Air travel expands as planes threaten new speed and routes
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes rapid progress since Kitty Hawk, with Pan American Clipper opening California to the Orient route and airmail lines pushing toward round-the-world coverage. It cites air travel transforming communication, remote Quebec settlements linking to the outside world, and British postal officials pursuing global airmail, while asking what further advances may come.
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Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Inte
Atlantic
Brazil
California
Orient
Seven Seas
Seaa
Globe
Pacific
British Postal Service
Frederic Williamson
London
Edward Campbell
Canada
England
Quebec
Buffalo Courier-Express
Island of Formosa and Its Turbulent History
An overview of Formosa now Taiwan detailing early discovery by the Portuguese in 1580, Dutch and Spanish clashes, Koxinga’s rule, and later control by Japan after the Sino-Japanese War. Notes on geography, climate, resources, and demographics including Chinese extraction, Japanese, and aboriginal groups.
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Formosa
Koxinga
Hus
China
Commodore Perry
Japan
United States
Fukien
Taiwan
Detroit Free Press
Myth Blasts Claim of Indian Chiefs Across America
Smithsonian scholars challenge the notion of a single tribal chief from the Arctic to the Rio Grande. They say Indians were anarchists who conferred no legal right to rule, viewing leaders like Powhatan Tecumseh Sitting Bull as influential figures rather than bound by compulsory authority.
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Smithsonian Institution
America
Arctic Circle
Rio Grande
Smithsonian
World's Greatest Rider White Haired Circus Star at Madison Square
At the Madison Square Circus a silver haired female rider, famed since the 1880s and once Barnum’s star, still draws crowds near the tail arena gates. Jose De Mott Robinson recognizes her, noting royal praise in Mexico City and a later career teaching social riding on Long Island and at the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York.
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Madison Square
Ninth Avenue
Jose de Mott
Robinson
Barnum
Pras Tremancaris
Mexico City
Porfirio Diag
Long Island
Traphagen School of Fashion
Broadway
Pituitary glands power personality say McGill doctors
McGill University researchers Dr Hector Mortimer and Dr J S L Browne report the anterior pituitary is the chief controlling factor in normal skull development and form. They note its hormones may influence intelligence levels and cranial malformations, aligning with earlier findings on pituitary disturbance. Historic Cadiz wall losses threaten Puerta de Tierra as centuries of history fade.
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McGill University
Hector Mortimer
J. S. L. Browne
Department of Biochemistry
McGill
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montreal
Cadiz
Spain
Puerta de Tierra
Clever Dog Shopper Avoids Fine at Blackpool Court
Miss Kathleen Hutchinson faced a charge for keeping a cross bred dog without a license after a London solicitor defended her for nothing. The canine association offered to pay any fine and the summons was dismissed on costs paid by the Chief Constable. Hutchinson claimed the dog does the snapping and that she feeds it to ensure the dog’s welfare even as she starved herself for weeks.
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Kathleen Hutchinson
Blackpool
Miss Hutchinson
Crown City of the Rockies Planned in Grand Forks Jubilee
Grand Forks BC plans celebrate King George Jubilee with a 1000 foot summit crown project. A power line will reach Observation Mountain to illuminate a large electro facsimile of the royal crown visible up to 30 miles, possibly making the city known as the Crown City of the Rockies.
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Grand] Forks
Okanagan
Grand I Forks
Canada
United States
Rockies
King George
Grand Forks
Observation Mountain
Normandie Liner Nears Maiden Voyage From St Nazaire
The French super liner Normandie, nearing completion at St Nazaire, will sail to New York soon. American director Henri Morin de Lindays praised it as France on seas, noting crowds of up to 10,000 visitors on weekends come to view the ship amid plans for luxury features and presidential guest Marie Paul Le Brun among early bookers.
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St. Nazaire
New York
Henri Morin de Lindays
Paria
Normandie
France
Paris
Marie
Paul le Brun
Long Route Around Britain Explains Ancient Sea Paths
The text notes that some fishers still sail around the north of the British Isles via the North Sea to reach traditional routes once shared with the European mainland. It cites M Le Danois of the French sea fishing bureau describing how the Rhine’s original estuary was found near the Shetland Islands, with the Forth historically a Rhine tributary.
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English Channel
England
France
British Isles
North Sea
Queen of Holland Buys Bloom Basket in The Hague Night
A new teller stood by his basket in The Hague on a wintry night as passengers hurried by. An auto stopped and the driver bought the whole basket, the fair passenger in the car smiling. The purchaser was the Queen of Holland.
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the Hague
Holland
Ultra High Speed Camera Assembled in Johannesburg
An ultra high speed motion picture camera capable of 2,500 photographs per second is being assembled in Johannesburg, South Africa, by Dr. C. V. von Abo, a railway research engineer.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
C. V. von Abo
One Thing He Forgot TWen 2 munve barber tale
A terse sergeant enters a barber shop demanding only a plain shave with no extra services. The barber complies quietly as the man insists on self-service and minimal treatment. The fragment hints at military discipline and blunt humor.
Management of House Plants Best Methods to Follow
Practical home guide advises on repotting only when roots are bound and surface soil replaced with rich mix. It covers watering, drainage, air circulation, and temperature, noting dry air fosters red spider and suggesting whale oil soap for thick leaves.
King's Medal Honors Duffy the Longtime P E I Butler
John F. Duffy, the aging but spry longtime butler at Government House in Prince Edward Island, received His Majesty's Jubilee medal on May 6 from Lieut-Govt Deblois. Born in Port Augustus before confederation, he served successors of Lord Aberdeen and even Sir John A. Macdonald, becoming part of the colonial facade and history the house represents.
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Butler
Pel
Government House
Duffy
Prince Edward Island
Enior
G. D. Deblois
John F. Duffy
Port Augustus
Lord Aberdeen J
Sir John A. Macdonald
Canada
Canada to Aid in Social Problems Says Earl at Ottawa
The Earl of Bessborough told Ottawa listeners that Canada shows anxious sympathy for the needy and a growing effort to understand social problems. The governor general recalled wartime resolve and praised collective courage in facing the nation’s crisis as individuals and institutions rise to the occasion. Milch cows in Canada rose 5.1 percent from 3,659,200 to 3,847,400 head between 1883 and 1934.
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Earl of Bessborough
Ottawa
Canada
Governor-General
Board of Governors
Canadian Council On Child and Family Welfare
Gardens Rise Eleven Stories Above Ground In Rockefeller Center
The feature discusses a rooftop garden on a Rockefeller Center terrace weighing heavy soil and building materials, with nearly 100,000 gallons of water daily feeding the irrigation. It compares modern urban gardens to ancient systems, noting toil and worry across civilizations and the ongoing struggle against drought, pollution, and urban stress.
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Rockefeller Centre
Mesopotamian
Iran
Mediterranean Basin
South America
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
RCA
Manhattan
Nineveh
Tyre
New York Times
Denver janitor crafts original design quilt seen as masterpiece
Johnny Baskett a 23 year old Denver high school assistant janitor and navy veteran created an original quilt in 1982 inspired by Christmas and a girlfriend. He designed patterns around three bright parrots, ignored instructions, and completed a unique work hailed by veteran quilters as a masterpiece.
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Denver
Johnny Baskett
Johnny
Johnny Musket
Derby land dispute between lord and poacher becomes legend
A walk on Lord Derby estate yields a parable as a poacher asks who owns the land across ten generations. The tale pauses with no conclusion, noted by News of the World. The piece also recalls chemist William Parkin discovering the first synthetic dye at age eighteen.
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Lord Derby
Tha
William Parkin
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