Peaceful Gardens On Prairie Life And Contentment
A reflective essay extols home gardens as sanctuaries offering respite from toil. It urges modest space, seed selection, and native plants to create beauty and utility. Emphasizes drought resilience, kitchen gardens, and landscape potential for rural residents, citing waste-material ideas and quoted verse about heaven in a garden.
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Himelf
Prairies
Prairie Provinces
Annette Thomas
Erskine
Alberta
England
Bliss Carmen
Heaven
Half of Americans Carry Life Insurance Survey Says
A current assessment indicates about fifty percent of the U S population holds life insurance. The finding highlights ongoing considerations of financial protection and planning for families.
Immigration rise to Britain from Ireland noted in Commons
The Calgary Herald reports figures from the British House of Commons showing rising immigration into Great Britain from Ireland. The Home Secretary said net Irish Sea immigration last year was between 20 000 and 22 000, up from 11 000 in 1934.
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Calgary Herald
House of Commons
Great Britain
Ireland
Dominions Secretary
Irish Sea
Albanian Princesses in New York Feel Homesick
Three sisters of King Zog visiting New York admit loneliness overwhelmed them amid city life. They cried themselves to sleep the night before, preferring remote home country where they feel understood, reflecting common exile distress among youths and adults in unfamiliar urban settings reported by Woodstock Sentinel-Record.
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King Zog
New York
Craelf
Woodstock
Parchment Sack Reveals Historic Documents Found
A Dublin Irish bookseller bought a sack of old parchment from a rag and bone man in Chancery Lane. Among the papers are a 1543 deed with Edward VI’s signature, a Great Seal stamp from James I, a long papal annulment in Latin, a James I document with a pen drawing of the king, and a Meath land deed with an inverted portrait of George III.
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Chancery Lane
Hampstead
Edward VI
James I
Meath
George III
Manchester Guardian
Army Plans Target 2 Million Men For Mobilization
US army and navy officers study plans to mobilize over two million personnel within four months of a war declaration. Army and National Guard expect about 375,000 ready, while the Navy would have about one third as many. Estimates call for 1,250,000 recruits in four months for the army and 500,000 for the navy, with the first 300,000 to be volunteers in the initial month before selective drafts are used.
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Arma
United States Army
Navy
National Guard
Army
Nar
Model whale reaches peak size at Natural History Museum
The London Daily Sketch reports a ninety foot model of a whale, the largest in the world, nearing completion at the Natural History Museum. Two tons of timber and two hundred weight of nails have been used. Data for the scale plans comes from the Discovery in the Antarctic. Scientists note ticks can live eight months without water and three years without food.
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Natural History Museum
London Daily Sketch
Antarctic
Frock Fashion and Naval Arms Talk Split Across Pages
A pattern advertisement promotes a slim dress with capelets and yokes, offering Pattern 4746 in multiple sizes and fabrics. The file also reports on potential buildup of battleships over 35 000 tons as Britain the United States and France weigh escalator clause options with Japan reluctant to disclose plans.
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Gette
Anne Adams
An Adams
Winnipeg
Union
McDermot Ave. E
Great Britain
United States
France
Japan
United St . France
Old explorer Sir Flanders Petrie keeps digging at 85
Sir Flanders Petrie, 85, professor at University College London, plans new excavations at Tell Aijul after a long career since 1880. His age and changing hat sizes are noted in Pearson's Week as he continues scholarly fieldwork.
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Flanders Petrie
Pearson
Sir Flanders Petrie
University College
London
Tell Aijul
Sir Flanders
Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Average 40 year old spends decade asleep by 70
A historical remark states that an average person aged 40 will have spent about 10 years in sleep by the time they reach 70. The claim frames sleep as a substantial life portion and reflects a long running estimate rather than precise data.
Only Two Survive of 1911 Borden Cabinet Members
Canada has lost five of the 18 men who formed the Borden cabinet after the 1911 reciprocity election. The most recent deaths include Sir Robert Borden at 82, Hon. W. J. Roche at 78, Sir Douglas Hazen at 77, Sir George Perley at 80, and Hon. Martin Burrell at 70, who had served as parliamentary librarian since 1920. Of the sixteen who have died, four died before 70, nine were between 70 and 79, and three were 80 or older.
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Borden
Canada
Robert Borden
W. J. Roche
Douglas Hazen
George Perley
Martin Burrell
Manufacturing Miracles and Modern Plastics
The article notes plastics revolutionizing manufacturing with machines in Canada that feed colored granules and output finished combs in various shapes. Injection moulding, in its infancy, may drive the next era in production as combs are just one example of what these machines can produce.
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Canada
Horse drawn traffic in London falls 68 percent
London observers note a long term decline in horse drawn traffic with a 68 percent drop over the past decade. The shift reflects rising motor transport use and urban modernization affecting city streets and horse services.
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London
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