Registration By Photo Expands Holstein Registry In Canada
The Holstein-Friesian Association, led by secretary W. A. Clemons, begins allowing breeders to register cattle using photographs. A Brantford Ontario machine prints photos sized 24 by 31 inches to 3 by 5 inches, with two side views attached to the form. The system aims for easier, more accurate records and reduces breeder inconvenience. A circular with full details accompanies the new filing method.
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Moistein-Friesian Association of
Camsda
W. A. Clemons
Brantford
Ont
Holstein-Friesian Association
Canada
Ancient Chinese custom fund to return 17 remains to China
The Chinese benevolent fund will exhume 17 bodies from Moose Jaw cemeteries for burial in China. Some 16 bodies will be exhumed in Regina and others from Saskatoon and nearby areas. The remains have been interred for five to 18 years and will be sent back to their land of origin for final rites.
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Broad Pacific
Moose Jaw
China
Regina
Saskatoon
Oldest Savings Account Traced Through Generations
Rodney R. Smith, a Boston banker, holds a savings account begun by Catherine Andrews of the Provident Institution for Savings on October 15, 1817. It passed to Olivia H. Grandprior and John Reed before reaching the Reed estate executors, making the account about 112 years old. The piece notes a shift toward conservation in Canadian game policy.
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Rodney R. Smith
Boston
United States
Catherine Andrews
Provident Institution For Savings
Olivia H. Grandprior
John Reed
Reed
Smith
Fortune Teller's Warning Echoes in Leipzig Scene
A fragment from Leipzig quotes Lustige Sachse about fortune telling. A man dismisses prophecies claiming women never tell the truth, underscoring a tense social exchange in a seaside rumor.
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Lustige Sachse
Leipzig
Diplomats Adopt English as Diplomatic Language in Washington
Prewar trend shifts as English becomes standard for the diplomatic corps in Washington. Turkish ambassador Ahmed Mowhtar Bey alone uses French. others like Viscount D Arte, Belgian envoy de Ligne, Wu, and Count Szechenyi speak English well. Cuban Ambassador Ferrara is fluent in six languages.
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Washington
United States
Ahmed Mowhtar Bey
State Department
Viscount D’arte
Prince de Ligne
Count Szechenyi
England
Mahmoud Samy Pasha
O. C. Kiep
Stanislaw Lepkowski
Legation
Diplomatic Corps
Esme Howard
Ferrara
Albatross Sets Endurance Flight Record For Six Days
Report from the President Grant at Tacoma recounts an albatross chasing a 17 knot ship from Japan for six days and nights. The bird stayed tireless, circling the steamer until a school of fish lured it to settle and fish. Nearby, a Scottish loch tourist deflates a boastful boatman with a quip about ancestral arms and bare legs.
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President Grant
Tacoma
Orient
Japan
Method Not Too Drastic on Licenses for Reckless Drivers
The Toronto Telegram reports Hon. G S Henry considers legislation to extend magistrates powers to cancel licenses for reckless motorists. The move aims to strengthen the Highway Traffic Act as traffic volumes rise and safety for all highway users becomes increasingly vital.
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Henry
Toronto and York County Roads Commission
Toronto Telegram
Baffin’s Land Not Highly Mineralized Says MacMillan
Commander Donald E. MacMillan returned to Sydney Nova Scotia and stated that Baffin’s Land is not highly mineralized. He noted sizable coal and magnetite iron ore deposits, with coal veins visible in cliffs and magnetite affecting their compasses during exploration.
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Baffin
Donald E. MacMillan
Sydney
N.S
Bracken Announces $725,000 Winter Public Works Plan
Premier Bracken says a $725,000 construction program for public works will run this coming winter to relieve unemployment. He adds that the Common Government and municipalities are urged to adopt similar projects for their planned undertakings.
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Bracken
August Reports From Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Assoc
In August the secretary received 35 ROP reports including 20 from the 365 day test and 15 on the Honor Roll of 205 day test. Within the 365 day test 10 qualified in the mature class, 1 in four-year-old, 2 in three-year-old, and 7 in two-year-old. The rest of the text contains unrelated diner dialogue and a fact about the Liberty Bell weighing about a ton.
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Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
R.O.P
Canada’s Oldest Sailor Says He Needs Drydock
Boatswain H. Mc Ewen aged 73, Vancouver to Orient on his lost voyage aboard the Empress of Russia, claims 62 years at sea making him the oldest sailor with Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. He began at 11 from London, later served in the US Navy, joined CPR in 1893 and will retire. He does not regret a seafaring life, noting trade conditions improved.
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H. McEwen
Vancouver
Orient
Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
London
United States Navy
Canadian Pacific
Traffic at Canada National Parks rises in 1928 season
Motor travel to Canadian parks surged in 1928 with Yoho reaching 7,106 visitors through October 31, up 1,468 from the prior year. Banff Kananaskis gateway saw 2,088 cars in one day and 65,141 from April 1 to December 31, up 13,845. Point Pelee in Ontario recorded 12,525 cars April–December.
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Canada
Yoho National Park
Kananaskis
Banff National Park
Point Pelee National Park
Ontario
Wood Gas Fuel Trial in Bordeaux District France
Three hundred motor trucks in the Bordeaux district run on wood gas as fuel. Canada’s Forest Products Laboratories, Ottawa, track developments since wood gas could valorize wood waste, especially in remote areas.
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Bordeaux
France
Forest Products Laboratories of Canada
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Census Shows Ant Hill Population Ranges Broadly
Johns Hopkins biologist Prof. B A Andrews counts an ant city and finds average hill hosts 10 000 to 50 000 ants. A single count records 8 239 ants, challenging the notion of vast ant cities.
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B. A. Andrews
Johns Hopkins University
Power Of Chemicals Has Definite Limit
Experts say lethal gases do not exist and that myths of an invincible war gas persist. Major General H L Gilchrist notes no such gas is available, a view shared by his predecessor Brigadier General Amos Fries. The article explains the wartime term war gas and the evolving role of the chemical warfare service in the U.S. Army over the past nine years.
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H. L. Gilchrist
U.S. Army Chemical Warfare Service
Amos A. Fries
Chemical Warfare Service
Carpenter Was Once A Russian Admiral
A former Russian admiral and close czar ally now works as a London carpenter. Admiral Barakoff, nearly 80, refuses memoir offers and insists he earns his living by his own labor. He declined to publish private czar letters, remaining courteous and self-reliant.
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London
Admiral Barakoff
Russia
Barakoff
Americans Visit League Secretariat Aware US Not Member
Nearly 5 000 Americans have visited the League of Nations Secretariat this summer as guides field questions about the United States status. Many ask where to apply for membership and where the US president's chair once sat, revealing confusion over US involvement.
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League of Nations Secretariat
United States
Wilson
Segrave predicts return to America in 1930 with England II
Sir Henry Segrave spoke at a Wolverhampton dinner saying he will return to the United States in 1930 with Miss England II to challenge Gar Wood for the British international trophy seized a decade ago. He also projected his new boat’s speed at 120 miles per hour.
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Henry Segrave
Wolverhampton
England
America
Gar Wood
Language Diversity in Europe Reaches Wide Span
The report notes nearly 600 languages and dialects spoken across Europe highlighting linguistic variety. It emphasizes regional tongues, migration impacts, and the importance of multilingual policies for cultural preservation and education.
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Europe
New Hope for Crippled Children Through Local Work
Many crippled children are given a new chance in use through the work being done here. The article highlights community efforts and programs aiding mobility and inclusion for young learners.
Airships and Lightning Say Hazards Are Minimal
Meteorological experts say chances of airplane lightning strikes are negligible and pilots face little more danger than on the ground. They note most bolts travel within a cloud and that all metal ships absorb charges better, with rigid airships dispersing electricity across their bulk and rarely causing disaster even with hydrogen gas.
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Science Service
Government to study 2000 acute mental cases in reform plan
Hon. F. D. Munroe announced at the 11th annual Saskatchewan Hospitals Association convention in Regina that the government will institute a policy to study 2000 acute mental cases and hundreds of border line cases to formulate plans for combating mental disease. He noted shifts in medical practice and stressed hospitals’ growing role in treating all illnesses, highlighting provincial institutions for the mentally sick and calling hospitals a form of big business with health as a key dividend.
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Saskatchewan
F. D. Munroe
Saskatchewan Hospitals Association
Regina
Munroe
Water Traffic Cop Patrols Wannsee by Rubber Suit
A water traffic officer on Wannsee near Berlin directs steamers and pleasure boats. He moves to his station in the water wearing a rubber suit and inflated belt, propelling himself with paddles and using them to signal and guide vessels.
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Wannsee
Berlin
Wireless invention to synchronize orchestras across nations
Dr. Erich Fisher, a Swiss engineer, developed a wireless device enabling several orchestras in London, Paris, Berlin, and Milan to play simultaneously. A recent test across these cities proved successful. Also noted is a remark about wild dogs not barking and a Madrid citation on Gutierrez.
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Erich Fisher
London
Paris
Berlin
Milan
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Commander MacMillan
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Czar
Geneva
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Gutierrez
Madrid
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