Wider Seed Distribution Key to Profitable Canadian Farming
The article argues for broader use of high quality seed and careful variety selection. It notes many farmers lack seed variety knowledge, warns against seed contamination, and highlights Canada wide efforts by growers, seed societies, and government departments to promote Registered and Certified No. 1 seed distribution.
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Canada
Departments of Agriculture
Unusual Traffic Problem Baffles Peiping Rickshaw Men
A new rule forces Peiping’s 30 000 rickshaw pullers to take longer routes around intersections instead of cutting across, while illiteracy hampers understanding. Police explain logic and white arrows ease some confusion, but unpaved streets keep the order tangled for a week.
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Peiping
Russians Reach Volcano Crater After Summit of Avach
Two Russians who scaled Avach, an 8160 foot peak in Rachatka, crossed dense snow to reach the fiery crater. The crater is reported 450 to 600 feet deep and about a mile in circumference.
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Avach
Rachatka
World oil surplus noted amid global market shifts
Analysts warn of a build up in oils and fats worldwide while separate guidance cites firearms safety, stressing that an unloaded gun is the deadliest weapon when misused.
Barbarians Advertised In Advertising Talk
Harold Vanderlinder secretary of the Wallaceburg Ontario Kinsmen Club spoke on advertising. He argued newspapers are the greatest advertising medium and traced early signs of advertising from cavemen to Roman barbers using colored poles.
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Harold Vanderlinder
Wallaceburg
Ontario
Vanderiinder
Detachable Collar Dress Pattern for Youths 14 to 40 Bust
Pattern 729 offers a black novelty jersey dress with white bengaline collar and black bone buttons for daywear. For back to college a red and grey gora plaid option features a white starched collar and red buttons, with detachable collar for laundering. Materials include cotton crepe satin crepe marocain crepe and novelty rayons. sizes 14 16 18 and 36 38 40 inch bust. Requires 3 and a half yards of 39 inch material with a quarter yard of 35 inch contrasting fabric. Price 20 cents in stamps or coin. Wrap coin carefully.
What Does Your Handwriting Reveal
An editor notes rising interest in Grapho-Analysis, a handwriting based character reading. It explains limits, how it can reveal traits, and offers personal analysis by sending handwriting samples with coins, address, and a two week response window.
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Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Scientists Turn Wood Into Glucose For Food Supply
Germans and British researchers reveal a Rheinau factory converting timber into glucose via dilute acid. Dr. Friedrich Bergius and Dr. W. R. Ormandy claim 6000 tons yearly of pure carbohydrates, enabling food and yeast production and reducing reliance on imported supplies amid war.
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Mannheim-Rheinau
Germany
Lancashire
Friedrich Bergius
W. R. Ormandy
Wigan
London
Bergius
Dr. Ormandy
Dr. Bergius
Britain
Ormandy
Hitler
Rheinau
Italy Moves to Ban Car Horns for Quiet Streets
A plan to abolish street noises in Italy proposes banning car horns after tests show night quiet in England. Italian drivers currently use electric sirens and horns, with a 11 p.m. night ban and a Milan week of silence reported to have zero accidents. If approved, horns would be banned nationwide.
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Italy
England
Milan
Post Office Chief Credits Advertising Boost at Leicester
Sir Kingsley Wood, the British post master general, told the advertising convention in Leicester that much of the recent record rise in post office business stemmed from extensive and consistent advertising.
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Kingsley Wood
Leicester
Post Office
Canada Not Infested By Japanese Beetle
Canada reports no signs of Japanese beetle infestation after July traps in the Niagara Peninsula Toronto Montreal Saint John N B and Yarmouth N S districts found no beetles. Public cooperation welcomed as searches continue to prevent spread from the northeastern United States where the pest has caused extensive damage since 1916.
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Canada
Niagara Peninsula
Toronto
Montreal
Saint John
N.B
Yarmouth
N.S
United States
Dominion
Prince of Wales asks about equality in Heaven
While seven years old, the future monarch questioned if kings and queens exist in Heaven during a portrait session with miniature artist Mrs. Gertrude Massey. Massey said all were equal in Heaven. The heir replied that royal elders might disapprove, naming Queen Victoria as “great granny.”
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Prince of Wales
Gertrude Massey
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