Its 2 Gift in Canaga Downtown on Luck and Effort
The piece argues luck plays little part in human achievement. It cites Norman Macphee and Emerson to claim true success stems from self-development, disciplined work, and deliberate action rather than chance. It notes great discoveries arise from known principles built through effort, not luck.
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Norman Macphee
Canaga
Toronto
Mr. Macphee
Emerson
Lord Kelvin
Sir Frederick Banting
Thomas Alva
Edison
Kearte
Old Age Pensions in Canada Reach 120,462 Pensioners
A three month summary shows 120,462 Canadians on old age pensions as of Sept 30 with Dominion government contributions totaling 4,629,241. Provinces list Alberta 8,644 and Ontario 84,960 among others. overall contributions since inception reach 82,343,535.
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Canada
Labor Gazette
Dominion
Rsare
Alberta
Brida Qoubeni
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Tova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward
Main Forecasting Point Pire Stationed at Lethbridge
Observers to be stationed at Lethbridge Alberta as the main forecasting point between Vancouver and Winnipeg when the Canada air mail is inaugurated. A full staff of observers will be stationed and casts prepared every three registers. The report notes Japan's strong market and Russia's tripled ice output since last year.
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Pire
Lethbridge
Alta
Couver
Winnipeg
Canada Air Mail
Rosing
Ottawa
Lethjge_ Herald
Gaid
Scientific Detectives University To Have Crime Colleges
Keen brained young doctors will be trained as world class scientific detectives at Britain’s first crime college at London University. In close contact with Scotland Yard, the college will study murder methods, poisonings, forgeries and coloners with a vast laboratory for bloodstains, fingerprints and blood groups. Forensic medicine will be the chief subject.
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Britain
London University
Scotland Yard
Largest Steel Wire Rope Crafted in England
In Warring ton England the world’s largest steel wire rope was produced. It measures 4% inches in circumference, runs about 740 miles in one continuous length, weighs roughly 57 tons, and took eight weeks to manufacture. The rope contains 144 wires in six strands of 19 each, closed over a Manila center, with a working speed of 1514 miles per hour. Some historians claim America was once called Fu Sang and a Buddhist missionary visited around 450 AD. White whales inhabit the Arctic las.
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Warrington
England
Manilla
America
Fu Sang
Pilot to test polar air flights from Fairbanks Alaska
Harold Gillam commercial pilot will make twice daily flights until March 15 from Fairbanks Alaska to observe polar continental air from three miles up. He carries aerometeorographs to record temperature pressure and humidity and will be paid sixty dollars per flight under a Bankhead Jones Act funded contract. Data will be telegraphed to Seattle for daily forecasts and analyses conducted in Washington.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Gillam
United States
Seattle
Washington
Carter's Little Liver Pills Tease Relief From Constipation
An old ad promises quick liver bile flow to ease digestion and constipation. It urges readers to ask for Carter's Little Liver Pills, claiming they jump start bile and cure digestive discomfort without calomel or mercury.
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Carter
Inoculation for Common Cold Yields Negative Results
An extensive three year test on anti cold vaccine inoculation shows no beneficial effect. Volunteers underwent treatment under Post Office oversight, but the decisive experiment produced negative results. The author notes the paradox of medical successes against diphtheria smallpox and typhoid versus the common cold.
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Post Office
Overseas Daily Mail
Selected Recipes Temperature and Bake Guide Note
A fragmented collection of recipe instructions includes dates, baking steps for fruit loaves with date mixture and melted shortening, plus a separate ham and egg white dish served in baked molds with tomato sauce. The text lists temperatures, times, ingredients, and tips, attributed to Mildred Mae Muackenzie, with measurements and directions for multiple portions.
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Mildred Mae Muackenzie
Christie's
Christmas gifts planned for sixty thousand needy children
An anonymous Londoner dispatched emissaries to South Wales and Monmouthshire weeks before to identify the names and addresses of children who would otherwise receive no proper gifts this Christmas. The note hints at a generous effort aimed at ensuring Yuletide cheer for many youngsters.
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South Wales
Monmouthshire
Canada Air Mail Peak Reaches New High in 1938
Canada post office officials report air mail carried in 1938 reached at least 1,250,000 pounds, up from 1,189,000 in 1935-36 and 691,000 two years earlier. The rise reflects mail to remote mining regions and winter routes, with nine new services since May and more planned to Fort St. John, Fort Grahame, Fort Nelson, and other Saskatchewan lines.
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Canada
Air Air
Post Office
Fort St. John
B.C
Fort Grahame
Fort Nelson
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Ile A la Crosse
la Loche
Goldfields
Lake Athabaska
Edmonton
Protection Not Adequate The 118 Guns Core to Empire Security
The St. Thomas Times-Journal reports that Britain’s security hinges on 118 guns, especially 13 capital ships with 10015 inch and 18 16 inch guns. These battleships’ durability under bombardment is highlighted, with the claim that three torpedoes at once could sink one, underscoring their decisive voice in sea warfare.
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British Empire
C. A. Lyon
Lord Beaverbrook
Sunday Express
St. Thomas
False teeth as personal property in pocket ruling
An appellate court in Los Angeles ruled that teeth are part of the owner’s body when in the mouth but become personal property when kept in a pocket. Walter A. Merrill, a film actor, argued the teeth were lost from his pocket while seeking to collect a personal property policy. The exchange included a joking stage remark and unrelated anecdotes about weight loss and a glycerine tip.
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Los Angeles
Walter A. Merrill
Geologist Coleman Wins 1936 Penrose Medal
Dr Arthur Philemon Coleman of the University of Toronto receives the Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America for eminent pure geology research and major original contributions. The Cincinnati announcement notes the award honors outstanding advances in geology.
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Arthur Philemon Coleman
University of Toronto
Geological Society of America
University of Cincinnati
Death rays as engines of war deemed imaginative
Prof. G Russell Harrison of MIT Experimental Laboratory says death rays are imaginatively possible but science today lacks practical perfection. He notes radium or X rays at high voltage are deadly up close and an electro magnetic radiation could explode fulminite, but no ray works at a distance.
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G. Russell Harrison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Experimental Physics Research Laboratory
What’s Wrong and What’s Right With The Church
The Durham Ontario Chronicle ran two editorials debating church issues, followed by a minister’s sermon on church merit. Neither question is considered settled, and the paper presented both sides without resolution.
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Durham
Ont
Chronicle
Educators urged to teach thinking over directive methods
A historical reflection urges teachers to shift from telling students what to think to showing them how to think. The Bank of England began active operation on January 1, 1695, marking a key date in financial history.
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Bank of England
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