World Happenings Briefly Told
Jacob Gould Scharman named ambassador to Germany by President Coolidge. Canada Pacific Railway moved 3 781 661 tons of grain to Fort William and Port Arthur and 961 500 tons to Vancouver in 1924. De Valera issued St Patrick's Day manifesto for Irish abroad. Daylight saving to start May for Montreal and end Sept 27. A native from East Africa brought hog blood sample to Washington for research. Rome New York cable service launched, length 5422 land miles. Graham says 1936 miles rural road built in 1924 under Canada Highways Act. US War Dept orders 100 new planes at nearly 1 500 000. Mr. Thomas Electric Oil advert. Alberta Press Association sets Aug 28 29 in Edmonton. BC association to meet there as well.
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Canadian Pacifi Railway
Fort Wil Nam
Port Arthur
Vancouver
Eame
Favorite Prescription Endorsed by Mrs Henderson
Mrs Laura Henderson of Sarnia Ontario praises Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic and nervine that tones the body and supports health in a debilitated young mother. She recommends it to women in need and notes it is available from local druggists in tablet or liquid form.
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Sarnia
Cotterbery St
Winnipeg Dairy Convention Arrangements Announced
Manitoba Dairy Inspector L A Gilson says the 1926 Western Canada Dairy Association convention will be held in Winnipeg. Manitoba Dairy and Butlermakers associations set dates and planned competitions while 189 carloads of creamery butter were shipped in the past year totaling 4 435 200 pounds worth 1 463 516 dollars. The shipments included 29 000 boxes of unsalted butter sent to the British market, a first for Manitoba.
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Manitoba
L. A. Gilson
Western Canada Dairy Association
Winnipee
Manitoba Dairy Association
Manitoba Butlermakers’ Association
Diamond Dyes Promise Beautiful Color for All Fabrics
An advertisement extols Diamond Dyes offering easy cold or hot water tinting for lingerie silk ribbons skirts and more. Each 15 cent package includes simple directions and claims compatible results on wool silk cotton and blends when dyed or tinted.
Woman in charge of Grand Trunk freight cars
Miss Lucy Wright serves as general car distributor for the Grand Trunk Railway and is described as the only woman in the United States in such a high executive role. Her duties require coordinating 15 000 freight cars to meet shipper demands amid variable crops and weather, with idle cars costing a dollar a day.
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Wright
California
East
Lucy Wright
Grand Trunk Railway
United States
Americans Dance To London Music On U S Airwaves
The first London dance music program was successfully rebroadcast to a large American audience. WJZ New York and WRC Washington carried the Hotel Savoy Dance Orchestra from London via RCA. Listeners also heard Big Ben chimes from the Houses of Parliament marking midnight.
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York
WJZ
New York City
WRC
Wash
Hotel Savoy
London
United States
Radio Corporation of America
House of Parliament
Hog production up in Canada in 1924 surpasses prior year
Canada marketed 3,946,000 hogs in 1924 at stockyards and packing plants, compared to 2,303,606 in 1923. The prairie provinces saw the largest rise, with 698,000 hogs marketed in 1923 rising to 1,065,511 in 1924, a 50 percent increase.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Holloway's Corn Remover Promises Safe, Quick Relief
The product claims to treat hard and soft corns effectively with a safe, certain, and satisfactory action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Canada Wheat Exports Rise 30 Percent to U K in 1924
A Department of Trade and Commerce report shows Canadian wheat shipments to the United Kingdom up 30 percent in 1924 compared with 1923. The surge reflects increased demand and supply shifts affecting trade between Canada and Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Department of Trade and Commerce
Children of Mature Fathers Linked to Higher Eminence Chance
Scientists claim children born to two fathers over fifty have ten times the likelihood of becoming eminent compared with those whose fathers are younger. The assertion hinges on the idea of mature parentage influencing genetic or societal factors that foster achievement.
Foe Sore Feet Minard’s Linimens Nearing End
A fragment notes Minard’s linimens dealing with sore feet and a likely finish near the end of the engagement. The text mentions the U and the year 1568 in a historical context.
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NY U
Minard’s
Hope Of The World Speech Urges Nations to Shoulder Peace Burden
Hope Of The World of Chelwood declared in a recent speech that survival of Christian civilization rests on nations preparing to cooperate and share the burden of safeguarding world peace.
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Chelwood
Boundary Line Treaties Debated in Senate in Washington
The Canada United States boundary treaties discussed in Washington by Hon Ernest Lapointe and Secretary Hughes realign the Lake of the Woods line and Pasamaquoddy Bay NB. They provide for monument repair and relocation as needed and define a series of straight boundary segments adjoining established markers. A small Grand Manan Channel waters zone is addressed with a convertible jurisdiction note. Regular inspections and maintenance of the boundary line are planned including keeping boundary vistas open.
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Canada
United States
United States Senate
Siewee
Washington
Ernest Lapointe
Hughes
Passamaquoddy Bay
N.B
Lake of the Woods
New Brunswick
Grand Manan Channel
Demonstration Farms for Russia Equipped with Modern Machinery
Seven groups of Russian farmers who spent time in the United States left New York under the Technical Aid Society to establish modern farms in Soviet Russia. The farms will serve as demonstration units for Russian peasants and are equipped with up to date machinery and implements.
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United States
New York
Technical Aid Society
Russia
Soviet Russia
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Help Morrisburg Reader
Mrs. Geo E Bowman of Morrisburg Ontario shares a tale of heart and nerve distress two years ago when exertion caused her heart to flutter and she could not climb stairs without resting. After starting Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills she reports improvement with less breathlessness and better endurance.
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Geo. E. Bowman
Morrisburg
Ont
Milburn
Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills Endorsement Notice
An endorsement notes rapid improvement from Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills and recommends them for heart-related troubles. The pills are sold at drug and general stores and manufactured by The T. Milburn Co. Ltd. Toronto Ontario.
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T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Lumber Industry Sees Better Returns in Thunder Bay Region
Weather and wood conditions turn favorable for the winter lumber season in the Thunder Bay district. Operators report exceptionally good conditions since last fall with about sixty percent of the cut intended for home manufacture and forty percent rafted for export to United States mills.
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Thunder Bay
United States
Global Earthquakes Persist Daily Shocks Across Regions
Earthquakes feature continuously with no day free from tremors in any area. Japan alone records about three quakes per day on average, highlighting the globe's persistent seismic activity.
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Globe
Japan
Eczema Relief After Using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Montreal woman describes two years of severe itchy eczema spreading over her face and head. After trying various treatments with no relief she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and experienced immediate relief and full healing. Signed Miss Wood, 886 City Hall Ave., Montreal.
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Wood
City Hall Ave
Montreal
Quebec
Cobham Flier Sets Imperial Route Survey Record
British aviator Alan Cobham completed a record flight of seventeen thousand miles to India and back, including a Mount Everest crossing, with no engine change and only one breakdown. He and Sir Sefton Brancker chart imperial air routes via Baghdad Calcutta Rangoon. Cobham now exceeds two hundred thousand miles flown.
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London
India
Mount Everest
Alan Cobham
Sir Setton Brancker
Imperial Air
Baedad
Calcutta
Rangoon
Cobham
Sefton Brancker
Imperial Airways
Australia
Egypt
Canada
Mothers Praise Baby's Own Tablets In Home Testimony
Mrs. L. M. Brown of Walton Nova Scotia reports high regard for Baby's Own Tablets. She says they invaluable for ailments of little ones and that once tried they stay in the home. The laxative tablets regulate stomach and bowels relieve constipation aid digestion ease teething and banish minor illnesses. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Pr Williams' Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Pr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Devonshire Backed Saved Empire Exhibition with Private Funds
Parliamentary secretary A. M. Samuel states the government guaranteed £100,000 for the empire exhibition and the Duke of Devonshire later contributed £500,000 from private funds. Without his aid the exhibition would have closed early, he says, and the government ratified the guarantee.
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A. M. Samuel
Overseas Trade Department
Duke of Devonshire
Mackinder Accepts Chairmanship of Imperial Economic Committee
London reports Sir Halford Mackinder has taken the chairmanship of the Imperial Economic Committee. The panel will oversee an annual $5,600,000 fund set by the British Government to promote Dominion products in the United Kingdom. The committee will decide marketing strategies and distribution plans for imperial goods.
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Canada
London
England
Halford Mackinder
Imperial Economic Committee
United Kingdom
Germanys Drink Bill as World Alcohol Leader
Germany tops alcohol consumption in a committee claim, with 500 million quarts yearly and 132 million hard liquors. The Dawes Plan burden is cited at forty marks per person, suggesting prohibition could ease debt while funding grape juice industry.
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Germany
National Committee For Prohibition
France
Murders of Rural Correspondents Alarm Russian Government
Recurring killings of provincial newspaper correspondents by peasants trigger harsh state actions. Three peasants were executed at Nikolaiev near Odessa for killing a provincial paper's reporter whom locals accused of spying for the government. Another journalist was slain near Iriansk after the executions. Government figures show over 1,000 such murders last year.
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Russia
Nikolaiev
Odessa
Iriansk
Moscow
Sale of Coal in National Parks Regulations Amended
The order in council dated February 3 1925 amends licensing rules for parks to require coal sold by weight in loads of 1000 pounds or more to be weighed on public scales. A weighing fee of 15 cents per load is established.
Record Montreal Tourist Trade Predicted for Europe Sailings
Officials of Montreal steamship firms estimate over 40000 tourists will sail to Europe in the coming navigation season. The figure is the largest on record and includes more United States citizens than ever before.
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Montreal Steamship Companies
Montreal
Europe
United States
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Child Health
Worms sap the strength and undermine vitality of children. Strengthen them by using Mother Graves Worm Exterminator to drive out the parasites.
Canning Plant Planned in Rutland Kelowna
Okanagan Packers Ltd plans a canning factory and fruit packing house in Rutland Kelowna depending largely on arrangements with local tomato growers and the company.
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Okanagan Packers, Ltd
Rutland
Kelowna
Mule Carts Still Dominion In Shenai Interior
In Shenai province interior China mule carts remain dominant for travel and freight as the new motor bus struggles to win riders. A mule cart carries one passenger plus baggage for about 30 miles per day at 50 cents, while a motor bus charges about 3 cents a mile totaling around $3.25 for 100 miles yet faces local resistance to speed and rough roads.
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Shenai
China
New Western Road
Canadian Fur Output Falls, 1923 24 Value Tops 15 Million
Raw fur production in Canada for 1923 24 totaled 15 643 817 dollars a drop of more than 1 million from the prior year, according to a bulletin by the bureau of statistics. Leading pelts by value included Muskrat Beaver Mink White fox Silver fox Red fox Patch fox Coyote or prairie wolf and Lynx with values ranging from 3 440 365 to 515 849 dollars.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Miller's Worm Powders Marketed as Thorough Vermifuge
The advertisement claims Miller's Worm Powders expel stomachic and intestinal worms from children without pain or discomfort. It asserts the powder acts as a tonic, strengthening the infant stomach and maintaining vigorous operation, making it a dependable vermifuge and healthful overall remedy.
Canadian mills exceed U S in February newsprint output
Production of newsprint by Canadian mills in February reached 115,624 tons with an average daily rate 150 tons higher than January. United States mills produced 113,831 tons, 1,793 tons less than Canada, marking the first time Canadian output surpassed U S production.
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United States
Laughing burglars net dummy stock and color water bottles
In Bath England a gang of burglars cut a hole in a tobacconist window and stole a haul of packets all dummies and empty. They also raided a vine merchant shop taking five bottles of colored water from the display.
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Bath
Eng
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House of Commons
United States War Department
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Edmonton
British Columbia Press Association
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Thunder Bay District
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