Necessity Of Ensuring Pure Seed Use By West Farmers
The Canadian Seed Growers' Association urges organized seed assembling cleaning and distribution to ensure use of high quality seed. Government and provincial efforts aim to create cost based warehouses in Alberta Quebec BC Saskatchewan and other centers to support farmers and exporters while avoiding public charges.
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Fiat
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Seed Purchasing Commission
Prairie Provinces
Province of
Quebec
St. Rosalie Junction
British Columbia
Penticcton
Farmers’ Co-Operative Organization
Prince Edward Island
Kensington
Pfi
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Wientper
Port Arthur
Toronto
Pioneer RCMP Major C. H. West Retires After 34 Years
Major C. H. West, a pioneer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the first officer in the Peace River country, retires on pension after 34 years of service. He studied medicine in London, joined the Mounties in 1888, and held multiple posts before returning to Prince Albert in 1919. He now resides in British Columbia.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Peace River Country
C. H. West
Major West
London
Canada
Mounties
North West Territories
Prince Albert
Dominion
Athbasca
R.C.M.P
Peace River
West
T. O. Davis
Col. C. E. A. Patterson
Montreal
British Columbia
Edison Receives Freedom of the City at New York Banquet
At a New York banquet Thomas A. Edison is honored with city freedom. Guest Richard Kieb, age 80, recalls running a restaurant at 164 Pearl Street where Edison once dined. Edison jokes about lighting cigars and later provides a wired device to let patrons light cigars.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Richard Kieb
Pearl Street
Mr. Edison
Mr. Klicb
Edison
Cross America in a Flash and the Taj Mahal Factoids
The piece notes a radio based gap across the United States under one fiftieth of a second at light speed 186 000 miles per second. It also details the Taj Mahal at Agra famed as a celebrated mausoleum built of white marble laid with precious stones, costing about 1 000 000 dollars and employing 26 900 men over 24 years.
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United States
Agra
Majestic Liner Stores Stock Thousands of Linens and Utensils
The Majestic liner shops list 16 000 cups 30 000 plates 2 400 teapots and 8 960 tumblers in its onboard stores.
Fragmented Advice Note Warns Against Trouble with Friends
A clipped passage warns readers to avoid trouble and lean on friends for help with difficult times. It suggests saying it’s too bad to acknowledge problems and rely on social support to cope.
Neither poverty nor riches can make a ma
The fragment hints at a broader saying about wealth and virtue. The readable portion centers on a moral to avoid judging character by wealth. No names, dates, places, or organizations are present to identify a fuller event.
Fast Moving Plane Can Collect Mail
Air Ministry researchers test a device enabling mail bags to be collected from the ground by a fast aircraft. A cable with a hook retrieves bags from ground stations or rooftops, lifting them without slowing the plane. Secrecy surrounded trials with plans for broader testing using standard or military airplanes.
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Air Ministry
Croydon
Earliest Ideas of Moving Pictures Traced Across Centuries
A London exhibit showcases primitive moving picture concepts from Confucius shadow shows to Kircher’s 1646 Latin treatise. It notes Eadweard Muybridge’s experiments at the Alo Pasto racecourse and the 40,000 pound Penn cost to prove a horse lifts all four feet simultaneously. The piece links ancient curiosity with modern motion picture origins.
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Confucius
Will Day
London
Athanasius Kircher
Eadweard May Bridge
Alo Pasto
Muybridge
University of Pennsylvania
Excellent Phone Service in London
A New York man reports reading a London telephone directory and notes that operators prefer the American greeting Hello rather than shouting Hallo at the opera tor. He observes Britishers answer with Are you there and praises the telephone service as excellent.
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London
New York
Mourning postage stamps go on sale in Germany
A German sale features mourning stamps commemorating the loss of the colonies. One example shows a flag at half mast with a wide black border signaling bereavement.
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Germany
It Pays to Patronize Home Industry
A brief urging residents to shop locally and support merchants in their own town, emphasizing pride in regional businesses and the benefits of keeping commerce within the community.
Stone Age Mining District Reveals Isle Royale Homes
William P. Ferguson describes finds on Isle Royale indicating a stone age mining district with ancient pit dwellings, stone walls, and possible fort remains. He notes large timbered pines, east west orientation to celestial cues, and rock digging to about 20 to 30 feet using hard egg shaped stones sourced from Black Bay shores.
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Isle Royale
William P. Ferguson
Prapkisa
Port Arthur
Isle Rorale
Black Bay
Lake Superior
Triumph Of Modern Dentistry
British dental industry displays jet black artificial teeth at the Imperial Institute exhibition in South Kensington. Blackened enamel suits betel nut chewers and tobacco juicers, with twenty five shade options and varied shapes available including teeth with fake gold fillings.
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England
Orient
Suez
Imperial Institute
South Kensington
Bo’sun
Californias Climate Debate Echoes Across States
California and New York讨论 a clash over climate pride in a brief American Legion Weekly exchange. New York complains about its climate while California retorts that its is superior, asserting New York has only varied weather.
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New York
California
American Legion Weekly
Glimpse of the New Canada From a London Visitor
War hero Sir George Bridges named Governor of South Australia succeeding Sir William Weicell who resigned for salary reasons. Campbell Stuart notes on Canada’s postwar shift with Quebec surplus, rising national consciousness, and calls for strong immigration to populate the vast spaces and bolster ties with Washington.
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George Molesworth Bridges
South Australia
William Weicell
Sir George
le Cateau
Pridges
St. Quentin
United States
London Times
Campbell Stuart
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Boullbteaith
Quebec
M. Taschereau
League of Nations
Washington
Pacific
Free Speech in England and Prosecutions for Language
The Manchester Guardian notes concern over rising prosecutions for inflammatory remarks in England. A Birmingham case, under a medieval statute, charged a man for comments on Sir Henry Wilson’s murderers. the magistrate discharged him after accepting commentary could be legitimate. It warns against German style policing and urges constitutional understanding of public discourse.
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Birmingham
Edward the Third
Sir Henry Wilson
Erskine May
Manchester Guardian
Buoys and their meanings at sea marked by color
The article describes forty buoy types used at sea each with its own meaning. Green buoys indicate wrecks while other buoys mark rocks shoals sandbanks and deep water channels to guide mariners.
Britain Shows All Steel Bomber With Two Napier Engines
Great Britain unveils an all steel bomber with canvas wings, claimed 4 percent lighter than wood. Powered by two Napier 1,000 horsepower engines, it supposedly matches a scout in ease of handling while offering greater strength, load capacity, and battlefield resilience against bullets and fire.
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Great Britain
War Waste and Aviation Spending in War Record
The Hamilton Herald argues the wooden U S fleet built at a cost of 260 million dollars was sold for 750 thousand and useless. It adds the aviation program spent over 600 million dollars with no American aircraft used in the war.
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Hamilton Herald
Mulberry Osier Grown in Japan for Paper Bark
In Japan a species of mulberry osier is cultivated for its bark used in papermaking.
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Japan
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