Occasional Wife Love Links Art Student and Sculptor
Camilla Hoyt, a pretty art student, marries sculptor Peter Anson in secrecy. They plan to live apart until Peter can establish himself. Camilla, adopted into wealth, prepares for self support via commercial art work and agency gigs. Peter considers hiring model Sylvia Todd for a cheap session as he develops a figure for a scholarship.
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Camilla Hoyt
Peter Anson
Peter
Camilla
Sylvia Todd
Peter Anson’s Exhibition Dilemma Pushes Career and Marriage
Peter Anson frets over entering an art exhibit that could win a Paris scholarship while his wife Camilla insists on supporting him. She urges him to follow his own idea, promising help, as he weighs the risk of leaving her behind if he wins. The pair debate models and a fountain concept, arguing over art, money, and their future.
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Sylvia Todd
Peter
Despone
the Trocadero
Camilla
Hoyts
Farm Fire Insurance Costs in 1931 Highlight Loss Ratios
Canadian fire insurance firms paid out $1.33 in losses for each dollar of premium in 1931. Over 1927 to 1931 the average farm property loss ratio stood at $1.19 per premium dollar. Tanners and mills had higher losses but remained unprofitable by a wide margin.
Free and Easy Street: Sherman Man Renamed Road
For 28 years Tom Hopson, president of a Sherman candy firm, has lived on Easy Street. A new short street cut through his property, renamed Free Street, leaving him on Free and Easy Street. English telegraphers see women replacing men in government service.
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Tom Hopson
Sherman
Texas
Easy Street
Free Street
Hopson
Free and
England
Edge of frustration relief remedy claimed for women
An ad style note urges women to try a medicine described as relieving fatigue and irritability from loud children and burdensome days. It claims 98 out of 100 report benefit and that life will seem livelier again, promising extra energy.
First stratosphere flight shows fungus spores survive 11 miles
Lieut Commander T G W Settie’s stratosphere flight tests reveal seven kinds of fungal spores survived at 11 miles up despite freezing temperatures low pressure and intense UV. Meier plant pathologist notes spores germinated after return illustrating hardy life near earth and beyond.
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T. G. W. Settie
Earth
Settle
F. C. Meier
Department of Agriculture
Assured Of New Suits Nine Newspaper Carriers Christmas Day
Arthur Wallenhurst Baltimore jeweler and world traveler leaves jewelry to business managers of three Baltimore papers to be sold or raffled. Proceeds to buy suits for three deserving newsboys per paper each Christmas until the fund exhausts. Largest bequest 50000 for a bronze statue to Martin Luther and clocks for four city parks.
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Arthur Wallenhurst
Baltimore
World Traveller
Wallenhurst
Martin Luther
The Rhyming Optimist Poem of Hope and Creation
A lyrical meditation on faith and the world’s order. It speaks of the white moon’s spell over the sea, the spheres’ orderly march, and the seed’s faith awaiting spring. The speaker seeks forgiveness for doubting creation’s perfect plan and asks God to restore all thoughts of loss.
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Dole
Canada Faces Cheese Shortage Pressure in British Market
Hon H A Stewart minister of public works told the Eastern Ontario Cheese-makers' Association that ten years saw a 30 million pound drop in Canadian cheese output while butter rose 40 million pounds. Canada slipped to second place in Britain’s cheese market. L A Zufelt urged cheese production as Canada's best export dairy hope.
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Canada
H. A. Stewart
Eastern
Ontario
Cheese-makers’ Association
Stewart
L. A. Zufelt
Eastern Dairy School
Kingston
Four Language Requirement Sparks Police Hiring Debate
In Waltham Massachusetts Mayor Patrick J. Duane rejected three candidates for patrolman because they could not speak German French and Italian. The city with many foreign born residents values multilingual ability for police work.
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Waltham
Massachusetts
Patrick J. Duane
First Working Man in British Cabinet John Burns
John Burns the first working man to serve in a British cabinet celebrated his 75th birthday. He quit the presidency of the Board of Works at the outbreak of war in 1914 and retired from public life about four years later. He left Parliament after 26 years representing Battersea and is a noted authority on London life who lives near Clapham Common.
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John Burns
United Kingdom
Government Board
Battersea
House of Commons
Burns
Clapham Common
London
Prince George Invited to Visit South Africa Early Next Year
The Government of the Union of South Africa invites Prince George to visit during the early part of next year. His Majesty has approved, and the prince will sail from England about mid January. It will be his first South Africa visit, though he has toured many Empire colonies. His prior travels abroad occurred while in the Navy with fleets in the Mediterranean Atlantic China and the American and West Indies Stations.
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Prince George
Union of South Africa
England
South Africa
China
American and West Indies
Famous Men Who Knit In Spare Time
The Prince of Wales sent a scarf he knitted to the Personal League of Service, drawing interest. Other notable men such as Lord Jellicoe and Sir Evelyn De la Rue are mentioned as keen knitters with specialized skills and inventions.
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Prince of Wales
Lord Jellicoe
Evelyn de la Rue
England Preserves Ancient Monuments Across Counties
In London and nearby counties Middlesex Surrey Kent Essex and Hertford about 250 castles abbeys and historic buildings have been scheduled as ancient monuments and must not be removed or interfered with in any way.
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London
Middlesex
Surrey
Kent
Essex
Hertford
Canadians Increase Snuff Imports Indicate Recovery
A national revenue bulletin shows Canada imported 71 254 pounds of snuff in September 1932, rising to 74 899 pounds in September of the current year, signaling a notable revival in demand for chewing snuff.
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Canada
Department of National Revenue
Little Helps For This Work And Trust In God
A devotional compilation notes reliance on divine providence with quotes from Matthew 6 25 G MacDonald and Luther about not worrying for tomorrow and letting God provide It emphasizes present focus and faith in day by day care and guidance through life’s burdens
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God
G. MacDonald
Luther
David
Mrs Freiman Honored as Honorary Life Member of Canadian Legion
In Ottawa the Canadian Legion recognized decades of service by Mrs. Freiman with honorary life membership. Major John S. Roper, Dominion president, installed her at her home, presenting the gold badge and life member certificate before the Ottawa Branch officers and Legion officials.
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Canada
A. J. Freiman
Ottawa
Canadian Legion
Legion
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