Monks Arrested in Germany Charged with Ammugating Funds
Two more Roman Catholic monks have been arrested in Germany charged with amugating money to the Netherlands. Well-informed quarters said Britain may hold an uneven power wave conference before year’s end. The Canadian Club of New York re-elected Ernest W. Appleby president for a second term. Deaths in Ceylon’s malaria epidemic total 82,637 since last November with 15,833 deaths in April. L F R Cordeau announced restaurants may pull beer and wine with meals on holidays and Sundays. James W. Blake, author of Sidewalks of New York, died penniless at 72 in St. Vincent’s Hospital. A powerful Japanese monoplane has gone to Osaka on the Tokai Maru for the Osaka Mainichi. Minister T G Murphy said $225,000 will be spent this year on the Jasper-Lake Louise highway in Alberta within a $33,000,000 construction bill. Canadian Pacific Railway ordered 7,000 tons of rally from Dominion Steel and Coal to be rolled at Sydney plant. plant also handling a South African order.
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Germany
Netherlands
Canadian Club of
New York
Ernest W. Appleby
Ceylon
L. FR. Cordeau
Quebec Liquor Commission
James W. Blake
St. Vincent's Hospital
Blake
Ihs
Osaka
Japan
T. G. Murphy
House of Commons
Jasper-Lake Louise
Alberta
Pioneers in Cocoa Trade Rise of Three Quaker Firms
The Port o London Monthly notes cocoa export and import growth and highlights the Fry family in the west of England Cadbury in the Midlands and Rowntree in York. All three Quaker firms began modestly and grew to worldwide chocolate prominence.
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Port O' London
Frys
England
Cadburys
Midlands
Rowntrees
York
Society of Friends
Tulip King Builds Memorial Garden For Son In North Carolina
A Colorfnl Memorial Gideon Price of Lattimore North Carolina known as the tulip king has dedicated a garden of about 100000 tulips as a memorial to his son who died overseas in the World War. He planted 95000 tulips this year and added 15000 gladioli to ensure summer work amid hundreds of bulbs and flowers.
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Gideon Price
Lattimore
N.C
Price
Air ducts make soap float and speed drying
Popular Mechanics notes a method to float soap by pressing air ducts into the bar. The ducts trap air to prevent water ingress and accelerate curing, replacing the older practice of beating air into soap before shaping.
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Popular Mechanica
Quebec Tourist Bureau urges florals for rural hotels
The Quebec Tourist Bureau promotes judicious use of flowers to enhance rural hotels. It argues there is nothing more restful than beds of flowers in front of and around buildings in both town and country, aiming to attract visitors and improve appeal.
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Quebec Tourist Bureau
Stenographer Leaves GS PD to Wash Dishes for Nothing
A male stenographer reportedly quit the GS police department rather than continue his duties, choosing to wash dishes instead. Details indicate dissatisfaction with pay or working conditions though exact motivations remain unclear.
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GS Pd
Duke of Manchester jailed for fraud amid Jubilee week
The King of England is noted as unable to avoid law and order, as the Duke of Manchester receives a nine month sentence for fraud. The piece frames the ruling as proof of the supremacy of law over crown and caste during Jubilee Week, recalling a New York Times excerpt about George V suing a man who claims royal paternity.
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King Mastre
Duke of
Manchester
Burke
England
George V
London
New York Times
Cook Wins Strange Duel At Fortress Of Hionawish
A German Communist hunger strike at Zortreany internment camp near Utrecht ended after three days when a fortress cook produced a stunning goulash. The meal broke resistance and the agitators finally ate, ending the stalemate and sparking a new friendship with the cook.
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Hionawish
Holland
Utrecht
Zortreany
Ants as the ultimate workers in a fixed caste order
A London Daily Express quote cites Professor Dymond of the Ontario Royal Museum claiming ants demonstrate hereditary occupation. It argues ants lack individuality, never changing roles from soldiers to servants as custom dictates, living in mounds or under stones.
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Dymond
Ontario Royal Museum
Anta
Under & Stone
London Daily Express
Peanuts Turned Into Twenty Five Cent 750 Bucks
North Attleboro Mass roadhouse waiter Louis De Conterio grabbed 25 cents of peanuts then found $750 in the bag of receipts. He exchanged the money for more peanuts and returned a portion to the store.
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Louis de Costerio
North Attleboro
Mass
de Conterio
Heat Benefactors Buy Radium For Institutes
The Mitsui family, among the wealthiest in Japan, ordered five grammes of radium from the Belgian Congo at a cost of 1,000,000 yen. Four grammes will go to the Cancer Institute and the remaining gramme to the Physical Research Institute.
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Mitsui
Fei |Est
Japan
Belgian Congo
Cancer Institute
Physical Research Institute
Grapefruit Beauty Sparks Debate Between Art and Juice
An artist notes the grapefruit’s golden appeal as a visual delight while a practical observer highlights that the juice often draws the eye more than the rind. The contrast frames aesthetic value against functional appeal in citrus presentation.
Dry rot described as timber decay after seasoning
Dry rot is defined as decay of timber after it has seasoned and acts slowly. The note oddly references female appeal through a phrase about platters and a key opening many a feminine heart.
Direct Air Mail Flight Opens Calgary Vancouver Route
Grant McConachie piloted a tri motor plane through rain to complete the first over-the-mountain commercial flight from Calgary to Vancouver. The United Air Transport pilot flew Kelowna to Vancouver via the mountains with five passengers and the first aerial mail and express to Calgary. He believed a daily service could be operated with ease between Calgary and Vancouver.
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Grant McConachie
Calgary
Vancouver
United Air Transport
Kelowna
B.C
Grant McConachlie
Smart crepe dress pattern for business and townwear
Exquisite sheer crepe dress in pale blue tones with white organdie collar and bow. Raglan sleeves and simple pattern make sewing easy. Sizes 14 to 40 bust. Pattern 20c. mail orders to Winnipeg address. Spring Fashion Magazine offers illustrated patterns and family models. price 20 cents.
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Er Gee Aeak Winnil
McDeron Aye
Winnipeg
Night of rest and memory at Vimy and Avion
A narrator recalls a May night with Jimmy and a Canadian unit near Avion and Vimy. They rest in a rough bivouac, hear a banjo, feel a deep mix of horror and pride from the Great War, and decorate a sleeping area with German inscriptions. The memory lingers as they anticipate a return next summer.
Sunday School Lesson June 8 Explained by Holy Spirit
The text notes Romans 8:14 as the golden verse and surveys John 14:25-31 and 16:7-11. It explains the Comforter as the Holy Spirit guiding believers after Christ’s departure, strengthening, convicting of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and revealing Christ’s truth to followers.
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God
Jesus
Christ
Heaven
Dummielow
Pilate
Thomas E. Bartlett
Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
Sift the dry ingredients and mix in shortening. Add milk to form a soft dough. Bake in a greased deep layer cake tin at 475 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes. Split, butter, and spread sweetened crushed berries between layers using 1 quart berries.
Kedgeree Breakfast Dish From A Breakfast Dish
Free the fish from skin and bone. Melt butter in a saucepan add the fish and stir gently. Put in the rice the whites of the hard cooked eggs and season to taste with salt and pepper. Move gently about over the fire until thoroughly hot and serve on a flat dish with the yolks of the eyes pressed through a ricer over the top.
Fresh frozen corn retains freshness up to a year
Government agricultural experts report sweet corn frozen within four hours of picking preserves its original freshness for six months to a year. Freezing halts rapid chemical changes, with scalding and cooling done quickly to maximize preservation during storage and eventual serving. Paris plans a new International City of Thought and the Arts.
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Paris
International City of Thought and the Arts
Tribute to Canadian Flyers Buried in Texas Cemetery
In Fort Worth Texas a small Greenwood cemetery plot holds the only British Great War dead buried in the United States. A tribute drew several scores of people to see flags of Britain and the United States draped around the central monument for 11 men and the baby daughter of a Royal Flying Corps trainee. The Canadians died while training at Benbrook field.
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Texas
United States
Greenwood
Fort Worth
Halcyon Days Origin Tied to Winter Solstice Calm
The tradition holds ancient sailors believed the halcyon kingfisher nested on waves at the solstice, bringing calm seas. This gave the phrase halcyon days to denote peace and tranquility.
Site Journeys In Scitiace Elements of the Halogen Family
The article discusses the halogen group consisting of fluorine chlorine bromine and iodine as a highly reactive, non metallic family dubbed the hafogena or sea salt producers. It notes fluorine’s occurrence in minerals bones and teeth, its discovery in 1886 by Moisson, its pale greenish yellow gas form, violent reaction with hydrogen and metals, and explains hydrofluoric acid used to etch glass with a waxresist process.
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Moisson
Holy Grail Search Ends in Brantford Claimant Displays Ancient Weasel
George B Bremner shows an olive wood weasel he says is the Holy Grail origin. He claims a Christian Jew in Jerusalem presented it to his brother in law years ago. The Jew said Pilate gave the Grail to a Roman officer, passed through families, linked to Joseph of Arimathea and Glastonbury lore. The tale ties to Arthurian and Crusader quests.
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Brantford
George B. Bremner
Bremner
Jerusalem
Pontius Pilate
Joseph of
Arithemea
Christ
Joseph
Glastonbury, Abbey
England
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Greenwich Clock Overhauled By Experts After Eight Years
Greenwich Observatory officials will overhaul the world famed timepiece that provides Greenwich Mean Time. The clock has run 268 million ticks at one per second without stopping, the longest run among its four master clocks. While work proceeds, time signals will be provided by the three other electrically driven clocks.
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Greenwich Observatory
Observatory
Amelia Earhart Sets Ambitious Aviation Goal
Amelia Earhart told hundreds of women that she aims to equal all male aviation records. She declared she will keep flying until she matches men’s feats and then surpasses them, pursuing long distance and ocean flight achievements.
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Amelia Earhart
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Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Sydney
Colorfnl
Cook
Becgiant
Eurore
Suez Canal
By Elien Worth
Avion
Mount
St. Eloi
Jimmy
Villers Au Bois
Canada
Vieh
Pferde
Joe
Somme
Vinny
the Holy Sevior
Betty Barclay
Scitiace
Fluorine
Gordon A. Guest
Ont
Greenwich
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