Wild strawberry picnic and rural life reflections
Excerpt from Elinor Marsden Eliot's piece describes a strawberry picnic day with Murray and children, then holiday visits, home improvements, and social clashes. Teddy aids landscaping and carpentry while Lilah Armstrong causes friction with Jean and Jim, highlighting country living and youth aspirations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Macleod
Jean
Jim
Maudie
Mr. Macleod
Murrae
Teddy
Rupert
J. Edward Aylwin
Murray Aylwin
Herrington
Clilah Armstrong
Lilah
Mrs. Mowbray
Naturalists Court Danger in Pursuit of Butterflies
The essay surveys butterfly hunting as hazardous and costly work. It notes a late N C Rothschild will to destroy locality papers for science, recounts dangers in New Guinea and Brazil, and describes methods from tree-top platforms to small-bore shotguns while highlighting ongoing but revival-tinged interest among collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Brazil
Central
Africa
Hagner
Nervous Wreck Mrs Davis Praises Vegetable Compound
Mrs Emmy Davis of Winnipeg credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending her nervous breakdown and enabling her to care for her baby and resume work. She praises the remedy and offers her testimonial for publication. The company offers a free private text about women ailments upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emmy Davis
McGee Street
Thousandth of a Second In This Space of Time
A Royal Observatory Edinburgh talk described a British Association instrument that records extremely short events. It is an electric detector tracking a tiny light spot on moving photographic film to measure signals traveling 186 miles in a thousandth of a second and to advance knowledge by studying the infinitely small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Observatory
Edinburgh
Sampson
Emigrants From Hebrides Sail to Canada on Marloch
About 300 settlers depart Stornoway aboard the steamer Marloch on April 26 bound for Canada. The group includes men fit for farm work and women for domestic service. the Ontario Government subsidizes part of their passages. Holland has operated cocoa trade for 260 years with Amsterdam hosting eighteen factories today. The saying warns that marrying for money reflects poor judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebrides
Stornoway
Canada
Marloch
Ontario
Holland
Amsterdam
Cruelty Bites: Calling Out Bullies and Animal Cruelty
A teacherlike guide warns against cruelty to people and animals. It condemns bullies who oppress smaller peers and urges kindness to all living beings with a tale of a young Indian girl learning reverence for God and compassion toward creatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Look Westward in Sunrise Light at Clough
The lines invite notice of dawn over the lands, urging watchers to turn westward to see daylight glow. A reflective, lyrical call contrasts eastern windows with the rising sun, center on the westward view.
London Sees Fewer Trade Policemen On Duty
London authorities report a decline in trade policemen on duty compared with ten years ago. The change may affect border checks and maritime commerce monitoring across key ports and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
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Mt Tos Gmermaf
Zam-Buk Co
Elinor Marsden
Eliot Ulber
Aes
Camerons
Farrells
Jim Cameron
Naturalists Court Danger
Mrs. Davis
M. U
Hebrideans
Dr. Chase
Chase
Edmanson Bates & Co., Ltd
Galli
Thomas Allen
Clough
Blue Ribbon
Cnndas
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