Radio Telegraphic Service In Northern Hinterland Grows
The North West Territories radio telegraph system operated by the Royal Canadian Signals is rising in importance with a potential peak this year. A six to seven year old chain links Edmonton to McMurray and to the Mackenzie River mouth, with key stations at Fort Chippewyan Fort Smith Rae Relance Fort Norman Camsel River Cameron Bay and Aklavik. Two Yukon posts at Mayo and Dawson and Herschel island complete the coverage. The government network supports mining settlements around Great Bear lake and a rush of prospectors on Lake Athabaska while daily meteorological reports aid agriculturists and shippers of perishable goods. Weather for the continent is said to be made in the Mackenzie valley with Toronto handling compilation as a major government service.
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North West Territoria
Royal Canadian Signals
Edmonton
McMurray
Mackenzie River
Fort Chippewyan
Fort Smith
Rae
Relance
Fort Norman
Camsel River
Cameron Bay
Great Bear Lake
Aklavik
Yukon
Mayo
Dawson
Herschel Island
North Country
Lake Athabaska
North American
Toronto
Soy bean’s rising career in America noted by Ford
The soy bean, long a staple in Asia, is urged as a versatile North American crop. Advocates say it could become a farm factory, yielding foods, fuel, glue, soap, and even car parts. Henry Ford promotes the idea with a model plot in Chicago, though large-scale farming has yet to begin. Chinch bugs avoid soy beans, while other caterpillars feed on them.
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Asia
America
Henry Ford
Ford
Chicago
Hamilton Spectator
Great Britain Takes Large Shares Of Estates, Focus on Cowdrays
The St Thomas Times-Journal discusses British death duties noting Britain imposes high succession taxes. It cites the Cowdray estate cases from 1827 to 1932, showing multi million dollar estates yielding millions in taxes. It claims three Cowdray deaths netted about 12 million for the government from a 20 million estate.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
Great Britain
Lord Cowdray
Bishop's Bride Shown in Cathedral Paintings
Norwich cathedral paintings unearthed during restoration by Professor Tristram reveal three medallions depicting the founder Bishop Herbert de Losinga. The scenes trace his lending of funds, his bishop’s robes in prayer, and the completed cathedral as a penance tale. The artworks may endure about a century more.
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Norwich
England
Tristram
Royal College of Art
Herbert de Losinga
Losinga
Tristam
Cannibal Spider Described In Utah Cellar Sighting
A weird tale reports a black widow in Gunnaison Utah found by Mrs Sarah Hill in a cellar. She kept three females and two males in a fruit jar for display at a local store. One female attacked the others, feeding on them. A novelist says he has never enjoyed sea travel, dismissing it as bunk.
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Mra
Sarah Hill
Gunnaison
Utah
Television trials in Germany promise new telephony system
German post office reveals plans to install a television telephone network between major cities after Berlin Munich trials proved favorable. The display included a televising car at the 11th German radio show, broadcasting 20 pictures per second via a seven meter wavelength while sound traveled on a separate radio wave.
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Germany
Berlin
Munich
Actioner
Wheat harvest method compared to 1900s practice
A report notes that using century old methods to grow and harvest wheat across the three Prairie Provinces would demand the labor of all Canadian farmers their sons and hired help for ten hours daily over 113 days. It also mentions the famous 1901 dust storm originating in the Sahara Desert spreading across Europe.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Europe
Sahara Desert
The Family Of Smith Organization Expands In Australia
The Family of Smith, an Australian group, grows rapidly while maintaining secrecy. Members perform daily good deeds without revealing identities. The group aids the unemployed and needy with rules requiring at least one day of helping others yearly and recruiting one new member within six months of joining.
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Smith
Sydney
Melbourne
Australia
Act Smith
Safeguarding Fire Calls Trial in London Urges True Alarms
London tests a new fire call safeguard that grips the caller on submission. A false call is stopped at the signal station while firemen are alerted. The device aims to cut losses from false alarms and ensure prompt dispatch by directing responders to the scene.
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London
London County Council
Canada may export up to a hundred million in gold
Dr Charles Camsell deputy minister of mines told Princeton students in Ottawa that exports of Canadian gold this year could total about 100 million dollars if all production is exported. The visitors led by R M Field studied leading mining centers. The note adds a U S fact about hair count and Virginia's James River.
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Canada
Charles Camsell
Princeton
Ottawa
R. M. Field
Lord Leverhulme outlines countryside preservation plans
A London meeting featured Lord Leverhulme detailing rules for estate development in Cheshire to curb sham timber and colored bricks. Separate Canada’s egg grading regime praised for preventing misrepresentation, with 28 prosecutions this year and fines up to 500 dollars, keeping Canada’s egg market the highest priced globally.
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Lord Leverhulme
London
Cheshire
Lord Leverhulmes
Should A Duck Swim According To Royal Bulletin
A historical bulletin from His Majesty's stationary office challenges the belief that ducks must swim for happiness. It states swimming is a purposeless recreation for ducks and that while it can help keep ducklings clean and content, it gives them too much exercise.
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His Majesty
Fire risk from cigarette smoking cited at meeting
Dominion fire commissioner Annas J. Grove Smith of Ottawa told the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals that tobacco smoking caused about 10,000 fires annually. He noted 254 Canadian fire fatalities in 1933, 31 more than in 1931, amid rising concern over smoking as a blaze source.
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Annas J. Grove Smith
Dominion Fire Commissioner
Ottawa
Association of Canadian Fire Marshals
Mr. Smith
University yields offer field crops from Saskatchewan
A field of Colsess barley yielding 57 bushels per acre was threshed by the Field Husbandry Department of the University of Saskatchewan. The variety is noted for good feeding quality. Superior brome grass, a strain developed at the university, produced nine bushels of seed per acre.
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University of Saskatchewan
Cactus plants thrive with ample summer moisture
Concise update notes that cacti require water to survive and grow best in summer with sufficient moisture. Economic conditions in Austria are described as improving, reflecting a broader context of economic improvement.
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Austria
Zoo Abolishes Enclosures for Nearly Native Habitat View
Philadelphia Zoological Garden moves to remove fences from animal runs to create cage-free spaces. Deep concrete-faced moats replace wire, concealing barriers and giving visitors the impression animals roam freely. Two fence-free runs opened for bison and two bad-tempered Yamas amid a pit of lizards turtles and snakes.
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Philadelphia Zoological Garden
Notable figures linked to Florence culture and finance
Florence once stood as a global hub of art and money with famed names such as Michelangelo, the Medici, Dante Alighieri, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Delia Robbia, Leonardo da Vinci, Benvenuto Cellini, and Raphael. Each endured in history for shaping culture and finance across eras.
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Florence
Italy
Michelangelo
the Medici
Dante Alighieri
Boccaccio
Machievelli
Delia Robbia
Leonardo da Vinci
Benevenuto Bellini
Raphael
Variety of Goods Shipped from Canada to South Africa
Canada sent a large variety of products to South Africa last year totaling over 200 commodities. The shipments included apples rolled oats wheat sour canned vegetables twine preserved fish lumber agricultural implements and other items reflecting broad commercial ties between the two countries.
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Canada
South Africa
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
United States
James River
Virginia
Poultry Services
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Egg Inspection Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture Egg Inspection Service
Dominion
King George
Royal Southampton Yacht Club
Cowes
Isle of Wight
Philadelphia Zoo
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