World Happenings Briefly Told
Official statistics show 3 274 people killed this year in 66 United States cities in motor accidents. Mme Curie sailed home to Europe after lectures in Brazil. A meteor flare followed by a blaze unsettled north Midland England. Prof Wilk reports a new sixth class comet. Ottawa couple Fielding celebrated golden wedding with congratulations. A 96-year-old Donegal woman was lauded for mowing tying and stacking oats. Tokyo hosts a large pet cemetery ceremony with Buddhist prayers. US settlers in Canada brought 163 476 553 in cash and effects in 12 years. Alaska reindeer study aims to fit northern Mackenzie area. Four hundred Mennonites expected west before snow. most to land. Paris bus and streetcar drivers protest by moving slowly and bowing to pedestrians.
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Tokio
United States
Canada
Department of Immigration and Colonization
London Delux Street Car Trial Awakens Transit Hope
London council launched a deluxe street car along the Thames embankment as an experimental service with limousine like seating and improved lighting for newspaper reading. The car proved popular with passengers and the council decided to order 160 more of the same kind.
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London
London Council
Thames Embankment
Ambitious Plan for Empire Broadcasting
An empire wide broadcasting scheme envisions eight high powered stations and six repeaters to reach four hundred million inside the empire and one hundred million abroad. Moncton New Brunswick would relay to Canada with Vancouver on the Pacific coast as a later transmitter. Lane Hines would supervise the Vancouver link and program distribution nationwide.
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British Isles
British Broadcasting Company
British Government Broadcasting Commission
British League of Nations
Empire
British Empire
Daventry
England
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canada
Dominion
Lane Hines
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Invents Instrument To Analyze Brain Power
Ukrainian scientist Dr Zaceharats Bissky living in Berlin unveils the Diagnascope a psycho electric device claimed to measure mental capacity and aptitude. The patient sits with a head set and headphones while wires and a hand held rod connect to an electric instrument. graphs are interpreted into a diagnosis in about thirty minutes.
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Zaceharats Bissky
Berlin
Bissky
New Semi tailored blouse and vestee outfit pattern
The pattern shows a blouse with front buttons to a narrow vestee, points at the front, convertible collar, kimono sleeves, and a gathered skirt with full sleeves and wrist bands. Sizes 16 to 26 years with yardage for 36 bust. price 20 cents for the yardage and 10 cents for the Fall Fashion Book.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Union
Pattern ordering note from Winnipeg Union at 178 McDermot Ave. includes pattern number, size, and ordering method. The fragment indicates a mailing or in-person request process with a focus on pattern numbers and sizing details.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Summer heat danger to infants and canadas 1925 farm wealth
The hot season endangers babies with diarrhoea and other illnesses and promotes a remedy from The Dr Williams Medicine Co. Canada reports 1925 gross agricultural wealth at 7.832 billion dollars, up 324.7 million from 1924. A quip notes bachelors are men’s rights while widowers are women’s thesis.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Canada
Canadian Government Bureau of Statistics
Growth of Wheat Pool Expands Storage Capacity
Saskatchewan farmers pool wheat as of August 31 signups cover 76,187 acres while 135 new coarse grain contracts total 9,642 acres. Rail officials report experimental telephone links between engines and cabooses cut dispatch times on long freight trains.
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Pacific Coast
Gbor
Saskatchewan
Eastern Railway
Poverty a Crime in Indefinite Hard Labor Sentence
A maid notes neglect of a chair as poverty is described as a crime. The speaker, Fanny, remarks on the chair being unused for weeks. The dialogue implies a harsher justice system with a man sentenced to hard labor for an unspecified term.
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Fanny
The Dead Point In Canadian Progress By C W Peterson
The piece discusses population pressure in Canada after the Great War and the challenge of expanding agricultural workforces. It argues Canada drifts in a difficult phase, needing rapid population growth and immigration policy changes to ease fiscal and development burdens. It contrasts Canada with the United States and warns against replicating U S exclusion policies.
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Europe
Nature
Canada
United States
el Dorado
U. S
Granting Of Titles At Canadian Bar Association Session
A resolution regretting the Canadian Parliament motion to confer no more titles on Canadian subjects was presented by F. B. Featherstonhaugh of Toronto and seconded by R. G. Delormier of Montreal. It was referred to the resolution committee during the open session of the thirteenth annual meeting in St John New Brunswick.
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Canada
F. B. Featherstonhaugh
K.C
Toronto
R. G. Delormier
Montreal
Canadian Bar Association
St John
N.B
Stockholm's Tall Buildings Get Nonstop Elevators
Some of Stockholm's taller structures install continuous motion elevators. They move slowly and nonstop between floors. Passengers must step on and off while the car glides past.
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Stockholm
Invention Enables Hidden Cameras for Burglars and Burglaries
A new concealed camera by John E. Seebold of La Salle Illinois records intruders by day or night. The steel hidden unit fits walls desks or filing cabinets and activates on door knob triggers to photograph burglars and hold up men.
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Air Service
John E. Seebold
la Salle
Rochester
Aend
Basilica consecrated at Domremy honoring Joan of Arc vow
The Basilica at Domremy was consecrated decades after King Charles VII vowed to build it if Joan of Arc led France to victory. The church, 33 years in construction, features frescoes of Joan’s key moments and an altar praised as a national treasure. It overlooks her birthplace and the Meuse valley where battles echoed Joan’s era.
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Charles VII
Joan of Arc
France
Domremy
Lorraine
Joan
Meuse
Insurance Included with Lufthansa Flights in Germany
EachTraveller on one of Germany seven and five aeroplane routes is insured for 6000 dollars at Lufthansa expense. Flying is considered as safe as train or car travel. Lufthansa contracts with insurers that charge only the usual accident rate, no extra hazard premium. Official 1925 safety rate stands at 99.997 percent with no passenger injuries so far this year.
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Alr
Germany
Lufthansa
Grimshaw’s Sliding Trombone Quip Reveals Domestic Strain
In a humorous aside a neighbor quizzes Grimshaw on his nightly instrument from the 16th to the 27th. He jokes the instrument is a sliding trombone and the neighbor suggests slipping it into an ash can. The item ends noting a husband’s loss of autonomy after winning a wife.
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Grimshaw
Chicago curfew edict sparks enforcement chaos
In Chicago a 10 pm curfew for unescorted youths 16 and under triggers police confusion as short skirts and bobbed hair blur age. Parks close at 10 pm and officers patrol roads and lovers lanes while authorities urge teenagers to court at home parlors.
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Chicago
Collins
Farmer Cornleighs Puzzle Answer Sparks Hen House Debate
Farmer Cornleigh responds to last week’s puzzle about a new incubator. Farmer Newfodder reports the device sat in the hen house for three weeks with no eggs or chickens, questioning its success.
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Cornleigh
Farmer Newfodder
Famous Dr Pierce Creator of Golden Medical Discovery
A historical note on Dr Ray V Pierce originator of Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. It describes his move to Buffalo and the World’s Dispensary, the preparation of remedies from roots and herbs, and his widespread sales in the US and Canada. The text extols digestive and blood cleansing benefits, urges readers to ask a druggist, or send 10 cents for a trial package.
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Dr. Pierce
Ray V. Pierce
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
N. Y
Invalids
U. S
Canada
Pierce
Doctor Fierce
Bridgeburg
Ont
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Grain Exchange
Bank OF Nova Scotia
Brazil
Mme. Curie
North Midland
Wilk
Ottawa
W. 8. Fielding
Mrs. Fielding
Annie Clarke
Donegal
Alaska
Mackenzie District
David Toews
Mennonite Colonization Board and Land Settlement Board
Paris
Chamberlain
W. N. UV
Empire Broadcasting
Paratus
Teem
Eer
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Gat
C. W. Peterson
Ba- Association
Appleford
Maso Ton
Counter Chubo
Limureo Carada
Western Agencies
Pacific Waxed Paper
Western
Davie T
McDermott Ave
Wiknipeg Henter Martin & Co
Regina
Ando
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