Spectacular Scenic Route For Prairie Motorists Through Rockies To The Pacific Coast
A trans mountain highway through Banff and Yoho National Parks offers access to Lake Louise Moraine Lake and the Ten Peaks valley with an unfinished Selkirk link known as the Big Bend Highway. A new rail linked auto carriage service between Revelstoke and Golden operates June 15 to September 15, allowing direct Pacific Coast to Prairie travel with auto delivery on arrival.
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North America
Canadian Rockies
Great Mountain
Banff and
Yoho National Parks
Lake Louise
Moraine Lake
National Parks Service
Department of the Interior
Government of
British Columbia
Great Northern Bend
Columbia River
Selkirks
Canadian Pacific Railway
Revelstoke
B.C
Golden
Prairies
Pacific Coast
Experience Guides Turkey Egg Laying Time in Canada
Poultry expert A G Taylor of the Dominion Department of Agriculture says turkeys begin laying mid April in Eastern Canada and earlier in the west, with timing tied to springlike weather. Proper feeding and season control depend on seasoned attendants, and birds should be wintered where laying is expected in spring.
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Canada
British Columbia
A. G. Taylor
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Austrian Inventor Unveils Flexible Warm Window Glass
An Austrian inventor creates a synthetic window glass that feels warm and offers some flexibility. Details of the chemical process remain a trade secret, with reports suggesting a chemically treated wood product as part of the method.
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Austria
Shortage of Food Predicted by Marketing Board Leader
W B Somerset chair of the Ontario Market Board warns of an immediate rise in living costs as world supplies run short. He notes farm product trends point upward and cites shortages in butter cheese eggs and bacon as particularly marked.
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W. B. Somerset
Ontario Market Board
Mr. Somerset
Braille Publications Reach 50 Million Pages For Blind
American Braille Press produced about 50,000,000 pages of braille literature including books magazines and music for War and Civilian Blind during ten years. Readings and music published by the press circulated in over 40 countries. Three monthly braille magazines in English and periodicals in French Italian Polish Romanian Serbian Spanish and Flemish were distributed.
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American Braille Press
William Nelson Cromwell
Cromwell
Syrup From Sugar Beets Experiments At Ottawa Farm
Farmers inquire about making edible syrup from sugar beets. The Ottawa Experimental Farm details a home method: wash and trim beets, peel, grind pulp, suspend in cheese cloth over water, boil, wash with warm water, repeatedly steam, filter, evaporate, settle overnight, pour clear syrup, boil to maple consistency, remove scum, bottle hot and seal.
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Ottawa
Columbus Trip Echoes In Washington Director Speech
In a Washington director's meeting Owen MD Young compared business mood to Christopher Columbus, noting uncertainty at start and end. A 1928 garage builder is praised for foresight, living apart from his work. The note ends with a remark on Chinese gelatin from shark fins.
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Washington
Owen MD. Young
Christopher Columbus
Canada seeks new hen to fit strict poultry specs
The department of agriculture aims to develop a new chicken type weighing about 21 pounds before fattening, plump and compact, laying two ounce eggs in abundance. Existing Plymouth Rock Leghorn Rhode Island Reds and Wyandottes fail to meet British and Canadian market specifications. Canada will cross breed in Nova Scotia and British Columbia as competition likely spreads nationwide. Officials are confident a pullet meeting these exact specs can be produced.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
Plymouth
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Poultry Division
Official Towhee as BC State Bird Sparks Debate
Naturalists urge British Columbia to adopt the towhee as the official bird, but many residents favor the robin for its color and year round presence. Towhee described as gray breasted with a black head and two white wing feathers, a minor local figure in Washington. A rival claim notes the towhee’s obscurity to the public, while supporters tout its hardiness and BC loyalty. The piece also mentions a new 670 foot long tank at England's National Physical Laboratory for testing scale models of boats and ships.
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British Columbia
B.C
Washington
National Physical Laboratory
Teddington
England
O. G. Pike
German Invents Elastic Glass That Does Not Break
A German inventor unveils a new glass material described as elastic and unbreakable. The innovation claims it resists splintering and cracking, offering potential uses where brittle glass is a risk. Further tests and commercial details were not disclosed.
The Evolution of Navigation Aids and Color Adaptation
O G Pike notes how color change helps wildlife evade detection with examples like the chameleon and fimbriated gecko. The piece highlights early longitude solving efforts, the Harrison chronometer of 1765, and the shift from rudimentary beacons to precise navigation enabling safer seafaring.
Lindbergh Seen As Bright Physics Student In Wisconsin
Dr Richard Hamer of Halifax recalls Charles A Lindbergh as a capable physics student in a 10 year old Wisconsin campus class, noting his deep interest in magnetic fields and a question on locating oneself without sun or stars. The insight reportedly aided later the earth inductor compass used on his New York to Paris solo flight.
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Charlies A. Lindbergh
Richard Hamer
Halifax
University of Wisconsin
America
Hamer
Lindbergh
Atlantic
New York
Paris
British challenger Hubert Scott-Paine to skip Harmsworth race
Hubert Scott-Paine, the British challenger to Gar Wood for the Harmsworth trophy, said through J Lee Parrett, secretary of the Gold Cup committee that he will not enter a craft this fall unless summer experiments prove to his satisfaction that a worthy challenger to Wood's boat exists.
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Hubert Scott-Paine
Gar Wood
J. Lee Parrett
Wood
London Lord Mayor’s Fashionable Burden of Office
The London Lord Mayor Sir Henry Greenaway leads a day filled with formal duties and events. He spends substantial time dressing in heavy ceremonial robes and costly trappings, managing an annual outlay around 50000 dollars for banquets, receptions, the Lord Mayor’s Show, and wardrobe.
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Sir Henry Greenaway
London
Sir Henry
Old London's Streets Safer and Safer
London faces fewer street deaths and injuries with 1,263 fatalities and 52,456 injuries reported last year. In the second half of the year, deaths dropped by 46 from the 1921 six months total, while injuries fell by 714. Private cars cause most fatal crashes. roundabouts and signalized junctions offer safer operation.
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London
Reminded In Time and the Tall Tale Dinner Remark
A renowned traveler of tall stories arranges dinner with friends to kick him if he goes too far. Early in the evening he begins a tale about a friend with a rose garden over ten miles long and two inches wide, prompting a kick from his audience. The note ends with a fact about the opossum using its tail as a hand to cling to branches.
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Turkey
Marketing Authority
Winnipeg
Asion
Ruth Rogers
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Twickenham
Ireland
Owen D. Young
Germany
the Lion
Albert
Harrison
Phillip III
Spain
States of
Holland
Pharos
Dover
Isle of Wight
Cloudesley Shovel
John
William Harrison
T. Ridge
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