Maces Through Time: From Weapons to Civic Symbols
The article traces the mace from weapon to ceremonial symbol, noting origins with priests and knights, 1344 privilege shifts to cities, and variations like Grantham’s pole-axe shaped mace and Chester’s silver oar. It mentions a mace trade union, historic battles, and Gravesend’s 240 year old mace reclaimed from debt pawn.
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Grantham
Chester
Colchester
Britain
William Walworth
London
Wat Tyler
Gravesend
Why Rockies Peaks Rise in Summer
Metals and minerals expand with heat so mountains rise as snow melts. The Rockies will be higher in summer than in winter when their peaks are ice bound. Given height and mass, the increase can be calculated with considerable accuracy.
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Rockies
Pickpocket Excuse Shocks Tokyo Factory Chief
Police arrest a pickpocket who explains he steals to pay workers after states that collections from customers were tough. The incident centers on a Japanese industrialist, president of an automobile plant, who was questioned by officers about his alleged pickpocketing.
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Tokyo
Farmers in eastern Canada lift nitrogen use after war
Farmers in eastern Canada apply 15 percent more nitrogen fertilizers than before the war, reflecting intensified agricultural input use.
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Canada
Danish engineers claim world’s best car telephone
A group of Danish engineers claimed to have developed the world’s best car telephone. The system lets a subscriber call any other car equipped phone or any ordinary telephone subscriber in Denmark or abroad.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Stamps Highlight International Sports Themes Across Nations
The feature surveys how countries issue sports stamps from 1932 to 1941 including the United States 1939 three cent game in action, Panamanian sports stamps, Nicaragua’s amateur baseball set, and Olympic related designs. It also notes Greek ancient imagery, Coubertin on Haiti stamps, and various new issues from Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Japan and China East. The ad invites readers to trade Canadian Newfoundland and British North American stamps through Mr. Pratt Kuhn in Toronto.
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North America
United States
Panama
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Europe
Netherlands
Belgium
Ancient
Greece
Pierre de Coubertin
Haiti
Universal Postal Union
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Georgi Dimitrov
Japan
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
China
Mao-Tsetung
East China
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto
Quirky 1940s Snippets From Central Press Column
A collage of humorous notes spans diverse topics. English channel swimmers, Yawnson’s music taste, future egg shaped planes, fly vision, fibreglass boats, cat defenses, detachable clothing, and a rubber cattle fence showcase light itemized curiosities and playful observations.
Bride 93 Enjoys First Plane Ride Over Adirondack Mountains
Malonve New York Mrs Liza Murray McGee 93 a bride of a year took her first airplane ride and exclaimed it was like a ride into heaven Her husband Clarence 38 stayed near a buggy while their son Jim 70 joined the flight Mrs McGee called it the nicest prancing horse she had ever ridden
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Malonve
N.Y
Liza Murray McGee
Clarence McGee
Brushton
Clarence
Unique Blood Types Defy Simple Categories
A Scientific Monthly excerpt notes there are at least 58 human blood groups and 2,764,800 possible combinations. Dr. Laurence H. Snyder claims he could identify individuals from blood samples a decade later by matching to a decade-old type list, with near certainty except for rare duplicates.
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Laurence H. Snyder
Scientific Monthly
Heat in Classroom Prompts Dressing Lesson in Cardiff
In Cardiff Wales a five year old boy in an infants school wore a vest flannel shirt waistcoat and tweed jacket as classroom temperature reached 82 degrees. The incident highlights heat management in schools and student comfort measures.
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Cardiff
Wales
Giving The Baby A Name
Parents should agree on a baby name before birth to ease registration and future life. Avoid overly cute names that may embarrass the child, consider how the first name sounds with the last, and factor in family naming traditions to prevent future disputes.
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New England
Harriet
Typewriter with Oliver family ties features in Ontario
An 1897 upright model typewriter still works and holds sentimental value for Mrs. Henry S. Nelles. Made by her great uncle Thomas Oliver, inventor of the Oliver line. The machine’s arms bearing the type drop from either side, illustrating its unique design.
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Paris
Ont
Henry S. Nelles
Thomas Oliver
Oliver
Milk Free Diet for Pigs Aims at Canadian Bacon Export
Professor E W Crampton at Macdonald College reveals a milkless hog diet using Canadian grains, fish meal, bone meal and other ingredients to produce exportable bacon. The program, begun in 1928, seeks to match Danish bacon quality without milk by products and has moved into large scale production.
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E. W. Crampton
Department of Nutrition
Macdonald College
Canada
Great Britain
Denmark
Crampton
Kitchen space limited by built in storage and bright decor
Dear reader describes a seven by twelve foot north facing kitchen with stove icebox and sink on one wall and a long utility board on the opposite. The advisor suggests built in upper and lower cupboards along the wall above and under the utility board, bright wallpaper in butter yellow with apple green cabinet doors, open shelves with a bright plaid motif, a plaid frame around the window, high wall brackets to reduce clutter, and matched wall and ceiling treatments to maximize light.
Ancient custom links left hand ring to heart vein
The article explains that weddings and engagements were worn on the third finger of the left hand due to an Egyptian belief in a direct vein from that finger to the heart. This old superstition highlights the cultural links between romance and ancient medicine.
Rugs That Stay Put Spark Practical Household Debate
A reader stresses non slip rugs after a past accident at a cocktail party where a fall spilled drinks and drew laughter. Opinions clash on gender roles and shoe design while a Chicago husband proves capable with three children, boosting calls for practical domestic help.
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Eddie
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York
Rocky Mountains
Hungary
Germany
Lithuania
James Montagnes
Falkland Islands
Imperial Stamp Shop
Leopold I
Russia
Ivan Michurin
Central Press
Yawn Yawnson
Yawn
New York
Centra
Admiral
Montreal
Bride
the Christian Science Monitor
Sais
Ian
Francis James
Miss James
San Francisco
Chicago
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