Peace Through Education Duties to Settle Disputes Without War
The Gazette Montreal reports Lord Eigin at Royal Victoria College urging peace education to curb militarism. He calls for a tribunal court and persistent schooling within families to foster restraint, noting treaties alone cannot prevent war passion.
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Royal Victoria College
Metjili
Nathvesal Council of Eduation
Lord Eigin
Court of Tribunal
Witeh
Sposker
Militantium
the Gazette
Montreal
Porpoise Delicacy in English Medieval Feasts Through 1575
The porpoise was a valued delicacy at court from Henry III to Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth I, featuring boiled and roasted preparations and rich puddings. It appeared in church banquets and royal tables, with the Yarmouth ballifa presenting one in 1491, before its popularity waned after 1575.
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Golem
Neville
Ballifa
Yarmouth
Oxford
Henry III
Richard H
Henry VII
Employment Situation Improves Across Country in October
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports healthier early October than any time since 1920. Employers counted 6 918 with staff up by 2 251 during the month, signaling improved prospects nationwide.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Soviets Delayed Grain Exports Hit By Interior Price Cuts
Moscow Economic Life reports Canadian grain entering the world market has disrupted this year’s Soviet exports. The Russian crop collection is delayed as the government tries to lower interior grain prices, affecting export timelines.
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Moscow Economic Life
Ontario Gold Production Sets Eight Month Record
Ontario gold production reaches 20,750,000 in eight months as a new high in the province's history with an estimated total for the year at 22,000,800. A Scots joke and a remark on radio adding 3,000 words to English are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etario
Beeswax Saving Practice In Hives To Boost Apiary Value
Beekeeping guidance urges saving every particle of wax as demand surpasses supply. Collect cappings, broken comb, and discarded wax from small pieces and remove bridge or burr combs promptly. A solar wax extractor or container can render wax, with even tiny scraps adding to profits.
Permanent Homes Grow Roots Across Canadian Soil
The Toronto Star argues Canada benefits from United States farmers settling permanently in Canada. It notes many move to the Canadian West, bring farming skills, good citizenship, and future Canadian leaders, while temporary workers often return home when work dries up.
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New York Sur
Ben
Canada
United States
Dominton
Canada of Tomorrow
Toronto Star
Home-Loving Salmon and the Canadian Route to Fraser
The Globe reports on BC rearing of sucker salmon to follow the northern route to the Fraser, avoiding US waters near Victoria. Scientists note strong homing instincts, with several fish returning after four to five years, boosting Canadian commerce and resources. A tagged Atlantic salmon released in Nova Scotia even returned to its birth waters via the Panama Canal. The piece reflects on national pride and postwar mood.
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Globe
British Columbia
Fraser
Victoria
Pacific
Fraser River
United States
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Panama Canal
South America
Secret crack in Big Ben revealed after sixty years
William Houghton of the Ancient Society of College Youths uncovers that Big Ben, the 13.5 ton Westminster clock bell, cracked during casting in 1858. A hole was bored to stop the crack, and the bell is now reported healthy again.
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Westminster
William Houghton
Ancient Society of College Youths
England
London
Big Ben
Sandpaper Placed To Stop Husband From Striking Matches
Mrs Smythe Jones shows a decorative plan while Mrs Neweriche explains the sandpaper tack to prevent her husband from striking matches on the piano. The exchange highlights domestic humor and practical jokes in a social setting.
Captain of the Village Fire Brigade Passes on to Duty
A fragment from a passing show captures a village fire brigade captain urging quick pace to a fire. A boy named Bobby argues with his father about safety and carrying sandwiches as they move toward the incident.
Canada Seeks British Settlers Across the Dominion
Sir George MacLaren Brown of the Canadian Pacific Railway says crowds in Canada demand more British settlers. He notes government interest reflected at the Imperial conference. J. Bruce Walker predicts a sharp rise next year in British emigration to Canada.
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Canada
George MacLaren Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion
Imperial Conference Committee On Overseas Settlement
Great Britain
Telegraphing Martians and a London telepathist's claim
Dr H H Manseld Robinson of London declares he is the only man to send a message from Mars and remains in contact with the red planet. He describes Martians as seven to eight feet tall with big ears and Chinese features, smoking pipes and driving weatherproof cars, while noting a lower walrus-headed type.
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HH. Manseld Robinson
London
Eng
Earth
Mars
Red Planet
Frien
Commiaturu
der. Robinson
Robinson
Roar Of Niagara Tops City Noise In Tests
Exhaustive tests show Niagara Falls roars reach 79 sound units at the American Falls facing the Cave of the Winds, louder than New York City spots. The falls supply light heat and power to Toronto and hundreds of industries with 3,000 miles of transmission lines.
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Niagara Falls
New York City
New York
Sixth Avenue
Niagara
Toronto
Dominion
Veteran Thackeray Wins V C at Delhi During Mutiny
Colonel Sir Edward Talbot Thackeray, the oldest recipient of the Victoria Cross, celebrated his birthday in Bordighera Italy. He earned the VC during the 1857 Delhi siege for extinguishing a burning magazine under heavy fire with Captain Rennie and holding the position until reinforcements arrived.
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Edward Talbot Thackeray
V.C
Bordichera
Italy
William Makepeace Thackeray
Delhi
Rennie
Message Floated Forty Years From Master Mariner
A bottle message from John Lee, master mariner of Halifax, sailed from this port and drifted the Baltic to Borkum. The note dated May 17, 87 asks to tell his widowed mother he died fighting, a fate tied to his ship never known.
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John Lee
Halifax
Baltic Sea
Borkum
Nova Scotia
Lee
Ripe Plums Sent to England From Ontario Trial Shipment
Ontario’s Department of Agriculture reports a successful trial sending ripe purple plums to Britain. The fruit arrived in prime condition and fully colored, with positive attestations from the English side.
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Britain
England
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Wins Silver Cup at Sesquicentennial Poultry Show
The Silver Cup for best poultry display at the Sesquicentennial Poultry Show was awarded to the Hon. John 8. Martina Ontario Minister of Agriculture. The event highlighted a noted display amid a youthful crowd.
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John 8. Martina
Ontario
Hand Cranked Generator Powers Light With Brief Cranking
A small spring driven power plant generates enough current to light a bulb with ten seconds of hand cranking yielding three minutes of light. The device illustrates a compact manual energy source and potential off grid utility.
London sewer survey begins after 1870 exploration
A three year expedition starts to map the City of London sewers the first time since 1870. Surveyors will face dangers including floods gas explosions and the risk of being lost in labyrinths as they trace about sixty miles of aging tunnels and wells.
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City of London
Corporation
London
City Noise Shortens Life Says Chicago Health Chief
Chicago commissioner of health Dr. Herman N. Bundeson warns that street noises shorten life by about seven years. He says noise taxes nerves and lowers efficiency while excessive din may cause dizziness and nausea in some people.
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Chicago
Herman N. Bundeson
Visualizes City Of Future by Thomas Edison
Edison outlines a future city where time saving is central and traffic is managed by mathematicians replacing police. Crime declines with scientific policing and expert governance reduces taxes, but noise and sensory overload rise as humans adapt to louder urban life.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edward Marshall
Forum Magazine
Edison
Tablet unveiled in Westminster Abbey by Prince of Wales
A tablet was unveiled in Westminster Abbey by the Prince of Wales to honor the million dead of the British Empire in the Great War. The Imperial War Graves Commission erected the memorial, which bears the Mother Country arms surrounded by those of the Dominions and India.
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Westminster Abbey
Prince of Wales
Imperial War Graves Commission
Dominions
India
Jim Gets Grounded By Traffic Cop Talk
A witty exchange turns awkward as Jim attempts to argue with a traffic officer. The incident highlights his overconfident demeanor and the officer’s calm handling of the situation.
Pacific locomotives boost CP Rail power and efficiency
Canadian Pacific Railway receives 24 Pacific type engines to form the G-3-d class with superheated boilers raising pressure from 200 to 250 psi. The design uses a nickel steel shell boiler, the first on the American continent, increasing speed and haulage without extra weight. Delivery also begins for 26 Mikado locomotives of the 5360 series with the same improvements and added mechanical stokers.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Advertising as a Necessity in Modern Business
President Coolidge argued that advertising is the lifeblood of contemporary commerce, citing a large scale advertiser that prospered only with publicity. He warned that removing advertising collapses demand and leads to failure, while sustained publicity fuels production, consumption, and rising living standards.
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Coolidge
Albert Delacorte Jr. Wins Local High School Prize
Albert Delacorte Jr. known as He-Man, won the Horace Mann high school prize for his story in Famous Story Magazine. The young author, son of publisher George T. Delacorte, Jr., described his method using country facts from encyclopedias. He speaks German and French and aspires to Dickens or Jack London’s descriptive power.
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Albert ‘He-Man
New York
Story
Theodore Dreiser
John Galsworthy
Edna Feber
Dickens
Jack London
Albert
George T. Delacorte, Jr
Giant Dry Dock Near Esquimalt Boasts Global Scale
The Esquimalt Victoria drydock, carved from rock, is the world’s second largest and 29 feet shorter than Boston’s Commonwealth dock. It cost $6,000,000, measures 1,156 feet long and 148 feet wide at the top, 125 feet at the bottom, with a 49 feet 5 inch depth and 40 feet of tidal depth at high water, designed to take the largest ships.
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Esquimalt
Victoria
Commonwealth Dock
Boston
Canadian Cow Betsy Wylie Sets Butter Fat Record
A Canadian Ayrshire cow named Betsy Wylie owned by C. Crockett of Middle Musquodoboit Nova Scotia has captured the world record for butter fat production. She yielded 1 103 pounds of butter fat from 21 905 pounds of milk in the year, surpassing a Montreal record of 1 002 pounds from 23 222 pounds.
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Betsy Wylie
Ayrshire
C. Crocket
Middle Musquodoboit
Nova Scotia
Montreal
W. C. Wylie
Manitoba Turkeys Sent to Australia for Breeding Trial
A gobbler and a hen from the Manitoba Agricultural College were shipped to Australia. The Antipodes heard of Manitoba College's turkey breeding reputation and will试 test the birds in a new terrain to assess their extra quality for international comparison.
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Manitoba Agricultural College
Australia
Manitoba College
Turkey
Harvest Helper Requests Longer Sleep After Night Shift
A college student working in the harvest asks to stay in bed longer until the lamp chimney cools. The farmer responds with a simple exchange about the small request.
Voice Over Wire Bridge Party Shock
The line from Collier's quips about a chaotic scene as a husband is run over by a truck yet the woman focuses on her bridge party, illustrating a humorous or satirical take on media sensationalism and domestic priorities.
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Peace Through Education
Bess
Radio
B.C
Pacific Coast
Ada
Bobby
Father
J. Bruce Walker
Thackeray
Prince Unveils
Jim
Manitoba
Turkeys
Collier’s
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