Waterproof Matches Save Life In Canadian Moose Hunt
Lloyd D. Henderson of Paterson New Jersey credits a waterproof box of matches with saving him on a 1926 moose hunt in Quebec. After falling through ice, Henderson and Indian guide Eli fought exposure eight miles to shore with their dog Maro dying, then warmed by matches and a fire before reaching camp. Eli later died of pneumonia.
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Lloyd D. Henderson
Paterson
N. J
Quebec
Lloyd
Moose
Eli
Maro
Kidney Lake
Odd Provisions of Wills Noted in Belfast During Private Member Bill
Odd provisions of wills were discussed in Belfast as a private member proposed a reading of a bill to require testators to properly provide for dependents. Quoted were cases where a wealthy testator left all to care for cats, a widow received seven pence for a halter, another a farthing in an unstamped envelope, and another widow received trousers. The bill also noted conditions delaying legacies and moral constraints on heirs.
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Belfast
Par- Dam T
Kipling Autographs Finally Proved Worth More Than Checks
Rudyard Kipling was asked by his grocer to pay bills by check. He discovered the bank kept the checks and a butcher was signing them as autographs. The author rarely signed items, making his name on a check more valuable than the instrument itself.
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Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
No Arms for Him: Littell Opposes Roosevelt Military Plan
Frank Littell of Mt. Vernon Iowa a Union Theological Seminary student and representative of the National Council of Methodist Youth told the house naval committee that Roosevelt s push for higher military outlays is anti social action He warned the young men he represents will not bear arms if war comes and voiced his opposition to conscription amid the naval building program debate
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Frank Littell
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Union Theological Seminary
New York
National Council of Methodist Youth
House Naval Committee
Roosevelt
River epic tops current cinema and Hollywood disputes noted
NCLE SAM lauds The River produced for the Farm Security by Pare Lorentz as a landmark film about the Mississippi. Itemized Hollywood buzz covers David Selznick Paulette Goddard and Kate Smith fashion guest Hortense Odlum Peter Lorre Norma Shearer Olivia de Havilland Anita Louise and Frank Black farming return to profit from livestock notes.
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Farm Security Administration
Pare Lorentz
New York
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Mississippi
Thomas Chalmers
Ireland
Toby Doolan
Doolan
Warner Brothers
Olivia de Havilland
Anita Louise
RKO
Pat
Republic
Frank Black
Pennsylvania
Western
Union
Household Tips From a Nineteenth Century Column
A compilation of practical household hints including preserving a broom with boiled saliva biweekly and washing parsley briefly in hot water to keep flavor. Tips advise threading a curtain stick through jumper sleeves to dry woolens and avoid shoulder pokes, and adding a tablespoon of sugar to omelet batter for a sweet version popular with children.
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