Lord Tweedsmuir Urges Canadian Frontier Of Thought And Land
Governor general Lord Tweedsmuir told a University of Western Ontario convocation Canada’s fate is to stay clear of European turbulence. He spoke of two frontiers—thought and the physical northwest—praising agricultural reforms, soil drifting work, and prairie weatherproofing while noting Canada’s duties as a sovereign nation within the British empire.
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Lord Tweedemuir
Canada
University of Western Ontario
Letware
Drouth
Prairie Provinces
Northwest
Canadian Northwest
Siberia
Salt supplies for livestock in winter and other notes
A reminder that livestock need year round access to salt. Five pound salt licks for stables allow individual animal intake and mineralized licks add calcium phosphorus and iodine. Other methods include iodized salt licks and soluble minerals in feed. Also notes on sky writing, Ireland fishing, and Chicago boasting many airplanes.
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pudding Season Opens October
The article details Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street, its 1667 building, famous patrons like Dr. Samuel Johnson and Oliver Goldsmith, and the secret pudding known as the world’s famed lark pie. It notes the annual October opening of the pudding season with a ceremonial procession and a 50 to 80 pound pie boiled for 16 to 20 hours.
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Shakespeare
Ben Johnson
Fleet St
Ludgate Circus
Wine Office Court
Samuel Johnson
Gough Square
Oliver Goldsmith
Wakefield
King Charles II
Nell Gwyn
England
Derby
Europe
London
Voltaire
Dickens
David Garrick
Toronto Star Weekly
Declared Legally Dead After Long Absence in Family
George Horne petitioned for Stewart Horne’s birth certificate after years of silence. Stewart left New Glasgow for Trenton decades ago and was reported missing for 13 years. The case followed a court declaration of death after estate advertisements failed to locate him. The family celebrated upon receipt of the letter.
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George Horne
Stewart Horne
New Glasgow
Trenton
George Jr
Horne
The Eternal Quest and Notable Facts Notes
The passage reflects on enduring questions and the hunt for meaning. It notes Maire as a state without poisonous snakes and cites England's medical register listing over 6,000 women doctors.
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Maire
Union
England
Canadian Button Factory Output in 1937 Rises Sharply
The Toronto Star Weekly reports Canadian button factories produced about 1.59 million dollars worth of buttons in 1937, up from 702 thousand in 1930. They used diverse materials including shell, vegetable ivory, celluloid and metal, with imports adding nearly 300 thousand to factory value.
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Button Makers
Canada
Dominion
Toronto Star Weekly
Proved It Herself Mrs Houdini Ends Spiritual Contact
Mrs. Houdini widow of Harry Houdini says after a decade of attempts to reach his spirit she proved spiritualism false. She and Houdini agreed to contact the other after death but she stopped trying after the last seance about two years ago. The era of electricity began with Thales rubbing amber to attract light objects sixty years before Christ. A hotel guest complains of a spotless kitchen and the other notes everything tastes of soap during a meal.
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Harry Houdini
Christ
Thales
Miletus
Automatic direction finder aids locating hidden navy radio station
A new automatic direction finder on a civilian airliner tracked a low power naval reserve radio station near Valley Stream after pilots swapped to the correct wave length. The navy truck was found and photographed, with observers praising the device as accurate and resistant to static, able to aid in spotting enemy aircraft carriers.
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United States
Long Island
Naval Reserve
Valley Stream
Floyd Bennett
Navy
Demand for Alberta feeder cattle rises amid shortages
Feeder cattle shortages in portions of Saskatchewan and higher eastern demand push Alberta cattle in the spotlight. Western Stock Growers' Association manager Jack Byers notes Moose Jaw Saskatoon feeder shows and inquiries from British Columbia. Prospects look better for Alberta cattle.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Jack Byers
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Calgary
Byers
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
British Columbia
Faithful Dog Pinch Traveled 1000 Miles To Find Master
A western Canadian gold prospector William Cawkin of Connelly Creek mourns his dog Pinch who died at his cabin door after a trek of about 1000 miles. Pinch left with trapper Daniel Burley last August and pursued his master through mountains rivers and brush, dying near the door with a wooden cross and the inscription Greater love hath no man.
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Pinch
William Cawkin
Connelly Creek
Williams Lake
Cawkin
Daniel Burley
Fox Creek
Alberta Peace River
Burley
Dawkin
Glamor Fades as West Shifts From Cattle to Ice
The article notes the fading glamour of the old West as cowboys move from cattle drives to irrigation and alfalfa processing. It observes a northward shift of glamour, with Eskimo reindeer herding on Richards Island near the Mackenzie River. A line about a Turkish law banning beauty prize winners from teaching school is included.
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Richards Island
Arctic
Mackenzie River
Lethbridge
Lawrence of Arabia secret death ships revealed in wartime plan
An article claims Lawrence of Arabia and designer Edward Spurr developed a 100-foot torpedo boat capable of sinking four battleships in eight seconds. The craft would deploy 21-inch torpedoes at 80 mph, with squadrons attacking from multiple angles to revolutionize sea warfare.
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Lawrence of Arabia
Lord Straboigi
Bucks
Lawrence
Italy
Lake Windermere
Admiralty Chiefs
Edward Spurr
Britain
R.A.F
Jutland
Spurr
Southampton
Mr. Spurr
Quiet Inn Trades Small Farm For Peaceful Tourist Trade
Mrs Norman Ridgley formerly Ishbel MacDonald owner of the Piow Inn in Speen Buckinghamshire purchased a nearby farm seeking quiet after her father Ramsay MacDonald’s death. Now hundreds visit to inspect the inn with visitors expecting the former Downing Street hostess to serve beer herself.
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Ramsay MacDonald
Big Scale Show Impresses London Visitor
London Tit-Bits recalls a Hollywood trip with glamour and grandeur. He notes the movie colony operates on a tremendous scale and recounts attending a dinner at a film producer’s home where guests used showers instead of finger-bowls.
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Hollywood
London
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the Eternal Quest
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George Westinghouse, Jr
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T. E. Lawrence
Dorset
RAF
Shaw
Ishbel MacDonald
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