World Happenings Briefly Told
The Swiss army equips gas masks with oxygen reservoirs for bears. England’s economy shows a six month loss of 25 million pounds due to coal use. The Post Ofer in Sweden reports last year profits of 3,271,217 dollars or 55 dollars per inhabitant. A new airplace engine develops 906 to 54 bars power with economy. The War Department orders strict penalties for sedition in Mexico. The U S Senate votes to admit 30 600 wives and minor children of prior aliens for naturalization. Italy to build two turbine torpedo boats for Romania after internal competition. President Adolfo Diaz and Nicaragua Conservatives recognized by Britain. Alberta declines Rhodes Scholar representation for Oxford. Edmonton committee makes no appointment. Alfred Mond hails U S as a happy land in remarks to American Chamber of Commerce.
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England
Sweden
Gilaegen
War Department
Mexico
United States Senate
Italy
Adolfo Diaz
Nicaragua
Alberta
Canada
Oxford
Edmonton
Rhodes
United States
Treasury
Alfred Mond
American Chamber of Commerce
London
Early Russell Paintings Hidden on Doors Found in Montana
Writers note that Charles M. Russell, early in his career, painted scenes on doors that later gained fame. Two survive in Montana: “The Antelope Hunt” on a bank vault door in Lewis town and a 1862 dated piece in a Great Falls garage. Plans exist to cut steel with torches to preserve the paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenat
Russell
Lewistown
Great Falls
Prince of Wales Visits Bath School Dining Hall
During a three hour visit to Kingswool School Bath the Prince of Wales spoke with 348 staff in the dining hall and heard a wartime anecdote from Rev Owen S Watkins, noting a Somme meeting with the prince. The tale included a muddy padre sharing a shellhole in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingswool
Bath
Prince of Wales
Ince
France
Owen S. Watkins
Somme
Mr. Watkins
Bride Demands Delivery Justice Over Missing Dinner
Mrs Barr storms into a grocer’s shop claiming she was cheated after ordering aroni for dinner and receiving only empty stents in the delivery. The incident highlights a domestic shopper’s dispute with a local merchant.
Edmonton Opens Officially New Airport Hub
The city of Edmonton has officially opened its first international air port hub in Canada. A terminal has been inaugurated marking a new era for regional air travel with upgraded facilities and scheduled international connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Ity
Canada
Tetom
Noted Naturalist Opens Frog Farm for Market Delicacy
Foil Mendrich, a naturalist, starts a frog farm after finding high prices for unusual farm frogs in America. He claims frogs are clean, eat almost any live food, swallow prey whole, and are fearless. Electric lamps at the farm lure insects to feed the frogs. An acre could yield about 18,900 frogs yearly, with profits tied to demand for frog legs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foil Mendrich
Mann
Radiated light proves vital to human life claims Berlin professor
Professor Adolph Lazarus of Berlin University argues that all existence depends on radiated light from stars sun and earth reflections and from radioactive substances. He asserts humans live in a bath of light and that cultural clothing has altered women's health, noting a decline in anaemia among young girls and women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph Lazarus
Berlin University
Berlin Medical Society
Prof
Lazarus
Scenis
Chinese girl passes solicitor final exam in London
Miss Kathleen Hoahing aged 23 becomes the first Chinese woman to pass the solicitors final examination in London and will be fully qualified after completing articles. She plans to practice abroad perhaps in Singapore where her uncle is a barrister. Born in British Guiana she studied at a convent school and Salisbury after moving to England seven years ago. Her mother was the first Chinese woman to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kathleen Hoahing
Solicitors
Singapore
British Guiana
Heading
England
Salisbury
Kent
Royal College of Surgeons
Ireland
Nova Scotia appoints BC horticulturist Middleton
J. A. Walker announces the appointment of Professor W. A. Middleton of British Columbia as the new provincial horticulturist for Nova Scotia. Middleton will begin duties in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Middleton
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
J. A. Walker
Middleton
Johns Hopkins Professor Discusses Smoking Men and Women
A Johns Hopkins professor says smoking makes men more dependable, but offers no data on women smokers. He notes uncertainty about whether women become more dependent, especially in smaller matches, as he refrains from strong conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns Hopkins
Lutheran Immigrants Aim for 14000 in Canada in 1927
At the annual meeting the Lutheran Immigration Board of Canada set a goal of 14 000 Lutheran immigrants to Canada for 1927. Col J S Dennis Chief Commissioner of the Department of Colonization and Development Canadian Pacific Railway spoke among others. The text includes unrelated wedding anecdote and pattern order details from Winnipeg notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Immigration Board of Canada
Canada
Col. J. S. Dennis
Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
Ghostly error ends in bayonet encounter during inquest
James W Smith, 26, a marine known as the ghost, dressed in a sheet to scare rival Moat while on sentry duty. Moat testified he challenged the white figure as ordered and, after a third challenge, it charged and was bayoneted. Smith died after three weeks in hospital. Moat asserted he did his duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Moat
Rerd Marines
Soldiers of the Sea
Moat
James W. Smith
Smith
Guy
Laconsecally
Street cries broadcast from Manchester station charm readers
Ancient and modern English street cries were aired by the British Broadcasting Company. The grime of chimney sweeps rag and bone men flower girls and coal and food sellers parade the streets with distinctive songs or cries, some passed down through generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
British Broadcasting Company
England
Fashionable One Piece Frock Pattern No 1479
A flannel frock with a front focal design features three plaits at the skirt base and a deep V front with vestee. Ribbed girdle buckle and buttoned front add chic. Sizes 16 18 20 require specified yardage. book on home dressmaking offered at 10 cents.
C N R Names Weldon as Vice President in Charge of Traffic
Sir Henry W. Thornton announces Albert T. Weldon as vice-president in charge of traffic and express for the Canadian National system, replacing J E Dalrymple who has resigned. Weldon, long known in commercial circles, has risen through clerical and traffic posts since 1890, with a career spanning Inter Colonial Railway, Port Hood Coal Company, Dominion Coal, and later CN. He became general traffic manager of the system in August last, and now assumes the top traffic post at CN with Moncton as his headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Albert T. Weldon
Trafic and Express
J. E. Dalrymple
Weldon
Trafic
Canada
Dorchester
N.B
Moncton
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Halifax Board of Trade
Port Hood ¢Oa
Port Hood Coal Company
Intercolonial Railway
Dominion Coal Company
Montreal
Black Diamond Steamship Line
Newfoundland
Gulf Port
Inter-colonial Railway
Canadian Government Railways
Canadian Northern
Canadian Government Lines
Port Arthur
Ite
Canadian National
Atlantic Région
Fragmented Quote on Renewals and Candies
A brief line notes that renewing a good resolution is easier than a promissory note and mentions a China made candy of lazar and rose petals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Lazar
Italian American Tangoria Demonstrates at London High
Albert Tangoria, an American-born Italian, performs at Technical High School London Ontario joining staff and pupils. He mentally adds figures totaling 22 644 while operating a hypewriter at 1390 words per minute and intermingles talk with a staff audience and a pupil lecture.
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Albert Tangoria
Technical High School
London
Ont
Calif man buys British sheep from Prince of Wales ranch
Walter Charles Priddy of the Corriedale Sheep Co. Gridley California says he bought forty head of imported Shropshires from the Prince of Wales Alberta ranch southwest of Calgarr and fifteen more from other local flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales
Alberta
Calgarr
Walter Charles Priddy
Corriedale Sheep Co
Gridley
California
Royal Ranch
Proving His Devotion Note From Lill
A note from Lill shows a lover pledging to endure sea and storm for his beloved and to visit tonight if the weather cooperates. The passage ends with a separate line about free scholarships for musicians to entertain patients in New York hospitals.
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New York
Secrets From Tut Ankh Amen Tomb Revealed At Luxor
Luxor reports detail more than thirty statues each in its own gold gilded casket alongside golden barques and royal robes from Tut Ankh Amen’s tomb opened by Howard Carter. A hidden crypt beneath the sarcophagus may hold the mortuary chamber of queen Ankhnes Amen daughter of Khnanaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxor
Tut-Ankh
Amen
Howard Carter
Tul Ankh-Amen
Ankh-nes-Amer
Khanaten
Egypt
Snow’s Hidden Benefits for City and Farm
Rural readers hear an old saying that heavy snow acts as a natural fertilizer, enriching soil by oxygen and aiding purification. While city dwellers begrudge winter shoveling, farmers view snow as a seasonal advantage that strengthens the hardy population in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciyie
Canada
Still World's Best Seller The Bible At Mail Order House
A mail order comparison shows over 156000 Bibles dispatched this year to global destinations, many to missionaries. Country buyers prefer plain black leather binding and readable type, with King James version predominant, while demand for clean books rises as farmers and small town residents seek plain reading materials.
China’s Foundations of Civilization Through Ancient Inventions
The timeline highlights early Chinese contributions from 2860 B C to 206 B C, including the wooden plow, silk, a 2300 B C calendar, bronzes, writing, and poetry. It notes Laozi Confucius Mencius and Mozi shaping philosophy, with later advances in tea paper printing the compass and movable type.
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China
Laotze
Confucius
Meti
Mencius
Alberta Auto Licenses Reach Sixty Four Thousand in Ten Months
Alberta issued licenses for 64 000 automobiles in the first ten months of the year. The total adds 11 600 to the previous year according to figures from the Deputy Provincial Secretary.
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Alberta
Proud Position Of Canadian Agriculture
Canadian agriculture is praised for efficiency and high output per worker, with data showing substantial growth from 1870 to 1925. The piece argues Canada has a very productive farming sector but faces a deficit in exporting enough to sustain urban employment, implying a need for more farmers rather than merely better farming methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jardine
U.S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Farme
Canada
Russian officials deem Canadian horse shipment satisfactory
A cargo of 1,000 Canadian horses to Russia was described as very satisfactory by U S S R officers, with veterinary expert J C Margrave and Dominion livestock head J Byers noting only six horses lost in transit. Canadian government representatives have returned home after the voyage to Leningrad.
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Russia
United State of Soviet Russia
J. C. Margrave
Veterinary of
Health of Animals
J Byers
Dominion Livestock Branch
Leningrad
Canada stone production rises in 1925 to record level
Dominion figures show stone production in Canada reached 5,706,119 tons in 1925 valued at 7,464,777 dollars, up from 4,768,014 tons worth 6,407,757 in 1924. Ontario led with 53 percent, followed by Quebec, then British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and New Brunswick.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistice
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
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C. M. Russell
Charles M. Russell
Prince
Padre
Berlin
B.C
East
Hikia
Mr. Dash
Jack
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Jake
Broadcast
C.N.R
Lill
Chicago House
Net
Mang
Alberta Automobile License
C. W. Peterson
William the Conqueror
Addington
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