World Happenings Briefly Told
Two more Roman Catholic monks in Germany were arrested for smuggling money to the Netherlands. The British government weighs a seven power naval conference before year’s end. Canada Club of New York re-elects Ernest W. Appleby as president for a second term. Malaria deaths in Ceylon total 82 637 since last November with 15 933 in April. L R Cordeau says restaurants may sell beer and wine with meals on holidays and Sundays. James W Blake author of Sidewalks of New York dies in New York at 72. A Japanese empire news gatherer monoplane departs for Osaka Mainichi. Canada’s Jasper Lake Louise highway to cost 225000 this year. total bill 33000000. CPR orders 7000 tons of rails to be rolled at Sydney plant now busy with South African work.
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Germany
Netherlands
Canadian Club of
New York
Ernest W. Appleby
Ceylon
L. R. Cordeau
Quebec Liquor Commission
James W. Blake
St. Vincent's Hospital
Blake
Osaka
Japan
T. G. Murphy
House of Commons
Jasper-Lake Louise
Alberta
Pioneers In Cocoa Business The Port o London Monthly
The Port o London Monthly highlights how cocoa and chocolate manufacturing in Britain began with Quaker families. It details the Frys in the west, the Cadburys in the Midlands, and the Rowntrees in York, noting their rise from modest beginnings to global prominence in chocolate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port O' London
Frys
England
Cadburys
Midlands
Rowntrees
York
Colorful Memorial Tulip Garden Built by World War Son-Keeping Kin
Gideon Price, 68, of Lattimore North Carolina known as the tulip king has created a vast memorial garden for his son who died overseas in the war. He planted about 95 000 tulips this year along with 15 000 gladioli and many lilies and amaryllis bulbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gideon Price
Lattimore
N.C
Price
Air Ducts Make Soap Float and Cure Faster
Popular Mechanics explains that embedding small air ducts in soap bars lets air stay inside and prevents water uptake, causing the soap to float. The ducts also accelerate curing by drying from the outside, replacing the older method of beating air into the soap which created porous bars.
Flowers urged to lure guests to rural hotels
The Quebec Tourist Bureau advises gardeners and hoteliers to plant and maintain flower beds in front of hotels to enhance restful appeal for travelers in both town and countryside. A male stenographer would not quit a $25 job to wash dishes for nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec Tourist Bureau
Supremacy of the Law King’s court and a jailed duke
The Duke of Manchester serves nine months for fraud and reflects on the law’s reach across crown and caste during Jubilee Week. The piece notes that even royalty must enter a court, citing George V as a plaintiff in a London case reported by the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Burke
England
George V
London
New York Times
Cook Wins Strange Duel At Dutch Fortress Feat
After a hunger strike by German Communist detainees at Honswijk fortress near Utrecht the cook fed them his best dishes for three days. He finally served a beautiful goulash and the strikers ended their protest. Dishes were cleared in record time and the two sides became friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honswijk
Holland
Utrecht
Ants prove life without individuality says museum expert
A London Daily Express summary quotes Professor Dymond of the Ontario Royal Museum claiming ants lack individuality. He argues ants perform hereditary roles like soldier or servant, with no social reforms or new ideas, continuing to toil in mounds or under stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dymond
Ontario Royal Museum
London Daily Express
Peanuts Mistake Nets North Attleboro Thief
Louis De Costelio a roadhouse waiter in North Attleboro Massachusetts rushed into a candy store and bought 25 cents of peanuts. At home he found 750 dollars in the bag of peanuts and exchanged it back for 25 cents worth of peanuts in a puzzling mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis de Costelio
North Attleboro
Mass
de Costerio
Real Benefactors Order Radium from Belgian Congo
The Mitsui family, among Japan’s wealthiest, orders five grammes of radium from the Belgian Congo for 1,600,000 yen. Four grammes will go to the Cancer Institute and one gramme to the Physical Research Institute.
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Mitsui
Japan
Belgian Congo
Cancer Institute
Physical Research Institute
The Grapefruit Skin Versus Juice Catches the Eye
An artist might praise the grapefruit’s golden skin while a practical view notes that the juice draws attention. The contrast highlights how appearance and liquid content shape perception and value.
Dry rot described as timber decay after seasoning
The term refers to decay in seasoned timber and is typically slow to progress.
Flattery as a Key to Winning Hearts in Social Chess
A compact note asserts that flattery acts as a social instrument enabling influence over women. It cites its effectiveness as a behavioral key in courtship and social interactions, suggesting charm can unlock favorable responses and attention.
Over-the-Mountain Air Flight Lands in Calgary
Grant McConachie piloted a tri motor over rain squalls landing in Calgary completing the first direct commercial flight from Calgary to Vancouver. He carried five passengers and the first aerial mail and express Vancouver to Calgary via the mountains route. He predicted a daily service could operate easily between Calgary and Vancouver.
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Grant McConachie
Calgary
Vancouver
United Air Transport
Kelowna
B.C
Dress pattern for office and town wear in blue crepe
A fashion item describes a sheer crepe dress with white organdie collar and bow suited for luncheon or dinner. It lists Style No. 532 sizes 14 to 40 inch bust, yardage data, and pattern price 20 cents. Also promotes the Spring Fashion Magazine with colorful illustrations and patterns for families and stays at home, ordering details included.
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Copenhagen
Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Night of Rest at Vimy and the Vimy Ridge Homeward Hope
A veteran recalls a May night in the trenches near Avion and Vimy where relief came with stars, songs, and the Last Post. The 49th regiment and a friend named Jimmy share memories of home, comrades, and a haunting sense of glory and loss.
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Avion
Mount
St. Eloi
Jimmy
49Th
Villers Au Bois
Canada
Vieh
Pferde
Joe
Somme
Vinny
Holy Spirit as Comforter and Guide in Romans John
Devotional summary on Romans 8 14 John 14 25 31 and John 16 7 11 explains the Comforter as the Holy Spirit a strengthener and presence of Christ. The Spirit convicts of sin righteousness and judgment and deepens understanding after Jesus departure.
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Jesus
Christ
Heaven
Dummelow
Caiaphas
Pilate
Bar
Thomas E. Bartlett
Recipes For This Week Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake
Lift dry ingredients mix in shortening add milk to make soft dough bake in a deep cake tin at 475 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Split layers spread sweetened crushed berries between the layers.
Kedgeree Breakfast Dish Instructions
Free the fish from skin and bone. Melt butter, add the fish and stir gently. Add cooked rice and white egg, season with salt and pepper. Heat thoroughly and serve on a flat dish with egg yolk pressed over the top.
Freshness Retained: Corn Frozen Within Four Hours Preserves Quality
Agricultural experts report sweet corn frozen within four hours of harvest keeps its original freshness for six months to a year. Rapid gathering, grading, husking, scalding, and cooling were completed to minimize changes. Scalding slows chemical action and freezing halts it, preserving freshness when served later.
Tribute to British WWI Soldiers Buried in Fort Worth
A small Greenwood cemetery plot in Fort Worth Texas marks the graves of 11 Canadian Royal Flying Corps soldiers and the infant daughters of a British serviceman. A ceremony placed flags of Britain and the United States around the central monument as mourners paid tribute.
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United States
Greenwood
Fort Worth
Texas
British Empire
Royal Flying Corps
Benbrook Field
Paris Plans International City of Thought and Arts
Paris unveils plans for a new intellectual centre named the International City of Thought and the Arts. Officials say the project will house libraries, galleries, lecture halls, and research spaces to foster global cultural exchange.
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Paris
International City of Thought and the Arts
Halcyon Days Origins Tied to Solstice Calm Seas
The ancient belief held halcyon a kingfisher nesting on waves during the winter solstice, bringing a period of calm seas and peace. The term halcyon days emerged from this myth reflecting tranquil times at sea.
Public prayer length vs credit in civic life
A reflective remark contrasts public prayer duration with earned credit, suggesting that longer or ostentatious displays do not guarantee greater credibility or recognition. It implies skepticism about equating loudness with merit in public affairs.
Halogens Highlight Fluorine and Its Reactive Nature
The article explains the halogen family fluorine chlorine bromine and iodine with emphasis on fluorine the most active element. It describes its sources in fluorspar and cryolite its discovery by Moisson in 1886 and its reactive behavior with hydrogen and oxygen, and notes hydrofluoric acid used to etch glass.
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Moisson
End of Grail Search in Brantford Vowed by Bremner
George B Bremner claims the Holy Grail search is over and displays an olive wood vessel he says is the original. He traces the Grail to his brother in law via a Jerusalem Christian Jew who says Pilate gave it to a Roman guard officer. The Jew’s ancestor kept the relic for centuries. The tale links the Grail to Joseph of Arimathaea and Glastonbury Abbey and to Arthurian legends and Crusaders.
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Brantford
George B. Bremner
Bremner
Jerusalem
Pontius Pilate
Joseph of
Arithemea
Christ
Joseph
Glastonbury Abbey
England
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Greenwich Clock Overhauled After Eight Years Run
Officials at Greenwich Observatory halt the world famous clock that provides Greenwich Mean Time for the first time in eight and a half years. The 268 million ticks may have worn it, and four clocks in the observatory will be used to maintain time signals while experts perform the delicate overhaul.
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Greenwich Observatory
Observatory
Amelia Earhart Aims to Match Male Aviation Records
Amelia Earhart told about a hundred women that she will keep flying until she equalizes all records set by men. She said she plans to match and then exceed the achievements of male aviators.
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Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Sydney
Cook
Italy
Congo
Europe
Sudan
Abyssinia
Vez Aral
Suez Canal
Ellen Worth
Betty Barclay
Shortcake
Fluorine
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Ont
Greenwich
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