World happenings briefly told
The report lists multiple international items: disarmament commission actions, German storm losses pegged at 31 deaths and $2,000,000 in damage, Otto Ludwig Weidlaidt’s death, Sweden’s campaign to teach drowning prevention, Joseph Courtenay’s death in New Westminster, Italy’s seven marshals and Mussolini at the Victory Monument ceremony, floods in Upper Austria, Hohenzollern property negotiations, Lord Byng and Mackenzie King dissolution debate, a sunk U S submarine 8 51 raised at Brooklyn navy yard with 25 tailors believed aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mussolini
Bobzado
United States
Block Island
City of Rome
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Film Set in Canada’s Jasper Park for The Country Beyond
Fox Film Corporation will shoot The Country Beyond in Jasper National Park, Canada, directed by Irving Cummings. Lead stars include Olive Borden J Farrell MacDonald Ralph Graves Fred Kehler and Lawford Davidson. Filming spans Jade Waters Lake of Forgiveness Mount Edith Cavell Lac Beauvert and Maligne Lake with a budget near a quarter million dollars. This marks Hollywoods first complete feature produced entirely north of the U S border.
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Pasper
James Oliver Curwood
Fox Film Corporation
Irving Cummings
Olive Borden
J. Farrell MacDonald
Ralph Graves
Fred Kehler
Lawford Davidson
Cummings
Lake of Forgiveness
Mount Edith Cavell
Jasper Park Lodge
Lac Beauvert
Maligne Lake
Hollywood
Synthetic Wood From Sugar Cane Emerges as New Industry
Sugar cane waste now yields a wood substitute sold from New Orleans across the Mississippi Valley. A three million dollar cane wood plant ships over 200 million feet yearly for sheathing insulation plaster bases and packing cases, with uses in houses refrigerators and railroad cars. Inventors pursue bagasse as a lumber substitute amid forest depletion risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Sugar Country
Sincco
Equal Political Rights Rally for Women Voters
British women plan to fight suffrage laws delaying voting age to 30. Lord Balfour Lord Cecil and MP Pethwick Lawrence join a mass meeting backed by forty women’s societies. George Bernard Shaw declined to comment amid the campaign for equal political rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Balfour
Lord Cecil
Pethwick Lawrence
George Bersgard Shaw
National Railways
England
Fail To Scale High Peak Alpine Expedition Near Vancouver
Alpine Club members returned to Vancouver after five weeks in the coast range detailing a near starvation on the homeward journey. They reached 10 000 feet on June 24 and reported sighting a 60000 foot mystery peak 150 miles from Vancouver in glaciated terrain near Bute Inlet. The report blends climber notes with unrelated notes on Canada adopting the gold standard and penny postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Mystery Mountain
Coast Range
Alpine Club
Vancouver
Tidewater
Bute Iple
Canadian National Railways May Earnings Jump Further
The earnings report shows May net earnings of 3,226,965.33 dollars up 2,826,425.56 dollars or 706.71 percent from May last year. Five month period earnings rise 8,740,860.91 dollars or 209.38 percent from 1925. Gross May earnings reached 22,183,304 dollars while expenses total 15,956,938.67 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian National Railways
Prince Has Worked Hard in High Office Duties
The Montreal Star praises the Prince for his early manhood effort and tireless resolve preparing for higher duties. It notes admiration across factions and remarks that respect for old age depends on its application to people, not poultry. It ends with a quip about giving advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal Star
One Habit Japan Will Not Tolerate
The Prefect of Police in Tokio bans kissing as an foreign and immoral habit and removes Rodin’s The Kiss sculpture behind a bamboo screen. Whitehall Gazette reports on how Russian money flowed to British miners during the general strike via envelopes, a Moscow based route through the Soviet Legation, and payments to underground Communist party members in Riga Berlin Paris and Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
Rodin
England
Whitehall
Moscow
London
Communist Party
St. Bride Street
Paris
Vienna
Miners’ Federation
Dainty printed frock with flaring lines and vestee details
The frock features a softly molded bodice with a deep V opening and spearfike collar. It includes a matching vestee and long tight sleeves with tab cuffs in contrasting material. Sizes 36 to 44 available, price 20 cents. Also offered is a Fashion Book priced at 10 cents.
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Pew
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern orders advertised by the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave are described. The notice references pattern numbers and ordering steps but the readable text is fragmented and lacks full details. The item appears as a classifieds style instruction brief from a local union or publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Largest Electric Locomotive Sets World Test Record
Geneva engineers unveil the world’s largest electric locomotive tested in Bern. Weighing 283350 pounds and over twenty metres long, it packs six motors with 4500 horsepower and can reach beyond 100 mph pulling an express train. It will serve the Bern–Leissachberg–Simplon line, speeding current service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Berne
Berne Leeischberg-Simplon
British Columbia Fisheries Output in 1925 Surpasses 1924
The 1925 BC fisheries value reached 22.42 million dollars, up from 21.26 million in 1924, with salmon valued at 14.97 million making up 67 percent of total. Halibut and mage fisheries signaled further importance though text is truncated.
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British Columbia
Bureau of Statistics
Hermage
Rise of British artificial silk industry expands quickly
The piece notes rapid growth of artificial silk in Britain, with one firm supplying a third of world demand and assets valued at 100 million dollars. Coventry plant makes seven miles of thread per second from pinewood pulp, while Cradford employs ten thousand workers dyeing the product. Leicester yields fifty thousand pairs of stockings annually. Lancashire mills adapt to the industry as demand grows and the material becomes a staple for shawls stockings dresses and undergarments.
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Coventry
Cradford
Leicester
Lancashire
John Bull
Subtle East Crime Lords Outwit Western Cops
The article praises East rises in cunning and patience surpassing Western crooks. Midia’s head police are British aided by native experts. A Bombay detective, a disguise expert, outplays Sherlock Holmes. A native tracker follows wanted men across vast miles and weeks.
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East
West
Midia
Bombay
India
Great Britain
Fossils Found During Oil Drilling Near Medicine Hat
In a recent drill near Medicine Hat a stratum of fish and shell fossils was struck at 3720 feet depth. The fossils appeared washed from a single well. Additional finds included iron pyrites and talcum with talcum rock about 750 feet down.
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Medicine Hat
Knots Counted as Vessel Logs Stir Talk of Barbers
A vessel’s knot tally becomes the talk of town as barbers in the same scene illustrate with original cuts. The lively exchange links seamanship metrics to local style and humor.
Crossword Puzzle Clues Page Fragment
Crossword puzzle listings with horizontal and vertical clues for multiple entries. Includes word meanings such as vigilant bold and a variety of abbreviations and thematic notes, indicating a classic newspaper puzzle section with numerous cross references.
Cures By Artificial Sunlight Highlight Roentgen Treatment
The 160th annual Medical Society of New Jersey meeting in Atlantic City hailed artificial sunlight from Roentgen lamps as curing tuberculosis of lungs throat and intestines. Doctors claimed home use can mimic sanatorium benefits though Dr May warned rays must be given by a specialist to avoid irreversible damage.
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Medical Society of New Jersey
Atlantic City
FE. A. May
Thames Double Ebb Curious Tide Phenomenon Noted
London observers report a rare double ebb and flow of the Thames, a tide event more common before embankments. Historical records cite double tides in the 17th and 18th centuries with instances such as 1658 and 1662 noting multiple tides within short periods.
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Thames
London
Means Of Identification For Parisian Reporters
Parisian newspaper reporters may wear high hats to identify themselves during assignments where trouble may arise. Injuries to reporters have grown as they cannot always be distinguished from rioters. French writers now appear at demonstrations rather than staying behind police lines waiting.
Edmonton Population Grows by 1087 in Civic Census
Edmonton's population increased by 1,087 in the past year, bringing the total to 66,415 according to official civic census figures.
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Edmonton
Gracious but you were zone a long time exclaimed Nell
Nell accuses Ada of lingering in a zone and Ada retorts with scorn that he never spent a cent. The exchange hints at a social dispute over expenses and restraint.
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Nell
Ada
Safe transport of 414 ton silver to Warspite during strike
A Royal Mint consignment of 414 tons of silver was transported by lorry from London to Greenock under armed guards and police, then loaded aboard H.M.S. Warspite for Cyprus and other eastern posts. The 400 mile journey took 48 hours with minimal stops and continuous operations, including meals on the move.
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Royal Mint
London
Greenock
H.M.S. Warspite
Cypress
Smugglers Reaping Fortunes In Rumania Silk Stockings Foreign Trade
Bootleggers especially women smuggle thousands of pairs of Parisian silk hosiery into Rumania where a prohibitive duty applies to luxury goods. The best dressed Balkans woman pays any price for fine stockings. Government confiscated about $600,000 worth last year. Silk stockings sell for about $10 a pair and silk lingerie for $25 to $75.
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Rumania
Balkans
Numania
Radio energy fuels plant growth claims from English gardener
An amateur gardener in West Bridgeford England claims wireless energy helps tomatoes and cucumbers grow. He reports plants up to 18 feet long yielding 25 cucumbers, some two feet long, by drawing energy from his aerial.
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West Bridgeford
England
Whale Strikes Steamer Berengis Off English Coast
The Berengis, a large Atlantic steamer, was jolted by a whale off the English coast, nearly throwing a passenger overboard. The whale was part of a school of six and was killed instantly.
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Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Germany
Otto Ludwig, Weidleidt
The
Krupp Works
Joseph Courtenay
Riel
Pas
Man
Indian Department
Prince Albert
New Westminster
Ireland
Lenz
Upper Austria
London Daily News
Lord Byng
W. L. Mackenzie King
Jasper
Canadian Rockies
Canada
Europe
Prince
Russia
B.C. Fisheries
Sleuth
Pierce
Arlow
Abraham
Davyum
Echem
Cal
Roentgen
Occa
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