Soldier barred from U S faces deportation after Scotland trip
Detroit James Cooper Harper a seven year US Army veteran born in Scotland crossed to Windsor in uniform and was detained. A Canadian inquiry honored his oath but US immigration ordered his return to Canada. He now awaits justice and contemplates joining Canadian forces, amid a quiet era with no active wars.
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Scotsmen in Scotland Yard a mystery of the force
The article notes a scarcity of Scotsmen in Scotland Yard despite many applicants from Scotland. It highlights Superintendent Lauder as a capable Scotsman and muses that Scots prefer being policemen over detectives, with vacancies drawing applicants from Glasgow who reportedly used the same envelope.
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Harnessing Columbia Starts Near Wenatchee For Power
The aged Columbia River calf is a colt in power. This spring a first attempt to harness the stream for industrial use will begin near Wenatchee with a station to produce 84,000 horsepower. Over 2,500 men will be hired for a three year dam project to form a lake twenty two miles long and one hundred feet deep.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Officials of Iowa Town Furnish Their Own Music
Beaman Iowa will form a city band with locally hired musicians Mayor Wier and councilmen Charles Rowe and R I Oglesby were enlisted to drum while the city fired the previous import talent. The move ends years of relying on outsiders for musical need.
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Beaman
Iowa
Death Time Twins in Neath England
George Price aged eighty three and his wife Margaret aged eighty one died on the same day within hours of each other in Neath England. The poignant double death marks a shared final moment for the couple who had spent their lives together.
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Neath
England
George Price
Margaret
Tribe Outlaws Mothers-in-Law in Capetown Tale
C F Scott reports a South Africa exploration finding a tribe on the southwestern border of the Sahara that outlaws mothers-in-law. When a man marries his mother dies by suicide or departs abroad, as the daughter-in-law may kill her at sight, locals claim.
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South Africa
C. F. Scott
Great
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Autographs on Casts and Mice in Skyscrapers
A wandering columnist shares quirky notes from hospital casts signed by visitors including Clarence Chamberlin. He notes new 50 story office towers contend with kitchen mice before spaces are safe for stenographers. Also mentions Simon Lake seeking four million in Long Island Sound treasure near Hell Gate and film theatre ushers performing a lively exit.
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Simon Lake
Long Island Sound
Hell Gate
Lake
Thomas
Pot Rock
Detroit Traffic Towing Crews Do Big Business
Detroit tow operations in restricted districts generated large profits for police and private firms. Over six months about 90,000 cars were towed to pounds, with police reclaiming 26,000 and private firms handling the rest at one dollar per vehicle. Motorists paid three dollars to redeem their cars.
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Detroit
Castle Gateway Unearthed at Montorgueil Castle Jersey
An ancient gateway of Montorgueil castle in Jersey was uncovered during recent excavations. The iron gate moved within a masonry framework and is believed to have been buried when changes were made to the main gate in Queen Elizabeth I's era.
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Saint Aubin
Jersey
Channel Islands
Montorgueil Castle
Hatched Chick Shipment Arrives at Croydon Airdrome
An air freighter arriving from the Continent at Croydon Airdrome delivered a consignment of incubator eggs with several chicks hatched during the flight. The event highlights an unusual poultry transport operation.
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Croydon
England
Diving Suits Aid Submarine Crews In Emergencies
German engineers introduce rapid donning diving outfits for trapped submarine crews. The suit lets a wearer ascend and float indefinitely, protected by the garment. A tele phone buoy, released from the sunken submarine, rises via compressed air and enables direct contact with ships above to reach imprisoned men.
Willing to Try Do you sing soprano to try
The note asks how to begin and whether the speaker can attempt singing soprano. The Vancouver Province entry suggests curiosity about vocal range and attempting a first verse, reflecting a casual inquiry about singing.
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Vancouver Province
How Dallas Mother Keeps Children Well
Dallas mother Mrs H A Lawson of 2015 Terrace Drive endorses Nature's Remedy NR Tablets for ten years of self and family relief from constipation. The ad claims over three million tablets used daily and lists biliousness headaches indigestion rheumatic aches and low energy as uses at 25 cents per dose.
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H. A. Lawson
Terrace Drive
Dallas
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