World Happenings Briefly Told in Short Summary
House passes a bill to ban crude opium imports for heroin manufacture. Poland’s former foreign minister Skrzinski named permanent UN League of Nations representative. King Alfonso backs Spain’s military directory as vital to the country’s future. Rev J A Mackenzie returns to Scotland from the Korean leper colony. Gen Shoak’s death sentence for pogroms in Soviet Russia is commuted to ten years. Author Marie Corelli dies in Stratford on Avon at age unknown. The Duke and Duchess of York announce a summer visit to Ireland to unveil Queens University memorial and visit Derry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Skrzinski
Stroraki
Poland
League of Nations
Alfonso
Spain
Figaro
Madrid
Vancouver
Orient
Russia
J. A. Mackenzie
Scotland
Korea
Teader
Shoak
Soviet
Marie Corelli
Stratford On Avon
England
Ireland
George
Ulster
Duke
Truchess
York
Belfast
Queen's University
Derry
Marquis of Londonderry
Duke of Abercorn
Heart Remedy Praised by Ontario Woman
Mrs. Q. E. Fitzgerald of St. Thomas Ontario credits Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills with a full recovery from a severe heart condition after several remedies failed. She took seven boxes and now feels as well as 30 years ago at age 65. Advertisement notes price and mail order details. Also reports Canadian Pacific Railway grain shipments totaling 25 million bushels with 3 million bushels wheat in a subdivision. A proverb about blessings in disguise closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Q. E. Fitzgerald
Ross St
St. Thomas
Ont
Milburn
T. Milburn Co. Limited
Toronto
Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railway
Delays Over The West Coast Rail Line Feasibility
The Regina Leader argues the current government repeats old delays on the Madsoe Bay railway, funding its aims as farmer relief. It calls for completing and operating the line rather than another inquiry into Straits navigability, which has been settled for centuries and repeatedly affirmed by past leaders.
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Madsoe Bay
West
Straits
Wilfrid Laurier
Robert Borden
Arthur Meighen
Regina
Candied Sweets Potatoes Recipe from the Southern Kitchen
A southern housewife guides preparing candied sweet potatoes. Peel and slice three or four medium potatoes, place in an enamel baking dish. Simmer water brown sugar and butter to a thick syrup, add a pinch of salt, pour over the potatoes, bake covered then uncover to brown, and serve from the dish.
Saved Baby's Life by Baby's Own Tablets
Mrs Alfred Tranchemontagne of St Michel des Salais Quebec writes that Baby's Own Tablets are an excellent medicine that saved her baby's life and she recommends them to all mothers. The tablets are described as a safe remedy for regulating bowels and stomach in children and are sold for 25 cents a box by The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont or by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Tranchemontagne
St. Michel Des Salais
Que
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Lightnin' tour to perform in Moose Jaw Medicine Hat and Lethbridge
West coast all star cast in Lightnin' continues its northwest run with three days in Moose Jaw at Orpheum Theatre starting May 5 and a matinee May 7. A single night in Medicine Hat follows at the Empire Theatre and two days in Lethbridge at Majestic Theatre with a Saturday matinee. The week ends with performances at the Empire Theatre Edmonton starting May 12.
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Northwest
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Regina
Orpheum Theatre
Empress Theatre
Medicine
Majestic Theatre
Empire Theatre
Edmonton
Canadian firm negotiates Sayward timber deal on Vancouver Island
The Robert Dollar Company in Sayward district Vancouver Island is negotiating a timber deal with an immediate cost near 1250 6m. The tract holds about 206 million feet of lumber and a vast tributary timber supply. The timber could supply Dollarton mill logs for fifteen to twenty-one years. The piece notes 45 000 churches are owned by colored people in the United States.
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Robert Dollar Company
Sayward
Vancouver Island
Wit
Dollarton
United States
Fletcher's Castoria Uses For Infants And Constipation Relief
Advertising blurb touts Fletcher's Castoria used for over 20 years to relieve constipation flatulence wind colic and diarrhea in babies and children. It claims to regulate stomach and bowels aid digestion and provide natural sleep without opiates. The genuine product bears the signature of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Gold and Silver Exports From Canada Feb 1924
Canada exported gold in February 1924 totaling 2 102 787 dollars with shipments to the United States and other regions. silver bullion and coins were sent to the United Kingdom United States and Hong Kong with ounces and values listed. exports overall rose versus February 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hong Kong
Canada
United Kingdom
Catarrhozone Promises Cure For Colds And Catarrh
The ad warns that a cold can lead to catarrh and consumption, promising to drive both out with CATARRHOZONE. It claims the spray reaches the infection, relieves headaches, clears nostrils, halts hawking, and permanently removes catarrh bronchial and throat weakness. Available by mail from The Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Russians plan polar flight to plant red flag revolution
Soviet leaders announce an aerial expedition to the North Pole led by Commander Rossinski with scientists and airmen eager to follow Nansen’s example. The four motor aircraft with wireless gear will depart Philadelphia area docks for Nova Zambia on the Kara Sea, aiming to reach the pole in September and transmit a world wide message proclaiming workers of the world Arise.
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Russia
North Pole
Pole
Rossinski
Friarjof Nansen
Philadelphia
Nova Zambia
Kara Sea
Nansen
Toream
Europe
United States
Oldest Jerusalem Holy Place Found Ahead of Time
Prof Stewart McAllister reports a new discovery in Jerusalem tracing 500 years further back than before. A deep rock trench, eight feet by eleven feet, may be part of early city defenses. At its surface are cleared steps and a top sanctuary he identifies as Jebusite or pre Jebusite, the oldest known holy site in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
London Daily Telegraph
Stewart McAllister
City of
David
Abraham
McAllister
Engagement Announcement Withpledged Love
Limited public statement shows Angeline urging Edwin Derling to announce their engagement. Edwin expresses deep affection, insisting she remains his world. The exchange highlights a private couple seeking public recognition of their relationship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angeline
Blind in Canada charity growth cited by Kiwanis guest
Capt A E Baker, general secretary of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, told London Ontario Kiwanis Club that Canada’s blind relief funds rose from 40000 in 1918 to about 400000 in 1924 with a 1930 goal of one million. He noted 7000 blind people in Canada, half of them could have avoided blindness, and that 500 of Ontario’s 2060 blind residents live in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Baker
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
France
Kiwanis Club
London
Ont
Baker
Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Manitoba Hunters Paradise Reveals Big and Small Game
Manitoba game wardens issued 10 158 game bird licenses and 1 801 big game permits in the past year. Returns show 527 deer 389 moose 48 232 prairie chickens 28 028 partridge 1 359 grouse 752 wild geese and 188 969 brant and ducks in the aggregated bags. Revenue from permit fees totaled 31 533 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Pro- Vineral Game Wardens’ Department
Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor Advertises Final Fix
A vintage ad proclaims Putnam's Corn Extractor removes corns fully with no trace left after use. It promises relief on marriage day romance and history, claiming roots and stems disappear. The product costs 25 cents and dealers carry no substitutes.
Canadian Government Merchant Marine Announces Summer Services
The Canadian Government Merchant Marine will operate forty vessels and maintain eleven regular services this summer. A new monthly Montreal to British Columbia route is introduced, with sailings announced every ten days to St Lucia Barbadoes Antigua Trinidad and Demerara reflecting growing trade with the British West Indies.
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Merchant Marine
Montreal
British Columbia
Stt. Kitts
Antigua
Barbadoes
Trinidad
Demerara
Canada
British West Indies
Clark Kitchens offer thirteen ready to serve soups
Soups ready to serve with no waiting or fuel cost. Clark's Soups are prepared and flavoured by experienced chefs. Customers may choose from thirteen soups as Clark Kitchens assists.
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Clark
Royal Navy Squadron Dates Shift in Pacific Waters
The special service squadron now plans visits in British Columbia with Victoria from June 21 to 25 and Vancouver from June 25 to July 5, reflecting itinerary changes while in Australian waters previously.
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Special Service Squadron
Royal Navy
Australian
British Columbia
Victoria
Vancouver
Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery Promoted by Local Citizen
A renowned local figure, Dr R V Pierce, pictured above, extols his fifty year old herbal remedies. His Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as blood medicine and stomach alterative that clears skin and improves circulation. Available in tablets or liquid, with a 10 cent trial offer by Dr Pierce's Laboratory in Bridgeburg Ontario.
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R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Doctor Pierce
Bridgeburg
Ontario
New York Honors Discoverer of Insulin
Dr. F. G. Banting and his associate Dr. Charles H. Best were honored at a Sugrave Institute dinner in New York for insulin discovery. Dr. Walter Miles of Cornell Medical College welcomed them, praising insulin as epoch making and lifesaving, and forecasting its lasting impact on medicine.
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F. G. Banting
Sugrave Institute
New York
Charles Herbert Best
Banting
United States
Walter Miles
Cornell University Medical College
Dr. Best
North American
Alberta Rural Hospitals Care For Over Twenty-One Thousand Patients
A. K. Whiston reports Alberta rural municipal hospitals cared for 21 142 patients from 1920 to 1923 at about 15 dollars per case. The system performed 1 470 major and 123 minor operations, 3 012 maternity cases, and grew from 160 to 277 beds across 15 hospitals. In 1925, costs averaged 3.12 per patient day with 67 941 hospital days and 212 417.28 in expenses. Drumseller Hospital had the lowest 2.92 per day. Five new districts are planned for operation next year, with some starting soon.
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A. K. Whiston
Alberta
Province of
Drumseller Hospital
Steamer Boxer Makes Floating School For Eskimo Youth
The Boxer of the US Bureau of Education served as a floating industrial school during its first season. It carried 19 Eskimo students from the far north coast between Point Barrow and Wainwright Inlet and the Panhandle. They studied navigation gas engineering and radio telegraphy under Superintendent C W Hawkesworth.
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United States Bureau of Education
Point Barrow
Wainwright Inlet
United States
Panhandle
Alaska
C. W. Hawkesworth
Bureau
Hungarian Count Seeks British Subject Status Then Canada
Hungarian Count Michael Karoly former prime minister lives in London with his wife and child. He plans to settle permanently in Canada after gaining citizenship to provide his family with a free British atmosphere.
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Michael Karoly
Hungary
London
Canada
New Sofia Angora air route under government supervision
A new aerial route from Sofia to Angora will be opened soon under government oversight. It forms part of the Bucharest Constantinople Angora line, currently crossing Bulgaria at Yambol where German wartime airfields and hangars remain for communication with Constantinople.
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Sofia
Angora
Bucharest
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Yamboll
Damrich Faces Low Credit Run For Los Angeles Man
A man in Los Angeles named Damrich shows a finances profile not matching his name with a lower credit rating than his apparent standing.
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Los Angeles
Damrich
Alberta In Pictures Educational Motion Pictures at Exhibition
Alberta in Pictures will be shown at the British Empire Exhibition. The program includes films of farm life ranch life and prairie districts alongside charts and statistics on coal mining livestock wheat dairy and other agricultural outputs.
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Alberta
Wembly
An Oil of Merit by Dr. Thomas Kelectrie Oil
Dr. Thomas' Kelectrie Oil is presented as a carefully researched remedy rather than an advertising jumble. The text claims the oil’s healing powers are proven by initial trials and that it has gained public favor from its first use, convincing skeptics of its restorativequalities.
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J. D. Kelloge
Thomas
Evidence Stranger and Aged Black Person Exchange Jokes
A dialogue snippet shows a man asking if an elderly Black person is a hundred years old and the response humorously insists he cannot recall a time he wasn’t alive. It captures a now-obsolete regional dialect and tone.
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