World happenings briefly told
Director Bauerle of the Zeppelin works has gone to Tokio for the Graf Zeppelin's world cruise arrival. George Buchanan 82, once with the Red River expedition, dies in Winnipeg. England and Wales population falls 44 112 in Q1, alarming compared with 31 611 gains last year. Justice Riddell of Toronto elected Cana dian Social Hygiene Council president. Murphy and Young named vice presidents. Army recruiting draws more Camp Borden applicants than capacity. class size set at forty. Prof C MacIntosh denied US citizenship by Judge Warren. McDonagh elected president of Canadian Pensioners Association. rising Ontario BC membership. Robbery by 19 year old Arthur Thomas nets four thousand. he gets five years plus ten lashes. Saskatchewan cattle rustling feared to harm western stockmen per Swift Current meeting.
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Director Bauerle
Zeppelin Works
Tokio
Riel
George Buchanan
Red River
Sir Garnett Wolseley
Winnipeg
England
Wales
Justice Riddell
Toronto
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Montreal
Emily Murphy
Edmonton
H. E. Young
Victoria
B.C
Department of National Defence
Camp Borden
C. MacIntosh
Canada
Yale Divinity School
United States
Warren
Frank G. J. McDonagh
Canadian Pensioners’ Association
Ontario
British Columbia
Arthur Thomas
Grandview
Royal Bank of Canada
Vancouver
H. C. Shaw
Saskatchewan
West
Saskatchewan Stock Growers’ Association
Swift Current
Young German Journalist Starts Fraser and Thompson Canoe Trip
Carl Schwerla of Munich, a noted German journalist and lecturer, plans a bold canoe expedition from Blue River to Jasper and Vancouver. He will explore the Athabaska and Maligne Lake after launching from Mount Robson, carrying a 35 pound folding canoe modeled on Eskimo kayaks. He aims to bring Canada’s scenery to Europe through film, photography, writing, and speaking.
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Pacific
Fraser
Thompson Rivers
Vancouver
Jasper
Edmonton
Saskatchewan River
Carl Schwerla
Munich
Mount Robson
Blue River
Schwerla
Athabaska
Maligne
Germany
Canada
Europe
Mexican Jumping Bean Worm Powers Bug Like Catapult
The Mexican jumping bean moves due to a worm inside that coils and springs the bean forward. The worm remains in the shell and repairs any holes. An insurance agent notes a policy excludes death by own action within a year, while a prospective victim questions his wife’s approval.
Lustige Korner Zeitung Snippet Queried
A Cologne humor column quips about a difficult animal showing notable upsticking behavior, reflecting playful language typical of the Lustige Korner Zeitung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lustige Korner Zeitung
Cologne
Pattern No eyes The Captain arresting Buffalo Mike
A fragmented dialogue piece shows a captain and patrolman clashing over mistaken identity. The patrolman asserts he detained the wrong man, who proved he was not from Buffalo and had merely arrived from Trey.
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Buffalo Mike
Buffalo
Trey
Entries Closed For Canadian Amateur Golf Championship
The Canadian Amateur Championship at Jasper Park Lodge, Alberta runs August 19 to 24 and closes August 1. Entries require a certified handicap of ten or less and must reach B L Anderson in Hamilton by August 1. About 100 players are expected for the qualifying round with regional totals.
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Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper
Alberta
C. F E. Harvey
R.C.G.A
Harvey
B. L. Anderson
Hamilton
Ont
Eastern Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
United States
Western Canada
Innes Mackenzie
Winnipeg
Western Canada Golf Association
Featherweight tweed pattern in violet tones and jabot frill
Winnipeg Newspaper Union presents Pattern No. 482 in featherweight tweed with neck line softened by faille silk crepe fever collar and jabot. Sizes 16 to 42 bust, available in silk crepe red and grey shades, wool jersey green, printed rajah silk and pique. Pattern price 25 cents. add 10 cents for Spring Fashion Magazine copy.
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Faille
Where White Men Live Red Cross Outpost at Ponce Coupe
A descriptive piece on the Red Cross outpost at Ponce Coupe in Alberta. It notes its distance from Edmonton and marks the shift from Indigenous control to settler settlements with Red Cross support expanding to six settlements over three hundred miles, highlighting pioneer progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Ponce Coupe
Alberta
Edmonton
Steel
Bondfield Named Minister of Labor First Female Cabinet Member
Miss Margaret Bondfield appointed to Cabinet rank as Minister of Labor and Privy Councillor making her the first woman to hold such a position in a British administration. She previously led labor unions and served as parliamentary secretary to the Labor Ministry, with a notable 1924 Canada child migration report and a Wallend seat victory in 1926.
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Margaret Bondfield
Labor
Privy Council
Miss Bondfield
Trades Union Congress
Washington
Canada
Australia
Recipes For This Week by Betty Barclay
Cream butter and sugar then add eggs and beat until light. Fold in milk and flour with baking powder and salt. bake a deep cake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Slice the cake, then fill with a citrus cream made from sugar flour orange rind orange juice lemon juice egg yolks and butter.
Alberta Air Routes Move Toward Three Main Corridors
H B Adshead, East Calgary MP, returns to Ottawa with a plan for three principal Alberta air routes by early next year. An eastward link from Canmore to Montreal, a north line Edmonton to the Mackenzie River, and a south route from Calgary or Edmonton to the Coutts border.
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Alberta
Canmore
Montreal
Edmonton
Mackenzie River
Calgary
Coutts
Ottawa
H. B. Adshead
Western Aviation
Great Western Airways, Limited
Regina
Adshead
Atlantic
Pacific
Rockies
Vancouver
Jasper Park
Department of Civil Aviation
Crow's Nest
Vimy Monument Called Finest Canadian Shrine Abroad
Herbert Marler, Canadian ex-Honourable, returning from Vancouver to Tokio aboard the Empress of France, visited England and France on business. He praised the Vimy monument as the finest in the battle area and noted 11 000 Canadian names will be sculptured on it.
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Vimy
Herbert, Marler
Canada
Marler
Tokio
Vancouver
Dominion
England
France
Canada Leads World in Newsprint Output and Exports in 1928
According to the News Print Service Bureau Canada produced 2,381,000 tons of newsprint in 1928, a third of the world total, and exported 2,207,000 tons, matching the combined exports of all other nations. A Washington inventor unveils a radio device to transmit weather maps to ships at sea.
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Canada
News Print Service Bureau
Dominion
Washington
Ham in thin slices with vinegar glaze recipe note
A brief recipe describes frying ham slices until browned then making a quick glaze from vinegar sugar paprika and mustard to pour over the meat. It adds tips that thicker ham may be preferred and ends with a Q and A about Esperanto and a pelican joke.
Waterton Lakes Named by Lieut Blakiston During Expedition
In Waterton Lakes Park Alberta Lieut T Blakiston of the Palliser Expedition 1857 named Waterton lakes on his route to the Kootenay Pass after Charles Waterton English naturalist and traveller.
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Waterton Lakes
Waterton Lakes National Park
Alberta
Lieut. T. Blakiston
Palliser
Lieut. Blakiston
Kootenay Pass
Charles Waterton
Hymn Of Gratitude to King George and Empire Peace
A thanksgiving hymn praising Almighty God for health and the king and queen. The text calls for unity across the empire and requests peace worldwide. It invites teachers to obtain copies of the original hymn from composer W. E. Dyer in Toronto by mailing with postage.
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F. c. MacMillan
W. E. Dyer
George
West
Fairlawn Avenue
Toronto
The Sooner the Better
Two spinsters share a humorous exchange about husband qualities with one preferring appearance and speed of arrival, highlighting social amusing fancies to conclude with a witty twist.
Noted Peach Crop Sparks Honest Hotel Trade Exchange
A casual exchange compares handling surplus peaches to unsold orders. The hotel manager claims surplus can be used, noting the principle applies to hungry poor and unnecessary carriages as nuisances raised by the traveller.
Platinum Wire Made On Very Fine Diameter
A platinum wire has been produced with an exceptionally small diameter of one thirty thousandth of an inch, highlighting advances in precision metal fabrication and material science.
Mexico Moves To Ban Liquor In Campaign Against Drink Evil
President Portes Gil leads a national drive to curb alcohol with state measures to tax and restrict sale and saloons. Governor Endiquez of Chiapas imposes heavy liquor taxes and higher saloon taxes, targeting unaffordable prices and closures. Mexico City bans liquor in dance halls and bans waiter employment. anti alcohol leagues emerge as lectures spread in theatres schools and unions.
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Portes Gil
Mexico
Raymundo Endiquez
Chiapas
Enriquez
War Department
Mexico City
Little Helps For This Week With Peace and Strength
A weekly notice cites religious reflections on peace and strength from psalm verses and quotes by Edward Caswell and William Ellery Channing. It frames peace as active endurance and faith guiding personal growth through conflict toward a higher world.
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William Ellery Channing
Salt shaker remedy and a Russian widow story
Worth trying method to keep salt dry by removing tops and filling shakers with hot paraffin then placing upside down and reopening holes. A Russian woman has been pronounced dead five times over several years, described as an ideal grandmother for some office boy in the baseball season.
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Russia
Petrels' Water-Walking Habit Echoes Biblical Peter Tale
Petrels are mocked for walking on water a trait reminiscent of the biblical Peter. The comparison links seabird behavior to a well known gospel episode.
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Peter
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McDermot Ave
Britain
Betty Barclay
Boston
Arkansas Ham
Waterton Lakes Park
Mel
Winchester
Old Cy Dak
Estz
Gil
Edward Caswell
der Wahre Jakob
Berlin
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