World Happenings Briefly Told
The Royal Belgian Guards band of 80 will tour Canada in April. The U S may join a conference on German reparations if invited. Eleven plotters, including four women, were arrested in Stamboul for schemes against President Mustapha Kemal. Hudson Bay ships receive Christmas greetings from the Arctic capital. London plans a 5200 seat theatre at Whitechapel. The U S agreed to European powers selecting American experts for a Dawes reparations revision commission. Hon. Lewis Smith sent New Brunswick apples to Empire Parliament Association members who toured Canada. A Kentucky firework accident killed four children. Stalin allegedly allowed Trotsky to visit a health resort in South Russia for malaria.
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Royal Belgian Guards
Canada
United States
Mustapha Kemal
Stamboul
Hudson Bay
Arctic
Department of Marine
Great Britain
Whitechapel Road
London
Lewis Smith
New Brunswick
Empire Parliamentary Association
Britain
Newfoundland
Hazard
Kentucky
Volksville
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Edmonton man awarded huge medal for WWI burial service
Tom C. Douglas of the Soldier Settlement Board Edmonton received a colossal medal for tending to the dead Chinese workers in France after a night raid by a Gotha. The gift from the Chinese government arrived months later, but its weight and size prevent him from wearing it.
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Tom C. Douglas
Edmonton
Soldier Settlement Board
France
Douglas
Why She Was There in the Widow’s Market Mood
The exchange centers on McTavish and his wife as he shows off a mare bought at a monthly market. The wife jeers that the dowry bought her place, and the husband retaliates that her sister’s influence brought the wife there. A tense domestic vignette ends with his insult.
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McTavish
Marget
Sir Harry Lauder
Pedlar's dog outshines farmer's failing student
A farmer envies a pedlar's dog after watching it perform tricks. The pedlar explains the dog learns through what the farmer does not know, implying skill comes from understanding beyond the dog itself.
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Tan
Washed Eggs Verbalized Poor for Storage
Experiments at Dominion Experimental Farms show washed eggs lose keeping quality. Clean and dirty eggs stored six months degrade less than washed ones which fall to 45 percent extras 24 percent firsts and 31 percent weak and watery. Washing eggs deemed bad practice. dirty eggs should be marketed untreated. The excerpt notes a 1583 life insurance policy issued on William Gibbons.
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Dominion
H. S. Gutteridge
Poultry Husbandman
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Chic Style No 261 Dress Pattern Demonstrates Slim Silhouette
Style No 261 features front and back panel effects with slender lines and a kilted side flare. It offers sizes 16 to 42 inch bust in diverse fabrics and prints with a youthful neckline. pattern priced 25 cents.
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Normandy
Elizabeth
Jersey
Abbreviated Language and the Monosyllable Trend
British Academy lecturer Professor Otto Jespersen warns English may become dominated by short words and rapid speech. The piece notes slang and American vernacular push toward monosyllables, yet many favor long words for clarity and precision. London Post cites Churchill’s phrase terminological exactitudes as memorable.
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Otto Jespersen
British Academy
Mr. Churchill
London Post
O Malley Claim Topped England’s Oldest Families
England’s proudest families concede second place to the O Malley lineage of Ireland in a celebrated pedigree. The illuminated record, housed at Dublin Castle and once certified by Sir William Betham, traces the O Malleys in an uninterrupted male line to 365 A.D. and the Milesian High Kings of Ireland. The Shirley and Gresley claims decline to outrank this Irish line.
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England
O'Malleys
Ireland
O'Malley
Office of
Dublin Castle
William Betham
O’malleys
Shirley’s
Gresleys
Parrot Charlotte Mourns Absence in Royal Study
Charlotte the King's parrot, born on a warship and raised by a youthful naval officer, sits in her big cage in the royal study and calls for the captain whenever anyone enters. Her nautical tongue and past aboard a warship color her reactions to the king's absence.
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Charlotte
Canada U S Trade After Year Ends October List
Canada’s trade with the United States totaled 1 318 351 648 for the twelve months ending October List an increase of 123 731 817 from the previous period. Imports reached 805 482 277 up 98 924 094 while exports stood at 492 582 966 up 20 204 752.
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Canada
United States
Meant Well Lady and Apple Vendor Exchange
A humorous exchange centers on rotten apples sold yesterday and a joke about bills. A father critiques his army training and notes his son’s habit of charging everything, mentioning meeting creditors as a punchline. George is referenced in a light dialogue about debt.
Barclays Bank to Open Canada Branch Says No Rival
London Financial Times notes Barclays Bank plans a Canadian branch but will not compete with existing institutions. If it lends surplus funds in Wall Street, a direct link between London and New York may form, expanding Empire banking. Future activity depends on developments and penetration of the Canadian system.
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Barclays Bank, Ltd
Canada
London Financial Times
Barclays Bank
Dominion
New York
The
Financial Times
Wall Street
London
Empire Banking
Anti Japanese Boycott Hits North China Merchants
Kuomintang orders parade of Chinese merchants selling Japanese goods in wooden cages through Peking streets while the crowd jeers. The practice, used in the south, marks first time in the north to enforce a boycott. Investigators check shops and curtail stock of Japanese goods as the nationwide boycott strengthens.
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Peking
Kuomintang
National Party
Shanghai
China
Banquet Ban Proposed in France to Ease Digestion and Costs
A French league forms to ban banquets arguing they strain digestion and purse. The move follows a trend for shorter or fewer speeches at banquets and could end after-dinner oratory. The issue warrants careful consideration of health and budget impacts.
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France
Painting tale at Lancashire gallery scene
Col Mackenzie Rogan recounts a Lancashire party viewing a Northern art gallery. They pause before a full length Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. A man asks mother about the scene and she cites the catalogue then declares it shows Queen Elizabeth receiving the Spanish Ambassador.
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Mackenzie Rogan
Garden of Eden
Queen Elizabeth
How Did He Know Irish Joke In Dining Room Bet
An Irishman jokes with a friend as they head to the dining room. He wagers the friend can have both eggs if he guesses the dinner number. The friend correctly guesses two. The Irishman then grants them both eggs and curses the informer.
Jokes and Quips Amid Headlines From a 1928 Canada Crop Outlook
A collage of humorous lines about police, currency, agriculture and fashion appears alongside a 1928 Canadian field crop estimate of 1,051,043,000 dollars. The montage includes jokes about pauses, cats and knee-length skirts from Rome.
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Canada
Boxing Day Remains a Humorous Christmas Custom
The piece reflects on Christmas giving as a born custom with humorous flaws. It notes the annual surge of generosity, then neglect the rest of the year, and describes Boxing Day as the first weekday after Christmas when gift boxes go to errand boys and carriers to ease post holiday sadness.
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Santa Claus
Hundreds of commercial feeding stuffs registered in Ontario
The Seed Commissioner at Ottawa reports 848 brands of commercial feeding stuffs registered for the year ending September 30. Ontario leads with 95 manufacturers and 453 varieties, followed by British Columbia with 44 manufacturers and 174 brands. Products are registered only after meeting Feeding Stuffs Act requirements.
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Ottawa
Ontario
British Columbia
Canadian Swine Breeders Directors Mail Vote 1929
Record of the mail vote for the 1929 election of directors of the Canadian Swine Breeders Association. Regions listed include Maritime Provinces Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia with names Peter Brodie A C McPhail Philip Leech C M Learmouth W L Gray and Wm Gilbert.
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Canadian Swine Breeders’ Association
Maritime Provinces
Peter Brodie
Little York
P.E.I
Manitoba
A. C. McPhail
Brandon
Man
Saskatchewan
Philip Leech
Baring
Sask
C. M. Learmouth
Dept. of Public Works
Regina
Alberta
W. L. Gray
Miller
Alta
British Columbia
Wm. Gilbert
Murrayville
B.C
Choose Whom You Will Serve This Week
A devotional note cites Joshua and Goethe urging readers to choose between God and worldly pursuit. It warns that true religion requires sacrifice and self denial, emphasizing the narrow way and eternal judgment.
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Joshua xxiv
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Christ
Kyle
Oldest Razors Unearthed in Somme Valley
A sand pit discovery at Moutiers-les-Amiens yields a straight-edged blade believed to be the ancestor of razors. French archaeologist Charvent and neolithic experts date the tool at about 10,000 years old though the edge shows wear.
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Moutiers-les-Amiens
Somme
Charvent
Deer Overpopulation Threatens Starvation in Western National Forests
Deer numbers surge across U.S. national forests in the West raising concern over food scarcity and potential starvation among the herds. Officials note habitat strain and winters intensifying the risk.
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U.S. National Forests
West
Missionary in Pot Cited for Political Satire
Quoted dialogue suggests a satirical British setting where a missionary is placed in a pot for 36 hours but remains uncooperative. The line ends with a quip that “all flesh is weak,” signaling a dark joke about endurance and punishment.
Graf Zeppelin to make second Atlantic flight says Eckener
Hamburg Telegraphen Union quotes Dr. Hugo Eckener that the Graf Zeppelin would attempt another trans Atlantic flight to answer critics led by Frederick Gilfillan. Eckener acknowledges some faults but says the airship is not as bad as critics claim and notes no date set for the voyage, possibly before spring 1930. Gilfillan, returning to Europe, criticizes cabin comfort and passenger treatment and cites no smoking rules as a point of dissent.
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Graf Zeppelin
Hamburg
Telegraphen Union
Hugo Eckener
Frederick Gillfillan
Fridrichshafen
Lakehurst
Eckener
United States
Fridtjoff Nansen
Arctic
Alaska
Gilfillan
Europe
China revolt tied to Russian agents, Hong Kong governor says
Sir Cecil Clementi, governor of Hong Kong, told the Canadian Club in Vancouver that the recent Chinese revolution was built by Russian Soviet agents. He claimed Russian inspiration spurred China to drive British from their soil and that Britain must understand the Chinese to restore trade prospects in the Far East.
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Vancouver
Cecil Clementi
Hong Kong
China
Cecil
Far East
Conductor Quarrel Ends With Sharp Remark
On a rough section of road a bus conductor lost balance and stepped on a passenger’s toe causing a violent argument. The clash ends when the conductor asks for the passenger’s fate and the woman pays a fare with a coin, prompting his final remark.
France's Top Woman Pilot Starts Air Taxi Service
Mile Maryse Bastie, holder of the world record for straight line flights by a woman, has started an airplane taxi service after government forbade her to fly commercial lines. She plans to offer paid flights between Paris and Deauville Le Touquet and other fashionable resorts next spring and summer.
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France
Mile Maryse Bastie
Paris
Deauville
le Toquet
Finnish editor jailed for sedition libel in Sudbury
The Finnish editor of Sudbury faces sedition libel charges over references to King George's illness. The piece notes with irony that in some countries the editor would face immediate execution, while in Britain he faces a court jurisdiction.
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Sudbury
King George
Magistrate taunts Irish prisoner at Tower Bridge Court
A magistrate jokes with a prisoner at Tower Bridge Police Court asking if he has friends. The prisoner replies he has none because he is Irish.
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Tower Bridge
Prayers Are Proved Surer When Combined With Work
A saying attributed to many communities emphasizes that prayer is more effective when paired with effort. Readers reflect on discipline and action alongside faith.
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William Gibbons
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tafon
U.S
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
George
Nawe
Rome
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