Prince of Wales Opens Empire University Congress in London
The Prince of Wales greeted delegates at the Congress of Universities of the Empire in London. He spoke on education's rising duties within the empire and the need to strengthen ties through universities as more than material links fade. Also noted: Britain’s agro scientists Sir Alfred Humphries and Sir Roland H. L. Biffin will attend Regina's World Grain Exhibition and Conference to discuss flour strength concepts.
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Prince of Wales
Congress of Universities of the Empire
Guildhall
London
England
Edinburgh
Scotland
British Empire
Tdea
Burke
Lves
Great Britain
Sir Alfred Humphrieus
Roland HL Biffin
Regina
J. H. Grisdale
Canada
Alfred
National Association of British and Irish Millers
School of Agriculture
Cambridge University
Sir Roland
Sir Alfred
Victory for the snail overruns air base
Word from London says a snail army has disrupted RAF operations at Lake Habbaniya near Baghdad forcing the movement of flying machines and equipment to another base after all efforts failed to remove the creatures. The story frames the snail as a victor over the fast airplane in a whimsical note from a British base.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lake Habbaniya
Bagdad
Fresh blue crepe dress pattern for youth appeal
An attractive model showcases a pale blue crepe silk dress with royal blue dot accents and a contrasting jacket. Style No. 314 fits busts 36 to 42 inches, available in sizes 16 through 42, in pastel and plain fabrics with various trims. Pattern price is 25 cents.
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Coim
Alfalfa Hay Most Valuable In Canada
Alfalfa hay when properly put up is perhaps the most valuable hay in Canada. Yields up to 445 tons per acre have been reached at Windermere B C. Proper handling at harvest time is crucial to preserve leaves and nutritive value.
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Canada
Dominion Experimental Station
Windermere
B.C
What Makes a Farm in Canada A Census Definition
The federal government defines a farm as land of one acre or more producing crops valued at $50 or more in 1930 or land used for crop or pasture in the year. About a million farmers are estimated under this rule, up from 711,090 ten years earlier, excluding over 30,000 sub acre units.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Lamps of the Ages at Munich Museum Display
The Munich German museum adds a street lamp collection tracing lighting history from Paris’s pitch basket to rapeseed oil lamps and London’s five flame gas light of 1814, through to modern incandescent lamps. A stray line about cleaning and a tiger quote appear as unrelated items in the page.
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Munich
Paris
London
Should women rule in politics and city councils
A Vancouver Sun letter raises the question of female leadership in government. It contrasts men mismanaging the country with women already shaping policy and argues for women taking full charge, citing figures like Agnes MacPhail and Nancy Astor and pondering an all female city council for Vancouver.
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Portland
Mary Ellen Smith
Agnes MacPhail
Nancy Astor
Margaret Bondfield
Elizabeth
Victoria
Catherine the Great
Canada
House of Commons
Agnes MacPhails
Bennett
Vancouver
Vancouver Sun
Reach Remarkable Age Exceeding Three Score and Ten
Charles Mayhew of London is about to celebrate his 90th birthday, the eldest of three brothers living in Canada and Australia. A former shoemaker for Charles Dickens, Mayhew recalls Our Mutual Friend and sang at the Duke of Wellington’s funeral. He worked at his trade until 86, plans to walk 50 miles to Cambridge, and expects to reach 110 in good health while wearing shoes he made himself.
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Charles Mayhew
Mayhew
Canada
Australia
King's Cross
London
England
Charles Dickens
Dickens
St. Paul's
Duke of Wellington
St. Clement Danes
Cambridge
Memorial dedication recalls Perry victory on Lake Erie
A group of Canadian and United States dignitaries steamed out in Lake Erie to the historic spot where Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British 118 years ago and dedicated a memorial to the victory and the ensuing peace. The banana plant note follows as a non sequitur about botanical classification.
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United States
Lake Erie
Oliver Hazard Perry
The March Of Grasshoppers A Nebraska Plague
The piece views Nebraska grasshopper swarms as a natural mystery. It cites Major Hingston on their food‑independent wanderings, day activity, cannibalism, and directed but erratic movement. It notes gradual wing development and urges prewing control through trenches and egg-egg destruction before the final moult.
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J. W. McAfee
Mall
Empire
Nebraska
Scandinavia
Asia
R. W. G. Hingston
Major Hingston
Hingston
Massa
Why Soils Wear Out In Many Regions
Soils wear out by continual cropping and farm crops remove substantial nutrients each season. A 25 bushel wheat crop withdraws 30 pounds nitrogen, 12 pounds phosphoric acid, 7 pounds potash, while a 200 bushel potato crop removes 42 nitrogen, 18 phosphoric acid, 60 potash. averaged, 36 nitrogen, 15 phosphoric acid, 33 potash. Estimates show available supplies in good soils would exhaust in 113 years nitrogen, 268 years phosphoric acid, and 227 years potash unless renewed. return of plant foods is essential to soil maintenance.
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F. T. Shutt
Dominion
Department of Agriculture
Dry Mash Outperforms Wet Feed For Poultry
Cape Rouge Experimental Station tests over four years show dry mash increases egg production enough to yield a net 16 cent saving per dozen eggs. An 88-bird flock laid 3,872 eggs worth 235.32 with dry mash cost 71.04. A wet mash group of 81 birds produced 2,420 eggs worth 137.63 with feed cost 67.92, or 38 cents per dozen.
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Cape Rouge Experimental Station
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Warned Women May Gain Horse Hoof Feet, Says Mahaffey
Dr. Paul F. Mahaffey of Springfield Indiana warned the Scientific Association of Chiropodists that within 100 years women who wear high heels may develop feet like horse hooves. He urged softer footwear to prevent future deformities.
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Paul F. Mahaffey
Springfield
The
Scientific Association of Chiropodists
Hawaiian sapling grows seven foot rootlet in a year
A swamp oak seedling in Hawaii, under three feet tall and one year old, developed a seven foot rootlet while its grower pursued moisture. A joke exchange follows noting a doctor’s claim that sleeping outdoors enhances beauty, countered by a quip about tramp appearances.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tafk
By Annette
Mus
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
W. N. UL
Alalfa Hay
Germany
Commodore Perry
King
Patricia Osborne
King George Hospital
Iford
H M
King George
Walter
Jakob
Bertin
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