Harvard survey to map Ireland’s people and past
Harvard University experts under Dr C W Du Pertuis begin a five year, nationwide survey in Clare and surrounding counties to classify ten thousand residents and gather 125 facts per person. The aim is to map dark haired blue eyed fair skinned groups and trace Celtic roots for publication at Harvard.
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Etentiate Mare
Ireland
Harvard University
C. W. du Pertula
Harvard
Banns
Paddy
Molly
Acta
du Pertuis
Ancient English KCs Take Silk Ceremony Described
Sixteen new King's Counsel join in the traditional within the Bar admission in the law courts. A judge calls each to take their seat and bow to the junior Bar as the ceremony proceeds, prompting views that the ritual should be conducted before the Lord Chief Justice with broader judge support.
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K.C
KC. Co
Long Day Lengthening Theory From Ancient Moon Motion
Astronomers in Pasivlena California predict days may reach 128 hours in about 4.7 billion years as the moon gradually slows Earth's rotation. Calculations rest on the gradual tidal braking by the Moon, with days currently lengthening by about one ten thousandth of a second per century.
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Pasiwlena
Cal
Apia
Keeps You Awake Hews another off theory
A Denver psychiatrist asserts counting sheep does not put you to sleep but allows sleep to occur. He argues that mental effort to fall asleep is unnecessary and that external actions do not induce sleep. The note continues with a farmer restraining hogs to limit exercise and mentions tuberculosis cases in aging datasets.
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Denver
Dog Wins City Court Ruling On Public Running
Calgary court dismisses charge against John Riddock after admitting his Airedale was out but under restraint and pursuing a lawful business. Magistrate H. G. Scott calls the dog a proper pursual of a butcher’s visit and jokes about early closing bylaws.
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Calgary
H. G. Scott
Riddock
Amonton Journal
Powerful Bermuda Lighthouse Keeper Aids Pot Robbers Arrest
Edgar Gibson, keeper at Gibbs Hill lighthouse, spotted fishpot robbers from 371 feet above sea level. Police in Bermuda intercepted three men raiding pots four miles offshore after Gibson alerted authorities. He read the Assembly Tower clock eight miles away as a rare display of vigilance amid clear weather.
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Great Sound
Bermuda
Edgar Gibson
Gibbs Hill
Arbor
Gibson
Gibeon Cam
House of Amembly
Hesteen
Permada
Cattle That Never Drink Baffle Hawaii Ranch Men
Hawaii reports cattle that balk at water and depend on moisture from air and wet grass. Bred near Parker Ranch with 32,000 Herefords, offspring roam dry valleys until maturity without bucket water. History notes Kamehameha era, Parker lineage, and imported Herefords from Kentucky and other regions.
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Hawaii
Mauna Kea
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Parker Ranch
Rome
Kamehameha
John P. Parker
Newton
Mass
Kentucky
Missouri
Wisconsin
Indiana
England
South Africa
United States
Travel talk on fog and faith in England
Two travellers discuss foreign cities with quips about fog. One claims London is the foggiest place, the other challenges him and hints at a much foggier locale. A misheard exchange about a new altar in a church surfaces amid a puzzled tone.
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London
Canadian turkeys and ducks praised by London buyers
The Fish Trades Gazette notes Canadian poultry supervision assures buyers of accurate grading. Canadian packing is praised as superior and well sized. ducks are highly regarded compared with Long Island ducks, with expectations of rising demand as shipments continue and London leads among imported poultry markets.
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London
The
Fish Trades Gazette
England
United States
Zee
Empire Produce
Kangaroo Island Welcomes Warships In Night Display
Residents of Kangaroo Island and observers in London rejoiced as a British fleet arrived. Warships sent searchlights arcing into the sky and a rocket ended the montre, with a bonfire lit on Christmas Cove Hill. In other news, Waterloo Station in London will be expanded at a cost 2.5 million dollars.
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Lonely
Lonely Kangaroo Island
Australia
Pennesha
Christmas Cove Hill
Waterloo
London
Slow yet steady: sunshine builds new topsoil in century spans
The piece explains how sunlight and air gradually create new topsoil in midwestern eroded lands. Studies at New York State College of Forestry and Syracuse University show a dramatic process where air and sunshine convert carbon dioxide into foam-like soil components. A cross section reveals decades of forest growth and soil formation driven by plant decay and light energy transforming air constituents into nutrients.
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Midwest
New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse University
O. Heberg
New York State
Byrd explorers return to U S soil after polar voyage
Eight members of Admiral Richard E Byrds second expedition rejoined civilization in Los Angeles aboard the Mariposa marking their first view of the U S mainland in nearly two years. They report polar regions produce storms and winds, with ice hides coal, molybdenum and other ore deposits beneath a 500 foot ice blanket.
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Saventurers
Los Angeles
Richard E. Byrd
New Zealand
T ‘He Polar
South Pacific
Perfecting Army Cars and Exhibited Ballet
A Berlin auto show showcased tires highly resistant to bullets and fitted for sturdy chassis, suitable for military use. A wood gas truck was featured, while Hitler's push for small popular cars was recalled as already widespread. The Russian match industry targets nine million cases yearly, and Siberian coast tides reveal mammoth tusk ivory fragments. West maple syrup is noted for its light color, and Atroa lacks cities with populations over half a million.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Re Union In Honor Of Selkirk Pioneer
At the Lord Selkirk Association reunion in Rupert's Land Dean Matheson recalled the 125 year journey of Highland families from the old world to Red River settlements. Miss Bannerman 96 and long-time couples like James and Fraser joined the event while Sutherland and MacBeth kinfolk shared memories and a violin heirloom linked to Napoleonic campaigns. The Road to the Isles rang as dancers rediscovered early ship memories and settlers rejoined old friends in a lively reunion amid songs and steps.
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Isles
Cape Breton
Lord Selkirk
Red River
Hudson Bay
Dean J. W. Matheson
Lord Selkirk Association
Rupert's Land
Janet Bannerman
James Fraser
Mathesons
Sutherlands
MacBeths
Gunns
Firet Vettlers
Sutherland
John Sutherland
John Hugh Sutherland
Norman Matheron
The
Stornoway
Churchill
Miss Bannerman
John MacBeth
Mrs. Fraser
They See A World Of Beauty Blind To Ordinary Eyes
An 18 year old Welsh transplant dating from blindness at age two regains sight and laments human faces while imagining an ideal world. He speaks of art and faces as he recalls early vision, arguing the blind create a separate, beautiful world through senses beyond sight. The piece reflects on Helen Keller and the awakening of sight as a mixed, profound experience.
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Porvon
Wales
Helen Kellar
Scotland
Aetter
St. Thomas imes-Journal
Missing dialogue on give and take in wartime bargain
Fragmentary OCR shows a speaker list debating the "give and take" theory in a wartime arrangement. The exchange suggests one side gains more in a bargain while the other loses, with a push to acknowledge mutual concessions.
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Ottawa
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Pembroke
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Electnenty
Byrd
Siberia
Ghtest Toolor
Atroa
Selkirk
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