Canada Broadcast Boom Says Radios Connect Vast Country
Canada faces a radio wave expansion with 548 249 licences issued in the first six months of the current fiscal year, surpassing last year by about 45 000. Production totals and import values reflect a booming industry, with 770 436 radios in use by census time and exports nearing one million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
International
Canadian Department of Agriculture
Canadian Radio Commission
Dominion
Cecil B DeMille Warns On Decline Of English Pronunciation
Movie director Cecil B DeMille voices concern that Americans are dropping consonants and slurring words. He cites difficulty getting extras to pronounce words like wrestling and yes, noting the shift to forms like yeah and flowing speech in Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil B. Demille
Hollywood
Quick Thinker Cautions Junior Before Fence Jump
The scene shows a cautious mother warning her son Junior as he climbs a fence. He reassures her he will not fall, yet tumbles down in a mishap. Undeterred, Junior rises and asks if she saw his jump, displaying stubborn optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
Unwritten rules of courteous motoring urged in Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal stresses a road courtesy code beyond traffic laws. It laments drivers who neglect signaling on left turns, hog lanes, and rush through green lights, urging adherence to signals and safer, polite driving for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Journal
Pawnshops in Paris Add Record Jewelry Pledges
Paris pawnshop My Aunt reports a sharp rise in pledged jewelry and other items. The facility has expanded with a new building able to garage 2 000 cars and accepts odd pledges from a medical student to a human skeleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Umbrella Theft Irony Shocks London Club Members
An angry club member proposes a humorous notice asking a nobleman who stole his umbrella to return it. The secretary seeks an explanation while the member cites club rules that the institution is for noblemen and gentlemen, arguing the thief must be a nobleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Farm Buyer Trolls Broker in Rural Real Estate Scene
A farmer visits a real estate broker seeking a good farm. The broker, doubting the farmer’s rural credentials, quips that they have no farms for farmers and questions the man’s background as a city chap. The exchange highlights bias and misperception in land sales.
If her heart is in the right place it matters not age
A reflective line asserts virtue matters more than youth or appearance as a woman shows moral character beyond looks. The sentiment elevates inner goodness over age or external age cues.
How Bananas Grow Idea Of Fiftieth Jubilee
A banana plantation features trees in uniform rows reaching twelve to sixteen feet with tall leaf sheaths and a crown of leaves. Fruit clusters emerge from a purple bull and are harvested by a man with a machete catching the stem to avoid bruising. The green fruit boiled with coconut oil forms laborers’ staple, while richer classes seek fruit. The piece then shifts to Britain’s upcoming Silver Jubilee for Queen Victoria and historical precedents, tracing the Jubilee concept to biblical and church origins, noting varied intervals over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
George II
George III
Henry VIII
Rome
University student devours 15 hamburgers in 30 minutes
Regina Leader-Post notes that some see nothing in a college education as a university student eats 15 hamburgers in half an hour, illustrating divergent views on higher learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Regina Leader-Post
Father and son exchange blunt pride and accountability
A father proclaims self made status while his son praises him for not blaming others. The dialogue highlights mutual respect and responsibility within a family dynamic.
Surrey's Adopted Town Jarrow-on-Tyne Reconstruction Plan
Surrey County plans to financially support job creation in Jarrow-on-Tyne by paying for part-time work to clean and rebuild the town. Funds will cover materials while residents receive food production training and opportunities to relocate labor to needed regions as new industries like furniture making glass bottle making and ship breaking develop. The aim is a wider national example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon
Wales
Durham
Tyne
England
H. M
Surrey
John Jarvis
Belgium
France
Jarrow-on-Tyne
Corporation
Jarrow
Country Life
London
Not Found In Jungles Bananas And Cocoanuts Grow When Cultivated
Dr. Samuel H. Williams of the University of Pittsburg reports he found bananas and cocoanuts only grow edible with cultivation, after returning from exploration between the Amazon and Orinoco. He contests sensational jungle fears, noting real dangers include snakes diseases and falling fruit, which justified wearing hard rubber helmets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel H. Williams
University of Pittsburg
Dr. Williams
Amazon
Orinoco
Amazon Valley
Carnegie Museum
Williams
Scarboro Shows Diptheria Drop After Ten Year School Inoculation
The township of Scarboro Ontario with 20000 residents has had no diphtheria cases for a year. The decline is credited to a decade long inoculation program in schools and for children under school age. The lesson seems clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarboro
Ontario
Silence and Meditation Amid Foolish Remarks
A brief note from the Canadian Underwriter cites a proverb on handling insults. It advises remaining silent and meditating when called a fool, suggesting the critic may be correct.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canada Goes Radio
Siay
Prajadhipok
Siam
Daddy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!