Extensive Mining Revival Promised Around Great Bear Lake
Department of the Interior officials push resumption of mining near Great Bear Lake Northwest Territories with reconnaissance by air. Cameron Bay to host settlement and water frontage applications as companies expand to development and prospecting in the new Cam self River silver camp. Imperial Oil produced 11000 gallons gasoline and 21000 gallons fuel oil at Norman in the winter, with most shipments to Great Bear Lake. A patrol head will lead a Royal Canadian Mounted Police sub mining recorder into Yukon placer districts.
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Department of the Interior
Great Bear Lake
North West Territories
Thomas G. Murphy
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Leake
Creat Bear Lake
Camsell
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Imperial Oil Limited
Norman
Department
Liard River
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Victorian style dress pattern for women and misses
Ruth Rogers presents a quaint Victorian influenced pattern with broadened shoulders and a slim lower bodice suitable for a miss or average figure. It suits luncheons and social afternoons, Style No. 220 offers sizes 14 to 38 and requires fabric and lining amounts with a coral red and white checked taffeta. Price posted at 20 cents.
Gang posing as police lecked off raids in Shanghai
A gang posing as policemen raided opium dens and gambling resorts in Shanghai. They kidnapped proprietors and released them after demanding large sums. They were captured while attempting to extort $50 from an elderly woman found in a room with opium.
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Shanghai
China
Sugar tax opens market opportunity for honey producers
The high tax on sugar appears to create a potential opening for honey producers. If alert to the situation, they can capitalize on shifting consumer choices and pricing dynamics driven by the policy.
Cakes Stay Moist By Substituting Corn Syrup For Sugar
A baking tip explains that using corn syrup to replace part of the sugar in cake recipes keeps the finished cakes moister for longer. The suggestion implies adjusting sweetness and texture while maintaining structure.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Union
Pattern instructions appear from Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave in Winnipeg. The notice lists Pattern No directing readers to contact the union for ordering details and delivery.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Private Phone Number Case Sparks Outburst
A man who moved into a new apartment found his unlisted phone had a blank subscriber card. He demanded his own number from Information but was refused as private data. After a scene at the office his wife retrieved the number via a messenger. The incident ends with the man still enraged.
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The
New Yorker
Lloyd George’s First National Rise From Parish Court Case
The death of Rev. T Roberts recalls how David Lloyd George, at 25, helped defend a burial beside a daughter against a rector’s ban. The Portmadoc solicitor advised action. quarry workers broke gates to allow the funeral. The rector won the trespass suit, then Lloyd George won on appeal, boosting his career and securing Carnarvon seat.
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Rev
T. Roberts
Wales
David Lloyd George
Mr. Lloyd George
Roberts
North Wales
Portmadoc
Lloyd George
Long Chess Match By Mail Ends After Seven Years
Walter J. Dodge of Portland Oregon and his brother George 8 Dodge of Montebello California finished a seven year chess by mail duel. Their first game began in 1922 and took four years. They have one more game to fifty to decide the series with each having won a game. Dodge predicts the championship will be decided by 1949. Scotland Yard’s fingerprint library now holds 515000 prints.
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Walter J. Dodge
Portland
Ore
George 8
Dodge
Montebello
California
Peter the Great Ring Sells Fast at London Auction
A signet ring once owned by Peter the Great sold in London within four minutes for 1850 dollars at a contemporary auction. The buyer and bidding details were not disclosed.
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Peter the Great
London
University of Minnesota motion study on reading habits
Researchers at the University of Minnesota use an apparatus to record a person's movements while reading to detect faulty reading habits. The study aims to identify patterns in posture eye movements and attention during reading tasks.
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University of Minnesota
Midwinter rhubarb growing blooms in British Columbia gardens
British Columbia gardeners cultivate rhubarb under cover from November transplanted field roots, creating a midwinter crop. The piece pairs with a quirky dining-room quip about a sleeve in soup and a cautious waiter reassures a coal harmlessly in the bowl.
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British Columbia
New vending machines reject bad coins in London underground
Automatic ticket machines on the London subterranean network reject invalid coins during the ven ding season, prompting riders to use correct currency for season tickets and faster entry.
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London
Feather from deerins Made by New Zealand Process
A new method perfected in New Zealand enables feather production from deerins. The process claims efficient yield and potential use in textiles and related industries.
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New Zealand
Mixed Metaphors and Bulls in Global Oratory History
A humorous survey of bull metaphors across cultures notes Irish wit in New York hearings with Mayor Walker, contrasts Boyle Roche and Winston Churchill, and cites Scots and English remarks on backbone of armies and patriotism. It ends with an Australian parliamentarian’s face to face nose-tweaking complaint.
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New York
Walker
Albany
House of Commons
Boyle Roche
Roche
Winston Churchill
Canberra
Latin for welcome quoted in casual theater chat
Two theater patrons joke about the word asbestos meaning welcome in Latin as one nudges a friend and asks what it means across the curtain, prompting a sharp reply to keep quiet.
Midnight Matinees Start in London Theatres
London cinema operators announce midnight matinees to boost late evening attendance. Studios and venue bosses say films will run after midnight on weekends, with selective titles and concessions.
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London
Cuban exiles plot overthrow as violence surges in Havana
In New York exiles form a revolutionary junta led by Dr. Carlos de la Torre and figures like Dr. Miguel Gomez and General Mario Menoca while Havana reports 56 deaths by violence in the week before Easter. The regime is accused of using the le de fuga to kill opponents, which the government denies.
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MeuceoPex
Mario Mtroce
Oe Ilicutt Gomez
New York
Gerado Machado
Cuba
Paradise
Carlos de la Torre
University of Havana
Miguel M. Gomez
Havana
Mendez Penate
Nationalist Party
Mario G. Menoca
Dairy Conference Seeks Board To Promote Farm Produce Marketing
A Ottawa Farming conference passed a resolution urging the Dominion government to establish a farm produce marketing board to coordinate marketing of Canadian farm products including dairy. The measure calls for closer government cooperation, improved marketing, and removal of salt price discrimination. Protests also condemned current salt pricing fob wells and urged licenses reforms for creameries and dairy herd improvement through inspectors and trained dairy workers.
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Dairy Conference
Farm Produce Marketing Board
Ottawa
Canada
Pew
Paintings by Catlin Hidden in Smithsonian Walls
Cedar Rapids mayor Charles D. Houston visited the Smithsonian in Washington and learned that portraits by George Catlin worth at least 500 dollars each line the walls. A tale linked Catlin’s early struggles to a stairwell stash once hidden by a boy who became Cedar Rapids mayor.
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Charles D. Houston
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
George Catlin
Houston
Catlin
Smithsonian
Joseph Henry
Institution
Congrees
Soya bean hailed as Manchuria's great gift to world
A historical note praises the soya bean as a vital crop from Manchuria, supplying food for people and animals across Northern Asia, boosting export trade and aiding isolated workers in cold regions. It also mentions Europe adopting glass curtains with a secret process enclosing silk or cotton between glass sheets.
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Manchuria
Asia
Europe
Homeless Londoners drop below twenty five thousand
The latest figures show fewer than 25,000 Londoners sleep in lodging houses shelters and casual wards. In royal news the Earl of Leicester presented Queen Elizabeth with the first wrist watch in 15T2.
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Earl of Leicester
Elizabeth
South Africa Ends Import Surtax on Goods
South Africa has scrapped its import surcharge, removing a levy on a broad range of goods. The decision affects duties collected at customs as industries expect changes in pricing and supply chains. Government officials say the move aims to ease costs for consumers and businesses.
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South Africa
English Language Word Count Debate Asserts 250000+
A Columbia University Press survey reported about 250000 words in English, with Dr. Vizetelly and Harold Wentworth giving much higher totals. Prof. Robert Ramsay of Missouri argues 250000 is the only authoritative figure after including obsolete and alien terms, noting over 50000 are obsolete.
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Columbia University Press
Frank H. Vizetelly
Harold Wentworth
Robert L. Ramsay
University of Missouri
Vizetelly
Wentworth
Prof
Ramsay
Duty On Vegetables Advances Valuation Canada Imports
The Department of National Revenue announced ad valorem duties on imports of green onions and shallots radishes and spinach from May 1 to November 20 due to the exchange situation. Duty rates set at four cents per pound for green onions and shallots five cents for radishes and seventeen cents for spinach based on true invoice value in Canadian funds.
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Canada
Department of National Revenue
Britain’s industrial assurance societies reach seven point eight million
A modern stabilized steamship analogy opens the piece noting a toll loss akin to a ship losing its toll and reporting that principal industrial assurance societies in Britain now boast a total membership of 7,800,000.
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Principal Industrial Assurance Societies
Britain
English railway staff pass 5800 ambulance exams
More than 5,800 railway employees in England completed ambulance work exams last year. London’s sole female tea taster sampled up to 200 cups daily, highlighting unique occupational roles.
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As English Railway
London
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