World Happenings Briefly Told
A collection of short items: a man dies from a carrot obstruction in Ogdensburg New York. E W Beatty turns 51 in Canada. yeggmen loot a Walsh Alberta post office safe for about 5000. Lord Birkenhead resigns from Baldwin cabinet to pursue London business. cow shipments reach Edmonton by rail. tonnage guarantees cited for Sherritt Gordon mine line. Lt Col A L Young elected president of the Canadian Cavalry Association. wheat pools face exchequer court tax dispute affecting others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeggmen
M. S. Schroeder
Walsh
Alta
Lord Birkenhead
India
Baldwin
London
Sherritt-Gordon
Manitoba
Graham Bell
A. L. Young
Souris
Man
12Th
Manitoba Dragoons
Canadian Cavalry Association
St. John
N.B
Exchequer
Saskatchewan Co-operative Company
Ottawa Citizen
Immigration aims to ease settler exams with 500 doctors
Hon. Robert Forke, minister of immigration, announced plans to appoint about 500 doctors to conduct medical examinations on settlers at their origin. The move intends to prevent settlers from being turned down at seaboard ports and reduces hardship, following a conference with provincial officials in Edmonton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Immigration
Seaboard
Robert Forke
Edmonton
Osaka considers canal boats for city transport
Japan's Osaka faces severe traffic jams prompting officials to study reviving old canals and using boats with outboard motors as part of the municipal transportation system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osaka
Japan
Singapore Receives Largest Floating Dock for New Naval Base
After a four months voyage from Fingland the first portion of a huge floating dock arrived in Singapore. The 50 000 ton dock will be the world’s largest floating dry dock and will hold any British warship. It weighs 20 000 tons of steel and cost 60 000 000 dollars. The dockyard contract was awarded on September 27 with completion aimed for 1935 and naval work estimated at 57 500 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fingland
Singapore
Suez Canal
New Beauty Your Clothes by Diamond Dyes
Learn to refresh dresses and home items using Diamond Dyes praised for no streaking or running. The ad touts fifty years of dye making, easy use, and fashion timely tints. It promises a free booklet Color Craft by Mae Martin upon request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Martin
Windsor
Ontario
Soundings to be continued in spring on Great Slave Lake
H L Leadman of the federal hydrographic survey says spring will resume soundings on Great Slave Lake to aid navigation. He arrived at Edmonton from the north and led Fort Resolution operations with W R Young and a four man crew. He notes fishing, mining, and aviation activity as keys to future population and market expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Slave Lake
H. L. Leadman
Hydrographic Survey Branch
Federal Department of Marine
Edmonton
Fort Resolution
W. R. Young
Winnipeg
Leadman
Mackenzie River
Saskatchewan Car Investment Tops Seventy Million
The Public Service monthly notes 113,694 vehicles licensed in eight months of 1928 in Saskatchewan. Automo biles 99,501 livery cars 835 trucks 13,358. Valuing cars at 600 and 1000 for others, total investment greatly exceeds 71 million dollars. Also notes about London workers in hotels restaurants and domestic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Public Service Monthly
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Antacid Ad
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a safe effective antacid that neutralizes excess stomach acid quickly. It promises fast relief within five minutes and urges buyers to seek the genuine product prescribed by physicians for 50 years.
Red Rose Orange Pekoe Tea Ad Claims Superior Strength
An advertisement touts Red Rose Orange Pekoe Tea as the choice of Canada’s top social and sporting clubs. It extols added strength and distinctive flavor claimed to last longer and taste better, noting damp-proof packaging and implying premium quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Royal Winter Fair Adds Suffolk Mare Class In Canada
The Royal Winter Fair expands its horse section with a new Suffolk mare class open to Canadian mares four years and over registered in the Canadian Hunter Saddle and Light Horse Improvement Society. Mares are judged on their brood potential for high hunters saddle horses and army remounts, with weight divisions from heavyweight over 1,250 pounds to lightweight under 1,150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian
Hunter, Saddle and Light Horse Improvement Society
Elegant georgette and velvet dress with Vionnet neckline
The fashion description details a chic printed sheer velvet and georgette crepe dress with a long waist bodice, dip in front, Vionnet jabot neckline, and tiered sleeve flounces. Available in sizes 16 to 42 bust, in georgette crepe and several crepe fabrics, Pattern No. 289, 25 cents.
William A Black Canadian Pacific Railway Director and Ogilvie Mills leader
William Allan Black born 1862 in Montreal son of Charles R Black. He served in Grand Trunk Railway traffic 1879 52, then Canadian Pacific Winnipeg 1882 84, joined Ogilvie Flour Mills in 1884, secretary 1887, Western division General Manager 1902, director 1910, President and Managing Director 1911, President Montreal Board of Trade 1918 19, later succeeding C R Hosmer as President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Pacific Railway
William Allan Black
Ogilvie Flour Mills
Montreal
Charles R. Black
Grand Trunk Railway
Winnipeg
Economical Pudding Recipe on Weekly Menu
A simple pudding combines 2 cups milk 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons rice 1 cup sugar and 1 cup raisins. Rice is washed and baked in milk, then the dish is baked in a slow oven for about an hour, stirred occasionally, then remaining ingredients added and baked without stirring for another hour.
Saskatchewan Backs Federal Plan to Unite British Workers Families
Saskatchewan endorses a federal scheme to bring the families of British workers now in Canada. The plan offers £3 15s 0d ($18.75) for adult family members and free passage for children under 17, with travel onward at reduced colonist rates. Applicants must detail ship, arrival, current address, and family members, plus proof of establishment and means to support them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
Canada
Robert Forke
Geo. Spence
Department of Railways, Labor and Industries
Minister of Railways, Labor and Industries
Canadian
Pickled Oranges and Thrift Thoughts From A Pennywise Page
Instructions outline making preserved oranges with sugar and vinegar, spices, and a week to ripen. The piece shifts to thrift as practical progress, noting one dollar saved as a real gain and praising lifelong learning. A tombstone epitaph for John Richard Green is quoted, and a wife joke contrasts East prices with the value of a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Richard Green
Baby Girl Diarrhea During Teething
Mrs. A. J. Murray of Gull Lake Sask recalls her baby girl grew weak from diarrhea while teething last summer. With the child unable to retain fluids, a neighbor advised a remedy, though the note ends before details emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Murray
Gull Lake
Sask
Nothing but girls contradicts big family misperception
A comedian boasts of three talented daughters. An admirer jokes about “nothing but those three girls.” The comedian responds with a twist, noting the house is full of boys, not girls, revealing a surprising quip about expectations.
Static forerunner of storm signals approach
The passage explains that storms are often preceded by static, though some storms have little or no static. Static can be difficult to locate when it appears to originate from no clear direction, but generally static accompanies a storm and provides advance indication of its direction of approach.
Remarkable Magnetic Alloy Floats Due to Repulsion
A research engineer reports a cobalt tungsten steel alloy with extraordinary magnetization. In a demonstration a horseshoe magnet lifts a bar thirty times its weight, and a second bar placed beneath creates magnetic repulsion that keeps the floating bar aloft.
Boy With Belt and Suspenders Portrait a Pessimist
The text outlines a chart of boy types based on clothing: a belt wearer is an Optimist while a single suspender is a Slouch. A boy with both suspenders is labeled Conservative and the belt with suspenders signals a Pessimist.
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John William Slack
Ogdensburg
N.Y
Prescott
Ont
E. W. Beatty
Mr Beatty
Thorold
Peace Country
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia
Royal
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tan
W. A. Black
Betty Barclay
McDermot Ave
J. Milburn Ca. Limited
Toronto
PO Ee the Ramsay Co
Bank St
Stocking & Yarn Mills
Dept. 17
Orillia
Indianapolis Cancer Hospital
Indianapolis
Ind
KOTAB
United Sales Company
Confederation Life Bidg
Aioe
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