World Happenings Briefly Told
Lord Somers named Governor of Victoria Australia succeeding the Earl of Stradbroke. Japan reports a fatal crash of a new all metal monoplane at Yokosuka with three officers and one mechanic dead. Genève disarmament talks include a letter from the League urging Soviet Russia to participate. Canada eyeing five thousand settlers under the Soldier Settlement scheme per Major Barnett. Prince of Wales placed seventeenth in a Brigade of Guards race at Pattishall, horse Passport II outclassed. Geneva talks May 18 will include Hugh Gibson and nine advisers. Lanai island to be developed by a single company for pineapple production, say Honolulu businessmen. The Norge aircraft christened for Roald Amundsen Polar flight is handed to M. Thomassen. Canada’s 1918–19 Siberian expedition cost 2,823,560. government says actual cost not known.
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Lord Somers
Victoria
Australia
Tse Earl of Stradbroke
Japan
Yokosuka Naval Base
Canada
John Barnett
Soldier Settlement Board
Prince of Wales
Brigade of Guards
Pattishall
Northants
Eny
Passport IL
United States
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
Switzerland
Honolulu
Lanai
Canada shifts to pulp and paper industry dominance
Canada now relies on pulp and paper, surpassing flour milling as the major export and manufacturing sector. In 1924 pulpwood export plus paper manufacture totaled 17 million dollars, reflecting a strong shift in the national economy.
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Canada
Reading
Seek Missing Link Bound for the Gobi Desert
Roy Chapman Andrews of New York sails for the Orient aboard the Empress of Russia on the Canadian Pacific. On prior American Museum expeditions he unearthed dinosaur fossils in Asiatic deserts and aims to prove the missing link by finding prehistoric man bones in the Gobi within two years. The caravan includes cars, five trucks, seventy five camels, and twenty six men.
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Gobi Desert
Europe
America
Roy Chapman Andrews
New York
Orient
Russia
American Museum of Natural History
Andrews
Asiatic
May Cut Income Tax Reduction In Federal Tax Forecast
Hon J A Robb minister of finance told a Retail Trade Bureau delegation that the government hopes to cut the federal income tax when the financial situation allows. He said an announcement would come at the proper time and that taxes, though burdensome, fund war debts and pensions. He noted the tax has already been reduced by widening exemptions and that this process may continue as war effects fade.
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Robb
Nurse Praises Dodd's Kidney Pills in Lunenburg Letter
Mrs. E Fieneau a nurse from Lunenburg Nova Scotia recommends Dodd's Kidney Pills to patients with kidney trouble after suffering back pain and rheumatism. She says the pills relieved her and enabled her to continue nursing and would urge others to try them.
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Dodd
E. Fieneau
Lunenburg
N.S
Red Lake Gold Field Draws Prospectors Resources
Claims staked in the Red Lake mining area keep the recorder busy as prospectors report rich promise from Red Lake to the Manitoba boundary. They claim large swaths west of Red Lake have already been staked in anticipation of future claims and activity.
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Red Lake
Recorder
Manitoba
A Compromise Means Both Get What They Do Not Want
A compromise is an agreement where both sides concede on goals they would have preferred to keep. It describes mutual concessions as the core of reaching settlement despite not achieving ideal outcomes for either side.
Flare coat from Paris wins praise in smart travel style
The flare coat in tweed tones of tan and brown features a plain back, convertible collar, single breasted two bone buttons, patch pockets with tab trim and narrow cuffs. It comes in sizes 34 to 44 with precise yardage for matching fabrics and lining, priced at 20 cents, plus our Fashion Book at 10 cents.
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Paris
Skin Ailment Heals After Cuticura Trial in Canada
Mrs Corinne Desjardins of Albertville Sask reports eczema on cheeks and nose. She used Cuticura Soap with occasional Cuticura Ointment, sent for a free sample, then after three months her face cleared and was healed. Daily use kept skin fresh and clear.
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Corinne Desjardins
Albertville
Sask
Potomac Park Cherry Trees Line Drive in Washingtonton
Readable fragments describe three miles of cherry trees bordering driveways at Potomac Park in Washington. The text references an order form from the Winnipeg newspaper Union with an address at 175 McDermot Ave. in Winnipeg and mentions pattern numbers and sizes.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Potomac Park
Washingtonton
Widespread Scarcity to Comedy in Crossword Clues
Puzzle fills a newspaper page with a dense list of numbered clues across horizontal and vertical sections. It includes definitions for foods, deities, measurements, garments, actions, and verbs, many tied to archaic or scenic wordplay.
Wireless Wonders and Stations Across the Era
A survey of early radio feats and plans cites Leviathan equipment for long distance links, V Fopey’s moving image transmission claim, a patent for a radio game, Ireland’s first broadcasting station at McKee Barracks, and Lodge's note on wireless oscillators. Contesting interference laws are noted in Sublette Illinois. WKRC Cincinnati outlines a new studio, while Worm Powders claim to purge intestinal and stomach worms in children.
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Irish Free State
The
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
McKee Barracks
Dublin
Sublette
WKRC
Cincinnati
Banff Park Attendance Sets 1925 Record Season
Superintendent Stronach reports Banff National Park broke attendance records in 1925 with park revenue of $11,000 and over 67,600 hotel registrations. Nearly 80,000 visitors used the east park entrance, a 417 percent rise from the prior year.
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Banff National Park
Stronach
I J Moss Notes Health Struggles At Scollard
Miss I J Moss of Scollard Alta writes at age twenty about ongoing heart palpitations and nerve trouble that prevented her from doing sports or working reliably. She began treatment six months ago with improvements noted?
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I. J. Moss
Scollard
Alta
Milburn Pills Celebrate Remarkable Patient Recovery
A grateful patient praises The T Milburn Co. Limited of Toronto Ontario for pills that transformed her life She notes she is now twice the girl she was and can enjoy all aspects of life thanks to the treatment
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T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Important Factor In Industry Realizes Large Sales From Blind Workers
At the annual meeting of the Women's Auxiliary to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind at Government House Toronto it was shown that blind Canadians are a major industry force. Twenty blind men in a Toronto broom factory produce about one thousand dozen brooms monthly, while sightless women in another factory made 13 500 garments last year. Five traveling salesmen sold the garments with more than seventy thousand dollars in receipts. The warehouse and sale room division moved 47 828 items valued at $44 217 in 1925. Ontario houses about two thousand of eight thousand Canadian blind, with six hundred in Toronto.
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Naional Institute For the Blind
Government House
Toronto
Canada
Ontario
Winnipeg Fur Sale Sets Record Pelts Worth 750000 Disposed
One of Winnipeg’s largest fur sales drew buyers from Eastern Canada the United States and beyond. Pelts sold totaled about 744000 with 40 percent from within the Arctic Circle and the rest from the Mackenzie River basin James Bay Northern Manitoba Ontario and Hudson’s Bay.
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Winnipeg
Canada
United States
Arctic Circle
Mackenzie River Basin
James Way
Manitoba
Ontario
Hudson's Day
Aeroplane to Drop Feed for Blair County Game Birds
An aeroplane will disperse feed to game birds in Blair County Pennsylvania for the first time on record. A hopper carrying 200 pounds of mixed grain and corn will deliver the feed.
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Blair County
That Stomach of Yours
Mrs. Peter Sargent of 39 Cornwall St Toronto Ontario praises Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as best medicine for stomach trouble and blood deficiency. She reports digestion improved and stomach distress ended after use. Trial package available by mail from Doctor Pierce's Laboratory Bridgeburg Ontario for 10 cents.
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Micklethwaite Studio
Toronto
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Bridgeburg
Ont
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League of Nations Council
Roald Amundsen
Norge
M. Thomasen
Norwegian Aero Club
Siberia
J. S. Woodsworth
Winnipeg North Centre
House of Commons
Western Canada Roller Canary Association
Winnipeg Bird Society
Irene
Dad
Colleen Moore
Nyy
Uncle John
Aright
Clipse
Canaduar
Montreal
Arabia
Egypt
V. Fopey
Saratov University
United States Navy
William R. Purnell
Evening Standard
Oliver Lodge
WOR
Newark
Kirkee
Bombay
England
Winnipeg Fur Sale
Western Sale
Minard
ANONS
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