Sally Ann’s Daring Dinner Meets Quiet Drama at Danavale
Sally Ann navigates a tense afternoon at Lynn Dana’s Danavale, facing guests, the memory of a vanished mother, and an unexpected plea from Penny for Sarah Lynn to join her. The scene shifts between ornate rooms, barbed humor, and Sally Ann’s thwarted impulse to care for a troubled girl.
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Sarah Lynn
Lynn
Uncle Lynn
Sally Ann
Dana
Helena
Aunt Helena
Miss Dana
Penny
Granny Lynn
Young Bill
Old Penny
Ancestress’s Greyhound Sparks Quiet Walk
Outside, a brindle greyhound springs upon Sarah Lynn with exuberant joy. The traveler recalls Paris figurines and the dog’s stylish presence. Sally Ann notes the hound’s character, contrasting it with other dogs that obey and retrieve. The scene ends with a steady, shared cadence.
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Sarah Lynn
Paris
Sally Ann
Sally Ann Seeks Escape from Adelaide-Dana’s Buoyant Charm
Sally Ann recalls her cousin Adelaide Mrs Edwina Dana whose buoyant sweetness always irks her. The fragment hints at family tension and social dynamics within a household.
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Sally Ann
Adelaide
Edwina Dana
Relieved Rheumatic Pain Finds Hopeful Cure
A reader recounts a long battle with rheumatism including hospital confinement and tooth loss. After trying Kruschen Salts, the writer notes steady improvement and credits the salts with dissolving uric acid crystals that caused pain.
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H.P
Keaton kinship and Ardine’s modern ways ripple through Danavale
Sally Ann reflects on family ties as Ed Dana describes Keaton’s brood and Ardine’s bold moves. Ardine runs a roadhouse restaurant named The Stewed Prune with friends, while Sarah Lynn and the fourth generation loom as lively social futures in Danavale.
Sudeten Refugees Move from Czecho Slovakia to England
Two hundred fifty Sudeten German refugees depart Czecho Slovakia heading to England. Many were former German Social Democrats who opposed pro Nazi Konrad Henlein before the 1938 annexation. Emigrants will be housed in Scotland before joining an English colony. Eighty go to Sweden and nineteen to Finland.
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Czecho- Slovakia
England
Social Democratic Party
Konrad Henlein
Germany
Sudetenland
Scotland
Sweden
Finland
Invisibility of Stars From Jupiter and Venus
Report notes that stars are not visible from the planets Jupiter and Venus because their atmospheres are opaque. The observation highlights how thick cloud layers inhibit starlight from reaching observers on these worlds.
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Jupiter
Venus
Neon advertising rights patent dated 1916
A historical note states that neon advertising rights were first patented in 1916, marking an earliest formal recognition of neon signage in public advertising law.
First North American Record of Russian Banded Kittiwake
A Kittiwake gull banded in Kharlov Island, Barents Sea, Russia, was shot near Little Fogo Island Newfoundland on September 20 1937. The band marked Moscow and 51412, placed June 19 1937, under the Central Bureau of Birdringing. The find, aided by Canada and Newfoundland authorities, adds a northern bird to North American banding records.
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Russia
Department of Natural Resources
Commission of Government
St. John's
Newfoundland
Canada
North America
National Parks Bureau
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Little Fogo Island
Central Bureau of Birdringing
Moscow
Kharlov
Barents Sea
Murmanski Bereg
Finland
Arctic Circle
Micro-engraved Bible scale gift to Science Museum
A micro-engraving of the Lord s Prayer was donated by Mr T H Court and measures at a scale of 13 Bibles per square inch. It notes a claimed record of 22 Bibles per square inch achieved by William Peter s machine in 1854, highlighting extreme smallness in engraving.
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Science Museum
T. H. Court
Record of Deaths Over 90 from London Times
C B Gabb has tracked London Times death notices for 24 years. He notes 9 871 people aged 90 or more died in this period and that most nonagenarians were married women. In 1938 489 over 90 died, including 1 154 men and 335 women, 213 of them married.
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Sault Ste. Marie Star
C. B. Gabb
London Times
Gabb
Burglar Uncovers Lost Will In Evansville Office
A burglar rummaged through attorney H. L. Taylor's Evansville office destroying papers and scattering documents. Among the mess investigators found the missing copy of Mrs. Fred Guth's will from her December 21 1937 death, solving the disappearance problem.
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Fred Guth
Evansville
Ind
H. L. Taylor
Taylor
China’s Resolve to Confront Japan Grows Says Ambassador
Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson told a New York audience that Japanese bombings have strengthened Chinese resolve to end the war with Japan. He noted China’s leadership is competent, the people not hysterical, and vowed perseverance for victory, citing China’s manpower advantage and patient endurance.
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Japan
Nelson T. Johnson
New York
Johnson
Peking
China
Detroit Free Press
Home farm idea cited as growing trend in western Canada
Professor J W G MacEwan of the University of Saskatchewan animal husbandry department notes a definite shift toward diversified farming in western Canada. He argues the home farm model, producing necessities for the farm family, strengthens regional self sufficiency and predates federal policy mentions by Hon J G Gardiner. He praises the concept as beneficial and timely.
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Western Canada
J. W. G. MacEwan
University of Saskatchewan Animal Husbandry Department
Saskatchewan
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Gardiner
Professor MacEwan
Gargantua the Great Tours England In Luxe Air Caged Act
Gargantua the seven year old 500 pound gorilla billed as a frightful brute performs in England in a $20,000 air conditioned cage. Owned by Ringling circus, he just finished a tour with Al G Barnes Selis Floto and now appears with Bertram Mills Olympia. The steel and glass cage features new trucks and larger wheels after a preparation period.
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Gargantua
England
Ringling Circus
al G. Barnes-Selis Floto Circus
Bertram Mills Olympia Circus
Hysterical Schoolboy Facts and Wordplay
An odd collection of schoolboy humor defines a Kaiser as a stream of hot water that disturbs the earth. Napoleon’s escape from Melba and the notion of an anachronism as a future past written thing are recounted as playful definitions.
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Napoleon
Melba
The Pilgrims and a Car Purchase
A classroom moment shows Gertrude answering that after a year of settlement the Pilgrims bought a car, reflecting a humorous misinterpretation of colonial life. The teacher prompts discussion as children respond with playful historic confusion.
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Gertrude
Women Run Aerial Pageant Planned By Newcastle Club
An aerial pageant directed entirely by women is being prepared by the Newcastle Women's Flying Club in Australia. Twenty of its forty members are training for the event.
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Rome
Newcastle Women’s Flying Club
Australia
Lake Names in Boulder City Forest Echo Common Fare
In the United States Superior National Forest lake names echo household staples such as Blueberry Carrot Cranberry Frying Pan Knife Lunch Onion Parsnip Plum Potato and Prune.
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United States Superior National Forest
Spring Men’s Fashion Features Bold Capes and Coats
A fashion note highlights plum evening coats and opera capes in twilight blue with scarlet satin lining. The piece playfully suggests considering safer options like carpet slippers.
Clergyman Muses On Introductory Praise
A pastor wished to honor a wealthy elderly parishioner by introducing her to the bishop. He awkwardly spoke of her as one of his old we est sheep, aiming to praise yet tripping over wording in a humorous misstep.
Manitoba Tops Canada In Honey Production For 1937
Ontario usually leads Canada in honey output but the 1937 data show Manitoba ahead, becoming the top producer that year.
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Ontario
Canada
Manitoba
Dominion of Canada Cheese Output Reaches 127 Million Pounds in 1937
The Dominion of Canada produced 127 350 000 pounds of factory cheese in 1937, reflecting a substantial national dairy output.
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Dominion of Canada
The Lie Detector Debate in Medical Journal
The Journal of the American Medical Association argues there is no true lie detector. The article notes controversy, complexity of principles and devices, and warns police and firms often misuse polygraphs as a form of psychological coercion.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal
Tradesmen On Trial For Royal Warrants Of Appointment
One thousand London tradesmen serving Buckingham Palace face a year of scrutiny to win royal warrants. By December, the King and Queen will decide if they are satisfied and whether the shops may display the royal arms with the By Appointment underline, a mark that brings prestige and increased business.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Prized possession recalls royal garments and a German visit
Mrs Mary Elizabeth MacQueen of Toronto recalls Kaiser Wilhelm II’s 1907 Southampton visit when he was aboard a yacht and notes her 93rd birthday. Her most prized items include a black cape once worn by Queen Victoria's mother the Duchess of Kent. She was one of 21 siblings and widow of a master mariner.
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Mary Elizabeth MacQueen
First Avenue
Toronto
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Southampton
MacQueen
Queen Victoria
Duchess of Kent
Britain Builds Over 1.5 Million Homes In Six Years
In a six year span Britain has constructed more than 1.5 million new houses. Government housing targets and industry data show rapid expansion across urban and suburban areas.
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Britain
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