Planes, Pursuit, and a Northern Rescue at Endurance
In En Traverse a tense pursuit unfolds as a scarlet and gold launch presses the four rovers who flee with gas drums toward the Alooska. Alan, Joyce, Buzzard, and Bill evade Haskell’s police, then land at Joyce’s trading post for rest and supplies. The reunion tempers with Joyce’s distant welcome and a gift of ceinture flechee for her.
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Buzzard
Lens
Bill
Haskell
Rip Winkle
Alan
Joyce
Edmonton
Larry
Bil
En Traverse
Pigeon
Featheref
Endurance
Alooska
George Haskell
Big
River crossing sparks old feelings and a confession
Buzzard pilots a canoe downriver to aid a landing while Alan wrestles with confessing his feelings to Joyce. He fears revealing the truth about his engagement to Elizabeth and wonders if Joyce will accept or rebuke him as she approaches with a friendly gesture and a pivotal moment looms.
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Alan
Joyce
Bill Hardscck
Pedneault
Larry
Buzzard
River
Elizabeth
Germany’s youth as nation shapes its self image
John Hallett notes in the Lon don Fortnightly Review that modern Germany’s status as a young nation stems from 1870, contrasting with Italy’s self twilight of youth and a freer southern psyche, while Germans emphasize older unities and downplay recent conflicts such as 1866.
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John Hallett
London Fortnightly Review
Germany
Italy
Recipes For This Week Egg Junket
Dissolve tablet for junket in cold water. Beat egg yolks with sugar salt and vanilla into lukewarm milk. Stir in dissolved tablet and pour into dessert glasses. Chill until firm. Recipe yields five servings.
Anchovy Creamed Eggs on Shredded Wheat Biscuits
A vintage recipe yields six portions. It mixes six hard boiled eggs with a two cup onion flavored white sauce. Toast split shredded wheat biscuits, spread butter and anchovy paste, then spoon sliced eggs in sauce over the biscuit halves.
Confed bills yield surprise cash at Houston bank
A Houston woman sold twelve old Confederate notes to an antique dealer who offered ten cents each and declined the thirteenth, fearing it. The dealer escorted her to a bank where she exchanged the notes for $100 in crisp United States currency, the note having lain with the Confederate bills for nearly fifty years.
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Houston
Texas
United States
Libraries Are a Necessity and Lifelong Learning
Rev. T. Bart Howard, president of the Ontario Library Association, told the 3rd annual conference in Toronto that free libraries are a necessity of civilization. He said libraries are a source of information and that education ends only with life, not at university.
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T. Bart Howard
Ontario Library Association
Toronto
Northampton reserves acres for unemployed aid program
Northampton England plans to reserve 4 468 acres for unemployed residents who will receive free tools seeds and fertilizers to start work.
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Northampton
England
Electric device promises to kill grasshoppers with ray
Colorado Springs teen Ivan Taylor aged 16 has devised an electrical apparatus claimed to kill grasshoppers eight feet away and reach four feet distant by applying an invisible black ray. The invention highlights the ingenuity of young inventors in Colorado and suggests potential agricultural use if proven effective.
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Ivan Taylor
Colorado Springs
Colo
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An old advertisement extols liver bile's role in health and urges taking Carter's Little Liver Pills to ease digestion and elimination. It warns against laxatives, mineral water, and substitutes, advocating the product as a pure vegetable remedy available at all drugstores.
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Cossmund
Carter
Canada’s shift from rural to urban life since Confederation
Dominion census data show dramatic urban growth from 1871 to 1931. Rural population fell from 81.4 percent to 16.3 percent while urban rose from 18.6 percent to 53.7 percent. About 31.7 percent live on farms, with a current return movement toward rural areas beginning.
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Canada
Dominion
Confederation
Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics
McGill scientist cautions on vitamins overuse
A McGill scientist says the public has overdone vitamins. News from Germany reports a researcher creating synthetic vitamin C. He notes oranges supply vitamin C and synthetic forms may be more potent. for adults balanced meals suffice, with vitamin D as the only established treatment for undernourishment and rickets in children.
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McGill
Germany
The Rhyming Optimist Alec Mie A Childlike Heart
A verse urging the gift of a childlike heart for faith and wonder in life. It celebrates seeing beauty in ordinary things, cherishing joy, and trusting without doubt. The poem invites prayer for this heart to bring blessings and grace.
League Of Aviators Names 1932 International Champions
The International League of Aviators announces its annual air achievement awards for 1922 naming three men and one woman as champions. Wolfgang von Gronau is International Champion. Amelia Earhart Putnam is International Woman Champion. Captain Lehman is International Dirigible Balloon Champion. Auguste Piccard is International Spherical Balloon Champion. A zoo keeper notes wolves average ten years of life.
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International League of Aviators
Wolfgang von Gronau
Germany
Amedia Earheart Putnam
U.S.A
Captain Lehman
Prof
Auguste Piccard
Belgium
St George's Hospital to mark centennial anniversary
London medical center St George's Hospital will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year, highlighting a century of care and medical advances in its community.
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St. George's Hospital
London
Speedy aspirin tablets dissolve at once
Aspirin tablets dissolve rapidly, offering faster relief than alternative remedies presented. The message highlights speed of action and compares to substitutes available at the time. It emphasizes quick onset and effectiveness of the aspirin.
Little Helps For This Week Admonitions and Reminders
A compact devotional urging readers to number their days Psalm 90:12 and trust God with the future. It encourages daily renewal of consecration, doing His will in small acts, forgiving past blunders, and starting each new day afresh with Emersonian optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anon
Still In the Lead in Air Power Debate
The Ottawa Journal praises United Kingdom aviation prowess noting that no country matches Britain in studying planes and their possibilities. It highlights speed safety and general aircraft utilization as areas where UK pilots excel in experience capability and ingenuity.
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Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Ottawa Journal
Alarmists Hear Broadcasts Then Ride Home in Taxi
A New York Sun critique notes alarmists predicting cultural ruin by machinery use radio to spread fears, yet they read from typewritten manuscripts and depart in taxis, highlighting apparent hypocrisy in modern discourse.
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New York Sun
Farmer’s Need: Better Prices for Livestock and Crops
The speaker argues that farmers require improved prices for cattle hens sheep hogs and potatoes. The remark echoes a longstanding call for fair market values to sustain agricultural livelihoods.
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Shakespeare
Wines valued near five million stored in London hotel cellar
A London hotel reportedly holds a vast cellar with wines valued at nearly 5 million pounds. The setting and extent of the collection imply significant investment and specialized storage conditions. Authorities have not disclosed specific provenance or ownership details.
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London
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William Byron Meway
Lydia E. Pinkham
Minard
Liniment
Betty Barclay
Alec Mie
League of Aviators
E. W. Emerson
County
Great Britain
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