Emperors flog Ethiopian chieftain for cowardice in battle
Emperor Haile Selassie ordered a Jijiga region chieftain flogged for cowardice. Troops under his command and his property were transferred to another Ethiopian commander. A multi-item world brief covers telecom rate cuts in Manitoba, Red Cross aid to Ethiopian wounded, Britain's shipping rule overhaul, a massive telescope mirror, Alberta debt move, and the Irish Transatlantic Corporation push for a Commons select committee.
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Haile Selassie
Jijiga
Manitoba Telephone System
Carey T. Grayson
United States Red Cross
Japan
International Red Cross
Britain
Board of Trade
Corning Glass Works
Alberta
Calgary Board of ‘Trade
Irish Transatlantic Corporation
House of Commons
North Atlantic
Contract With the Dead Drives Chinese Burials in Chicago
At Mount Auburn cemetery in Stickney, Chicago, workers exhumed about 400 Orientals under the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. The corpses were to be repatriated to China under a prior agreement promising final interment in ancestral lands for a stipulated fee. The article notes the pouch of a full-grown pelican holds seven quarts of water.
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China
Mount Auburn
Stickney
Chicago
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
New Census Of Stars Links Cookies To Cosmic Life
An astronomical star census presented at the National Academy of Sciences in Charlottesville Virginia uses new methods to count dwarf and giant stars, increasing estimates of sunlike stars with potential planet systems. The study by P Van de Kamp and A N Vyssotsky of University of Virginia’s Leander McCormick Observatory notes more suns with possible Earthlike worlds, though it does not address life. Also included is a crisp cookie recipe with chocolate and corn syrup baked briefly at high heat.
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National Academy of Sciences
Charlottesville
P. van de Kamp
A. N. Vyssotsky
Leaner McCormick Observatory
University of Virginia
Rank and color coded jewels among Chinese mandarins
The article notes that mandarins wear different colored stones by rank with red ruby pink tourmaline for the highest, coral or garnet for the next, beryl or lapis lazuli for the third, and white rock or crystal for the lowest rank. It also claims Americans buy fraudulent stocks worth about 30 million dollars weekly.
Largest fleet afloat sails to Australia for grain trade
Erikson of Marien hamn Finland, famed former sea captain now owner of the largest wind jammer fleet, sends five of his biggest ships to Australia to load grain and other goods for Britain. His fleet totals 26 vessels with 68,670 gross tons, and he is noted for amassing a substantial fortune. Sawfish snouts are used to spearhead models by savage tribes.
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As Erikson
Marienhamn
Finland
Australia
Britain
Erickson
Knit and Purl Your Way to Style Pattern S484
A dressy sweater blouse pattern S484 offers daytime wear with a self pattern in the body and pleated details. Instructions cover assembling the blouse, stitch diagrams, materials, and an illustration. Send 20 cents for the pattern to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson on Nehemiah and Mind to Work
Biblical study outlines Nehemiah 2 74 and Psalm 4 6 with the golden text The people had a mind to work The piece recalls ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah and the rapid progress of the wall Despite allied enemies Nehemiah set guards prayed and organized workers to finish the wall in 52 days concluding with a dedication and next week s text The message stresses diligence faith and communal effort in God s kingdom
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Sanbalat
Tobiah
Sanballat
Samaria
Nehemiah
Tobbiah
Jerusalem
Special Command Halt Cracks Down on New Recruits
A sergeant orders a squad with a sharp halt and calls out Jones who previously drove horses. The exchange shows drill discipline as the line moves forward with a brief moment of correction.
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Jones
Buddhist Monastery Tomb For Alan Priest in Peiping
Alan Priest curator at the Metropolitan Museum has a newly completed Buddhist tomb in the Chief Tai Ssu Monastery near Peiping dating to the third century. The Ming era graveyard, gray brick tomb ten feet tall and shielded by a pagoda, may later bear the Chinese name Pu for Priest who aided in sinology and China archaeology.
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Alan Priest
We Orien
Metropolitan Museum
Tai Ssu
Peiping
Priest
Harvard
China
America
Grim Curio For Sale Notorious Poison Cabinet
A highly ornamented cabinet with dozens of secret drawers once linked to Lucrezia Borgia and reputed poison deeds. Its needle-embedded handle was said to deliver swift death. Traced through Medici, Romanoff, Rasputin histories, now owned by Baron von Landauer and offered at £3000.
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Lucrezia Borgia
Caesar
Lucrezia
Cardinal de Medici
Alexander T
House of Romanoff
Rasputin
Baron von Landauer
Saskasal Sal and Canaries Boost Health Claims
A garbled ad style notice touts Saskasal salt products claiming health benefits from nature with chemist approval. It mentions Canaries Little Manitou and stresses cleansing and medicinal use.
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Nature
Manitou
Baskasal
Saskasal
Easkasi
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