Hudson's Bay eyes Winnipeg store and Canadian frontier shift
Old memories stir as Hudson's Bay Company plans a 5.6 million dollar Winnipeg department store on Portage Avenue. The piece traces the chain from frontier posts to modern malls, noting 11 Western Canadian outlets and a move away from fur trading toward mercantile business, reshaping Canadian commerce and settlement.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Winnipeg
Portage Avenue
Portage
Canada
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
Manitoba
Saskalochewaon
Alberta
Bright Twin Falls Boy Dies in Salt Lake City
Morton Jacobs aged 14 of Twin Falls died in Salt Lake City last night after a hospital visit for heart trouble. His father Jacobs received word during a trip to the city. The boy was a bright student with many friends and a funeral is planned for Thursday afternoon at 28 South Mien t n.
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Bright Twin Falls
Salt Lake City
AL Jacobs
Morton Jacobs
Saltake City
Jacobs
Twin Falls
Holy Cross Hospital
Local Army Recruiting Officers Commended
Telegram from Co. F. W. Smith inspector praises local recruiting officers for spirited drive last week. He commends the branch to Washington and urges continued hard work in the future.
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Army
F.W. Smith
Smith
Washington
DD. C
Sind
Measurement of racing yachts in New York harbor event
In New York on July 1 teams from Sandy Hook and Brooklyn gathered for yacht measurements ahead of Inter national races. The Shambock IV and other craft faced displacement tests and crew discussions. It is unclear if work will finish by Saturday. Shamrock is expected to be the larger craft and must concede at least six minutes to its American challenger.
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New York
Mhowmas Lipton
York
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook
Pirotd Wy Webb
Ofumtoia
Uni Weit Y Aul
Corps of Stants
Aring
Egoh
Shamrock
SCOREBOARD IS HIS DIAMOND FAN POEM WITH VARIED IMAGERY
A Chicago style fan poem envisions a solitary scoreboard watcher who imagines rivals and wonders at every score. The verse shifts to a historical note mentioning England’s Domesday Book and survey details, ending with mentions of old record offices and legal levies.
Longevity in Deserted Lands and Harsh Climates
A London Tit Bits excerpt discusses death rates in 1917 1918 on the Falkland Islands and in England Wales. It notes Falklands death rate 331 per 1000 and England Wales varying 13.3 to 17.0, attributing longevity to sparse population and natural disinfectants despite bleak, windy climates.
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Antarctic
Parkhind Islands
England
Wales
Falklang Islands
Shetlands
London
Turkestan Land Adoption Promise for Prosperous Growth
The article outlines Turkestan as a central cotton and fruit region with potential to diversify into vineyards rice and cereals. It notes planned modernization in sheep farming and fruit preservation while pointing to pending scientific aid and California expertise. Rich mineral resources and a legendary tale anchor the region's prospects and future development.
Measuring Colors in Photometric Analysis
An English scientist described a method to measure color using photometric comparison to standard white. Blacks and whites are expressed as percentages, and colors like red are gauged by their light reflected from a white surface.
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Amagaziie
Dradke
Reliance on Machines in Wounded Soldier Care
Article argues for preserving handicraft in rehabilitation, criticizing overdependence on machines. It uses examples of machinist made beds and tools as impersonal tombstones to highlight loss of personal craft. Emphasizes manual skill fosters responsibility and meaning beyond mechanized labor in recovery.
Domesday Book and its ancient survey origins
The Domesday Book, also called Doomsday Book, is the ancient record of William the Conqueror era land survey. Compiled around 1080 by royal commissioners, it documents landholding in much of England and is preserved in two volumes.
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England
Nordaimberland Tirham
Cumberfodd
Westmoreland
Leeteater Honee
Westmieter
Public Record Office
Novel iron three story bedstead saves space
A historical note describes iron two and three story bedsteads that fold into compact parts for easy shipment. The three story design stacks three beds in one frame with wire mattress frames and pin slots for quick assembly. Intended for camps apartments steamers and other spaces with limited floors.
Token of Their Good Will at Kyshtim
The soviet leadership in the Urals at Kyshtim forms a workers council and plans to own and operate the mines. American staff are asked to depart with a farewell train decorated with flowers. The Soviet leader then adds the train itself is a gift from the Americans.
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Urals
French Strother
Kyshtim
Danish appeals for Copenhagen Warnemunde air route
Danish government is asked to permit regular passenger and mail flights between Copenhagen and Warnemunde Germany by two Danish airlines. The existing fastest land route to Berlin passes through Gedser and a ferry to Warnemunde with rail to Berlin, and current rail traffic to Germany is crowded. The plan involves cooperation with a German company to establish a scheduled service between Warnemunde and Berlin.
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Copenhagen
Warnemunde
Germany
Berlin
Gjedser
Denmark
Waarnemunde
Warnemune
Electric Plant to Use Coal Fields for Melbourne Power
Victoria plans a modern electric plant directly over coal fields to transmit energy to Melbourne. Morwell, 80 miles away, will be the first site with open cutting access. Estimates cite vast coal reserves sufficient to generate hundreds of megawatts for many years, with a 40k-50k kilowatt first station to serve about three years before expansion to river and water power sources.
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Victoria
Austral
Melbourne
Morwell
Kiowa
Popular Mechanics Magitaine
Corn-Cob Industry and U S Production Estimates
The article discusses U S corn production ranges from billions of bushes annually and mentions large ear yields, with projections of significant byproducts for meat and other products. It notes scattered use on farms, wartime pressures, and possible new processing facilities in the Ohio Valley.
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United States
Oia
Tony
Concerts by Wireless Shake City Ambitions
Fragmented OCR note describes wireless concerts and a dispute over equipment. Mentions New Brunswick and Hill, with unclear figures and dates. Describes people hearing a receiving set and a man in the Hill leading a reviewing outfit.
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Phiteighin Iireless Cschaot
Senate
Histon
Somerurther
Brunswick
SN. J
Women Leaders Take New Hold At National Education Association
Salt Lake City July 7 Women members gain influence at the National Education Association session forming the National Council of Administrative Women to secure equal representation on all boards and programs. Reports say Olive Tonés and Cornelia Adair may win key trustee and treasurership roles as G Pearse stresses sports to build bodies to combat physical unfitness.
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Salt Lake City
National Education Association
National Council of Administrative Women
Fred M. Hunter
Oakland
Calif
Hunter
Olive Tonés
New York
New York City
Cornelia S. Adair
New York League of Teachers’ Association
G. Pearse
Wisconsin State Normal School
Milwaukee
Stowaway Champ in Trouble Again
Michael Gilhooley, famed as the "champion stowaway," faces possible deportation to Belgium after his fifth failed entry attempt. Representatives for his adoptive guardian, Mrs. Marion C. Curry, telephoned to seek relief from the ward and send him back to Europe.
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New York
Michael Gilhooley
Belgium
Marion C. Curry
Louis Island
Europe
Gillooley
France
Belgiu
Gilhootey
America
Zouave drill contest crowns Gee first in Grant Park
Gee First Place, Chicago July 7 The Zouaves from Mackinac Island captured first in the drill competition at Grant Park. Six teams entered including the Philadelphia Patrol with a cavalry troop and purple and white Zouave squad. Philadelphia Patrol took second. A former guard recalls youthful enlistment and pride in service amid sentry duty and tensions at the event.
Stingy Beau Put To Test In Hoosier Courtship
The tale from Terre Haute via Indianapolis News tells of a very frugal young man who spurned candy and gifts. After spending an evening at a girl’s home, she persuaded him to go to a drug store to buy candy but he refused to pay. The girl then kept the candy box, leaving him to cover the bill in a scene of playful retaliation.
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Terre Haute
Indianapiols News
Hhe
Tim
Beards as bill collectors and a rough publisher tale
Herbert Jenkins recalls an incident where a bearded publisher refused to pay a writer. A man sitting in a restaurant challenged the publisher and, without ceremony, grabbed him by the beard and demanded a check. The author notes publishers with beards are rare due to such clashes.
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Herbert Jenkins
Tordon
A Etd
Mr. Jenking
Jenkins
Hay Fever Observations From Dr William Sheppegrell Report
Dr William Sheppegrell of the American Hay Fever Prevention association discusses findings from a 1916 New Orleans weed-eating campaign. They report reduced jay fever cases and note that air ventilation and rain help remove pollen. but cold store treatment offers only transient relief and high temperatures may trigger bronchitis.
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William Sheppegrell
New Orleans
Benelehal
Australians consider airship gift for defense use
An Australian official notes a proposed gift of six airships to Australia for defense, saying they could boost patrols in the North Seas and Britain. Defense Minister Senator Pearce has referred the matter to the local air board for decision, emphasizing no commercial use is needed and the ships would be a defensive asset.
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North Seas
Britain
Commonwealth
Australia
Pearce
Air Board
It Looks Sood Yet The Waiter Asked Where
A drunken scene aboard a trampler tale unfolds with a hungry traveler who seeks refreshment. He reads a note misheard as LAUISH BO and questions its meaning while critics debate if the place exists. A waiter mocks the option claiming no place compares to the world.
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Wien
Lauish BO
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Wester
A. Waugh
S Sisttr
A. AL Ay
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Tameeer
Aving Hife
Hamar
Greenwood
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