World Happenings Briefly Told
Gorden W MacTkugall of KC was named a director of the Royal Bank of Canada after a board meeting. The baroness left most of her fortune of 1 875 000 dollars to aid British child migrations to Australia. The London parks committee urged lifting the ban on competitive games in Sunday park outings. July was the driest month in two years in Quebec with 0.85 inch of rain at McGill. In July 1914 the rainfall totaled 7 inches. Rats gnawing wires caused a fire in the attic of Western Ontario medical school, with damages in the thousands. Three more governments pledged to embargo war materials for the Bolivia Paraguay war in the Chaco: Lithuania Portugal and Uruguay. Tenders for 20 multi engine flying boats for an England Canada air service were submitted to Imperial Airways. The Manitoba Conservation Association will convene at Brandon on October 3 with Premier Bennett expected to open a Western speaking tour. Kathleen Isabel Donnelly of Winnipeg received the Flora Madeline Shaw Memorial fund scholarship for 1934-35 for McGill graduate nurses. Lieut Col E H Minns, former pension advocate, appointed secretary of the new Dominion Franchise Act administration, a Toronto man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Kathleen Isabel Donnelly
Flora Madeline Shaw
McGill University
Nautical Theme Affects Tiny Tots Patterns and Dress Adorable
A pattern description for a children’s dress with nautical blue dimity and white collar. The text promotes a simple lifestyle, outlines fabric options such as striped crinkled crepe and gingham, and provides sizing notes for sizes 2, 4, and 6 years. Style No. 371 requires fabric details and includes price 20 cents.
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Tiny Tots
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No
A dated ad urges investment in land and home gardening with tips on planting for different climates from a Winnipeg newspaper feature. It promotes self sufficiency and living a dream of a cottage surrounded by nature, claiming success through focused effort and belief.
Jam Making Guide From Old Recipe
Recipe directions describe making fruit jam by grinding berries, mixing with sugar and pectin, boiling hard for one minute, then cooling briefly before adding pectin and skimming. Pour into jars and seal with paraffin. Makes about 19 glasses of six ounces each.
Classic Hen Stew With Tomatoes and Root Vegetables
A recipe for a young chicken cooked with butter onion carrot turnip and canned tomatoes. The bird is seasoned with salt and pepper dredged in flour browned in salt pork fat then simmered slowly in the oven until tender and served in the baking dish.
Aviators Bring First Eloping Couple To Gretna Green Airport
Gretna Green in Scotland opens its elopement airport as Sir Richard Renison plans an air pageant. The first arriving couple will be married free of charge and receive a wedding present after Renison, famed for marrying 2 000 couples, performs the ceremony.
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Gretna Green
Scotland
Richard Renison
Noted Horticulturist Preest Hutcheroon Dies in BC
Longevity and career marked by early Ontario College tenure at Guelph and teaching Hon WKR Motherwell in 1879. Resided 52 years in Ladner, BC, after resigning Guelph post in 1850. Co founder BC Fruit Growers' Association and first BC fruit pest inspector. Loaned to Western Australia in 1908 to help frame and enforce a fruit pest act, serving ten years on the government staff.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Guelph
Ont
W. KR. Motherwell
Minion
Ladner
B.C
Hutcherson
Guelph College
Thomas McNeely
British Columbia
BC. Fruit Growers’ Association
Western Australia
Mr. Hutcherson
Salvation Army leader John Cameron envisioned weekly sacrifice plan
John Cameron, longtime Salvation Army commissioner and head of the assurance society, died aged 86 in Bromiley. His era echoed General Booth's call for officers to sacrifice. Carleton suggested daily losses for a week, inspiring a drive that raised nearly 750000 dollars this year.
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Salvation Army
Army's Assurance Society
Bromiley
William Booth
Carleton
John Carleton
Live at Home and Plant Your Own Trees Thesis
The speaker rejects blame on God for the current crisis and urges self-reliance. He notes society has become extravagantly irrational since 1918 and warns against letting others shape home life. He promotes practical planting and personal landscaping to cultivate attachment and improve homes within years.
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Canada
Forestry Department
Sunday School Lesson for August 12
The golden text from Romans 13 10 emphasizes loving one neighbor and fulfilling the law. The lesson covers Amos chapters 5 and 7 with devotional reading from Proverbs 21 1 7. The tone reflects a devotional guide for a church Sunday school session.
Lament over Israel and justice in Amos 5
The article discusses Amos as a lamenting prophet who predicts Israel’s downfall with a focus on injustice and oppression. It notes the gate’s role in disputes, the priests’ rebuke, and calls to justice over ritual, plus a science column on water’s properties and its role in life and industry.
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Israel
Amos
House of Israel
David
Saul
Jonathan
Ezekiel
Samaria
B.C
Assyria
Amaziah
Judah
Bethel
Moffatt
Kent
God
Wool Looms Get Hyped Secret Process At Torridon Labs
A new wool treatment, claimed to be unshrinking, itch-free, and lustrous, is reported as perfected at the Wool Industries Research Association laboratories in Torridon Leeds. The methods are currently shared only with association members.
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Wool Industries Research Association
Torridon
Leeds
Association
Influence of Butter Fat on Cheese Yield
The article notes that among factors affecting cheese production, the butter-fat content of milk is a key influencer of cheese yield per hundred pounds of milk.
Germany bans amber wording for amber imitations
Germany forbids using the word amber in relation to imitation amber products to protect the genuine amber industry. Authorities enforce labeling rules to prevent consumer confusion and uphold trade standards.
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Germany
Moon temperature and metal color notes brighten the day
At noon the moon is described as hotter than boiling water then cools to several hundred degrees below zero at night. Copper alloying with pure gold yields a reddish tint and silver produces a greenish hue. Quebec milk production is stated as more important than beef production in the province.
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Quebec
Canada thistle introduction not native to Canada
The weed known as Canada thistle is not native to Canada and was introduced from Europe.
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Canada
Europe
Bakelite A synthetic coal tar product
Bakelite is described as an artificial coal tar material used as a substitute for hard rubber celluloid or amber in early industrial contexts.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gorden W. MacTkugall KC
Royal Bank of Canada
Australia
London
London County Council
McGill Observatory
Medical School
University of Western Ontario
Chaco
Geneva
Lithuania
Portugal
Uruguay
Imperial Airways
Daily Telegraph
Manitoba Conservation Association
Brandon
H. A. MacNeil
R. B. Bennett
MacNeil
E. H. Minns
Veterans’ Bureau
Ottawa
J. T. Thompson
Col. Minns
Toronto
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
Jack Miner
McDermot Ave
Mecca
Ermeet Hutchersom
Fngland
John Cameron
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Niagara
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