Stamp Corner overview of Madagascar and Zanzibar issues
The article surveys stamp issuing history for Madagascar and Zanzibar on the east African coast, noting early designs, overprints, and pictorial sets from 1888 onward, plus wartime issues by Free French for Madagascar and various Sultanate stamps for Zanzibar. It also mentions related stamp news from Yemen Russia St Kitts Nevis and Brazil, and invites readers to contact the advertising director in Toronto for stamp sales or exchanges.
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Madagascar
Zanzibar
Africa
Madseascar
India
Yemen
United Nations
Russia
Andrei Zhdanov
St. Kitts- Nevis
West Indian Islands
Brazil
Berres
Uruguay
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto
Ont
Beauties Of Fall Nights In October Light
The piece paints October night on rural terrain with Cassiopeia and the North Star in view. It notes the pumpkin color moon, an owl’s hoots, dog barks, and scents of fox and coon, grapes, apples, hay, pond ooze, and a cool night wind that defines the season.
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Cassiopeia
New York Times
Sweden to Abolish Rationing After Wheat Harvest
Stockholm reports the Swedish government plans to end rationing as the summer wheat harvest permits. The government food supply board has already recommended abolishing rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Government Food Supply Board
Electrified Minnow Bucket Keeps Bait Alive Afloat
A six volt motor powers an oxygen water mix in an electrified minnow bucket designed to keep bait alive on long fishing trips.
Faith the Church Cat Remembered by Times Epigraph
London remembers Faith the church cat of St Augustine and St Faith who sheltered through the 1940 blitz. She mothered a black kitten, survived ruin, and stayed beside the rectory as neighbors fed her. The Times printed a prominent epitaph noting she stuck to her kitten while bombs fell.
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London
Faith
Britain
The
Times
the Times
Six Chicagoans Indicted for Swiping Meat
Six Chicagoans face grand larceny charges after an alleged meat theft. The case points to a pattern of regional shoplifting cases and highlights law enforcement scrutiny in urban districts.
Vancouver Boy Overcomes Blindness in School Trial
Vancouver reports 11 year old Peter Claxton, blinded yet energetic, excels in junior matriculation despite typing homework and learning challenges. His mother Cecil Claxton, a librarian at St George's Private School, says the boy was an experimental enrolment among normal students and could not be happier with his progress.
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Cecil Claxton
St. George's
Peter
Fle
Betes
Browns Sign Canadian Jim St Louis to 1 year deal
A newspaper snippet notes the Louis Browns signing a 1 year contract with a Canadian named Jim St Louis who is described as a hardy and hot water figure by observers. The report hints at his reputation and readiness for the season.
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Louis
Gandhi's Early Writings Discovered in London
The 1891 Vegetarian articles and an interview by Gandhi were found in a London office and will be shown to Krishna Menon. Roy Walker, Gandhi biographer, located the nine-piece series including a photo. Gandhi was 21 and near bar admission.
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Mohandas Gandhi
London
Krishna Menon
Membne
London Vegetarian Society
Roy Walker
Gandhi
Baby growth depends on early playthings and responses
Richmond psychologist Mrs. Marjorie Bettimore tests infants cared for by the Children’s Home Society of Virginia for adoption readiness. Using common objects she observes milestones from eight to forty weeks, noting eye focus, reaching, cooing, banging, and pat-a-cake, with guidance from Dr. Arnold Gesell.
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Richmond
Marjorie Bettimore
Arnold Gesell
Yale Clinic
Robbs Rules Robbs Town As Mayor and mogul
Albert Robbs dominates his southern Illinois town of 150 people owning every house, industry, and store. His businesses include a flour mill lumber yard restaurant general store and an automobile agency. He serves as mayor postmaster and bank president in nearby Golconda.
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Robbs
Albert Robbs
Illinois Rea News
Illinois
First National Bank
Golconda
Side notes mix humor and social observations in column mix
A humorous digression on Irish cooks and divorced parenting prompts reflections on weight bias and marriage. The piece cites Col E B Bradley on breeding horses to question claims about maternal influence on human talent, then hints at verifying the idea.
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United States
Oklahoma
Rough Riders
United States Cavalry
Sustria
Sabroury
Sorvin
Shukri al Kaoudy
Hungary
Germany
Cologne
Little Theatre
William
Nik
Central Press
Wiriter
Tedleee
Zilta
Oslo
Nomey
Earth
Education Board of
Elwood
Ind
Hockey
Ancouver Bey G20d
Sekoler
Vancouver
Peter Clax
Grandpappy Jenkins
Marcus
E. V. Darling
Thomas Moore
Colonel E. B. Bradley
Col. Bradley
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