World Happenings Briefly Told
The Duke of Gloucester is named a full major in the 10th Royal Hussars. The Canadian Pisley team enjoyed hospitality in Glasgow. The British Commons adjourned Aug 2 to Oct 28 with no general election planned before spring. Sing Sing electric chair has killed 375, four women. A United States of Africa idea is floated by Southern Rhodesia's PM. Belfast riots see shops reopen. Harold Sutherland, 17, first piper to play on TV, guest at Charlotte Town service club. Manitoba barley field day under National Barley Committee. Military police guard US army reservation as officers study a new fog and night ship-detection ray.
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Duke of Gloucester
10Th
Royal Hussars
Glasgow
Scotland
House of Commons
Sing Sing
Cape
East Africa
United States of Africa
G. M. Huggins
Southern Rhodesia
Belfast
Harold Sutherland
Westville
N.S
Service Club
Charlottetown
Sutherland
Canada
University of Manitoba
Winnipegg
National Barley Committee
United States Army
Lord Atholstan Seventy Years Leader Of Montreal Star
Record of Lord Atholstan, aged eighty seven, long time publisher and editor of the Montreal Star and influence in Quebec journalism. Born Hugh Graham on July 5, 1848 at Atholstan, he founded the Star as a premier Montreal paper and has dedicated sixty six years to its leadership and service to Canada.
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Montreal Star
Montreal Standard
Montreal
Fand
Canada
Quebec
Weekly Star
Lord Atholstan
Hugh Graham
Atholstan
Huntingdon County
Quebec Province
Star
Metropolis
Sherbrooke
Sympathy Clouds Over Newspaper Work In Georgia
Governor Eugene Samadge, Atlanta editor, speaks of the tough life of editors and reporters. He laments the strain of keeping a paper debt free while maintaining engaging news columns. The Statesman associate editor notes the hard but essential labor behind journalism. A quip about doctors and whiskey follows.
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Eugene Samadge
Mimself
Atlanta
Georgia
the Statesman
Betty Barclay Week Dinner Meat Cakes
Emergency special recipe uses round steak bread crumbs egg onion juice salt and pepper mixed with milk. Form small cakes then fry until browned. Prepare gravy from pan fat with flour and milk, simmer sauce, return cakes to sauce and finish cooking. Serves about eight.
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Tbs
Dried Apricot and Pineapple Jam Recipe
A compact home canning procedure for apricot and pineapple jam. Mix prepared fruit with sugar and water, boil vigorously, add bottled fruit pectin, skim, and seal while hot. Yields about eleven 6 ounce glasses.
Montreal woman completes solo 550 mile kayak voyage to New York
Ida Lyman a 22 year old Montreal social worker and Danish native naturalized Canadian finished a solo 550 mile water journey from Montreal to New York in a 15 foot Eskimo kayak. She tied up in New York after stormy rapids and white water along Lake Champlain Richeliu River and said the voyage was a good rest. She built the craft herself two years ago and returned to Montreal by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New ‘York
Ida Lyman
Montreal
New York
Lake Champlain
Bill Byrne
George Washington Boating Association
Miss Lyman
Denmark
Richeliu
Engaged to Florence Nightingale Linked Nurse History Found
University of Western Ontario receives books and papers from Thomas Connor detailing Rev. John Smithurst of Elora Ontario who died in 1867. Born in Derbyshire England he was Nightingale’s former fiancée before families objected due to age. Smithurst later came to Canada as a missionary while Nightingale rose to fame as a nurse.
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Florence Nightingale
University of Western Ontario
London
Thomas Connor
Goderich
John Smithurst
Elora
Ontario
Derbyshire
England
Smithurst
Canada
Brunswick Star Quilt Pattern From Colonial Classic
An old colonial favorite in pattern 5249 offers the Brunswick Star with eight points and eight diamond patches. The chart includes cut, sew, finish guidance, yardage, and block layout for single and double beds. Send 20 cents for pattern to Winnipeg Newspapers Union at 175 McDermot Ave.
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Brunswick
Shousehold Arta Dept
Winnipeg Newspapers Union
McDermot Ave. Pee
Daniel in the King’s Babylonian College Lesson
A devotional summary of Daniel Chapter 1 with contrasts between Daniel and the king’s food. It recounts Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem, the youths chosen for three years of education in Babylon, Daniel’s insistence on diet limits, Ashpenaz’s hesitant consent, and the later recognition of Daniel and his companions as superior and favored by the king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Corinthians
Daniel
Duchadnezzar
Babylon
Jerusalem
Temple
Princes’ College
Ashpenaz
God
Hananiah
Mishael
Azariah
Town Crier Job Ends as England Moves On
In Cromer England the town crier post is vacant after R H Laurence resigns. The 20 year old bell is silenced and the uniform folded away. Summer shows attracted crowds while winter brought little pay as newspapers and radio dilute the ancient practice.
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Crier
Cromer
England
R. H. Laurence
Laurence
Woman Learns to Drive amid Silly Advice
A woman learning to drive asks what to do and her husband quips to imagine that fu driving, illustrating a humorous domestic moment from the era with a restrained, plainspoken tone and a focus on everyday behavior.
Little Journeys In Science On alkalis and neutralization
The piece explains alkalis from Arabic origin, naming substances like lye, caustic soda, caustic potash, slaked lime, and ammonia water. It covers litmus color change, acid base indicators, and common uses such as soap manufacture, fruit peeling, wool and cotton testing, lime-water for carbon dioxide, and lime-sulphur sprays.
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Magnesia
Blind Girls Swim From Springboard at Chorleywood College
Blind girls at Chorleywood College Hertford Eng learn to swim using their toes instead of sight as they dive from a six foot springboard. An official from the National Institute of the Blind notes that swimming boosts confidence and coolness in the girls, who are totally blind or barely able to read.
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Viscountess Hampden
Chorleywood College
Hertford
Eng
National Institute of the Blind
Chorley Wood
Royal Artillery horse Prince dies after rehearsal
Prince, an 18 year old arum-horse of the Royal Artillery mounted band, collapsed during Jubilee Review rehearsals. An Aldershot veterinary exam confirmed hopeless condition and led to his death. He was well known to the King and Queen.
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Ose Arum
Royal Artillery Mounted Band
Aldershot Veterinary Hospital
Prince
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Gordon H. Guest
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