Tragedy Probe at London Hospital Spurs Public Appeal
An investigation by the National Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System in London examines sudden mad acts and deaths. Officials say causes are unknown but seek funds, aiming to raise £180,000 for brain surgery research and treatment, with Rocketter Foundation contributing £66,000 and £60,000 endowment planned.
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Experimental tests on fence posts in Alberta
The Range Experiment in Alberta tests treated versus untreated fence posts to gauge durability and cost. By 1934 untreated posts rotted quickly, while treated ones fared better. tar, creosote, and blue stone methods show varied costs and durability.
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Camrold
Pines
Berwick-on-Tweed Still At War With Russia
Town of Berwick-on-Tweed remains technically at war with Imperial Russia though peace with Britain ended the Crimean conflict. A Russian tramp steamer sought supplies near the harbor and a fisherman warned the ship in a bold foghorn message declaring Berwick at war, the vessel sailed away.
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England
Scotland
United Kingdom
Britain
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Eiren
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Moscow
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Abio
Blicking Hall in Norfolk a Jacobean manor rich in history
Blicking Hall in Norfolk once a grand Jacobean mansion lent to Mr Baldwin by Lord Lothian remains renowned for its famed art collection and treasure-filled library. The estate features a long crescent lake and parkland, and it ties to historic events from Henry VII and Anne Boleyn, though the hall itself dates from 1620 with land deeds tracing back to King Harold.
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Lord Lothian
Baldwin
Enghand
Ita
America
Peter
Ithe
Lothian
Blicking
Henry VII
Anne’ “Boleyn
Hove
Harold
Goods Bay Railway Pact Involves Large Yen Payment
The Soviet government orders goods in Japan worth 70,000,000 yen under a Sino Eastern Railroad deal. Payment in kind totals 765 percent of the required amount, with building materials vegetable oils tea metals textiles and electric motors cited among the items.
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Japan
Switzerland to require bomb and gas proof cellars in homes
The Journal de Geneve reports the Swiss Federal government plans to introduce legislation in parliament to make bomb proof and gasproof cellars compulsory for every house. It also notes schemes to erect public air raid shelters in densely populated areas of Switzerland’s largest cities will be presented to parliament.
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Switzerland
de ‘Geneve
Ancient Warrior Urn Unearthed in Hungary on Wheels
A thousand-year-old burial urn of burnt clay on wheels was found in southern Hungary. The urn is unique, claimed to hold the ashes of an ancient warrior, and remains intact despite being fragmentary in other similar finds.
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At -Kanya
Hungary
American town seeks squirrel remedy from Buffalo reader
An American town considers advice from Mrs. Roberta of Buffalo NY on dealing with a squirrel invasion. She argues residents should feed the animals with nuts or peanuts, contending squirrels are not pests while noting children can be pests.
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Roberta
Buffalo
Bellevue
Elusive burglar Flannel Foot resurfaces in London
Police in London seek the elusive burglar known as Flannel Foot. They nickname him for leaving cloth scraps at ransacked homes and cannot identify his real name or team. The long active thief hints at a 25 year span with a WWII era period in France aiding Britain.
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London
England
Foot
France
Great Britain
Hind He Knew the bride of an official in Transkei
Fragment mentions a young wife of a territorial official shopping at a local trading station. She asks for a cocktail shaker, the native assistant answers no but suggests feather dusters as a purchase option. The quotation reflects a dialectal exchange and local color.
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Transkei
Missis
Diver coin racket takes hold among island youths
A former unique pastime of island swimmers diving for missed coins has evolved into a businesslike racket. Members admit a planned shift to external methods to surface coins and claim a future windfall for a chosen member as the organization grows, with youths organized and controlled in a businesslike way.
Folly Of Cutting Traffic Ahead Causes Most Accidents
Statistics show that more accidents come from cutting in than any other cause. Drivers rush to gain a minute and misjudge distance, crashing into oncoming cars. There is rarely a legitimate excuse for such acts, yet the practice continues daily.
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Gwen
Sun-Times
Rastus and Sambo Dispute Over Roostah Incident
The dialogue shows Rastus and Sambo arguing about a rooster near a garden fence. Sambo insists he warned Rastus, while Rastus claims the rooster was not in the garden and merely had its neck through a crack in the fence.
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Lockhead
Roostah
Sambo
Olita
Resurrection Men Rite Supposedly Guarded by Heritage Trust
A curious churchyard ritual recalls a 1777 tomb built by a London merchant for his family burial. Since 1798 Elizabeth Awibon left funds to ensure yearly August inspections of coffins, with a service preceding each rite, a practice carried out every August 12 for 143 years.
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Hare
Dhesehurchyard
R Nicholas
Sutton
Ragland
Janes Qibsoon
London
Obis
Elizabeth Awibaon
Wayness
Airplane Noise Hinders Talkie Recording Studios
Report notes British film studios struggle to keep drone noise from airplanes off talkie soundtracks. One studio mounted painted “Jetters” on its roof in a failed effort after pilots dropped closer to the red line, then flew off to investigate.
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Movie 4
Dessert Mold Technique From Gelatin Moulding Article
In moulding frozen gelatin dessert use two crossed tips of heavy waxed paper in the mold leaving ends long to extend over edges after filling. After freezing or hardening, turn out the dessert as if by magic by tugging the three free ends.
Ivory billed woodpecker near extinction in US
Report notes the ivory billed woodpecker is rapidly approaching extinction in the United States while the pileated woodpecker trails closely, signaling severe status for both species.
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United States
Baluchitherium Fossil Nears Museum Display
A giant Asiatic mammal known as the baluchitherium, 35 million years old, is nearing completion for the American Museum of Natural History exhibits. Curators Dr. Walter Granger and Dr. William K. Gregory oversaw years of sorting the bones to form a over six feet tall, hornless rhinoceros like creature that weighed around two elephants and fed on large amounts of foliage daily in its ancient Asian habitat.
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Asia
American Museum of Natural
Paris
Baluchitherium
Baluchistan
Peculiar young reader reverses letters in writing task
A 12 year old boy in West Virginia displays a rare quirk that turns words backward as he writes. Teachers and doctors note the condition as a possible eye brain coordination issue and test a mirror to aid correct copying.
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West Virginia
Harold" Elliott
Dr.l. Gallagher
Cattle shipments to Britain and U S rise in year to date
The year to date cattle shipments to Great Britain and the United States total 229,479 head, with Great Britain receiving 31,417 head and the United States 198,062. In a recent week 3,612 head were shipped to the United States, including 11,917 beef cattle. Shipments to Great Britain in the same period were 473 head.
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Great Britain
United States
Department of ‘Agriculture
Hea
Hipmenta
Name This Child Alfred Sir Pugh at Pershore Abbey
A 86 year old tale from Pershore Abbey records the christening of Alfred Sir Pugh born to a Worcester family. The clergy gentle prompted the name Alfred Pugh, and the register notes the christening after his mother took him to the abbey.
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Alfred Sir Pugh
Headatreet
Pershore
Worca
Pershore Abbey
Alfred
Birs
Earth pole line misses centre by seven hundred fifty miles
A fragmentary report notes that the magnetic poles are not opposite, with a line between them missing the Earth's centre by about 750 miles. Italy reportedly returned to Austria 400 guns captured in the World War, while in wooded land rainfall may exceed open areas by about 25 percent.
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Earth
Italy
Austria
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