Hudson Bay railway debated as Canada weighs export route
The Hudson Bay railway project from The Pas to Port Nelson dominates parliament. Proponents argue it could boost grain exports to Liverpool and aid western colonization, while critics note cost, season length, and competing approaches and funding remains unsettled.
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John Dickinson Sherman Hall
Canada
Hudson Bay Railway
Great Western
Port Nelson
Liverpool
Hutson Bay
Pas
Manitoba
Saskatchewan River
Canadian Northern Railway
Hudson Bay
Crow Files
Nelson River
Kettle Rapids
North America
Chicago
Omaha
Winnipeg
Montreal
Lake Superior
Georgian Bay
Regina
Calgary
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Melfort
Hudson Bay Roads
Canadian National Rail
Engineering Institute of Canada
House of Commons
Railway Age
Hudson Bay Road
David W. MacLachlan
Ottawa
Department of Railways and Canals
MacLachlan
Fort William
W. D. Euler
North Waterloo
Graham
Western Canada
Cochrane
James Bay
Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway
Province of Ontario
Hudson’s Bay Company
Charles II
England
Rupert's Land
North American
Alaska
Mississippi Valley
Commons
Harvard Observatory reports distant universe discovery
Harvard Observatory announces a distant universe smaller than ours in the Archer constellation about six quinillion miles away. Light takes a million years to reach Earth. It appears as a pinhead in large telescopes and was first proposed by E. E. Barclays and photographed recently, surpassing prior estimates of 250 000 light years.
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Harvard Observatory
Archer End
Pears
E. E. Barcard
China Faces Rapid Loss of Antiques and Curios
Collectors and dealers returning from the Orient warn that China will have few real antiques in a few years. They say the nation is undergoing rapid changes that threaten traditional artifacts and curiosity items.
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China
Stripped country bars lure tourists and collectors amid scarce antiques
The passage notes Europe and Asia facing a decline in genuine curios as tourists and collectors strip local bars of antiques. It mentions China seeking to imitate Japan in production limits but failing to match neighbors' workmanship. Old bronzeware and inlaid porcelain are scarce, with a collector claiming most Japanese prints are merely imitations.
Tokyo couple accused of starving eight adopted infants for dowries
In a Tokyo suburb Jukichi Tanaka and his wife were arrested for starving to death eight adopted children over three years after taking dowries about 385 each. Police found a weakened child and a other in care. a grisly bones cache was found in the Tanaka home.
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Tokyo
Cynthia Stockley
Uede
Jukichi Tanaka
Tanaka
Tortures Used to Force Will in Berlin Invalid Case
In Weidmannslist Berlin suburb police uncover diabolical mistreatment of 70 year old Schade a retired jeweler and widower by nurse Goldheim who kept him isolated for two years. He was found starving filthy and with a head wound after escaping through a window.
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Berlin
Weidmannslist
Schade
Goldheim
Father Kills Baby Over Crying in Fredericksburg
Willis Frank lin, a 21 year old farmer from Richmond County Virginia, confessed to smothering his four year old baby after it kept him awake. He was in Warsaw awaiting a burial permit but the physicians refused the permit and an inquest was held.
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Fredericksburg
Willis
Franklin
Warsaw
Richmond County
Fist
Maklin
Death by Own Action Rates Across U S Cities in 1928
The Spectator reports the 1928 average death by own action rate for 80 American cities at 15.2 per 1000, unchanged from 1922, with San Diego highest at 50.5. The Pacific coast shows high rates, lake region low, coal and steel districts lower, and the well to do more prone to such deaths.
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New York
the Spectator
San Diego
Pacific Coast
Man Kills Wife and Attempts Suicide in Philadelphia
Alexander Oberton aged thirty eight, of 628 South Second Street, fired a bullet into his wife’s heart. He claimed nagging by her and her unemployment drove him to despair. He was found hanging from bars with suspenders knotted around his throat after arrest.
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Philadelphia
Aléxander
Oberton
South Second Street
Husbana
Aseing
Oberten
Peing Place
Milk Production Surges Ahead in 1923 totals
United States Department of Agriculture reports show a record milk production of 109,736,062,000 pounds in 1923, up seven billion pounds from 1922. Household milk consumption reached 50,440,000,000 pounds, with condensed and evaporated milk at 1,774,881,000 pounds and butter production at 1,252,214,000 pounds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wheat in Dairy Rations Is Highly Recommended
Recent low farm prices and higher bran costs boost interest in feeding value of wheat to dairy cattle. Ground wheat is palatable enough when crushed for mixes with bulky seeds, offering similar digestible carbohydrates but less fat than corn and more digestible protein, though bran cannot fully replace wheat.
Cows Will Produce More if Fed Much Roughage
Purdue University bulletin argues dairy cows gain profit from high roughage intake. It notes dry roughage includes alfalfa clover soybeans or cowpea hay and recommends balanced protein in grain rations. Cows fed roughage during winter and pasture when quality falls.
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Purdue University
Cows Chewing Foreign Substances Tied to Salt, Water
Farmers advised cows may crave wood and other foreign substances when salt intake is low. Provide ample salt with a balanced ration and good drinking water to curb the habit, as the animal may forget it with proper care.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Woman After Birth
A Rotan Texas woman reports severe back pain after her second child. She says after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound her back improved and she could resume daily tasks. She urges others with female troubles to try the remedy.
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Rotan
Texas
Lydia E. Pinkyalham
Mie
Lydia
Ita Uae
Derivation of Yankee Farington Etymology in Yale Review
Henry A. Beers discusses Yankee name origin from the Yankee Indians in Connecticut. He notes the tribe’s near extinction and claims marriages helped end native and settler wars. He asks readers if they bear Yankow blood or name, inviting reflection.
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Farington
Connecticut
Henry A. Beers
Yale Review
Conscience whispering or just wind in Sunday school tale
A child, impressed by Sunday school, tells her sister that a sensation in her chest is conscience whispering. The older sister mocks, saying it is only wind on the stomach, highlighting a playful exchange about inner voices.
Zoo visit ends with two boys eyeing hippo
Two young boys watch a hippopotamus at the zoo. The younger fears the animal while the older asserts their zoology knowledge has grown, suggesting they understand the hippo better than the animal does itself.
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Hippo
How To Set Colors Permanently In Fabrics
A Washington Star tip advises to set dye in cotton by adding two handfuls of salt and two tablespoons of turpentine to three quarters of a pint of hot water. Immerse the goods and leave until the water cools to fix the colors so they resist fading from sun or washing.
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Washington Star
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Institute
Gnada
Jill Weter
Japan
Haeneee
Taia E. Pinkham
Jane
Indianapolis
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Ben Mulford, Jr
Yanit
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