World Happenings Briefly Told
The Romania Government makes wheat a temporary monopoly. Tunisian Bey Sidi Mohamed Fa Nadur dies at 67. Washington treaties bill passes Commons committee. Arab pledges accusation manifesto issued in London. Former Empress Zita sheltered in Spain seeks Bavaria home with ally approval. Chen Chiung Ming forces shell Sun Yat Sen base. Sicilian mayor Filadella Castro arrested for bombs. court house explosion kills occupants. Japan China pact return of Shantung filed with League. Britain plans lump-sum war debt repayment to the United States. Twenty blind men in Wilkes-Barre strike after foreman is displaced.
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Romania
Sidi Mohamed Fa Nadur
Tunis
Africa
Duke of York Promotes Unity Across Social Classes
The Duke of York repeats a social project begun earlier to reduce snobbery by fostering good will between Westminster School boys and Welsh free works lads after a football match. He organized a summer camp with two hundred public school boys and an equal number from congested industrial areas to share experiences and build friendship.
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Duke of York
Westminster School
Deep Hollow Coughs Warn of Dangers in Cold
An advert warns that deep hollow coughs signal serious consumptive illness spreading from a cold or catarrh. It urges immediate care, promotes Catarrhozone inhaler to clear nostrils and lungs, and claims dramatic relief for coughs colds bronchial irritation and catarrhal trouble with a two month treatment priced at 1.90 or 0.50 for small size.
Stamps From Soviet Russia Reach Ben Litvin
A letter delivered from Soviet Russia to Ben Litvin in Wandsworth bears 150 stamps from Kiev suburb origins. Among them 5 are 200-rouble and 160 are 3000-rouble stamps, totaling 44 000 roubles face value yet worth little in actual exchange.
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Russia
Ben Litvin
Wandsworth
Kieff
Nerviline recommends at-home care for sick children
The article urges early treatment for colds and coughing children using Nerviline with chest rubs and a five minute gargle. It advises a bedtime dose of ten drops in hot sweetened water and claims quick improvement by morning. It also notes Burns memorized his poems during composition.
Worm Exterminator Affordably Priced at Drugstores
The cheapness of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator places it within reach of all buyers and it can be obtained at any druggist's.
Chinese Girl Wins Prizes At New York Public School Ceremony
Florence Low a twelve year old Chinese student from Public School No 23 Bavard and Mulberry Streets New York won the Morgan award of 20 dollars for best cook in District 1 and second prize of 15 dollars in the Evening Post essay contest on American history. About 100 essays were submitted. Florence and fourteen donor pupils sat on the platform with Principal Joseph D Reardon and teacher Miss Fidel C Baptist. The event drew applause from fellow graduates and schoolmates. The principal praised Chinese pupils for their excellent school records and noted Chinese students also made up part of the 170 graduates.
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Bavard and
Mulberry Streets
New York
Florence Low
Moit Street
Morgan
Evenine Post
Miss Low
Joseph D. Reardon
Fidel C. Baptist
Florence
William Rockefeller Will Left Heir Estate To Family Only
The will discloses an estate of 150 million dollars entirely for family members. No charity or public service receives any share, and even a long-serving retainer was left out, a move seen as fueling arguments for stricter inheritance and duty laws. Farmers’ Sun.
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William Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Farmere' Sun
Keep Children Well During Hot Weather
Mothers fear cholera infantum diarrhoea and stomach troubles in summer. Baby's Own Tablets are pitched as preventive and remedy, claimed to safeguard infants when kept at home. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents a box from Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Recovering Fuel From Cinders Uses Magnetic Recovery
A new process recovers fuel from coal cinders. One hundred tons of coal leave twenty tons of cinders, from which five tons of usable coal are recovered magnetically. The ash contains iron, enabling extraction, with potential millions of tons saved.
Circle Tours Through the Canadian Pacific Rockies
The advertisement promotes a grand mountain and lake trip via the Canadian Pacific route. It highlights Banff Lake Louise Field Glacier Arrowhead steamer on Arrow and Kootenay Lakes, with calls to West Robson and Nelson. Tickets arranged by Canadian Pacific ticket agents at low cost.
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Banff
Lake Louise
Field and Glacier
Arrowhead
Arrow
Kootenay Lakes
West Robson
Nelson
Canadian Pacific
Siberian Rivers Flow Over Beds of Ice
Rivers in Siberia differ from other regions by flowing over beds of ice. One Lena River tributary reportedly has two ice beds nine to twenty feet thick through which water has run for possibly centuries. Minard's Liniment for Burns, etc.
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Siberia
Lena
World’s first broadcasting auto tests in Winnipeg streets
The world’s first radio phone broadcasting automobile was driven through Winnipeg streets in a test trip that proved a success. Radio engineer L. V. Salton led the exhaustive work to develop a transmitter that could broadcast the human voice from a moving car.
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Winnipeg
L. V. Salton
Fallible Proofreaders Cited in Boston Transcript Quip
A Boston Transcript quips about proofreaders being fallible with a pun on diagnosing via medical books. The exchange hints at a misprint risk and a joke about self treatment through texts.
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Boston Transcript
Exodus Debate On Canadian Population Shifts
The Vancouver Province disputes a two million migration claim and argues Canada’s population rose faster than the United States over 1920 to 1921. It calls for precise immigration and exodus statistics, detailing nationalities and annual outflow to the south, as essential for nation building.
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Vancouver
Canada
United States
Michigan
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
Ottawa
Curiosity Insatiable Mother and the Cake Tale
A mother warns her child Bobbie not to rush through a cake as she recalls a boy who ate too fast and died before finishing. The boy’s path from bite to grave provokes the child’s grim question about what happened to the remainder.
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Bobbie
We Must Learn Jong’s Peculiarities to Retain Him
We cannot keep Jong as a friend unless we invest effort to understand his habits and respect them. Recognizing individual quirks helps preserve the bond and prevents loss due to misunderstanding.
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Jong
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Fame in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan letter from Mrs. Wat. J. Tomas of Melaral praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says it improved her health over two years and recommends it to other women. The ad touts the remedy as a natural restorative helping sick women for nearly fifty years.
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Melaral
Saskatchewan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Wat. J. Tomas
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mrs. Thomas
Revelstoke Skier Injured in Ranier Park Exhibition
Ski jumper Drennan Holton of Revelstoke B C sustained painful injuries during an exhibition jump on opening day of the fifth annual ski tournament in Ranier National Park. He fell after a 110 foot jump, sprained his left ankle, and a ski struck him above the eye causing a severe gash. He was taken to Paradise Inn for treatment. Nels Nelson of Revelstoke made 105 feet without a fall, the day’s longest jump. Sigurd Johnson of Tacoma jumped 95 feet, Peter Blucher 75 feet, and E Eagan of Hope 90 feet.
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Drennan Holton
Revelstoke
B.C
Ranier National Park
Holton
Paradise Inn
Nels Nelson
Revels
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Agrin
Washington
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House of Commons
Ao the
London
Zita
Austria
Spain
Bavaria
Chen Chiung Ming
United China
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Filadella Castro
Lentini
Sicily
Central News
Japan
China
Shantung
League of Nations
The
London Evening News
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
Wilkes-Barre
Banner of Postage Stamps
Soviet
Holloway
University of Wisconsin
Fresno
Cali
Biwe Pactaae
Milan
Taffeta
Burns
Circle
Canadian Pacific Rockies
C.P.R
Minard
Eta
States
Cutter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
U.S. Lense
California
Dominion Express
York Belting Co
York St
Toronto
Zini Shoe Polish
Eel Money
Bayer
Druggista
Bayer Company
Mack
Bayer Cross
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