Dominion colonization plan tied to Canada export gains
A discussion of British migration to Canada links settlement efforts with market safeguards. It argues colonization should include guarantees for selling more Canadian farm produce in migrants’ origin countries, to offset prairie farmers’ losses and ensure settlers are self supporting, citing New Zealand and Australia as examples and urging Canadian authorities to weigh an economic pact before expanding colonization.
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Dominion
Canada
Western
East
Prairie
West
New
Far East
New Zealand
Teeling
Australia
Morning Rarin To Gear Jump Out Of Bed
A lively phrase from a column or ad fragment urging readers to start the day with energy. The text emphasizes wakefulness and readiness, likely part of a larger promotional or entertainment item from a historical newspaper page.
Trains Back In Favor As Youth Take Their First Rides
Fort Erie Times-Review notes a shift as more young people, long used to cars and buses, ride trains for the first time. Railroads promote streamliners and improved service to revive interest and counter past indifference. The trend appears across towns outside major rail hubs.
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Fort Erie
Ottawa minister asks eastern farmers to aid cattle plan
Hon J G Gardiner, agriculture minister, appealed to eastern Canada farmers to cooperate with a government plan to aid cattle breeders in prairie growth areas. Speaking before livestock exhibitors at the Central Canada Exhibition in Ottawa, he noted abundance of roughage in the east and said the plan includes paying fares to move feeder cattle west and refunding half the freight if cattle are fed east for three months, benefiting participants.
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J. G. Gardiner
Canada
Grouth
Prairie Provinces
Ottawa
Maritimes
Gardiner
Professor Finds Gold in Green Peppers Vitamin C Breakthrough
Professor Albert Azent-Gyvergyi of Szeged Hungary discovers green peppers as a rich vitamin C source. He tests peppers after hours, yielding a pound of pure vitamin C from 4,000 pounds of peppers, noting peppers’ high content and cost advantage over citrus.
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Albert Azent-Gyvergyi
Szeged
Hungary
Government Mint Cleaning Reveals Hidden Gold Treasure
The Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa plans furnace room moves to a new wing and will thoroughly clean rooms being vacated. J. C. Campbell says vast quantities of gold dust will be recovered from floors ceilings and walls as tiny particles lingered in smoke and gases from melting furnaces.
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Royal Canadian Mint
Ottawa
Mint
Canada
J. C. Campbell
Factory tests wind full size planes at Farmborough RAE
A wind tunnel at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farmborough England enables full-scale aircraft testing before construction. The vast apparatus achieves wind speeds up to 115 miles per hour and can tailor builds to order.
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Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farmaborough
England
Wonder House Exhibition Promises Modern Convenience for Busy Households
At a New York exhibit a “wonder house” showcases electric appliances designed for homes without domestic help. An autonomous roast range shuts off when done, doors open and keyholes glow for late arrivals, and an electric nursery system triggers chimes, burglar alarms, and interior lighting. A goldfish bowl features floodlights and an underwater fountain, needing only monthly water changes.
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New York
Mystery of Silica Dust Turns Into Lung Poison
Dr W Irving Clark and Prof Philip Drinker at Harvard explained that finely ground silica dust becomes a dangerous lung irritant. Beach sand and common minerals contain silica but are harmless unless finely milled into airborne particles.
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Harvard
W. Irving Clark
Philip Drinker
Harvard School of Public Health
Apple Leaves Nest Tiny Openings
Treea breathe through tiny openings on the underside of their leaves. A single apple leaf has more than 1400 of these pores.
Unfitness of Things Motoring Notice Sets Police Top
A terse nineteenth century styled item notes an oratorical complaint about motor vehicle conduct. A motorcycle officer is urged to halt a motorcar driver for excessive poise, with a curious exclamatory flourish and the figure 3163 as part of the fragmentary record.
Japan's hosiery edge over rivals due to low labor costs
A Knit Goods Weekly copy reports cotton hosiery from Japan gaining market share in the South. A 50 percent tariff increase could let Japan undersell U.S. products by 18.6 percent, driven by wages of $2.90 weekly for male knitters and $1.25 for females, reflecting Japan's industrialization and world market push.
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St. Catharines
Ontario
U.S.A
Japan
Scotsman Seeks Missing Free Wheel In Local Bike Shop
A Scot visits the bicycle shop he recently used and asks about his bike. The shopkeeper confirms the bicycle has arrived but the free wheel is missing. The exchange ends with Jock voicing the puzzle of the missing part.
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Jock
Bath rooms scarce in grand European buildings
An American plumber touring Europe reports the Hohenzollern Palace at Potsdam has 600 rooms but only two baths, and a 260 room castle in Germany with no bath. He notes Boston officials long ago banned baths except by doctor’s order and London’s Mansion House rejected a shower bath request as unnecessary.
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Atlantic
Hohenzollern
Potsdam
Germany
Boston
London
Mansion House
Ramp access buildings for car parking on every floor
London designed hotels offices and homes will allow cars to enter and traverse ramps to any floor. Inventor architect Dr M Hoenig reports existing structures in Leeds and France with basements housing a 170 car garage and a 150 bedroom hotel plus a cinema.
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London
M. Hoenig
Leeds
England
France
Courageous Gopher Saves Mate on Canadian Road
A. D. Bain, superintendent of bungalow camps in the Canadian Rockies, recounts a gopher rescue. As he neared in his car he found an injured gopher in the road while a second gopher, teeth bared, dragged the dying mate to safety in the grass by the roadside.
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Gopher
A. D. Bain
Canadian Rockies
Bain
Sparrows Electrocuted Under Unstruck Raleigh Tree
During a severe Raleigh storm, up to sixty sparrows roosting beneath a large tree were electrocuted though the tree itself was not struck. Officials believe charged air and nearby electric wires caused the deaths.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Excellent results from Canadian poultry flock testing
Blood-test results reported across Canada show high accuracy. A British Columbia breeder sold hatchery eggs valued at 608 dollars from a flock tested last fall for 16 dollars. In Ontario a Record of Performance stock sale to a U.S. breeder saw females fetch 5 dollars each and a male 15 dollars.
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Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
United States
R.O.P
Pumpkin Pie Filling From Selected Recipes
Mix pumpkin flour sugar spices and salt with beaten eggs milk and a dash of nutmeg mace ginger and cinnamon. Stir well then pour into a pastry lined deep pie plate and bake in a moderate oven until firm about thirty five minutes.
New plant strains rise from distant origins in farming
Twenty five percent of vegetables and fruits eaten today came from strains not existing a decade ago. Examples like cantaloupes show how cross breeding from a mildew resistant species found in India has introduced resilient varieties to this continent.
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India
Lon Dona waterside inn closes after 400 years
After four centuries the Turk's Head Inn at Wapping, long a notable port of call along Lon Dona waterside, has closed its doors. The historic hostelry, once a hub for sailors and locals, winds down operations marking the end of an era.
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Londona Waterside
Turk’s Head Inn
Wapping
Lord Mayor Receives Century of Memorial Ideas
The Lord Mayor of London and the King George Memorial Fund review hundreds of suggestions for a memorial to King George. Proposals include renaming Trafalgar Square, moving Nelson's Column to Tower Hill, erecting statues of King George and his four sons, and placing the Cenotaph at the center of a prospective square. Other ideas feature a flood-lit mausoleum in Hyde Park and a monumental statue on the Sussex coast near Lecon Solent visible 20 miles at sea.
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London
King George Memorial Fund
Trafalgar Square
King George Square
Nelson
Tower Hill
King George
Hyde Park
Supple Fingered Leo Stengler Delights Rochester Club
Leo M. Stengler of Waiters Union No 16 in New York City showcased his skill at a Rochester Hotel and Restaurant International Alliance meeting by producing a bishop's mitre a wedding candle a callboat and a clown grinning from a plain napkin.
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Leo M. Stengler
Waiters’ Union, No
New York City
Hotel and Restaurant International Alliance
Rochester
N.Y
Undesirable alien defined as foreigner earning more
A Collier's correspondent writes that an undesirable alien is a foreigner who earns more money than the author. The remark reflects a xenophobic stereotype linking wealth to social threat rather than factual distinction.
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Collier's
Ancient Romans Named Fruits by Country of Growth
The document notes that Apricota peaches pomegranates and oranges were called apples by Romans. They distinguished the fruits using the countries where they were grown.
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