Dancing Moonlight and a Dazzling Bracelet Drama
At a Westchester house party, Starr Ellison dazzles in a diamond fire opal bracelet while Lance Marlowe confesses desire, and Michael Fairbourne watches with quiet tension. The night unfolds with flirtation, jealousy, and a looming vow as Starr faces an irreversible choice. The event blends romance, secrets, and high society glamour under moonlight.
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the Dales
Michael
Stephanie
Starr
Lance Marlowe
Lance
Starr Ellison
Westchester
Michaels
Ellison
June Garfield
Stair
Barbara Huttons
Doris Dukes
Hawaii
Miami
Nassau
Havana
South Seas
Archery Rebirth in Vancouver Under BC Education Director
Archery returns to Vancouver with classes led by Ed Bermott at a drill hall range. Ian Eisenhardt, BC provincial director of recreational and physical education, oversees the revival after earlier failed attempts since 1929, with summer 1935 classes at Stanley Park.
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Vancouver
Ian Eisenhardt
British Columbia
Department of National Defence
Ed. Bermott
Stanley Park
Leisure loving gentleman and old King Solomon quip
A humorous exchange features a leisure loving colored gentleman claiming he is glad he isn’t old King Solomon. A friend questions his opinion while the weary man jokes about washing for one wife. The piece also notes 1890s cardboard matchbooks flopped with the public. A detective-style question about a missing Saturday night elicits a bathtub response.
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Old King Solo
China’s shift to foreign styles spurs wool len industry growth
China's fashion trend toward foreign styles fuels a boom in the wool len sector, elevating demand for imported patterns and influencing local textile producers to expand capacity amid evolving consumer tastes.
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China
Medieval banquet seals tower tax chief’s 43 years
A Tower of London banquet for 80 guests honored Mr. Harry Machin for 43 years as Tower division tax commissioner. The menu featured swan, venison, boar head, bragget ale, and dishes echoing 15th and 16th century royal feasts.
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Tower of London
Tower
Archbishop of York
Sir John Neville
Elizabeth
King’s Forest
Black Forest
Germany
Beadle
Barnstaple
Tower Division
Harry Machin
Has Fine Collection of Spiders for British Museum
The British museum receives 84 British spider species from W Falconer a retired schoolmaster of Waterloo Liverpool. He has hunted spiders for 40 years and claims four new species discovered and over 400 specimens with 200 still needed. He uses an inverted umbrella to collect spiders from leaves and moss. He notes man destroys spider habitats in remote English locales.
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British Museum
W. Falconer
Waterloo
Liverpool
England
New Bill Requires Short Educational Films in Turkish Theatres
A draft bill orders compulsory eight to twelve minute educational films shown before each performance in Turkish theatres. Some films will be produced in Turkey and will depict town and country life with a clearly pointed moral.
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Turkey
Doctor's Bride Darling Moon Scene
A playful exchange between a couple frames a romantic night as the groom notes a cloud over a mountain peak matching the color of a diseased liver, turning a dreamy moment into a medical metaphor.
Sir Robert Vansittart Heads Britain’s Secret Service
In Windsor Star, Clark profiles Sir Robert Vansittart Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and head of Britain's secret service. He allegedly knows all espionage operatives and directs spies abroad while facing periodic arrests and shifting foreign threats.
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Great Britain
Sir Robert Vansittart
Foreign Affairs
Sir Roberts
Secret Service
Sir Robert
Britain
Clark
Windsor Star
Forest industries drive Canada's economic recovery
Hon. T. A. Crerar notes forest industries contribute to recovery with 1936 national income near 250 million dollars compared to 197.8 million in 1935. Growth driven by newsprint and lumber exports from British Columbia. Exports of wood products and paper reached 181.8 million with a 158.6 million favorable balance after imports of 23.3 million. Domestic lumber demand expected to rise under housing and home improvement programs.
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Canada
T. A. Crerar
British Columbia
Crerar
Dominion
Old Quarrel Marks First Samaritan Marriage in Nablus
The Samaritan colony in Nablus, Palestine, reports its first marriage in years, highlighting a dwindling community of fewer than 200. The piece notes the long standing quarrel with Jews dating to 537 B.C. over temple rebuilding aid and intermarriage, underscoring the Samaritans' isolation.
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Nablus
Palestine
Jerusalem
Samaritans
Solomon's Temple
Wingbeat Rates of Insects Revealed
Scientific note lists a fly 336 strokes per second a bee 240 a wasp 110 a dragonfly 28 and a butterfly 8 Wing motion conveys grace through its slow pace.
Flats to Rise in Leeds Slum Clearance Project
A major Leeds development will erect the largest collection of flats in Europe as part of a comprehensive slum clearance plan. The housing scheme targets renewal, with officials citing improved living conditions and urban modernization for the city.
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Europe
Leeds
Little Helps For This Week
A devotional note urges practical duty as the path to true reverence. It cites James 1 27 on visiting the fatherless and widows and argues right action deepens affection, with divine peace arriving through steady cheerful use of love and duty.
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James
Historic Dock to Be Demolished for Modern Warehouse
The ancient Fountain Dock on the Thames, linked to the Mayflower and the Fighting Temeraire, will be covered by a towering warehouse and wharf. For 300 years its booms housed and refitted countless sailing and steam vessels before its demolition ends a historic London waterfront era.
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Fountain Dock
London
Thames
America
Major Murray Praised as Key Broadcasting Official
In Parliament during a debate on the BBC H B Lees Smith, former Postmaster General, said Major Gladstone Murray general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and ex BBC official was second only to Sir John Reith in importance to the British Empire broadcasting.
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Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation
House of Commons
B.B.C
H. B. Lees-Smith
Major Murray
John Reith
British Empire
Not A Bad Idea Daddy Boiled Dishes For Germs
A four year old asks why mother boils dishes from the sick room. She explains Daddy has germs and boiling kills them. The child then suggests boiling Daddy to “get it all over at once” in a moment of playful comprehension.
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Starr
Cartier’s
Fifth Avenue
Michael Fairbourne
Michael
Stephanie
Daddy
Donald
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