Industrial diamonds fuel British tool and metal work rise
Industrial diamonds shift from luxury gems to vital tools across industry. London dominates the trade with most output sourced nearby Hatton Garden, while diamond edged tools speed metal cutting and drilling, enabling mass production. The article notes widespread use in pipe stems, electric lamps, stone shaping, and car manufacturing, with output rising to meet growing demand.
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Vondon
Hatton Garden
Amsterdam
Antwerp
London
Mr. White
Diamond Development Company
Aid
Angushman Compares US Highways to England
An Angushman traveling to the United States remarked on highway quality, noting two contractors. Dixie built excellent highways, while Pi Abang ogere did poor work, highlighting contrasting standards in American road projects.
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An Angushman
United States
England
Dixie
Lincoln
Abang Ogere
If you promise to meet at 3 30 be there on time
The proverb warns of punctuality in meeting a person at a stated time. It implies a strict expectation to wait briefly if delayed. The remark about China notes it as the first land to adopt paper money in 807 A.D.
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Jas. W. Barton
M.D
Cimates
Tam
Fassett Edwards
Hygeia
China
Be Colorful Raincoats Safe for Children Says Official
Milwaukee public safety chief Dr. B Corbett urged parents to choose light colored raincoats for children to improve visibility on highways. He warned that dark garments diminish driver recognition and could prevent accidents, a point emphasized in an address to the Board of Trade in Sault Ste Marie Ontario.
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B. Corett
Public Safety
Milwaukee
U.S. National Safety Commission
Board of Trade
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Dr. Corbett
Still The Railway Age Never Passed In Our County
Expositor notes that even with paved highways and heavy snowfall railway transport remains essential. The piece questions modern confidence in road systems and argues rail has not been surpassed in this region, citing Huron Ontario observations and contrasting star distances with agriculture context. A stray line mentions sweet potatoes as a large U.S. crop.
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Huron
Ont
Expositor
Snapshot tips for better children photos from John van Guilder
The article urges using recorded aperture and shutter speed to improve snapshots of children, noting practice leads to better exposure. It suggests photographing natural play, avoiding posed shots, and keeping notes on settings to replicate successful images.
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Bille
Billie
Bessever
T He Lome
John van Guilder
A Versatile Couple at Rideau Hall and Kingston Play
A Kingston drama festival featured a pen play The Vision at the Inn. A local patrolman, Geo Macstressat of San Jose Cal uses peanuts to trap auto-parking violators by placing a peanut under rear wheels and returning to see if movement crushed the nut. If not, a parking tag is issued. A civic note says it’s not required to be a Boy Scout to do a good turn a day.
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Santa Claus
Rena
Ures
Canada
Rideau Hall
Kingston
Ontario
Geo
Macstressat
San Joce
Cal
Abolition of British tithes shifts church funding debate
The British government moves to abolish centuries old tithes paid by landowners to the Church of England, ending a long controversy as farmers protest in Norfolk Suffolk and Kent amid depressions. Old Canadian currency tales emerge from 1838 Union Bank bills found in Montreal, revealing multilingual piastres and the rise of the Royal Bank of Canada, with $140 valued today at about $4.30.
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Britain
Norfolk
Suffolk
Kent
Church of England
Mahatma Gandhi
Canada
Montreal
United States
Royal Bank of Canada
Union Bank
Lower Canada
Aret Railway
Laprairie
8 Johns
Que
Caribbean
Halifax
Pearer
R. Harvey
Harvey
Union Bank of Montreal
Union Bank of
Lower Canad
Union Bank of Canada
Royal Bank of Montreal
Vanishing Chinese Market Gardeners in Victoria
Melbourne reports a decline in Chinese Victoria market gardeners as numbers drop from peaks in the gold rush era. Statisticians estimate a 25 percent fall in ten years with a potential near elimination as restrictive laws, emigration, and aging generations reduce the community to a few thousand, many without families. The younger Australian born Chinese favor commerce over farm toil and show less appetite for market gardening duties.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Women Homesteaders Register 490 Claims in Alberta Year
Alberta annual land report shows 1935 homestead entries total 1,696 with 1,012 at Edmonton. Women farmers or farmerettes account for 490 of the total entries, reflecting a growing trend back to the land.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Provincial Land Department
C. C. Ross
Lands and Mines
Unis
Heart transplant in fish embryos explained by GWU professor
Professor George Bain Jenkins at George Washington University described a living heart transfer between fish. He said transplanted hearts remained alive in sea minnow embryos for eight to 10 days, with heartbeats resuming normal speed after about an hour.
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George Washington University
George Bain Jenkins
Relief and fur wealth in early United States
The text notes that the number of people on relief in the United States nearly matches Canada’s total population. It adds that fur resources in the United States generate an annual income of 65 million dollars for trappers.
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United States
Canada
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Alice Brooks
House of Commons
Agriculture
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Schultz
Schwartz
Moscow
Russia
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