World Happenings Briefly Told
Foreign Minister Stresemann said the German Government will continue to carry out the Dawes plan. Canada’s April exports led to a ten million dollar rise year over year. A denied claim linked British Empire firms to Cape Breton strike talks. Indians and whites claim Dense Lake in British Columbia. Montreal hosts 20 000 French Canadians for St John Baptiste Day June 24. Sir John Baird named Australian governor general. Belgium to hold 1930 centenary expo in Brussels. France rail accidents total 156 with 13 dead and 199 injured in April. Doellingen town council fined for usury. Paderewski funds an oil well near Smithville Texas. A plane crash near Staten Island kills Lieut. James Jordan.
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Canada
United States
Montreal
St. Jean Baptiste
Stanley M. Brace
John Lawrence Baird
Lord Forster
Board of Railway Commissioners
Stuttgart
Germany
Doellingen
Horses shipped to Ontario and British Columbia from Canada
Southern Saskatchewan sent thirty carloads of heavy draft horses this spring to Ontario and British Columbia. Twelve cars came from Maple Creek, ten from Piapot, and one from the Regina district. J B Winlow of Wenndel BC supervised, aided by Alex McLaren Pense. Prices ranged to 400 for a grade Wyedlesdale and 360 for others. most purchases were grade Percherons with Kandileon sires.
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Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Maple Creek
Piapot
Regina
J. B. Winlow
Wenndel
B.C
J. OG. Robertson
Alex. McLaren
Pease
Tregarva
Kandileon
Heavy Responsibility in World Peace Efforts Cited
President Volidge spoke at a nation high school oratorical exercises in Washington calling the United States to a weighty duty toward organizing nations for peace. He offered no concrete plan and did not mention the League of Nations despite renewed discussion by the international council of women. Up to March end, the Salvation Army via agreement with the British Columbia government and a $6000 annual grant welcomed 216 new settlers into the province, per the lands minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Volidge
Nation
Washington
League of Nations
International Council of Women
Salvation. Army
Province
Minister of Lands
No Wonder She Was Late Punctuality Quote Appears in Class
A girl tardy to Shent is scolded and ordered to write about punctuality. After a quarter hour she submits a quip: Punctuality is knowing where to make stops. The remark reflects classroom humor and student wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shent
Dominions Hold Position As British Commonwealth Members
Ottawa Journal argues that South Africa and Canada show the strength of royal unity under the British crown. The piece credits Prince Edward with uniting Dutch and imperial factions in Transvaal and asserts representative government under monarchy outmatches republics.
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South Africa
Edward
Prince of Wales
Transvaal
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Mining Investment Tops Canadian Industry Ledger
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows mining in Canada attracting over six hundred million dollars in cash and totals capital investment of 559.5 million with securities valued at 774.7 million. Ontario holds about half of mining capital with Canadians 34 percent Americans 31 percent Brits 15 percent and others 2 percent. Securities by mining and allied chemical firms reached one billion dollars three years ago, about 8 percent of manufacturing totals.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Ontaario
Great Britain
Mining and Allied Chemical Companies
Dainty Bloomer Dress for Little Miss From Paris Model
Child's bloomer dress No. 1005 in sizes 1 2 4 and 6 years features tiny shoulder tucks short kimono sleeves and an optional collar. Separate bloomers gather into knee bands with long sleeves. Materials include cotton figured crepe chambray or checked ginghams. Yardage listed for dress and bloomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Canada sees $90 million rise in new construction value in four months
Building reports show April 1925 new construction at 24.89 million, up from 1924. First four months total anticipated work reaches 224.07 million, with residential 10.83 million, business 6.99 million, industrial 2.47 million, and public works 4.60 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
MacLean Building Reports Limited
Dominion
Government Nurse Braving Arctic Mercy Expedition
Mrs. G. O. Brady government nurse and Superintendent Chance set out March 27 from Kotzebue to provide medical aid in native villages. A blizzard forced refuge in a walrus cabin after 14 hours of travel in 30 below zero. Winds lifted ice cakes and sent Brady and a native guide seaward for a mile before they reached shore near Cape Thomson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Thomson
Arctic Circle
Alaska
G. O. Brady
Kotzebu Sound
Brady
Kotzebu
Chance
Noatak River
Point Hope
Duty Paid on Gift British Flag Delights New York Ad Men
A large embroidered Silk British flag brought to Houston for the Advertising Clubs of the World meeting was charged a $12 duty by U S customs. Officials said the law requires duties on imports even for gifts. The British delegation paid the duty, left with the flag, and New York ad men later refunded the $12 after noting no provision for such emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United States
Houston
Texas
New York
Congress
Growing Power of the West Redistribution shifts Canadian seats
The Toronto Star notes riding redistribution for the next federal election. Quebec retains 65 MPs while Western Canada gains 12 seats, boosting representation to 68 and 27 percent of parliament, up from 23 percent. Western interests seek tariff and transportation attention as prairie influence grows.
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The
Toronto Star
Canada
Quebec
Prairies
Millionaire Miser Found Dead in Smyrna Hovel
The starving man, about 60, a Smyrna resident, was discovered in a beggar district dwelling after police forced entry. Investigators found gold coins, bank notes, jewelry totaling about 1.164 million dollars and only rotten oranges for food. He reportedly inherited wealth and shunned society.
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Smyrna
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Mixed With Symbols
A dense OCR puzzle page lists across clues including Habituate Freight stations Male bee and more varied items. Several chemical symbols, transformations, and cryptic hints appear with stray fragments and misread letters.
War Monuments Encircle Globe Chain of Sacrifice Memorials
A British World War memorial chain described by the imperial war graves commission begins in Channel coast graveyards of France and Belgium. It traces an almost unbroken line to the Vosges, passes through Switzerland and Italy to Macedonia, the Balkans, Gallipoli and Smyrna, then to Syria and Palestine before splitting toward Egypt and East Africa and east to Mesopotamia India and China, crossing Australia and New Zealand toward Canada and Britain and Ireland.
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Globe
Imperial War Graves Commission
France
Belgium
Vosges
Switzerland
Italy
Macedonia
Balkans
Gellipoli
Smyrna
Syria
Palestine
Mount of Ives
Egypt
East Africa
Mesopotamia
India
China
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Great Britain
Ireland
The Passing of Ellis Island
The editorial notes the end of Ellis Island as a white elephant to the government and a monster to humanitarians. It cites the Geddes report on sanitary conditions, English debate, and changes to immigration as the old system ends and the landmark near abolition.
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House of Commons
Geddes
Department of Labor
Louisville Courier- Journal
Drive For Wheat Pool Aims 2 10,000 Acres Under Contract
The Saskatchewan wheat pool plans a province wide push after elections to add 2 10,000 acres under contract. Regina head office has begun organization work and will seek enough acreage for a new coarse grain pool to operate this year. Contracts will be mailed to all wheat pool contractors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Regina
Britain Earns Financial Honor and Global Confidence
The article lauds Britain's refusal to challenge war loan validity and its debt refunds as boosting its reputation for probity. It credits consistent governance and English bankers with maintaining world confidence in national finances as sterling trends toward parity reflect growing trust in the empire's financial honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Providence Journal
States Move Toward Official Cream Grading Systems
Illinois and West Virginia join Alberta in pursuing cream grading schemes this year. Dr Mackay, secretary of the American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers, is expected to visit Alberta this summer to study its system.
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United States
Alberta
Illinois
West Virginia
Mackay
American Association of Creamery Butter Manufacturers
Coal output rising at Crow's Nest Pass mines
Daily production reaches 8000 to 9000 tons across Crow's Nest Pass. Coleman Blairmore and Bellevue mines run at five to six thousand tons each while Fernie mines produce about 3000 tons daily. Only one mine in the district is idle.
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Crow's Nest Pass
Coleman
Blairmore
Bellevue
Fernie Mines
Raymond Sugar Factory Under Construction At Raymond Alta
Over six thousand acres are prepared for sugar beets in the Raymond Alberta area tributary to the new beet sugar factory. Construction on the Raymond factory has begun and will be rushed to completion.
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Raymond
Alta
Vessels Under Construction For Far North Tug Service
Four small wooden vessels sheathed in iron bark are being built at Vancouver for the Hudsons Bay Company. They will serve as tugs and feeders from Coronation Gulf to Herschel Islands in Arctic waters.
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Vancouver
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic
Coronation Gulf
Herschel Islands
Alberta Egg Exports Rise in 1923 After Decline
Alberta's egg exports climbed 3 percent in 1923 from 1922, per the provincial agriculture department. Once a net importer, the province shipped over 64,000 cases or 133 carloads abroad last year.
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Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Straw hats mark seasons in human fashion
A humorous observation notes women wear straw hats before straw hat weather arrives while men wear them long after, illustrating how fashion customs highlight the amusing quirks of human behavior.
Cabbage Introduced in Great Britain in Sixteenth Century
The article notes that cabbage arrived in Great Britain during the sixteenth century marking an early plant introduction.
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Great Britain
Alberta Butter Exports Rise as Production Projections Rebound
Alberta's dairy sector shows export growth with over 4 million pounds shipped to the British Isles and other nations last year, about one fifth of provincial creamery butter output. This season exports may reach 7 million pounds, seven times four years ago, aided by improved quality from a provincial cream grading system. Total creamery butter production could hit 25 million pounds this year.
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Alberta
British Isles
Belgian Market Sees Surge in Canadian Cheese Imports
In the last nine months of 1924 Belgian imports of Canadian cheese reached 1,764,800 pounds, up from 1923. The rise is driven by patent pasteurized cheese in five pound foil wrapped packets, with one exporter noting a sustained market and sales around 26,000 boxes per month.
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Belgium
Abandons Horse For Auto At Age 81
Dr George T Harding father of the late president abandons the one horse shay after fifty years and buys a motorcar Dolly the loyal horse will be sent to the countryside to live on the fat of the land.
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George T. Harding
Shay
Dolly
Brit ish medical rule caps doctors patient list
A British medical authority calls for a maximum of 2,500 patients per doctor to prevent overwork and ensure quality care. The remark suggests that facing others’ troubles is easier when it is not your own.
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Stresemann
Reichstag
Dawes
Keppire Flces Corporation
Cape Breton
Cassiar
W. S. Simpson
Telegraph Creek
Brussels
Ignace Paderewski
Bastrop County
Smithville
Shad and
Paderewski
Lower Bay
Newdrop
Staten Island
James Jordan
New York National Guard Air Service
Sandering
Empire
Clipse
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Rattecn
Miser
Nicaea
Iwe
Ger
Ellis Island
Britain
Raymond Sugar Factory
Far North
Puzz
Alels
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