Sericulture
Fea
Railroads 100 Years Old
The article marks the steam railroad centenary noting its 100 year start in Britain with the Stockton Darlington line. It highlights early slow trains and horse signals, Stephenson as first engineer, and the vast influence on government, industry, and society. It also notes initial misjudgments and later integration with telegraph, electric rail, and aviation transforming global transport.
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Great Britain
Fust
Stockton- Darlington Railroad Company
Stephenson
Stockton
Stockton-Darlington
Chicago Daily News
Neutically Speaking at the Club
A returning seaman regales friends with a sea voyage tale in the club's armchair. He recalls lunch aboard a ship with beef from the bulwarks wine from the porthole and an egg supplied by the captain after he ordered the ship to lay to.
Wieringen Rejoined Mainland in Zuyderzee Project
Wieringen, known as the exile site of the German ex-Crown Prince William, is now connected to the mainland by a new dam as part of Holland's Zuyderzee drainage scheme. The project aims to reclaim 1,000 square miles at an estimated cost of 110 million dollars, a plan that could span thirty years.
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Wieringen
William
Holland
Zuyderzee
Machines Turn Out 400 Cigarettes a Minute
The article notes cigarette production capacity with machines capable of 400 finished cigarettes each minute, equaling about 199000 per standard workday.
New York Factory Wages Rise to 1106 Annually
The report notes the average factory wage in New York state reached 1106 per year, up from 597 in 1914, reflecting significant wage growth within the industrial sector this period.
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New York State
Kite Displays Colorful Nest Adornment
The kite uses bright cloth scraps to decorate its nest, showcasing a vivid palette as it gathers colorful pieces for adornment.
Loathing for War and Its Possible Evolution
An opinion from the Manchester Guardian argues war’s horrors, from poison gas to tanks, may push leaders to reconsider. It suggests future conflicts could target civilians or political leaders rather than soldiers, as public loathing for war grows.
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Manchester Guardian
Interesting Book In British Museum
A rare volume titled The Forbidden Book is housed in the British Museum library. It collects NT portions rejected by church fathers at Nicaea and includes legends about Jesus childhood such as clay birds coming to life. The work parallels the Apocrypha for the New Testament and has been out of print for years.
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British Museum
Nicaea
Nicodemus
Bodleian
Oxford
London Library
Ancient Cissbury Ring unearthed as Stone Age flint factory
The 80 acre site near Worthing on the South Downs is revealed to the nation. It features the best fortified earthworks in the area and a Stone Age flint tool factory with two shafts linked by a tunnel. Arrow heads and tools were discovered in the shafts.
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Cissbury Ring
Worthing
South Downs
Isles of Wight
Beachy Head
Tree Yields 14000 Apples From One Old Cornwall Tree
Edwin Reynolds a farmer from Constantine near Falmouth Cornwall reports his 70 year old tree yielded 14000 apples this year weighing one ton and a third. The crop size rivals the 1921 yield of 16000 apples and the fruit remains small suited only for cooking.
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Edwin Reynolds
Constantine
Falmouth
Cornwall
England
Ban on Motor Cars in Sark Channel Islands
Sark, the smallest of the Channel Islands near England’s south coast, has enacted a law forbidding any motor car from running on its roads. The measure reflects a long standing preference for non motorized transport on the island.
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British Empire
England
Sark
Channel Islands
Magistrate Confronts Contempt Claim in Courtroom
In a tense exchange a magistrate asks if the witness is courting contempt while the witness insists they are attempting to conceal it. The moment underscores courtroom pressures and the balance between testimony and decorum.
Brain study will not ruin your mind, surgeon says
Sir Arthur Keith told London listeners that vigorous study does not damage the brain though overtaxed endurance and neglect of exercise can hurt the body. He argued brains adapt in emergencies and praised Western Europe’s scholarly vitality born of open air vigor.
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Sir Arthur Keith
London
Sir Arthur
Babylonia
Egypt
Western Europe
Waiting For New Sovereign Lundy Island Seeks King
The 1 047 acre Lundy island in the Bristol Channel offers a new owner near 40 to 50 residents a royal title and extensive privileges. Ownership includes immunity from Imperial taxation and municipal rating, and rights to demand landing fees and collect rent from government departments for cable huts and signaling stations.
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Lundy
Bristol Channel
Siracombe
Admiralty
Board of Trade
Trinity House
London long service awards reveal decades of loyalty
In London a competition for long service among domestics showed Miss Elizabeth Butler had served the Duke of Portland for over fifty six years and won first prize. Other winners and honorable mentions included staff with forty seven years in the same family.
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London
Elizabeth Butler
Duke of Portland
Butler
Medieval Artillery Evolution From Bolts To Shells
The text notes medieval missile types with bolts in 1413 and 1418 Henry V ordering 7,000 stone shot from Maidstone quarries. It also mentions later inventions of chain grapeshot cannister and shells marking a progression in ordnance development.
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Henry V
Maidstone
No, not for money but for love and chance
The saying cautions against marrying for wealth while noting curiosity about riches may tempt some to seek affection. It frames money as secondary to genuine connection and questions the prudence of financial incentives in marriage.
Good Farming Demonstrated Across Canada Illustration Stations
The Dominion experiment farms support 145 illustration stations across provinces with supervisors at many sites. Demonstrations aid farmers by showing new varieties and distributing surplus seed. Last year J Fixter reports 20 948 bushels seed grain 3 636 bushels seed potatoes and 9 399 pounds of grass and clover seed sold.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
J. Fixter
Oldest Man Zara Agha Offered Palace Guard Post
World’s oldest inhabitant Zara Agha, claimed to be 150, accepts a staff position with Constantinople authorities guarding a palace. After a hospital spell for two months post Italy trip, he blames macaroni for his fatigue. He has 11 wives past and present and a 93-year-old son who resents having to work.
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Zara Agha
Constantinople
Italy
Zaro
Zaro Agha
Prince of Wales Resists Porridge Yet Embraces Navy Oatmeal
A childhood tale shared by Mrs. M A Clondesley Brereton recalls the Prince of Wales resisting porridge at home yet facing stiff oatmeal in his first naval breakfast. Two senior officers exchange a knowing look as he dutifully eats.
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Prince of Wales
British Isles
Industrial Welfare Society
M. A. Clondesley Brereton
Navy
Atiff
Oldest Swedish Lumber Firm Claims 700 Year Record
A Swedish company is described as the oldest lumber concern in existence with a 700 year record. It notes scientific methods, continuous yield forestry, and better forest condition today. Loggers rotate to the same timber tract every 70 to 80 years, addressing cut-over land concerns.
Oldest Inhabitant Of Tor Onto Celebrated At 105
Has never employed doctor Marky Lumley in his 105 years, an honor as Tor Onto's oldest resident. He has never been under a doctor’s care, living above his son’s barber shop. Born in Sotherington near Scar borough, Yorkshire, England, he is described as a giant of a man.
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Marky Lumley
Toronto
Sotherington
Scarborough
Yorkshire
England
Why does the man who swears to die for love back out
The question explores common motives behind a man retracting from a fatal pledge to a woman. It examines fear of death, social pressures, guilt over harm to others, and doubts about the relationship’s viability. The answer suggests practical alternatives and emotional conflict drive the change.
Young Man with Low Income Seeks Bride with Modest Means
A short column advises a slender salary suitor to marry a partner of modest means, suggesting compatibility in finances and lifestyle. The note reflects social expectations about marriage and economic balance.
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Lundy Island
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