Canada Reaches Second World Rank in Wheat Output
The article notes Canada has become the world’s second-largest wheat producer, surpassed only by the United States. It highlights Canada’s export reach to many nations, details growth since Confederation, and projects potential expansion with arable land and settlement. It emphasizes farming as Canada’s leading industry and the path to possible first place in both quality and quantity.
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United States
Canadian
United Kingdom
Belgium
British West Indies
France
Gibraltas
Italy
Netherlands
Canadian Provinces
Canada
Dominion
Canadian West
Lake Super
Giant Flask Home Rises At Pine Island Lake New Hampshire
A 35 foot tall wooden flask forms a summer home in the woods at Pine Island Lake New Hampshire. Inside it rises three stories with circular dining space and sleeping chambers connected by a ladder. A bungalow section provides a kitchen and living room, with electric light and telephone.
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Pine Island Lake
New Hampshire
Premier Hughes Attacks Article Describing Queensland Desert
Ritter's Melbourne correspondent reports Prime Minister Hughes, speaking in parliament, condemning an English paper for calling Queensland and Northwest Australia a desert. He denounces the claim as infamous lie and defends the territory as suitable for a large white population and war stalwarts who served splendidly.
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Hughes
Ritter
Melbourne
Australia
House of Representatives
Queensland
Northwest
Two Mean Bachelors Win Darning Prizes at Cain's Corners Fair
The Cain's Corners Fair awarded prizes for darning with two bachelors taking first and second place. The Hauntsville Forester notes the unusual outcome that may dampen the fair sex's spirits.
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Cain’s Corners
Hauntsville Forester
Swindler Claim Sparks Editor Exchange in Old Papers
A reader accuses the editor of calling him the greatest swindler, while the editor denies printing such disparaging words. The remark references a claim about colored globes in drugstore windows once displayed by Moors of Arabia and Spain.
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Arabia
Spain
A Peculiar Trade Among Hackney Women
A colony of women in Hackney London earns money by mending damaged nutmegs. They fill worm holes in nutmegs with a paste of nutmeg dust and gum at four cents per gross. The at home work hides repairs so well a casual buyer cannot detect the holes.
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Hackney
London
England
Spool Industry in Maine Sets High Output and Exports
Maine known as the pine tree state produces about 1,000 million spools yearly valued around 114 million dollars. White birch provides the best spool wood cut in winter into bars two to four feet long and shaped for seasoning. About fifteen million feet of bars are used domestically with an equal amount exported to Scotland and England. Modern machines render one spool per second.
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Maine
Scotland
England
Ancient accounts of flying chariots in early literature
The fragment describes Rowan, King of Ceylon, using a flying craft to attack foes, its fall to Hindu Ramchander who traveled from Ceylon to Ayadhia, and a Mahabharvatia reference to a king gifting a flying machine to a brother monarch as a token of friendship.
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King of
Ceylon
Rowan
Ramchander
Ayadhia
India
Nation Of Specialists
The trouble about unemployment is that work desired is specific not general. Men are specialists, fitted for one thing but unable to do much outside their usual lines. There is work available, but not for every kind in every community, says the Jacksonville Times Union.
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Jacksonville Times-Union
Ancient jewels prized by Roman women in classical times
Pliny cites Loiiia Paulina as the era’s most beautiful woman wearing gold and precious stone ornaments valued at upwards of two million dollars in today’s money. The passage notes jewelry was highly favored by ancient Roman ladies.
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Rome
Pliny
Loiiia Paulina
How Punch Got Its Name Origin Tale
A note on punch origins claims the drink comes from the East Indies with a Sanskrit root meaning Ave. The traditional five ingredients cited are rum tea sugar lemon and hot water.
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East Indies
Straw Shoes for Japanese Cart Horses
In Japan horses are shod with rice straw soles tied by straw rope around the ankles. The half inch thick soles cost about a halfpenny per pair and are discarded when worn. Cart horses carry fresh shoes, and distances were once measured by the number of shoes used per day, with each shoe lasting about eight miles.
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Japan
Industrial radiology and its promise in wartime
A scientific correspondent notes limited wartime use of Rontgen rays to detect hidden defects in critical materials like aircraft components. Although industrial radiology is young, it already shows vast potential beyond social applications, justifying the proposed establishment of a London Institute of Radiology.
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Sochal
Institute of Radiology
London
Disastrous Year For Chinese Tea Trade
The Republic of China Government Bureau of Economic Information calls 1920 a disastrous year for tea. Russian buyers halted orders, Shanghai received most of the crop, Hankow sold only about 1000 half-chests, and English stocks are high with prices too low to compete with Indian Ceylon or Java teas. The Russian market remains closed and tea crop preparation for 1921 is doubtful.
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Republic of China
Bureau of Economic Information
Shanghai
Hankow
China
England
Ceylon
Teamen
Everest Explorer Describes Tibetan Distances By Tea Measure
Colonel Howard Bury recounts reaching Rhomba and descending Rogashahi Valley where hermits live in cave dwellings fed by villagers. He notes Tibetans give no standard measures and distances vary, with travelers hearing that a place is “two or three cups of tea” away.
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Howard Bury
Rhomba
Rogashahi
No Sign of Any Kind On Fifth Avenue Restaurant
A recently opened Fifth Avenue eatery in New York stands without any exterior sign, making it difficult to identify the place. The absence of signage positions it among the era’s avenue aristocracy showing restraint or mystery in storefront presentation.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
London Faiths Offer Varying Sunday Worships
It is claimed that in London one could worship every Sunday for over five years in churches belonging to different sects or beliefs, illustrating the city’s religious diversity.
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London
Memorial Clock Tower in Montreal Erected on Waterfront
A memorial clock tower honors heroic naval and mercantile services in the great war. It rises on the Montreal waterfront with a commanding view, and one naval gun will fire a daily noon signal relayed from McFill observatory, visible from all sides.
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Mercantile Marine
Montreal
McFill Observatory
The Quebec Roadside Oven as a Symbol of Habitants Life
In Quebec the roadside brick oven serves as a landmark of home made bread and hospitality. The habitant woman tends the oven with pride, baking for passersby and family alike, reflecting rural life and the nation's family-centered culture.
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America
Quebec
Jeclion
France
Garcon
Canada
The Need Of Canada Is Population And Immigration Reform
A historical editorial argues that postwar Canada must recover population losses from war by expanding immigration and land settlement. It cites potential gains from bringing idle western lands under cultivation, expanding farming across Ontario, British Columbia, and the Maritimes, and forging a forward immigration policy with railways and immigration agencies to restore prosperity and financial stability.
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Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Germany
Mus
Ontario
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Norway
Sweden
Western Canada Colonization Asociation
Plans Advanced For Channel Tunnel
Tentative plans propose a thirty mile link between Britain and France with over twenty one miles underwater. Two eighteen foot diameter tubes would run in parallel with cross galleries every 200 yards and electric operation. Construction could take five and a half years with costs rising from prewar estimates toward 106 to 125 million dollars. annual working costs and income would likely exceed prior projections.
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Channel
Britain
France
England
London
Expedition Climbs Himalayas Peak Everest Summit Reached
Sir Francis Younghusband announced the Royal Geographical Society has accomplished its Everest expedition. G H Bullock and Mr Mallory reached a point 6000 feet below the summit on the northeastern spur and modeled a practical route to the top. The society will reorganize and appoint a new leader to lead six climbers.
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Fravers Younghusband
Royal Geographical Society
Society
Mount
Everest
Himalayas
G. H. Bullock
Mr. Mallory
Sir Francis
Howard Bury
Public Houses Close Early Debate Cited in London
The Hamilton Spectator notes a strong argument for early closing of public houses in London. In a recent visit to 34 establishments, 62 unattended wanderers with babies were found and 141 children under ten stood outside. The paper contrasts this with Canada where such a phase of social life was never allowed to gain a foothold.
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London
England
Canada
Hamilton Spectator
Canadian Railroads Life For Travel
Reported figures for 1919 show travel is very safe with one passenger killed per 1,462,000 carried and one injury per 128 772 carried. The year totals include 35 deaths and 372 injuries among passengers, plus 162 employee fatalities and 1,904 employee injuries.
Spider Web Nets Used by Waley Natives in New Guinea
The article describes a small brown spider nearly the size of a hazelnut whose six foot diameter web acts as a fishing net. Papuan villagers in Waley rapidly construct a looped bamboo frame, and the spider spins a web on it, producing a ready net in moments. The web’s outer mesh is about an inch square, narrowing to roughly one eighth of an inch near the center.
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Paris
Amsterdam
Georges Aveline
Waley
New Guinea
Proper Time Management Prompts Action and Discipline
A reflective note urges prioritizing overdue tasks and planning ahead. It emphasizes clearing backlogs to improve efficiency and reduce stress. The message highlights the value of beginnings and consistent follow through.
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Riven
Laramer
Trate
N. U
B.C
C.P.R. A
Channel Tunnel
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