Life and death linked to oxygen in new theory
Prof Frederick G Donnar of the British Association for the Advancement of Science discusses life as a dynamic molecular structure powered by oxygen. He argues the living cell acts like a battery constantly needing oxidation, while death results from its breakdown, marking a conceptual shift in understanding life.
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Frederick G. Donnar UA Tombers
The
Advancement of Science
Betereens Life
A. V Juli
Dust laden winds spread loess across continents in 1901
Dust storms in March 1901 lifted millions of tons of fine loess from Central Asia and the Sahara. Cyclonic winds carried the particles to Western Europe and the Mediterranean, with German scientists estimating at least 1,866,000 tons settled in Europe and vast amounts along the African coast.
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China
Central Asia
Sahara Desert
Africa
Europe
Mediterranean Sea
African
Remarkable Bath In Iceland and Other World News
Snorre Thurleston, famed Icelandic figure, built a circular bath over six centuries preserved in stone with a 30 seat rim. Water sourced from a hot fountain travels 500 feet underground to feed the basin keeping it pristine. Also cited: British aircraft safely flying 3,000,000 miles, blue ash blossoms, Royal Academy exhibits by 21 London teachers, and a Madrid humor line about trade.
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Iceland
Snorre Thurleston
Norway
Miner comments on women smokers and unborn generation
Canada naturalist Jack Miner denounces women smoking citing Henry Ford Hospital Nurse firing for smoking. He argues smoking harms babies before birth and urges moral responsibility for future generations. He says backbones instead of wishbones would slow the world and improve children's health and education.
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Jack Miner
New York City
Boston
Mass
Henry Ford
Ford
Mr. Ford
List of Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Vegetables in Canada
Bulletin No. 101 lists wholesale buyers in apples other domestic fruits potatoes onions and other domestic vegetables. It distinguishes carload volume at marketing centres or production points and notes pure brokerage firms. Available from the Publications Branch Department of Agriculture Ottawa. no responsibility for financial standing is assumed.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
A Lesson in Sympathy Across All Men Alike
The text argues that true pity and sympathy arise when one sees all men as alike and recognizes that creeds and opinions are chance products of temperament. It claims no party is overall superior and no creed fully captures the truth, fostering humane understanding amid human hopes and disappointments.
Commemoration Service for Lost Village Eccles
The village of Eccles in Norfolk, submerged by the sea years ago, was commemorated in a coastal service at North Walsham fore shore. A surprised clergyman led a small congregation of villagers and holidaymakers in remembrance of the town and its church disappearing beneath the waves.
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England
Eccles
North Walsham
Norfolk
Circus Stampede Kills Elephant Spreads Meat in Lewiston
Five elephants stampeded through Lewiston Idaho causing one death. Meat cutters prepared the carcass for sale but diners did not relish the meat after the incident.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Child’s party quip on collars and future roles
A playful exchange at a children's party shows a lady asking a boy what he will become. The boy replies with a humorously stubborn line about not wearing a collar, highlighting carefree childhood wit.
The World's Great Banks Harnessing Global Finance
A study by the California Bank of Los Angeles compares major banks across the American, British, colonial, and dominion systems. It notes that while London hosts the top banks, Montreal Toronto Chicago and San Francisco appear among the larger institutions, showing strong non‑US and non‑UK centers in global finance.
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California Bank of Los Angeles
British Commonwealth of Nations
London
Royal Bank of Canada
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Australia
Liverpool
Manchester
New York
Montreal
Toronto
San Francisco
Chicago
Plebeians Win Early Rights After 495 B C Rome Uprising
The text recalls how Roman plebeians, long barred from political rights and seeking relief, gathered at Mons Sacer in 495 B C. The patricians granted annual tribunes to defend plebeians, beginning a slow erosion of their disabilities over two centuries. The closing anecdote notes a quip about yielding while right.
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Mons Sacer
Rome
Keep your temper and guard it like a sheepish bargain
A compact proverb on maintaining self control. The phrase urges steady composure when tempering feelings whether good or bad, using a playful nod to baa. It cautions against losing temper in everyday stress.
Thunderstorm static aids weather sensing and radio direction finders
In Glasgow R A Watson Watt describes static from thunderstorms as interference yet useful for locating distant storms. He notes cathode rays may produce X rays when stopped by heavy metal and that the US navy ordered an experimental radio direction finder. Historic link to Jenkins weather map device and Miami hurricane recording.
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Glasgow
Scotland
British Association For the Advancement of Science
R. A. Watson Watt
US. Navy
U.S. Navy
C. Francis Jenkins
Washington
Miami
The Country Store In Canada Faces Obsolescence
A reflective piece notes rural Canada’s commerce shifts as the country store declines. It laments the move toward glass fixtures, cash registers, and modern outlets, arguing the traditional store embodies local culture and community life that new conveniences may erode.
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Whittler
Canada
Painter Finds Rustics Gaze At Sunset Sky Pictures
An artist paints evening clouds while a rustic eyes the scene. The painter asks if the rustic can read sky images and recalls dawn in the east. The rustic says he hasn’t since signing the pledge. A zoo visitor asks if a tiger will bite. the keeper says it will eat any part it can grab.
Reindeer Survey Nears Completion in Canadian North
Interior Department investigators led by A. E. and J. T. Porsild near completion of a two year study begun in 1926 to assess reindeer grazing on 15 000 square miles east of the Mackenzie River delta for potential food and clothing sources for Eskimos and Indians. The area north of Great Bear Lake is the focus as reports indicate 250 000 reindeer could graze there. The final Ottawa report will outline feasibility and implications for northern communities.
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Department of the Interior
Great Northern Plains
Canada
Arctic Ocean
North West Territories
Yukon
Messrs
A. E
Far North
Great Bear Lake
Ottawa
Department
Dominion Government
Messrs. Porsild
Mackenzie River Delta
Scot Sends Signature Telegraph to Chicago
A Scottish traveler asks the clerk for a telegraph to Chicago and learns five cents a word for ten words with no charge for the signature. He then says his name is I Won’t Be Home Till Friday, joking about his Indian identity.
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Chicago
Scott
Memoirist adds flourish to hotel register after signature
J Dawson Ovens, longtime member of the Northwest Mounted Police of Canada, mocked a pompous traveler by signing the hotel register with a quip. He noted the man’s valet and the valise he carried, then added his own name and the word valise to the booking.
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J. Dawson Owens
Northwest Mounted Police of Canada
B. Alliway Brute
Valet
Ovens
J. Dawson Ovens and
Valise
Marble Shipped From North By Manitoba Marble Company
The Manitoba Marble Company moved three cars of marble from its Mile 39 quarry on the Hudson Bay Railway this week. A quarry expert reports the marble is cut in blocks rather than in natural layers, increasing its value for building use.
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Manitoba Marble Company
Hudson Bay Railway
Two Lovers Laugh at Suitor’s Worthiness Claim
A witty exchange follows a marriage proposal in which one speaker admits hesitance while the other reveals she beat him to the punch, turning the moment into a humorous test of romance and timing.
Winter feeding guidelines for bees from Seasonable Hints
The Dominion Apiarist from Ottawa advises beekeepers to prepare for winter by storing at least forty pounds of food per colony plus sealed honey combs for spring emergencies. Use sugar syrup two parts sugar to one part water, store syrup to delay honey use, and distribute long before brood rearing resumes. Copies of Seasonable Hints are available from the Ottawa Publication.
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Dominion Apiarist
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
British Women for Canada Ship Set to Sail 111 From Britain
One hundred eleven British women destined to join husbands and families in Canada travel in a single party aboard the Anchor- Donaldson liner Athenia. The group moves under the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women, supervised by the Church of England. Since 1919 the SOSBW has aided domestic workers, training them for settlement and coordinating with trained conductresses on the voyage.
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Canada
Athenia
Society For the
Church of England
Great Britain
S.O.S.B.W
Dominions
Saxophone Disputed as Music Sparks College Discipline
A college undergraduate ignored hours of quiet rules and played the saxophone. The next day a higher authority issued a note stating that, despite misgivings and for discipline purposes, the saxophone playing will be regarded as music.
Eggs Provisions Piled for Byrd South Pole Quest
In Dunedin New Zealand supplies for Commander Richard Byrd’s south pole expedition are gathered. Among purchases are several thousand dozen eggs destined for the voyage.
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Richard Byrd
Dunedin
New Zealand
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Buen Humor
Madrid
Vive
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Bat Bane
Ted Dixon
Chichester
Joe Johnson
Sheikdon
Durham
Reindeer Survey
North
Mabel
Joan
Bee Stores
British Women For
Byrd
Fuay Blas
Paris
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