Treks of Royal Mounted Life Highlight 1928 Blue Book
The article reviews the Royal Mounted Police Blue Book detailing adventures from Aneroid murder suicide to Thorpe's Harbor New Year revelry. It notes Eskimo dog attacks at Chesterfield Inlet and inspectors commenting on mosquitoes and sand flies. It also covers Winnipeg drug traffic cases and a storekeeper’s suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Aneroid
Thorpe’s Harbor
Fort Chipewyan
Hudson’s Bay Company
Chesterfield Inlet
Winnipeg
Arthur Toole
Quincy
Mass
Paul K. Dudley
Fitchburg
Stray Setter Finds Way Back After 25 Mile Quest
Ellis Simon and a dog trainer spotted a setter pointing a covey of quail near Kinston North Carolina. The dog wore a collar with an owner in Maysville over twenty five miles distant. The pair shot several birds before the dog’s owner was located and the setter returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
N. C
Ellis Simon
Simon
Maysville
Organist Honored After Sixty Years Service in Paris
Charles Marie Widor, 84, receives a gold medal from Paris officials for sixty years as organist of Saint Sulpice. Present were the Fine Arts Minister and the Academy of Fine Arts. Widor was a close friend of Liszt and Gounod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saint Sulpice
Fine Arts
Academy of Fine Arts
Charles Marie Widor
New York Jewish Population Tops Two Million
The United States Jewish census shows New York City with 1 763 000 Jews and suburban counties adding 238 992, totaling 2 003 992 in the area, nearly half of the nation’s 4 228 029 Jewish population. New York leads global centers, with Chicago and Philadelphia far behind in the U S. foreign cities like Warsaw, Budapest, Vienna, Lodz and Wroclaw exceed 100 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Harry S. Linfield
Statistical Department
The
American Jewish Committee
Chicago
Philadelphia
Warsaw
Poland
Budapest
Vienna
Lodz
Wiev
Farmers Spend Millions for Modern Machinery in Kansas
Wheat producers boost farm gear purchases as Wichita tractor show totals exceed 1 million dollars and Dodge City event pushes past 2 million with about 50 000 attendees over four days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wichita
Dodge City
Southwest
Arrest in Church Millville Shocks Sunday Choir
Ansley Howell was arrested in Millville New Jersey while playing in a Sunday school orchestra. He is accused of stealing chicken. The church service ended with the choir singing without accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church Millville
N. J
Ansley Howell
Bonds, Lies, and a Wife's Bold Rescue
Fanny discovers a mysterious long distance call about her husband Will Cooper. She retrieves family bonds from a bank vault and hides them at home. Will confronts her with a stranger, but the truth and a confession from Mr. McKettle reveal the bonds will be resecured for better gains, and Will admits his misstep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Win
Fanny
Will Cooper
Will
Katolina
Privathaffiitie
Raintig
W. J. Cooper
Westmore
Trafic
Ehbert ‘Fen
McKettle
Mr. McKettle
Uemonne
Avi
Early US Postmasters General Timeline
This note traces the lineage of early postmasters general from Samuel Osgood appointed by Washington in 1789 to Andrew Hamilton in colonial days 1691. It mentions John Hamilton, four successors, division into two districts in 1753 with Franklin as one postmaster general until 1774 and again in 1775 via Continental Congress to 1776.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Osgood
Washington
America
Andrew ‘Hamilton
John Hamilton
American
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
Franklin
Engraving Ancient Art Dates and Debates
The article notes the first authenticated engraving as St Christopher in 1423. Baron de Reiffenberg claims an earlier 1418 engraving, and a mid eighteenth century manuscript suggests art in England by 1306, though earlier ones are disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Christopher
Baron de Reiffenbergz
England
The Horse in History and Ancient Legends
Khittas was the first Hittite to claim the title Great King after conquering many rivals and introducing the horse to Europe. Cortes and his horsemen amazed Mexican Indians who saw men and horses as a new monster. The Greeks kept the Centaur myth alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khittas
Europe
Cortes
Radium Described as Tiny Yet Powerfully Potent
The geological survey notes that 8 grams of radium equal about twice the volume of a standard match head. Radium is carried in specially constructed lead containers to ensure safe transport.
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The
Geological Survey
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Elizabeth Morrow
Mexico
Colonel Lindbergh
Royal Mounted Report
Inspector C. Trundle
John Hornby
Hornby
Adlard
Christian
Svell
Cortlandt ‘Starnes
Atlantic
D. J. Walsh
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