Marconi’s 30th Anniversary Broadcast Unites World
A December 12 anniversary marks Marconi’s transmission across the Atlantic from Signal Hill Newfoundland in 1901 and traces wireless progress from telegraphy to television. The piece celebrates global unity, reduced time and space, and hopes for world peace and brotherhood through shared communication.
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Im Talimay
Signal Hill
Newfoundland
Marcon
Atlantic Ocean
Poldhu
Cornwall
England
Atlantic
Marconi
New York
San Francisco
Ottawa
Vancouver
Edmonton
Mexico
London
Brussels
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Warsaw
Washington
Japan
Hawaii
Venezuela
Brazil
Java
Amsterdam
Globe
Brotherhood of Man
Expensive Fees For London's Lord Mayor Expenses
London allows its Lord Mayor about £10,000 for expenses though typical costs reach £25,000. Banquets luncheons civic entertainments and the charities consume much of this sum. The mayor faces at least three public functions in two days and must deliver a speech at nearly every event. Year end often brings a baronetcy or even a peerage.
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London
City of
Pilchard Industry Drives British Columbia Oil Output
Eskeans of Labrador hold the Bible as their sole book in their language. The pilchard fishery underpins British Columbia’s fish oil industry, producing over 3.2 million gallons of oil in 1930 and about 19 000 tons of pilchard meal, valued at 1 366 000 dollars.
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British Columbia
Labrador
Australia Exports Macaroni Amid Trade Shift
Australia, once an importer of macaroni, now exports it with 1,000,000 cartons aboard the steamer Balranald bound for the United Kingdom. This first large shipment signals South Australia’s bid to capture Britain’s market, which exceeds 5,000 tons annually, following the success of growing red wheat locally.
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Balranald
Australia
United Kingdom
Britain
South Australia
Canadians Spend More At Home Says Depression Teaches National Pride
The text argues that Canadians are spending more within Canada than before, crediting the depression with increased knowledge and appreciation of the native country. It challenges the view that travel broadens life, noting that ignoring one’s own country to explore others is not beneficial.
Milburn’s Nervine and Heart Food Helped My Weakness
A Midland Ontario reader recounts severe headaches and fainting spells from illness. After taking Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills three bottles, she reports great improvement, saying she would not be without the remedies in the house.
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Midland
Magnito forest promised as a communist town in Russia
A bold plan describes Magnito forest with 200,000 residents by 1987 near Magnito Mountain. It envisions uniform dwellings, centralized meals, town schools for children until age sixteen, and strict family control as part of a collectivist experiment. Similar towns appear near Stalingrad and Soffrino, Moscow. The piece also warns of intestinal worms in children and promotes Milles Worm Powders as a remedy.
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Ural
Magnitoforst
Frankfort
E May
Stalingrad
Soffrino
Moscow
Scalloped Oysters Recipe by Betty Barclay
A Betty Barclay recipe for scalloped oysters uses 25 oysters, bread crumbs, milk and cream, butter, salt and pepper. Grease a dish, layer crumbs and oysters, season, add milk and oyster liquor, top with butter, bake at 425°F for about 20 minutes.
Asthma Remedy Ad Praises Kellogg Formulation
A sketchy fragment touts using lemons apples currants raisins nuts and spices as a pie filling and claims Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy offers relief for severe asthma cases. The tone is promotional and urges readers to obtain the remedy as a cure.
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J. D. Kellogg
Welfare Shelters Established in Czechoslovakia for Unemployed Youths
News from Czechoslovakia reports the Ministry of Social Welfare orders shelters in twelve cities for unemployed boys and girls aged 14 to 16. A government appropriation aids the effort, with each city supplying quarters, fuel, and lights. Shelters provide warmth, food, recreation, and lessons in hygiene and related subjects during the day.
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Czechoslovakia
Ministry of Social Welfare
Hospital Tries New Idea at Mount Sinai New York
Mount Sinai Hospital opens a white collar unit in New York offering private care at about half the city rate. The plan targets workers neglected by existing systems and priced out by poverty and wealth gaps, aiming to provide affordable care to this mid income group.
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New York Institution
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
British Air Voice From Sky Aims to Subdue Irak Natives
The Air Ministry says an airborne broadcasting apparatus mounted in a Vickers Victoria is to be tested among Irak natives. A voice speaking their tongue from the air is believed to be more effective than leaflets, potentially used to quell uprisings.
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Irak
Vickers-Victoria
British Air Ministry
London
New York Times
English Bank Receives Restored Coin Mystery
An English bank received a King Charles II crown dated 1677 by mistake as a four shilling piece. The coin’s design on one side resembled a florin, fooling both bank and customer. The crown is in fine condition with a well defined King's head.
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Charles II
Unnecessary Loss From Criminal Operations Cited
The American Bankers Association estimates direct U S losses from criminal operations reach 3.86 billion dollars annually, nearly the amount required to operate the government for a year. A latest compilation sets next year’s federal cost at 3.967 billion dollars.
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United ‘States
American Bankers’ Association
United States
Association
Faithful sons in Ontario burn Japanese goods for China aid
In Kitchener Ontario loyal Chinese communities collect funds to buy airplanes for the Chinese army and destroy items of Japanese origin. A Celestial describes burning Japanese dishes clothing and food while declaring they will buy nothing Japanese. Meanwhile Mrs Robert Moon wins the Won Knitung Contest in England and receives royal congratulations as Countess Ferrers’ mother.
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Confucius
Kitchener
Ontario
Japan
England
Robert Moon
Countess Ferrers
Foon
Peace Prize Winners 1981 Jane Addams and Dr Nicholas Butler
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1981 was awarded to Jane Addams and Dr Nicholas Murray Butler. Each will receive about half the prize, historically around $40,000. Noted prior laureates include Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Woodrow Wilson, Charles G. Dawes, Frank Kellogg, and Nathan Soederblom.
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Jane Addams
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Norway
Nobel
Oslo
Fredrik Stang
Nobel Committee
A. B. Nobel
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Woodrow Wilson
Charles G. Dawes
Frank B. Kellogg
Nathan Soederblom
Upsala
Troubles Of Business Men Use Frog Money Pact
Sir George Beharrell of London explains a bizarre deal where money was shifted to live frogs from a foreign country to bypass an embargo. He notes how this strange barter shows the extreme steps modern business men take to continue operations.
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George Beharrell
London
England
Mre
Elaborate Ceremony Shows Royal Speech Read at Downing Street
The text describes the ceremony around the Speech from the Throne, with the Prime Minister reading it to ministers at 10 Downing Street in full dress. The Ad dress mover and seconder attend, the Prince of Wales may join, and the event is presented in formal terms. It notes the plain simple instructions for Thomas Eclectric Oil as a child can understand and use it.
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Rss
Downing Street
London
England
Prince of Wales
Birds’ secret power could fuel motorless airships
Montgomery claims birds soar not from air currents but from wing structure filled with vortices acting as a power plant. He says the same principle could yield a motorless airship controllable up to 50 mph, changing flight science.
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I Monts St. Gabriel
Montgomery
Persian Balm for Women and Family Ad
Advertises Persian Balm as a versatile cosmetic. Claims it suits discerning women with subtle fragrance, cooling and refreshing feel, and adds youthful charm to the complexion. Promotes softening of hands, skin tone, and skin protection for children, with uses for fathers as a hair fixative and shaving aid.
Needle in Heart Traced After Long Delay Fatality
An unnamed man from Hayes England carried a needle through his chest for over four weeks after an aeroplane upholstery accident. An extra attempt to remove the needle failed and he died. X rays later revealed a two inch needle lodged in the left ventricle. In Salford, crowded playgrounds in 102 streets now closed to motor traffic have reduced fatal street accidents to children by nearly half.
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Mat Mawara New
Hayes England
Sell
Salford
Oldest man made artefact traits revealed by Egypt Society
An ancient glazed beadwork piece, claimed to be over 6 500 years old, is now held by the Egypt Exploration Society. The artefact is described as the oldest known man made object on earth, with researchers noting its age and preservation.
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The
Egypt Exploration Society
Drunk Asking How He Reached Bridge Asked by Officer
A man drunk asks the officer if the moon is visible from the bridge and quotes a requirement about lumber imports. The exchange ends with the officer confirming a number and the man wondering how he ended up on the bridge.
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Shay
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Leacock
McGill University
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Colombia
Jane Adda
Nicholas Butler
Pennsylvania
Appleford
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
SASK
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