Quebec Handicrafts Festival at Murray Bay
The provinces departments join Canada Steamship Lines to stage the first annual Quebec handi crafts festival at the Manoir Richelieu Murray Bay from September 9 to 14. Spinners weavers and wood carvers will display and sell representative works with private homes’ pieces on view and the event aims to revive handicraft arts with public and private interest. The Hon J L Perron directs efforts through the Department of Agriculture.
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Lower St. Lawrence
Murray Bay
Province of
Quebec
Department of Agriculture
Canada Steamship Lines
Manoir Richelieu
J. L. Perron
Manoir
Air-minded Detroit appoints Earl J. Smith to Stinson Aircraft role
Earl J. Smith named assistant to the president and chairman of public relations at Stinson Aircraft Corporation. A Detroit aviation advocate and stockholder, he teams with Edward A. Stinson to push airports and air-minded communities amid a transition to a new era of flight. Smith warns communities must build adequate airports within two years to avoid isolation from rail and commerce.
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Detroit
America
Earl J. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Smith
Celvic
Chambers of Commerce
Detroit Corporation
Edward A. Stinson
Aar
Mr. Smith
Lindbergh
Bankers Sponsor Novel Institute Exhibition Tour
The Georgia Bankers Association with the State College of Agriculture sponsors a farmers Institutes tour across the state. A four truck 40 by 60 foot exhibit showcases agronomy horticulture engineering poultry animal husbandry soils and marketing with an electrified farm model and model buildings. Local bankers fund transportation and setup while the College of Agriculture coordinates with extension specialists.
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Georgia Bankers Association
State College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture
Swedenborgia followers and the doctrine of use
Followers of Swedenborg hold to correspondence linking natural spiritual and divine realms and insist that every spiritual idea has an objective counterpart. A core tenet is the doctrine of use which emphasizes usefulness as a primary religious requirement.
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Swedenborg
New Brunswick Emerges as Separate Province in 1784
The region now known as New Brunswick was formed as a distinct province in 1784 and named after Brunswick in northern Germany. The name reflects historical ties to Brunswick and Hanover, with George, elect of Hanover, becoming king of Great Britain in 1714 as a descendant of James I.
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New Brunswick
Brunswick
Germany
Hanover
George
Elector of
James I
Great Britain
Montana 27th State Fair Promises to Excel
The 1929 Montana State Fair opens September 23 in Helena and runs a full week. It will showcase livestock, a fireworks display, a manufacturing and mineral exhibit, and displays from almost every county. The fair aims to mirror Montana's resources and attract wide interest.
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Montana
Northwest
Archangel Province in the Arctic Circle Described
The Russian province of Archangel lies well within the Arctic circle with the southernmost point at 62 degrees latitude. Its area is six times that of an average American state and its landscape is a cheerless destitute expanse of vast pine and spruce forests, bogs, and swampy regions, intermittently frozen by severe cold.
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Archangel Hes
Arctic Circle
Okeechobee Bank's Second Lake Size Claim
The Geological Survey states Lake Okeechobee covers 710 to 730 square miles and is the second largest freshwater lake in the United States. The largest entirely in the U.S. is Lake Michigan. Lake Pontchartrain ranks third.
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The
Geological Survey
Lake Okeechobee
United States
Lake Michigan
Lake Pontchart
Washington man denies poker charge as rise and fly whist
A Black man arrested in Washington for gambling with cards claims he was not playing poker. He says he was simply playing rise and fly whist, explaining to the judge that when the cops arrive you rise and fly.
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Washington
Pal and Buddy Nickname Origins in World War I
The nickname Buddy is not an abbreviation of a proper name but a diminutive of brother and was widely used among soldiers in World War I, carrying the meaning of pal and comrade.
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Pal
Buddy
England uses preference shares like American stock
The stock market term preference shares in England equals American preferred stock. They rank ahead of ordinary shares and often carry a cumulative dividend.
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England
Red Cross Chapters Strengthen Plans for Disaster Relief
A national Red Cross campaign strengthens disaster preparedness through chapters and branches. The updated manual When Disaster Strikes guides committees to mobilize emergency relief using radio, airplanes, and boats.
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RED Cross
American Red Cross
Red Cross Disaster Relief Expenditures Totals
The record lists expenditures by the American National Red Cross for relief in four major disasters: Florida hurricane 1926 Mississippi Valley flood 1927 New England flood 1927 West Indies hurricane 1928. The total amount spent amounts to 29,188,908.63 dollars.
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Red Cross
West Indies
Mississippi Valley
American
Florida
New England
American National Red Cross
Voltaire and Virtue in a Plain Reader’s Note
A reader extols Voltaire as a master mind whose influence outpaces Napoleon and Frederick the Great. The piece defines virtue as a high average of conduct and highlights staying power in everyday life as the true measure of character, reflecting on a reader letter about steady, creditable living.
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Voltaire
Napoleon
Frederick the Great
Mahomet
Emerson
Aristotle
Hoover's Son Speaks on Radio Flight Guide
Herbert Hoover Jr., 26, son of the president, speaks over the radio about the program Radio Magic Guide for Airplanes, highlighting aviation guidance and safety topics.
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Herbert Hoover, Jr
Giant Burbank Potatoes Grower Brings Twenty Inch Tubers
E. Hentchel of Pierce Missouri carries an armful of oversized Burbank potatoes. Some tubers reach twenty inches in diameter, illustrating extraordinary produce from local potato fields.
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E. Hentchel
Pierce, Mo
Burbank
Delights of Garden and Paradise Referenced
The text questions whether ideal happiness exists outside a garden and recalls humanity's origins in Eden. It notes Mahomet’s Paradise as a garden and reflects on innocence linked to natural beauty.
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Mahomet
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