How Words Have Changed Across Language History
Dr Frank Vittetelly discusses how dictionaries reshape common words at the National Book Fair in New York. He notes why terms like grammar and glamour once shared a root, and traces how fabrics such as taft, muslin, and calico entered English from distant trade routes, while serge and silk trace back to sericum.
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Frank Vittetelly
International Building
New York
Vizeteily
Dr. Vizetelly
Persia
Mosul
Tigris Valley
Calicut
India
China
Russia
Baltic
England
Gales Have Their Uses Good They Do To Nature
A London newspaper letter argues gales disrupt shipping and injure passengers but also serve a purpose by circulating air, strengthening vegetation, and delivering rain. It notes a recent gale averaged 76 miles per hour from Croydon to Renfrew, with West Indies gales reaching 90 miles per hour.
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London Sunday Express
Croroydon
Renfrew
West Indies
Special Fund Enables Next Year Lecturers
A noted speaker addressed a literary society and declined a charitable donation. The secretary then asked to add the cheque to the society’s special fund intended to secure better lecturers next year. The speaker agreed, noting the fund’s purpose.
Yodeling By Mail Taught In England
A newspaper item notes that instruction in yodeling will be offered by mail in England. It also states giraffes can run at speeds above 30 miles per hour.
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England
Sydney’s Peak Hour Railways Strain City Traffic
Sydney faces growing congestion as suburban electric trains flood the city during morning and evening peaks. About 660 passengers per minute enter the city at morning, trains arrive every 52 seconds, while evening departures run every 30 seconds with 1000 passengers per minute returning home.
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Australia
Sydney
Railway Department
Tramway Department
Brandon Sun
Copper Utensil Wealth Measures Status in Turkish Society
In Turkey the lower classes invest savings in copper utensils and status is judged by the quantity of these items. The more copper ware a family owns the higher its standing in the community.
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Turkey
Penny on City Hall Desk Sparks Local Curiosity
A penny rests on a San Antonio city hall desk for 15 years, repeatedly picked up for a solo heads or tails game but always returned. A woman employee keeps it there to observe its persistence. The ostrich is noted as the world’s only two toed bird.
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Flores
Trinidad
East Africa
City Hall
San Antonio
Texas
Wednesday May 12 Coronation Set by London Standard
The London Evening Standard notes that coronations have often occurred on Sundays or major feast days since the Conquest. It states Edward will be crowned on Wednesday May 12, a date previously rare for midweek ceremonies. Only George I and II were crowned on Wednesdays among thirty six monarchs.
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William Rufus
Elizabeth
Edward
George I
George II
London Evening Standard
Highest Road In Europe Opens Over Iseran Pass
The Italian Route Nationale 202 over the Iseran Pass from Vale d Isere to Bonneval sur Arc in Savoy reaches 9,088 feet at the summit. The 26 foot wide road, part of the Route des Alpes, opens mid September and is not formally opened until 1937.
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Europe
Winter Storage Of Vegetables From Dominion Station Methods
The article describes cellar storage methods for beets carrots cabbage celery onions potatoes and turnips. It emphasizes earth floors for humidity venting soil or sand covers for root crops and careful handling to prevent disease and damage.
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Dominion
Scott, Sask
Mrs Moore the Queen's Trusted Marlborough House Keeper
The tall grey haired Mrs Moore serves Queen Mary as housekeeper and friend at Marlborough House. Hired after a 13 year vacancy at Buckingham Palace, she was recommended by Viscountess Astor. She chose to stay with the Queen through King Edward VII’s era and remains the clockwork guide for servants.
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Queen Mary
Marlborough House
Mrs. Moore
Buckingham Palace
Viscountess Astor
Coronation Colors Adopted by British Color Council
The British color council adopts ten coronation colors led by coronation red and coronation blue. Coronation red blends sword-belt red heraldic red and the red of peers robes to a vivid peony shade. Coronation blue blends royal blue Union Jack blue and gentian blue for a deep blue tone.
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British Color Council
Canadian Fertilizer Sales Rise in 1936 Report
Official preliminary figures show Canada total fertilizer sales for the year ended June 30, 1936 at 442 085 short tons. Fertilizer materials amounted to 96 479 tons and mixed fertilizers to 137 344 tons sold domestically with exports of 190 268 tons materials and 17 994 tons mixed. The 1936 totals exceed 1935 by over 42 000 tons.
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Canada
Buildings weighing 4000 tons moved five stories high
A record shows a construction feat where a 4000 ton building of five stories was successfully relocated. The operation involved precision lifting and careful transport to avoid damage, marking a notable engineering achievement.
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Thames Valley
Madrid
Mystery Man OF
Basil Zaharoff
Monte Carlo
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