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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
2
A coastal squadron maintained by the Chicago Motor Club cleared streets of glass using a motorcade. June 21 marked the 176th birthday of the City of Malifax, celebrated by civic groups. The report also notes subsidies, admissions, and other varied items from different regions.
Major N F Parkinson deputy minister of soldiers' civil re-establishment opened the Tubercular Veterans Association convention in Ottawa stating the Canadian government is considering the English tested sheltered employment and colony scheme for tubercular patients. He explained the need to ensure veterans would remain in colonies and described colony life and work suitable for sick veterans.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Fort Smith 660 miles north of Edmonton have opened an intake golf course. Inspectors Freser and Fletcher bring new clubs and a trove of balls to the post. Most play occurs among trees, yet Mounties adapt to the rugged Arctic setting.
A government committee on new flag designs has been appointed but criticism argues Parliament should decide. Premier King says an order in council canceled the committee instructions and discharged the group, making a House of Commons debate unlikely this year.
Reports claim the relics of Peter the Hermit, known as Peter of Amiens, were unearthed at Huy as an ancient cloister was being demolished. The medieval preacher, who guided early crusading efforts, is said to have died in Belgium on July 24, 1099 according to the source text.
The article reviews the new Phonofilm system presented in Britain by R B Sallieber and de Forest Phonofilme. It notes synchronized sound with picture recorded at Clapham studios and envisions future screen drama blending music and voice with potential removal of printed titles.
Sir Samuel Hoare announces plans to build a stronger British Air Force with two initial air university squadrons at Oxford and Galway. The program aims to train undergraduates for the air service and expand to other universities if successful, with many light aeroplane clubs to be established over the summer.
Chinese motion pictures debut in Shanghai with the China Film Syndicate release An Exemplary Son in ten parts. A theatre notice promises a nine or ten part next picture with a more appealing story and a policy of education and morality and no vulgar scenes.
The Swedish radio service will start a winter English course for listeners with lectures by professors and travelers and readings by authors of their own works. Other languages may follow after English. Captain George Reutersward, managing director, announced the plan.
The "small part" man feigns illness to deliver a line off stage. His cue follows the anguished hero crying for Lady Ermyntrude. The stage hand quibbles and the hero protests, then the reply accuses the stage manager of the lie.
Lodie Chow, a Chinese restaurant keeper in North Battleford, is placed on the liquor interdicted list after being convicted in April 1925 of keeping liquor for sale. The list is posted at government liquor stores to warn the public.
Hon. Charlies Stewart, minister of the Interior, states there are no new Canadian ownership claims to the Northern Archipelago. The policy continues past methods, with posts at Ellesmere and Devon islands and a 1886 imperial transfer to Canada confirming title. The eastern boundary runs between Greenland and Baffin Devon Ellesmere to the Pole and the western through the 0 longitude line to the Pole.
The article describes a charming girls party frock in fine French voile No. 10632. It is a two piece dress with center back closure, short kimono sleeves, circular flounces, and options for square or bateau neck. Sized 8 to 14 years, 12-year size uses 3.5 yards of 36 inch fabric and 2.5 yards of 5 inch ribbon for sash.
An extraordinary vehicle combines a front motor car with an aeroplane tail to float on air. Two front wheels carry ground speed while rear tail planes lift the vehicle, with a big air rudder and adjustable elevators steering. Phenomenal speeds are predicted.
Community notice outlines pattern orders via 20 cent coin or stamps. Include name town size and address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg with careful coin wrapping. Public request for pattern orders appears in the union telegraph style notice.
London scientists witnessed the Shakespeare Katharometer at a Royal Society assembly showing a large blue balloon fly as it measures respiration. The device is claimed to gauge plant respiration, detect water vapor, locate tiny gas leaks in balloons and airships, and may be tested for medical research value.
U S imports 18 104 000 pounds of fresh beef and veal in 1924 with Canada supplying 9 575 000 pounds. Canada also provided practically all of 5 683 000 pounds of imported pork and 956 000 pounds of prepared and preserved meats out of 12 954 000 pounds.
A senate special committee approved a pension act amendment extending the filing period to seven years after discharge for retirement from the forces. The change occurs while pensions and canteen fund bills are reviewed and an inquiry into funds advanced to the Great War Veterans Association continues. Previously, applications expired August 1, 1924.
Canada’s first great geologist Sir William Logan is set for posthumous honors fifty years after his death. Resolutions by the Toronto branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy call for duplicate portraits to hang in the Canada House London and in New York with the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
A special Commons committee report led by W G Raymond recommends a cross provincial conference during the recess to study an old age pensions scheme. It notes the proposed expense could reach 23 million dollars annually and cites provincial jurisdiction and fiscal strain, while deeming the reform important.
Hon J A Robb acting finance minister introduces a bill to provide advances up to 10 million dollars to provinces for rural credits. Advances may be authorized to one or more provinces to support agriculture through long term loans to farmers, secured by bonds issued to the Dominion. The total advances capped at 16 million dollars.
The report credits Captain Roald Amundsen and his Arctic team with removing much of the ignorance about the North Polar cap. It states half the polar zone has been explored and notes the absence of land north of Norway in the polar basin. It suggests any new continent would lie on the Canadian and Siberian slopes of the crown of the world.
The federal administration and development of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories costs total 122 758 806 since their 1870 union with Canada. Receipts from land sales reach 28 780 250 and from other revenues 32 251 288.
A dense crossword puzzle grid of clues with numbered across and down entries in multiple categories. Entries include social spaces and Latin conjunctions, plant names, tools, names, animals, verbs, and various common terms across social notices and general vocabulary.
The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals will establish the northernmost main wireless station of the Northwest Territories and Yukon system at Aklavik in the Mackenzie River delta this summer. A sub-station will operate at Herschel Island during open navigation.
A Fort Simpson dispatch reports the white population in the Canadian sub Archer north post discarded can openers after a winter of bacon and beans and rushed the season’s first egg boat. Crates of eggs were reduced to shells in an hour while oranges and cigarettes, rare luxuries for the fifty two residents, disappeared quickly. An empty seow rode at Simpson Landing on the Mackenzie River shortly after arrival.
Vancouver Merchants Exchange report shows 1923 trade distribution with the United Kingdom 26.6 million dollars, Japan 20.5 million, China 13.645 million, United States 13.122 million, Australia and New Zealand 9.65 million, Mexico 3.525 million, France 2.16 million, Belgium 1.525 million, and British Columbia points 42.2 million in exports.
Several persons have been charged with fraud for attempting to sell stock in a company that claimed a secret process could make silk from straw.
A farmer asks if the room has hot and cold water and the farmer's wife replies that both are available in summer for cold and in winter for warm.
Female moths possess a remarkable ability to summon their mates over great distances. Scientists have not yet found a satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon.
Dominion bureau of statistics reports 95 percent of Canada's 1924 wheat crop merchantable. Of an estimated 262,097,000 bushels, 250,096,000 meet the standard, compared with 454,804,000 bushels or 96 percent of the 1923 crop from 474,199,000 bushels.
P. Burns Company plans a cold storage and creamery plant in Edmonton with an expenditure around 109000 dollars including equipment. Upon completion the facility can handle nine refrigerator cars of butter daily.
A massive cigar measuring twenty eight inches long and weighing more than Sve rounds was presented to a New York politician, underscoring a ceremonial stunt or political gesture.
A brief exchange hints at a secret engagement Mary is keeping. The confidant asserts the knowledge comes from Mary herself, implying trust and a private engagement.
The elder sister of the Earl of Carlisle has shifted from ladies’ training to a career as a secretary. After mastering shorthand and typewriting she now works for a London firm.
A special committee of the senate on agriculture and forestry approved a bill to amend the Dairy Industry Act with heavier penalties for infractions and to eliminate administrative weaknesses, all without any amendments.
In a survey of notable British aristocrats two women stand out. One marchioness, famed for early life in a workhouse, embodies enduring resilience. Another, celebrated for queenly beauty, once worked in a shop before rising to prominence.
Andrew Kelly of Western Canada Flour Mills predicts an unprecedented beginning to the prairie wheat crop. He says barring accident, the region may produce the greatest harvest in Western Canada’s history.
Dialogue shows a young man asking for a dollar and a friend confessing he has confidence but no money to lend. The exchange captures a brief social interaction about borrowing and personal generosity.
The Earl of Minto through London agents offers his Alberta ranch adjoining the E P ranch owned by the Prince of Wales for sale. The property is described as providing capital shooting and fishing opportunities.
A narrator advises telling a spouse a false whereabouts to create the impression of not being at the actual location. The guidance frames the act as a deliberate misrepresentation to alter the wife’s perception of the speaker’s whereabouts.
A spider of astonishing size is reported on the Island of Sumatra with a measured eight inches across the back and seventeen inches with legs extended, attracting local interest as researchers verify the claim.
The London Times editorial lauds the moderator election and the United Church of Canada as a unifying force. It notes the 700,000 potential members, applauds transcending denominational creeds, and hopes for expansion to include Presbyterians and the Anglican Church of Canada.
The Five Sisters Window unveiled by the Duchess of York on June 24 marks the Womens National Memorial to the Sisters of the Empire who died in the Great War. The scroll lists forty three Canadian names and a panel honors Canadian Nursing Sisters with their badge. The oak screen will bear all the dying servicemen and women.
Dr Leonard Hill of the National Institute of Medical Research argues that low cut necklines short skirts and spider web stockings allow more ultraviolet rays to enter women and girls bodies, giving them better health chances than men who wear heavier clothing.
Four premiers from Queensland Tasmania South Australia and Western Australia announce a plan to ask the British Government to appoint Australian citizens as state governors in the future. The move signals a push for local governance representation within the colonial framework.
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