Submarine Coal Mining Near Cape Breton Island
The Sydney field near Cape Breton Island is described as a major Eastern Canada coal depos it. The first submarine shaft began in 1868 and completed in 1876 using cast iron tubbing to block water, a method still in use though reinforced by cement grout. A second shaft started in 1924 after coal pillars were left to support the ocean bed, with increasing transport distance and longer airways as mining moved offshore. Brandon Sun.
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Cape Breton Island
Sydney
Canada
Brandon Sun
A Perfect Gentleman Drake Among Ducks
The story notes drakes never eat until their wives have dined and will defend their flock from danger. It recalls a night when a drake led all his wives home after a dog attack, and a Sunday return to find ten ducks at the gate quacking joyous. Ducks show quiet harmony unlike feuding hens.
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Drake
L. F. Ramsay
Miss Ramsay
England’s penal system study aids Canadian inquiry
Rev. A. E. Runnells of Renfrew Ont after visiting England argues that Britain's 50 major prisons for 45 million people offer lessons for Canada. He praises the Borstal approach and says Canada’s Royal Commission on Penitentiaries should study it for guidance.
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England
Canada
A. E. Runnells
United Church
Renfrew
Ont
Montreal
Old Country
Prisoners Aid and Welfare Assocation of
Canadas
Royal Commission On Penitentiaries
Ahead of the Pack Mental Edge Cited in Coaching Adage
A short encouragement memo urges preparation and foresight in performance. It emphasizes planning, focus, and strategic thinking to gain advantage. The piece highlights mental discipline as a key factor for success across activities.
Traveler learns village bell still rings at church
A traveler seeking ads asks a grocer for help but is told the shop has never advertised in 30 years. He asks about a hilltop building the grocer identifies as the village church. The traveler learns the church has stood about 300 years and still rings the bell.
Advertising does not raise article cost says official
J G Johnston of the Canadian Chain Store Association told Canadian Weekly Newspapermen in Halifax that newspapers help consumers spend pennies efficiently. He said advertising costs are small beside savings in lower selling costs and that advertising enables volume production with distribution savings passed to buyers. Niagara Falls Review.
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J. G. Johnston
Canadian
Chain Store Association
Halifax
Niagara Falls Review
Nuns Urged to Read Papers and Study Modern World
Rev William H. Russell, Ph.D., professor of Religion at the Catholic University in Washington, advised over 1,000 nuns at a Boston diocese teaching conference to read newspapers and study current topics including baseball, automobiles, and slang to stay informed about modern life.
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William H. Russell
The
Catholic University
Washington, D.C
Boston
Meteorite core temperature mystery baffling physicists
A white hot meteor outer surface may reach high temperatures while its interior stays extremely cold. The article notes surprising thermal contrasts observed in meteoritic bodies and discusses implications for understanding their structure and behavior.
Promise Kept See Boy Earn Toolmaker Apprentice
Twelve years after a four year old boy sought work at J. H. Vernor's Western Clock Company in Peterborough Ontario his mother refused him five cents. The lad, Kenneth Wyatt, reaches his sixteenth birthday and now works as a toolmaker apprentice for the company.
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J. H. Vernor
Western Clock Company
Peterborough
Ont
Kenneth Wyatt
Saskatchewan Feeder Show and Sale at Moose Jaw
The fifteenth annual Saskatchewan Feeder Show and Sale is set for October 5 to 8 at the Union Stock Yards Moose Jaw with entries due by September. The event aims to showcase top feeder cattle and lambs, connect ranchers and farmers, promote winter feeding, and facilitate sales based on supply and demand.
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Saskatchewan
Union Stock Yards
Moose Jaw
The Letter P Shapes Church Life in Historic Note
A concise observation notes how the letter p features in church terms from pulpits and pews to parishes and parishioners along with preachers prayers plates and pennies.
Trapdoor Spider Lurks for Victims at Doorstep
A trapdoor spider is described as lying in wait at its doorway for up to three months for unsuspecting prey, illustrating its patient ambush behavior and predatory strategy.
Paper House of Living History Faces World Fair Debut
Fllis F Stenman of Pigeon Cove Massachusetts plans to exhibit a three room house built entirely of newspapers at the 1939 New York World's Fair. The walls and furniture are treated with a special formula to preserve print and fireproof the structure.
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Paper House of “Living History
Pigeon Cove
Mass
Fllis F Stenman
Stenman
Sweden
United States
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
New York State
Worcester
Lynn
Boston
Anna
Vivian
Stenmans
Herbert Hoover
Richard E. Byrd
Roosevelt
Odd paving materials used worldwide
Popular Mechanics notes diverse road surfaces from cotton and asphalt in Paris to tin can pavements in Georgia. Rubber streets appear in Australia, aluminum tar mixes in Germany, molasses treated soil in India, and iron streets in Paris as nations experiment with novel road building methods.
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Paris
Georgia
India
Australia
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Shanghai
Yma
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Feeder
Toronto Zoo
Jessie
Toronto
House of Living History
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