Democracy Threats and Moral Decline Warned by Editor
C. O. Knowles of the Torvais Evening Telegram warned that democracy faces moral and physical collapse from high life standards and mass entertainment. He stressed a free press as essential to democracy and tied tyranny to control of publishing. The piece also notes a separate feature on wooden shoe findings and industry in Montreal with stats from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Koowlea
Torvais Evening Telegram
Te Anova
Good Fellowship
Knowles
Montreal
Forestry Branch
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Chimpanzees Escape at Johns Hopkins Medical School
Three female chimpanzees escaped from quarters at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, entering an anatomy classroom and shattering test tubes. Instructors chased them to the medical library courtyard where one chimpanzee swung at an anthropology instructor before the trio was tranquilized back into their cage with food.
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Baltimore Medical
John Hopkins’ Medical School
Baltimore
Merty
Case
Race
Anatomy Building
Medical Library
Mac West
Anthropology
Fiarly
Gasifier Claim Could Double Car Engine Efficiency
The Withayngree Press reports local inventors claim a new gasifier for automobiles boosts internal combustion engine efficiency to 100 percent. If tests confirm, it would mark one of the decade’s most important inventions.
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Withayngree Press
Trapper Outwits Wolves on Ani am Lake Trip
Clayton Mackie on a trip through the Anam Lake country near Bella Coola BC turned back to stare at wolves to deter them. He shot the large black wolf and a grey one when outnumbered. A horseman arrived and the wolves retreated. Mack earned a bounty and two wolves.
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Clayton Mackie
Anaim Lake
Bella Coola
Mack
London street renaming project sparks modern toponym debate
London County Council officials will review 19 000 metropolitan streets over five years to assign new names. Histories shape city streets with examples like 74 Victoria streets and 61 Queen or Queen's streets, while several Chapel streets in Westminster may cause duplications.
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London
London County Council
Victoria Streets
Queen
Queen's Street
Union Street
Chapel Streets
Borough of
Westminster
Chapel Street
Baldwin Street
Eden Street
Sanctions Street
St.Thomas
Puritans’ 1659 Christmas Ban Branded Pagan Belief
The piece notes that Puritans in Massachusetts outlawed Christmas in 1659, deeming Yule celebrations as pagan. Prof William Warren Sweet of the University of Chicago calls it a historic public enemy, with the General Court fining those observed feasting or labor forebearance on Christmas with five shillings.
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New England
William Warren’ Sweet
University of Chicago
Colony of
Massachusetts
America’s robin redbreast is really migratory thrush
The text identifies the robin redbreast as a migratory thrush rather than a distinct species. It notes the bird’s common name and clarifies its taxonomic grouping and migratory status.
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America
Snapshots at Night Party Idea by John Van Guild er
A vintage column outlines hosting a Snapshots at Night party with guests in costumes, a staged lighting setup, and simple camera tips. Instructions describe chair placement, two floor lamps, film speed, and cautions for clear indoor night photos, promising entertaining results for guests and lasting keepsakes.
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Is Poston
Sohn van Guilder
Brief Canadian Club moment sparks Indian tale satire
A luncheon anecdote features Governor General Tweedsmalr and a small girl’s take on Elisha and a rude crowd. The King of Italy birthday event in Rome is noted with a call to rally to the flag as the Duce reviewed troops and cut his own cake.
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Ord
Tweedsmalr
Tella
Pasay
Tweedamulr
Canada
Ottaw
Woc Amerieas
Elisha
Italy
Rome
Mysterious Radio Signals Alarm Short Wave Set
Radio technicians race to locate a mysterious signal heard on short wave receivers worldwide disrupting traffic at times. Officials say the source appears west of Ottawa in high northern latitudes, with sightings reaching India, Labrador, and the North American Atlantic coast. The phrase to watch is the car behind the car in front of you.
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Tmarine Department
Autograph Fame and A New Long Route North
The piece notes John Buchan will continue writing under his Tweedsmuir title and discusses a proposed 362 mile road from Lake Winnipeg to Gillam linking Manitoba to Churchill. It argues the route would boost farming, open lands, create jobs, and potentially make Gillam a future industrial hub with rail and river access to export wheat and ore.
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John Buchan
Montreal
Tweedemuir
Lord Tweedemuir
Lord and
Lady Tweedsmuir
Winnipeg
Churchil
Hudson Bay
Western Canada
Europe
HL. Layer
Manitoba
Winnipes
Huson Bay
Churchill
Mille
Tayet
Lake Winnipeg
Gillam
Hudson Bay Railway
Layer Forcean
Pittsburg
Canada
Dominion
Balether Islands
Gillam Atittle
Gilam
War on Insects: Dr Gibson’s $150,000,000 Annual Fight
Dr Artour uineon of Ottawa leads a 35 year effort against insects, an army of about 65 officers defending Canadian property against losses of 150 million dollars yearly. Dominion entomologist Dr Gibson, 60, tall and content, manages 30,000 insect specimens and warns pests would wipe out mankind in a year without science. Toronto Star Weekly reports government millions spent yet pests still devastate more than 10 percent of all foodstuffs.
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Artour Uineon, LD
Otawa
Gibson
Dominion
Toronto Star
Knit and Purl Your Way to Style Pattern 5502
Instructions for a blouse and plain knitted skirt in sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with an illustration and material list. To obtain send 20 cents in stamps or coin to Household Arts Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Far Caps Scarce Stop En Route North Pilot L F Barr
Pilot L F Barr owner of an air express company at Atlin BC stopped in Vancouver while en route north and spent four hours trying to find a far cap to augment equipment. He found nothing suitable though one firm offered to manufacture one for 30 dollars and he left thinking Vancouver has mild winters.
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L. F. Barr
Air Express
Atlin
Vancouver
London Named Friendly Hub for Youth by Official
G Noel Eade secretary of the International Friendship League declares London will become the world’s most hospitable city for young people. German scientists report coal used as fertilizer in liquid and powdered forms benefiting orchids. India’s trade with the United States shows strong growth from last year.
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London
G. Noel Eade
International Friendship League
Metropolis
Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands Reigns Amid Wealth and Duty
Queen Wilhelmina, at 55, is the world’s senior sovereign and one of the wealthiest women, with an income of at least five million dollars. A widow and mother to Princess Juliana, she rules with Calvinist seriousness, frugal tastes, and diligent study of state papers and science.
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Wilhelmina
Netherands
Princess Juliana
Duke Henry
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prince Henry
Thrill for Sourdoughs Returns to Seattle After 24 Years
Frank Speiljack, wary of new gadgets, seeks to bring his pard Pete Mesick back to the Yukon while the sourdoughs, thrilled by city sights, recount hardships and the bustling Seattle scene after a long absence.
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Northland
Seattle
Frank Speiljack
Poultry Farm Electrical Devices and Welsh Tinplate Shift
Electrical devices for modern poultry farms include electric egg candlers sprayers water systems burglar alarms and brooders. Tinplate mills of South Wales may be moved to England.
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South Wales
England
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la Bay
Lord ‘Tweedsmuir
Lord Tweedsmuir
Vancouver Province
Union
Alice Brooks Passernook
India
United States
Netherland
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