Oxford Club expedition maps Akpatok Island in Ungava Bay
The Oxford University Exploration Club sails from Liverpool to St John s Newfoundland with an auxiliary schooner to survey Akpatok Island in Ungava Bay. Led by H M Clutterbuck, the inland scientific mission will study ecology biology botany geology and topography while extending Spitzbergen work.
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Oxford University Exploration Club
Liverpool
St. John's
Newfoundland
Labrador
Akpatok Island
Ungava Bay
London Times
Akpatok
Hudson
Desire Prevoketh
Robert Bell
Canadian Geological Survey
Northwest Passage
Seaboard
H. M. Clutterbuck
Spitzbergen
Three or four paths to Europe's recovery
Senator Borah argues in New York Nation that Europe can recover only if major issues are settled: revising Versailles, adjusting reparations, recognizing Russia, and achieving disarmament. He warns Germany cannot pay the reparations and disarmament hinges on resolving the Russian question.
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Europe
Russia
United States
Germany
Senator Borah
New York Nation
Increased Trade With Orient
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports on Canada's trade with Japan and China amid China’s unsettled state and Japan’s 4 year old banking crisis. It notes potential for Orient trade growth and rising exports since records began despite fluctuations. A German aircraft engine gas device is noted as stopping planes. Coffee is slow poison says Lustige Blaetter.
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Japan
China
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Orient
Canada
Lustige Blaetter
Berlin
English Common In Japan and Chima
Rev Jesse Arnup disputes an editorial claiming Colonel Lindbergh left English in Asia. He notes English signage and usage across Japan China Korea and Manchuria, and states he traveled with only English and faced no communication issues. He asserts English serves as a common medium among Russians Japanese and Chinese in the East.
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Toronto Globe
Colonel Lindbergh
Asia
Jesse Arnup
Canada
China
Japan
Peiping
Pekin
Moukden
Manchuria
Korea
Straits
Monkden
Lindbergh
Alberta considers temporary commission for forestry survey
Acting premier George Hoadley announced plans for a temporary commission to survey conservation and reforestation needs in southern Alberta. The study would cover forest preservation soil drift protection and dam construction in local creeks.
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Alberta
George Hoadley
The Oldest Prepared Food
The piece extols cheese as the oldest prepared food alongside eggs and notes its global roles from French kitchens to Dutch markets. It describes Alkmaar cheese auctions, carillon melodies, and large daily sales, then contrasts traditional beliefs about cheese with USDA findings that cheese ranges from 90 to 99 percent digestible.
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Paris
Alkmaar
Holland
Lohengrin
United States Department of Agriculture
Farming Pay Pushes for Profit and Tax Relief
G I Christie principal of Ontario Agricultural College told the Calgary board of trade that farmers should sell at cost plus a small profit to compete. He urged stopping farm land taxes as production costs rise and said Ontario farmers will restore normality by cutting spending. He also attacked idle high priced machinery wasting in fields.
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G. I. Christie
Ontario Agricultural College
Calgary
Board of Trade
Christie
Ontario
Dinner for Three Digestion for One
Frederick William Fitzsimons, long time director of the Port Elizabeth snake park, photographed a dramatic feeding spectacle where a green frog, a sheepsticker snake, and a night adder are swallowed by a Cape cobra. The cobra grasps the others and the frog in a dramatic lunge, proving a cobra's mouth dominates.
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Frederick William Fitzsimons
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
London Graphic
Schaapstecker
Younger American Novelist Criticizes Modern Youth
Edna Farber, noted American novelist and Pulitzer winner, decries today’s youth calling twelve years old forever and dismissing global issues with “Oh yeah” remarks. She suggests starting from primeval ooze to rebuild humanity.
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America
Edna Farber
Egg Shipment to Britain From New Westminster
A shipment of 5,661 cases of eggs left New Westminster for Great Britain along with an export of 5,516 boxes of butter for the same market.
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New Westminster
Great Britain
Debtor Collector Named by Chief for Rough Work
An exchange confirms a new apprentice will handle cleaning while a designated man collects debts. The Chief states they have someone for rough tasks.
Church Brightens Interiors to Attract Youth
Orange carpets green pews and vividly painted walls have been installed at St John’s Church England. The vicar hopes the cheerful decor will draw in younger worshippers and energize parish life.
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St. John's Church
England
Thunderstorm Awe Awakens Everyday Reverence
The saying suggests people would lead more decent lives if they carried the same belief, awe, and respect for a Supreme Being in daily moments as they feel during a thunderstorm, implying a call to consistent reverence beyond storms.
Not Six Or Eight On The Farm Blocked By Pie Rule
A fragment describes farm life with men and women and a note about a male being kept in hand by dividing large pies into four pieces. The snippet implies a rural or domestic edge without detailed context or names. It presents a quirky slice of life on a farm.
Courtesy On The Highways
J Mercer Denholm discusses English highway courtesy after a motor trip to England. He contrasts Britain where drivers ease or stop to let others pass with American speeding and risky passing, urging Americans to imitate the English habit of considering fellow motorists and safeguarding lives.
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J. Mercer Denholm
Blenheim News-Tribune
Chatham
Ont
Denholm
England
Blenheim
New Idea On Death Described As Explosive Process
Dr. W. W. Lepeschkin argues in the Quarterly Review of Biology that death is a process akin to an explosion. He says living matter’s chemicals are unstable and decompose under slight stimuli, producing heat in yeast cell death, with life ceasing only at extremely low temperatures.
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W. W. Lepeschkin
Quarterly Review of Biology
German Scientist Claims Synthetic Coal Worth Attention
Professor Wilhelm Glung has spent fifteen years studying coal and its derivatives and argues that buying a ton of coal implies purchasing a considerable quantity of synthetic white of egg, a claim he promotes as part of his coal hobby.
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Wilhelm Glung
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B.C
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Toronto
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Sam Harris
C. D. Browne
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Hamburg
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