Plants Twice Their Size From Colchicine Experiments
A Detroit flower expert reports that colchichine from crocus seeds can intentionally enlarge seeds and plants, doubling size and enhancing bloom while preserving seed viability. Some seeds die, but if they survive the effects endure, producing perpetually larger offspring.
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American Weekly
Hare
Planta
Bind
Detroit
Hants
Luther Burbank
Darwin
Rumor Rally Ties Coolidge Hat Clean to Market Move
Neal O’Hara recalls in the New York Post that President Coolidge let it be known he was having a straw hat cleaned earlier in summer, prompting a straw hat trade reaction as he then bought a new straw skimmer. Later, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose appeared hatless in public, spurring concern over health and leading to a drop in children’s data sales in England and a Buckingham Palace directive.
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Calvin Coolidge
White House
Neal O'Hara
New York Post
Preas
Calvin
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Britain
England
Buckingham Palace
Fresh Air Claims from Imperial Airways Pilots
Imperial Airways officials and Royal Dutch Air line corroborate that pilots enjoy excellent health aboard laminated air. They argue daily sea crossings from Croydon to Amsterdam foster fresh air, preventing colds and influenza.
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Victoria Colonial
Imperial Airways
Royal Dutch Airline
Trm
Croydon
Amsterdam
Ellsworth Dairy Farmer and Cape Sable Fisherman Finds Odd Treasures
AL W Ellsworth of Hurl townships keeps 200 chickens and four calves as part of his dairy operation. At Cape Sable Island fisher Avard Atking plans to add to his coin collection by beachcombing near his home. Items are believed to be from a buried wreck dating to 1787.
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W. Ellsworth
Nod
Ellsworth
Avard Atking
Cape Sable Island
Miniature Gift Certificates Spark New York Store Craze
A Fifth Avenue shop sells miniature gifts with gift certificates attached. Shoppers pick a mini item like a hat or jacket, receive a certificate for the final selection, and the recipient completes the purchase later. The idea traces to a department_store practice at Christmas.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Saskatoon native named head of Dominion Forage Crops Lab
William J. White, graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, becomes officer in charge at the Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory Saskatoon, succeeding T. M. Stevenson. White's career includes posts with Saskatchewan and Dominion laboratories and study at Minnesota. He specializes in alfalfa breeding seed setting and wheat and grass hybridization.
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Wiliam J. White
Saskatoon
William J. White
University of Saskatchewan
Dominion Forage Crops Laboratory
Saakatoon
Experimental Farms Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
T. M. Stevenson
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
White
Ruddril
Sask
Studdell
Battleford
Field Crops
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
University of Minnesota
War is Not Inevitable Says Halifax Herald
A Halifax Herald excerpt quotes a Nova Scotian professor arguing war is not inevitable. He insists wars arise from human choices, not fate, and that human action can prevent conflict through vision conscience and resourcefulness including preventing soil erosion and storm damage.
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Halifax Herald
Italian scholars decode 1300 BC papyrus tax list
After a decade of effort Italian researchers decipher a cipher on Egyptian papyrus from 1300 BC. The revealed note lists taxes to be levied on inhabitants of a Libyan desert oasis.
Britain's Athenaeum Club Elects R B Bennett
The Athenaeum founded in 1823, meaning Temple of Athens, elected R B Bennett as a member under its annual rule. Located at Pall Mall and Waterloo Place, the club houses a Parthenon frieze motif and a renowned library.
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Britain
The
Athenaeum
R. B. Bennett
Bennett
Athens
Pall Mall
Waterloo Place
Decimus Burton
Rich Mineral Country Mined in Rhodesias Worth a Billion
Minerals worth one billion dollars have been mined in Northern and Southern Rhodesia since European occupation. Southern Rhodesia contributed 735 million, with gold alone over 560 million. Chrome output rose and long-idle gold mines are reopening as the old standard ends. The Killarney group of old mines near Filabusi is to be reopened.
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Southern
Rhodesia
Killarney
Filabusi District
Apples and Roses Fair Fruit Through Hybrid Rose Apple Cross
In India and Persia roses grow tall with large blossoms. In America apples grow well, and Father Schoener in Santa Barbara aims to cross Spitzenbergs with Rosa pomifera seeds to yield a rose scented apple. The result could be a spicy small sweet fruit akin to rose jelly.
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India
Persia
America
Santa Barbara
Father Schoener
Meredith
New York Herald Tribune
Beautiful Child Thomas Dennis O Neill Wins Grand Prize
Three year old Thomas Dennis O Neill, son of Thomas O Neill and Mrs Barbara Katharine Ross O Neill, formerly of Weyburn, wins the New York News annual Beautiful Child contest grand prize of 1000 dollars.
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Thomas Dennis O'Neill
Thomas O'Neill
Barbara Katharine Ross O'Neill
Weyburn
The
New York News
Free speech view contrasts and celestial timing
The passage notes that free speech permits others to express views and recalls 1937 when the sun was closest to Earth on New Year's Day and farthest on Independence Day.
Great Charm Of Bermuda Absence Of Autos Praised
The New York Herald Tribune extols Bermuda for its lack of automobiles and horse drawn traffic. It argues motor vehicles would ruin the island’s tempo and endanger safety, urging Bermuda to maintain its stubborn stance and keep a Governor over the colony.
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Bermuda
New York Herald Tribune
Ormonde Arrives Port Arthur With 700 Tourists
The Orient liner Ormonde reaches Port Arthur Tasmania with nearly 700 tourists. It is likely the first overseas ship to enter the port since convict transports operated there over a century ago. The ruins recall the grim convict era and attract visitors.
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Port Arthur
Ormonde
Tasmania
Great Britain
Brandon Sun
Mussolini's Ethiopian Campaign Seen as Liability Not Asset
A Toronto Globe and Mail analysis argues Mussolini cannot claim Ethiopia as a lasting asset. It notes the costs of war, limited gains, and Italy's financial strain, suggesting the Ethiopian venture may only threaten Europe if armies are diverted to distant fronts.
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Mussolini
Ethiopia
Great Britain
Italy
J. Vo Meare
Toronto Globe and Mail
Italiana
Mungolini
Mus- Solint
France
Britain
A Powerful Factor Heredity Goes Long Way In Deter
Canadian Doctor explains heredity as a major factor in life expectancy. He outlines a method: add the ages at death of mother father two grandmothers and two grandfathers, divide by six to estimate hereditary life expectancy, then focus on living well rather than the figure.
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Leason
Five Women in Public Life Cited in Canada
Senator Iva C. Fallis notes only five women have entered Provincial Legislatures, two to the Senate and two to the House of Commons. She argues that despite 57 percent of the vote, women are not sufficiently involved in public life and many still focus on household duties.
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Iva C. Fallis
Canada
Senate
House of Commons
Ingenious New Mental Math Trick Promotes Quick Self-Check
A critic in New Statesman and Nation explains a five minute exercise: write your phone number double it add five multiply by fifty add this year 1030 add days in a year 365 subtract birth year and convert to Mob. the Times notes a fast-disappearing practice. Meanwhile South West Africa government buys 1 700 000 arvis and plans land open to farming by settlers.
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New Statesman
Nation
Canadan
Ayid Pois
South Wet Africa
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