Boat Crash and Rich Brother’s Boat Ride
Sally Gibson, a gentle young woman, is hit by a boat and drenched during a channel incident. Bill Henson and Roger Gibson appear. Sally accuses Bill while Roger’s presence as Sally’s supposed love interest adds tension. The tale hints at romance and a payday for repairs as the evening ends with mistaken identity and family money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ally Gibson
Sally
Roger
Bill Henson
Billi
Miss Fireball
Sally Gibson
Bill
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
New Brunswick Adopts Unique Balloting Method
Fredericton reports a distinctive Canadian voting system for the June 28 New Brunswick election. Voters receive one party ballot and an envelope, mark Xs for their chosen candidates, and place the ballot in the envelope without sealing it. The returning officer validates and counts the ballots in public. Voters may write in names on blank slips and may mix party ballots to cast split votes. Ballots with multiple inside envelopes or invalid write ins are spoiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Canada
Britain’s first all aluminum minicar debuts in Britain
Britain's new low priced aluminum car is a small three wheeler built for two adults and a child. It achieves 300 miles per month on the standard gas ration and over 100 miles per gallon. The car weighs under 200 pounds, climbs a 1 in 4 grade, and reaches a top speed of 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
88 cents buys three nutritious meals a day says UC dairy expert
Davis California Miss Lura Morse home economics instructor at the University of California College of Agriculture demonstrates that a housewife can prepare breakfast lunch and dinner for 88 cents a day with nourishment. She warns that focusing on savings alone yields a diet short of needs. Her class prepared two 88 cent menus including soft boiled egg toast lettuce sandwich pea soup and milk for breakfast lunch and a dinner of fried liver potato carrots cabbage salad applesauce and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Calif
Lura Morse
University of California College of Agriculture
Miss Morse
Famous Bayeux Tapestry Described in Brief
The Bayeux Tapestry is a long linen roll 20 inches wide and 231 feet in length. It depicts the Norman invasion of England by William the Conqueror in colored woollen thread and is divided into 72 compartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
William the Conqueror
Real Cooperation in New York Court Case
Max Luman appeared in court to collect 11 from James Hammond for damage to Luman's car. Magistrate Hyman Bushel proposed settlement by both parties sending 5 to the New York Heart Association. Hammond agreed if the magistrate would also donate 5. The heart association received 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Max Luman
James Hammond
Luman
Hammond
Hyman Bushel
New York Heart Association
The
Heart Association
Hazardous babysitting incident reported in Johnson City
Florence Bebel, 13, was treated for facial lacerations after a neighbor's four year old struck her with a golf club while babysitting. The incident occurred in Johnson City, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
N.Y
Florence Bebel
Hobbies and Collecting Through Odd Obsessions
A poem noting how people collect quirky items from old clocks and mugs to stamps and china. It hints at the urge to accumulate varied treasures and the endless desire for more collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Gleave
Trapper and Beaver Team Up On MacLarens Creek Dam
A trapper reports a beaver as a reliable partner on MacLaren's Creek. The beaver supposedly finishes the day’s work nightly, with the dam finishing as planned and still standing the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacLaren’'s Creek
Old School Remembered by Ottawa Architect
Ottawa obituary notes Alban Tracey, an Ottawa architect who died May 28. His will provides a $1,000 trust fund to buy ham per of apples for children at No. 2 Public School, South March, Ontario, at Halloween and Christmas, with the rest for proficiency prizes at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Alban Tracey
No. 2
South March
Ont
Here
Elderly British Mother Calls Son from Garden With Miniature Bugle
Puff is weaker wakefield in England. Mrs Ellen Walker aged 101 uses a tiny bugle to summon her bachelor son George aged 73 from his vegetable garden. She once used a regulation army bugle but lacks puff now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
England
Ellen Walker
George
Also Mentioned on This Page
BANK
Mecall
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Carter
Coe Carter
Netere
British Guards Regiment
Duke of Gloucester
Hazardous Joe
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Trapper
Beaver
General Foods
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!