A Chance of a Lifetime on a Secret Island
Nick Hastings faces a life changing choice after Angela Halliday offers a glamorous island trip that could end his Bakersville routine. He weighs duty to Gay and the kids against adventure and a hoped reconciliation, then decides to return home as fate seems to guide him.
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Nick
Myers
Angela Halliday
Angela
Titchfield
Bakersville
Desert
Angelia
John Maxwell
Gay
New York
Kingston
Kruschen Salts Promises Daily Vitality For All
An advertisement asserts that millions take Kruschen Salts daily not from illness but to stay fit and energetic. A hot water dose every morning supposedly prevents headaches constipation and bad breath by cleansing the liver kidneys and bowels and promotes cheerful health and vigor.
Artificial Sunlight as a New Lighting Source
Discussion on lamps that simulate sun light and their growing use for home treatment and general illumination. The piece foresees future design of healthful lighting by illumination engineers and notes greater benefits than natural summer sun in smoky cities and mid to high latitudes. Also mentions a Worm Exterminator product claim for sickly children.
Canada Forest Resources Estimated Timber and Lumber Output
The latest estimate places Canada’s forest resources at 224 304 million cubic feet of standing timber capable of yielding 424 637 million feet board measure of sawn lumber and 1 121 993 thousand cords of pulpwood ties poles and other smaller materials.
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Canada
Salvage Plans For Islander Shipwreck In Alaska
Frank Curtis of Seattle signs with Olympia firm E H and H S Wiley to salvage the Islander wreck in Stephens Pass. Using a diving bell and tide lifts, cables and a 285 foot barge, he hopes to raise the hull to shallow water where recovered gold dust and nuggets may be studied. Curtis aims to expand into a major global salvage venture after completing this operation.
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Frank Curtis
Seattle
Stephens Pass
E H
H. S. Wiley
Olympia
Curtis
Alaskan
Nature
Radio Correspondence Courses Reach 6000 Students
About 6000 students are enrolled in Saskatchewan's correspondence courses started last year by the Department of Education. Five thousand enrollments come from rural districts. The program aims to supplement classroom work for youths who cannot attend school, with a radio school planned for next autumn to bring facilities to learners.
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Saskatchewan Department of Education
Saskatchewan
Department of Formation
Spanish land reform decrees aim to cultivate untitled estates
The government issues two decrees to compel owners of unused land on large noble estates to cultivate it under local committees guidance. They specify crop types and worker wages, aiming to reduce unemployment and boost national output. Persian Balm promotes beauty and skin care with multiple household uses.
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Spain
Favorite British Authors Among U S Readers Rank
A United States magazine polled readers over the past year with a monthly prize for essays on My favorite story and why. O Henry tops the list, Rudyard Kipling is second, Poe third, Maupassant fourth, Mansfield fifth, and Stevenson sixth among the most popular writers.
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United States
O. Henry
Rudyard Kipling
Katherine Mansfield
Robert Louis Stevenson
Edgar Allan Poe
Guy de Maupassant
Radio For Lifeboats Power Plant For Lifeboats
A compact self-contained radio station designed for lifeboats generates 400 watts and can send short-wave distress signals up to 1000 miles. It runs five hours on a gallon of gasoline and is meant to be regular lifeboat equipment ready for immediate use. The saying about shaking the tree adds a cautionary note on outcomes.
Bandits Hold Captain and Scottie in China Camp
After crash landing behind enemy lines in China Captain Jimmy and Scottie are captured by Chinese bandits. Bound on burros they are forced through a sun scorched defile as they plan a night raid. The narrator frees himself by rubbing rope against a cliff while bandits search camps by torchlight.
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China
Jimmy
Scottie
Colonel
Fu Hsu
Helen
Sentrien
Soviet and Fascist Youth Guard Future Armies
The article argues that both Russia and Italy train youth to ideological conformity and militarize them. It claims Russian youths are sealed from outside ideas and formed into fanatical soldiers. It compares Fascist youth training under censorship to Russia's system.
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Soviet
Russia
Italy
Conductor Maintains Grave Near Elrod Tracks
In Elrod South Dakota a boy buried beside the Northwestern Railroad tracks is still cared for by train crews. Conductor William J Chambers kept the grave in condition and planted flowers after daily waving from the boy as trains passed. After his death Martin Redmond, succeeding Chambers, halted the train to place a wreath on the mound.
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Elrod
South Dakota
Northwestern
William JF Chambers
Chambers
Martin Redmond
Empire State Building Opens as World Tallest Structure
New York dedicates and opens the Empire State Building at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. The 86 story 1200 foot tower with an additional 16 story dirigible mast crowns the long effort of Governor Alfred E. Smith and major local business figures. State and city leaders, industry chiefs, and professionals attend the ceremony.
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Empire State Building
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
Central Heating Project Employs Six Hundred in Winnipeg
The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba reports that the Northern Public Service Corporation's central heating development in Winnipeg staffs 600 workers with a weekly payroll around 20000 dollars.
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Northern Public Service Corporation
Winnipeg
Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
Little Helps For This Week
Quotes on humility faith and reliance on God urge meekness and strength from above. A farmer’s tip promotes Douglas Egyptian Liniment for cow bags and stock care. A note warns that gold dust in eyes blinds effectively while linen imports to China doubled last year.
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Lagle
the Beerdee Co
Lefont
Christine Whiting Parmenter
Reveaye
Tye
Tances
Mr. Hastings
Holland
Putnam's
Putnam's Corn
W. SN. UL 1801
Canada’s Forest Resources
Radio
U.S
Geal Ye Wa
Star Building
Oronto
Borden
Armed Youth
God
John Greenleaf Whittler
John Ruskin
William Mountford
Castoria
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