World Happenings Briefly Told
Obituary notes include Robert E A Graham a leading Canadian livestock figure and judge who died in Toronto on June 14. Milner BC fourth year medical student Henry Roy Mavis will represent Canadian universities at Wembley in August. Basil Williams of McGill to succeed Sir Richard Lodge as Edinburgh history head. Persia withdraws from arms conference citing search rights on Gulf ships. Virgil tomb in Naples bought by Italian government with restoration planned. Mme Marusa Treyke a Russian colonel’s wife sentenced to death for anti Soviet bandit leadership in Ukraine. Canadian dental hygiene council outlines immigrant dental health program. Trade with India cited by H A Chisholm as growing with timber and machinery demand. Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre shrine reportedly in dangerous condition. Mack Eastman professor of history at UBC to Geneva for League of Nations work. Germany to join League of Nations by autumn and US member of world court likely by December. George Foster speaks in Montreal supporting League of Nations membership.
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Robert E A. Graham
Canada
Toronto
Henry Roy Mavis
Milner
McGill University
Wembley
Basil Willams
McGill Univerity
Richard Lodge
University of Edinburgh
Persia
Gulf of Persia
Virgil
Naples
Mme
Marusa Treyke
Ukraine
Canadian Dental Hygiene Council
India
H. A. Chisholm
Calcutta
Victoria
Jerusalem
London Daily Mail
Mack Eastman
University of British Columbia
Geneva
Department of Labor
League of Nations
Germany
United States
World Court
Bir
George Foster
Montreal
Believe In Success Of Non-Stop Paris New York Flight
French aviators Paul Tarascon and Francis Coll prepare for a summer attempt to fly non stop from Paris to New York. They estimate a five in 166 chance of success with a smooth motor and a sound navigator. Engineers are tuning the engine as July target looms, fuel storage posing stability challenges for a 30 hour flight across Atlantic routes including England Ireland Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
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Paul Tarascon
Francis Coll
Sweden to Electrify Railways as Steam Recedes
Sweden plans to electrify all railroads as steam loses ground. With abundant water power and no coal, electric engines will replace locomotives. motor trucks are already common on shorter routes. Diesel trains burn crude oil and prove more economical, with Deva Company completing 25 units and ten more underway.
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Sweden
Halfstad-Nassjo
Deva Company of
Cesteras
Rebuild Minaki Inn After Devastating Fire
Minaki Inn will be rebuilt after a recent fire that destroyed the main building and contents. Insurance covers estimated losses of 150000. Canadian National Railways will host guests at the Lodge at Minaki with new equipment under H T Knight, opening June 27. The dance pavilion boat house swimming area and ice house remain undamaged and will operate as before. The new golf course was not affected.
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Minaki Inn
Canadian National Railways
Minaki
H. T. Knight
Many Compliments For Empire Exhibition
The Wembley British Empire Exhibition is praised for its improved appearance gardens illumination and catering. A Canada Press cable misread compared Wembley with Paris but intended to note Wembley opened ready to receive visitors from day one.
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Wembley
Paris
Canada New Zealand trade 1925 February exports totals
Canada exported 1,632,577 in February 1925 to New Zealand. Agricultural and vegetable products comprised 428,550, wood and paper 172,343, and iron and iron products led with 2,743 in the month.
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Canada
New Zealand
Baboons Arrive in London Zoo for Acclimatization
Ninety sacred baboons from Abyssinia reached the London Zoo to be acclimatized. They will be placed in a cage with radiant sand and light, sheltered ledges outside, and electric warming from artificial sunshine.
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London Zoo
Hotel Pairon Faces Criticism Over Poor Quarters
Readers question why the hotel owner bears blame for subpar lodging when guests pay high rates. The piece argues quality should meet price expectations and urges improvements or price adjustments.
Winnipeg Summer Fair Educations Feature Highlights History
The Winnipeg Summer Fair will devote over three hundred feet of space to demonstrations and educational topics on city home and nation. Exhibits include early trading with Indigenous peoples, royal charters of 1670, Hudson’s Bay Company figures, Red River land purchases, and notable leaders such as King George V Queen Mary Lord Byng Lord Selkirk Sir Arthur Currie Sir James Atkins Premier John Bracken Mayor R H Webb and City Clerk Chas Brown.
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Winnipeg
Charles II
Prince Rupert
Hudson's Bay Company
Robert Molesworth Kindersley
G.B
The New Chateau Lake Louise Opens in 400-Room Grandeur
The nine storey Chateau Lake Louise rises on a city block above Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies. Built last winter for two million dollars, it opens June 1 with 400 rooms, 425 staff, and a 500-seat dining room, backed by a specialty train carrying 350 tons of food for the opening banquet.
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Canadian Pacific
Raiway
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
C.P.R
Strathcona
Alberta
Chateau
Chateau Lake Louise
Wheat Outlook Warns of Abandoned Winter Acreage
A Buffalo Express report says more than half of winter wheat acreage in Washington, Montana, Oregon, New Mexico and Texas was abandoned. Nationally nearly a quarter of winter wheat land shows abandonment, with spring wheat prospects below average. Canada crops remain strong and other nations show good prospects, but U S exportable surplus may shrink if prices stay high.
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Buffalo Express
Washington
Montana
Oregon
New Mexico
Texas
Canada
Maharajah of Gwalior Dies in Paris Funeral Cremation
The Maharajah of Gwalior, among India's wealthiest rulers, died suddenly in Paris. He was cremated in modern fashion, clad in royal robes with jewels, after attempts to cremate him on an open air funeral pyre failed. Bamboo, young, can be snapped off and eaten like asparagus.
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Maharajah of
Gwalior
India
Paris
Saskatchewan Awards 87 000 Road Improvement Contracts
The Saskatchewan government let road work contracts totaling 87 000 this season. Projects include nine miles of Maidstone east road for 11 000, Saskatoon to Grandora for 12 000, Bladworth north six miles for 7 500, Corinne south five miles for 4 500, Kenaston to Hanley for 12 400, Trossachs east for 13 000, and Quill Lake to Watson with three miles north for 16 000.
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Saskatchewan
Maidstone
Saskatoon
Grandora
Bladworth
Corinne
Kenaston
Hanley
Trossachs
Quill Lake
Watson
Well Qualified Prospective Employer But Can You Get Up
A maid applicant boasts she was up before others at her last job and could have beds made early. The light tone contrasts a potential employer’s doubt about reliability and punctuality.
Fragmented exchange from a seaside romance scene
An elderly speaker tests a young lover about providing for his daughter as the suitor nervously replies that she wants him. The dialogue hints at romantic tension and parental concerns within a casual conversation.
Wheat prices held up by Russia’s nonparticipation
The Vancouver Sun notes criticism of wheat price speculation and warns that high prices may persist due to factors beyond farmers, citing Russia’s reduced wheat output as a long term absence from world markets. It argues buyers and sellers fear market drops driven by gambling rings.
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Blue Ruin
Russia
Vancouver Sun
Sudan grass bests kale for hog feeding at Ottawa test
In 1923 at the Central Experimental Farm Ottawa Berkshire and York shire hogs fed on Sudan grass and Marrow-stemmed kale. Sudan grass showed slight superiority in feeding value, matured earlier and provided green feed for nine days longer with little difference in overall value.
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Sudan
Berkshire
Yorkshire
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Liar Liar Exchange Sparks Testy Interruption
A terse exchange unfolds with a speaker accusing a responsive participant of dishonesty while another figure challenges naming, prompting a quip about preferring a name over a profession. The brief fragment hints at a staged or theatrical confrontation.
West and East aid Saskatchewan salad in Canada dinner debate
In a Moose Jaw Times reflection the Canadian Manufacturers' Association dinner in Quebec is criticized for light Western representation. The piece argues Western provinces provide substantial value and urges more sympathetic, less protective cooperation between the east and the west for Canada’s growth.
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Quebec
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Plains
Western Canada
Manitoba
Prairie
Canada
Middle East
West
Moose Jaw
Prize Cattle Shipped From Montreal Export Consignment
The first consignment of export cattle for 1925 left Montreal, totaling 207 head from the Livestock Producers' Association of Alberta. They averaged about 1200 pounds at age three. One hundred twenty five came from Edmonton spring show with five carload prizes. The lot includes the University of Alberta grand champion steer and five Hereford steers that won top prizes at Regina Calgary and Saskatoon shows.
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Montreal
Livestock Producers’ Association of Alberta
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Regina
Calgary
Saskatoog
May Buy Another Farm South African Farming Interest
Report notes Prince of Wales discussed returning to South Africa for big game shooting but seems not keen on it. He canceled a planned visit to a game reserve yet showed strong farming interest during his tour, with farmers seeing potential for him to buy a farm and promote horse breeding and dairy cattle.
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Prince of Wales
South Africa
Canada fruit production in 1924 summarized
A federal bureau of statistics bulletin reports Canada produced fruit worth 24,266,431 in 1924, a decline from the prior year due to smaller quantities. principal items listed include apples 18,777,667, pears 471,924, and strawberries 1,398,919.
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Canada
Federal Bureau of Statistics
Soup in the Army Turns Tea Mystery Into Praise
An orderly officer visiting the mess tents asks for complaints. A soldier volunteers and jokes that the soup is the best he has tasted in his army career, while the officer points out the soup was meant to be tea.
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