Occasional Wife Edna Bobs Webster
Camilla Hoyt, a young art student, and Peter Anson, a struggling sculptor, fall in love and marry secretly. They plan to live apart until Peter can establish himself. Camilla, adopted by wealthy parents, aims to be self supporting through commercial art. Peter contemplates inviting model Sylvia Todd to pose for a figure while he seeks funds for study abroad.
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Camilla Hoyt
Peter Anson
Peter
Camilla
Sylvia Todd
Peter faces art dream versus marriage in exhibit dilemma
Sylvia Todd shatters Peter's plans for study abroad with Despone and work at the Trocadero. He weighs entering the exhibit to gain independence, risking Camilla's future, and contemplates commercializing art if payback lags. He wrestles with duty to Camilla and personal ambition as he wanders the park unsure of his path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Todd
Peter
Despone
the Trocadero
Camilla
Camlila
Peter Anson Considers a National Scholarship Decision
In a tense exchange Camilla urges Peter Anson to compete for the national sculpture scholarship, warning of loss and separation if he wins. They discuss earnings, models, and funding, while Camilla pledges support as Peter weighs a fountain figure of a Madonna-like woman and two children, aiming to balance ambition with finances.
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Peter
Camilla
Hoyts
Ufe
Farm Fire Premiums and Losses Across Ontario Farmers
Canadian fire insurers paid out about 1.33 dollars for every one dollar of premiums in a peak year and 1.19 dollars over five years from 1927. Tanners and mills posted higher losses, while farms remained in the unprofitable class by a wide margin.
Free Street to Free and Easy Street Hopson Tale
For 28 years Tom Hopson, president of a Sherman Texas candy company, lived on Easy Street. A new short street cut through his property and was named Free Street, leaving him on Free and Easy Street. In England, women are replacing men as government telegraphers.
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Tom Hopson
Sherman
Texas
Easy Street
Free Street
Hopson
Free and
England
Quivering Nerves and a Patent Remedy Claim
A vintage advertisement advises women to try E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for nervousness and fatigue. It claims 96 of 160 women reported benefit and promises relief from burdensome feelings and mood. The copy mimics early 20th century patent medicine style.
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Ee E. Pinkham
Dren
Hardiness of Stratosphere Spores Demonstrated by Ballon Flight
Lieutenant Commander T G W Setile’s gondola mission carried seven types of fungi spores to the stratosphere where extreme cold and UV exposure were endured. The tiny spores survived at least 11 miles high and germinated a day after return, showing life can endure extreme aviation conditions. Scientist F C Meier notes spores are among hardy life forms and may travel far in the air.
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T. G. W. Setile
Ufe
Settle
F. C. Meier
Department Agriculture
Science
Meier
Assured Of New Suits Nine newspaper carriers each
Arthur Wallenhurst Baltimore jeweler and world traveler left a unique will providing that Christmas day each carrier receives a suit of clothes. Jewelry to three Baltimore newspapers to be sold or raffled with proceeds funding suits for three newsboys per paper each Christmas until the fund ends. His largest bequest of 50000 dollars finances a bronze statue to Martin Luther and clocks in four city parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Wallenhurst
Baltimore
World Traveller
Wallenhurst
Martin Luther
The Rhyming Optimist Sees Creation's Peaceful Scheme
A brief verse reflecting unwavering faith in the world’s order and divine mercy. The speaker marvels at moonlit power, celestial motion, and seeds that heed spring, asking how doubt can persist when God unites all sounds and makes amends for sorrow.
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Loas
Dole
Decline in Canadian Cheese Production Shifts British Market
Hon H A Stewart says Canadian cheese output fell by 20 million pounds over ten years while butter rose by 40 million pounds, moving Canada to second place in Britain’s market. L A Zufeit of Kingston’s Eastern Dairy School cites cheese production as the best hope for export dairy trade.
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Canada
H. A. Stewart
Eastern Ontario Cheese-makers’ Association
Stewart
L. A. Zufeit
Eastern Dairy School
Kingston
Multilingual Requirement Blocked Police Appointments in Waltham
Mayor Duane rejected three patrolman candidates in Waltham for not speaking German French and Italian.Officials argued multilingual ability aids policing amid many foreign born residents and the civil service standard foreign language tests.
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Waltham
Massachusetts
Patrick J. Duane
First Working Man In British Cabinet John Burns Retires
John Burns the first working man in the United Kingdom to hold a cabinet post has retired from public life. He left parliament at war's end after 26 years representing Battersea. Burns, aged 75, lives near Clapham Common and is seen as an authority on London life and history.
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John Burns
United Kingdom
Government Board
Battersea
House of Commons
Burns
Clapham Common
London
Prince George invited to visit South Africa next year
The Government of the Union of South Africa invites Prince George to visit early next year with His Majesty’s approval. He is to sail from England around mid January. It will be his first visit to South Africa, having visited most other Empire colonies during naval service in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Fleets, the China Squadron, and the American and West Indies Station.
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Prince George
Union of South Africa
England
South Africa
China
Famous Men Take Up Knitting as Relaxation
The Prince of Wales sent a scarf he knitted to the Personal League of Service drawing interest. Celebrities including Lord Jellicoe Sir Evelyn Dela Rue and other famed men are praised for knitting as a calming pastime and even inventing tools for their craft.
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Prince of
Wale
Lord Jellicoe
Evelyn Dela Rue
Algo
England Preserves Historic Castles and Monasteries
England safeguards about 250 castles abbeys and ancient monuments across London and neighboring counties Middlesex Surrey Kent Essex and Hertford. These sites are scheduled and must not be removed or interfered with, preserving past glories before time erodes them.
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London
Middlesex
Surrey
Kent
Essex
Hertford
Canadians Increase Snuff Imports in September 1932
A national revenue bulletin shows Canada imported 7,204 pounds of snuff in September 1932, rising to 74,899 pounds for the month this year. The jump is presented as a sign of economic recovery not to be sneezed at.
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Canada
Department of National Revenue
Little Helps For This Week Faith and trust in providence
A devotional note reminds readers not to worry about tomorrow and to live in the present. It cites Matthew 6 35 and quotes Heber MacDonald and G MacDonald while recounting Luther observing a bird content under God’s care as a model of faith. The piece elevates reliance on God for daily needs and protection.
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Heber
God
G. MacDonald
Luther
David
Freiman Invested as Honorary Life Member of Canadian Legion
Mrs Freiman of Ottawa was invested as an honorary life member of the Canadian Legion in a ceremony at her home. Major John S. Roper, Dominion president, installed her and presented the gold badge and life member certificate. Executives of the Ottawa Branch and Legion officials attended.
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Canada
Mra. A. J. Frelman
Ottawa
Canadian Legion
Legion
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Lovelier Than Dream
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