Nova Hercules Excites Scientists At Yerkes Observatory
Nova Hercules, once a dormant star, has erupted into a celestial sensation. Observations at Yerkes Observatory show the star splitting into two parts that are racing apart at 300 miles per second. Professor Van Biesbroeck and Dr. Struve explain the eruption released two opposing gas clouds, accounting for its sudden prominence.
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Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
George van
Struve
van Biesbroeck
The Clever Dangerous Driver At The Wheel
An insurance statistician, J Russell Craig, argues that the reckless driver is not the chief risk. He says the dangerous driver is the clever one who trusts his skill to escape, ignoring physical laws that two cars cannot share space and that braking power scales with speed. Tragedy follows when such drivers misjudge a tangle.
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J. Russell Craig
Calgary
Enterprising Trapper Pilot Dalziel Completes Early Flight
Pilot G C F Dalziel, 27, a lone white trapper, flew a two seater monoplane from Fort Simpson N W T to Edmonton covering 976 miles. He is said to be the only white man to walk alone from Fort Liard north over mountains to Fort Norman 700 miles away and the only northern trapper to own and operate his own aeroplane. He claims a third feat by achieving the earliest flight from Fort Simpson in northern aviation history.
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Dalziel
Fort Simpson
Far Northland
G. C. F. Dalziel
Edmonton
Fort Simpton
N.W
T. Dalziel
Fort Liard
Fort Norman
Northern Aviation
Icelanders claim ties to King George from 1000 years ago
Icelanders assert about 100000 residents can prove kinship to King George of England, tracing lineage to Rollo the Norman ancestor. Angeir Asgeirson, ex premier, says blood spread through Iceland since around 900AD. Also notes smoke pollution in New York and a deadly mushroom used abroad. A Michigan ice storm in 1922 left telephone wires weighed 11 pounds per foot.
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King George
England
Angeir Asgeirson
Iceland
Ducation
Montreal
Asgeirson
George
Rollo
Normandy
William the Conqueror
Michigan
Home grown feeds cut dairy ration costs at Nova Scotia farm
Dominion Experimental Farm Nappan Nova Scotia finds home grown feeds deliver the cheapest dairy cow ration. Studies show clover alfalfa hay roots and ensilage with cereal crops reduce feed purchases to small amounts of high protein supplements such as fish meal or linseed meal. Rations balanced with 19 percent protein using oats barley or wheat plus fish meal perform as well as linseed meal, with good hay and swedes as roughage.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Nappan
Nova Scotia
Canada
Strange Cairo court deems bathing costume photos a sin
An Egyptian Sharey court ruled that a woman photographed in a bathing costume is committing a sin. The decision, approved by orthodox Muslims, found the wife at fault for exposing herself and driving with a doctor friend. It justified the husband in beating her and dismissed him as not at fault.
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Cairo
Progress Evident as Canada Emerges From Depression
Sir Robert Borden notes progress toward normal conditions in Canada though not fully out of the global downturn. He compares Canada's 1626 leasing results with the United States, citing higher Canadian indices.
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Canada
Sir Robert Borden
Barclay’s Bank
United States
Poor seed still common in Canadian fields says professor
Professor Robert Summerby of Macdonald College warns that many farmers use poor seed or badly mixed varieties. An analysis of seed drill fields and grain deliveries shows too few farms use high quality, named varieties. He urges a continuous, persistent educational program over years to improve seed quality nationwide.
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Robert Summerby
Macdonald College
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Paeseteet Peats Grranette
Horse Jumping Exhibition at Royal Winter Fair
Ten jumps in a difficult course challenged 87 high bred military horses. Only two cleared all faults, and a jump-off produced eight faults for Avocat of the 8 team. Lisette the French horse had one knockdown for four faults. The Sir Clifford Sifton Memorial trophy for three horse hunt teams went to Mrs. Ellsworth H. Augustus of Willoughby Ohio after close judging.
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Lisette
Clifford Sifton
Menace to Trinidad banana industry spotted by fungus
Colonial Mycologist F. Stell reports the fungus cercospora musae threatens banana plantations in the colony including Grant Governor Gros Michel Sucher and others. He notes Fiji, Queensland and Surinam as past ravaged regions and urges fertilizer to strengthen plants against the parasite.
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Trinidad
Fiji
Queensland
Suripam
F. Stell
Department of Agriculture
Grant
Gros Michel
Sucher
Stell
New Gasoline From Cotton Seeds Claims By Chinese Scientists
Chinese scientists say they perfected extracting gasoline kerosene and lubricants from cotton seed. Kiangwen Bus Company in Nanking test runs report satisfactory results and economical. National Central University labs ordered large seed shipments for further tests with local import costs noted. Queen Elizabeth cited as a book collector with her picture on book covers and jewels decorating crown images.
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Kiangwen Bus Company
Nanking
Cal
National Central University Laboratories
C Hina
Queen Elizabeth
AMI
Efficient And Economical for Pigs All Year Cabins
The article promotes all year hog cabins as efficient and economical housing for pigs. Portable rough lumber cabins, sized for four to five sows, provide year round shelter and better ventilation, with winter mobility to fresh ground. It contrasts with damp open sheds and urges using the Dominion Department of Agriculture pamphlet for full details.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Relief For Heart Trouble Physician Invented Bed Rocks It Away
Dr E Sanders KC physician demonstrated an oscillating bed before doctors in St Louis. The electric cot tilts head to feet through a 26 inch arc to improve blood flow. It runs on three slow speeds and is designed to ease heart trouble. Also noted is a note on cotton thread and long Chinese peony cultivation.
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E. Sanders
Kansas City
Congress of Doctors
St. Louis
Winter Plant Shelter Advice From Morden Station
The Dominion Experimental Station at Morden Manitoba offers guidance on winter plant protection. Water fruits and ornamental plants before freeze up if possible. Use sun visors and mulches like straw and brush to shield apple trees roses and rock gardens.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Morden
Manitoba
A Social Blunder During Canadian Visit Explained
Sydney Gibbins, a Manchester cotton official, sailed home aboard the Antonia from Montreal with a regretful memory of a blunder during his Canadian visit. He promised to study Canada’s idiomatic expressions after an evening remark about a man’s homely hospitality. He learned that “homely” has a different meaning in Canada than in England.
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Manchester
Canada
Sydney Gibbins
Cotton
Montreal
England
Increased Car Sales Outpace September in October
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports October motor vehicle sales exceeded September by more than 1,500 units, the first autumn gain since 1922. October sales reached 3,911 vehicles worth 4,190,017 dollars, versus 2,702 vehicles worth 2,894,709 dollars in October 1984. The first Methodist church in the United States was established near Westminster, Maryland.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
United States
Westminster
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