Dusty Highway continues as Gay plans a visit
In Elm Street scenes Nick worries Gay is unsettled by a neighbor’s song and their strained bond. Uncle Sim counsels, Gay contemplates a trip with her husband away while Nick urges a Sunday visit. Sonny naps and the trio plans packing and farewells before further developments.
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Elm Street
Nick
Simeon
Gay
Uncle Sim
Blue
State Line
Agay
Hallidays
Lizzie
Sam Hilton
Sim
Sonny
Wealth Of British People By Sir Josiah Stamp Estimate
Sir Josiah Stamp, president of the Royal Statistical Society, estimates Britain’s wealth at 90.225 billion dollars. He notes wartime savings, postwar annual savings of 2.375 billion, and partial loss during the war period. He sees strong economic potential and a recovery, suggesting endurance despite heavy debt and taxation, and warns against predictions of Empire disintegration.
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Josiah Stamp
Royal Statistical Society of Great Britain
Britain
Opposition to Annexation of Canada and United States
The Detroit Free Press argues that annexation would meet strong cross border opposition on both sides of the border. It warns that consolidation of English speaking North America would provoke clashes of ideas standards and traditions and only patient wise effort could reconcile them.
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The
Detroit Free Press
North America
Canada
United States
Freezing Fails To Kill Fish And Insects
Entomologists report caterpillars often survive freezing with life intact during winter. An investigator froze daddy longlegs grubs until they broke. those unbroken survived. Fish have withstood freezing in solid ice without dying.
Canada Forests Valued At Over 1.866 Billion Dollars
The latest official wealth estimate places the Dominion forests with a value exceeding 1.866 billion dollars. It covers accessible raw materials pulp wood and capital invested in wood operations across the country.
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Canada
Dominion
Silica Sand Deposits Found Near Lake Winnipeg
Deposits of silica sand possibly suitable for glass manufacture found on the shores of Lake Winnipeg Manitoba and at Beausejour about 25 miles south of the lake. Nearly 375,000 people employed in the cotton industry in Bombay Presidency India.
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Lake Wining
Manitoba
Beausejour
Bombay Presidency
India
A Friend in Need Is a Surprise in Deed
A concise witticism contrasts practical sense with missed pleasures, suggesting that prudent people may overlook joyful surprises and social fun. The saying echoes a proverb about balance between caution and delight.
Russian Professor Kapitza Aims at Cheap Power Transmission
A Russian professor, Dr. Peter Kapitza, backed by the Royal Society and British government, conducts experiments at Cambridge to cut electrical resistance and enable long distance transmission. He discharges giant pulses through metals at extreme cold, with liquid hydrogen and planned liquid helium facilities to reach even lower temperatures.
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Royal Society
Peter Kapitza
Cambridge
Kapitza
Hard Times Theme In French Allegory
An artist in a cafe sees the Figaro headline Hard Times Are Coming and economizes from a belief of future hardship. The landlord, dressmaker, builder, and painter cancel orders, each citing hard times. He later learns the paper was two years old, revealing a misread warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Figaro
Canadian considers goodwill flight to South America
The Montreal Gazette reports a proposal to send Captain J. Erroll Boyd of Toronto on a goodwill flight to South America next spring. The mission would align with the British Empire trade fair opening in Buenos Aires on March 14, with possible financial backing. Senor Skinitizer has touted the plan to the cabinet, coordinating with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Canadian Manufacturers Association.
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J. Erroll Boyd
Toronto
South America
Montreal Gazette
Buenos Aires
Senor Skinitizer
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Royal Winter Fair Seen As Leading Ayrshire Showcase
The Canadian Ayrshire Breeders Association reports the fair remains a premier venue for Ayrshire cattle, highlighting the breed’s display quality and strong market appeal as a top showcase and sales hub.
Beads of Ostrich Egg Shell Worn by African Bushmen
In a note on African crafts, beads fashioned from ostrich egg shells are described as traditional adornments worn by bushmen. Separately, a Dutch industry report states all margarine plants in the Netherlands are running at full capacity.
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Africa
Netherlands
Electric Ear Demonstrated For Noise Abatement At Pittsburg
An electric ear device weighing about 60 pounds and the size of a suitcase was demonstrated at Westinghouse labs by J. P. Foltz. The system uses two interfering sound waves to reduce noise and aims to help engineers identify dominant noises. Potential future uses include fault finding in airplane motors and propellers.
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Pittsburg
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
J. P. Foltz
Westinghouse
Foltz
Chocolate Bread Pudding From Junket Mix
Dessert recipe outlines a chocolate flavored junket method. Remove crusts, butter bread, cut into cubes, place in four dishes with raisins, prepare junket per package, pour over bread, set in warm room about ten minutes then chill.
Apple Junket Bake From Vintage Recipe
A vintage style recipe details peeling and coring apples in a baking pan, making a cinnamon sugar syrup with candy, lemon juice, and sugar, baking until tender and basting. It fills dishes with syrup, cools until jellied, then prepares junket per package and sets in a warm room before chilling.
Persian Balm J Promises Refined Elegant Complexion
Persin Balm J is described as alluringly fragrant and refined, enhancing the finished look. It claims to create and preserve loveliness, soften and whiten hands, cool irritated skin, and absorb quickly with no stickiness, suited for women who seek elegance.
Preference For Dominions Gives Empire Tenders Favored
British government departments may prefer tenders from the dominions and colonies for contracts within reasonable limits. Financial Secretary F W Pethwick-Lawrence answered in the House of Commons that Empire supplies are favored even when not the cheapest, but only within sensible bounds.
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Treasury
F. W. Pethwick-Lawrence
House of Commons
Empire
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator praised by mothers
Mothers credit Mother Graves Worm Exterminator with easing child suffering and restoring health. The tonic is praised for quick relief and improved wellbeing in youngsters.
Barley and Wheat Prizes Won At Royal Winter Fair Toronto
W Nesbitt of Superb Saskatchewan took first prize with Kanshan barley Registered and second prize with Marquis Wheat Registered at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
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Toronto
W. Nesbitt
Superb
Saskatchewan
There Should Be No Ugly Women Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as essential minerals for beauty and health. It dichotomizes women into two classes and promises clearer complexions, reduced blemishes, and renewed energy after using the product, asserting modern cooking fails to provide necessary nutrients.
Little Helps For This Week Quotes and Reflections
A collection of quotations on purpose fate and virtue from Coleridge Hartley Coleridge and Seneca. The entries urge rising from humble beginnings to form a life worthy of God and imply that wealth cannot shape true character.
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Hartley Coleridge
Seneca
Remarkable Wolf Rayet Stars Emitting Matter Into Space
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory studies reveal Wolf Rayet stars eject matter in all directions at immense speeds, with atoms blasting outward like a volcanic eruption reaching up to 1000 miles per second.
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Wolf and Rayet
Paris Observatory
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
B.C
Central Electric Station Promises Low Cost Hydro Power
Industry Canada notes central electric station expansion has reached record proportions due to extensive water power and modern transmission. Low cost hydro electricity will be available for industrial, agricultural, and domestic use to most of the population, with remote areas supported by native fuel resources.
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Canada
Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil for colds and cough relief
The ad proclaims Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil speeds relief by easing bronchial inflammation and soothing throat irritation to stop coughing. It claims to strengthen passages against future attacks and urges readers to try the remedy.
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Reeve
Thomas
Pioneer Alberta Coal Mine by Nicholas Sheran Opens 1872
The first coal discovery in Alberta was made by Nicholas Sheran who opened a mine in 1872 on the west bank of the Old Man River. He cut his own trails and hauled coal by ox team to Fort Benton Montana and other distant points. A cairn in Lethbridge Alberta by the National Parks of Canada Branch marks these events.
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Alberta
Nicholas Sheran
Old Man River
Fort Benton
Montana
Lethbridge
National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
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Christine Whiting Parmenter
Janey Maxwell
Simeon Bartlett
Gorry
Mick
Cgelwik
Putnams Corn Extractor
W.on. UU
Capt. Boyd
Ayrshire
Betty Barclay
Thessalonians
Central Electric Station Industry
First
Wm. Diotte
Glensandfield
Ont
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Ltd
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