Fleming's Folly ends in a dam dawn and romance
Link Fleming defeats Roper Kilgo in a brutal busk-off brawl and survives to see Silver Creek Dam flood the valley. Helen Hamilton drives the crowd to witness Fleming's Folly become a working water source as Otto Pieper offers high bids and the couple celebrate their victory with a hopeful vow.
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Ames Stephen
Link
Otto
Helen
Buzz
Roper
Waco Byrne
Byrne
Sheriff Stephen
Fleming
Helen Hamilton
Rawhide
Boon County
Silver Creek
McLendon
Link Fleming
Otto Pieper
Pieper
Soviet Union Announces State Pensions for Large Families
A new big family law directs all families with more than six children and the youngest under five to start receiving state pensions. Divorced parents face up to 50 percent income support taxes, and fraudsters face imprisonment. The government will pay 2000 rubles yearly for five years after the seventh birth and similar aid for each later birth, rising to 5000 rubles after the tenth child. In Kiev a court sentenced three former Ukrainian Council of Labor unions officials to death for embezzling rest home and tubercular care funds.
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Soviet Union
Kiev
Ukrainian Council of Labor Unions
Windsor Firemen Respond to Odd Detroit Call
Windsor firefighters answered an unusual 911 style call from Detroit after a Windsor woman left a hot water heater on while visiting Michigan’s city. The crew went to her Windsor home and shut off the appliance to prevent a possible fire.
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Windsor
Detroit
Michigan City
Lengthy Pyramid Construction Spans 76 Years
The Great Pyramid of Egypt took 76 years to complete, reflecting the immense workforce and resources commanded by ancient rulers. Builders mined limestone blocks, organized ramp systems, and coordinated long term planning to achieve the monumental tomb. The project stands as a testament to ancient engineering and state power.
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Egypt
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Teaser
An old ad extols Carter's Little Liver Pills to wake the liver and promote bile flow. It claims two pounds of bile hinder digestion, causing discomfort, with praise for a harmless, mercury free remedy and a call to ask by name.
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Carter
Mame
Mysteries Of Easter Island Declared No Riddles
French ethnologist Dr. Alfred Metraux, now at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, says the Easter Island enigmas are solvable. He argues the statues weigh five to six tons and could be moved by 400 men with native ropes. He links the islanders to Maori groups, placing their arrival in the 12th century, and says the island tablets are mnemonic devices rather than a true script.
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Easter Island
Alfred Metraux
Bishop Museum
Honolulu
Metraux
Paris Musem of
Honolulu Museum
Pacific
New Zealand
Island
Spin of light proved and measured by WPI scientist
No longer a theory the twisting force of light angular momentum is demonstrated by Dr Richard A Beth of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts He proves photons can spin and measures it by directing a beam at a circular quartz plate one inch in diameter and three thousandths of an inch thick
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Richard A. Beth
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Massachusetts
Beth
Squirrel’s Bold Heist Stirs Feathers in Guelph Park
A squirrel attempted to raid a robin nest in St George s Park Guelph Ont. Three robins pursued the thief up trees across branches and along a pole before the crowd of birds gave up the chase.
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St. George’s Park
Guelph
Ont
Grocer Recalls Child’s Request for Change
A brief dialogue records a boy asking the grocer for change for a five dollar bill. He explains his mother will supply the funds tomorrow, illustrating a simple domestic transaction reported in the era.
Anxious to Secure Antique Brantford Organ in Montreal
Brantford Historical Society seeks to reclaim a 150 year old barrel organ gifted by King George III to Chief Tayend anega Joseph Brant. The organ, stored in Chateau de Ramezay Montreal, bears 32 tunes, well preserved but silent for over a century. Brantford appeals to Montreal’s Antiquarian Society. outcome uncertain.
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Chateau de Ramezay
Brantford
Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal
Tayendanega
Joseph Brant
George III
England
The World's Progress and English Speaking Nations
The excerpt questions whether growth rates across fields are equal for English speaking peoples, comparing Britain and the Queen Mary. It cites a 19th century book and essays as markers, urging better statistics before claiming vast superiority in output and quality.
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England
Nicholas Nickleby
Emerson
New York Times
Palestine native praises adopted Canada during Nova Scotia visit
Louis Kassad, a Palestine native, told North Sydney newspapermen that despite bleak winters in northern Victoria county he prefers Canada to his homeland. He spoke after returning from his first Holy Land trip in 40 years, visiting Biblical cities and relatives while witnessing early Arab Jewish clashes.
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Louis Kassad
Victoria County
Palestine
North Sydney
Nova Scotia
Holy Land
Canada
Diseases of the heart top Saskatchewan death toll
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports 221 deaths from heart diseases in Saskatchewan in the last quarter of 1935, with cancer second at 148 and pneumonia third at 126.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Refinement Through Suffering and Faith
An inspirational meditation on enduring trials as divine refinement. It compares God’s shaping of the soul to artful refinements, urging patience and openness to pain as a path to spiritual growth and closer communion with the divine.
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Roper
Distinguished Veteran Sir Percival Marling’s Bitter Moment
Sir Percival Marling VC, veteran of the Sudan and Boer War, recalled in his memoirs that his worst moment came not on a battlefield but during a ceremonial escort for Queen Victoria in London. Foam from his horse’s mouth spattered the Queen’s veil, prompting swift action by the Princess of Wales and Ladies-in-Waiting and a Horse Guards order to bar foaming at the mouth.
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Sir Percival Marling
V.C
Sudan
Osman Digna
Percival
London
Queen Victoria
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
Horse Guards
Early diagnosis stressed for acute appendicitis
Dr Gordon Fahrni of Winnipeg spoke to the Canadian Medical Association urging early detection. He cited low mortality in early operations and noted 25 000 US and Canadian deaths annually, with appendicitis now the second leading surgical killer after cancer.
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Gordon Fahrni
Winnipeg
Canadian Medical Association
United States
Canada
US Mint costs to mint 1000 coins revealed
Exclusive of the silver content, the government spends 4.50 dollars to produce 1000 dimes 7 dollars for 1000 half dollars and 10.50 dollars for 1000 silver dollars.
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Uncle Sam
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