Camilla and Peter Then Night Club Date Sparks Conflict
Camilla Hoyt, a wealthy art student, draws Peter Anson’s head in class provoking embarrassment. Peter consoles her in the park, then they attend a theatre and expensive night club with Camilla’s friends. Peter struggles with debt and desire as their evening unfolds. Camilla grows torn between affection and fear of being hurt as she obsesses over his feelings.
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Camilla Hoyt
Camilla
Peter Anson
Peter
Cathie
Mr. Anson
Nike
Miss Hartin
Terry
Anson
Miss Hoyt
End of an Era as Nascope Sails for Canada
The Nascopie, last Hudson Bay Company ship to sail from Britain, departs Ardrossan for Canada ending a 245 year tradition. Since 1688 ships carried goods to Hudson Bay and fur back, with Britain to Canada and back. Future fur shipments will go by Atlantic liners to London.
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Clyde
Ardrossan
Gravesend
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay Company
Prince Rupert
Governor and Company of Adventurers of
England
Hudson's Bay
Britain
Canada
Tact and indirectness in Japanese communication
The article explains that blunt refusals are taboo in Japan and messages are conveyed indirectly through circumlocution. It notes that to avoid social ostracism one must hint at meaning rather than state it plainly, making direct speech impractical in Japanese dialogue.
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Japan
Ancient Ontario land grant linked to Loyalist lineage
A deed over 100 years old, granting 200 acres in Chatham township by the English monarch to Amelia Van Dusen, is held by Miss Genevieve Lent of Calgary. The parchment document bears a velvet-like seal in beeswax and records a direct grant to a pioneer woman who first held land in her name in Canada.
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Ontario
England
Genevieve Lent
Calgary
Chatham
Amelia van Dusen
Miss Lent
Canada
New Tropical Fish Species Found By Beebe Expedition
Dr. William Beebe of Philadelphia collected specimens from Central American waters discovering forty new fish varieties. A tentacled lure fish attracts prey and is among the notable finds. In England a woman, Miss Maud Coltman, auctioned pedigree cattle at Reading market. A London stamp sale realized nearly $10,000.
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Tropics
William Beebe
Philadelphia
Central American
England
Maud Coltman
Reading
London
When Glamor Is Gone From City Life
The piece notes farmers aging from land retirement face uncertain profits from investments and scarce city jobs. Many expect a return to the farm as the best option, finding city life’s glamor faded and real discomforts replaced by renewed appreciation of rural living.
Thunderstorms Riddle the Globe With Daily Deluge Patterns
The article estimates 16 million yearly thunderstorms worldwide, about 44 000 daily and 1 800 concurrent storms. It notes around 100 flashes per second globally and peak frequencies in tropical regions, with Java and the Amazon area exceeding 200 annually and storms marking afternoon seasons.
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Earth
Globe
Java
Amazon
Pest Dodder Plague Spreads Across Regions
The dodder, a parasitic plant from Europe, has become a serious pest in many countries and regions including Canada during seed shortages. It attaches to clover and alfalfa, spreading in southern Ontario, the Pacific coast, and prairie provinces. Plough under badly infested fields before seed forms to curb the spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Europe
France
Spain
Italy
Chile
South America
United States
Ontario
Pacific Coast
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Admiral Sir John Kelly Remembered For Unorthodox Drill
A memorial anecdote honors Admiral Sir John Kelly famed for popular tales. It recalls a drill command ordering three bandsmen from each ship to play a popular air at the flagship, with a note that the line Has anybody here seen Kelly will not be recognized as a popular air.
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Sir John Kelly
Legion
Kelly
Lydia Pinkham Menace? Nervous Relief Ad
Advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for nervous tension and irritability. Claims 98 of 100 women report benefit and asserts the medicine provides an “extra hot” feeling of renewed liveliness.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Missed Chance for Historic War Meeting Between Foch and Hindenburg
The article notes that Foch and Hindenburg never met despite plans to arrange a private encounter in 1925. Foch admired Hindenburg, but national tensions and Hindenburg's presidency halted the meeting. L Hopkins arranged a staged visit to Strasbourg while Hindenburg’s Baden Baden cure was underway. Foch lamented the missed opportunity.
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Foch
Hindenburg
Petain
Joffre Lyautey
Favolle
Franchet Desperey
Reich
Rene L'Hopital
L'Hopital
Berlin
France
Germany
Third Republic
Strasburg
Baden-Baden
Kehl
L’hopital
Lnter
Marshal Foch
The Rhyming Optimist Poem by Aline Michael
Let me not live too near the things that fret and fear. Enemies may loom and cast shadows hiding the sun. Love, brilliance, shade, and flame all blur the sunlit day. May I love well yet be wise and not be dazzled by love. See bliss or strife as part not the whole of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Robert Louis Stevenson
R. Sibbes
New Oat Hybrid Shows Drought Resistance At Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan researchers led by Dr. J B Harrington report a new oat hybrid exhibits strong drought tolerance, with several barley varieties like Colsess and Regal also outperforming O A C 21 under dry conditions. He says year one results, though small, offer valuable guidance on grain variety performance.
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University of Saskatchewan
J. B. Harrington
Regal
O.A.C
Harrington
Spanish Corn Pudding Recipe
A quick dish combining corn, peppers, pimento and onion with sweetened condensed milk and eggs. Bake in a buttered dish for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees F to serve six.
Sea trade drives modern Poland's prosperity
A Polish poet once claimed a Pole need not know the sea if he farmed well but modern Poland has learned prosperity hinges on sea trade. Now 62 percent of foreign commerce moves by sea, signaling deep reliance on maritime routes.
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Poland
Words of Faith and Courage for Daily Strife
A devotional excerpt urges quiet faith in God through suffering and daily trials. It cites Peter 5 10 and quotes Stevenson Sibbes emphasizing steadfast conduct, readiness to toil, endure, and resist unworthy acts amid life’s battles.
Last Of Her Line Lyman M. Davis To Be Burned In Toronto
The Lyman M. Davis, a 128 foot, 450 ton wooden schooner built sixty years ago with two 130 foot masts, will be burned as a public spectacle in Toronto. Once among thousands of Great Lakes cargo ships, sailing craft waned with the rise of steam and iron. The piece notes the romance of lake sailing and the skill of crews, while lamenting obsolescence despite seaworthiness.
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Great Lakes
Toronto
Lyman M. Davis
Toy Lending Centre Opens at NYU Community Centre
A toyery at the New York University Community Centre lends toys to children for one or two weeks similar to library books. Children must be accompanied by parents to apply. The organization appeals for toys no longer needed.
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New York University
Royalty Learns To Box In London Family Hemicycle
The Prince of Wales and his nephews Lord Lascelles and the Hon. Gerald Lascelles have taken up boxing. Prominent London children, boys and girls, study pugilism at parental request. The Princess Royal attended a boxing exhibition where Lady Mary Cambridge, queen’s great-niece, participated.
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Prince of Wales
Lord Lascelles
Gerald Lascelles
London
Princess Royal
Lady Mary Cambridge
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Dodder
Rhyming
Ty Aline Michael
University of Saskatoon
St. C
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Christ Jesus
Oppleford Parte
Rageuers Hamelton, Ontalio
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