Efficiency of Agriculture in Crisis Urges Chemistry Input
C I McDowell told the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society that maintaining land fertility is the top challenge for US agriculture. He compared US and German yields, warned of land depletion, urged intensive farming, and called on engineers and chemists to combat erosion and restore soil fertility to avert future food shortages.
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C. i McDowell
Chicago
American Chemical Society
Methowell
Germany
United States
Mr. McDowell
Tfeward
M. Fast
Fertilizer Survey in Alberta Aims to Aid Agriculture
The Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Alberta prepares a province wide survey to locate fertilizer sources and assess needs. It will study ammonium calcium nitrate from cement by products, gypsum deposits, nitrogen fixation by hydro power, and phosphate sources to guide agricultural fertilizer use and soil analysis.
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Wesi
Scientife and Industrial Mesearch Council of Alberta
Alberta
Research Commission
Vancouver Firm Announces New Industry Venture
Stuneite Products Limited plans to begin manufacturing building materials from smelter slag decomposed granite and crushed limestone. A brick from sand and sawdust is also to be produced and a claim is made that a fireproof paint will be developed.
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Stuneite Products, Limited
First to Cross North America by Northwest Route
Sir Alexander Mackenzie of the North West Fur Company became the first man to traverse a route north of Mexico to reach the Pacific coast. He arrived at the shore of present day British Columbia on July 2, 1753.
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie
North West Fur Company
North America
Mexico
British Columbia
Global death rate estimate sparks grim math
The passage presents a stark calculation: about 1.505 billion people as the world population with roughly 50,000 deaths annually, equating to 137.73 deaths per day, 6,595 per hour, 90 per minute, or three every two seconds. It highlights the scale of mortality in simple multiples.
Seed Grain Distribution at Central Experimental Farm Ottawa
The Dominion Cerealist will conduct the annual free seed grain distribution at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. Available seeds include spring wheat white oats barley field peas field beans and flax in specified approximate weights. Applicants must use printed forms obtainable by writing to the Dominion Cerealist Experimental Farm Ottawa and apply early as stock is limited.
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Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Dominion Cerealist
Sand Dunes Erase Forests Along Coos Bay Lanes
In southwestern Oregon, dunes moving inland from Coos Bay threaten patches of forest. The wind carries sand across Douglas fir and spruce stands, exposing dead tree skeletons and creating stretches where green meadows appear in hollows.
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Coos Bay
Oregon
Tim
Car Taker Flippantly Evades Cop In Small Incident
A motorist narrowly avoids a collision with pedestrians as a traffic officer jokes about learning danger. The exchange ends with the driver apologizing while the officer laughs at the light punishment. A separate note mentions a May 1 1901 postcard reaching Scotland from New York and a remark on cheap labor in China.
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New York
Scotland
The Accident Of Birth And Respect For All Beings
A reflective piece by Bert Moses in Newspaperdom argues that birth fate does not define worth. It urges humility toward others regardless of race, nationality, or appearance, and condemns needless harm, emphasizing life and happiness for all beings.
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Bert Moses
New Klondike OM miners report rich gold strike near Quesnel
Arrivals from Cariboo bring word of a small Klondike discovery eight miles from Quesnel Damant Creek area showing very large nuggets. Miners report earnings up to 35 dollars daily as dredged placer works yield tens of thousands in gold in early district activity.
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Cariboo
Quesnel Daman
Creek Ted
Llorsefy
Quesnel
World's Biggest Clock Promises Global Time Monument
Liverpool's Worlds Largest Clock claims superiority with a dial two feet larger than Big Ben, longer hands by three feet, and numerals three feet tall, asserting its status as the largest timepiece in the world.
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Liverpool
Eng
Westminster
Brown proves aim with bull’s eye during practice
A speaker praises Brown’s shooting at a country place with guns, noting he hit the bull’s eye on the first try. The remark adds that Brown had to pay for the bull. The text also mentions Greenland potatoes seldom growing larger than marbles.
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Brown
Greenland
Restore Citizenship For Japan Graduate In Canada
Eschoo, a Queen's University graduate from 18 years ago, practiced divinity and medicine in Persia and was granted entry to Canada after his citizenship had lapsed during the war. He faced a challenge at Vancouver and was aided by friends in Toronto leading to restoration of his Canadian citizenship. His wife was killed in a Turkish raid.
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S&s
Eschoo
Queen's University
Persia
Canada
Vancouver
United States
Toronto
Department of Immigration
Warships for Sale by British Admiralty Lays Here
About two hundred obsolete warships in ports around the British Isles are offered for sale. Buyers must guarantee ship parts are broken up and not used in war. Forty men take twelve months to dismantle a ship from the 1906 to 1908 classes including Dreadnoughts and smaller vessels.
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British Isles
Mining and Travel Notes North of Nelson River and Fort Liard
The article surveys farming potential near the Nelson River and reports on the Lady Mackworth steamship navigating Liard and Nelson Rivers. It notes agricultural prospects, timber types, and posts at Fort Liard, Fort Nelson, and Lamson Hubbard operations, plus visits by explorers and survey officials. It also mentions Manitoba sending livestock to Chicago for an international show in December.
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A. J. Curt
Lady Mackworth
Alvertia & Arctic Transportation Company
Edmonton
Great Waterways
Fort
Mackenie
Fort Mearson
Liard
Lamson Hubbard
Fort Liard
Fort Nelson
Nelson
H.R. Co
American
Currie
Mackenzie
Peace River
Wiard
Fort Simpson
Siesant Indians
B.C
Messrs
la Flair
Mackie
Bluebell
Liard Rivers
Norman
Great Slave Lake
A. M. Narraway
Duncan MacDonald
Danvegan
Manitoba
Chicago
Swine Breeders’ Association
Empire Timber Conference Insights on Long Term Forest Planning
Lord Lovatt argues that cereals respond to supply and demand quickly while timber planning requires a century for growth and harvest. The talk highlights the vast Empire costs spent predicting future timber positions and stresses the need for wide thought and truthfulness in public discourse.
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Empire
Lord Lovatt
Empire Timber Conference
Historic Tablet Unveiling Marks Annapolis Royal Legacy
Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia marked the 1921 tablet unveiling commemorating the 300th anniversary of King James I’s charter and the 200th anniversary of English common law in Canada. Attending were Hon. MacCallum Grant and other dignitaries, with a Bijou Theatre meeting and Fort concert following.
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Acadia
MacCallum Grant
Nova Scotia
Harris
James Aikens
Annapolis Royal
Chisholm
George H. Murray
Canadian Bar Association
James Lougheed
B. B. Hardwick
F. C. Whitman
Historical Association of
F. M. Fortier
Fort Anne
Province of
New Scotland
James I
England
Scotland
Bench and Bar of Canada
Dominion of Canada
Thomas Chandler
Haliburton
Bijou
Justice Chisholm
Nova Scotia Historical Society
Alexander Fraser
William Alexander
J. Murray Clark
K.C
Virginia
Canada
Charles Morse
DCL
John Irvin
K-C
Enthusiasm in Courtship Sparks Friendly Debate
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript shows a speaker praising enthusiasm as contagious while another counters that it is not universal, noting personal experience with courting women who did not share the zeal.
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Boston Transcript
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Dre
Klondike
Cariboo Bc
Japan
Dr. Eschoo
Australia
Nelson River
Edison
Pearal
Themes A. Tidison
Wingate
Maxime
the Historical Association of
the Anne
Timothe Pierre du Guast
Sieur de Monts
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