Convicted by fingerprints and mirror thefts sentenced in Bombay
Three middle aged men received one to three year imprisonments in Bombay after convictions based on fingerprints and a mirror theft. Ontario teachers told to start civics in public and high schools from October with a new textbook forthcoming. Business improves across Canada and morale in the west rises, says Robert C. McCulloch of Mutual Life of Canada in Victoria. A pigeon egg sized pearl, claimed to protect the wearer, was among loot from a Manchu prince tomb near Peking. Lady Byng of Vimy to join the Vimy pilgrimage in July next year. A brain bore instrument reported to treat hydrocephalus in infants by burning away tissue. Nearly 27 million dollars of ordinary life insurance sold in Canada and Newfoundland in August, Saskatchewan sales amounting to 15906, 000.
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Ontario
Peiping
Lady Byng
Canadian Corps
Lord Byng
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Tracy J. Putnan
Boston Children's Hospital
Canada
Newfoundland
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau
Toronto
Saskatchewan
Armada Jewel Bequeathed To British Art Fund Arrival
The Armada Jewel, famed relic from Queen Elizabeth era, returns to Britain after Lord Wakefield donated it to the National Art Collection Fund. Purchased in a London saleroom for 2700 guineas, it forms part of Pierpont Morgan’s miniature collection and will be housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington, London.
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Art Collection Fund
Queen Elizabeth
Britain
London
Lord Wakefield
National Art Colection Fund
Pierpont Morgan
Victoria and Albert Museum
Kensington
Sawtelle Man Cait Claims He Is Most Tattooed in America
D. and Warford of Sawtelle report Cait as the most tattooed man in America, asserting the claim amid local discussion on body art.
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D. & Warford
Sawtelle
Cait
America
In Up to Date Stables With Horses and Liniment Advice
Fragmentary OCR text describes stable care with Minard’s Nile liniment and home remedies. Mentions Mr. Dued of Giesbore Masts and a family doctor offering Minas free. Contains garbled phrases about stable management and horse ailments.
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Eece
Dued
Giesbore
Grape vine grows from riding switch left in Germany
A Diamond Creek doctor named Lick left a riding switch in Heidelberg while pony shod. A smithy servant planted the switch and it sprouted into a grape vine. Now about thirty five years later the vine stretches thirty five yards and drapes the cottage fence and hotel wall.
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Lick
Diamond Creek
Victoria
Heidelberg
Germany
Bees delay passengers at Southampton ship embarkation
Thousands of bees halted passengers about to board the liner Moldavia at Southampton England. The swarm settled at the foot of the gangway defying efforts to move them. A hose failed to disperse them and drew loud buzzing. Order was restored and embarkation resumed.
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Southampton
Moldavia
England
Alberta Coal Reserves and Bible Loss Noted in Report
Alberta's coal reserves total 40 200 000 000 tons buried in 1 717 square miles of soil. Sir Montague Barlow heads a one man commission on collieries and was informed. Dr J A Allan of the University of Alberta explains province geology. A 1928 Detroit hotel had Gideon Bibles. only 25 of 1 100 remain in rooms.
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Alberta
Montague Barlow
J. A. Allan
University of Alberta
Detroit
Ocean Trip Shortened by Irish Free State Air Plan
Irish Free State drafts a high speed amphibian air ferry to intercept Atlantic liners off Galway and speed passengers to London within a day. The plan envisions Douglas type planes linking Galway and Dublin with London Paris Brussels and Berlin reducing travel from Galway to London to about three hours and offering rapid connections to New York within a week.
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London
New York
Irish Free State
Ireland
Galway
Southampton
Dublin
Paris
Brussels
Berlin
Harvesting Saskatchewan Salt Crystals At Little Manitou Lake
In mid December, Saskatchewan Department of Natural Resources workers harvest mineral salt crystals that form at freeze up on Little Manitou Lake in Watrous. Dressed for severe cold, they use special shovels to collect the crystals and store them in a government warehouse before distribution, highlighting the lake as a growing provincial natural resource.
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North American
Little Manitou Lake
Watrous
Saskatchewan
Department of Natural Resources of Saskatchewan
Lovely multi color afghan pattern 9439
Even with limited wool scraps you can craft a colorful afghan of blocks four inches square in varied colors. Each block becomes a mini adventure, producing a jeweled Oriental tapestry effect. Pattern 9439 includes complete instructions, plus pillow tops and chair sets, with an illustration of the Clock and stitch details. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave E, Winnipes.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipes
Alice Brooks
Courageous Jeremiah Call Voice of Woe and Hope
A Sunday school lesson summarizes Jeremiah 1 6 10 11 10 and 12 31, detailing the prophet’s reluctant call in Josiah’s thirteenth year, his divine commissioning to speak truth to Judah, and his role to both destroy and build. It notes his fear, divine reassurance, and the conditional nature of prophecy dependent on repentance.
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Josiah
Jeremiah
God
Jehovah
Tam
Judah
Jerusalem
Temple
Babylon
Busy Year For Sun Eclipses Near Record Pace
The sun may stage five solar eclipses in one year, with two moon shadows on Earth, according to Alfred H. Joy of Mount Wilson Observatory. It would be the greatest number since 1255 and only the second such year since 1805, Reuters reports from Pasadena.
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Alfred H. Joy
Mount Wilson Observatory
Reuter
Pasadena
Sumatra Cyclists Begin Ten Year World Tour to Bombay
Ten Sumatran cyclists who distrust modern speed have reached Bombay on a decade long world tour. They started in 1921 and have covered 9,000 miles on bicycles, with extended pauses in Indo China, Burma, and various Indian regions to learn languages and study local religions.
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Sumatra
Bombay
Indo-China
Burma
India
Public debt nears 34.3 billion amid 1930s outlook
By 1936 the United States public debt is expected to total 34,255,000,000 dollars, about 270 dollars per person. Soviet scientists are building a telescope with one of the world's largest lenses, slated to be completed in 2118.
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United States
Ford says no interest in Ford for president boom
Henry Ford told The Detroit News he is not a candidate or promoter of a Ford for president movement. He doubts any political campaign next year will affect business, and forecasts rising business and wage trends.
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Henry Ford
Detroit News
Ford
Boom
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