Canadian Pacifics Great Grain Haul Through Eleven Months
A historical survey praises Canadian Pacific Railway for moving vast grain volumes in eleven months ending July 31 in Canada. It notes 184,046 cart loads totaling 271,728,648 bushels, 244 trains and 25,720 crews, and 49, 3,481,540 farm wagons delivering grain to elevators daily.
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Stockton
Barington
England
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Tennyson
Detective Follows Suspect From France to Indo China Jungle
A Paris detective tracked Antiques thief Malraux from France into the Angkor region of Annam, disguises and seaplane travel ending in arrest near Cochin China. The case revealed 1,000,000 franc value goods destined for a New York antiquary. Malraux faced jail.
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France
Malfoux
Paris
Pad
Trait Mairams
Saigon
Malraux
Anna
Angkor
Phom-peah
Cochin-China
New York
Boston man builds two houses to preserve private life
The St. Thomas Times-Journal notes a Boston man staging two houses on one lot to shield his privacy from modern social intrusion. One house serves daily living while the rear home lacks telephone and doorbell to prevent interruptions, a reaction to crowded social norms and visiting guests.
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Boston
Tamertare
Tamerlane
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Lights for Niagara Falls Proposal Seen By Ontario Officials
A Niagara Falls deputation urged the Ontario Government to fund one third of a proposed illumination project. The plan estimates total cost at 60000 dollars for a lighting plant to surround the falls with colored lights, with Premier Ferguson signaling near approval pending Cabpex ratification.
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Niagara Falls
Ontario
N.Y
Ferguson
Salmon pack tops million mark in British Columbia
The salmon pack of British Columbia plants this season totals nearly 400000 cases more than the 1923 figure through August. The current pack surpasses 1190000 cases.
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British Columbia
Paris Girl Typists Form Trade Union
In Paris a group of women typists formed a trade union to address salary and working hours on fair terms, aiming to improve conditions through collective action and negotiation.
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Paris
Voyage of Columbus and Descendants Across Ages
The article claims Chris topher Celambe as the Irish member of Columbus voyage party and identifies Columbus kin through Duke of Alba sources. It cites Genoa birth in 1451 and notes noble status arising from a 1508 marriage of Columbus son to Toledo lineage. Also references explorers visiting Canada and Rockies as scenic wonders.
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Christopher Celambe
America
Christopher Columbus Kimeel
Genoa
Italy
Duke of Alba
Columbus
Alba
H. Wig Sands
la Mairon D Alba Et Lee Archives Colombieanes
Jathie Hiet
Christopher Columbus
Gjarcia Alvirez
Toledo
D’alba
Peranada
London Chemist Deheds College Of Physicians tale
Francis Ambory, son of a London goldsmith born in 1559, was a noted chemical physician who practised without a license. He was censured by the College of Physicians, fined, and imprisoned for ignorance of medical principles, then imprisoned again after a later offense. He sold a nostrum aurum potabile and claimed metals, especially gold, could be medicine, failing to make liquid gold in a Mint trial. he died aged 75.
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Francis Ambory
London
College of Physicians
Anthony
London Times
Lancashire Spinners Complain of Cotton Quality Change
Lancashire spinners report Egyptian cotton is harder to handle and less satisfactory than American cotton, noting a sudden deterioration in texture and usability after a period of acceptable performance. The issue affects yarn production and raises quality concerns for mills.
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Lancashire
America
Sound Advice From Saskatchewan Premier On Immigration
The Saskatchewan premier Danoling told English audiences that immigration should be gradual and focused on learning resources and earning bearings. He warned against selling all possessions to migrate and urged settlers to work for 12 to 18 months before transferring interests and families to Canada.
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Danoling
Saskatchewaan
Hogland
Saskatchewan
Canada
England
Regina
Voice Culture and Clear Speech Prospects in Education
The article argues for cultivating voice in the public, advocating slow speech, clear enunciation, and a low pleasant pitch. It urges schools to include voice culture in education, promising speech as enjoyable as music and beneficial to the child's development.
The Man Who Wins
The poem celebrates the average man whose success comes from steady effort not luck. It emphasizes continual work using hands head and eyes and the value of trying without shirking labor or trouble. Selected.
Early germination technique speeds harvest and wards frost
The department announces progress after 14 years of work to hasten germination by soaking seed husks in water. Experiments with oats corn cotton and wheat show growth can be accelerated by more than six weeks enabling crops to escape frost. Some planters in the south heat damp seed balls before planting to gain days in growth.
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Logy
Canada
Ohio River
Jack Frost
South
Poor Children to Receive Free Eyeglasses Through Local Chain
Public school pupils in need will get free eye tests and glasses upon presenting a teacher signed note. Dr. Barnett L. Becker, a wealthy local optician who immigrated from Poland 20 years ago, plans to donate about $20,000 for this program.
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Barnett L. Becker
Becker
Poland
Young Lexicographer Reeve Files Eight Dictionaries
Master of English Birdie Reeve, a 17 year old from St. Louis, has compiled eight dictionaries counting tens of thousands of words each. Starting at age 12 she has mastered 64 000 words and built word lists including letter sound rhyme and spelling dictionaries.
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Birdie Reeve
St. Louis
Wireless inventor predicts world speech by radio
Senor Marconi stated that soon speech will be heard by radio from a single station around the globe. The assertion highlights advances in wireless technology and global broadcasting potential.
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Senor Marconi
Production and Transport Metrics From Historical Rail Record
The report states 5,144 trains employed 25,726 men. It notes PR equipment covered 553,080,576 car miles, equaling eleven times Mars distance, three sun trips, or 1,093 lunar trips. If following a world-route, 22 round trips would be made.
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Clark
Arctic
Antarctic
Mars
Great Lakes
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Wes
Canadian Pacific Railway
Einstein
Joy Bist
Canada Demands Equal Partnership in Empire Defense
Ottawa Journal quotes Sir Hamar Greenwood urging Canada and the Dominions to form a common policy for Empire defense. He argues equal status and duties are needed, noting Canada pays 16 cents per head vs 12 for Britain, and warns against privileged but limited involvement in empire affairs.
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Ottawa Canadian Club
Hamar Greenwood
Canada
League of Nations
Thine- Ottawa
Fruit Grown In Peace River District
Plums cherries apples and other fruits flourish in the Peace River district. The first plums came from a three year old Beaver Lodge tree variety Tom Thumb planted in North Dakota. The district proves it can mature hundreds of fruit varieties once deemed impossible. Red currants fruit heavily and match Canadian records per bush. Sir Henry Thornton praised the Beaver Lodge experiments as the most interesting sight of his trip.
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Peace River Country
Beaver Lodge Experimental Farm
North Dakota
Peace River District
Henry Thornton
Oxford man seeks job at office in waiting room
An Oxford B A searched for work and spoke with the office boy while waiting for the manager. The boy predicted a new opening if the boss raises his own wage to twelve shillings, implying an imminent raise.
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Oxford
Londons dealer notes shrinking women shoe sizes
A London shoe dealer says English women’s feet are getting larger while sizes below four are no longer made, a trend he says was common twenty years ago.
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Sleuth
Parle
Angam
Gen
Siam
Dehed
Dunning
Sackatchewan
Eyes
University of Chicago
Canada and Empire
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