Typhoid is a preventable global health threat
The article urges public co operation to stamp out typhoid fever, citing military inoculations in Canada and Germany's fines for officials amid outbreaks. It explains transmission via water and milk, the role of sewage and sanitation, hand washing, boiling water, pasteurized milk, fly control, and inoculation as keys to prevention. It also notes economic loss from typhoid and references Prince Edward approving prohibition.
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South Africa
Worl
Germany
Canada
United States
Plack
France
Unique barter deal anchors Boston Globe tale of auto sales
A September Boston Globe note recalls Hupmobile dealer Harry Lipby of Wolfeboro N H and top salesman Leon Roberts who swapped a cow for a used car then traded a new boat for a sedan. A Center Ossipee boat builder Nickerson traded the boat for the sedan while keeping a young black bear cub, now drawing crowds at the Libby Motor Company.
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Boston Globe
Harry F. Lipby
Wolfeboro
N.H
Leon F. Roberts
Roberts
Center
Ossipee
Enh
N. H. Nickerson
Lake Winnipesaukee
Libby Motor Company
Garnet Wheat Grading Report Delayed for Britain Shipment
The Garnet wheat shipment to Great Britain will have its report delayed until near year end as data is gathered. Dominion cerealist L H Newman and F J Birchard return to Canada awaiting more data before final reports. No grading changes for this year's Garnet crop despite Canadian millers' encouragement.
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Great Britain
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
F. J. Birchard
Winnipeg
Canada
Bristol Bulldog joins RAF night defence for London
The Bristol Bulldog is described as the world’s most formid able fighting aeroplane adopted by the Royal Air Force to defend London at night. It climbs rapidly reaching 20 000 feet in 12 minutes and maintains 172 mph. equipped with a super charged engine pilots wear electrically heated clothing and oxygen masks.
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Royal Air Force
London
Farmer Dates New Laborer With Snowy Tasks
A farmer outlines duties to a new laborer in summer while the laborer asks about snow removal. The farmer is puzzled, noting no snow, but the laborer warns that by the time he completes the chores there will be snow.
Peculiar Remedies Persist in Wales and Oddities Mentioned
Notes on traditional folk medicines linger in Wales with goose grease for chests and throats and spider webs for wounds. A wise woman once advised roasting a mouse to treat a child, using ashes in porridge. An Indian spider’s web measured six inches and contained over 43000 meshes. The era also remarks on a misfit of spouses and an excess of average men.
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Wales
How Old Man Get Its Name
Edmonton Journal explains the origin of the Old Man River name linking it to prairie place lore. It notes cairns near the river’s mountain source and legends of the Old Man who dug the river channel and lingered in the playground before reaching the plains.
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Edmonton Journal
Alberta
Perren Baker
Edmonton
Ryerson Press
Bushmen Lifespans Marked by Centenarian Tales
A South African bushman named Jordan, aged between 120 and 130, is regarded as the oldest inhabitant by some locals. Standing four feet high, he remains active with decent sight though somewhat deaf, and relies on kind neighbors rather than his old age pension, which he keeps in reserve for a rainy day.
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South Africa
Jordan
Qin
Strength Of Metals And Atomic Structure Advances
Dr. Zay Jeffries of Cleveland outlines how X ray analysis and crystal refinement boost tensile strength and hardness. He cites tungsten and glass examples and notes methods like fine drawing, alloying, heat treatment, and particle bonding driving aluminum alloys for aviation, new steels, and superhard surfaces.
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Zay Jeffries
Cleveland
American Society For Steel Treating
Atomic Society
Jeffries
Eradication Bulletin on Couch Grass by Saskatchewan Agr Dept
The Field Crops Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture issues guidance on destroying couch or quack grass. Fall ploughing kills much of the weed and eases next summer's work. Practicable methods include smothering for small patches and dragging out for badly infested fields.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Midnight Express Caps Two Thieves at Grand Central
Two nervous youths rushing for a Boston midnight train hire a Red Cap for two ham sandwiches and ginger ale. A bottle of Scotch is found in their bag as they hurried through gates, and the Red Cap notes they could not get ginger ale so he brought milk instead. The Nile hosts more fish varieties than any river. complete color blindness is very rare.
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Boston
Grand Central
Hard Wheat On Irrigated Lands Proves Profitable In Alberta
In Vauxhall Alberta farmers demonstrate success with wheat on irrigated alfalfa land. A M Bramwell threshes 6160 bushels of No 1 Marquis from 140 acres at 44 bushels per acre. An 88 acre field yields 37 bushels and total acreage to thresh tops 460. District records show wheat on alfalfa land grading No 1 widely.
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Vauxhall
Alberta
M. Bramwell
Bramwell
Englishman In Japan Says Butler Becomes Farmer
A noted Japanese banker Tokuzhuri Sakuda reportedly took back an English butler who has since settled on a Japanese farm. The odd tale highlights cross national ties and the unusual paths of nationality and employment across borders.
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Tokuzhuri Sakuda
Japan
Eskimo Naturalist Nagozruk Exiles for Arctic Studies
In the Arctic, Nagozruk, touted as the only licensed Eskimo naturalist, departs for nine months of study on King Island near Alaska. He will collect mammal and bird specimens for the Chicago Academy of Science during the bleak winter. The piece also notes cuttlefish ink used by early Romans.
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Arctic
Nagozruk
King Island
Alaska
Chicago Academy of Science
Farmers back credit car opposition voiced by Hertzog
Spokesmen of Western Canada farmers criticize Premier Hertzog of South Africa for attacking credit car purchases. They question why farmers are barred while city residents buy on credit and note farmers face uncertain income and interest rates. J H Evans, Spears, and J H Sibbald add that instalment schemes are unfair and risky for farmers.
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Western Canada
Hertzog
South Africa
Bloemfontein
J H Evans
Manitoba
Spears
Bank of Montreal
J. H. Sibbald
United Farmers of Canada
Not a Recent Invention Diving dress long before modern times
The Outline notes a patent granted to John Stapleton on March 17 1693 for a diving engine enabling a person to walk underwater. It includes a new air-pressurizing method and a lamp under water, along with air purification to aid respiration.
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John Stapleton
Origin Of The Saying Let The Cat Out Of The Bag
A farmer sometimes sold a pig in a poke but slipped in a cat in another bag. If the buyer checked the bag he let the cat out of the bag. If not he bought a pig in a poke, giving rise to the modern expressions.
Nasty gift sparks luncheon quip about vanishing cream
English aviator Lady Mary Heath told a New York luncheon that some people are nasty anywhere. She recalled a man who gave his mother in law a large expensive jar of vanishing cream as a Christmas gift, mocking his tact.
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Mary Heath
New York
Great locomotives for west end CN rails unveil Mountain Type engine
Canadian National Railways begins main line service between Winnipeg and Edmonton with Mountain Type passenger locomotives. The first western unit hauls 18 steel cars at about 60 mph over 801 miles, weighing 540000 pounds with 50000 pounds tractive effort and a 9500 gallon water tender.
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Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Prairies
West
Route of early Okanagan Cariboo trail remembered
Swift planes pass overhead as modern highways run parallel to the Okanagan Cariboo route in British Columbia and eastern Washington. The paper recalls fur trade days of 1811 with David Stuart and Oviclde de Montigney, the Hudsons Bay Company packs, and gold strikes. It notes the valley as a fruit and tobacco area and a cross-border international highway at Osoyoos Orville. A Legislative typo in Okanogan spelling sparked a light debate but the bill passed.
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British Columbia
Washington
Okanagan-Cariboo
Cariboo
David Stuart
Ovilde de Montigney
Okanagan Valley
Jacob Astor
Pacific Fur Company
Thompson River
Osoyos
B.C
Orville
Wash
Okanagan
Okanogan
Okanogan County
The Table Outranks the Hearth in Family Life
The piece argues the dining table wields greater influence than the hearth, noting the table’s year round use, multiple daily gatherings, and its role in serving food while the hearth merely provides fire. It frames the table as central to family life beyond seasonal limits.
Noted Feuds Between Stevedores Spoil Unloading Scene
Two powerful stevedores quarreled during vessel unloading with exchanged insults and threats heard as their trucks crossed paths. The dialogue included taunts about science and a jumbled list of foreign cities, followed by a quip about moving a piano in marriage.
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Prince Edward
Temperance Advocate
Little Island
Eve
Sone
The
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Premier Hertzog
South
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Orig
Theodore Roosevelt
Him
America
Szchekesfehervar
Pryzemys
Vajda- Hunjad
Katchaiinsaia
Hyrnsalmi
Serbrianskoi
Kazangorodok
Miecillevaet
Esquella
Barcelona
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