Jeannie Towers Faces Hard Odds In Yukon Dog Camp
Sergeant Terry questions Annie about a girl named Jeanne Towers tied to Cafe de Paris. Hammond learns Towers plans to enter the Yukon with dogs, seeks help while Tower contends she has no supplies and no home. She asks for aid, hinting at Barstow's awareness, as night settles over the gold rush camp.
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Terry
Annie
Hammond
Jeanne Towers
Cafe de Paris
Towers
Barstow
Anybod
Siwash Jim's
Dog Country
Boxing deaths far lower than football in 15 year span
The piece notes boxing has a lower mortality rate than football, with 30 deaths in 15 years in boxing versus about fifteen times that many in football. It includes a quip about a radio broadcast breaking down and the lack of guarantee it won’t happen again.
Equally Grand Florals for Paris Royal Visit
Madame Charliat, famed for decorating Paris for royal visitors since the early 1900s, oversaw Palais de l Elysee florals for King George and Queen Elizabeth. She arranged 7,000 blooms along a long horseshoe table with red and pink roses, Sevres decor, crystal bowls, and orchid accents at the head.
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Madame Charliat
Paris
Palais de l’Elysee
George
Queen Elizabeth
Noel Thompson
London Daily Sketch
Salle Des Fetes
Madame Charliot
Lalique
Mme. Lebrun
Centenarian Claims Spark London Letter Debate
Dr Maurice Ernest of the Centenarian Club argues in a London Times letter that a Bechuanaland native aged at least 140 may surpass known ages but that the extreme life span recorded is only about 113 years, a record held by Pierre Joubert, a French-Canadian who died in the early 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Ernest
London Times
John Harris
Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society
Bechuanaland
Ernest
Centenarian Club
Sir John
London
Pierre Joubert
Has Been Banner Year Says Gideon Bible Placements
A historical note cites Gideon Society data showing 81 000 Bibles placed in the last year versus a 30 year average of 50 000. Reads like a public records reflection on materialism and spiritual refuge with mentions of hospitals hotels schools prisons and shelters. The piece ends with a quip about a conversation between Jones and White.
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Gideon Society
Christian Science Monitor
The Mechanized Farm Advances Across The West
The Lethbridge Herald reports MP R J Deachman heard from Manitoba farmers that a fully mechanized farm eases hiring and daily chores. The shift toward mechanization is portrayed as benefiting the farmer and his wife as engines replace tasks like washing and churning. The piece notes the mechanized home is arriving in parts of the continent.
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The
Lethbridge Herald
R. J. Deachman
M.P
West
Manitoba
Salt Shortage Sparks Naval Entry Standoff Off Cadiz
A Spanish insurgent general refuses a Russian steamship entry to Cadiz port halting salt delivery to St John. Newfoundland fishermen face worsening shortages as codfish run, while a British registry ship is arranged to haul the salt.
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Franco
Cadiz
Newfoundland
St. John
Newfoundland and Labrador
Saskatchewan Creamery Butter Output Sets July Record
Saskatchewan produced 4,509,703 pounds of creamery butter in July, a new monthly record and up 317,201 pounds from July last year. June had been the prior high at 4,328,346 pounds with two thirds of the rise from the central area.
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Saskatchewan
Mayo Scientists Test New Respirator Mask on Transcontinental Flight
Mayo Foundation fellow Dr. W. R. Lovelace led tests of a new respirator mask aboard a Northwest Airlines transport plane from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. The seven hour 40 minute flight tested the mask at 31,000 feet to evaluate potential as a substitute for hospital oxygen tents.
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Mayo Clinic
California
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Los Angeles
W. R. Lovelace
Rochester, Minn
Mayo Foundation
France and Britain Bind The Franco British Entente
The piece notes the visit of the King and Queen of England to France as a reaffirmation of a stable Franco British alliance. It contrasts French pageantry with Rome's imperial display and asserts the entente as the enduring anchor amid European policy shifts.
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France
England
Paris
Rome
Hitler
Berlin
New York Times
Sam Mitchell Jr. Crowned World’s Strongest Baby Claim
Tall tale from Mound Bayou Mississippi claims four year old Sam Mitchell Jr. is the world’s strongest baby like a second Joe Louis. Report notes he can lift a 24 pound sack of flour or two ten gallon molasses buckets with ease.
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Mound Bayou
Miss
Sam Mitchell, Jr
Joe Louis
Igedr
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