Scientist as Essential Driver of Industry and Prosperity
The article argues that scientists and research are now central to economic progress in the United States and Canada. It cites Dudley’s railway improvements, Liebig’s fertilizer insight, smokestack pollution reuse, irrigation weed control, Saskatchewan clay work, and rust and moisture research, asserting broad industrial gains and urging stronger support for research across farming, mining, forestry, and fisheries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IV. FE. E. Free
Chemical Markets
New York
United States
Free
America
Dudley
Germany
Justus von Liebig
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Monument for Nungesser and Coli Dedicated at Etretat
A monument at Etretat honors Captain Charles Nungesser and Captain Francois Coli for their doomed May 1927 attempt to reach New York in the White Bird. It bears the dedication To the First Who Dared and features three life size marble figures at the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Nungesser
Francois Cali
Ftretat
France
New York
Etretat
Nungesser
Coli
Alberta Crop Yield Projections Warm 40 Million Southerners
Estimates put southern Alberta crop yield at 40 million bushels while total Alberta yield ranges from 150 to 200 million bushels. Officials differ on whether the province will reach about 150 million or as high as 200 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Steering wheel becomes new family circle says grandparents
A reflective note imagines the era when the steering wheel replaces the family gathering as the central social hub in homes. The piece contrasts past dinners with car travel as modern bonding habit.
Dominion charter for Canadian match firm to acquire Cleveland plant
The Columbia Match Company of Canada gains a Dominion charter to take control of the Columbia Match Company of Cleveland and to erect and operate a Montreal plant. A humorous exchange illustrates a domestic dispute joke about not speaking to each other for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Match Company of
Canada
Centrol
Cleveland
Montreal
Pink Pills Help a Nervous Weakness Case
A reader recounts how Dr Williams Pink Pills restored strength and sleep after near nervous breakdown. The testimonial from Mrs D Veno of Union Square N5 credits the pills with steady improvement and renewed health. Sold by dealers or 50c a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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D. Veno
Union Square
N.5
Dr. Williams
Sultan of Morocco Shops Incognito at Paris Store
The Sultan of Morocco visited Printemps in Paris and shopped alone for about an hour. Clerks, floorwalkers, and managers, watched by security, stood by as he and his Grand Vizier browsed and bought items with the Grand Vizier paying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si Moulay Hemada
Morocco
Printemps
Paris
France
Warning Parents About Worm Infestation In Children
A medical advisory urges mothers to treat children for intestinal worms with Miller's Worm Powders. It warns of potential harm to a child’s constitution if ignored and notes the powder works quickly to expel worms without causing inconvenience to the child.
Fractured remark sparks domestic dispute
In a reported exchange a man questions a woman about flirting with him, then reveals she is his wife. The dialogue hints at relational tension within a private dispute.
Man With Asthma Seeks Relief With Dr Kellogg Remedy
A man troubled by asthma longs for relief and fears recurring attacks. He is urged to use Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy faithfully to gain complete relief and make asthma a thing of the past.
Sir Horace Darwin Dies in Cambridge After Ill Health
Sir Horace Darwin son of Charles Darwin and noted scientist died in Cambridge England after a period of failing health. He invented and built many delicate seismological and aeronautical instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Darwin
Charles R. Darwin
Cambridge
Eng
Horace
Cadillac Converted for Rail Inspection Service
A high power Cadillac sedan is issued from Angus shops at Montreal for the Canadian Pacific Railway Engineering Department. It travels on rails with three braking systems and a front axle rebuilt for rugged use. Rubber insulated wheels reduce shock at rail joints and the car meets rail road lighting rules for rapid inspector trips nationwide.
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Cadillac
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
C.P.R
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Geddes cautions on air service to India and ocean flight
Sir Eric Geddes, chairman of Imperial Airways, says a plan to link England and India by air is being organized and could see passenger flights in five to six days within 18 months. He adds trans Atlantic flight is not yet commercially viable due to fuel logistics, while the empire route could allow refueling en route. A household medicine notice promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a versatile, affordable cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Geddes
Imperial Airways, Ltd
England
India
Skarachi
Eric
Thomas
British War Veterans Honored on Belgian Tour
Forty disabled British ex-soldiers invited by Antwerp based British Legion and the British Disabled Soldiers Association to a ten day visit in Belgium. The party chosen by the Légion included men most badly wounded and many with limb loss. a Royal Army Medical Corps detachment accompanied them.
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British Disabled Soldiers’ Association
Antwerp
British Legion
Britain
Belgium
War Office
R.A.M.C
Live anti aircraft shell unearthed in Kensington Gardens
Workmen digging along the roadway at Queen's Gate Kensington Gardens London unearthed an anti aircraft shell believed to be live. Police and bomb squads were alerted to secure the area and assess the danger.
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Queen's Gate
Kensington Gardens
London
Radio May Control Street Cars in Wireless Demonstration
Radio experts predicted a future where street cars and aircraft are steered by distant control after a Chicago demonstration showed a surface car operated by wireless from an automobile. A ballplayer joked about paying the umpire to win a game and the reply noted the umpire was crooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Definition of a geographical mile
A geographical mile equals the length of one minute of latitude. It represents a standard angular measure used in mapping and navigation to estimate distance on the Earth's surface.
Royal Canadian Humane Association Honors Winners Across Regions
The Humane Society announced awards from the Royal Canadian Humane Association including medals and parchment certificates. Recipients include David Johnston and John PD White for Saskatchewan and Yukon Territory honors, with others named from British Columbia and Alberta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Canadian Humane Association
David Johnston
Brooksby
Saskatchewan
John PD. White
Vancouver
John McHugh
Yukon Territory
Margaret Martin
Waterton Lakes
Alberta
Howard Mayers
White Rock
B.C
Mary
Victoria Barrowman
Kaslo
W. H. Hepher
Powell
Happiness and misery as extremes of human experience
A reflective note contrasts happiness and misery as the far ends of emotional life, noting we cannot know the precise bounds of either state. The line prompts consideration of human highs and lows and the mystery that separates them.
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Blue Ribbon Tea Ram E
Wees
Blue Ribbon Coffee Inub
Real Foundation of Modern Business
Cali
New Match Company
Bing
Wing
Sultan of Morocco
Sir Horace Darwin
Minard
Schwartz
Krause
der Zink
Gyproc
Gypsum and Alabastine Limited
Winnipeg
Ideal Inclining
Humane Society Awards
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