Rest and Sleep Are Vital For Modern Life
A Health League of Canada article emphasizes rest over continuous work, noting many suffer nervous exhaustion. It argues for regular sleep of eight hours, short daytime relaxation, and meals followed by intervals to avoid insomnia, plus sleep environment tips and cautions about late suppers and bed quality.
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Rip van Winkle
Thomas Raison
Napoleon
Bllison
Sis
Shakespeare
Health League of Canada
Farm origins shaping Canada trade balance
James G. Parmlee notes farm tied products dominate rail freight and exports. From 23 to 35 percent of railroad freight stems from agriculture, with up to 60 percent on long hauls in the Tommile basin. Agricultural goods influence 40 to 80 percent of total export trade, affecting Canada’s indebtedness.
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ECE EC
James G. Parmlee
Trade and Commerce
Canada
Aging Delights Change Facial Features Says Scientist
A Smithsonian Institution scientist measured thousands of subjects and found that with age the nose grows longer and wider the ears lengthen and the mouth widens as people grow older highlighting observable facial changes.
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Sek
Smithsonian Institute
Penn butcher's bill on clay for lambs to Ur in 2350 BCE
A fragmentary record from ancient times notes a bill from the University of Pennsylvania era describing three lambs delivered to the city of Ur, a forerunner to ancient Babylon, dated around 2350 BCE. The artifact is a baked clay tablet inscribed with the tally.
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University of Pennsylvania
Babylon
Jersey Cattle Club promotes farm signs for Jersey milk
At the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club meeting in Toronto in February, field man William Hunter showcased a gold sign with the Jersey head on a metal post to mark farms producing Jersey milk. Signs, tied to premium pricing and city distributors, aim to boost farmer pride and consumer awareness across a 75 mile radius of Toronto.
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Jersey
Candian Jersey Cattle Club
Toronto
William Hunter
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
Toronto ‘Nile
Salvage planned for Napoleon era Aboukir treasure
A Rome dispatch reports a salvaging expedition from Spezia to recover gold silver and art sunk with French ships after the Aboukir battle in 1798. Italians will provide the divers under a French commander as crews face a century and a half of Nile mud and sea depth to retrieve prized artifacts.
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Tasure
Napoleon
Egypt
France
Nile Delta
Nile
Nelson
Aboukir
Rome
Abou- Kir
Spezia
Italy
Birds nest soup boosts strength in Chinese delicacy
A report on the belief that birds nest soup, made from swift nests rich in a glutinous secretion, strengthens the body and is often prescribed by doctors. A Scottish barber joke follows about wages and summer work, illustrating a light, unrelated exchange.
A Nosegay Quilt Pattern Promises Easy Scrap Patchwork
A Scrap Quilt Is Always Popular This Nosegay quilt offers inviting pick-up work for evenings with friends. Each block uses different scraps making patchwork an adventure. Pattern 5419 includes Block Chart yardage diagram and placement guides for single and double bed sizes. Send 20 cents to Bee Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain. address 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Britain Aims Transatlantic Air Service Expansion
Reports from Scotland Yard describe a new glove print method revealing latent fingerprints on metal or wood. British plans for an empire transatlantic air service include Langstone harbor as a base, with two British and two American ships to begin weekly operations next year.
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Britain
Scotland Yard
New York Times
Langtone Harbor
Empire
Trans Atlante
Portamouth
North America
United States
Portsmouth
Langstone Harbor
Portsmouth Harbor
Chichester Harbor
Bermuda
Canary Islands
North Atlante
Empire Air Service
Imperial Airways
Singapore
Australia
Africa
Central Africa
Mysterious Wakatipu Lake Beats Like a Heart
A New Zealand lake on the South Island known for regular 3 inch rises every five minutes baffling observers. The 52 mile long eight shaped lake has no satisfactory explanation. The passage muses on balance and heated ends.
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Wakatipu
New Zealand
South Island
Savage England and the hangings of 1614 45
A digest from historical figures contrasts early modern English law with modern times. It notes 418 trials and 160 death sentences in Middlesex assizes 1614 45, with 100 hanged, many for burglary larceny and other non murder crimes, and compares to 1929 Britain where 13 murders led to many reforms. It cites a Manchester Guardian Times perspective.
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England
Middlesex
Great Britain
Manchester Guardian
Merrie
New York Times
Soldier Seeks Courage Amid Ancestral War Rhetoric
A sergeant urges a nervous recruit to steel himself, invoking his brave forebears who died in battle, while the trooper questions what frightens him despite the wartime speech.
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Tare
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Rey
Pepetion
Sais
Batley
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Manitoba
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J. Patterson
Meteorological Service
Querie
Henry Wallace
Mr. Patterson
Drouth
Patterson
Weather Service
Rochester
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