Canada Was A One Horse Country Three Hundred Years Ago
Three hundred years ago Canada relied on horses, pigs and cattle introduced by settlers. The article traces the rise of horse breeding, legal limits on livestock, and the spread of the Berkshire pig and Quebec Jerseys cattle. It notes Champlain's 1608 cattle import and the long voyage from Honfleur to Quebec.
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Canada
Allan ‘Strathglass
North American
St. Lawence
Governmnt
Montreal
Quebec
France
New France
Montmagny
Champlain
Normandy
Honfleur
Quebec Jerseys
Nicholas
Boucher
Mathematical Wonder Child Reads Figures From Mental Record
The Metaphysical Institute of Paris touts a 22 year old girl named Mule Osaka who reportedly holds the most accurate mathematical memory on record. She can raise numbers to their tenth power by mental arithmetic and extract roots quickly. She can reproduce up to 48 digits read aloud at two per second without error.
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Metaphysical Institute of
Paris
Osaka
Inauchi
Improbable Lives and Lingering Rumors Across History
The Memphis Commercial Appeal notes that belief in mysterious figures outlives their lives. Legends endure after famous names like Lord Kitchener, Jesse James, Charlie Ross, John Wilkes Booth, and F. Lawrence, with rumors persisting long after reality.
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Lord Kitchener
Hampshire
Jeese James
Charlie Ross
Philadelphia
United States
John Wilkes Booth
F. Lawrence
England
Memphis
Telescope loaned to Minchenden School observatory
The boys of Minchenden School London receive a telescope once owned by the King. They will install it in the new observatory they are building under their science master. Seventy pupils belong to the school astronomical society and aim to contribute data to the British Astronomical Association which sent the instrument.
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Minchenden School
London
School Astronomical Society
British Astronomical Association
Budapest
Fim
Ems
Matthews
Etherton
U.S
Britain
Yorkshuseweas Dares Crossing A Busy Corner
A Yorkshuseweas watches traffic at a busy corner as an American proclaims he could walk across with eyes closed. The Yorkshireman retorts with a distant nod to misheard trivia about golf courses in the Mississippi valley and Indians mounds.
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Yorkshuseweas
London
Mississippi Valley
Rare car struck by lightning raises safety questions
The Hamilton Spectator notes a Detroit doctor's death near Dunnville Ontario after a car was struck by lightning and crashed into a Hydro post. The piece explains lightning frequency, electricity conduction, and why buildings with steel frames or waterlogged tires may shelter people during storms.
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Detroit
Dunnville
Ontario
Hamilton Spectator
Words As Servants How Large A Vocabulary Must One Have
The piece surveys English word usage from Dr C K Ogden to Winston Churchill and scientists noting a waitress using 7000 to 10000 words while a lawyer reaches 50000 and Churchills 60000. It contrasts vast vocabularies with compact dictionaries in Japan and China and suggests ideas drive word choice.
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C.K. Ogden
London Times
Winston Church
Japan
US Extends Border Cattle Movement From Canada Post 1985
The United States will admit cattle from modified accredited areas in Canada after August 1 1985 without further tuberculin testing, expanding a prior program. Areas eligible have tuberculin tested cattle and tuberculous disease incidence under 0.5 percent. A general health certificate remains required as protection against other diseases.
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United States
Canada
Bureau of Animal Industry
Link With Past Famous Garden Of Bank Of England Must Go
The Bank of England plans to remove its famous garden as part of a rebuilding. The site sits on former graveyard ground from St Christopher-le-Stocks and hints of prehistoric settlement nearby. A tale notes a six foot six inch clerk Herbert Jenkins buried inside the Bank walls at midnight with a gold scoop.
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Bank of England
St. Christopher-le- Stocks
Herbert Jenkins
Daily Mail
Camp Fire Pictures With Photoflash Lamp
Instructions by John Van Guilder explain camp fire photography using the Photoflash lamp. Tips cover lens safety, group positioning, lighting, and avoiding smoke or lens flare for clear, well framed night shots with simple box cameras.
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U.S
John van Guilder
Death Ray Device Promises Air War Defense
British inventor Harry Grindell Matthews claims a multi language talkie system and a "death ray" capable of stunning aircraft and silencing engines. Col. Etherton reports plans for submarine detection, disease germ destruction, London air defense, rocket planes, and electric arrests, though verification remains absent.
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Bavaria
Austria
Italy
United States
England
War Office
Harry Grindell Matthews
Col
P. T. Etherton
Matthews
London
Etherton
Buried City Discovered Beneath Vienna Center
A complete subterranean city spanning several square miles was uncovered under central Vienna during new pipe laying in Zoller Gasse. Nine story deep structures and passages reach 120 feet below ground, with halls 36 by 20 by 15 feet and brick walls. An underground cemetery, coffins, bones, and a vaulted catacombal chapel with wall paintings were found as part of the excavation.
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Austria
Zoller Gasse
Vienna
New Wheat Developed Sweeps Northwest Plague Fields
Dr. E C Stakman of the University of Minnesota reports a rust resistant spring wheat with no yellow flour defect, valuable for northwest fields but seed supply is limited. He suggests planting available Thatcher seed along with Marquiso to boost production, though Marquiso is not recommended for general commercial growing due to yellow flour.
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Northwest
Felda
E. C. Stakman
University of Minnesota
Revived plants win prize hopes at tenant show
Peter Fodneck a Rockfeller Centre doorman in New York salvages discarded flowers from exhibitors at the Horticultural hall. He replants and nurses them back to freshness for the first annual flower show for tenants and employees where experts say he likely may win a prize. The item also notes mint gathering by Indians and early settlers and a heel Achilles tendon fact.
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Peter Fodneck
Rockfeller Centre
New York
Indian voter eligible in Alberta erodes treaty rights
A Stoney Indian hunting guide and prospector living west of High River may be the only red man in southern Alberta eligible to cast a poll this year. He left the Stoney reservation years ago to settle near Pekisko, thereby surrendering his treaty rites and yet remains potentially eligible in provincial and Dominion elections.
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Alberta
Dominion
Canada
King Bears ‘Law
High River
Stoney Reservation
Pekisko
Coffee From Ethiopia At War Impacts Harar Growers
The article notes that conflict would halt Ethiopian coffee labor, affecting workers who rely on harvests. It cites Harar district coffee, ranked just after Mocha in the world market, as highlighted by the National Geographic Society.
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Occidentals
Harar
Ethiopia
National Geographic Society
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