Global brief captures debt deals and world traffic
The Belgian Senate ratified a debt funding pact with the United States. Spain backs Poland for a permanent League of Nations seat while Lithuania seeks LN intervention over frontier clashes. Rotarians tally 7000 expected in Ostend as King Albert opens events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Poland
League of Nations Council
Lithuania
League of Nations
Albert
Belgium
International Rotary Clubs
Ostend
King Fuad
King George
London
Madrid
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Franco
Spain
Argentina
Germany
Charles Magnette
Pope repudiates Fascist right to ecclesiastical reform laws
Pope Pius XII rejects Mussolini government authority to draft ecclesiastical reform measures and denies any Vatican accord. He states clerical experts invited by the government lack mandate and stresses right to negotiate only through proper agreements with the Holy See.
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Mussolini
Pius
Vatican
Gasparri
Holy See
Bankers as pallbearers in final wish prompt
A lawyer notes the decedent named six bankers as pallbearers. The reply defends the choice, saying the bankers have carried him long and should finish the job, reflecting a dry, ironic tone from the Boston Transcript.
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Boston Transcript
Proposal to Protect Anticosti Island as a Game Reserve
Hon J E Perreault minister of colonization, mines and fisheries introduces a measure to designate Anticosti Island in the Gulf of St Lawrence as a protected reserve. The act aims to acclimatize, breed and conserve fish and game for the region.
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J. E. Perreault
Colonization, Mines and Fisheries
Anticosti
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Nephew of Livingstone Dies in Weston Ontario
Neil Mackenzie Livingstone, eldest nephew of famed explorer David Livingstone, died at his home 63 Queen's Drive Weston Ontario. He was in his List year and remembered for his early life during the era of Livingstone's fame. In 1871 he was thirty six, as Stanley led relief into Africa, with the world awaiting dispatches.
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David Livingstone
Queen's Drive
Weston
Ont
Neil Mackenzie Livingstone
Mr. Livingstone
Stanley
Heart of Africa
Africa
Has To Abandon Plan Snow Motors For Polar Haul
Captain George H. Wilkins stops Alexander M. Smith from continuing the Wilkins trans polar expedition supply run from Nenana with 15 tons on ten sledges. Repeated motor failures limited progress to 70 miles in two weeks of the 700 mile trek to Point Barrow. Wilkins hopes to expand the local air field to allow monoplanes to take off fully loaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander M. Smith
Point Barrow
George H. Wilkins
Smith
Nenana
Fairbanks
Alaska
Point Darrow
Wilkins
Hungarian Nobility Settle in Manitoba Dairy Colony
Following 1925 confiscations in Transylvania, Julius von Plossek de Zsolna and Count Gesa Paelffy led Hungarian nobility to a Manitoba land grant via the Canadian Pacific Railway. They established a premier dairy farm near Hazelton, with three more noble families joining and Count Bela Szapary securing an adjoining farm.
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Manitoba
Canadian Colonization Association
Translyvania
Julius von Plossek de Zsolna
Imperial Hungarian Hussars
Gesa Paelffy
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hazelton
Bela Szapary
Budapest
Rattlesnake Oil Booms as Texas Medicine Oil
Rattlesnake oil, selling for 100 dollars a gallon, spurs a new Texas industry centering on Cisco. Hunters quest dormant rattlers in hills, dynamite dens to extract snakes, render oil, with one den yielding hundreds of snakes. The oil is used in medicine and signals a growing niche in oil market.
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Texas
Cisco Long
Unusual Libel Question Over Boy's Tombstone Inscription
Blanche Bellaver of Litchfield HL may sue relatives of six year old Lester Burtol killed after she struck him. The tombstone inscription reads Lester Burtol killed by Blanche Bellaver Oct 1 1925. A coroner jury exonerated her of blame.
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Blanche Beilaver
Litchfield
Lester Burtol
Blanche Bellaver
Truth Versus Deception In Extreme Moral Dilemmas
Reverend Parkes Cadman argues that truth remains essential even when deception could save lives. He cites examples from medicine and history, noting that while some would justify lying to avert harm, the deeper obligation is to tell the truth despite the extraordinary cases.
Germany's Industrial Situation Amid Postwar Recovery
The Liverpool Weekly Post notes rising signs in Germany as middle-class professionals begin to rebound from war poverty. It cites capital shortages and Teutonic efforts to attract funding, possibly from American and English bankers, while acknowledging no ill will toward the English and persistent French hostility during Ruhr occupation.
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Germany
Philip Dawson
M.P
Teutonic
Radio interests spread as stations rise and signals cross oceans
An Edmonton project by the International Bible Students' Association brings a new broadcasting station to King Edward Park as Windsor plans summer radio amplifiers for city parks. Amateurs report transatlantic two way radiophones, and Vancouver’s Earl Chang sets a 10,000 mile contact with a ship in Discovery Inlet, Antarctic Ocean. Rev. Paul Rader heads a vast Chicago radio ministry with day long services on WHT.
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Alberta
King Edward Park
Edmonton
International Bible Students’ Association
Mitchell
Windsor
Windsor Parks
Atlantic
England
American Telephone and Telegraph Company of
New York
Vancouver
Earl Chang
Chang
Discovery Inlet
Antarctic Ocean
Paul Rader
Chicago
Rader
WHT
English Lady Ends Fortune To Aid Animals
Mrs. S. M. Grove-Kent of London leaves over 3 million dollars for animal welfare. Bequests include £50,000 to the Peoples Dispensary for Sick Animals, £10,000 to the R S P C A with anti vivisection conditions, and £9,000 to the Anti Vivisection Hospital Battersea. Residue funds a society opposing hunting and protecting animals. Described as a charming old lady from a mid Victorian background who inherited fortune from the woollen trade.
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S. M. Grove-Kent
London
R.S.P.C.A
Battersea
RSP. C.A
Smart Raglan Sleeve Frock For Girls 8 to 14 Years
The fashion notice features a cashmere frock for girls aged eight to fourteen with raglan sleeves, a convertible collar, and embroidered pockets. Two piece circular skirt attaches at the low waist, with sizes 8 10 12 14 and fabric yardages given. Price 20 cents. Fashion book offered separately for 1 cent.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg
Pattern ordering guide from the Winnipeg newspaper shows ordering details for patterns, listing address at 173 McDermot Ave and Pattern No Size Name Town. It reads like a commerce instruction page with the Union pattern service.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada Leads World in Electric Power per Capita Output
Canada now leads global power generation per person with 878 kw hours per capita, ahead of Switzerland and the United States. Total installed electric power in Canada reaches 1,099,192,000 kw hours, placing the country second in world power developed.
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Canada
Switzerland
United States
Henry Ford Buys Caleb Taft Blacksmith Shop in Massachusetts
Henry Ford purchases the historic Caleb Taft blacksmith shop in Chestnut Hill Mass near Way side Inn Sudbury. He plans to add the building to his collection of historical structures. The text notes a bachelor’s view that marriage is a failure due to not marrying.
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Henry Spahblinger
Riviera
Geneva
Australia
J. M. McDonald
Adelaide
South Australia
St. Paul
Minn
Caleb Taft
Chestnut Hill District
Mass
Longfellow
Henry Ford
Ford
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed Across Many Entries
A mixed list of crossword clues covering horizontal and vertical entries. Clues include properties of being away, carriage, musical instrument, skin, skinning, continents, heavenly body, and verbs like come into existence and to shut close. Numerous abbreviations and archaic terms appear throughout.
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Brazil
Fixed Easter date eyed by Vatican as calendar reform grows
The New York Sun notes Easter 1926 may fall April 4 with Ash Wednesday on February 17 and discusses a stabilized calendar to fix Easter across Western and likely Eastern churches. It suggests a fixed date could be adopted soon, though 1582 reform debates linger.
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Vatican
New York Sun
Silk letter to Pope reveals 1801 plan to aid Corea church
An old silk painting letter dated 1801 was sent to the Pope by the Vicar Apostolic of Seoul and written to the Bishop of Peking. It proposed plans to aid the persecuted Corea church, was seized by police, and both writer and bearer were executed. Missionaries in China later recovered the document about three decades ago from dispersed police archives.
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Seoul
Peking
Corea
China
Soviets Decline Swiss Conference Participation
Russia refuses to join an international radio conference under the League of Nations, stating it will participate only if held outside Switzerland. The note cites Switzerland’s boycott by the Soviet government following the murder of M. Vorovsky.
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Switzerland
Russia
League of Nations
Switizerland
M. Vorovsky
Canada Seeks Substitutes as Coal Imports Fall
Secretary C. D. Hotchkiss of the Dominion fuel board notes a drop in American hard coal imports. Canada imported about 3.5 million tons in 1924 and 2 million tons in 1925, prompting efforts to find substitutes for anthracite Kingston Standard.
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Dominion Fuel Board
C. D. Hotchkiss
Canada
Kingston
Eclipse Photography by Swarthmore Group Aboard Empress of Russia
Three prominent travelers aboard the Empress of Russia from the Orient paid about fifty thousand dollars per minute to photograph the sun eclipse on January 14 near Sumatra. Scientists Captain L Dominick Yale University and two Swarthmore College students Wison Powell Adrian Rubel documented plates under Dr J A Miller.developed in Swarthmore laboratories. results expected in about two months and may impact the Einstein theory.
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C.P.R
Russia
Vancouver
Orient
L. Dominick
Yale University
Harvard Astronomical
Wison Powell
Adrian Rubel
Swathmore College
Sumatra
J. A. Miller
Dominick
New York
Swatnmore Laboratories
Philadelphia
Change In Direction Of Japanese Current
A Douglas Alaska herring fleet operator says the Japanese current may have shifted since the 1923 Japan quake, forcing Alaska’s fish to seek new havens. He notes unusually warm, snowless winter with sunny days and temperatures around 45 to 50 degrees.
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Japan
Alaska
Douglas
Canada Exports 262000 Pounds Honey to Netherlands
Last year Canada shipped 262000 pounds of honey to the Netherlands valued at 23420 dollars, a notable rise from the previous year. Dutch buyers are among Canada’s top honey customers.
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Canada
Netherlands
Gulf Stream 32 Miles Wide Across Florida Straits
In the straits of Florida the gulf stream is reported as 32 miles wide. This measurement highlights the width of the powerful ocean current separating Florida from nearby waters.
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Straits of Florida
Gulf Stream
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Raold Amundsen
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Herod
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Cadman
B. C
Robert Randolph Bruce
British Columbia
Montrose
Windermere
B.C
Corporation Counsel
British Isles
Clipse
Poeeb Layne
Canada’s Electric Power Development
House of Lords
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