Newsprint From Wheat Straw Could Challenge Wood Pulp
Canada explores wheat straw as a rival to wood pulp for newsprint. Developments in Italy show straw pulp production with cost cuts and chlorine by-product savings. Trials report 56 percent straw content yields good quality newsprint, though slightly stiffer and less opaque than U.S. standards. Canada remains a world leader in wood pulp and cereal cultivation, sustaining its lead in newsprint supplies.
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UN Part
Met
Ottawa
Canada
Sonerd
Edmonton
Waly Gaute
Tal Jats
Natural Resources Service
Salk
Manan
Elettrochimica Pomilio
Societa Traliuna di Eleerochimles
Buss
WHI
Sprouting Potatoes Shows Flexible Planting Window
Experimental station at Invermere B C reports potatoes may be planted any time from May 1 to June 1 with better results if sprouted. Sprouted crops reached readiness earlier with higher yield, while non sprouted lagged. Sprouting done by placing eyes in a warm building three weeks before planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invermere
B.C
Plactm
Abjasitna Promises Slavery Abolition Sparks Aid Plan
The report notes criticism of Abjasitna for delaying abolition pledges but says she has begun actions. Through the Hritle Foreign fire her Reynot Has Fatfort gains support from cha AnthSlavers Society to establish a Kehoe in Abyssinia for poor children and freed slaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hritle
Reynot
Fatfort
Cha AnthSlavers Society
Reindeer In Alaska Seen As Growing Greed of Population
Alaska faces a reindeer population explosion with 1240 imported animals since 1883 and now more than half a million roaming the tundra. Officials fear future growth could reach 5000 head, testing grazing capacity and triggering policy action. Meat marketing in the U S faces slow adoption due to unfamiliarity among households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
United States
First Dominion Day Recalled by Toronto Cab Driver 1867
Toronto driver Charle Abbott recalls the first Dominion Day on July 1 1867. The cab was hired by Alderman John Carr, head of the Fireworks Committee. A modest display at Queen's Park and a Royal Artillery Body Guard military review highlighted the celebration.
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Toronto
Canada
Charle
Abbott
First Dominion
John Carr
Queen's Park
Abbott Reeslig
Royal Artillery
Time Ball at Deal Tower Retired After Long Service
A historic Time Ball at the Sienat Tower in Deal, used from semaphore signaling to set ships’ clocks, has been retired with wireless time now universal. The six foot hollow ball was raised by a hand wheel and released by Greenwich electric current, ending its era as the age of wireless time renders it obsolete.
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Deal
Goodwin Sands
Whites'hall
Greenwich
London
Jess
Wireless
Mechanical Thinker Solves Office Tasks in France
A French invention called a mechanical thinker sits on a desk to help executives manage appointments. It records four memoranda for orders or ideas and uses a lever to set hour day and month. When the time arrives a light lights and a bell rings alerting the user.
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France
Proverbial Thoughts on Mortality and Good Death
A reflective remark questions beliefs about the afterlife and the fate of the virtuous. It suggests that many reject the idea that the good die young and ponders moral aims in life.
Planting and Pruning Roses by J B Spencert Ontario Horticultural
J B Spencert explains rose types Hybrid Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals, ideal planting times in April May, spacing guidelines, and pruning rules. He notes applying bonemeal, trimming damaged roots, and removing dead growth. Climbing roses should have dead canes removed.
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J. B. Spencert
Ontario Horticultural Association
Ht. J. Moore
Silver fox breeding tied to winter starvation rations
The report notes the silver fox will not breed unless kept on starvation rations during winter. A cryptic line mentions a haunted louse with shades in stead of curtains.
Old Trade Flourishes in New Land in Denzil Saskatchewan
Hand loom weaving has been introduced in Denzil a Saskatchewan town along the Canadian Pacific Railway. Rev Father John Schultz promoted the craft after studying in Britain and several European nations. He sees weaving boosting home life for settlers, supporting sheep raising and flax growing, and offering work for farm families.
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Denzil
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
John Schultz
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Switzerland
Italy
Schultz
Canada Leads as Best Nation for Domestic Poultry and Alfalfa
An Ottawa report from the Department of Agriculture extols Canada as the prime country for domestic birds and alfalfa seed. It urges Canadian grown alfalfa seed, notes nurse crops for alfalfa, and explains inoculation and seeding strategies. The article also previews Ottawa’s World Poultry Congress of July 27 to August 4, 1927, with delegates from Europe and Britain, and highlights Canada’s prominent poultry status and international interest.
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Canada
Nopkins
Hoaminton
Ifus Bandman
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Lopkings
Experimenta Fara
Dominion
Spain
Europe
Ane
King George
Prince of Wales
Empire
Dulegaley
Congress Comnaiiies
Congress
Edward Brown
London
England
TC. Itera
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Ernest Rhoades
Transportation Building
Puzzle For Executors Inventor of Stokes Gun Left Will
Frederick Stokes the inventor of the Stokes gun filed his will in London disposing of the estate residue in a novel way.He bequeaths money to the children of his brothers and sisters in proportion to their incomes and to the children of his wife's kin with a different scale, aiming for a combined total about three fourths of the estate to be distributed. trustees are given absolute power to interpret the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Stokes
London
Colossal Roman Statue Head Recovered Near Athens
A monumental statue head and bust have been uncovered at Eleusia near Athens. The head and bust measure over two and a half yards tall, suggesting the full statue stands about five and a half yards high, attributed to a Roman emperor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleusia
Athens
Pocket Strategy in Exchange Etiquette
A writer extols carrying money in multiple pockets as smart practice to avoid embarrassment. The advice repeats encouragement to keep twelve or fourteen pockets filled with cash as a safeguard in exchanges.
Dust Deposition Claim Near Loramie Wyoming Surfaces
A report claims 2000 tons of dust per square mile recently settled around Loramie Wyoming. The fragmentary text adds a remark about the average man seeking more of what he desires, aside from trouble.
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Loramie
Wyoming
Prairie crop value exceeds world gold output in 1925
The prairie provinces of Canada produced crops valued at 460 million dollars in 1925, exceeding the world gold output of 390 million dollars. A grammarian notes that split infinitives have long been used by writers, while commenting on usage.
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Prairie
Canada
National Resources Intelligence Service
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Iil
Epie Oliver Currie
Northwestern University
Fragmented Dialogue From A Domestic Scene
The excerpt presents a clipped conversation between Mr Newlywed and a partner over terms of endearment and jealousy. It shows suspicion and self reflection as they discuss affection and flaws in a compact, dialogic exchange.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Talon
View
View Ab
WS NeDermat
Winnipeg
Toxn
Mr. Newlywed
Jerry
Jean
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