World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada 1924 Manitoba election plan no provincial polls. Alberta Rhodes Scholar 19%5 awarded to Clarence Campbell. Comet spotted in Hunting Dog constellation by Varn Bilesbroeck. Lincoln guard Peter Uecker 82 dead in Colorado. London cross channel plane carried sick man with special shock absorbers. US grants 10 percent tariff on Canadian Christmas trees. Argentina expects bumper 1926-27 cereal and linseed yields.
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Manitoba
Brackam
Clarence Sutherland Campbell
Edmonton
Alberta
London
Locarno Pace Secures Balkan Peace Across Europe
The Locarno agreements unite France Belgium Germany Italy and Britain in a concerted effort to preserve peace in the Balkans after the Verpaliles settlement and the Lo carno accord solidify a continental pact. A Balkan flareup would disrupt European relations, but the powers pledge coordinated action to maintain stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Serbia
Russia
Balkans
Verpaliles
Locarno
Europe
France
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Britain
Manitoba
Fiew Preas
Waterloo Bridge to be rebuilt says architect
Sir Edwin Lutyens reports to the London County Council that Waterloo Bridge cannot be repaired without harming its appearance. The famous Thames span, amid world interest, is deemed unrebuildable and wide reconstruction remains the practical option to preserve its architectural character.
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Thames
Edwin Lutyens
London County Council
Waterloo Bridge
Sir Edwin
Ywenes
Future Metropolis Sketched by Steel Institute Artists
American city of 2600 AD will feature 100 storey buildings with landing stages for aircraft and streets on two to three levels to relieve traffic. Artists and architects will present their pictorial prophecies as part of the American Institute of Steel Construction exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Steel
Postcard Travels Twenty Years Ago from Attalia 1905
A damaged postcard from Attalia in the British West Indies recently arrived in Rochester New York. It notes the addressee died two years earlier and the writer is reported to have died at the same age. The card shows many indistinguishable postmarks but decipherable ones include Philadelphia and Salem Massachusetts.
Algebra and Memory Among Men Under 3 Percent Mention
A terse claim notes that fewer than three percent of successful men recall any knowledge of algebra. The line suggests minimal retention of algebraic skill among high achievers.
U S Agitators and Propaganda Threaten State Stability
The Montreal Gazette reports growing impatience in the United States toward agitators of foreign birth who malign the state and claim privileges from their origins. Authorities near limits of tolerance target irreconcilables in New York with recent police actions, as Scotland Yard raids Communist headquarters indicate a move to curb dangerous propaganda.
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New York Groupe
Auney
Cittenet
Scotland Yard
Montreal Gazette
No. 1207 Navy Microben Dress in Long Line Style
A chic slender dress in navy microben with two inverted plaits along the front and a trimming band beneath the outside plait. Back drapes over the shoulder in a yoke, V neck with tailored collar, size 34 to 42. Requires 3½ to 4 yards fabric. price 20 cents. Fashion Book offered at 10 cents.
Weston Shops Highlight Western Railway Plant Features
The Weston shops so described cover 220 acres with 160 in use and 13 shop buildings plus a central supply building. It employs about 2,400 men, uses 75 tons coal daily in winter, and runs 25 miles of service tracks with 32 miles of utilities. The plant includes an iron foundry, locomotive and coach shops, boiler and wheel works, a large general store, and a modern pattern shop. It emphasizes reclamation, safety, welfare, a big library, and apprenticeship with in-plant schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younr
Moose Jaw
Fort William
Dominion
Weston Shops
Ecoony
St. John Ambulace Association
Montreal
Diet and Disease Warn of Eating to Early Grave
Sir William Arbuthnot Lane tells the American College of Surgeons that 95 percent of people are harming themselves with their diet. He cites food chemistry as the key to preventing and curing disease and predicts medical focus will shift to teaching nutrition within five years.
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William Arbuthnot Lane
London
American College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
Charles Mayo
America
Vancouver Sun
Butter Output in England Falls as Milk Becomes Profitier
English farmers shift from butter to selling milk for higher returns. It takes two and a half gallons of milk to make a pound of butter, worth about two shillings and two pence, while milk can fetch a shilling per gallon in cities. Farmers abandon butter gear and importation of butter rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Trunks Suggest Alaska Once Tropical Area
Prospectors returning from the interior report sand and bark samples from a shaft they sunk for gold. They found buried tree trunks with rough bark and grasslike blades along Kobuk River forty miles south, indicating a former tropical climate. Further summer 1926 investigations planned.
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Alaska
Kobuk River
Nomads Organize Winter Pack Trips to Canadian Rockies
The Nomads, organized by Marquis M. N. Degll Abizzi, winter sports director at Lake Placid, plan fifteen and thirty day pack horse journeys through the Canadian Rockies to the Far North. The trail reaches Columbia Ice Fields in the north and Yoho Valley to Mount Assiniboine in the south.
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Yoho Valley
M. N. Degll Abizzi
Lake Placid
Canadian Rockies
Columbia Ice Fields
Yoho Valles
Mount Assiniboine
How To Order Patterns Address
Winnipeg newspaper union provides pattern order details with pattern number name town and size on a printed form. The notice lists address and ordering instructions for pattern requests.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Movermot Ave
Winnipeg
Province Send 20¢ coins or stamps
A brief note instructs readers to send 20 cent coins or stamps, with a caution to wrap the coin carefully.
Sweden Amputated Norway Without Blood In Civilized Way
A 19th century reflection credits Sweden with a peaceful separation from Norway, praising civilized governance, education, and hygiene. The piece cites Bjornson sending a telegram to offer help and the response to hold one’s tongue, arguing civilization can emerge through serenity rather than violence.
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Sweden
Norway
Bjornstjerne Bjornson
William Lion Phelps
Scribners
Prince of Wales may visit Irish Free State next year
The likelihood of a long contemplated visit by the Prince of Wales to the Irish Free State is discussed with speculation of an early next year timing. Debates consider his possible role in international diplomacy and a future visit to Germany if the Locarno pact is ratified.
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Prince of Wales
Irish Free State
Ireland
Drutsh
Germany
Canada Fur Coat Trends Show Shift to Fur Lined Coats
Bureau of Statistics reports a rise in fur lined coats for men and women in Canada while fur lined coats decline. Last year 40 619 women's fur coats existed in Canada but only 94 men wore fur lined coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Mali Qualifies to Do Something Useful
The statement questions how Mali can contribute meaningfully and where the world would find the needed contributions, implying a search for practical actions and recognition of Mali's potential impact.
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Mali
When a woman decides cigar ashes ruin the carpet
A domestic dispute arises as a wife objects to cigar ashes in the home, ending the honeymoon phase and signaling tension between spouses. Local report notes the couple’s disagreement and its impact on daily life.
Bee Dies When I Sting You Crossed With Man
Fragmentary verse hints at a bee dying after stinging and a wish to cross with a man who sells a stock. The text reads as a quirky, cryptic line with unclear context and incomplete phrases.
Inventor Joffe claims pocket storage battery powers car
A Moscow radio report says scientist Joffe has invented a storage battery that can run a motor car for 20 days at top speed without re charging. The battery is said to be small enough to fit in a pocket.
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Moscow
Joffe
Buffalo Jones Hunts and Captures Mountain Mons
Buffalo Jones, famed hunter, pursues and captures alive mountain Mons in their rough wilds, reflecting his rugged frontier career and famed survival skills in the southwest region.
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Buffalo Jones
Tate
Ilassoes
Mountain Mons
Rayon silk industry suited to Canada
Geminion notes Canada has advantages for rayon silk production. Pulp and chemical industries fit needs such as cellulose acetate fibre production. Canada could attract this industry and possibly export, though domestic manufacturing within protected markets may persist and original developments may occur elsewhere.
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Canada
Women Now Dominate Geneva Labor Office Staff
In Geneva the international labor office employs 149 women from fifteen countries alongside 159 men. Women fill all staff levels up to chief of section, with posts open on equal terms. Nationalities include English Belgian Czech Danish Dutch French German Greek Irish Italian Latvian Norwegian Polish Russian Swiss. The peace treaty requires a female adviser at women related reviews.
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International Labor Office
Geneva
Miss Perkins
Stat
Dominion seed extraction plant to begin operations soon
The Dominion Government seed extraction plant at New Westminster is set to start operations shortly. A consignment of 100 sacks of Sitka spruce cones from Prince Rupert is practically assured for the British forestry commission in London, while 50 sacks of Douglas fir cones will be collected in the Fraser Valley to fulfill the Old Country order.
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Dominion
New Westminster
B.C
Sitka
Prince Rupert
British Forestry Commission
London
Douglas
Fraser Valley
Sap Pressure in Injured Trees Reaches High PSI
In spring the pressure of outflowing sap from injured trees may reach about 150 pounds per square inch, comparable to locomotive steam pressure, illustrating the powerful flow of sap after wounds.
Insanity prevalence noted on the bhtgbwar
The article discusses rising instances of mental illness and observes that increased prevalence is often overlooked except in the context of the bhtgbwar, a term used to highlight abnormal mental health patterns.
High Parachute Jump Near High River Captivates Crowd
Flight Lieutenant A. Carter of the Canadian Air Force leaped from 20 600 feet from a forest patrol plane near High River and landed within 100 feet of Big Lake. The 17 minute descent ended safely on the ice covered ground, claimed as the highest jump outside the United States.
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High River
A. Carter
Canadian Air Force
Forest Patrol Service
Big Lake
Lieut
Carter
Rockies
Arthur Steveny
United States Air Service
United States
Occident Call to Canada Highlights Pacific Focus
John Nelson urged Canada to adopt an Occidentation, treating the Pacific as the Atlantic, during an Empire Club luncheon. He spoke on Pacific relations after a Honolulu conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations with 126 delegates from nine countries, stressing the Pacific's primacy for Canada’s future.
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Atlantic
le Drakes
Frobishers
John Nelson
Toronto Empire Club
Pacific
Canada
Honolulu
Institute of Pacific Relations
Nelson
Egg Grading Gains Support From Farmers Across Regions
An Alberni B C farmer with over six hundred hens told egg inspector William Hagger that egg regulations add five percent profit. The remark reflects broad approval of quality based grading across the country.
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Alberni
B.C
William Hagger
Dominion Livestock Branch
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Historic Page
A dense jumble of crossword clues and partial solutions covers family residence donator and many other hints. Entries reference words for metals dates animals and plants with scattered numbers and letters indicating positions or fill.
Studying Conditions To Induce Sleep In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh hosts twelve experimental sleepers, aided by Mellon Institute scientists, to study the psychology of sleep. Twelve male students from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Institute of Technology serve as subjects. Experiments will use different beds and bedding after initial readings to identify the best sleep inducing conditions.
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Pittsburgh
Morpheus
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
British Lobbyist Urges Emigration To Canada
Sir Robert Horne returned from Canada and urged Britons to emigrate for a secure future. Ralph B Bluemfeld of the Daily Express broadcast the remarks and suggested Horne use his influence to organize a Canada immigration scheme for capable Britons.
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Robert Horne
Canada
Sir Robert Horne
Scotland
Great Britain
Ralph B. Bluemfeld
The
Daily Express
British Farm Boys Arrive in Alberta For Training
Three contingents from English agricultural districts travel to Alberta for training. Two groups of twenty are at Vermilion and Olds schools, another at Harceholm. With new arrivals, total registered British farm boys in Alberta reaches about four hundred.
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England
Alberta
Vermilion and
Olds
Flarceholm
Sweden Tests Night Air Transport of North Sea Fish
Fish caught in the North Sea during the night will be taken to Gothenburg loaded into an aeroplane and be on the table in Stockholm at nine next morning. This, Sweden latest air transport venture, will be carried out by two planes each carrying half a ton.
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North Sea
Gothenburg
Stockholm
Sweden
Doctor Patient Exchange on Medicine Adherence
A doctor questions Mrs. Johnson about giving medicine as directed. She replies she followed the orders for Sam but has run out of pills and he has not yet been taken care of.
Turtle Turned In Wreck Sparks Family Question
A playful exchange between Tommy and his father follows a car crash where one vehicle hit another and rolled over. Tommy probes about the overturned vehicle, prompting a concise parental response and a quip about the “turtle.”
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Tommy
Papa
May Make Journey Alone Man Sailing Around World
Otto Karl Fritz Prahl sailed into Manila Bay completing the first leg of a global voyage in a 50-foot yawl. Departing Shanghai June 7 with two companions, he reached Hong Kong June 29, the trio split as the voyage wore on. American Richard Lofstadt joined briefly, then deserted during the China Sea crossing to San Fernando, La Union. Prahl pressed on to Manila alone, covering 140 miles in eight days.
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Otto Karl Fritz Prahl
Manila Bay
Shanghai
Prahl
Hong Kong
Richard Lofstadt
China Sea
San Fernando
la Union
Manila
Crossing Gate Perils Grow At Rail Crossings
J P Pratt assistant counsel for the Canadian National Railways warns that motorists repeatedly ignore signals at level crossings and may strike trains, forcing railways toward protective measures against side-impact accidents as traffic increases.
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J. P. Pratt
Central Region
Canadian National Railways
Manufacturing Boom in British Columbia Drives Growth
In 1880 BC had 415 plants producing about 3 million annually. By 1897, 2,066 firms operated with a payroll of 107 million and wood production valued at 285 million with capital investment over 600 million.
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British Columbia
New Markets Open for British Columbia Lumber Exports
New markets for British Columbia lumber are expanding with provincial spruce heading to Eastern Canada to challenge Norwegian spruce and also to Florida and Cuba to compete with Southern pine markets.
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British Columbia
Canada
Florida
Cuba
Anticipated Good Season for Trappers Across North
Fort Simp son advice north of Edmonton signals a strong trapping year. Lynx and fox are plentiful, while marten and beaver run near average.
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Fort Simpson
Edmonton
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3. J. Gibbons
Toronto
Western Canada
Com Talewariat
Varn Bilesbroeck
University of Chicago
White House
Abraham Lincoln
General Custer
Buffalo
Peter Uecker
Colorado Eyring
United States Treasury
Argentina
Ministry of Agriculture
Buidings
U. S
C.P.R. Weston Shops
Ty. Price
Geminion
Employ Women In Labor Office
Alta
Siberia
Nevada
Bea
Isaac
Marke Noble
Rudder
Bo Withers
Park A Barnes
BIA
Siam
Inie
Ife
B. C
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