Distant Glory Falls As Vara Vadne Faces Weak Play
Devena notices Vara Vadne’s star power can’t salvage a muddled drama. The audience sighs as Talbot’s flaws surface, and the second act ends with Vara receiving curtain calls while Dale exits toward Talbot’s box. Devona hopes to comfort Talbot and claim his seat beside the pale actor.
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Tal and Devona confront a despairing escape in Los Angeles
Devona follows Tal Talbot from a theater to a mansion and finds him desolate after a failed play. He renounces writing, proclaims self as a fool, then vows to persist with Devona's support. She returns home but reenters to confront him and fears a dangerous clue as the scene ends with a pistol in her sight.
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New Japanese Built Wall Blocks Chinese Labor Route
Reported construction of a new earth and stone barrier by the Japanese army runs south from Tientsin toward Nanking, with about 100 miles completed by 100,000 Chinese workers. Spokesmen say a major offensive moves southwest from Hankow along Tungting lake toward Yochow, seeking to avoid Changsha and supply losses.
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Clever lawyer’s stance on grim cases sparks rival challenge
A famed criminal lawyer, famed for bending justice, faces a taunt after winning a brutal case. He replies that his willingness depends on the rival’s deeds. Meanwhile London county council staff exceed four thousand officials.
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Old Shoes and Friends Echo Comfort Across Time
A reflective line notes two sources of ease in life, old footwear and lasting friendships. It evokes nostalgia for familiar textures and trusted relationships. The sentiment underscores value in enduring connections and simple comforts.
Gems of Thought Sage Quotations
A collection of moral maxims and reflections from Bacon Latimer Eddy Emerson and Shaftesbury about goodness virtue and the divine likeness. The quotes urge inner transformation before outward good and depict goodness as alignment with God and virtuous living.
Plastic Cars A Picture Of The Automobile Of The Future
Esquire reports on plastic car bodies as a practical future option with sunlit plastic roofs rear engines living room seating and glass like plastic windows. Ford H Ford demoed a plastic deck with an axe test while designers from Packard and Detroit anticipate mass production within three years and note heat insulation noise reduction and built in UV rays benefits.
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Women urged to translate nutrition research into daily meals
Dr Lillian Shaben of Cornell tells the regional ACW that women must turn vitamin knowledge into breakfast tomorrow. She notes a good table alone does not ensure nourishment and praises Lieut Col Webb for his army catering work, urging home feeding of vital health foods beyond protective items.
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Lillian Shaben
Cornell University
Associated Countrywomen of the World
R. H. Webb
Shaben
Perennial grasses need years before yielding seeds
Farmers and the public may not know that perennial grasses require three years to produce seed. They must be sown with a nurse crop, spend the first year developing roots, the second year yielding hay, and only in the third year do seeds provide meaningful harvest.
English Farm Worker Granted Cheese Allowance Boost
A wartime measure increases the weekly cheese ration for farm workers from half a pound to a full pound during the harvest period ending September 21. The concession follows a demand by the National Union of Agricultural Workers.
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Ministry of Food
National Union of Agricultural Workers
Wall Street executive trims cigars for visitors
A New York report notes better business has revived the greeting have a cigar but with a twist. Some executives give visitors a short cigar for brief calls, while longer conversations merit a longer smoke as a cue to time with the executive.
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Wall Street
New York
Better Business
Water loss from a mature tree in a season estimated
The article notes that ten thousand gallons of water evaporate from the leaves of a mature tree in one season. It also states that Canada was the first Dominion to grant a tariff preference on goods produced and manufactured in the United Kingdom.
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Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
How to Make Slip Covers for Sofas and Chairs
A home sewing guide promotes slip covers for sofas using pin on fabric with step by step instructions. It offers a 32 page booklet with illustrations, plus related booklets on guitar, shorthand, parties, songs, fortune telling and crafts available for 15 cents each from Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
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Bound To Stick Potts Polar Pirates Leader Of Arctic Expedition
Canadian expedition to Spitsbergen in the Arctic is led by Brigadier Arthur Edward Potts head of the dairying department at the University of Saskatchewan. An English born, Edinburgh educated, American trained professor with World War service in Europe his nickname Pirate Potts follows his long militia interest. He earned two wounds and the Efficiency Decoration in WWI.
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Norway
Spitsbergen
Arctic
Arthur Edward Potts
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
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Toronto Star
Africa Tops World in Telescopes Per Capita
Dr J Jackson His Majesty s astronomer says South Africa has more astronomical telescopes per head than any other nation, highlighting the country s scientific prominence.
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Dr. J. Jackson
Baking machine can bake 2400 loaves per hour
A bread baking machine operates hands free and can produce 2400 loaves in one hour, increasing efficiency and reducing need for manual labor.
Eccentric Earth Orbit Quirk and Workplace Rule
The article notes Earth's orbit eccentricity at 0.01677 from a circle and adds a proverb that a careless employee will not keep his place long, implying consequences for disregard.
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