Edison wealth tally shows vast national impact over decades
The article recounts Thomas A. Edison securing 100000 in installments from Western Union, adding 1328 patents by 1928, and a nationwide wealth contribution estimated at 15.59 billion dollars. It lists Edison’s enterprises from electric railways to moving pictures, notes the 1880s lamp and dynamo work, 1881 Sunbury 3 wire system, 1882 central station, and the 1929 Edison Jubilee Year celebrating the filament lamp.
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Western Union
National Congress
Faison
Pioneer
Sunbury
United States
Pearl Street
New York
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
North America
Manitoba fur farms push capital investment to fourth in Canada
Final federal 1929 figures show Manitoba fur farming capital rising to 3.059 million dollars from 1.454 million in 1928, moving the province to fourth place behind Quebec Ontario and Prince Edward Island. Also included is a humorous Lustige Blatter exchange about a stolen ring in Berlin.
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Manitoba
Quebec
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Saving Big Trees in Vancouver Island Tract Purchases
Frank J. D. Barnjum buys further virgin Douglas fir tracts in the Saddam district of Vancouver Island through R. W. Hibberson, Forest Engineer, Victoria. The holdings include trees twelve feet in diameter and three hundred feet tall, nine hundred years old. He condemns Cameron Lake logging as wasteful, vows to prevent further slaughter, and urges immediate purchase to preserve remaining age old giants amid highway construction.
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Frank J. D. Barnjum
R. W. Hibberson
Victoria
B.C
Saddam
Vancouver Island
Mr. Barnjum
Pacific Coast
Cameron Lake
Coch ‘An Lake
Pyramids
Egypt
Surplus Red Clover Seed Expected in Canada 1931
Dominion Seed Branch reports a large 1921 crop leading to a likely 1931 production between four and five million pounds. Annual Canadian consumption runs about three million, with prices usually high for hardy home grown strains. Strong production and weak exports forecast cheaper seed next spring and broad consumption of the 1931 crop in Canada.
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Dominion Seed
Canada
Animals and Audiences in Antwerp Zoo Odd Tale
Dispatch from Brussels reports the Antwerp Zoo declares animals need an audience or they will not perform. A hunting lodge memory recalls a trained bear that ran off after a whisky mishap, then was found in a forest clearing performing tricks for food with no onlookers nearby.
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Brussels
Antwerp
North Woods
Paul Smith
Toronto Sends Wildlife Gifts to Australia
Canada returns the courtesy by shipping two kangaroos as a goodwill gesture. Toronto delivers two raccoons and two black bear cubs to Montreal for transport to Australia. The raccoons head to Melbourne and the bear cubs to Sydney as gifts from the Toronto zoo.
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Australia
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Dominion
Melbourne
Sydney
Caragana planting pushed to guard soils in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan boosts caragana hedges to curb soil drifting and conserve moisture. The Dominion Government buys seed at 50c a pound, with farmers delivering tons to Experimental Farms. About sixty acres will be planted at the Saskatchewan Institutional Farms to raise seedlings for distribution, despite critics warning of potential drawbacks.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion
Bryant
Sleep Movements Reveal Active Deep Sleep Pattern
Mellon Institute experiments show healthy adults change position about every seven to eight minutes during deep sleep. Dr. H. M. Johnson reports each sleeper has about twelve possible positions and uses most of them nightly, shifting 20 to 60 times to balance comfort while the brain stays alert to guard the sleeper’s comfort.
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Mellon Institute For Industrial Research
H. M. Johnson
Butter production climbs across Canadian creameries in 1931 updates
The Dominion Dairy and Colt Storage Branch reports rises in creamery butter production and fat receipts across provinces. Ontario shows 20.63 percent August gains and 16.45 percent for eight months, Manitoba 32.8 percent September fat, Saskatchewan 39.5 percent rise in 1931 butter, and Alberta fat receipts up 13.9 percent in September with a 30.1 percent nine month gain.
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Dominion Dairy and Colt Storage Branch
Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Rothenburg’s 1631 Siege and the 13-Quart Wine Rescue
In 1631 Rothenburg-on-the-Tauber resisted General Hilley after weeks of siege. A townsman named Nusch drank a 13 quart goblet of wine to save the city, earning enduring local memory for his loyalty and the burghers dear defense.
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Rothenburg-on-the-Tauber
Germany
Nusch
Rothenburg
Hilley
Old Nusc
Empire trade policy spurs first BC food shipment to London
The purchasing department of the London County Council ordered the Empire Trade Policy direct shipment of 4,480 pounds of dehydrated apples from British Columbia to a major English corporation. The move signals extended BC food buys and interest in BC lumber for housing needs.
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London County Council
British Columbia
Gandhi Errs on London Mission Belief
The text notes Gandhi's claim that God would use him as an instrument for humanity's service. It contrasts that view with the former Kaiser, suggesting he too may have been mistaken, implying doubt about the underlying conviction.
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London
Gandhi
Kaiser
Disease Of Carelessness In The Modern Era
Dr. Louis J. Dublin of Metropolitan Life warns accidents are a growing menace with no effective provision. He urges health officers to lead a national prevention campaign, citing New York City data from 1890 to 1929 and industrial accident costs of about 80 million dollars annually.
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Louis J. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
Canada
England
Dr. Dublin
Montreal
International Society of Medical Health
Dublin
New York City
Registered cockerels boost pullet production in poultry policy
Ottawa highlights breeding value of highly prepotent males in increasing flock egg output from 120 to 150 160 per hundred pullets. Registered cockerels come from two top female lines with 200 plus eggs in Canadian contests and proven egg size, all from matured hens. Also includes a local quip about burning wood.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
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