Early Canadian Livestock Trade Shapes Quebec Farming
The article recounts Champlain bringing cattle in 1608 and Montmagny’s era horses from France, noting import history of horses, pigs, cattle, and other farm animals. It highlights how Quebec settlers built a thriving livestock economy, with horses prized yet later diminished by American demand and government controls.
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St. Lawrence
Dewisian Champlain
Quebec
Mermendy
France
Canada
Tadounce
de Montmagnay
Montmagny
Louis XIV
Montreal
Anid
New France
Champlain
Normandy
Honfleur
Quebec Jerseys
Mathematical wonder reads minds at instant recall
The Metaphysical Institute of Paris asserts a 33 year old girl known as the Paganini of Figures has perfected record memory. She can raise numbers to the tenth power by mental arithmetic and extract roots within a minute. She recalls billions from twenty numbers read aloud and can date a person’s life by birthdate, reading 48 figures aloud and reproducing them exactly.
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Metaphysical Institute of
Paris
Samed
Ommke
Mbe
Quaha
Osaka
Ynauci
Rumor and Legend Persist About Famous Figures
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes that public credulity toward legendary figures endures. From Lord Kitchener to Jesse James and John Wilkes Booth to T. E. Lawrence, tales persist of survivors and hidden lives long after the facts.
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Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Jesse James
Charlie Hoss
Philadelphia
United States
John Wilkes Booth
T. £. Lawrence
England
Memphis
Telescope from King’s era to adorn Minchenden observatory
Minchenden School London boys’ astronomy project centers on a telescope once owned by the King. Seventy pupils in the school astronomical Society are constructing the new observatory under the science master. The instrument, lent by the British Astronomical Association, aims to gather useful data.
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Minchenden School
London
School Astronomical Society
British Astronomical Association
To Memoriam A Yorkshireman In London Traffic
An American and a Yorkshireman observe busy traffic at a corner in London. The American boasts he can cross with eyes closed, while the Yorkshireman recalls a man who did cross, saying yes and marble one.
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London
Mis valley golf hazards use Indian mounds in play
In the Mississippi valley some golf courses treat native Indian mounds as hazards. The note mentions Hammerfest in Norway as the northernmost city in the world and remarks that asparagus has long been used as food since ancient times.
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Mississippi Valley
Hammerfest
Norway
Feisty car crash sparks lightning safety lessons
In a Detroit area fatality near Dunaville Ontario a car lost control during a severe thunderstorm and struck a hydro pole. The blast and water soaked vehicle underlines the risk of electrocution from ground current and the need for lightning protection in homes and cars.
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Dunaville
Onterte
Hamilton Spectator
Words Are Merely Servants and Vocabulary Size Myth
A Christian Science Monitor note cites C K Ogden stating a tea shop waitress uses 7000 to 8000 words while a skilled lawyer uses 60000. Churchill reportedly near 60000, scientists up to 80000, and Japan’s dictionary lists 900 Chinese words. The piece argues words serve ideas and the needed vocabulary depends on ideas shared.
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C. K. Ogden
London Times
Winston Churchill
Japan
Christian Science Monitor
Cattle Tuberculosis Tests Extended Across Borders
In a new order the test extends the border cattle movement controls, aligning with state movement rules. Authorities aim to reduce tuberculosis by expanding tuberculin testing and defining regional disease thresholds, noting counts nearing half a percent. Aimed at harmonizing cross border cattle flow with domestic measures.
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Arece
Garden link to Bank of England’s past in grand rebuild
Old Bank of England garden marks a historic link to the site once the gravel yate of St Christopher-le- Stocks and possibly prehistoric remains. It notes a tall clerk Herbert Jenkins buried inside the Bank walls at midnight with a gold coin as 19th century lore and mentions ants and the ionosphere as nearby curiosities.
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Bank of England
St. Christopher-le- Stocks
Herbert Jenkins
Walla
Neas Daily Mall
Campfire Picture Tips With Photoflash Lamps
John Van Guilder offers practical advice for capturing night campfire scenes. Use Photoflash to light groups near the fire, position subjects for full finder visibility, and avoid decapitation or lens flare. A box camera with the largest stop can yield good results for outdoor parties or camping trips.
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U.S. 4
John van Guilder
Death ray device claimed by British inventor Matthews
Reports from England describe Harry Grindell Matthews and a proposed "death ray" able to deter air raids by creating a lightning fast electric charge to stop aircraft engines and trigger a steel rain from rockets. Skepticism remains though, while officials offer no confirmation of possession or deployment.
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England
Harry Grindell Matthews
London
Bitherton
Matthews
Essuing
Ghreat
Etherton
U.S
Britain
Buried City Unearthed in Vienna's Ex Cavations
An underground metropolis is found beneath Vienna after piping work in Zollar Gasse. Nine story deep structures, 120 foot subterranean depths, and vast halls 36 by 20 by 15 feet line brick lined passages spanning square miles. Discoveries include an underground cemetery with bones and coffins and a vaulted chapel with wall paintings.
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Vienna
Austria
Zollar Gasse
New Wheat Developed Against Rust and Yellow Flour
Dr. E C Stakman of the University of Minnesota notes a new rust resisting spring wheat free of the yellow flour defect that turned housewives away from similar varieties. Limited seed supply exists due to recent introduction, suggesting farmers plant Thatcher seed supplemented by Marquillo which rusts well but lacks broad commercial recommendation because of yellow flour.
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Northwest
E. C. Stakman
University of Minnesota Pathologiat
Revived Plants Enter Show At Tenant Flower Event
Peter Podneck, a Rockfeller Centre doorman in New York, saved discarded plants from Horticultural Hall, replanted them at home, and tended them back to health. He entered the revived specimens in the first annual tenant and employee flower show, drawing early praise from connoisseurs.
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Peter Podneck
Rockfeller Centre
New York
Horticultural Hall
Indian voter in Alberta may cast ballots this year
A Stoney hunting guide and prospector near High River is believed to be the only full-blooded Indian in southern Alberta eligible to vote in the Alberta and Dominion elections this year. He resigned his treaty status years ago, living near Pekiako after leaving the Stoney reserves.
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Alberta
Dominion
Coffee From Ethiopia Amid War Risks
The Harar district of Ethiopia produces coffee that the National Geographic Society ranks next to Mocha in the world market. War disrupting Ethiopian labor could deprive many of their morning coffee.
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Occidentals
Harar
Ethiopia
National Geographic Society
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