All That Glitters In Fear of a Proposal at Moonlit River
Ranny confesses love to Tamar by a moonlit riverbank but she still views him as a childhood friend. Her resentment over his interference in a mining contract fades for now, yet she still will not accept a proposal. The next day Tamar searches an old attic and uncovers a startling trunk discovery.
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Ranny
Tamar
Aristotle
Cricket Hill
Ransome Todd
Hernando de Soto
Madcap
Tam
Treasure Paper Changes Cricket Hill Mine Prospects
Tamar discovers a packet marked Cricket Hill Mine in a trunk and realizes it could influence the Major to sign new contracts. Her half-ownership worries melt into cautious optimism as her father praises her and plans a conference with Dick Sheridan and engineer Christopher Sande over terms and legal proof.
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Tamar
Cricket Hill
Ransome
Tahlahneka
Sammy Goldwin
Kandy
Sammy
Tahlaheneka
Dick Sheridan
Chistopher Sande
Madecap
Sande
Runaway Mount Spooks Tamar In Narrow Escape
A riderless horse bolts along a sun baked road after a dynamite blast. Tamar, mounted on Mapcap, cannot control the fleeing animal as Major Towne dodges the path and the horse finally throws Tamar to the ground. To be continued.
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Tamar
Mapcap
Tracing A Wild Duck Banding Tale From New York to Ontario
A black duck wintered at the New York Zoo and was later shot near Fort Albany Ontario in autumn 1941. Band data show it was banded in New York City in winter 1939, illustrating the value of official numbered bands for bird conservation. Ottawa and Washington coordinate with volunteers under Migratory Birds Convention Act.
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New York
Ontario
Department of Mines and Resources
Fort Albany
James Bay
New York Zoological Park
New York City
Metropolitan Sanctuary
North America
Ottawa
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington
D.C
Calgary Rifle Club wins Canadian .22 Championship title
The Calgary Rifle Club of Calgary Alberta takes the Dominion Marksmen Challenge Shield and the national title for the third straight year and provincial title for the fourth amid 217 teams competing. Team members G H Rice A R Bjornebo W C Cox H N Jennings M Orstegaard W McNab A Dyte posted scores totaling 1500 138x for the win.
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Calgary Rifle Club
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
G. H. Rice
A. R. Bjornebo
W. C
Ribbentrop’s Lunchroom Outburst Aimed at Britain
Beverley Nichols reports in Men Do Not Weep that Adolf von Ribbentrop caused a scene at a London lunch. The German Foreign Minister arrived late refused food and drink denounced items as non Aryan and banged the table to demand a 20 minute lecture on the German colonial question.
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Poultney Bigelow
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
London
Beverley Nichols
Germany
Britain
Ribbentrop
Lady Chamberlain
Faith, truth, and effort from noted thinkers
A collection of quotes on conduct and honesty from Shakespeare Cicero Berkeley Mary Baker Eddy and Stevenson. The passages emphasize sincerity fidelity and the pursuit of truth as core human virtues.
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Cicero
Mary Baker Eddy
What I Miss Most in Wartime Restrictions
Miss Diana Darling writes in the London Times about a roll-call at a Women’s Institute on wartime shortages. Of 50 members, about two thirds were village women whose husbands and sons work in outdoor manual labor.
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Diana Darling
London Times
Balloon trailing cable lifts car in Ballyclare collision
A drifting barrage balloon tether trailing a cable scraped a motor car in Ballyclare Ireland lifting the vehicle into a tree. The man and three women inside escaped unharmed and jumped clear with no injuries reported.
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Ballyclare
Ireland
Good Letter Writing Made Easy for Home Service Readers
A Winnipeg newspaper union guide promotes a 32 page booklet teaching simple letter writing with a three part plan focusing on you me and they. It promises friendly business and social letters plus invitations thank you notes and job applications with vocabulary etiquette pointers and pricing.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Wheat stem sawfly control plan advised for winter
The Agricultural Supplies Board pamphlet No. 59 urges farmers to use winter planning to control the wheat stem sawfly. It cautions that oats are unreliable as trap crops and points readers to obtain the pamphlet from the Publicity and Extension Division in Ottawa for details.
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Agricultural Supplies Board
Prairies
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Netherlands Indies petroleum output tops nine million tons in 1940
Nearly 9,000,000 tons of petroleum were produced in the Netherlands Indies during 1940, reflecting substantial industrial activity in the colony. The figure underscores the region’s role in regional oil production and wartime logistics.
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Netherlands Indies
Bones Twice As Strong As Oak Say Scientists
A quip on personal finance notes that some people fall into debt by trying to match peers’ perceived earnings, reflecting social pressure and budgeting issues.
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The
Canada Starch Company Ltd
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Crown Brand
Ridly
Lo Bee
Ation
Lydia E Pinkham
Pinkham
Poe le Voor
Mapeap
James Bay Area
Dominion Marksmen
Grand Rollet
William J. Tracey
Toronto
Iil
Shakespeare
George Berkeley
Robert Louis Stevenson
John Ruskin
Home Service
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