World Happenings Briefly Told
Discovery of four thousand dollars in racist material at an Ottawa hospital triggers a frantic disposal. Manitoba Rhodes Scholar candidate is David M. Turnbull. Turkey’s sole radio firm closed amid missing funds from Scandinavian backers. U S gunboat Sacramento moved field guns to Canton consulate. William J. Baroni buys a stock exchange seat for three hundred ten thousand dollars. Britain offers no move to renew the Anglo Japanese Alliance. Godfrey Locker Lampson reports to Parliament. Death noted of Commissioner Elijah Cadman of the Salvation Army. Geneva confirms Canadian Red Cross as member of the international committee. Sir Arthur Currie announces Sir Robert Borden will chair the Canadian Institute of International Affairs.
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Ottwa
U.S
Sacramento
Canton
Shameen
William J. Baroni
The
Stock Exchange
Japan
Godfrey Locker-Lampson
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Elijah Cadman
Salvation Army
Geneva
International Committee of Red Cross Societies
Canadian Red Cross Society
International Committee
Claims New Device Neutralizes Gravity
Newark inventor Bernays Johnson, a radio engineer, announces a machine that neutralizes gravity. He says a commercial model could cut New York to Paris air travel to five or six hours and notes he has suspended a miniature plane and a fifty pound weight in the air.
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Bernays Johnson
New York
Paris
Newark
Johnson
Prairie Provinces sweep honey prizes at Royal Winter Fair
The three Prairie Provinces dominated honey exhibits at Toronto’s Royal Winter Fair. In light colored extracted honey Manitoba won first, Saskatchewan second, Alberta third. Alberta topped granulated honey, Manitoba claimed second and third. Manitoba took all first prizes for beeswax, while Manitoba and Saskatchewan shared comb honey rewards.
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Prairie Provinces
Toronto
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Travelling Salesmen Dwindle As Business Shifts To Mail and Telegraph
The article notes a wholesale drug house reducing staff from about forty to four while its business grows, citing the decline of traveling salesmen. It highlights a shift to air mail, telephone, and telegraph for securing orders and maintaining connections.
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Apostles of Good
Kaiser to Launch Private Theatre at Doorn House
The former Kaiser plans a private theatre at Doorn House where he resides. The project stems from Princess Hermine’s wish to escape Dutch village life and pursue theatrical work at his estate.
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Kaiser
Doorn House
Princess Hermine
Leaving Temperance Society Cited Amid Drinking Rise
In Oslo Vikingen reports a member admitting intent to quit the temperance society, saying they are drinking more than ever. The brief quote highlights personal struggle with alcohol increasing despite affiliation.
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The
Temperance Society
Vikingen
Oslo
Old Fashioned Christmas Merrier Than Ever
The Woman's Home Companion December issue urges a return to the old-fashioned Christmas spirit amid modern life. It insists joy remains in gifts, gatherings, and reverent reflection on the Christ-child, noting wide happiness and goodwill this season.
1436 Men's and Youths' House Coat pattern description
The 1436 house coat pattern offers sizes 34 to 46 with two piece sleeves and a shawl collar. View A requires specified yardage and contrasting fabric. Price 20 cents for the pattern and 10 cents for the design book.
How To Order Patterns in Winnipeg Ad
An old Winnipeg notice lists pattern orders with address 175 McDermont Ave and Colona. It shows pattern numbers, sizes, and customer names for mail or in person requests.
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Winnipeg
Colona
McDermont Ave
British Columbia pears sail to England from Vancouver
The first cargo of B C pears, 1 000 cases, was shipped from Vancouver to England on the motorship Lochgoil. Apple shipments are progressing with sizable fruit and vegetable exports to the Antipodes as well. The British Museum adds 35 000 books annually to its already vast shelves. Only children play ball while men handle business.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
England
Lochgoil
British Museum
Longtime Canadian National telegraphist retires after 60 years
E. B. Fink ends a six decades career as a train dispatcher and telegraph operator with Canadian National Railways. He retires from service in Winnipeg, noting his tenure is longer than any telegrapher worldwide.
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E. B. Fink
Canadian National Railways
Mr. Fink
Winni- Dee
Radio History Scrutinized At FTC Hearing
Reginald A. Fessenden testified in Boston that General Electric and American Telephone and Telegraph conspired to monopolize radio. He recalled the first broadcast on December 24 1906 delivering the message Peace on earth good will to men from Martha's Vineyard.
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Reginald A. Fessenden
Boston
Federal Trade Commission
General Electric Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Martha’s Vineyard
Talent wrapped in a napkin proves lighter in scales
A prose reflection notes that hidden talent kept in a handkerchief seems harmless yet when measured against earthly burden it weighs less than what is entrusted to the earth. The moral contrasts restraint with potential.
BC Tobacco Shipment to Britain From British Columbia
The first BC grown tobacco shipment has been sent to Great Britain under provincial crop head W F Bremner. There are reports Ontario interests plan a curing plant in Vancouver to support the export trade.
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Great Britain
British Columbia
W. F. Bremner
Ontario
Vancouver
Water-Power Sites in Canada Capacity Estimates
The Dominion of Canada has developed and undeveloped water power sites with an estimated capacity of 20,197,000 horsepower under ordinary flow and 33,115,200 horsepower dependable for at least six months each year.
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Dominion of Canada
Female workers in Germany rise to near twenty percent
Female workers in Germany number nearly 20 percent, reflecting an increase from 1997. The statistic highlights growing gender participation in the labor market across the country.
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Germany
Manitoba To Have Powerful Radio Plant
Premier Bracken announced Manitoba will install a 5 kilowatt station on the Agricultural College site, with the present station moved to Brandon as an auxiliary. The Winnipeg CKY facility will operate year round, feature new crystal control and higher modulation, and reach the entire province while promoting Manitoba beyond its borders.
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Manitoba
Canada
Bracken
Agricultural College
Brandon
Ment
Dominion
Winnipeg
CKY
Largest silver bell forged for Lord Nelson’s flagship
A silver bell weighing about 150 pounds is being crafted in Newcastle on Tyne to honour Britain’s flagship Lord Nelson. The bell, entrusted to a Newcastle silversmith, will be the largest silver bell ever made and marks the ship’s Tyne origin.
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Lord Nelson
Britain
Tyne
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Paradox of a Leader and a Humble Beginning
A wry saying notes that a man may struggle when goals pull in opposite directions while contrasting the idea that the world’s greatest figure started from modest origins. The line implies ambition tempered by early modest beginnings.
Duchess of Atholl launches largest Canadian Pacific liner
The 20,046 ton liner Inch of Athol, first of four Duchess class steamers, was launched on the Clyde with Duchess of Atholl christening. Four 20,000 ton ships will serve Montreal to British ports, adding to Canadian Pacific Atlantic service and ranking as among the largest to navigate the St Lawrence.
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Duchess of Atholl
Montreal
Quebec
Old Country
St. Lawrence
Strange Station in London Hidden Underground Learning Hub
A London underground station never used by trains held Crown Jewels and National Gallery paintings during the war. It contains seventy feet of track for teaching engineers and signalmen, a sixty-seat lecture room, signal cabins, toy-car drills, and aims to develop driverless trains with safety devices to prevent accidents.
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London
National Gallery
London Underground Railways
Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe Instructions
Recipe details for a Christmas fruit cake with ingredients like cake flour butter sugar almonds coconut citron raisins and flavorings. Steps include sifting flour, creaming shortening and sugar, folding in egg whites and fruits, pan preparation, and baking at 250 degrees F for 1 3/4 hours or two hours for a larger cake.
Whims Of Shopper Costs Chicago Merchants Millions
University of Chicago cited by D F Kelly head of a major store as department stores lose 9 to 12 million dollars yearly to returns. Shoes show 10 to 15 percent return rates. women’s coats dresses and furs 25 to 10 percent. china lamps and glassware 19 to 15 percent. pianos radios and phonographs incur 25 percent due to high cartage costs.
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Chicago
D. F. Kelly
University of Chicago
Thieves Target English Historic Sites in Seasonal Plunder
Souvenir hunters have stolen Anne Boleyn’s knocker from No 2 Deans Cloister Windsor the key of the south door of Avonside Church Stratford on Avon a large piece of Roman pavement from Chester Museum almost thirty prayer books from Westminster Abbey and small flint stones from Windsor Castle walls as they tour historic sites.
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England
Anne Boleyn
Deans Cloister
Windsor
Avonside Church
Stratford-on- Avon
Chester Museum
Westminster Abbey
Windsor Castle
Reporter From Foreign Language Press Speaks of Craft
An elderly pressman, over 70 with a gray beard, wears a Prince Albert coat and uses snuff. He has toiled 26 years at the same paper, writing stories that are mostly lectures about his people and then transforming them into type. He earns 24 dollars weekly and has raised a family of eight.
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New York
Park Row
Prince Albert
Doctor Keeps Best for Himself Hidden Children
A doctor with two attractive children is overheard by a passing woman. One boy notes the pretty girls are the doctor’s children, and the other replies that he keeps the best for himself.
Judge Questions Plea As Defender Takes War Payment
A prisoner tells the judge he had ten dollars but his lawyer took it as payment, while the judge asks if any further offer is possible before sentencing. The exchange highlights tension over remaining options prior to the court's ruling.
Some Men Get Rich and Fail and Get Rich
A compact saying contrasts outcomes for men who seek wealth noting that some gain wealth after failure, some fail yet later prosper, while the majority do not attain riches.
Wealth of HB area opens Manitoba mining to Canada
Cyril M. T. Young of Canadian National Railways told Winnipeg boards that the Hudson's Bay region north of the line will spark national mining growth. He cited ore values, new rail access into Rouyn and the Sherritt Gordon-Flin Plane area, and anticipated provincial cooperation in coal, salt, timber, and power supplies.
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Canada
Manitoba
Hudson's Bay Railway
Cyril M. T. Young
F.R.G.S
Toronto
Canadian National Railways
Board of Trade
Young Men's Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay Line
Nelson
Churchill Rivers
Sherritt Gordon-Flin
Churchill
Young
Rouyn
Quebec
Flin Mton-Sherritt Gordon
Alberta
Edson
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Nelson River
Ontario
British Immigration to Saskatchewan Surges in 1927
An executive session of Saskatchewan colonization boards in Regina reported a strong rise in British immigration to the Canadian West in 1927. During eight months the province welcomed about 6,000 settlers, including 200 British families under a special plan, marking a 70 percent increase over the prior year.
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Canadian West
Colonization Boards of
Saskatchewan
Regina
Montana Farmers Haul Grain to Canadian Pacific Lines
Montana farmers haul grain to stations on the Canadian Pacific Railway in southwestern Saskatchewan near the border. Large loads move to the Wheat Pool while paying duties, and they receive about five dollars per load more than shipments to Montana route elevators.
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Montana
Canadian Pacific Railway
Saskatchewan
Prairie swine herd rises in Prairie Provinces
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a 547,244 rise in farm swine across the Prairie Provinces between 1921 and 1926. Census figures show 1,055,245 swine in 1921 and 1,602,459 in 1926.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Arthur Currie
Robert Borden
Council
Radio Engineer of
New Jersey
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
B.C
B.C. Tobacco
Canadian Pacific
Strange Station
Betty Barclay
Letty Barclay
Saskatch
Ewan
Market Grain
Boundary
Pele Mele
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