Dominion Government Carries Medical Aid To Arctic Regions
The Dominion government funds and operates medical care for Eskimos along Canada's Arctic and sub-Arctic coasts. Doctors in remote posts from Aklavik to Great Bear Lake treat natives, trappers, and Indians, with transport by air, boat, dog sled, and canoe. The Interior Department supports most costs while promoting healthier infant feeding and preserving traditional hunting, with vigilance against disease spread during seasonal arrivals.
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Northwest Territories
Dominion
Arctic
Trland
North Country
Aera
J. A. Urquhart
Aklavik
Mackerze River
Canada
A. G. MacKinnon
Tang Rtung
Baffin Island
J. M. Morrow
Fort Smith
L. D. Lolvingstone
Chesterfield
Hudson Bay
T. 0 Byrnes
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Bourget
Resolation
Great Stave Lake
P. W. Hrad
Good Hope
Mackenzie River
W. A. St. Truesdell
Simpson
Tar North
Mission
Department of the Interior
Eclipse of the Sua Seven Eclipses in 1035
The year 1035 features seven eclipses, including two visible in Canada and the United States. A partial solar eclipse on February 3 will cover seven tenths of the sun, dimming light and turning it greenish yellow across the U S West and western Canada. A July 16 total lunar eclipse will also be visible in the same regions, described as a rare maximum of eclipses in one year. Herbert C. Wilson notes that a total of seven eclipses is the upper limit.
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Canada
United States
Rockes
Herbert C. Wilson
Pacuic flier sails for home amid unclear notes
A fragmented account describes a Pacific flyer named Sir Charles seeking home in Australia from San Francisco aboard the Niner Montemy. The garbled text mentions a Pacific leg and a voyage context without clear dates or full details.
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Sa Cihiries
Kingsford-Smith
Liane
Pacuic
Australia
San Francisco
Charles
Four Million Trees Planned For Shelter Belt Start
Washington announced a vast U S shelter belt plan to plant four million trees next spring. The American Tree Association reported 23 of 30 areas tentatively chosen, each needing 139000 trees in five mile by ten rod strips across the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma and Texas. President Roosevelt endorsed the project and a 1934 $1,000,000 allotment moved it forward. The completed belt will span a 200 mile wide region for windbreaks on cultivated land.
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Washington
Forest Service
Canada
Texas Panhandle
American Tree Association
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Roosevelt
Defective Teeth Linked to Severe Rickets Findings
Children studied by the Washington Children's Bureau show more defective teeth among those with a history of severe rickets. Scientists urge sun exposure and cod liver oil during early childhood to greatly lessen and usually prevent these dental defects.
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Children's Bureau
Washington
Childrn
Lark Trouble Sparks Norfolk Farmers War Over Birds
In Norfolk England farmers clash with birds blamed for crop damage. The Norfolk Agricultural Committee bans the lark from a new order under a wildlife act, allowing shooting. Quotes lament a pest bird intruding from Europe as other unrelated notes mention poultry grading in Canada and high altitude balloons.
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Farner
England
Shelly
Schubert
Norfolk
Norfolk Agricultural Committee
Syd Leorge Hewitt
Germany
Russia
New York Scientist Magnifies Weevil Noise for Study
A boll weevil, devastator of southern farms, was the star in a science demonstration in New York. Dr E E Free used a sound microscope to amplify the weevil’s chewing noise ten thousand billion times, revealing sounds so loud they filled a New York University building. He warned that such amplification could not reveal normal human-ear sounds, noting even a cat’s purr would be audible from San Francisco.
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South
New York
New York University
E. E. Free
San Francisco
Very Modest About It George Bernard Shaw Claims He Could Have Prevented War
George Bernard Shaw says in a letter to The New Statesman that his 1913 suggestions to Sir Edward Grey could have averted World War I. He claims the Great War might have been avoided if the foreign secretary had followed his advice. The piece notes a gulf coast salt dome fact about sulphur.
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George Bernard Shaw
London
The
New Statesman
Natan
Shaw
Edward Grey
Get Your Box Camera Out This Winter
Thousands share a fascination with picture taking and box cameras and should drop the winter blues. Dust off the lens, load film, and start snapping indoors or outdoors with the right settings and a tripod. The article urges amateur effort over boasting equipment and invites readers to seek photos even in bleak winter light.
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Snapshot Guild
John Tan Guilder
Renowned Varieties Of Grain Now Grown In Canada
An overview credits Canada’s grain progress to Dominion Experimental Farms established in 1886 as they developed rust resistant wheats and oats. The text notes Canada’s shift from imported varieties to a diverse, high quality spring and fall wheat, oats and barley, underscoring scientific achievement in agriculture.
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Canada
Laura Hebert
Dominion Experimental Farms
Dominion
Atill
Dominion of Canada
Fish Meal For Stock Feeding Declines In Use
The Fish Meal and Oils Bulletin from the Dominion department of agriculture notes three main barriers to wider use of fish meal: high price, limited information on usage, and variability of the product. It is mainly fed to swine but also used for dairy cattle and other livestock, with growing animals and milking cows deriving the best gains from high protein feeds.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Same Firm at Rural Station Keeps Busy Worker Busy
A rural railway station stationmaster signalman porter and ticket collector performed multiple duties. A passenger observed him sweeping the platform with fierce energy and quipped that it felt like Paddington station. The worker replied with a brisk salute and renewed sweeping, saying same firm, sir.
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Paddington
Morning Bulletin notices quirky household list tale
The wife of a banker on East Seventy eighth street New York sends the cook’s grocery list with her breakfast tray. One morning the tray returns with coffee toast and orange juice and the note reveals Madame the Jog has fleas again and coffee chocolate rice bacon.
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East Seventy-eighth Street
New York
A Very Bad Habit Undermines Self Initiative and Judgment
The piece argues that thousands live as pygmies by not being themselves, fearing initiative and relying on others for guidance. It claims people become echoes, following others’ tracks, while scientists seek to uncover true structures and secrets.
Animals Play Like Children In Nature’s Playful Habits
Naturalists describe young foxes engaging in tug of war with their limbs, otters sliding down familiar chutes, badgers claiming hilltops in moonlight king of the castle contests, and lambs, cats, and dogs playing hide and seek. These animals exhibit playful behavior lasting hours in good temper.
Time Well Spent And Refresher Breaks For Busy Day
The passage urges short breaks after breakfast and midday tea to maintain energy. It suggests resting five minutes during travel, pausing between shops, and reflecting on reading to refresh the mind and extend vigor through the day.
Incentive To Growth And Eternal Life
Fragmentary text discusses growth, development, and service in belief life continues forever with truth of God aiding character. Mentions Francia Thompson and a brief, unclear customer exchange about ginger ale and pale versus glass. References to Andrew Johnson’s early work as a tailor.
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Ufe
Francia Thompson
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Sub-Arctic
Pier Saikk
U.S
Lark
Paris
Mick the Miller
Weevil
Ella
Gulf Coast
the Snapshot Guild
Seagate
Andrew Johnson
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