British will funds cold research fellowships at two universities
Sir Henry Royce’s will allocates one tenth of his fortune to health research. Trustees create two Tyce Research Fellowships at Manchester and London Universities to study the cause and cure of the common cold and influenza. Trustees emphasize patient, uninterrupted study, noting the effort may expand to other diseases if funds allow.
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Lm Tee
Henry Royce
Rolls-Royce
Henry
Manchester University
London University
British
Medical Research Council
Medical Council
C. H.R. Tildesey
Sir Henry
Tildesley
Eaton residence becomes IOD of the Empire HQ in Toronto
The late Timothy Eaton and Mrs Eaton’s Lowther Avenue home in Toronto, with 20 rooms and ornate interiors, is donated by daughter Mrs J S Burnside to the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire for its headquarters. Highlights include a mirrored front hall, gold pillars, Persian carving, crystal chandeliers, and a grey marble conservatory with a living screen of greenery.
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Timothy Eaton
Toronto
Lode
Eaton
Lowther Avenue
J. S. Burnside
Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire
Croesus Wealth in Antiquity and Lydia's Prosperity
The ancient king Croesus of Lydia, famed for immense wealth, reportedly gained riches from Pactolus sands. The true wealth stemmed from his people's industry as producers and traders. Archaeologists estimate his landed properties valued at 8 to 9 million dollars.
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Croesus
Lydia
Asia Minor
Pactolus
Beavers Solve Fence Theft With Dam Construction
In Springhill Nova Scotia the theft of wire from a fence was solved when investigators found that a beaver damming logs and bushes had hidden the wire. The animal’s modern damming technique exposed the culprit and clarified the memory of the fence fencing effort.
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Springhill
N.S
Diner Refuses to Test Food Calls Manager Over Bo Use
A diner clashed with staff over a complaint about a dish. The patron demanded the manager, insisting the item was unsafe and unfit to eat, while asserting the staff should not test it further. Police or health authorities were not mentioned.
Still Keeping Watch Collie Waits Eleven Years For Master
Shep the loyal Scotch collie guards the first floor of Rock Island Illinois hospital, waiting for master Francis McMahon who died after a fall in Erie. McMahon waved goodbye on August 24, 1924, and Shep has watched the hospital elevator ever since, never leaving for long.
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Collie
Shep
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rock Island
Ill
Francis McMahon
Erie
McMahon
Kidnapping and debt woes spark calls for state seizure
A Niagara Falls Review editorial condemns ransom payments and argues for state control of family finances to curb kidnapping. It cites Burton Pictet in England with a dictator ruling due to a debt refusal to serve, noting a 750 debt and 1340 nest egg, while 300 residents avoid public duty, prompting county action.
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United States
Niagara Falls
Burton Pictet
England
Canada space booked at Olympia fair for London show
All space in the Canadian section at Olympia London has been booked for the British Industries Fair. The arrangement promotes Canadian products to buyers in the United Kingdom and across the empire and world.
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United Kingdom
Empire
Olympia
London
Miss Uppity Thinks No Man Good Enough For Her
A wry phrase appears in a period-echoing snippet about Miss Uppity and opinions on marriage prospects. The item hints at social expectations and potential matchmaking judgments in a small community.
Canadian healers draw crowds with curious owings
Coralie Van Paassen reports from Paris to a Toronto paper on Dr Armand Gilet and Dr Locke both famed for peculiar toe twisting and ostin specialized tinkle stick treatments claimed to cure rheumatism. Believers outweigh skeptics as crowds seek miraculous relief in Williamsburg and beyond.
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Canada
Locke
Williamsburg
Evta
Legion
Coralie van Paassen
Parla
Toronto
Armand Gilet
de. Locke
Willamsburg
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Wembley wheat king title goes to John B Allsop of Alberta
John B Allsop of Wembley Alta won the World's Wheat King title with Reward grain, adding to Wembley’s legacy after Herman Trelle held the crown for three years. The piece notes grain specialists raise wheat quality and Canadian wheat branding.
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John B. Allsop
Wembley
Alta
Herman Trelle
Allsop
Father Flanigan Links Delinquency to Parental Neglect
The Guelph Mercury reports Father E. J. Flanigan of Omaha arguing that parental neglect, especially by fathers, is a major cause of juvenile delinquency. He suggests that when youths misbehave due to neglect, the parent should be corrected first, noting neglect leads to many delinquency cases.
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E. J. Flannigan
Omaha
Father Flanigan
Leaves Germany For Good With Violin Case
Four months after a biysmiiisentend, Tantel Lilian Steele of Hollywood California, once of Toronto, is released from police custody and taken to Hamburg by a nurse. She refuses to speak about the case on German soil, insists she will never return, and walks the platform with a violin case. An unrelated note cites experiments claiming that an individual fly may carry over 25 million germs.
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Tantel Lilian Steele
Hollywood
Cal
Toronto
Hamburg
Tome
Germany
Accent as an Asset Boosts Career Opinions
A London employment manager argues that a slight Cockney accent adds character and aids success, while a strong accent can hinder young people from reaching top roles in law, medicine, and city work. He warns against erasing accents and suggests exposing children to varied environments to cultivate cultured speech.
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London
London County Council
Britain
Colebrook District Harvests 60 Acres of Pumpkins
Culinary experts estimate the harvest from Colebrook 60 acres yields about 2 000 tons of pumpkins enough for roughly 1 300 000 pies. Contractors and canners supplied seed and guaranteed growers an approximate price of 108 per ton. The yield averaged 22 tons per acre, exceeding expectations and grossing about 10 000 for Colebrook farmers.
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Colebrook
B.C
Surrey State
Scientific Clairvoyance Test Planned in London
A formal investigation into clairvoyance is to begin in London with G. Soal in charge at East London college. Fifty claimed psychics will be tested in a South Kensington laboratory by blindfolding subjects and presenting about 100 diagram cards one by one.
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London
G. Soal
East London College
South Kensington
Fone
Energy of a House Fly Could Power a Radio Set Four Years
An electrical expert explains at the Toronto Electric Club that the energy spent by a housefly walking up a wall could power a radio for four years. Dudley of Westinghouse cites other advances in microscopic and telescopic measurement and notes a can heated to solar interior temperatures would kill living beings within 50 miles. A Welsh pilgrimage to Mount Snowdon ends in disappointment due to a violent storm and thick mist.
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House Ny
Toronto Electric Club
A. Mansfield Dudley
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburg
Dudley
Realize Own Position Indians Are Losing Inferiority Complex States Toronto Man
Denton Massey of Toronto argues Canadians shifted from inferiority under American hegemony after the U S economic collapse. He says Canada has sloughed off the complex and now stands second to the U K in recovery, not basking in reflected glory. The piece from Canada’s Weekly in London notes the shift in national sentiment.
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Toronto
United States
Denton Massey
Massey
Canada
United Kingdom
London
Vancouver Plans Five Year Growth Drive Cities Tourism
Mayor David Leeming unveils a five year program to boost Vancouver as a tourist hub. The plan groups major projects into a festival oriented schedule with an indoor sports congress in April, arrivals in June, a July four day event celebrating Anglo American friendship, August fairs, and a September camp carnival. Progressive aims include stadiums conversion of organizations city illumination and a new community centre to knit the effort together.
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Victor 1 Meu
Vancouver Sland
David Leeming
Death Ray Tests Guarded In Wales Top Mountain
H Grindell Matthews known as Death Ray Matthews conducts secret experiments high on a Welsh mountain near Swansea. He builds under guard in a bungalow ringed by barbed wire with two rows of sentries posted at a distance to deter unauthorized access during tests.
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H. Grindell-Matthews
Death Ray Matthews
Swansea
Wales
Matthews
World's Most Perfect Clock Shown In Washington
A crystal clock displayed before the National Academy of Sciences in Washington claims to be the world's most perfect timepiece. The clock, controlled by the electric oscillations of a quartz crystal, is said to keep time more accurately than the earth's rotation, which can gain or lose seconds.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Mother Earth
Spiders Travel On Thread Spree And Odd Observations
The passage notes spiders weaving long threads to suspend from trees when disturbed by disliked localities and mentions unusual phrases about wind spreading threads, air travel below sea level, and a judge asking a teller if they have met before amid a jumble of quoted dialogue.
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Sir Henry Royer Ie
Copenhagen
Denmark
Erik
Christian X
Lots Booth
Ottawa
Thewonan
Pugtuue
North Wales
Llanberis
Mount Snowdon
Victoria
Vancouver Island
Sea of Galilee
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