World Shipping Turns Toward Britain As Leader
The Ottawa Journal notes Britain dominates maritime tonnage with one third of global shipping, while the United States follows with about 10 million tons. It cites Lloyds Register figures showing growth since 1914 to 64.09 million tons and mentions new queen ships and tech shifts from sail to steam and oil.
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Ponte
Auipraria
Britain
Havre
Clyde
Lieyd
Register of Shipping
British Empire
Targent Merchant Marine
United States
Great Lake Nhipping
Japan
Norway
Germany
France
Italy
Ottawa Journal
University of London forms 12 member panel to study psychical phenomena
A new 12 member committee of distinguished scientists philosophers and psychologists at the University of London will study telepathy clairvoyance automatic writing psychometry poltergeists and other alleged mind body manifestations. The panel will take over the National Laboratory of Psychical Research though not officially tied to the university and will seek foreign correspondents and public aid to gather data for the investigations.
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University of London
National Laboratory of Psychical Research
United States
British Dominions
Keeper of the Lookout of Cinque Porta Named
Winchelsea resident Chummy Barden holds the Keeper of the Lookout title dating to the thirteenth century. His daily horizon scan guards Cinque Porta for potential fleets. He earns a yearly salary of £12 6d for this duty.
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Barden
Winchelsea
Cinque Porta
Wool scouring plant plan advances in southern Alberta
Alberta project nears completion with Eastern interests backing a $350000 wool scouring and manufacturing plant to be erected in a major southern city. The proposal outlines a large facility to boost local textile production and employment.
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Alberta
Moth Wings and Mirth for a World in Question
A writer muses on tropical moths with nearly a foot wingspan and on why widowhood and marriage puzzles arise in distant lands. The piece wryly notes vast regions like 300,008 square miles and Turkestan, suggesting grave truths and curious gaps in knowledge.
Arctic voyage ends with Edmonton arrival for Cambridge Bay couple
Mrs. E Paisley and two year old June reached Edmonton after a two month journey from Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island. They crossed icy seas and weathered a storm while their Night trading ship was frozen in. June, born in Cambridge Bay, speaks Eskimo. Capt. Paisley heads Arctic trading post and skippers the Niglik.
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Arctic
E Paisley
June
Edmonton
Cambridge Bay
Victoria Island
Ute
Beaufort Sea
Paisley
Coppermine
Little June
Arctic Circle
Canalaska Trading Company
Aklavik
England
Canada
Capt. Paisley
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Vancouver
San Francisco
No Good Customer Seeks Geraniums Replacement
A customer insists on three geraniums to replace plants promised to his wife. The florist offers chrysanthemums but the customer rejects them, stressing the promise to water the geraniums during his wife’s absence.
Greeks First to Alphabetize Vowels and Consonants
The Greeks are described as the earliest to assign letters to both vowel and consonant sounds, forming an alphabet that represents their spoken language.
Mosquito Threat Taints Horses Say Veterinary Congress
The twelfth international veterinary congress in New York warned that female mosquitoes spread sleeping sickness to horses, cattle, and sheep. They described the mosquito’s proboscis as a surgical tool that injects poison, making horses a liability instead of asset.
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New York
International Veterinary Congress
Mosquito
Berlzebub
Fief
Hamilton Spectator
Pillow Quality and Feather Types for Better Rest
The article explains how pillow firmness reflects feather quality, noting that feathers sinking more than four inches indicate poor packing or feather quality. Goose feathers stay fluffy, unlike chicken feathers, and should be shaken each bed making to air them. White goose feathers are believed better by some, though color does not affect softness. A high grade goose feather pillow weighs about five pounds versus seven pounds for a chicken feather pillow.
Balanced diet advised with government grading guidance
The text argues a mixed diet best suits the average human body under normal conditions. It cites beef, vegetables, cereals, milk, eggs, and fruits as essential, and notes that consumer choice should follow wisely from government grade standards in Canada.
Dry cure and brine or pickle cure defined for meat
Dry cure and brine or pickle cure are two general methods for curing meat. The dry method relies on rubbing salt and seasonings onto the surface and allowing moisture loss, while brine or pickle cures meat by soaking in a seasoned salt solution to impart flavor and preserve.
Chinese Censor Joins The Good Earth Film as Adviser
Maj. General Theoco e Tu of the Chinese National government arrived in Hollywood to serve as technical adviser and censor for the Pearl Buck novel adaptation The Good Earth. His presence follows protests that American films misrepresent Chinese life and culture.
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Wil
Theoco E Tu
Nanking
Hag
Hollywood
Pearl Buck
Etiquette Advice Urges Avoiding Knife at Table
An 1827 etiquette book tells diners to avoid bringing the knife to the mouth if possible. In trade news, Argentina supplies Britain with about 100 million dollars of chilled beef yearly. Astronomers report several bases yet to be identified in the atmospheres of larger planets.
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Great Britain
West Australia Deliberates on Petition to Withdraw from Commonwealth
The Calgary Albertan notes a Western Australia move toward petitioning the King for permission to leave the Commonwealth. It compares constitutional constraints, referendum history, and the role of UK Parliament in altering federation terms. The piece frames the secession question amid debates over original federating states and legal binding authority.
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Canada
Australia
Dominion
West Australia
Commonwealth
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
United Kingdom
London
Calgary
Editorial: What the depression taught families and communities
The Detroit News editorial reflects on lessons from hard times. It notes pooled earnings and savings, reduced waste, careful use of money, and a shift from credit to frugal living. It emphasizes cooperation, simple pleasures, and valuing truth as society tightens budgets.
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Bridge
United States
Detroit News
League Economists Urge Global Economic Groups
The League of Nations economic committee, composed of noted economists, urged the league council to organize international economic groups as a destined powerful factor in restoring and recovering the world economy.
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League of Nations Economic Committee
League Council
Organization of Economic Groups In International Relations
Hungarian Wedding Feast Devours Large Stock and Wine
A three day celebration at Magocs Hungary featured a feast with two oxen eight pigs one calf 500 hens ducks and geese and 1400 ters of wine consumed.
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Magocs
Hungary
Ancient Tanket Ruins Unearthed by Soviet Archaeologists
Soviet archaeologists have uncovered the old city Tanket ninety miles from Tashkent with remains of a palace and market places. They found lead ore evidence in nearby mines and ancient walls and reservoirs. Other finds include 2,500 year old Urals pile dwellings and Scythian tombs in Armenia with horse skeletons and copper ornaments.
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Nuina
Tanket
Persia
India
China
Tashkent
Jak
Nizhni Tagil
Urals
State Historical Museum
Elka
Dalanar
Armenia
Academy of Sciences
Zan- Bezur
Immensity Of The Pacific Ocean Outlined In Figures
The article argues the Pacific Ocean dwarfs landmasses, noting its vast surface of seventy million square miles and its reach from the Arctic to the Antarctic. It compares ocean and land areas with distances such as Yokohama to Valparaiso and Vancouver to Yokohama, and mentions thousands of islands of varied size.
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Globe
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Lake
Ontario
Liverpool
New York
Yokohama
Valparaiso
Vancouver
Arctic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
Arch
Strawberry tea moral from rector to village boys
The rector invites village boys to tea at the rectory and turns a mischief into a lesson. He asks why it was nicer, and a chubby boy replies that there would be no sugar and cream with the stolen berries.
Planning New Leningrad for a 5 Million City
The architectural planning section of the Leningrad Soviet drafts a scheme to re plan the city. The new Leningrad would span both sides of the Neva from Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland about forty miles, including the present city and nearby suburbs.
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Leningrad
Leningrad Soviet
Neva
Lake Ladoga
Gulf of Finland
Whey Butter Blends Restricted From Sale in Canada
Consumers are advised that butter labeled as whey butter mixed with creamery butter or dairy butter is not permitted for sale in Canada unless it is branded as whey butter. The regulation targets mislabeling and protects dairy product standards.
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Canada
The Dog Days of Midsummer’s Name Tied to Sirius Star
The phrase dog days of midsummer traces to Sirius the bright star rising with the sun during peak heat. Ancient observers linked the star’s appearance to sweltering days, shaping a calendar of hot season lore.
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American Tropics
Buckingham
St. James
Cameron Highlanders
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Buckingham Guard
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N. U
Veterinary Congress
Secession
Detroit
League
Tanket Was
Hak
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