Cold Winter Forecasts Analyzed by Weather Experts
A study of winter temperatures from 1829 to recent years across New York Philadelphia and Baltimore shows no definite answer to whether coming winters will be colder or warmer. Experts note trends vary with sun, air movement, and volcanic dust events like Krakatoa influencing past cold spells.
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New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Jacques W. Redway
New York Sun
Arctic
Temperate
New York City
Krakatoo
Sunda Strait
Earth
Benjamin Franklin
Thompson
Vermont
Seigneurs To Lose Rights In Quebec Seigniorial Abolition
Quebec moves to abolish seigniorial rights by creating a rights purchasing commission under the Seigniorial Rights Abolition Act. The plan lets rural municipalities buy out seigneurial tenure by paying cash instalments over 20 plus years.
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Quebec
Canada
New France
Commission
Getting Up in the Morning a Daily Challenge
Somerset Maugham quotes about starting the day, noting getting up is a daily choice and a non heroic act. The piece contrasts habit, necessity, and personal preference with morning lethargy and the lure of bed. It cites poems and songs comparing rising to lying in bed.
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Somerset Maugham
Harry Lauder
New York Times
British Admiral Gifts Talking Picture Apparatus to Leper Hospital
Admiral Sir William Fisher, head of the British Mediterranean fleet, presented a talking picture apparatus to Malta’s leper hospital after learning inmates were forbidden to leave camp. The first film shown captured Jubilee scenes in London. The hospital now displays a life size portrait of Fisher.
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William Fisher
Malta
London
Admiral Fisher
Record of royal assent in recent British parliament
The article notes that while the king may veto or refuse approval of acts, there is no record of such a royal action in the past two centuries. It discusses the constitutional role of royal assent and historical exceptions without naming specific acts or dates.
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England
Canada Sees Timothy Seed Export Boom Amid Surplus
Dominion Agriculture report notes an abnormally large timothy seed crop in 1935 with about eleven million pounds available for commerce, up from five million in 1934. Canada shifts to export price basis, prices plummet from 15-20 cents to 3-4.5 cents per pound due to high last year's prices and a large hay crop enabling seed retention.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Chicago
Timothy
The Value Of Paper From Atlantic Monthly
Arthur Pond argues that without paper history geography poetry trade and the arts would be crippled. Each generation would relearn past errors by word of mouth, leaving knowledge at the mercy of memory.
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Arthur Pond
Atlantic Monthly
Bees and livestock fueling auto industry gains from farms
The Farm Chemurgic Council plans investigations to expand use of agricultural products in automaking. Bees, beeswax, honey, and thousands of farm byproducts such as wool, wool products, lumber, oils, and cotton are cited as potential inputs. Industrial chemists see future honey uses but warn bees remain primarily an agricultural concern.
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Malcolm McDowell
Chicago Daily News
Chemurgic Council
Industral
Council
American Honey Institute
Madison
Wis
Hold That Line Snapshots For Football Fans
A guide urges football fans to bring cameras to games. It suggests creative angles from traffic lines to grandstand shots, use a fast shutter to freeze motion, and capture crowds, friends, and pregame scenes for lasting images.
Raisins Presented to Winnipeg City by Australian Official
A quarter of a ton of raisins was presented to Mayor John Queen by L. R. Mac Gregor Australian trade commissioner in Canada during the opening of a local Australian exhibition. The gifts will be shared with public institutions relief cases and the city's needy as a token of thanks for Canadian goodwill toward Australia.
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Winnipeg
John Queen
L. R. MacGregor
Canada
MacGregor
Australia
Winter chicken feed uses fish liver oil supplement
In winter when sunlight is scarce, chicken feed should include cod or sardine liver oil at the rate of one to two pints per hundred pounds of mash.
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