Burns Poem Reflects Love for Jean Across Scottish Landscape
A quatrain from Robert Burns expresses a speaker preferring the west and its wilds where love for Jean endures. He imagines Jean in dewy flowers and singing birds, and says not a flower or bird rises without reminding him of Jean. The nostalgia and affection capture Burns’s famed rural, musical imagery.
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Donnie
Fountaly
Uhaw
Green
Donnie Bird
Jean
Robert Burns
Why and How We Use Soda in Baking
Barbara H Brooks explains the chemistry of soda and acid in quick breads and cakes, outlines three usage types, and gives tested recipes Bran Brown Bread and Devils Food Cake with soda and baking powder. It notes balancing acids, common substitutions, and relying on standard recipes for best results.
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Barbara H. Brooks
Hasler
Braun
Canada’s Old Folk: Prince Edward Island Has Most Octogenarians
A Toronto Globe summary notes Prince Edward Island tops Canada for octogenarians at 1.80 percent of its population over eighty, linking aging trends to youth migration and regional differences. It cites other provinces with over eighty and discusses climate and family patterns across the country.
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Prince Edward Island
Dominion
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
West
Quebec
Eds
Beench Canada
Weatertr
Kmanitohn
Saskatchhewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Pacific
Canada
Toronto Globe
British Adventurers Seek Spanish Treasure Off Trinidad
A band of British explorers in the Vigilant, commanded by a “du stationed” prank, chase rumored gold and jewels near Port of Spain Trinidad in Chemuaramzas Bay. The diversions center on a divining spring that supposedly hops from Cooper’s grasp as the vessel circles the bay.
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Chemuaramzs Bay
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Cooper
Atlantic
Gchenwuaramas Bay
Japanese Descend Into Volcano To Reclaim Lovers
A Japanese contractor Rikaw Kunishi descended into Halematumau crater near Kilauea and returned with the bodies of Sylvester Nunes aged 20 and Margaret Prog aged 17. The two had been killed after Nunes abducted and shot Prog for refusing marriage and leaped into the lava holding her body. The perilous rescue was done from a suspended cable 1200 feet above the molten pit.
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Hawaiian
Halematumau
Pele
Kunishi
Nunes
Death duel of secretary bird and golden cobra in Capetown
An eyewitness account details a deadly confrontation in Africa where a protected secretary bird battles a six foot golden cobra. The bird circles, dances, and finally strikes with a wing swipe and powerful beak to kill the reptile, then begins feeding.
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Africa
South Africa
Capetown
Alberta Opens Four First Class Airports in Province
Alberta lists four first class airports each 160 acres with modern facilities located at Mdaidaton Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Flat. Ten emergency landing fields are also noted across the province. Goitre prevention tied to iodine rich sea foods and the iodine content in seafood is discussed. A quip notes heat travels faster than cold and a joke about catching cold with veal.
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Province of
Alberta
Mdaidaton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Flat
Grain Plots At the Central Experimental Farm Yield Promising Results
Unusually vigorous growth from heavy seasonal precipitation makes grain plots at the Central Experimental Farm notable. Differences between varieties show strong straw and disease resistance, signaling progress in developing superior types.
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Central Experimental Farm
Why Prescriptions Are Written In Latin
A doctor writes prescriptions in Latin because it is precise and unchanging as a dead language. Many drugs are botanical with scientific names shared with botany, leaving two thirds without English names. Latin reduces confusion and misreading, and is universally understood by chemists worldwide.
Kellogg's All-Bran Cited For Constipation Relief
A user letter praises Kellogg's All-Bran cereal for easing constipation, noting the product’s bulk and vitamin content. The writer compares it favorably to laxatives and suggests using two tablespoons daily, or one with each meal during severe cases, and recommends consulting a doctor if relief is not found.
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Margaret Kesterke
All Apeckern Maude
Kellogg
London
Ontario
Largest Bridge Spanning San Francisco Bay Project Progresses
The world's largest bridge to connect San Francisco and Oakland is under construction above the water. It will cost 77 million dollars and be completed early in 1937. The span reaches about 8.25 miles with a 25,000 foot main length and a double deck 68 foot-wide structure.
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco
Oakland
Island
Riddles Spark Laughs with Abbey Ashes and Boots
A playful exchange compares a fender to Westminster Abbey for housing ashes of the great and then puns on a tongue that cannot talk with a boot as the answer. The jokes hinge on homophones and everyday objects.
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Westminster
Barber Parodied Advice Sparks Shade of Dispute
In a pointed quip a barber tells a customer his head needs shampoo while a hardware dealer dismisses the offer to paint his house. The exchange reflects playful barbs between tradesmen and clients.
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oomDoom
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Kesterke
J. Cadesky Orrtrommetrist
Acton
A.T. Brown
Rudy Vallée
Hia
Zodia
His Majesty's High Guards
Britain
Ope
America
FH. Deacock
Elwood A. Hughes
Business Directory
Medecal
J. A. McNiven
Bower Avenue and
Elgin Street
E. J. Nelson
P. O
Harold Nash Farmer
Conveyancey
Elo
MILY
Street
Ony
Kenneth M. Langdon Uarrister, Hollester
Notary Public Offices
Georgetown
Seynuck's
Main Street
A. J. Buchanan
Promerex
P. W. Pearen
J. A Bell
Mill Street
A. G. M. Bruyns
Aqton
E. N. Harrop
B. V. Sc
Residenos
Bower Avenue
Ates Rocascanbla
Francis Nunan
Wyndham Street
Guelph, Oni
M. Eagleson
Orangeville
Oni
General Insurance
Koiler
Fidelity Bonds
Fonnotites
General Linea of Insurance
Ocean Steamship
Fred L. Wright Acton
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