Nick Receives Cruise Invitation That Tests Gay
Gay confronts mixed feelings as Nick plans a month long yacht cruise in Cuba after an invitation from Mrs Halliday. Uncle Sim consoles her while noting Nick’s trust in others and the looming strain of possible impropriety, with Gay worry over Mrs Halliday’s motive and Nick’s safety.
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Cuba
Havana
Gay
Angela
Nick
Kingston
Bakersville
Sonny
Uncle Sim
Dearie
Simeon
Little Marthy
Marthy
Carter’s Liver Pills Marketed For Skin Clarity
An ad touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as superior to face creams for a clear complexion. It emphasizes the product is all vegetable with a claimed liver-boosting action and lists constipation and indigestion relief, with price 2c.
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E. T. Clapham
Carter
der. Carter
Explorer Wegener Dies In Greenland Expedition
Berlin reports confirm the death of Professor Alfred L. Wegener head of the German Greenland expedition Missing since November 1 he embarked with a native companion for a 250 mile trek His body was found about 90 miles from Eismitte likely due to heart disease His brother Professor Kurt Wegener will continue the work and lead the project from Copenhagen planned sailing in June
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Berlin
Alfred L. Wegener
Greenland
Rasmus
Wegener
Soviets Produce Rubber by Secret Process
The Leningrad rubber trust factory generated over half a metric ton of commercial rubber from oil in a day using an unrevealed method under Professor Byron. Begun in 1918, the effort claims very low production costs and vast commercial potential, with products from this batch made at Moscow’s Red Triangle factory.
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Leningrad Rubber Trust
Byron
Red Triangle
Moscow
Dogs and Dangers in Belgian French Tobacco Smuggling
Smugglers use dogs to haul ten pounds of contraband tobacco at 20 cents a pound in Belgium and 1.20 dollars in France. Dogs pay with death as customs killers trap and destroy tracking canines in epic frontier battles. Gamin the dog is famed for ninety two kills while dog and man risk capture or worse each crossing night.
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Belgium
France
Gamin
Valenciennes Brigade
Customs Service
Soviet Court Targets Carelessness as Crime in Factories
Supreme Court issues orders to all district courts across the Soviet Union declaring carelessness a crime and offenders to be tried under criminal statutes. Conviction could mean imprisonment or exile. Also notes a nostalgic aside that tomatoes were once called love apples. A brief exchange on car brakes ends with a quip about hitting something cheap.
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Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Airships Doomed, Canadian Officer Predicts Failure
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 and that lighter-than-air craft will be dead within five years.
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W. A. Bishop
Canadian Society of Automotive Engineers
Toronto
War Relics Unearthed 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. April Fools origins linked to Hindu March 31 with Roman Feast of the Fools February 17. Ambergris valued for perfume, resembles dirty tallow when floating at sea.
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Workman
Kelvingrove Park
Glasgow
Scotland
Fear of Lightning Across a Crowd and Its Ironies
The piece notes many fear lightning yet scrolls through contrasting dangers. It observes men shiver at a flash while racing trains, weaving through traffic, and speeding on hills. It concludes lightning deaths would barely thin the population, leaving a pest on the land.
Norway Maine Snowshoe and Ski Factory Highlights
In Norway Maine on the Grand Trunk Railway the town thrives on snowshoe and ski manufacturing. The plant is among the largest in the world with plans to raise annual output to 10 000 snowshoes and 60 000 skis aided by new machinery. Mellie Dunham, famed fiddler, designed the snowshoes used by Rear Admiral Peary on the North Pole dash.
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Norway
Maine
Grand Trunk Railway
Canadian National Railways
New World
Mellie Dunham
Fiddling Fame
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
Effective fog horn engineers seek distance signaling advance
The world’s most effective fog horn was perfected by John Northey of Toronto and is used abroad. McGill professor Louis V. King and U. Ves ser plan a new fog horn that uses simultaneous sound and radio warnings to let ships measure their distance to a danger point. Douglas Egyptian Liniment relieves toothache neuralgia and sore throat and quinsy with a handy bottle.
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John Northey
Toronto
Louis V. King
McGill University
Royal Society of Canada
King
U. Vesser
Value-adding shrubbery for home landscaping
The article advises careful shrub placement at the border and base of the dwelling to enhance value while keeping a lawn open. It recommends varied heights, irregular planting to hide foundation lines, and cites Dominion horticulturist Bulletin No. 89 for shrub choices and planting steps. It also includes a dialog about an atheist suitor and marriage pressures.
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Dominion Horticulturist
Federal Department of Agriculture
There Should Be No Ugly Women
An advertising snippet touts Kruschen Salts as essential minerals for beauty and vitality. It claims two types of women exist and promises clear complexions, improved energy, and daily mineral intake with regular use.
Little Helps For This Week Reflection on Renewal in Christ
A devotional urging readers to accept the past while embracing transformation through divine grace. It quotes 2 Corinthians and poets, stressing that in Christ Jesus old sins fade as new life begins in union with Him.
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Christ
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christ Jesus
Hugh McMillan
Istanbul Population Decline Noted by Officials
Turkish city of Istanbul shows a sharp population drop from 1 065 000 in 1924 to 673 000 three years later and a further 119 000 decline since 1927 as electoral committees prepare for elections amid signs of commercial stagnation.
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Constantinople
Istanbul
Istabul
The Many Purpose Oil for Humans and Horses
Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil offers numerous uses for cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, rheumatic pains, sore throat, and chest ailments. The text notes horses suffer similar ailments and respond to the remedy, claiming a long history of popularity over fifty years.
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Thomas
Cattle Shipments to Britain Rise After Revival
Canadian live cattle shipments to Britain resumed last summer after years away. Between August and 1930's end, 3 581 cattle reached Manchester from the Dominion. Brighton abandons its 1825 lifeboat station and deploys 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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