World Happenings Briefly Told
Sterl experts in Germany claim an alloy nearly as hard as diamonds for cutting tools. To cope with a potato shortage the reich government lifts quota restrictions on potatoes from Holtland Belgium and Italy. Sir Hubert Viking British explorer leaves Croydon by air to join Lincoln Ellsworth Antarctic expedition. A new museum of antiquities opens at Corinth ruins where relics found in 40 years of excavation. Building plans in Johannesburg for four months 1934 exceed total 1923 by 500000 dollars. The Prince of Wales hosts 260 war pilgrims from South Africa at St James Palace. A collection of 360 Napoleon letters found in a Kremlin box. Helen Boucher sets a new world speed record for light planes covering 1000 kilometres at 254 kilometres per hour. Customs duties recover in first five months of 1934 vs 1933 per Dominion statistics. Hon. G Howard Ferguson says world looks to Britain for leadership in London during Canadian product exhibition.
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Sterl
Germany
Reich
Holtland
Belgium
Italy
Sir Hubert Viking
Croydon
Singapore
Lincoln Ellsworth
Corinth
Johannesburg
Prince of Wales
South Africa
St. James’ Palace
France
Flanders
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
Moscow
Kremlin
Helen Boucher
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
G. Howard Ferguson
United Kingdom
London
Britain
Ferguson
Ingenious Blade Weed Killer Clears Hythe Canal
One man, M. J. Harvey, Hythe borough surveyor, devised a weed control method using old safety razor blades strung on wire with a lead weight. The device is dragged along the Royal Military canal by workers, removing weeds and replacing barges in cutting them. The system is reportedly highly effective with weeds nearly eradicated.
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M. J. Harvey
Hythe
England
Harvey
Royal Military Canal
Library in Great Harwood Voted Best Read Town
Great Harwood England is hailed as the best read town with 6000 readers in a 12787 population. The local library opened about three years ago and issues 160000 books in the last year as queues form daily.
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Great Harwood
Blackburn
England
Lib
Ducks and chickens die from rose chafe ers in Middlesex
Reports show last year two Middlesex localities in Ontario lost poultry including ducks and chickens after consuming rose chafe ers. Authorities urge farmers to remove plants and monitor flocks for symptoms to prevent further losses.
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Middlesex County
Ontario
Railroad Zeppelin Sets Fast Berlin to Cologne Trial Record
A Diesel-engined railroad Zepp service shows a 380 mile trial run Berlin to Cologne in 4 hours 19 minutes averaging over 9 mph with stops. Peak speeds exceeded 110 mph. Next year a regular Berlin Cologne service is planned in about four hours, vs seven by the fastest steam trains. A railroad Zepp to Hamburg has been running for months, the 195 mile trip taking 2 hours 20 minutes.
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Zep
Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg
Boat Driven By Car A Thames Trial at Putney
A strange craft was seen on the Thames at Putney consisting of a large flat-bottomed punt carrying a four seat motor car with a 12 hp engine. Paddies fixed to the car wheels run off the engine to propel the punt, and the car is driven onto the punt to couple up.
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Thames
Putney
England
Fashionable Summer Dress Pattern Adapts to Many Fabrics
Winnipeg Newspaper Union showcases a women’s dress pattern emphasizing a cool flowered shoulder silhouette with a square neckline and slender panelled skirt. It details fabric options from chiffon cotton voile to linen and novelty cottons, sleeve edge finishes, and lists Size No. 403 for busts 36 to 40 inches with 31 yards needed for size 16. pattern priced at 20 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Includes pattern number listing with name and size details.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Religion And Science Complement Each Other Says Sir Charles Saunders
Sir Charles Saunders former Dominion cerealist and Marquis wheat discoverer told the Loyal Knights of Ye Round Table in Toronto that there can be no conflict between religion and science. He said religion theorizes about the deity and science studies his works and the dispute is humbug when each keeps to its own work.
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Charles Saunders
Dominion
Marquis
Sir Charles
Toronto
Knights of Ye Round Table
Darwin
God
Knights
Vision enhancing microscope spectacle unveiled in Toronto
Dr. William Feinbloom of New York announced at the American Optometric Association congress in Toronto a new optical device called the microscope spectacle. He claimed it increases visual acuity by 250 percent and uses a new principle to magnify near vision beyond any known device. He has spent nine years developing a convenient wearable for the partially blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
William Fienbloom
New York
American Optometric Association
Feinbloom
Public Streets Cover One Third of Manhattan Island
A historical note states that public streets occupy about one third of Manhattan Island’s area, highlighting urban planning and land use patterns in the city.
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Manhattan Island
Turnips and Carrots on Buttered Toast
Betty Barclay offers a simple dish of cold boiled carrots and turnips served on buttered toast. Mix in medium white sauce sugar and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper, heat thoroughly, then ladle over toast and garnish with parsley.
Sunday School Lesson Eliah Hears God's Voice
Lesson presents Elijah hearing God's voice with the theme Speak Lord for Thy servant heareth. Golden text from I Samuel 3 9 guides the devotional reading from Psalm 57 1 5. Includes I Kings 19 9 21 for structure and application to faithfulness and discernment.
Unbaked Brownies From Early Recipe Card
A vintage recipe describes making no bake brownies using unsweetened chocolate 11 cups of condensed milk vanilla water crumbs crushed walnuts and buttered pan. Melt chocolate with condensed milk then fold in crumbs and nuts. Chill until firm then cut into 18 squares. Graham crackers may substitute vanilla wafers.
Proficient secretary bests manager in golf game
A provincial town secretary for a big insurance firm outplayed his general manager during a golf match. The game ended at the twelfth hole with the secretary in unusually good form, prompting the manager to ask what else he did besides golf.
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Blank
Elijah’s Lament at Horeb and God’s Commission
Elijah reaches Horeb and wrestles with despondency in retreat. Jehovah questions him, guiding a shift from doubt to renewed purpose. God commissions Elijah to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha, signaling ongoing leadership and new prophetic succession.
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Elijah
Horeb
Jehovah
Jesus
Satan
God
Jezebel
Hamlet
Moses
Damascus
Hazael
Benhadad
Syria
Jehu
Ahab
Israel
Elisha
Iijati
Attendant Manners Dominate Gasoline World
A humorous note claims most courtesies in the auto mobile realm come from gas station attendants. It suggests attendants set the tone for customer interactions and daily travel routines.
Canoe Trips in Canada Promise Quiet Escape From City Life
A National Parks of Canada booklet outlines routes for canoe travel across Canada. From peaceful river journeys to swift rapids, these trips offer immersion in wilderness, wildlife, fishing, and historic routes once used by Indigenous peoples and fur traders.
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Canada
National Parks of Canada
Itment of the Interior
Ottawa
Little Journeys In Science Review of the Cell Discovery
Gordon H. Guest recounts Hooke's cork cell discovery in the mid seventeenth century and Brown and Dujardin's later studies of protoplasm. The piece explores cell structure, protoplasm function, and the mystery of life, noting varied estimates of human cell counts.
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Robert Hooke
Brown and Dujardin
Dawson Creek Builds Airfield for Big Planes
In Dawson Creek British Columbia residents vote to move the curling rink tennis court basketball court and baseball diamond to create a permanent airport and landing field suited for tri motor airplanes reflecting northern aviation progress.
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Dawson Creek
B.C
Elm species distribution in Canada described
The article notes three native elms in Canada: white elm from Cape Breton to central Saskatchewan, and confined red and rock elms to southern Ontario and Quebec. It mentions the Great Lakes Hudson Bay watershed divide as a guiding geographic boundary.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Cape Breton
Saskatchewan
Great Lakes
Hudson Pay
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Oregon State Penitentiary
Ruth Rogers
Betty Barclay
Eliiah
Ada
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
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