Crested Wheat Grass praised by Agriculture Minister
In a Commons answer, Hon Robert Weir extolled crested wheat grass. He cited its drought tolerance, rapid green growth in spring, low weed competition, high seed yield, and suitability for dry and northern regions. At Indian Head and Saskatoon tests, seed yields reached 1,820 pounds from a small sowing.
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House of Commons
Robert Weir
Manybétries
Harrington
Saskatoon
Canada
Indian Head
No Camels Supplying Hair Brushes In Village Shop
An artist holidaying in a small village asks for ecamtel hair brushes. The shopkeeper replies they never stock them and jokes that no one here keeps camels. The remark highlights local demand and humorous misfit products.
Training Colony For Jewish Refugees In Holland
A plan to found a training colony for German Jewish refugees on 16000 acres in the reclaimed Wieringen Polder near the Zuyder Zee. The land is leased by the Netherlands government to the Dutch relief committee for Jewish emigrants. Colonists will be trained in agriculture and horticulture to emigrate to Palestine or other countries, while the government opposes permanent Jewish settlement due to rising unemployment in Holland.
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Wieringen
Zuyder Zee
Netherlands
Dutch Relief Committee
Palestine
Holland
A Century Of Watch A’ 19-Jewel Pocket Chronometer
John Arnold, a famed English watchmaker born in Bodwin Cornwall in 1754, created the 19-jewel pocket chronometer now owned by Joseph Brown in Nanaimo British Columbia. In his career he crafted the smallest watch of its era and gifted it to King George III, who paid 500 guineas. the Czar of Russia offered 1,000 guineas for a duplicate, an offer Arnold rejected.
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John Arnold
Joseph Brown
Nanaimo
Bodwin
Cornwall
George III
Arnold
Russia
Livestock Prices Signal Rebound in Horse and Bull Trade
The report notes strong demand for livestock with horse prices rising and bulls showing gains. Shorthorn bulls averaged 114 versus 87 last year, Hereford bulls 104 up from before, and Aberdeen Angus bulls 122.50 up from 88.50. The top animal sold for 240, and several above 200. Bred sows also fetched good prices as bacon hog values rise. Saskatchewan remains a leading wheat province, highlighting the shift toward horsepower and stock raising.
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Hereford
Aberdeen
Saskatchewan
Canada
Noted Inventor Dr Thaddeus Cahill Dies in New York
Dr Thaddeus Cahill 76 who abandoned law at 26 to become a noted inventor died in New York of heart disease. He created the telharmonium and an electric typewriter, built a plant on West 56th street where electrified music was heard in Carnegie Hall and other cities. His work attracted foreign governments and fed early radio broadcasts by Lee De Forest. Cahill was a native of Iowa.
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Thaddeus Cahil
Thaddeus Cahill
New York
West 56Th Street
Carnegie Hall
Boston
Springfield
Baltimore
Washington
Cahill
Lee de Forrest
Iowa
New Occupation For Girls Institute At Manchester
Girls at the Institute in Manchester begin a shoe repairing class joining drill and domestic crafts. Under the housekeeper’s guidance pupils learn to mend boots and shoes showcasing neat repairs on their own footwear and that of siblings.
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Institute
Manchester
Girls' Institute
Thig School
Inventor Claims Moving Car Chain Attachment Device
After twelve years of effort D. E. Thomas of Fairmont West Virginia says he perfected a device to attach automobile chains while the car moves. The article notes the human ear detects sounds across nearly nine octaves from about 32 to over 16000 vibrations per second.
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D. E. Thomas
Fairmont
W. Va
Profitable European Snail Industry and Trade
A report outlines the European snail industry with about 90 million snails sold in Paris each winter. Escargot, mainly white, are raised by snail farmers who pay 1 to 3 cents per 200 snails. Farmers maintain fenced snaileries on rocky hillsides, fattening snails with greens through autumn and winter for market.
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Glen
Saath Ea Avenally
Europe
Paris
Jura Alps
Burgundy
Women blamed for wheat surplus shift in diet
The Baltimore Sun suggests that women’s dieting prejudices, fueled by fears of obesity, reduced intake of hot biscuits and similar foods, influencing a decline in biscuit popularity and wheat consumption as men are urged to get a “square deal” to curb the surplus.
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Parker House
Baltimore Sun
Threadneedle Street Name Puzzle Still Unsolved
The London finance world knows Threadneedle Street from the Bank of England era but a satisfying origin remains elusive. Elizabethan John Stow calls it Threeneedle street and some link the name to the Needlemakers Company arms showing three needles, while others suggest a tavern sign.
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Threadneedle Street
World of
Finance
Threadneedle St
Bank of England
John Stow
Needlemakers Company
London Daily Telegraph
Scots face list of Scots in Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes
A counterfeit Irish Free State entry for the Grand National Hospitals Sweepstakes carries 120 Scotsmen who signed a penny list. If the winner is drawn, each man would receive 1250 dollars. Also notes a London eye hospital donation, vast book production in England, and France's seven year presidential term.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
New UK Rule Requires Marking Origin on Dressed Poultry
The Irish government Merchandise Marks Act amendment will force all dressed poultry imported into the United Kingdom to bear a visible country of origin. Canada, a major supplier, notes the rule may affect frozen poultry exports but anticipates alignment with British requirements for legible origin marks on seals or discs not less than two centimeters in diameter attached to each bird.
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United Kingdom
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Dominion Department of Agriculture
London Docks
Flax Shortage May Require Argentine Imports for Mills
Western linseed oil mills face a flax shortage as Western Canada production wanes. Medicine Hat mill and two others may source flax from Argentina to meet 240,000 bushels needed and avert a $500,000 yearly loss to Alberta farmers. Alberta's flax dropped from over 1,000,000 bushels to about 50,000 last year. Authorities urge shifting seeded wheat acreage to flax.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Alberta Milla
Alberta
W. A. Church
Alberta Department of Agriculture
First Day Feed For Chicks
First day after hatching chicks should have water and trays of sand or fine grit. Finely chopped hard boiled egg mixed with tile bran is given sparingly on the second day. A suitable chick mash is offered with occasional chick scratch for variety.
Tax Breaks for Italian Parents and Moon Tides Founders
A government grant exempts parents of ten children in Italy from taxes, while bachelors aged 25 to 60 face heavy taxation. In ancient lore, Phoenicians are credited with linking sea tides to lunar motion.
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Italy
Control Of Emotions In Child Rearing Debate
C R Myers Ontario health department consultant called the idea of suppressing children's emotions absurd before the Social Service Council of Canada in London Ontario He warned that not allowing emotion would cripple civilization and noted children lack inherent fears which are shaped as they grow He argued emotional health matters more than intelligence.
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C. R. Myers
Ontarioa Department of Health
Social Service Council of Canada
London
Ont
Myers
Domestic Dispute Ends With Quiet Defiance
Mrs. Brown scolded her colored cook in a sharp reprimand. The cook kept silent until in the kitchen her voice rose in shrill vituperation. Loud clamor and vindictive exclamations prompted the mistress to come downstairs in surprise.
Interesting Mourice Hobson’s uncanny bog weight judging claim
Maurice George Hobson, a Missouri farmer and trader from Blackow, says he can weigh bogs without scales by their equal weights. Neighbors doubt his method yet call him very accurate. Mention of a new three watt electric lamp claimed to cast moonlight indoors as an all night lamp discovered recently.
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George Hobson
Blackow
Missouri
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Murray
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