World Happenings Briefly Told
Canadian government uses 27 aeroplanes and spends 63886 on Geneva labor congress delegations since 1925. Great Lakes navigation opened April 28 with Hamonic and Noronic carrying 3000 tons to Western Canada. Radio licenses total 406989 for eleven months ending Feb 28 1930. Ontario leads with 201941 receivers. Saskatchewan 31266 Alberta 20574 British Columbia 34426. Bank of France vaults hold over one sixth of world gold reserves. France second only to US in gold reserves. This year 29 BC forest fires. damage light. Robert Bridges cremated at Golders Green with few attendees no flowers. Louis Nadeau and family travel from Chicopee Mass to Mayfair Saskatchewan by motor home.
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Earl Brydges
Ontario
Quebec
Pas
Great Lakes
Hamonic
Noronic
Port Arthur
Western Canada
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Bank of France
France
United States
Germany
Italy
Britain
Robert Bridges
England
Golders Green
Endured Year Of Hardships Returns To Italian Citizenship
August Lorenzi, 38, a Campi village native near Trento, who left as an Austrian soldier in 1914 to fight Russians, has returned after decades of hardship to become an Italian citizen as Campi’s fortunes shifted during war. He endured imprisonment in Russia, labor in forests, a miller’s work, revolution turmoil, and long separation before final permission to depart with eight dollars.
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Campi
Trento
Italy
August Lorenzi
Lorenzi
Russia
Moscow
Smart frock pattern from Tingey line for American women
All Tingey models are created in Paris and sketched there. Patterns adapted by American patternmakers in New York suit juniors and debutante sisters. The frock features box-pleats, tucks, and a scarlet rep collar and cuffs option. Sizes 14 to 20, ready for delivery. Pattern price 25 cents.
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Paris
New York
Industry Growing In Value In Manitoba 1927-29 Mining
A Manitoba Chamber of Mines report outlines mining expenditures rising from 1,535,619 in 1927 to 4,853,185 in 1928 and 12,302,926 in 1929. Wages in 1929 reached about eleven times the 1927 level, underscoring rapid growth in the sector.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Chamber of Mines
NERVES WERE BAD PRICE REMEDY ADVERTISED
A neighbor advised me to take Price, 50c a box, at all druggists and dealers, or mail direct on receipt of price to The T Milburn Co Limited, Toronto Ont.
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T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Pattern No Sweet Tees Name Town Berlin
Pattern No Sweet tees in Berlin will host 15 exhibitions this year. The event highlights local designers and edgy streetwear alongside talks and showcases. Organizers expect strong turnout from fashion enthusiasts and Berlin residents.
Canadian Pacific Offers Summer Tours From May to September
Canadian Pacific promotes two summer tours running May 15 to September 30. Eastern Tour covers Ontario lake resorts Old French Canada and Maritime Provinces with Niagara Falls and St Andrews, including rail or Great Lakes steamship options. Pacific Coast trip includes Banff, Lake Louise, Vancouver, Victoria, Alaska cruise, and a 24 hour Banff Lake Louise motor detour. The Trans-Canada Limited provides fast travel with deluxe sleeping cars and multiple lounges.
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Canadian Pacific
Conder
Ontario
Canada
Habitants
Maritime Provinces
Fisheri Ik
Great Lakes
Niagara Falls
Quebec
Montreal
St. Andrews
Digby
Nova Scotia
Parrsboro
Yarmouth
Weymouth
Old Orchard
Maine
Pacific Coast
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Banff Springs
Emerald Lake
Banff-Lake Louise
Kicking Horse Pass
Yoho Valley
British Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Colwood
Dominion Astronomical Observatory
Butcharts Sunken Garden
Alaska
Vancouver Island
Trans-Canada Limited
NYU Receives 400 Early English Legal Documents Collection
Judge Moses H. Grossman donates a collection of over 400 ancient English legal papers to New York University in Frederick Brown’s name. Among items is a 12 foot parchment pipe roll tracking 1638 Crown revenues from Southampton Sheriff Richard Pyle to protect the Jews and to defraud the knights.
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New York University
Moses H. Grossman
Frederick Brown
Richard Pyle
Southampton County
Recipes For This Week Betty Barclay
Four medium potatoes and two slices onion plus two strips bacon are prepared then mashed to two cups. The mash is folded into three cups of thin cream sauce made from milk flour and butter. Season and garnish with parsley and optional catsup leeks or celery for variation.
Canada Large Exporter Of Gypsum Products
A European trade conference on Canadian gypsum products opens in London on April 30. R. E. Haire of Gypsum Lime and Alabastine Canada Ltd says in three years Canadian gypsum trade has grown with 35 nations and the company is now the world’s largest exporter.
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London
R. E. Haire
Canada, Limited
Manitoba Winter Dairy Output Sets New High
Provincial dairy commissioner L A Gibson reports Manitoba dairy production for January and February 1930 rose 0.9 and 6.4 percent respectively over 1929, marking the highest two month total in the province's history.
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L. A. Gibson
Manitoba
Kiddies Delight Milk Custard Recipe Note
A recipe for a milk custard uses 3 cups milk 3 eggs 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon salt a pinch nutmeg and cinnamon beaten until light then mixed with warm milk and chilled. A separate tip describes iron chains attached to oil truck frames to dissipate static electricity.
Last Secrets of Istanbul Harem Open to Public Admission
The Turkish Republic opens the imperial harem of the Ottoman Seraglio to the public for 25 cents. After four centuries of guarding the sultan’s private rooms, visitors may walk through dim corridors past brocaded hangings and silken couches now empty of sultans, dowagers, eunuchs, and slaves.
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Istanbul
Seraglio
Canadian Literature Critique From The Sherbrooke Tribune
The Sherbrooke Tribune laments Canadians favoring trashy American magazines over Canadian books. It argues such readers betray patriotism and poor taste, while praising local writers for efforts to build a rich, diverse national literature deserving better support.
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Sherbrooke Tribune
Penny weighing machines reveal daily use by millions
A recent study shows about one in twenty one adults weigh themselves daily using penny scales. Nearly 2.9 million adults in the United States and Canada weigh themselves each day. Use rises in summer, but authorities urge year round weight monitoring. Doctors say coughing more than three weeks warrants a physical exam. England adopted early church patterns from Italian missionaries. Some men specialize in creating trouble.
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United States
Canada
Constipation Remedies and Carter's Pills Ad
An advertisement reviews constipation remedies and warns against habit forming laxatives and harsh drugs. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle vegetable laxative that stimulates the liver and cleanses the bowels, claiming a tonic effect. Available in red packages for 25¢ and 75¢.
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Carter
Important Letters Now In Dominion Archives
The Dominion archives add Sir John A. MacDonald's first public document an affidavit from October 6 1834 at age 19 when he was a poll clerk in Upper Canada Prince Edward county. The collection now contains most key letters of Canada's first premier including a draft of the British North America Act in his handwriting.
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John A. MacDonald
A. G. Doughty
Dominion Archives
Sir John
Upper Canada
Prince Edward County
Canada
Parachute Auto Opens Demonstrated By Jumper
John Runger, a professional parachutist, demonstrated an automatic parachute at Curtiss Field. With hands tied, he jumped from 2,000 feet and landed safely in a tree. Ranger praised the chute and said he would jump from 20,000 feet. Inventor: John Ruby.
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Curtiss Field
John Runger
Runger
Ranger
John Ruby
Rotation of Canadian stones for federal buildings planned
The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba proposes rotating Canadian stones in future building plans. It urges the Dominion Government to consider using various stones, including Manitoba Tyndall stone, in project designs.
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Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
Dominion
Manitoba
Woman lives on ground glass in glass cage at Cannes
The Cannes exhibit features a woman living atop ground glass inside a glass cage drawing curious crowds. Separately, world oil production reached 1 323 million barrels in 1928, marking a significant energy milestone.
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Cannes
France
Germany trials new prison life with two week vacations
Germany will test a program granting high grade inmates two weeks of vacation yearly plus outside work, with a stake in prison management. Captain Franz Romer paddled a rubber boat from Lisbon to St Thomas covering 2 944 miles in 58 days without escort and without knowing how to swim.
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Germany
Franz Romer
Lisbon
Portugal
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Also Mentioned on This Page
SMP
Geneva
Mayfair
Louis Nadeau
North Portal
Chicopee
Mass
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Eva A. Tingey
Florence Coutier
Bark Lake. Ont
Naas
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Berlin
Wriaton & Coars
Betty Barclay
Turkey
Sir John A. MacDonald
Brooder
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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