Mary Countess Minto Dies at Godalming
Mary Countess Minto widow of an early Canadian governor general died recently at Godalming Burrey. The report notes other wartime items including mass shifts in Jersey cattle to England and a list of nationalities granted British citizenship in May. Viscount Fincastle reported killed in action in France. A million dollar Canadian Red Cross hospital was handed over to the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps in London.
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Mary Countess Minto
Canada
Godalming
Burrey
Canaan
United States
Washington
External Affairs Department
London Gazette
Viscount Fincastle
France
Queen's Own Highladers
Earl of
Dunmore
V.C
Summer dress pattern 4489 for misses and women
Advertisement notes Anne Adams frock Pattern 4489 with front and rear paneling, optional shaped pockets, gathered bust, collar and short cuffs. Available in sizes 16 to 46, fabric yardage listed. Send 20 cents with name and address to Union 173 McDermot Winsipes for details.
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Anne ‘Adams
Lekaekieed Sartist’ Ges
Ricrac
McDermot
Canadian National Exhibition 1940 War Time Poster Theme
The 62nd C N E in Toronto promotes a war time spirit of unity shoulder to shoulder across ages and roles. Trade must continue to fund war efforts while the British Section expands to boost Inter Empire trade. Federal troops will be at summer camps during fair time, and visitors are urged to attend August 23 to September 7.
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Toronto
Canada
C.N E
Overnights and Tall Tales From a Bizarre Page
A Brockton inventor markets an elevator shoe aimed at theater folk but finds broader interest as people seek height. Ruth Nichols leads a schoolroom race in Forbes Australia, while Waynesburg Pennsylvania lists multiple Phillips students. A Dutch driver in Singapore claims endless travel in search of happiness, and timber marking shifts to painting instead of chopping with an axe.
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Ruth Nichols
Phillips
Waynesburg
Miss Nichol
Outdoor grills boost summer cooking at home
The piece notes housewives turning to outdoor grills to dodge hot kitchens, praising portable deluxe models and back-yard entertaining. It mentions prices from 3.80 to 49, ads urging family picnics, plus a Canada US film note about Abe Lincoln in Illinois and radio's military role.
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Newbie
Lancy
Sunday School Lesson on Temperance and Wisdom
Devotional lesson analyzes temperance using Proverbs 3 5 6 and Galatians 6 7 9 highlighting reverence for God as core knowledge. It cites Isaiah 5 and 12 on drunkenness, warns against intoxication, and urges honoring parental instruction while promising divine guidance and a spiritual harvest for steadfast good works.
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Jehovah
Jean
Isaiah
Astonishing global salt consumption noted in 20th century outlook
A Winnipeg Free Press quote highlights that world salt consumption runs to about 30 million tons yearly, enough to form a 30-foot salt layer over a square mile. It notes Europe’s Bohemia mines, Canadian salt domes in Windsor, Ontario, and claims Canada could supply world needs for nearly 100,000 years from Windsor alone. It also mentions German workers using felt drippers to save leather.
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Europe
Bohemia
Louisiana
Canada
Windsor
Ontario
Winnipeg Free Press
Health League urges sustained wartime health spending and personal care
An editorial in Health, the Health League of Canada publication, condemns wartime neglect of disease prevention and calls for higher health expenditures and relentless disease battle. It urges citizens to maintain personal health and safeguard community well being, stating war is transient but health outcomes persist after.
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Helen Keller
Oace
Health
Health League of Canada
Nazi regime likened to ancient Mongol conquerors
The Legionary compares Hitler to Genghis Khan, arguing both shared systematic, treacherous, and malign methods. The piece calls both leaders destroyers and masks their brutality as strategic power, equating Mongol and Nazi warfare as parallel, ruthless campaigns.
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Hitler
Genghis Khan
Swedish timber treatment may resist decay and pests
A new Swedish method of impregnating timber with arsenic is believed satisfactory for making spruce wood resistant to decay and insects, offering potential for improved wood durability.
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Spruce
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