Port Credit Sailor’s Memoir and Civil War Escape
A sep tuagenarian recalls a life from sciatica relief with Kruschen to a sailor’s tale. He details bounty jumping for the Union draft, service aboard the Blue Heron, wartime imprisonment, scarce Southern rations, and a later release back to Buffalo, ending with he plans for more of the tale.
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Ontario
Johnstone
Ninse
Parker
Robert Cotton
Hare
Port Credit
Lakes
Welland Canal
Washington
Paddy Slater
Detroit River
The
Blue Heron
Bank of Montreal
Front
Yonge Streets
Toronto
Skipper Hare
America
Paddy
Slater
61St Alabama Infantry
Castle to Be Demolished to Allow Coal Seams Work
Rich coal seams have besieged Douglas Castle in Edinburgh as the Earl and Countess of Home plan demolition to mine the seams. The article notes the castle's stormy history and mentions Robert the Bruce's heart in St Bride church near the site. Lord and Lady Home will reside at Coldstream and visit Lanarkshire yearly.
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Douglas Castle
Douglas
Edinburgh
Earl and Countess of Home
Sir Walter Scott
Edward I
Castle Douglas
Man Missing In Canada Sparks Mounties Probe
Mrs Trotman in New York reports her husband disappeared after driving to Canada. Lieut Arthur Morin of Montreal police explains Canada’s vast size as authorities search for the missing man.
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Mounties
Man
Canada
Patent value debate looms over vast unused filings
A commentator notes that about eighty two percent of US patents end up with no commercial value. The remark highlights inefficiency in patenting and questions the cost of grant systems despite potential future utility.
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United States
Learning in China Cable Sparks Appeals for Sanctions
A cable from Chinese university leaders reports Japanese forces destroying Nankai University facilities in Tientsin and killing civilians. The signatories urge condemnation and sanctions to prevent further barbaric acts and protect education. Gilbert Murray notes the irony of the League’s science role amid wartime devastation.
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China
League of Nations
Geneva
Peiping
Tientsin
Nankai University
Nankai
Changpolin
Tsai Yuenpei
Academia Sinica
Chiang Manlin
Peking University
Hushek
Mei Yichi
Tsinghua University
Lo Chialuen
Central University
Chu Coching
Chekiang University
Wang Shingkung
Wuhan University
C.lc
Gilbert Murray
London Times
Rotary Club to blend soil of forty nations in elm planting
The Albion New York Rotary Club plans to plant an American elm next spring using soil from forty nations. Initiated by Dr Walter B Martin the clubs president and school superintendent letters will request each foreign Rotary Club to send one pound of their nation s soil to Albion for the project fostering international goodwill.
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Rotary Club
Albion
N.Y
Walter B. Martin
State Training School
Largest meteorite on display weighs 274 tons
The iron meteorite nicknamed ani ghito, brought from Greenland by Admiral Peary, is cited as the largest in a museum today weighing 274 tons. The entry notes ongoing interest in the artifact among visitors and scholars.
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Admiral Peary
Greenland
Best Path For Each Person Guided By Divine Leadings
A devotional reflection urges seeking God’s guidance to find the one best path for each person. It compares life to a ship in a narrow river with obstructions on every side, except one clear route that leads to an expansive sea of success and happiness.
Girls Dominate Writing Contest In Britain
More than 200 entrants, all of them both boys and girls, competed in a Mrs John Galsworthy memorial writing event. Five first class prizes of 50 dollars each went to girls, seven second prizes to girls, while boys won none of the top awards. In the third tier ten prizes of half a guinea yielded two to boys. The judges blamed better penmanship by girls rather than fewer boys in the field, with two first class prizes awarded to girls from Sydenham county secondary school.
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Britain
John Galsworthy
Galsworthy
London County Hall
Sydenham County Secondary School
Toronto Star Weekly
Pilot Instructor W A Straith Joins Trans-Canada Airlines
Pilot instructor W A Straith, a former Winnipeg aviator, is appointed to lead advanced training for Trans-Canada Airlines. He comes from a United States airline role in Seattle and will assume duties next month.
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W. A. Straith
Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Airlines
Straith
United States Airways
Seattle
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Sciatica
Kruschen
Kruschin
By Patrick Slater
Thomas Allen
Puggy Huddle
Aaron Peer
Cooksville
Melville Parker
Sir William Parker, Bart
Hickory Mick
Donegal
Buffalo
Charles Hare
C.W
Sam Spink
Ste
Israel
Pew
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