Reducing Varieties at Royal Winter Fair and Poultry Shows
The Royal Winter Fair should cut the number of sheep and poultry breeds and varieties. Critics argue many breeds are surplus to demand while markets favor a few proven types. advocates urge production standards and record programs to improve overall quality and profitability.
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Matto Exhibition
Royal
the Royal
Chicago
Bouthdowna
Canada
University of Saskatchewan
Dean Shaw
National Research Council
Rogalia
Royal Poultry Show
Toronto
R.O.P
Deserves A Monument for the Average Taxpayer
A Gananoque Ontario Reporter editorial lauds the thrift and burden bearing taxpayer who funds government and relief. He is praised as the backbone of the country, carrying the world on his shoulders and deserving a tall enduring monument for his quiet sacrifices.
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Gananoque
Name and signature mix up at the hovel clerk
A quarrel arises when a guest disputes a clerical request after signing the register. The clerk insists the signature is illegible, prompting a terse exchange over the proper name. The encounter highlights confusion over identity in the modest establishment.
Satisfied villagers defend their quiet Kent village
In Frittenden Kent a 700 resident village argues it is not the forgotten place it has been called and says it is content with lacking a cinema and railway. The article notes resident indignation at such labels and emphasizes pride in rural life.
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Frittenden
Kent
England
Nest to Japan Brazil largest number of aru Japanese
The note references a migration or trade context involving Japan and Brazil with a focus on a large unspecified number associated with aru Japanese. Details are unclear from the fragment.
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Japan
Brazil
Soybeans Prove Adaptable as Canada Boosts Production
The article notes Canada’s soybeans rising in prominence at Chicago expositions as Ontario and Alberta growers show top samples. G. Gordon Finlay has won the last three years with a Canadian variety from Guelph the OAC 211. Ontario Kent Essex farmers expand planting and expect higher soybean acreage and uses beyond feed, including oil manufacture.
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Chicago
Ontario
Alberta
North America
Indiana
Ilinois
Agricultural College At
Guelph
Canada
Kent
Essex
OAC
G. Gordon Finlay
Fire Insurance For A Man Given The Name Of A Husband
Mrs Mose Johnson enters an office asking for fire insurance on her husband The clerk points out fire insurance would not cover life and survival The woman insists the husband has been fired four times in the last two weeks and continues to seek fire coverage by implying the risk.
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Mose Johnson
Ancient Axes Unearthed Near Portland and Kingston SA
Archaeologists report 1400 chipped axes and many knives from the Paleolithic era found between Portland Victoria and Kingston South Australia. The artifacts are believed to have been used by Australia’s earliest inhabitants more than 10,000 years ago.
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Portland
Victoria
Kingston
South Australia
Australia
Indian ant bees build ho 18 feet high
Cremation is steadily growing in favor in Scotland with growing public interest and acceptance noted.
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Scotland
Be Kind to Animals Campaign By Nassau Mule-Driver
Nassau resident George Washington Nicodemus promotes a humane starter for horses at the Bahamas Country Club. He advocates not whipping horses but using a pistol-like tone and scratch to spur Maggie the horse, claiming races and feeds affect behavior. An odd historical note ends with a U.S. automobile injury stat from 1934.
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Darkie
Bahamas Country Club
Queen Victoria
George Washington Nicodemus
Nassau
Bahamas
Stextus
Nicodemus
Maggie
Moe
de Hossea
Yaassuh
Canned Blood Used For Long Range Transfusions
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports a technique to can blood for long range transfusions. Blood shipped from South America reached Italy and France for successful transfusions. Times from canning to transfusion ranged up to 27 days, averaging 7.6 days, with 295 transfusions conducted by Dr. R. Palazzo and Dr. J. Tenconi of Hospital Havana in Buenos Aires.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
South America
Italy
France
Buenos Aires
Journal
R.palazzo
J. Tenconi
Havana
Berlin police plan medals for safe motorists
Berlin police announced a plan to reward good drivers with gold and silver plated medals. An automobilist who navigates the Wilhelmstrasser safely for a suitable period will receive one.
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Berlin
Germany
Wilhelmstrasser
Apple pie order origin tied to pastry decoration
The custom of early English pastry cooks decorating apple pies with a neat row of scallops gave rise to the expression in apple pie order.
Remarkable 19th Century Brain Operation in Nova Scotia
Dr. Samuel Nelson Miller performed a historic open skull operation on John Lee of Wil tot to remove bone fragments from his brain. Lee viewed his brain via mirror without anesthesia, aided by opium, and returned to work within days, living many years. Miller, aged 86, pioneered open air TB treatment in Nova Scotia.
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Teter
Ophan
Nova Scotia
Samuel Nelson Miller
John Lee
Wil- Tot
New York
Lee
Nat
Miller
Mount Hawley
N.S
Codfish as Landhubs and Sea Sickness Revealed
A Halifax and St Andrews Canada biological board report shows codfish become seasick after land time, then tame to be fed from a hand and even come to be petted. The study also notes color changes with background light.
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Biologics
Nova Scotia
Ran
Biological Board of Canada
Halifax
St. Andrews
N.E
Quintuplets In Films Jean Hersholt Praises The Dionne Sisters
Jean Hersholt lauded the Dionne quintuplets calling them five Garbos and praising their health intelligence and charm after visiting Callander Ontario. He impersonated Dr Allan Dafoe in The Country Doctor andsaid the doctor is one of the most unusual men he has met.
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Jean Hersholt
Jean
Hersholt
Hollywood
Callander
Ont
Lke
Garbos
Allan Dafoe
Dr. Defoe
National Barley Research Progress By Committee
The National Barney Committee reports substantial progress in plant breeding, variety testing, and seed supply. The National Research Council forms the Department of Barley Research led by Dr. A J Anderson to study malting equipment and the full malting process with Canadian company cooperation.
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National Barney Committee
National Research Council
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department of Barley
A. J. Anderson
Anderson
University of Manitoba
L. H. Newman
Dominion Cerealist
Regal
Saskatchewan
Wisconsin
Manitoba
Alberta
Dominion
Agriculture
Board of Grain Commissioners
Repatriation Of Chinese From Vancouver To Native Land
The joint federal and British Columbia effort to repatriate elderly Chinese workers continues. Eleven from Victoria and area plus a large Vancouver group boarded a trans Pacific liner on December 14 for departure to China, with both governments sharing transportation costs. Since the policy began a year ago, over 400 have returned, many after paying the $500 head tax to enter Canada.
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British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver
Fhat
Fingerprints Solve Dartmouth Theft Case Linking Suspect
Dartmouth police identify Parker Hilchey through fingerprints from a June radio theft. On confronting him, Hilchey led officers to an attic where dismantled radio parts were recovered, confirming the break in.
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Dartmouth
N.S
Parker Hilchey
Hilchey
Airgrams Introduced On German Planes By Postal Dept
The federal postal department offers airgrams to passengers on German planes at four cents per word with a 15 word limit. Messages are sent and replies received by wire.
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Federal Postal Department
Lena
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