Plan to connect Vancouver and Alaska with international highway
A. F. Holloway of Seattle promotes a Pacific coast highway from Vancouver to Fairbanks linking Alaska, Yukon, British Columbia, and the United States. Canadian and US portions cost twelve million and two million dollars respectively. The route would pass through Hazelton, Prince George, the Fraser Canyon, and the Yukon, expanding tourism, mining, timber, and fur prospects while fostering cross border relations.
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Bnd
Alaska
Vancouver
Une International
A. FL Holloway
Seattie
Holloway
Alaskon
Yukon
British Columbia
Canada
United States Congress
Pacific Yukon
Hazelton
Alaskan
United States
Butt
Fairbanks
Great Fraser Canyon
Cariboo
Prince George
Yuhoo
Prince Rupert
Pacific Coast
Chambers of Commerce
Servies Clubs
Seattle
Dawson and
Pairtanks
Yukon ‘Territory
Sympathy Critique Sees Victorian Image As Wasteful
Mrs. A B McBain urged Montreal Women's Club that modern youth squander sympathy on Victorian idealizations. She contrasted Queen Victoria with notable women like Florence Nightingale and Emmeline Pankhurst, suggesting achievements arose beyond gendered stereotypes.
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A. B. McBain
McBain
Montreal
Elizabeth Barret
Emerline Pankhurst
Sirs, Mc'Bain
Ten Thousand Words For World View
A U.S. college professor outlines a list of 10 000 words to explain current events while business leaders default to the word nothing. Canada’s 1934 processed cheese production reached 996 348 pounds, up 1 361 37 pounds from the prior year, a 7 13 percent rise.
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Canada
Melodious Atto Horns Carry Real Carrying Capacity
Research shows a double-note horn tuned to a major or minor third offers high carrying capacity with less nuisance. Standardizing its use could reduce transport noise, though offending horns jar nerves. Manchester Guarding urges elimination of the worst offenders.
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Manchester
Summer cotton blouses patten offers two styles
The piece highlights two summer cotton blouses in eyelet batiste and floral dimity, with pattern No. 842 sized for 14 to 40 bust, plus yardage details and 20 cent patterns. It also advertises Winnipeg Pattern Department mailing address and the Spring Fashion Magazine priced at 20 cents. It notes other fabrics and models and urges sending for patterns.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Fractured family dialogue echoes in clipped exchange
A father confronts a son over money as the son retorts with sarcasm. The fragment hints at generational tension and household budget strain within a brief, stylized exchange.
Standard Time Governs Canadian Railways Since 1863
F R Sayer notes in Canadian National Railways Magazine that Sir Sanford Fleming introduced standard time, adopted worldwide in 1863, now governing Canadian rail operations. Daily time signals originate from McGill University, with master clocks and watch inspectors using a new time micrometer for rapid accuracy checks.
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Sir Sandford Pleming
F. R. Sayer
Canadian National Railways Magazine
Canada
McGill University
Fast Locomotive Ready for Chicago to St Paul Route
A 220 mile an hour steam locomotive named the Hiawatha was unveiled in Schenectady New York by steam engine builders as a response to Diesel competition. It features an air burning design and a smooth metal shell and will run between Chicago and St Paul on a midwestern railroad.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Chicago
St. Paul
Hiawatha
Precarious Mining Life Warns of Vanishing Ores
Hon. W. A. Gordon, minister of mines, warns that ore is not replaceable and mining towns rise and fall with ore veins. He notes camps boom, then fade as veins exhaust, with remote towns hard to revive, unlike agriculture. The piece ends with a social observation on the modern girl facing mixed criticism.
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W. A. Gordon
Gordon
Haileybury
Baby Picture Prepared This Week
A guide stresses fathers should photograph a newborn often from birth through the first year. It urges readiness for first steps, smiles, and tiny milestones, noting family and friends relish snapshots and warning against missing key moments.
Air Powers Aim to Build Mammoth Aerial Troop Carriers
The Aircraft Year Book notes air powers seek giant two engine machines to rapidly transport soldiers with gear and bombs. Germany, France, and Britain are described with counts of planes and factories. Britain is described as the strongest air power with thousands of combat aircraft across home and dominion forces.
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Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Germany
Ciys
France
British Empire
British Iles
Royal Air Force
Wheat king Seager Wheeler wins England trip honor
Dr Seager Wheeler rostrhedn Sask Saskatchewan wheat grower famed world champion wheat king five times 1911 1914 1915 1916 1918 receives a gift trip to England from friends and the CPR for contributions to Western Canada agriculture a life of persistence rewarded with many prizes and a doctorate from Queen's University.
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Canada
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
Saskatchewan
England
Canadian Pacific Railway
Isle of Wight
Sohen
Dominion
Queen’s University
RCA Foresees Television Tests in United States
David Sarnoff told RCA stockholders that field tests of real television would begin soon with construction starting immediately. He said equipment should be ready in 12 to 15 months and stressed that tests do not signal an immediate regular service but a step by step development to supplement radio broadcasting.
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Sir Stork
Dreddle
Mommie
Tbs
United States
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Sarnoff
Hemisphere swirl: cyclones spin opposite directions
In the northern hemisphere cyclones rotate counterclockwise around low pressure centers while in the southern hemisphere they rotate clockwise, due to the Coriolis effect influencing storm rotation in each hemisphere.
Dominion study links wheat quality to growing season conditions
A Dominion of Agriculture report explains that wheat gluten quality, and thus grain quality, depends largely on seasonal factors. High temperatures and low excess moisture in late development enhance quality, with precipitation and sunshine hours shaping the gluten value and economic worth of prairie wheat.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Division of Chemistry
Herskovitz Debunks Voodoo Myths From Haiti to Africa
Dr Melville J Herskovitz Northwestern University says tales of voodoo blood rites are false He spent three months among primitive peoples in Haiti and western Africa He asserts voodoo is a peaceful religion with weekly ceremonies and no human sacrifice.
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West Indies
Melville J. Herskovitz
Haiti
Africa
Herskovitz
Northwestern University
Chicago
French couple honored by war survivors in kind gesture
An elderly French couple who spent many thousands of francs sending comforts to孤 soldiers during the war are now being aided by survivors who have adopted them in their old age. The story highlights mutual gratitude and community support in Paria.
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Paria
France
Peni Leas
Une
Christian Buch Seen As Greatest Reologist Of His Age
The fragment notes Christian Buch was regarded by Husaboktteg as the greatest reologist of his era, highlighting a claim about his standing in the field.
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Christian Buch
Husaboktteg
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