Skeleton Of Huce Bird Found In NZ
NEW YORK reports Dr Robert Cushman Murphy says complete moa skeletons were unearthed in Pyramid Valley Swamp near Waikari Canterbury South Island New Zealand en route to the United States The birds stood about 12 feet tall weighed around 500 pounds laid eggs nearly football sized and may date from ten to ten thousand years ago with extinction circa 1500 years ago
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New York
New Zealand
United States
Robert Cushman Moi
Murphy
American Museum of Materal History
New Zreland
New Zraland
de Murphy
Few Tips for Spring Cleaning
A warm spring prompts outdoor painting as homeowners prepare sheds fences and homes. Skipping surface prep leads to failed finishes and extra costs. Wait for several sunny days to dry wood remove dirt grease and loose paint sand or wire brush thoroughly before applying fresh coats.
May Revive 8 C Emblem Plan Design Symbol
In 1940 a government bill was prepared and announced to the legislature. It was postponed to the next session at prorogation, but never revived. The Thunderbird design was the symbol chosen, and departments are now seeking a copy of the Thunderbird design. A heliotrope is any flower that turns toward the sun.
Veteran Victim of Home-Made Arrow
Frank Piper 27 Merritton Ontario was struck in the eye by a home made arrow while driving a 10 ton tractor trailer near Interlake Tissue Mills. He suffered headaches but likely kept his eye. He credited luck and quick reflexes for preventing a worse accident when a child fired the crude arrow through his window.
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ST. Catharines
Ont
Frank Piper
Merritton
Interlake Tissue Mills
Prank
Kipling Word Profit Tale Returns to Stage
A humorous reminiscence recalls Rudyard Kipling selling at a dollar per word forty years ago. An American mailed a sample and paid a dollar. Kipling answered with thanks. A later note from the same writer sent forty five cents in stamps as half the profit.
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Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Fire toll in 1947 claims thousands of young lives
A speaker told the Chatham Firemen's and Ex-fre men's Association that in 1947 about 12,000 people died in fires, most of them very young children.
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Chatham Firemen's and
Ex-fremen's Association
Superstitions About Birds Across Cultures
The article surveys beliefs linking birds to omens and healing in India Europe Bohemia and the United States. It notes peacocks owls storks roosters robins bluebirds bats and doves as symbols of healing weather luck fire doom or purity.
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India
Europe
Bohemia
Canadian chairs for King and Queen at Westminster Abbey
Sir Charles Peers, Surveyor to Westminster Abbey, designs two carved chairs described as the finest English craftsmen can make. Gift of the Canada Club, the chairs will be made in Canadian birch for use by the King and Queen during worship at the Abbey.
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Charles Peers
Westminster Abbey
Canada Club
Quick As A Flash Cooking Has Arrived
CAMBRIDGE Massachusetts the new radar operated electron stoves cook a 10 ounce steak in 45 seconds and a six pound rib roast in two minutes. A gray ash sear is used before cooking to improve appearance. Some say it tastes better and coin operated ranges are producing quick snacks in snack bars with a finished product in 20 seconds.
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Cambridge
Mass
River Derwent Water Warns Cattle As Factory Angry Heat
In Long Eaton Derbyshire H Brown tells the Trent Fishery Board that river water near a local factory is heated to dangerous levels causing cows to blow on entering the stream. He claims the heat comes from the nearby factory.
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Long Eaton
Derbyshire
England
Derwent
Trent Fishery Board
H. Brown
Uncommercial Traveller pieces in All the Year Round
Charles Dickens wrote a series titled The Uncommercial Traveller for All the Year Round from January 28 to October 13, 1860. The essays explore urban life and moral observations through a narrator with Dickensian flair.
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Charles Dickens
Stamp Corner Highlights Stamp Themes Across Nations
A survey of postage issues reveals Central American Salvadoran stamps depict the coffee tree and sugar cane mills from 1938 to 1940, while Ecuador highlights cocoa, sugar cane, and weaving. UK colonies show farming, lumbering, and industry, with Britain planning King George VI silver wedding stamps and Iceland issuing pictorial sets in August.
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Salvador
Ecuador
Panama
Cuba
Peru
Newfoundland
British Honduras
Ceylon
Stein
Barbados
George VI
Elizabeth
Parsistan
Maldive Islands
Iceland
Great Britain
Channel Islands
Russia
Red Army
Kindness To Hogs Pays Dividends
A Dr. M J Hulis farm herdsman in Dewitt Town says kindness to sows yields dividends as quiet handling prevents crushing newborns. The piece notes dairy cows, horses, and bulls respond better to gentleness, and compares humane animal care to how people are treated, citing the London Free Press.
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Clifford Crane
Zoological Gardens
London Free Press
Poems and Notes on Life Love and Real Estate Trends
A Chicago wife gift poem contrasts a husband and wife’s enduring bond. The piece discusses buying large houses as growing families take shape, citing a real estate salesman about four children. It also references Paul Dresser and Theodore Dresser in a brief music authorship query.
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Charles Jefferys
Chicago
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Huce Bird
8.C
Man
London
F.D.R
Franklin D. Roosevelt
U.S
Simon Bolivar
South Am
Alden Johnson
Toronto
Artiter
Eit
Navy
Cameh Air Force
Das Te Iki Ee
Czechoslovakia
President Benes
Switeerland
Renee So
E. V. Darling
Paul Dremer
Wabash
Theodore Dresser
Paul Dresser
Theodore
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