Secret Marriage Sparks Strain Between Camilla and Peter
Camilla and Peter Anson wed secretly amid financial hardship. Peter, a struggling sculptor, resists Camilla’s wealth to fund his career, prompting a quarrel before Camilla borrows money through Avis Werth. The lovers reconcile as Avis pushes them toward the social art world.
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Camilla
Hoyt
Peter Anson
Peter
Avis Werth
Sylvia Todd
Gus Matson
Avis
Inspiration and Eager Youth vie for a fitting title
Avis proposes Inspiration while Camilla counters with Eager Youth as Peter seeks a final choice. The trio debate market appeal and artistic ownership as Camilla learns her Tiny Tots appear in Weekly Review and all admire the debut.
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Avis
Camilla
Peter
Tillie
Thina
New Weekly Review
Anson
Planes to Visit Toronto for Centennial Celebrations
Four planes from the British Air Force will join the Toronto centenary festivities in July. Sir Philip Sassoon announced in the House of Commons that the Hawker Fury, RAF’s standard interceptor, will participate. The all metal biplane, powered by a Rolls Royce Kestrel engine, climbs rapidly and reaches 214 mph at 15,000 feet.
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Toronto
House of Commons
Philip Sassoon
Air
Royal Air Force
Aluminum Grows Stronger in Bitter High Altitude Cold
Researchers report aluminum hardens under extreme cold and low temperatures found at high altitudes. The study notes increased strength and potential applications in aerospace and infrastructure components exposed to frigid environments.
Love is Blind and Marriage an Oculist Says
A Brandon Sun item notes a witty remark on love and marriage. It comments on Spain offering excellent scenery for exterior cinema films as context.
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Brandon Sun
Spain
Squaring The Circle Claim From Nish Lawyer
Milan Popovitch a Nish lawyer claims to have squared the circle after a lifelong study from schoolboy to prisoner of war. He says an American mathematician’s will offered a fortune for proof and now demands a commission appointed by the executors verify his solution before he reveals the formula.
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Pythagoras
Milan Popovitch
Nish
Popovitch
Tenants Steal Building in Rhodes Poland Row
In Rhodes Poland several tenants of a row of flats were arrested after a revenge dispute with their landlord. The tenants allegedly dismantled and moved their entire building, stone by stone, door by door, to a distant location. The landlord found the empty site, sparked a village search, and the missing flats were recovered with tenants inside enjoying life away from rent calls.
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Rhodes
Poland
The Rhyming Optimist at the Wharf
A speaker stands at the wharf watching ships load cargo as cranes swing. The poem expresses longing to sail free, feeling the ache of sailors and a heart tied to land finally yearning to depart and return to the sea.
Rise in Rockies Big Game Counts Near Jasper
Reports from park wardens and hunters received by C. K. Howard of the Canadian National Railways show big game numbers rising outside Jasper National Park. Jack Brewster, Jasper guide, lists 1154 animals in two hunting trips last fall, including 104 Rocky Mountain goats and 87 bighorn rams among caribou, moose, and deer. both hunting parties reportedly secured full bags of trophies.
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Jasper National Park
C. K. Howard
Canadian National Railways
Montreal
Dominion
Jack Brewster
Jasper
New Grasshopper Bait Tested by U S Agriculture
The U S Department of Agriculture trials a new bait using oil instead of molasses to mix with bran and arsenic. Oil baits store better and resist deterioration longer than molasses. In Canada a water mixed bait attracts grasshoppers as they drink while feeding.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Canada
Delta landforms named for Greek letter shape
Deltas are triangular land deposits at river mouths named for their resemblance to the Greek letter delta. The term reflects the fan or triangular form that forms as sediments spread where a river enters a slower body of water.
Quick Relief From Neuralgia Claim for Aspirin Bayer Mark
An advertisement touts quick relief from neuralgia and headaches using Aspirin. It credits a scientific discovery with aspirin tablets dissolving in two seconds after moisture contact and promises fast pain relief after swallowing. It warns buyers to look for the Bayer cross on every tablet to ensure authenticity.
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Bayer
Cunard Sailings Open Season From St Lawrence Ports
The St Lawrence season opens with Ansonia Athenia arrivals and departures while Antonia appears in May. Weekly sailings to Plymouth Havre London and to Belfast Glasgow and Liverpool extend through summer and autumn. Other liners include Letitia Alaunia Ascania and Aurania amid rising bookings.
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St. Lawrence
Cunard
Anchor-Donaldson
Ansonia
Athenia
Antonia
Plymouth
Havre
London
Belfast
Glasgow
Liverpool
Letitia
Alaunia
Ascania
Aurania
West Indies
New York
Carinthia
North Cape
Russia
Saguenay
Quebec
Munay Bay
Bermuda
Havana
Trinidad
Rio de Janeiro
Britain
Southampton
Atlantic Isles
Mediterranean
British
Obedience and Heart in Devotional Advice
A devotional collection urges obedience to God as the path to spiritual sight. Quotations from Jeremiah William Wordsworth J H Newman and George Eliot emphasize immediate, wholehearted service, simple acts of obedience, and personal guidance from faith.
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J. H. Newman
George Eliot
Prosperity Seen As Banks Change Large Bills in Nova Scotia
Sydney merchants and restaurant owners report a rush to banks to change yellow-back ten and twenty dollar notes into smaller denominations, signaling a hoped for boost in business across the province.
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Nova Scotia
Sydney
Great Salt Lake exceeds Dead Sea area by over fourfold
The Great Salt Lake in Utah covers a area more than four times as large as the Dead Sea, highlighting the vast scale difference between the inland saline body and the historic sea.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Dead Sea
There Are At Least Sixty Stars For Every Person
A declarative aphorism asserts a universal density of stars across the globe, applying to men, women, and children alike as a poetic measure of the night sky.
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Earth
Fatal hour for British road accidents identified
An analysis from the Ministry of Transport shows the fatal road accident hour on working days is between 5 and 6 p.m. A morning peak from 7 to 9 a.m. and a noon spike at 12 to 1 p.m. occur, with the evening rush hour being the highest. On weekends and holidays most fatal accidents happen from 10 to 11 p.m.
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Ministry of Transport
Queen and King to Launch Curard Liner in Glasgow
The British government announces that the King and Queen plan to travel to Glasgow at the end of September to launch the giant Curard liner 534. Her Majesty will perform the ceremony, with the announcement noting the royal couple’s participation.
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Glasgow
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