World Happenings Briefly Told
An order in council exempts Saskatchewan railway companies from the gasoline tax. Britain helped 63,000 subjects settle overseas last year. Canada plans trade negotiations including Newfoundland this year. Otto Hammann of German politics dies at 76. The equal franchise bill passes Lords third reading. Saskatchewan prison at Prince Albert exceeds other penitentiaries in farm production. Philadelphia seaplane PN 12 sets altitude record with 2000 kg load. US announces five cent air mail rate and stamp. Fridtjof Nansen aims for 1929 polar flight in a German dirigible airship under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
United Kingdom
Prince Albert
Canada
Philadelphia
Trout Stocking Brings Brook Trout to Maligne Lake
After a journey of over two thousand miles the largest immigrant group ever to Canada settled in Jasper National Park. 200000 Brook trout fingerlings from Creco Pennsylvania were released into Maligne Lake after hatchery nurture and careful transfer by pack horse wagon and vehicle. Oliver Bright and Park Warden Herbert Davis supervised the project as part of Dominion Government glacial water experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Jasper National Park
Creco
Pennsylvania
Maligne Lake
Herbert Davis
Jasper
Canadian National Express
Oliver Bright
Dominion Matchery
Fort Qu’Appelle
Warden Davis
Dominion
Canadian Meat Demand Cited For Wool Growers Expansion
A statement from the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers' Association argues expansion is warranted due to Canadians consuming about 80 pounds of pork and 75 pounds of beef per person annually, but only 10 pounds of lamb and mutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Burlesque Quip Circulated From Paris Exchange
A playful Paris dialogue circulates with a remark about a butcher kissing someone and preferring brunettes, attributed to a line from Ruy Blas. The excerpt highlights social banter and dramatic wit.
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Ruy Blas
Paris
Air Mail to Canada Speeds Up Trans Atlantic Letters
Canada expands Air Mail service with Rimouski Montreal Ottawa Toronto legs speeding European and inter city mail by one to four days. No extra postage. Red Cross editorial contest awards prizes to editors from St Thomas Times Journal Farmers Advocate Expositor and other papers. Florence Nightingale cited as inspiration by Henri Dunant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Europe
Canada
Canadian Air Mail
Canadian Post Office Department
Rimouski
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Red Cross Society
Dominion
Henri Dunant
Red Cross
Robert Henderson
St. Thomas Times-Journal
St. Thomas
Ontario
Luss May Stuart Clendenan
Farmers’ Advocate
London
H. B. Christie
The
Expositor
Brantford
Kenneth M. Haig
Manitoba Free Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Clendenan
Canadian Women's Press Club
Miss Haig
Charles Gautier
le Droit
James W. Robertson
Central Council
Lorne Pierce
Ryerson Press
J. F. B. Livesay
Canadian Press
J. M. Elson
Canadian Author's Association
G. M. Wrong
University of Toronto
Leon Lorraine
Commercial High Studies School
Robert Choquette
University of Montreal
Victor Morin
Canadian Authors’ Association
Florence Nightingale
Dunant
Unusual apron pattern No 345 advertised in Winnipeg
A pattern No 345 apron with a waist forming front panel and back sash is shown as a morning frock style. It lists suitable fabrics Japanese pongee silk cotton crepe zephyr prints sateen and mentions sizes medium with yardage and binding details. The Fashion Book offers the newest styles for home dressmakers at 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address
The text lists an address in Winnipeg and advertises pattern orders. It includes a postal address at 175 McDermot Ave and mentions the Winnipeg Pattern No Name Town. It also quotes a fact about the Suez Canal being longer than the Panama Canal, attributed to Liberty. A reflective line on vanity follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Liberty
Saskatchewan Anti Tuberculosis League Annual Meeting Highlights
The Saskatchewan Anti Tuberculosis League met at the Fort Qu Appelle Sanatorium on June 14. President A B Cook outlined preventive work like testing contact cases. no funds exist yet. The party sold Christmas Seals to raise funds. New directors J J Lamb and J G Knox were elected. Resolutions urging free treatment and school child examinations were discussed and endorsed. The group urged amending the Sanatorium Act for free public TB treatment, funded jointly by government and municipalities, with government handling capital costs and a $1,000 daily hospital care cap. The convention asked for compulsory school age TB examinations and ongoing exams directed by Public Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League
Fort Qu'Appelle
A. B. Cook
Dominion
United States
J. J. Lamb
Municipal Hail Insurance Association
J. G. Knox
Tuxford
Marqquis No. 191
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
United Farmers, Saskatchewan Brafich
Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire
T.B
Department of Public Health
Farmers Tour Through London Markets and Guildhall Visit
The party visited Snow Hill Police Station and Smithfield Market with Bowles Nicholls & Co. inspecting bacon from twelve countries and noting Canadian bacon's ranking. They toured Spitalfields Market, learned about the Great Western Railway depot, and met the Lord Mayor at Mansion House before a luncheon at Guildhall with the High Commissioner and George Langley. The day closed with a Drury Lane performance and plans to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
Smithfield Market
Great Britain
George Bowles
Nicholls & Co., Ltd
Nicholls
Central Markets Committee
Corporation of
City of London
Smithfield
Spitalfields
Wat Tyler
William Walworth
Richard II
Greater
London
Great Western Railway
Charles
Batho
Mansion House
Guildhall
Empire
Gog and Magog
Robert Borden
Ypres
W. P. Neil
Larkin
Dominion of
Canada
George Langley
Elizabeth
More time for singing in schools urged
The article argues for neglected music education in schools, saying music endures hardship, compensates for discord, and brings happiness. It claims more music improves children, eases management, and promotes noble ideals.
Heavy Wool Contracts Grow Significantly in Canada
Contracts received by the Canadian Co operative Wool Growers show a 35 percent rise from last season, says W W Thompson, manager for Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Over 1,500 wool sacks sent to prospective shippers in both provinces, with another shipment of equal size expected before mid June. The 3,000 bags total about 600000 pounds of wool, not counting the 200000 pounds of range wool sold through Maple Creek Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Co-operative
W. W. Thompson
Saskatcewhan
Manitoba
Association
Maple Creek
Indians Profit From West Coast Fur Seal Hunt
Pelagic sealing along Vancouver Island's west coast yields large numbers of skins for sale. Indian hunters, permitted without guns, report high prices and big profits despite stormy seas and rough conditions in frail dugout canoes. Sa moa fishing reportedly poor due to rough seas.
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Vancouver Island
Samoa
Advice on Face Washing From Historical Youth Manuals
The excerpt cites a 1713 French youth guidance, urging daily face rubbing with a white towel to remove dirt and advising against water washing to avoid chills and heat exposure. It notes a 1667 similar work warning that washing with water harms eyesight, causes toothaches and colds, and induces pallor.
Modern Miracles Mark Victoria Day Public Broadcast
Premier Mackenzie King spoke in Ottawa to a 100000 crowd in Hyde Park London and High Commissioner Larkin called from the British metropolis to exchange greetings. The two events, seen as miracles in the past, barely drew public attention amid rising fame of modern marvels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Hyde Park
London
England
Larkin
Contention Over Ancestral Worship Cited In Berlin Humor
An excerpt notes the trouble with worshipping ancestors lies in denying future generations the same privilege. It quotes Nagels Lustige Welt Berlin on a dispute with Brumminger and how Brumminger persuaded him to adopt his view.
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Brumminger
Nagels Lustige Welt
Berlin
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Newfoundland
Otto Hamman
Foreign Office
House of Lords
New
Fridtjof Nansen
International Congress of Aerial Arctic Exploration
Germany
Mountain Lake
Jasper Park
Ture
W. N. OU
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Taaion
McDermot Ave
Anti- Tuberculosis League
Charles Sykes
House of Commons
Regina
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
Denmark
London Chamber of Commerce
Drury Lane
Heavy Wool
Vancouve
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