Education for adults and a call for expanded facilities
Dr. Walter C Murray, president of the University of Saskatchewan, argues for a broad field of adult education across the prairie provinces. He notes lack of funds as a barrier but cites a growing adult demand sparked by youths advancing to higher studies, reading habits, and a shift to methodical, self guided learning.
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Walter C Murray
University of Saskatchewan
Prairie
Murray
Death of Dr Charles Harvey Archibald Pioneer of X ray
Dr Charles Harvey Archibald of New York, a pioneer in X ray development, died at Asbury Park New Jersey. He once lost a finger to X ray burns in 1930 and had his left arm amputated in 1934. The fatal operation aimed to halt further infection from burns.
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Charles Harvey Archibald
New York
Asbury Park
N.J
Electric eel’s shock ranges from 170 to 300 volts
In the New York Aquarium’s tropical fish department, Christopher W. Coates states that a six foot electric eel can generate from 170 to 300 volts. He notes the eel could produce over 300 volts, enough to kill a horse.
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Christopher W. Coates
Tropical Fish Department
New York Aquarium
Coats
Hint to Young Hostesses on Baking Powder Use
A short note urges novice cooks to rely on baking powder for reliable cakes. It suggests that without proper leavening the outcome risks failing. Aimed at home bakers, the piece promotes using trusted baking aids to ensure success.
Must Be Nice Song Prompted Budapest Police Action
Budapest police branded the version of Gloomy Sunday as causing personal crises. Eighteen reports followed including a shoemaker Joseph Keller who asked officers to place 100 raves on his grave. Two people shot themselves during gypsy violin performances and others killed themselves while listening at home.
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Budapest
Joseph Keller
Maharajah of Bhavna Gar Leaves Lemilon With Grand Purchases
The 31-year-old ruler of half a million people traveled to England with his wife two sons two brothers and a retinue for seven weeks. He bought four carloads of goods including dogs sporting guns fabrics cutlery toys clothing and a $5,000 car. 150 crates needed three days for address painting. Incubators for chickens and equipment for film projection joined the list.
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Bhavnagar
Lemilon
England
Saskatchewan gift funds agricultural research
The Agricultural Research Foundation of the University of Saskatchewan will receive about $24,000 for agricultural experimental research. The funds come from unclaimed assets of the Saskatchewan Co operative Elevator Company, paid to the fund by legislative enactment. The existing research fund, created from the wheat board balances of 1919 20, totals about $225,000 and its interest sustains provincial agricultural research.
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Agricultural Research Foundation
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Wheat Board
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promises Health
An advertisement extols a girl with perfect health and clear skin and urges purchase of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims to nourish the body, stimulate appetite, aid digestion, increase strength and vitality, and clear pimples. available in tablets or liquid at various prices from neighborhood druggists.
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Dr. Pierce
Letters Return to Sydney From Pacific Bottle Mail
Lea Buring of Sydney reports receiving the third of five bottles mailed from ships in the Pacific months ago. One bottle drifted 900 miles from near Tonga to Fiji, another 500 miles to North Queensland, and a third from Pago Pago to the Gilbert Islands where a native found it, paid the six cents postage, and gave it to a trading schooner captain who remitted it to Buring.
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Lea Buring
Sydney
Australia
Pacific Ocean
Queensland
Pago Pago
Gilbert Islands
Buring
Selected Recipes for Bun with Currants and Yeast
Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk with sugar, then mix with flour to form sponge. Cream butter with sugar, add eggs salt currants cinnamon and sufficient flour to make a soft dough. Knead, rise, shape into buns, glaze with egg wash, press crosses, and bake at 400 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.
Saskatchewan livestock value rises in 1935 totals
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates Saskatchewan livestock values at 86,360,000 for horses cattle sheep and swine in 1935. Farm poultry value climbs to 5,299,000, showing a notable increase from 1934.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
European spruce sawfly damages forests in Canada and Connecticut
The European spruce sawfly has devastated thousands of acres of spruce forests in Canada and this year has attacked evergreens in Connecticut, signaling expanding regional infestation and potential ecological impact.
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Canada
Connecticut
Nineteen Union Named Cities Across the United States
A compilation notes that eighteen distinct cities and towns carry the name Union across the United States, spanning multiple states and regions. Each Union varies in size and local character, reflecting a common place name choice in American town planning.
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Union
United States
Train Forgot To Stop At Shimizu Station
An express train passed through Shimizu station in Japan without stopping, startling staff and passengers. The station master alerted Okisu next, the train was halted, and Shimizu passengers were driven by car. The crew faced penalties for negligence.
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Shimizu
Japan
Okisu
Foggy St James Palace guard change music choice
Few spectators saw the change at St James Palace as fog shrouded Friary Court. The band performed an audible but almost invisible ceremony, ending with Smoke Gets In Your Eyes before returning to barracks.
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St. James Palace
Friary Court
Only Fruit-A-Tives Give Lasting Constipation Relief
After months of suffering, Mr. Witchensee of Belleville found quick relief from constipation using Fruit-a-tives tablets. The remedy, made by concentrating extracts of apples oranges figs prunes and herbs into tablets, offers natural and lasting relief with tonic effects.
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Witchensee
Belleville
Tamas
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