Nick's Cruise Offer Tests Gay as Nick Plans a Month Away
Gay grapples with loneliness as Nick accepts Mrs Halliday's yacht invitation and prepares a monthlong cruise in Cuba. Uncle Sim consoles her while noting Nick's trust in others, and Gay frets over the impending separation and the mystery of Mrs Halliday's intentions.
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Cuba
Havana
Gay
Angela
Nick
Kingston
Bakersville
Sonny
Uncle Sim
Mike
Simeon
Jearie
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertised Benefits
An old advertisement promotes Dr Carter's Little Liver Pills as vegetable laxatives that relieve constipation indigestion headaches and improve skin condition. The copy claims tonic action and asks druggists to stock 25 and 7 cent packages.
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Carter
Dr. Carter
Trust and jealousy swirl in Desert Inn tale
In a tense exchange, two spouses debate trust with Nick and Mrs Halliday. He suspects a hidden motive while she hints at influence and possible trouble. The scene ends with plans to take over housekeeping as a hired cook proves adept, and a cliffhanger promises continuation.
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Halliday
Nick
Simeon
Julie Nipps
Gay
Dogs Aid French Smugglers Across Belgians Border
Readable passages describe dog couriers used by French smugglers carrying ten pounds of contraband tobacco into Belgium with profits of about ten dollars per run. Customs killers deploy traps and killer dogs, with noted canine legends like Gamin, amid fatal patrols and high risk for the animals.
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Belgium
Gamin
Valenciennes Brigade
Customs Service
Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Explorer Wegener Dies in Greenland Arctic Expedition
Berlin reports confirm Professor Alfred Wegener, head of the German Greenland expedition, was found dead near central camp Eismitte after missing since November 1. He began the journey in April 1930 with a native companion for 18 months of meteorological and scientific study. His brother Professor Kurt Wegener will lead continuation of the program with a June sail planned for Greenland.
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Berlin
Alfred L. Wegener
Greenland
Ice Capa
Ing
Rasmus
Wegener
Kurt Wegener
Soviets Claim Secret Process Produces Rubber
Soviet reports say the Leningrad rubber trust factory made over half a metric ton of commercial rubber from oil in one day using an unrevealed method under Professor Byron. By 1918 the process reportedly had very low costs, with goods produced at Moscow’s Red Triangle factory.
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Leningrad Rubber Trust
Byron
Red Triangle
Moscow
Airships doomed says Canadian ace in Toronto speech
Lt Col W A Bishop, a Canadian war aviation ace, told the Canadian Society of Automotive Engineers in Toronto that airships are a total failure due to their size and vulnerability. He predicted lighter-than-air craft would be dead within five years.
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W. A. Bishop
Canadian Society of Automotive Engineers
Toronto
War Relics Found In Kelvingrove Park Glasgow
Workman unearths World War relics in Kelvingrove Park Glasgow including two hand grenades and four live eighteen pound shells. Believed stolen from a munitions factory and hidden during the war. Also notes on April Fools origins and Roman Feast of the Fools. Ambergris used in perfume, appearing like dirty tallow when afloat.
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Workman
Kelvingrove Park
Glasgow
Scotland
Number Of People Afraid OF Lightning
A typed column argues that many fear lightning yet ignore greater risks on roads and trains. It notes few are struck and compares fear of storms to risky behavior like speeding, passing on hills, or rushing across crossings, labeling such people a pest of the land.
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Lst
Norway Maine Snowshoe and Ski Factory Leads Industry
In Norway Maine a Grand Trami Railway branch town claims the largest snowshoe and ski factory in the new world. The plant produces about 10 000 snowshoes and 60 000 skis yearly with improved machinery. Snowshoes use hides from 3 000 steer and 200 000 feet of white ash for frames. Mellie Dunham of fiddling fame helped design snowshoes used by Rear Admiral Robert E Peary on his North Pole dash.
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Norway
Maine
Grand Trami Railway
Canadian National Railways
New World
Mellie Dunham
Fiddling Fame
Robert F. Peary
North Pole
Fog horn tech from McGill professors to guide ships
John Northey of Toronto perfected the most fog worn device now used by many countries. Prof. Louis V. King and Prof C. A. Vesser of McGill describe a new fog horn enabling ships to measure distance to danger. Simultaneous sound and radio warnings would be received and time differences used to calculate distance. Douglas Egyptian ointment touted for toothache neuralgia and throat ailments.
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John Northey
Toronto
Louis V. King
McGill University
Royal Society of Canada
King
C. A. Vesser
How to Use Shrubbery to Improve Home Value
The article guides planting shrubs along borders and foundation to boost curb appeal. It recommends varying heights, irregular placement, and leaving an open lawn to conceal structure while citing a federal bulletin for suitable shrubs.
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Dominion Horticulturist
Federal Department of Agriculture
There Should Be Two Classes of Women
An advertisement claims two types of women exist the beautiful and the crithal omen who lack self knowledge. It promotes Kraschen Salts as vital to physical perfection by providing minerals to glands and beauty organs and promises clearer skin energy and alertness.
New Creatures in Christ Hope for Transformed Past
Excerpted reflections cite scripture and authors including 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17 and Longfellow. The passages discuss the impossibility of erasing the past yet emphasize spiritual renewal through divine grace in Jesus Christ and the crucible of heavenly love.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christ Jesus
Hugh McMillan
Istanbul's Decline as World City Noted in Census Toll
A 1924 census put Istanbul at 1 065 000 with Muslims leading, Greeks and Armenians also listed. A 1927 update showed 673 000 residents and officials warn of continued decline amid signs of commercial stagnation. The piece also promotes Dr Thomas selectric Oil for humans and horses with broad healing claims.
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Constantinople
Istanbul
Istabul
Thomas
Canadian cattle shipments to Manchester fall during 1930
The Commercial Intelligence Journal notes a revival in Canadian live cattle exports to Britain waning after several years with 3,581 cattle reaching Manchester from the dominion from August to 1930. Brighton plans to abandon its ice boat station opened in 1825 and install a motor lifeboat at Shoreham nearby.
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Manchester
Dominion
Harry A. Scott
Liverpool
Commercial Intelligence Journal
Brighton
Shoreham
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