Dust and Red Stars Highlight Milky Way Discoveries
An American Astronomical Society session at Harvard revealed dust in the Milky Way seen by eye as dark patches. Paul Merrill and C Wilson report red stars cooler than any known, with surface temperatures between 1,800 and 1,300 F. Dust grains absorb light in new ways, challenging existing explanations and introducing stellar lines at 6,284 and 5,780 angstroms.
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American Astronomical Society
Harvard
Itar
Earth
Paul W. Merrill
C. Wilson
Study of Campaign Speaking Gains Stature in Club
The Women's Republican Club of Massachusetts introduces The Technique of Campaign Speaking as a definite study. Thirty women study under Mrs. May Jane Garber of Smith College, focusing on poise through practice, nervousness, posture, and concise subject research to improve delivery in speeches.
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Women's Republican Club of Massachusetts
May Jane Garber
Smith College
Miss Garber
Flag gift from Britannia to New York Yacht Club
Members of the New York Yacht Club received notice that the British Ambassador delivered a racing flag from Britannia on behalf of King Edward VIII and Queen Mary. A Buckingham Palace letter states the Master of the Household extends Their Majesties compliments and hopes the flag will be preserved in the clubhouse as a souvenir of the old yacht.
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New York Yacht Club
Edward VIII
Buckingham Palace
Odd new rule in Nice requires quantity figures on drinks
A decree in Nice, France, requires all beverages served in cafes to display exact quantities on each glass or cup. Cafe owners fear drinkers may be discouraged when they see how much they have consumed.
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Nice
France
Strange Deep Sea Monsters and Mermaid Fishes Reported
Scientists catalog over twenty thousand fish species with grotesque forms and abilities. Reports include a shrieking plenny, a Hong Kong fish with a human-like head, gourami croaking, and an Alaska dried-fish candle. Tales of mermaid-like creatures from the Red Sea, brought by Mr Fischstein, describe ten-foot, tusked, wheezy fish that groan when cast ashore, evoking superstition among Arabs.
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Hong Kong
India
Alaska
Queensland
Grand Hotel
Aden
Mr. Fischstein
England
Red Sea
Malea
Silver Movement Aims To Lift Circulation In Western Canada
Edmonton retailers and wholesalers push greater use of silver dollars to raise metal prices and spur Great Bear Lake area production. Charles E. Garnett of the Alberta and Northwest Chamber of Mines leads the campaign along British Columbia lines. Some wholesalers consider stamping silver items Great Bear Lake Silver to boost sales.
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Great Bear Lake
Edmonton
British Columbia
Charles E. Garnett
Alberta and Northwest Chamber of Mines
Garnett
Farmers Harvest Record Wheat Yield in Ontario Fields
North Huron Ontario farmers report a strong year with the MacMurchy farm near Kintail in Ashfield township yielding 21 1/2 bushels of wheat from four acres. Lessees Stanley and Elwood Drennan are credited with the harvest.
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North Huron
Ontario
MacMurchy
Kintail
Ashfield Township
Stanley
Elwood Drennan
Four Englishmen Trick Chinese Servant With Pranks
Four high-spirited Englishmen play pranks on a Chinese servant by nailing shoes to the floor pouring glue in them and placing sand in the bed. The servant remains cheerful and delivers coffee as usual. After repeated jests they relent promising no more tricks and the men vow to stop.
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East
Island Santo Aleixo Unearthed By Amateur Geologist
A long-forgotten island name Isle of Santo Aleixo, nearly a mile long and half as wide, believed formed by a volcanic eruption centuries ago is reported by an amateur geologist who recently visited the site, noting it lies 54 miles southeast of Recife, Brazil in the Atlantic.
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Santo Aleixo
Recife
Brazil
Derby porcelain gift elevates British museum collection
F Howard Paget presents 143 pieces of Derby porcelain to the British museum, creating what is described as the finest collection of its kind worldwide. Meanwhile Maine reportedly contains an 800 acre desert within its borders.
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Derby
F. Howard Paget
British Museum
Maine
Inventor of Straw Shredder Hospitalized After Accidental Amputation
Noah Rutswurm, originator of a threshing machine device claimed to improve cattle fattening, was rushed to Walkerton hospital after his ring finger was lacerated and amputated from his right hand. The accident occurred while he worked on his cousin Philip Russ wurm’s threshing setup, the Walkerton Herald Times reports.
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Noah Rutswurm
Walkerton Hospital
Philip Russwurm
Walkerton Herald-Times
Lord Portal Heads Special Areas Reconstruction Group
Lord Portal, head of a firm that has produced bank note paper for over two centuries, leads the Special Areas Reconstruction group. His mill stands near his Laverstoke Hampshire home, with much village employment and River Test water powering operations. He owns a fine library, gold plate collection, and is a leading yachtsman and Olympic Games Association chairman.
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Lord Portal
New
Fife
Laverstoke
Hampshire
England
To Every Person Comes His Day Pedestrians and Ambulance
A reflective line urges patience and safety for pedestrians and drivers as ambulances respond. The message asserts pedestrians have the right of way and urges calm behavior on city streets to reduce delays for emergency vehicles.
Campaign to dehorn cattle hits Ontario markets
After May 1 1937 cattle buyers in Ontario plan to pay $1 less per head for horned cattle weighing 400 pounds or more. The move follows similar campaigns against horned livestock in sheep markets and cites proven benefits of dehorning for handling, hide quality, and milk yield.
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Industrial and Development Council of Canadian Meat Packers
Ontario
Built Under Difficulties Worlds Longest Railway Tunnel Connects Switzerland With Italy
The longest tunnel in the world links Switzerland and Italy through the Alps. Completed in 1905 after about six and a half years, it cost £3,100,000 and measures roughly twelve and a half miles. Two parallel passages sit 16½ feet wide, 5,000 to 7,000 feet underground, with ventilation galleries every 600 feet. Heat to 110 degrees and hot springs slowed work, mitigated by pumped cold water and sprayed air to keep workers alive.
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Worls
Switzerland
Italy
Alps
King Edward relaxes Windsor Castle visitor rules
The king authorized changes at Windsor Castle to ease access for thousands of visitors. Admission will drop from one shilling to sixpence and visitors may enter without guides. Fourteen wardens will guard the state apartments as a summer experiment amid rising overseas tourism. Admission proceeds go to charities.
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Windsor Castle
A Strange Visitor at London Glass and Mirror Co
A long legged green bug of unknown ancestry appeared as a guest at the London Glass and Mirror Company. It hopped from a shipment of china ware arriving in London Ontario from Japan via Montreal. Employees think it might be a Chinese locust.
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London Glass and Mirror Company
London
Ontario
Japan
Montreal
Urban Exodus Yet Again Marks 1933 to 34 Migration
More than two million Americans relocated from cities to rural areas during 1933 and 1934. The era’s great statesman seems nearly extinct, likened to the dodo in tone and context.
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Dodo
The Elder Brethren Tell Of Trinity House Pilots
A London Daily Mail report outlines how Trinity House governs most UK pilots. Becoming a pilot requires long master mariner qualification, strict probation, multiple exams, and yearly renewals with eyesight tests and buoyage updates. Pilots operate from cutters at ship entrances, guiding vessels while the master steering remains with the quartermaster.
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Trinity House
United Kingdom
London Daily Mail
Harley St
York Cottage At Sandringham Could Reopen After Ten Year Closure
The birthplace of Queen Marys children aside from the King, York Cottage on Sandringham grounds has been closed over ten years. The crumbling state risks costly restoration, while the Telegraph notes the fate of the historic bachelor wing built during Edward VII and Queen Alexandra’s era may be decided soon.
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York Cottage
Sandringham
London Daily Telegraph
Mary
Edward VII
Queen Alexandra
Good News For Children Boiled Candies Endure Health
Doctors approve simple boiled candies as a healthy food for children. They restore energy by delivering sugars and are especially nourishing in winter when cold weather and long school days increase vitality needs.
Clock in Russian museum still keeps precise time
A 234 year old clock at the Kirkhizian Museum in Sverdiosk Russia reportedly keeps exact time and still records the days of the month and moon phases. Italy launches large scale oil extraction from grape seeds.
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Sverdiosk
Russia
Italy
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