Explorers and Airplanes Pick Up Speed in Central Australia
The text argues air travel greatly aids exploration by avoiding heavy porters, rough terrain, and disease risks. It cites faster swamp surveys, broader map sketching, and vegetation and mineral detection from the air. It notes East Africa campaign flights provided rapid route surveys for General Northey’s projected paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Birtles
Central
Australias
Leo Walmaley
Birtles
East Africa
Northey
Women's rights gains on the British front spark change
A London Daily Express remark notes a twenty year setback for women in law and riding ceased to be a constraint as wartime upheaval breaks old barriers. The piece frames the war as catalyst for gender equality advances in Britain.
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London Daily Express
Bitumen Trade From Dead Sea Route to Germany
Bitumen gathered in Palestine from the Dead Sea floated to the surface then collected and handed to a U S citizen resident in Jerusalem who exported it by special permit. Most of the output was sent to Germany where it aided patent leather glossing during the war.
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Palestine
Dead Sea
U.S
Jerusalem
Germany
Wireless Sets Auctioned at Toronto Police Sale
Four sets of wireless apparatus confiscated by Toronto police in 1917 were sold among unclaimed goods at a police sale. The items were seized from foreigners to prevent enemy use and potential aiding the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
The Laggards Milly Dialog Fragment
Brief dialogue notes gender differences in aging with a line from the New York Sun about men aging faster than women reaching thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
New York Sun
Protection For Farmers Purchasing Seed Standards
Steps under the Seed Control Act ensure purity and quality. In 1929 Dominion inspectors visited 7,725 dealers across nine provinces, finding 783 violations, 747 accidental or non-negligent. Prosecutions totaled 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion Seed Laboratory
Ireland
Irish Department of Agriculture
Cobbler Recovers Five Thousand Dollars Hidden in Shoe
Bayonne cobbler Frank Seville found a bag of money inside a shoe being repaired. The wad contained one $1,000 bill and forty $100 bills totaling five thousand dollars. A Polish woman later claimed the fund, interrupting plans with his wife to buy a poultry farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Seville
Bayonne
Seville
Pedigree Sheep Die Staggering Death After Well Fall
Seventeen pedigree sheep owned by J. B. Dimmock of Mendham Priory Norfolk perished in a curious accident. While grazing in a field above an old covered well one sheep reached for tree leaves, disturbed the covering and fell in. The others, driven by a herd instinct, all followed and drowned.
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J. B. Dimmock
Mendham Priory
Norfolk
No Change Since Abraham Observed Among Arab Population
Mrs Henry Fawcett touring Palestine notes native Syrians have shown no fundamental change for over 3000 years. She observes they wear the same clothing and use the same wooden ploughs as in Abraham's era, indicating enduring folk practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Henry Fawcett
Palestine
Civilization Primal Bases
They burn corn for fuel in the Western States and in Russia hundreds of thousands die for lack of it. Transportation and distribution are the primal bases of civilization. Without them we would live and die like savage tribes. Chicago Evening Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western States
Russia
Africa
Chicago Evening Post
War unthinkable between nations says editorial
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch opines that most people will eventually agree no war is possible between the United States and England or between any two nations, reflecting a pacifist outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
United States
England
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Railway stations guide airmen with town name signs
In England many railway stations bear large white letters on the roof displaying the town name to aid airmen during flights.
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England
Loneliest Spot in the British Empire Named
Captain Galloway of the Pacific liner Carcovade declares the Falkland Isles the loneliest place in the empire. He notes a golf course a piano and a cinema film in the town hall, and mentions a government printer who became mentally afflicted by loneliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Empire
Galloway
Carcovade
Falkland Isles
Good Hope
von Spee
Falklands
Apples yield valuable syrup from waste fruit in Nova Scotia
At Annapolis Nova Scotia researchers developed a method to extract syrup from highly acidic waste apples. The process also yields calcium malate or sugar sand, a malic acid source similar to maple syrup byproducts. The two evaporator treatment could spark a new Nova Scotia industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Claims Discovery of Life Elixir Found in Mountain Village Diet
Dr. Sadowein of the University of Kiley reports a life extension elixir from soured cow milk cheese from sheep and white bread. He notes a village near Temir Khan Shura in Daghestan with eighteen locals over a century old from a population of 120, all consuming the cited foods. Migration from famine regions brings more people to access this diet in the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadowein
University of Kiley
Temir Khan Shura
Daghestan
Russia
Strange town names provoke a Brit and American exchange
An Englishman notes American town names like Hoboken and Poughkeepsie while an American replies with thoughtful humor. The dialogue shifts to London life and the Britons accents revealing places such as Chipping Norton and a joking supposed address Poke stogg-on-the-Hike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Magazine
Weehawken
Hoboken
Poughkeepsie
London
Chipping Norton
Pokestogg-on
Professional House Hunter Becomes Noted Women’s Vocation
One of the latest vocations for women is the professional house hunter marking a rise in women taking on costly real estate searches. The role blends property scouting with negotiation, appealing to clients seeking efficient, expert guidance in market-heavy areas.
Butternut Bark Brown Juice Used for Cloth Staining
The brown juice of butternut bark is used in some cases to stain cloth, providing a natural dye option for textile coloring.
Women Dominate Home Rule Party in the Country
The home rule party in the country is led by women, signaling a gender majoritarian leadership shift. Female candidates and organizers drive strategy, fundraising, and outreach amid evolving political dynamics.
Livestock Improvement Push Expands Through Purebred Bulls
A wide spread movement to replace scrub sires gains ground on farms across Canada. Since 1913 the Dominion Livestock Branch has distributed 2963 purebred bulls to newly settled districts, with Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec leading in numbers. Auctions in prairie provinces last year saw 25 superior bulls bought for distribution.
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Ontario
Saskatchewan
Dominion Department
Dominion Livestock Branch
Jersey
Guernsey
Alberta
Manitoba
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Prairie Provinces
Iron from rust marks a great triumph of chemistry
Edwin E. Slosson notes in Creative Chemistry that iron comes from oxides and not in native form. He explains how extracting iron from rust propelled civilization beyond ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and cites blast furnaces releasing 72,000,000 tons yearly with a quarter reverting to rust, warning that ceasing work would erase progress.
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Egypt
Assyria
Edwin E. Slosson
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Fifty Years With Royal Family
The death occurred at Marlborough House of Miss Mary Adams aged 77 after fifty years of service to the royal family. She started with Princess Alice, then worked at Buckingham Palace for nearly 25 years for Queen Victoria and spent about as many years with Queen Alexandra where she was later a dresser.
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Marlborough House
Mary Adams
Princess Alice
Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria
Queen Alexandra
Look 'Em Over Her Mother Comic Exchange
A brief cartoon caption from the Detroit News shows a mother questioning a suitor about supporting a large family, while the beau reassures him that he can, noting there are twelve mouths to feed.
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Beau
Dederoit News
Nameless Hero Bodies and a Canadian Warship Pose
The Halifax Herald urges Canada to bring home the mortal remains of unidentified soldiers from France. It argues a Canadian warship should transport the body to Ottawa to honor the thousands of fallen Canadians whose graves are unnamed.
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France
Ottawa
United States
Halifax Herald
Europe
Flanders
Artois
Picardy
Canada
Great Britain
Italy
Lloyd George’s Intuition During World War I
The Montreal Journal of Commerce praises David Lloyd George for unwavering resolve and confidence in Allied victory. It notes his keen understanding of the German mindset and suggests his wartime judgments often outpaced field generals, according to Lord Milner and contemporaries.
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Lord Milner
Montreal Journal of Commerce
Do It Now Says Forbes Magazine
The message urges immediate action in business and employment. It encourages undertaking small home or business improvements, purchasing items, building, investing savings, launching bold plans, and adopting a hopeful attitude without delay, urging readers to act now.
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Forbes Magazine
Sinn Fein Rally Sparks Tense Belfast Show of Strength
Sinn Fein members drilled in the Upper Falls district and on October 2 about 150 assembled at Spritfield road and Whiterock Road. They marched to Hannahstown where more parties joined and practiced evolutions. A passerby attempting to watch was assaulted and told to leave.
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Sinn
Bees Kill Team of Horses Near Morton Grove
Bees swarm killed two horses belonging to a Morton Grove farmer after a farm hand knocked over a hive as the farmer drove the team. The farmer escaped while water from a hose chased the bees, but both horses died from stings.
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Morton Grove
Chicago
Giraffes Declining Across Parts of Africa
The giraffe population is shrinking in parts of Africa as large herds become rare. Once common eighty years ago, today herds of twenty or fewer are noted in many regions.
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Africa
Illusion Shattered Stage Hand to Manager
A London passing show reports a stagehand asking to lower the curtain as a living statue claims possession of the cups, signaling a disruption at the act.
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Shaill
London
Prince Will See Wrestling in Japan Next Spring
The Prince of Wales will visit Japan next spring and arrive as interest peaks in wrestling, a sport deeply valued in Japanese culture. The Times notes ancient ties to royal succession and highlights Kokugi-kwan in Tokyo, while criticizing local training discipline and waist measurements as exaggerated by modern practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Japan
New York Times
Tokyo
Glass Making In Belgium A Key National Industry
Glass making has long been a major Belgian industry. Even before the war it brought wealth and today it helps rehabilitate the country. Belgium, famed for glass for centuries, leads in exports of window glass mirrors and table glass to nations worldwide.
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Belgium
How to Buy a Motor Car
Sir Robert Buckle spoke at the Thamese Conservancy meeting in London. He noted they are purchasing another motor car and recalled buying the previous one two years ago, which he used about 10 000 miles and sold for slightly more than the purchase price.
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Sir Robert Buckle
Thamese Conservancy
London
England
Britain’s Last Man in France
About 100 Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) men, last British troops in France, prepare exhumation and reburial of soldiers in British cemeteries abroad, with return to England anticipated soon.
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Britain
France
England
Royal Fusiliers
City of London Regiment
Depth of Sunken Lake Remains Unknown
The Great Sunken Lake in the Cascade Mountains measures fifteen miles long and four and a half wide. It lies two thousand feet below the surface, yet the water depth remains undetermined.
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Cascade Mountains
Prices Too High and Too Low Spark Public Frictions
Aline prints a flat observation from the Atchison Globe noting that people agree on little except sellers facing too low prices and buyers facing too high costs, reflecting market tensions and public sentiment.
Local merchants urged to buy from hometown businesses
A call to support the local economy encourages shoppers to patronize home town merchants and keep money circulating within the community.
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