World Happenings Briefly Told
The Spanish Government plans an airport at Cape Juby open to filers of all nations. King Albert of Belgium elected foreign associate by the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. Princess Marie Jose won a piano in a Belgian contest. The Japanese Emperor allows filming at the Imperial Palace rooms and shrines. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of Spain to visit the United States this autumn. Dr Beaumont S Cornell selected to research pernicious anemia funded by James B Duke. Prince Alexander Romanowski arrives in New York to aid emigration efforts in a Petrograd on Long Island. A League of Nations inquiry to Persia studies crop substitutes for opium. Quebec minister J F Caron to France April 15 for the international agriculture congress in Paris.
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Marie Jose
Albert
Belgium
Belgian Musical Union
Imperial Palace
Washington Post
Alfonso
Queen Victoria
Spain
United States
Beaumont S. Cornell
Brockville
Ont
Jas. B. Duke
Alexander Romanowski
Czar
Russia
New York
Petrograd
Long Island
League of Nations Commission of Inquiry
Persia
F“Esia
Nerviline Pain Relief Advertises Strong Relief
A vintage ad touts Nerviline as the strongest penetrating pain relief. It claims fast action on small pains and the ability to drive out bigger pains that ordinary liniments miss. Large 35 cent bottles available at dealers.
John Dixon longtime publicist dies in Ottawa at 57
John Dixon a former newspaperman and veteran publicity head for wartime conservation and intelligence services in the natural resources branch, department of interior, died in Ottawa aged 57. Born in St Thomas Ontario he once managed the Edmonton Bulletin. His sister Mrs W H Haslem of Cranbrook BC survives.
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John Dixon
Commission of Conservation
Natural Resources Branch
Department of Interior
Ottawa
St. Thomas
Ont
Edmonton Bulletin
W. H. Haslem
Cranbrook
B.C
Prince of Wales vows to announce his own news
A report recalls the Prince of Wales telling an old war friend that he will make any interesting announcement about himself. In a separate note, a man who drinks to drown troubles is described as believing his woes sit in his stomach.
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Prince of Wales
Quebec City to Host Press Convention This Summer
At the midwinter meeting of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association in Winnipeg the 1927 convention was set for Quebec City on June 16 to 18. A committee will arrange details. L. J. Ball of Toronto gave the managers' report. Invitations were received from London Ontario and Banff Alberta. The final site decision was left undecided. J. A. McLaren chaired the session.
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Winnipeg
Quebec City
L. J. Ball
Toronto
London
Ont
Banff
Alta
J. A. McLaren
Barrie
Ontario
Enjoy The Pleasure Of Perfect Health
Mr. J. Leverke reports relief from kidney trouble after using four boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims many neighbors have found relief from various kidney related ailments and stresses the pills as effective when other remedies failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. J. Leverke
Dodd
Fashion patterns for green fawn tweed costume with blouse
The article describes a costumed outfit featuring leaf green and fawn tweed with a deep yoke, box-plait details, gathered sleeves, and a convertible collar. It lists pattern Nos 1272 and 1266 in several sizes with yardage needs and lining, priced 20 cents each, plus Our Fashion Book at 10 cents.
May Reduce Aviation Cost Could Cut Aircraft Running Costs
Research at the Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough nears a decisive stage in crude oil engine development. An eight hundred horsepower engine, installed in a large biplane, promises far lower running costs than conventional three engine freight planes. If proven, civil aviation could drop from about fourteen to three cents per ton mile, comparable to trucking costs.
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Royal Aircraft Establishment
Farnborough
Radio News and Air Travel Innovations Across Europe and North America
Radio use grows with about 1 060 600 homes adopting wireless sets. A tall Koenigs wusterhausen tower serves Germany’s posts ministry. Sweden eyeing radio connected air taxi fleets with concerts mid flight. A batteryless set promises clear tone equal to battery radios. KOA Denver to aid snowbound towns with storm news. Winnipeg plans a radio vacuum tube plant to cut tube prices. A Fort William street pole allegedly carries Pittsburg broadcasts. An ad promotes Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil for back pain.
Vancouver Grain Exports Hit All-Time High
Vancouver merchants report record grain shipments through the Pacific port for the 1925-1926 crop year, reaching 29,841,496 bushels exported to sea by January. For comparison, 1924-1925 totaled 15,806,737 bushels, while 1923-1924 stood at 21,405,290 bushels by end of January 1934.
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Vancouver
Dr Williams Pink Pills Proclaimed Cure for Anaemia
The advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for anaemia and tiredness. It cites Mrs. A P Foster of Bowden Alberta who recovered after using the pills, claiming renewed health and urging others to start taking them. Readers are directed to buy at medicine dealers or by mail from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont for 59 cents per box.
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A. P. Foster
Bowden
Alta
Dr. Williams
Prince to Visit Ayrshire as Earl of Carrick
The Prince of Wales will visit Ayrshire in March and will be welcomed as the Earl of Carrick, a title linked to Robert the Bruce. Ayrshire folk claim Bruce was born at Turnberry Castle, not Lochmaben, tying the royal lineage to Galloway. As colonel-in-chief of the Royal Scots Fusiliers the prince has a double interest in the Burns country during his brief visit.
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Prince of Wales
Ayrshire
Earl of
Carrick
Burns Country
Royal Canadian Humane Society Awards Medal for Field rescuer
J. S. Partridge of Field British Columbia receives the societies first gold medal in two years for two heroic rescues at Yoho station. He roused sleeping occupants before a landslide demolished the building and then flagged an oncoming train to avert another disaster.
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Royal Canadian Humane Society
J. S. Partridge
Field
B.C
Partridge
Yoho
Berlin group pursues 10-12 hour Hamburg New York air service
A Berlin based scientific aviation society named Gesellschaft Fuer Hoehenflugforschung aims to achieve a ten to twelve hour air route between Hamburg and New York by flying at high altitudes. The organization forms to study upper atmosphere flight and speed records.
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Hamburg
New York
The
Gesellschaft Fuer Hoehenflugforschung
Berlin
Sleepless Heart Relief Claim for H. & N. Pills
Mrs. J. D. McClintock of Charlotte town P E I writes about heart anxiety and sleeplessness. After using H. & N. Pills she reports full nights of sleep and improved well being and notes the product has been sold for 32 years by The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deslers
T. Milburs Co. Limited
Toronto
Flour shipments to Orient from Vancouver port rise to 800000 tons
Bookings through the present indicate flour cargoes from Vancouver port for the next three months total about 800000 tons. Practically all tonnage is set for Shanghai and Darien, with shipments concentrated to these two destinations.
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Vancouver
Shanghai
Darien
Crossword Puzzle Full of Clues and Fragments
A dense list of crossword clues spans across letters and numbers. Entries include furniture pieces Adonis bays windows and several standard word puzzle prompts with hints for various parts of speech and word lengths.
Canadian Emigration Letter Highlights Farm Life in Canada
A letter from R. I. Chisholm of Killam Alberta, who joined the British assisted family farm settlement, reports good health, neighbors, and successful work in Alberta after arriving via Quebec and Montreal. He plans to start on his own soon, keeping butter revenue as farm income. The piece also notes leadership picks for the National Dairy Council of Canada with J. A. Caulder elected president and a provincial executive named.
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Glasgow
Scotland
R. I. Chisholm
Killam
Alberta
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Winnipeg
Sedgewick
Omi
Mecn
J. A. Caulder
Moose Jaw
Caulder Creameries, Ltd
National Dairy Council of Canada
W. F. Stephens
T’arcy Scott
Provinces
R. A V. Harford
British Columbia
W. W. Prevey
James Carruthers
Manitoba
Wm. Newman
W. T. Westgate
Ontario
A. A
Doctors warn women over boyish figures fueling health risk
Twenty five leading American medical men meet in New York to address American women about the dangers of the current craze for boyish figures. They condemn the wish for slim bodies as a nation wide fad with no relation to health and warn that drastic weight loss endangers future generation health. Minards Liniment for sore throat.
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New York
The Migratory Canadian and Canada’s Economic Promise
Hector Charlesworth in New York forecasts Canada’s east west divide becoming a prosperous belt within half a century driven by mineral development. He describes Canada as a major contributor to U S progress while warning of migratory pressures from the homeland. Mother Graves Worm Exterminator offers safe worm relief for children.
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Canada
Hector Charlesworth
Toronto
Ont
Canadian Club of
New York
Ile
Charlesworth
Small motorized roller skates from German design
Popular Mechanics describes roller skates using compact acetylene or gasoline motors. They claim strong power and rough-surface capability with hand-controlled connections and an engine built on airplane meteor science principles.
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Raller
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Cape Juby
Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
King Albert of the
Woodrow Wilson
J. F. Caron
France
Paris
Thomas
W. N. UG
C.w.9a
Glouse
Skir
Winnipee Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Scott
Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs
Koenigswusterhausen
Swedish Air Tradic Society
Lester Brookstahiler
Northern University
KOA
Denver
N. L. Noah
Minneapolis, Minn
Noah
Head of the Lakes
Simpson Street
Fort William
Pittsburg
Pacific Port
Prince
Robert Bruce
Royal Canadian Humane Society Awards
Plan Fast Air Service
J. D. McClintock
Charlottetown
P.E.L
Len Re
Horizonta
SA Darling
Isd
Heath
Dairy Council of Canada
U. S
Minard
Dominion
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