Locusts and fire mark bold world briefings
Summaries from global notes include Jerusalem locust swarms creating grave danger near Jericho, Sherritt-Gordon Mine fire killing George McKenzie and injuring three, and 56 Moscow churches closed by Soviet authorities upon public demand. Canadian Press meeting in Toronto approves enhanced domestic coverage.
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Sherritt- Gordon Mining Company
Sherridon
George McKenzie
Moscow
Toronto
Ontario
NERVES WERE BAD Miss Coutier Describes Sleepless Nervousness
Miss Florence Coutier of Bark Lake Ontario says she suffered from nerves headaches and fatigue. A neighbor advised her to take a certain remedy and she notes relief after starting the treatment.
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Florence Coutier
Bark Lake, Ont
Weekly HEART Mans product box survives work after sixth use
The advertisement claims the first box helped, and after six boxes the user could return to work. It lists price as 50c a box and notes availability at druggists and dealers or by mail from The T Milburn Co Limited in Toronto Ontario.
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T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Gateway To the North Prince Albert Park Gateway
A Saskatchewan region narrative describes Prince Albert National Park as a key gateway to vast waters and lakes extending north to the Arctic Ocean and east to Hudson Bay. A local joke compares a Boston terrier to a plate of beans, highlighting a humorous domestic moment.
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Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Hudson Bay
Mekes Museum Installs Thief Proof Alarm at New York Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art adopts an automatic burglar alarm system described as a nervous system for the museum. Any disturbance triggers a galvanometer readout to locate trouble and sirens alert a 24 hour watch staff and 20 guards. A Western Manager for CN Railways Winnipeg succeeds J S McGowan in Montreal.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Museum of Arts
Department of Colonization and Agriculture
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
J. S. McGowan
Montreal
Winter Skirt Trend Offers Youthful Style and Color
The double tiered skirt with a moulded bodice and capelet collar is highlighted as a youthful winter fashion. Style No. 3308 comes in bust sizes 34 to 42 and features a left hip bow for femininity. Also described are orange red chiffon and various crepe silk options in spring colors and chic shades. Pattern price is 15 cents.
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Paris
Unknown History Makers and Their Silent Voices
Essays celebrate unnamed figures whose words shaped literature and history. From a Bespoke Wordsworth encounter to a seaside petition and a dry crust of faith, the piece honors nameless observers, makers, and speakers whose voices endure beyond their names.
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Wordsworth
Loch Kathrine
Pepy
Marshmallow Salad From Betty Barclay Recipes
A fruit salad recipe titled Marshmallow Salad uses 4 oranges 2 bananas 1 cup marshmallows and 1 cup cream. It instructs cutting fruit mixing with a warm egg yolk cream dressing thickened with sugar and lemon juice then cooling and serving with freshly grated coconut.
Classic Carrot and Pea Creamy Sauce Dish
Peel and boil carrots until tender add cooked peas. Make a sauce with flour butter milk sugar salt pepper. Mix vegetables into sauce, reheat and serve hot.
Women Signatures Call For War Vessel Abolition At London Conference
The world womens signatures urging abolition of warships reach the naval conference in London as delegates meet. The text notes women typically win what they seek and frames the push as removal of a thing they reject. A passerby exclaims about fowl while others discuss a game between two picked teams. One fifth of New Zealand imports come from the United States.
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London
England
New Zealand
The
United States
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promoted for Liver Health
An advertisement urges relief from liver dullness and biliousness with Carter's Little Liver Pills. It claims to stimulate bile flow, act as a mild vegetable laxative, and be non habit forming with no calomel. Prices listed are 25c and 75c for red packs.
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Carter
Sensible People Do Not Env y Millionaires
The piece notes the United States has about 40 000 millionaires and one in the billion-dollar class urging that many are unnecessary. It argues no man can take money after death and wealth often spoils children more than poverty, warning against envy of riches.
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United States
Western homestead entries by province in January
Homestead entries in the four western provinces totaled 663 in January, down from 761 last year. British Columbia rose to 51 from 24, Manitoba fell to 29 from 42, Saskatchewan declined to 205 from 309, and Alberta eased to 378 from 386.
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British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fur Farming In Manitoba Surges With 230 Farms Now
Manitoba fur farming shows rapid growth with 230 farms, up from 12 in 1923 and two in 1920. Pelts valued at $1,286,537 were taken last year, muskrats totaling 248,004 worth $285,204, followed by weasel mink and wolf. A German scientist’s honesty-testing machine is urged to patent before theft, and Persians bring 50 pianos into the country last year.
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Manitoba
High Grade Seed Grain Urges Government Action
Moose Jaw Board of Trade executive council passes a resolution urging government inquiry into elite seed production conditions in the province and asking support for seed growers. The resolution goes to Regina Saskatoon Yorkton Swift Current and Weyburn boards of trade. Major H G L Strange Alberta appeals note doctors Seager Wheeler Rosthern and J C Mitchell Dahinda face financial hardship abandoning valuable work for the province and Dominion.
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Moose Jaw
Boards of Trade
Regina
Saskatoon
Yorkton
Swift Current
Weyburn
H. G. L. Strange
Fenn
Alberta
Seager Wheeler
Rosthern
J. C. Mitchell
Dahinda
The Nine Times Trick in Multiplication
An interesting fact explains a nine based trick in multiplication. It shows that any product of nine reduces to a digit sum of nine and that digits of the product ultimately sum to nine, illustrating a neat arithmetic property.
Saskatchewan Egg Pool Sets Initial Payment At 18 Cents A Dozen
The Saskatchewan Co operative Poultry Producers Ltd. will pay 18 cents per dozen on all grades of commercial eggs under the new egg pool. The rate, 80 percent of firsts value due to recent legislation, applies until the last Saturday in May. Any surplus profits will be distributed to pool members, after which a new pool starts for summer.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Poultry Producers Ltd
Five Million Eastern Whitefish Eggs Arrive for B C Lakes
Dominion Hatchery at Nelson receives five million eggs from eastern whitefish. Most will be planted in Kootenay Lake with the remainder going to Slocum Lake, marking the first introduction of whitefish to either lake.
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Dominion
Nelson
B.C
Kootenay Lake
Slocum Lake
Lightweight Diesel engines shrink weight and boost speed
Over eleven years the lightest Diesel engines cut weight from about 65 pounds per horsepower to under three and raised speed from roughly 750 revolutions per minute to over 25 000.
Royal Society Exhibits In London Showcases Pioneering Instruments
The conversazione featured the Fabray-Perot Interferometer lent by the National Physical Laboratory enabling measurements to a millionth of an inch. Also on display was the Brown artificial horizon with a gyroscope and mirror, designed to stay horizontal, aiding sun altitude readings at sea. The mutochrome drew attention for its range of decorative and stage applications by projecting a design and coloring elements via colored lenses.
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Royal Society
Conversazione
London
Ciety
National Physical Laboratory
S.G. Brown
Politeness In Elevators Sparks A Big Cost Claim
An elevator operator claims that when a man removes his hat in an elevator it displaces half a passenger, equating to the yearly cost of current at $25,000. The adage about politeness costing nothing is contrasted with this financial argument.
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Mexico City
Tom Shaw
House of Commons
Hoover
Arkansas
State Geologist Department
Jerusalem
Jericho
Gustavo Leon
Mexican Air Force
Eekly Heart
Mrs. Pester
Mr. Pester
N. U. 1830
Mekes Museum
Robert England
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Annebelle Worthington
McDermott Ave
Winipeg
Betty Barclay
Tash
Trene
Coren
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
Minard
Kong OF Pain
Liniment
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