Amnesty Reopens Wounds In Belgium After War
The Windsor Star notes that two decades after World War I Belgium remains split. Loyal Belgians and those who cooperated with the Germans faced renewed bitterness as an amnesty proposal stirred old resentments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Canaan
Reich
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Clock would need 32 years to strike one billion times
A clock ticking at one-second intervals would require about 32 years to reach one billion ticks, illustrating the vast scale of one billion when counted in seconds.
Ermine Crump and the eccentric earl in Castaways in a Castle
Ernest adopts a dubious millionaire role as Crump and the household cope with pepper requests yodeled servants and comic misreads. The earl charters a playful day while Crump faces a wardrobe shortage and satirical letters foreshadow further farce.
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Ernest
Millionaire
Sloat
Crump
Earl
Balmoral Dairy Farm Runs Like a Factory in Ithaca Michigan
Peter McClelland, Scotch superintendent of the 700 acre Balmoral dairy near Ithaca, manages one of Michigan’s largest Ayrshire farms. Owned by James E. Davidson of Bay City, the Balmoral operation uses a factory like layout with an assembly line pace, housing dairy bottling works, blacksmith shop, granary, slaughterhouse, and prize Percheron horses along with ribbon winning cattle.
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Peter McClelland
Ithaca
Mich
James E. Davidson
Bay City
Balmoral
Modern Ideas Dispute Over Scientific Farming
A young agricultural student visits a wary farmer. While leaning on a gate they discuss modern farming theories. The youth ends with a quip about placing all seed in one vest pocket and the farmer retorts he will place the crop in the other.
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Montague Fripps
P.S
Medieval Processions and Social Codes Shown in Fragments
The text recalls medieval church processions using cockade leather fans with bone handles and vellum leaves. It also frames a social scene with a mother asking why a boy plays with rough peers and a son citing parental limits. The piece pairs editorial remarks with vivid, era-flavored details.
Sixty-ninth Royal Bank Meeting Reports Mixed 1937 Results
The Royal Bank of Canada reports a profitable 1937 with total assets up by 14 million and deposits rising by 190 million in five years. President Morris W. Wilson urges expansion of foreign markets for wheat, national drought relief, and tariff reform to aid Canadian farmers and industry while defending Alberta against foreclosure accusations.
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Morris W. Wilson
Eople
Royal Bank of Canada
Canada
Mr. Wilson
Prairie
Germany
France
Italy
Tariff Board
Wilson
United States
S. G. Dobson
Royal Bank
Dobson
Alberta
Tumble weed praised as soil protector for fields
Wheat farmers now view the Russian thistle as a soil saver rather than a curse. On bare sandy land after harvest the plant cushions soil against wind erosion and helps stabilize the ground.
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