History of Quinine and the British Transplant Saga
The article recounts quinine’s value, its Peruvian origins, and near extinction before revival. It details 18th and 19th century efforts led by La Condamine, Jussieu, Clements Markham, and Spruce to transplant cinchona to Britain’s Kew and India, including dangers and bribery episodes. By 1880 plantations funded government revenue and prices fell. The expedition cost about $4,509.
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la Condamine
Amazon
Jussieu
Clements Markham
India Office
Peru
Markham
Kew
Neilgherry Hills
India
When Cleanliness Was Next To Impossible at St Cyr School
A historical catalogue from St Cyr shows nobility pupils were allotted one set of underwear one pair of stockings two handkerchiefs a month and one towel per week. Each month one foot bath and three complete baths a year were allowed. Baths occurred only in May June and July with no baths the rest of the year.
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St. Cyr
Veteran Eltham bellringer marks 62nd year of service
Francis Fraser completes sixty two years as the church bellringer at Eltham parish in England. At age 80 he plans to continue, describing Oxford Triple Bob Major as two hours and 40 minutes of continuous ringing with 5046 changes and two changes alike. He calls bell ringing both a job and an art.
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Francis Fraser
Eltham
England
Canadian Grown Tobacco Expands Across Provinces
Canadian tobacco production rose from 11,267,000 pounds on 11,906 acres in 1900 to about 35,000,000 pounds on over 40,000 acres by 1930. Ontario shifted from 30 percent of the crop in 1900 to 75 percent in 1930, with Quebec and a small B C area as major growers. Exports to the British Isles and other nations accompany strong domestic use in cigars and cigarettes.
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Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
British Isles
Belgium
Germany
Netherlands
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Malta
China
Belong To Exclusive Family Who Are The Fitches
A quirky account notes a four member Fitch family of footed furry immigrants arriving in Edmonton from Germany via Canadian National Express and placed at a silver badger farm. Zoological authorities consulted reveal the name Fitch links to European polecat, a rare kit not matching local wildlife.
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Edmonton
Germany
Canadian National Express
V. A. Latta
Fitches
Fitch
New World
Crop rotation preserves soil fertility and boosts yields
Dominion Department of Agriculture field experts urge crop rotation as the most effective method to maintain soil fertility and increase farm crop yields. Rotations help control weeds insects and diseases while distributing labor across seasons.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
King George V Sheep Arrives for Vancouver Island Flockmasters
King George V by Sandringham England and Lord Harrech Oswestry flocks have imported pure bred sheep to Victoria for the Vancouver Island Flockmasters Association. If breeding results meet expectations additional flocks will be purchased from British breeders.
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King George V
Sandringham
England
Lord Harrech
Oswestry
British Isles
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Fertilizers Boost Yields in Saskatchewan Plots
Experimental plots near Unity Sask show an average yield gain of about ten bushels per acre. Sewell Bros. plots reached fifty bushels, R. R. Knowles achieved forty-two with superphosphates and forty-four with ammonium phosphate, compared with thirty-three bushels averages on his wheeled farm.
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Unity
Sask
Sewell Bros
R. R. Knowles
Wheele
Scientists Probe Yellowstone Geysers for Heat Depth
Scientists study geysers in Yellowstone National Park to determine the depth at which heat triggers activity. Research aims to map geothermal sources and understand magma-related processes beneath the surface.
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Yellowstome National Park
Eggs From Dinosaurs Found In Montana At Princeton
Princeton University researchers announce discovery of dinosaur eggs near Red Lodge Montana, dating to upper cretaceous about 125 million years ago. Fragments, black in color, suggest eggs may be 75 million years old and hint at mammal competition as a factor in dinosaur extinction.
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Princeton University
Red Lodde
Montana
Glenn L. Jepsen
Scott Fund
Mongolia
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Jepsen
Upper Lance
Squirrel Returns Lost Golf Balls at Crestmont Club
A West Orange New Jersey caddy uncovers a stash of seventy five golf balls after tracking a wandering squirrel that pushed a ball through the rough to a tree stump. Investigators believe the animal mistook the balls for nuts and cached them for winter.
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Crestmont Country Club
West Orange, N.J
Time-table tease as trains run late
A traveller laments the usefulness of a timetable when trains are not running on schedule. The porter retorts that the timetable still shows trains are late, implying expected delays.
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Porter
British Columbia Wins First Prize at Leipsic Native Animals Exhibit
In an international display, the Leipsic exhibit of native animals awarded top prize to British Columbia. The win highlights regional biodiversity and competitive entries from international participants.
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Leipsic
British Columbia
A Creed For Hunters From the Canadian Outdoors
A written creed outlines hunter conduct and ethics including respect for farmers land and property. It urges permission before hunting, leaving gates intact and fires extinguished, avoiding harm to animals and people, obeying laws, conserving wildlife and records, and promoting nature appreciation. It notes Canada offers extensive outdoor recreation with many provinces moose deer duck hunting and 20 national parks.
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Canada
Dominion
Education Of the Future a Century Ahead
Dr William John Cooper federal commissioner of education foresees a century hence students stay in school to learn living skills. He envisions higher living standards, health care, civic duties and capable parenting, with machinery replacing manual labor and trained professionals guiding public policy. He notes no free schools a century ago in the United States.
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William John Cooper
United States
Edu
Cooper
The Dark Days of Winter Lead to Spring
A London Times passage reframes winter gloom as a necessary season and a pathway to renewal. It argues sorrow and decline sharpen growth, comparing personal change to nature's cycle and invoking philosophical ideas about ascent through hardship.
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London Times
Reindeer Herd To Resume Eastward March In 1931
By late October the 3,000 head herd bought by Canada from an American firm in Alaska in 1929 will move east toward Kittagazuit in the Mackenzie delta. The 1,000 mile trek began in Napaktoolek and halted at Hunt River for summer. The move aims to supply Eskimos in the extreme north with food and clothing as preparations, including timber and corrals, accelerate on the 15,000 square mile range east of the delta.
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Alaska
Kittagazuit
Mackenzie River
North West Territories
Canada
Napaktoolek
Hunt River
Yukon
Mackenzie Delta
Names of Canadian Rivers Back River renamed for explorer Back
The Back River name replaces Great Fish River to honor Arctic explorer Admiral Sir George Back who led an 1833 to 1835 expedition. Pelly Lake bears Back’s attribution for naming it in 1834 after Sir John Henry Pelly, long-time Hudson's Bay Company governor.
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Back River
Great Fish River
Sir George Back
Pelly
Manitoba Premier Bracken Announces Farmers Debt Bureau
Premier John Bracken announced the formation of a debt adjustment bureau for financially distressed farmers in Manitoba. He said bureau personnel would be named later and legislation to strengthen the bureau would be introduced at the next session. United Farmers of Manitoba presented resolutions for its establishment, with financial institutions in attendance offering no objections.
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Manitoba
John Bracken
United Farmers of Manitoba
Aberdeen Man Recounts Watch Thefts from Kin
An Aberdonian visiting Canada meets a Canadian who asks his origin. After confirming Scotland and Aberdeen, the Canadian jokes that the last man from Aberdeen pinched his watch, prompting a humorous exchange about lingering reputations.
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Aberdonian
Canada
Scotland
Aberdeen
Cure or Prevention of Tuberculosis Says Dr McCullough
Dr John W McCullough argues tuberculosis can be wiped out with prevention rather than cure. He cites eight thousand Canadian deaths yearly and urges tuberculin testing for children, pasteurization of milk, open-air living, and strong local public health organizations to stop transmission.
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John W. McCullough
D.P.H
Chatelaine Magazine
England
Biscuit Factory Planned for Winnipeg by Christie Brown
Christie Brown and Company plans a $750000 biscuit plant in Winnipeg with sales manager Austin J. Bordley announcing. Construction will start once arrangements are made and the plant is expected to operate in nine months. Includes stray wartime style scene about an orderly and sergeant-major with a brief verbal message.
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Winnipeg
Christie, Brown and Company
Austin J. Bordley
U S Photographic Industry Consumes Over 150 Tons Silver
The national photographic industry uses more than 150 tons of silver annually for film and prints, reflecting heavy material demand.
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United States
Edmonton Canneries Use BC Harvests For Season
Seventy carloads of tomatoes and two carloads of pumpkins were canned in Edmonton this season. Most were from the Kamloops and Ashcroft districts in British Columbia. Some locally grown spinach beets and peas were produced in southern Alberta irrigation districts and processed at a Medicine Hat factory.
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Edmonton
Kamloops
Ashcroft
British Columbia
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Government inspection spreads across Canadian poultry markets
Practical reform has shifted virtually all poultry from Prince Edward Island Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta to be sold only on government certificates of inspection issued by the Department of Agriculture. Inspections are expanding gradually into Ontario British Columbia New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Ontario
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
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Breese
Yverdon
Europe
Dominion Field Husbandry
King George’s Sheep
America
Education of
Cation
Northland
Object of
Sion
Scilly Island
Tresco Beach
Cornwall
Columbia
Errol Boyd
Harry Connor
T. B
S.-M
Canadian Poultry
Travaso
Rome
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