Return to Endurance Deepens Joyce and Alan Bond
Joyce returns home driven by love for Alan Baker as a danger rises with six mystery men. Alan leads a patrol up the Aloaska river while Joyce consoles the fear of her father and probes marriage plans with Elizabeth, who wants Alan to leave the Mounted for Victoria.
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Ontario
Yath
Joyce
Hally
Alan Baker
Alan’ Baker
Alan
Elizabeth
Bill
Doyce
Jaye
Alain
Hardsock
Bil
Aloosxa
Dave
Aloaska
Aloosks
MacMillan
Fort Endurance
Victoria
Haskell
Endurance
Flying Boat to Cross Atlantic Led by Mrs James
A three engine flying boat named Windward NT built by Supermarine Vic kers Co is set for an Atlantic crossing next spring or summer. Mrs J J James of London will command the craft on test cruises in the Mediterranean with Thomas Rose as pilot.
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Aviatrix
Atlantic A
Atlantic
Supermarine Vickers Co
J. J. James
London
England
Mediterranean
James
Montreal
New York City
Thomas Rose
Royal Air Force
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator Praised by Mothers
Mothers praise Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator for relieving children’s suffering and restoring health, noting its effectiveness and safety for young ones.
French Officer Sends Christmas Gift to Rescuer After War
A French officer, saved by Hans Schultz in 1917 during the war, sent 400 francs as a Christmas present after years of correspondence. Schultz, unemployed for eight months, had kept the friendship alive through letters written as the officer recovered in a hospital.
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No Man’s Land
Hans Scultz
Schultz
Canned Goods Imported into England Worth $835.9 Million
The latest year reported a value of 835.9 million dollars for canned goods imported into England. This figure reflects the scale of household and industrial canning activity and trade patterns in the period.
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England
Tragic Napoleon Exposition Revives Bonaparte Century
At the Paris exposition in the Tuilleries restored orangery, relics of the young Napoleon III are shown for the centenary of the King of Rome. The Barons de Bourgoing oversee objects from his early life including a gilded carriage hat chair seal desk and portraits.
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Napoleon
Paris
Rome
Livigion
Orangerie
Tuilleries Gardens
Bonaparte
Austria
Duc de Reichstadt
Baronne
Jean de Bourgoing
Count Clauzel
Schoenbrunn
Maris- Louise
Gerard
Alberta Girl Grows From Tiny Baby to Healthy Star
Orva Mary, born November 19 1918 in Standoff Alberta to B. Mc Neill, weighed 12.14 ounces. She survived with constant care in a glass case and high heat, later using a cigar box as crib and cotton clothing as dolls’ wear. Now the eldest of five, she is healthy and strong.
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Alberta
Orva Mary
B. McNeill
Standoff
Children Reading More Says London Librarian
A London librarian asserts that children today read more than twenty years ago and that library habit benefits youth. The piece cautions against excessive studiousness, noting occasional light reading can aid development as much as intense books.
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London
London Sunday Pictorial
High Cost of Ignorance in Education
Oakville Record editor laments rising education costs while noting many smart people learn cheaper. An ad promotes Dr. Kellogg's asthma remedy claiming conservative, lasting relief and permanent benefits when purchased.
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Oakville
Ontario
Record
J. D. Kellogg
Calif. Physicists Describe Helium From Lithium Transmutation
Dr B Stanley Livingston and Prof E O Lawrence of the University of California described in Pasadena, California to the American Physical Society the disintegration of lithium at about 100 atoms per minute transforming crystals of lithium into helium, noting the process as a transmutation by nuclear means.
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Pasadena
California
American Physical Society
B. Stanley Livingston
E. O. Lawrence
University of California
Two Icebergs Seen as Churchill Route Opens
Henry Aabey of the federal railways department reports that during the summer three to five grain steamers used the Churchill route with no insurance and no ice trouble. Only one iceberg sighting occurred besides the one struck by the Bright Fan, and navigation channels were clear up to the Hudson Straits. Aabey notes Captain Poole’s Foxe Channel voyage and the Sierence iceberg sighting. He says the Churchill route is feasible.
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Churchill
Henry Aabey
Federal Department of Railways and Canals
Poole
Foxe Channel
Foxe Basin
Hudson Straits
Ha Se
Aabey
Sierence
Churchill Harbor
The Rhyming Optimist at Nightfall
The poem describes a bleak gale and rising night as fear presses in. The speaker finds solace only in the arms of love which offers warmth, comfort, and peace against loneliness and stormy darkness.
Canadas Buffalo Offer to New South Wales and New Zealand Park
Canada offers one buffalo bull and two cows from Wainwright Alberta to New South Wales for Tarango Zoological Park Trust in New Zealand. If accepted, mammals or birds native to New Zealand may be shipped to Canada for display or breeding. Sir George Perley acting prime minister announced the proposal linking Ottawa to Australasian plans.
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Canada
New South Wales
Tarango Zoological Park Trust
New Zealand
Dominion
George Perley
Buffalo Park
Wainwright
Alberta
Wield Enormous Power Papers In Britain Have 70 Million Circulation
Walter Runciman, president of the Board of Trade, spoke at the Printers' Pensions Corporation dinner in London. He cited that English newspapers circulate about 70,000,000 copies weekly and argued that the newspaper world wields autocratic power in Europe.
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Britain
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Printers’ Pensions Corporation
London
England
Europe
Great Grandmothers Gather in Melbourne Event
In Melbourne Australia the Carlton Methodist Mission hosted Great Grandmothers Day inviting only women aged "great-grandmothers" and older. Notables included Mrs Keegan the 4 great-great grandmother at 95 and Mrs Hopkinson a 77 year old mother of 20 children.
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Melbourne
Australia
Carlton
Keegan
Hopkinson
Music Resemblance Noted Between Athabasca and Chinese Traditions
Dr Marius Barbeau of the national museum at Ottawa finds striking likenesses between Athabasca Indian music and Chinese melodies. The report notes cultural parallels and musical features observed during study. Buckingham Palace is described as having 209 rooms in the text.
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Athabasca Indians
Marius Barbeau
Archeological Department
The
National Museum of Ottawa
Little Helps For This Week
A reflective devotional text cites Colossians and Milton on service and patience. It urges quiet daily duties and bearing disappointments with gentleness as acts of faith, noting that even constraints can honor God.
Mineral claim rush near Great Bear Lakes area
Reports from Ottawa indicate many mineral claims staked near Great Bear Lakes in the Northwest Territories with more expected this summer. Prospector parties are already using air and water routes as ice clears, while the Interior Department revises and reprints its mineral claims survey manual for land surveyors.
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Ottawa
Great Bear Lakes
Northwest Territories
Department of the Interior
Dominion Lands
Dominion Land
Wheat Market Faces New Competitors From Australia and Argentina
A wheat market review by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics says southern hemisphere competitors Australia and Argentina will materially alter the world export scene for the balance of the crop year. Canada has dominated exports since August, with the US not likely to shift its external market position significantly.
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Australia
Argentina
Ara
Domainion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
United States
Keep Douglas' Egyptian Liniment Candy
A historical patent remedy praised as a speedy burn and sprain cure. It claims to treat felons, blood poisoning, soft corns and warts, scalded feet, inflammation and muscular rheumatism with medicinal value.
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Douglas
First Great Bear Lake radium produced in north country
North country near Great Bear Lake yields two grammes of radium from pitchblende deposits. H B Montgomery and Pets Davidson report months of work at the lake area and say the radium will be placed on the market soon.
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Great Bear Lake
Calgary
H. B. Montgomery
Pets Davidson
Northland
Traffic toll and survey notes flagging road hazards
A 1931 U S traffic toll lists 33 500 deaths and 3 000 000 injuries with economic losses over 33 million. A Saskatchewan survey begun in 1921 nears completion. A ship captain may officiate a marriage at sea if needed.
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United States
National Conference On
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