World Happenings Briefly Told
Two Baby Grand planes were shipped by a New York firm from Roosevelt Field Long Island to Washington by air. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation proposes tougher academic training for continuation school teachers. The US battleship Idaho joins a detachment bound for Australia and New Zealand, arriving in Sydney with another detachment due July 22 at Melbourne. A Calgary ministerial association plans a stampede style Protestant missionary event. Elwood Haynes dies at 68 in Kokomo Indiana from influenza. The Canadian Authors' Association set Winnipeg June 25 26 27 for its next convention. A copyright debate looms as executives and national council elections are held. Over four million dollars will fund roads in British Columbia this year, with two million to road construction and one million from motor vehicle licenses plus a three cent gas tax. The Congregational Union of Canada meets in Toronto June 8 and will dissolve, delegates joining United Church of Canada June 16. London Ontario fears rising secondary school costs prompting cuts to domestic science and manual training in three collegiates, saving about one hundred thousand dollars. A Canada British West Indies conference in Ottawa June 19 aims to shape a new trade and transportation agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Australia
New Zealand
Sydney
Milbourne
Calgary
Favorite Prescription Praised by Prospective Mother
Mrs Margaret Phipps of Chatham Ontario credits Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription with relieving morning sickness upset stomach and backache during pregnancy. She reports the medicine kept her strong through the late stages and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Dr. Pierce
Margaret Phipps
Inches
Invalids
Buffalo
N.Y
Weather-beaten Lifeboat Prepares Global Voyage
An English lifeboat from the British lifesaving service, 39 feet long with 9 feet 6 inch beam, sails from the Thames in May on a two and a half year world circumnavigation. Captain George Everett Hitchens commands a five man crew as New York is its first port. The craft carries wireless and an auxiliary engine and may test provisioning methods for submission to English authorities.
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Beatern
Battery
New York
Whipper
Thames
Lifesaving Service of
Great Britain
George Everett Hitchens
Pordoon
Penzance
Jocosely
Diamond Dyes Color and Dyeing Guide
Diamond Dyes promises washable color for delicate fabrics and rich tones for garments. Each 15 cent package includes simple instructions and a druggist note to identify wool silk linen cotton or mixed materials.
Innocent Pay For Guilty Reference At Peace Conference
The piece argues Mr Wilson sought German reparations cuts to ease Allied payments. It contrasts Britain’s heavy taxation with Germany’s lower burden, stating the innocent nations pay for the guilty. It cites official figures and quotes London Daily Mail on global taxation disparity. Holloway's Cornu Remover ad copy appears at end.
Imperial cruisers to visit Canada this summer
A fleet of imperial cruisers headed by HMS Calcutta Curlew Constance and Capetown will visit Canada this summer. Calcutta Curlew and Constance will tour Washington Halifax Quebec and Montreal with visits in June August. Capetown sails the Pacific coast only. The admiral may visit Ottawa to meet the governor general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
H.M.S. Calcutta
Curlew
Constance
Capetown
Washington
Halifax
Quebec
Montreal
Pacific Coast
Ottawa
Phrase saying the bacon origins during civil wars
The article notes the phrase saying the bacon began during England’s civil wars when housewives protected meat from marching soldiers. It also states that US mining deaths last year were four times England’s fatalities.
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England
Phosphorus in the Human Body Could Make 2200 Match Heads
A fact note states that the human body contains enough phosphorus to manufacture about 2 200 match heads. The figure highlights the element’s presence in everyday matter.
Invisible Light Opens New Field in Medical Research
Dr. Robert W. Wood of Johns Hopkins told the American Chemists Society in Baltimore that invisible light, including ultraviolet and infrared rays, can reveal forgeries and aid medical research. He described military signaling uses and potential to detect cancerous and other abdominal tissues unseen under ordinary light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Wood
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
American Chemists Society
Wood
Important discovery of tarnish resistant silver at Sheffield
A new alloy 92 percent silver was unveiled at a Sheffield Institute meeting. Tests showed standard silver tarnishes quickly while the alloy remains faintly discolored after fifteen minutes and resists tarnish for thirty times longer in sulfur atmospheres. The alloy carries the hallmark like ordinary silver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Institute of Sheffield
Canada’s Debt Decreased in Fiscal Year Summary
Canada’s finance department reports a net debt of 2,403,005,035 dollars at year end, down from 2,412,196,407 the previous month and 2,409,326,639 a year earlier. The year saw ordinary revenue fall by 53,087,819 dollars while ordinary expenditures dropped 7,033,464, indicating an overall reduction in net debt of about six million.
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Finance Department
Canada
Germans Threaten U S Methanol Industry Secrecy
The American Chemical Society in Baltimore heard that German chemists are producing synthetic methanol from water gas and shipping it in large quantities, risking extinction of the U S wood alcohol distillation industry valued at 100 million dollars. Dr Franz Fischer of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute described a related process to make liquid motor fuels from water gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Chemical Society
Baltimore
Franz Fischer
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Muheim-Ruhe
Demand For Cigars and Cigarettes in Canada Falls Quietly
Canada smoked nearly 2.5 billion cigarettes in the fiscal year 1924. Canadian factories produced 2,431,600,061 cigarettes and exported about ten million, leaving roughly 270 ready made cigars per 1000 people per year. Cigar output reached 198,042,909 smoked at home with 166,700 exported, while imports totaled 77,102,050. Overall about 30 cigars per person were consumed annually.
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Canada
Sunrise and Sundown Dr Chas W Eliot at 91
Dr Charles W Eliot president emeritus of Harvard marked his 91st birthday by continuing to work vigorously. The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes he remains steadfast in believing that men who keep faith and serve the world can achieve industrial amity, not just a distant ideal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W Eliot
Harvard
Eliot
Philadelphia Public Ledger
League of Nations plans yearly list of 600 top books
The League of Nations proposes compiling an annual list of 600 best books from the prior year across many nations. The aim is closer intellectual contact by surveying works in history law social science theology philosophy classical literature art geography travel and literary history.
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League of Nations
Nerviline advertised for quick relief of cramps
An old advertisement touts Nerviline as a powerful stomach cramp remedy. It claims twenty drops in sweetened water remove cramps instantly, notes the medicine is five times stronger than common cures and should be kept in every home with purchase at dealers.
Ireland Seeks Chinese Trade Expansion via Shanghai Official
Ireland to extend foreign trade on a large scale in coming years with new trade commissioner in Shanghai. The Irish Free State adds another government commercial representative to the Shanghai roster as it targets China’s vast market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Irish Free State
Shanghai
Ireland
Charmeen and Kool Kasha Suit Pattern No 1057 1027
A smart tailored two piece suit pattern set featuring a short coat No 1057 and a two piece skirt No 1027. Coat offers double and single breasted options with cutaway corners and sizes 34 to 42 bust. Skirt ranges waist 26 to 34 and uses 2 1/2 yards of 40 inch fabric or 1 1/4 yards of 54 inch material for size 28.
Tourists Spend Over 400000 In Alberta In 1924
The Calgary Automobile Club estimates that Eastern Canada and U S tourists spent more than 400000 on necessities in Alberta in 1924. The figure excludes purchases from the Alberta Government liquor commission.
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Calgary Automobile Club
Canada
United States
Alberta
Liquor Commission
Alberta Coal for Ontario Shipments Planned
Premier Greenfield describes a staged coal shipment plan from Alberta to Ontario starting with 25 000 tons as experimental to establish a freight rate and then 100 000 tons more will be moved east. The plan is not oil transport this spring and summer despite Montreal press implications.
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Greenfield
Alberta
Ontario
Montreal
Dominion
Southern Alberta Beet Growers Form New Co operative
A new co operative association named the Southern Alberta Beet Growers' Association has been formed to support the sugar factory planned by the Utah Idaho Sugar Company at Raymond this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Alberta Beet Growers’ Association
Raymond
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Beer Consumption In Canada In 1924 Report
The 1924 customs department report notes fewer licensed breweries in Canada from 66 to 64 while malt liquor output rose to 44,080,490 gallons from 36,902,066. Exports totaled 189,993 gallons, yielding nearly five gallons per person for home use. Per capita hard liquor consumption fell to under a quarter gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Department of Customs
Heart and Nerve Tonic Urges Elder Health Strength
After middle age minor illnesses linger as the heart weakens and nerves waver. The text urges aged people to use a tonic to maintain health and vigor and restore energy.
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Endorsement
Mrs. M. O'Connor of Whitestone Ontario reports relief from shortness of breath palpitations and fainting after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She praises their effect and continues to keep them stocked at home, endorsing them to others with heart trouble. For sale at all druggists and dealers.
To Say the Most Visitor
A dialogue about a wife's painting teacher and how she impresses as a student. The teacher answers that she is very apt, with a brief exchange highlighting admiration and perception in an artistic context.
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Rooseett Pied
Long Island
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
Elwood Haynes
Kokomo
Int
Haynes
Canadian Authors’ Association
Winnipeg
British Columbia
Congregational Union of Canada
Toronto
Congregational Church
General Council of the United Church of Canada
London
Gat
Board of Education
West Indies
Photo Studio
Germany
Holloway
Imperial
Minard
George Eastman
Kodak King
Eastman
Inecto Rapid
W. T. Pember Stores
Yonge Sr
Chas. W. Eliot
Clipse
Beet Growers
Zec
Cacadac
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Milburn
Scott
Eton
Data Ee
Norman Tobias
Union Bank
Man
All CE Bee
Poe
Ead
Seipa
Leclerc
Seema Street
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