Historic Tudor to Elizabethan Church Documents Added to St Pauls Library
Rare collection at St Pauls Cathedral in London features Tudor to early Elizabethan documents. Ecclesiastical history expert Dr Norman Sykes notes the papers reveal religious debates, surplice use, marriage rites, kneeling for communion and state enforcement of conformity amid threats from the Spanish Armada and Irish rebellions.
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St. Paul's London
Henry VIII
Elizabeth
Norman Sykes
Ireland
New Sealing Strip Guards Walls From Water Damage
An early 20th century ad notes a plastic sealing strip that seals wall bathroom joints to block steam and water, resists water and alkalis, adheres to porcelain wood tile and plastics, and can be painted. It claims durability and ease of application.
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Amiaker
Cites
Farmers urged to focus on positive soil conservation
Dr J Gordon Taggart of Ottawa urges a high quality production program and best agricultural techniques to ensure conservation takes care of itself. He criticizes negative views and says farmers know their resources must be saved, while Wallace Mitchel tree warns against dry spell cultivation that harms roots and increases evaporation. Readers invited to share opinions to John Russell in New Toronto.
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Dairies
Dr. Tagegart
O.A.C
Wallace Micheltree
College of Agriculture
Rutgers University
Seasick on Board a Sloop in a Stormy Voyage
Mr Gill becomes violently seasick while watching the sea from a port hole as Forbes and others joke about the discomfort. The steward explains the seating choice was deliberate to amuse and aid other passengers, while Forbes remarks on the clever arrangement for passenger comfort amid the rolling waves.
Ottawa to Get That New Look
Canada plans a dramatic transformation of Ottawa by a National Planning Committee. Wide highways will cut through and around the city, railroads moved outside the urban area, slums demolished, and new government buildings and flats rise. Parliament Hill remains the only feature likely to stay.
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Canada
Ottawa
Rideau Rivers
Parliament Hill
Seasick Arthur Forbes Aboard Ocean Liner
On a choppy Atlantic voyage Arthur Forbes grows pale and seasick as he clings to a rail. Mr. Otis Gill teases him publicly in the dining salon while Forbes, two tables away, stares toward a forward port-hole as the ship rides the waves.
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Mr. Gill
Young Forbes
Mr.Gill
Arthur Forties
Mr. Forbes
Gill
Otis Gill
Arthur Forbes
Atlantic
Forbes
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Vera Ralston
Hollywood
Josephine Napoleon
J. Gordon Taggart
Dr. Taggart
Mitcheltree
Mr. Mitcheltree
John Russell
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Eighteenth Street
New Toronto
Ont
Kansas
William Hookstra
Pister Gill
Richard Hill Wilkinson
Toronto
Queen’s University
R. 5. McLaughlin
Queen’s Archives Department
Nancy Kingston
Queen’s
H. Pearson Gundy
By Arthur Pointer
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