Geologist verifies Naas Indians tale of B C eruption
Dr George Hanson of Ottawa reports that volcanic activity near Lava Lake and the Tseax River in British Columbia likely occurred about 300 years ago, revising the Naas Indian legend of a modern calamity. He notes a 20 mile lava flow dammed a lake, with a 300 ft cone and four smaller craters, and boots worn to shattered soles on the lava.
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British Columbia
George Hanson
Ottawa
B.C
Geological Survey of Canada
Hanson
Naas River
Lava Lake
Tseax River
Naas
Teeax River
Tseax
Dease Lake
Tanquilla River
Trick Flying Pigeons and Other Birds of Flight
A historical note describes a Persian prince who kept twenty thousand pigeons and prized trick flying. It details tumblers that soar and somersault, birds that fly backward briefly, and examples like sparrow hawks, kestrels, eagles, ravens, lapwings, snipe, and dragonflies that can move inverted or backward.
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Persia
Dairies Long Service Corps Honors Loyal Workers
The Long Service Corps of United Dairies held a London dinner with 694 attendees from delivery men to directors. They represented 26 056 years of service, led by a director with 56 years. 19 men exceeded 50 years and 15 women over 40. Mrs M Wood bury the manager arrived from Exeter where she began as a milkmaid 48 years ago.
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Long Service Corps
United Dairies
London
M. Woodbury
Exeter
Class By Themselves British Field Marshals Uniforms
The new British Field Marshal Sir Montgomery Massingberd will need a unique uniform set. Full dress undress and khaki field dress are the three main options, costing about £300 in total. A field marshal earns nearly £2,000 annually.
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Montgomery Massingberd
Germany Introduces Zinc Galvanic Rustproofing Process
Germany develops a rustproofing method using a fine zinc coating applied by galvanic treatment to iron and steel, aiming to protect metal structures from corrosion.
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Germany
Battle Against Rust in Wheat Belt Starts With Relief Force
Two thousand relief workers begin a salt assisted drive to eradicate barberry bushes in 17 states as part of a government program that aims to speed rust control and boost wheat yields. The plan, linked to barberry destruction since 1918, targets barley spots and rust spores spread by wind to grain stems.
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Washington
United States
Wheat
S. B. Fracker
Agriculture Department
Danish Fireman Rescues Baby From Tracks
A railroad fireman named Hollaender in Denmark saved a baby from being run over as a child crawled onto the tracks near a field. The engineer braked too late but the fireman leaped from the boiler side and pulled the child clear before the train stopped. Passengers praised him while the grateful mother sought to cradle the infant.
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M. Hollaender
Denmark
Hollaender
Birch bark manuscript from Golden Horde era found in Volga district
A 50 page birch bark manuscript unearthed in the Middle Volga region of Russia dates to the Golden Horde period when Mongol forces swept eastern Europe in the Middle Ages. The find offers insights into the administration culture and daily life of the era.
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Middle
Volga
Russia
Europe
The Practical Joke Ends in a Fatal Pennsylvania Tragedy
The New York Evening Summary notes a Pennsylvania picnic where a swimmer and a non swimmer in a canoe were capsized as a prank. The non swimmer latched onto the swimmer, drowning both as fear hardened their grip. The piece warns jokes can have deadly outcomes and regrets the label practical.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Enterprising Sculptor Becomes Warlord’s Dentists’ Favorite
A Shanghai based dentist, summoned to Nanchang to treat a warlord’s toothache, commissions a likeness of himself from a young Chinese sculptor. The bust is rejected by the dentist but sold to another dentist who displays it publicly. Dentists across the country then order similar busts, making the sculptor’s work a regional sensation.
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Nanchang
China
Shanghai
Branded Beef Sales Volume in Canada April 1935
Branded beef sold in Canada reached 3,280,715 pounds in April 1935, compared with 1,983,022 pounds in April 1931. The data highlight growth in sales over the four year period.
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Canada
Back seat driver rivaling dining-room chef in household role
A woman who drives from the back seat and a husband who cooks from the dining-room table are described as equally responsible figures in domestic life, reflecting shifting expectations of gendered labor.
Fall Rye as a Versatile Crop for Grain Hay and Pasture
Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current Sask reports fall rye yields peak when sown on fallow around September first at 1 to 1 1/2 bushels per acre. It can be sown in stubble but yields lag. For hay sow with grain timing and cut after head to avoid coarse feed. Pasture plans require two to three seedings with oats mixed to boost yields. keep stock off until 4-5 inches tall to protect establishing roots.
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Dominion
Swift Current
Made Better Choice Chorus Girl Seeks Separation in Chicago
A chorus girl who married two millionaires and seeks separation from a third is said to be on relief in Chicago. The St. Catharines Standard cites a local anecdote while noting distant contrasts in fortunes. Scorpions reportedly starved for 368 days and spiders for 17 months without food.
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Chicago
St. Catharines
Reflectors brighten outdoor portraits in simple homemade way
Tips from John Van Guilder show how to use a plain white sheet or cardboard as a reflector to illuminate shaded faces under hats. Place the reflector about four feet from the subject and angle it to cast sunlight onto the face and under the brim without appearing in the photo.
Names Of Famous Men Live In Everyday Words As Well As In History
William Albert Weaving of Port Colborne Ontario is a prolific fretwork model maker who raised a family after his wife died. He built about 1,000 hours of work into six standout models including the Lord's Prayer tableau and Nelson's monument. The piece traces how famous names enter everyday language through words like Wellington boot Derby and drug terms, listing many examples from Napoleon to Hobson and Peelers.
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William Albert Weaving
Port Colborne
Ont
St. Paul's Cathedral
London Bridge
Blackpool
Fowey
England
Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Sea Scouts
Empire
Toronto Star Weekly
Wellington
Blucher
Waterloo
Napoleon
Lord Raglan
Raglan
Crimea
Earl of Cardigan
Gladstone
12Th Earl of Derby
Lord Sandwich
Lord Brougham
Enfield
Winchester
Marconi
Morse
Mackintosh
Louis Daguerre
Epircus
Fabius
Epicure
Fabian
Parker
Matthew Parker
Canterbury
Corpus Christi College
Boycott
Connemara
Hobson's
Robert Peel
Peelers
New Air Service Plans for San Francisco to Canton Route
Washington reveals post office bids for weekly round trip air service including Honolulu and Manila. President Roosevelt signs second deficiency bill providing 1 million dollars for the first year. Service must start within a year of contract let and carries passengers and mail. Airplanes required are US made multi colored sea planes with 125 mph cruising speed and capacity for six passengers and 800 pounds of mail.
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San Francisco
Canton
China
Washington
United States Post Office Department
Honolulu
Hawaii
Manila
Philippines
Roosevelt
United States
Post Office Department
Generous Impulses and the Virtue of Action
The text argues that generous impulses alone have little virtue unless they are turned into real deeds. Merely planning to do good without acting leaves needs unmet and hearts unrewarded, suggesting true virtue lies in action, not intention.
Specimens Reach Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia
A West Indian expedition brings flying fish with a four inch beard and a translucent eel to the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia. Also received is a lantern fish studded with phosphorescent beads from three miles deep.
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Academy of Natural Sciences
Philadelphia
Dialogue Excerpt Reveals Tensions Over Marriage
A brief exchange shows a spouse confessing past spending before marriage and questioning the reaction of the partner’s father when she eloped. The dialogue hints at family dynamics and financial concerns shaping marital decisions.
Paper Hats in Berlin Mills Shops Show Case
Made of Paper Panama straw hats appear in Berlin milliners shops though crafted from paper. Government demand for hemp and rich materials shifts to extensive paper use. Postal authorities even employ paper string for tying mail. Judge probes age. witness answers with exact months. Anthropologist notes pygmies of Central Africa are short and not stunted.
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Panama
Berlin
Central Africa
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Ity
U.S
John van Guilder
New Air Service
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