World happenings briefly told in scattered items
Auction in Berlin saw Severs autographed setters from Frederick the Great sell for 14 500 marks while Clemenceau presented to Versailles a ring linked to the Treaty of Versailles. Belgium issues petroleum import licensing. Melbourne rejects compulsory wheat pooling. French publishers raise paper prices. Anjou balloon dispute with Germany. University awards Curtis memorial and Western Canada scholarships. A white bear trapper killed near Warren’s Landing. Argentine aviator may resume world flight. conditions warned. Thunder Bay forest losses low. Strathcona II to sail Atlantic from Yarmouth to Labrador. Dialog about money and engagement ends with a joke.
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Frederick the Great
Berlin
Germany
Emiden
IRS
France
Arts
Quewn's University
Ai Curtis
W. J. Brown
Toronto
Western Canada
POFE
Sheffield
Permice
ELC
Black River
Warren
Lake Winnipeg
Garnet Sinclair
Not Very Good Visitor Exchange
A brief dialogue features Peggy and an unnamed visitor debating a photo of a younger brother. The witty exchange hints at a playful or ironic family moment. A separate line compares spider threads to a hat size, underscoring a humorous contrast in scale.
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Peggy
Deadly Motor Fatalities Prompt Calls for Action
A Toronto Telegram report cites Life Extension Institute data placing infleenara atop 1871 death causes and motor accidents rising in the early 20th century. It notes fifteen thousand annual deaths from reckless driving and urges public action to prevent a catastrophe.
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Life Extegeion Institute of America
Infleenara
Toronto Telegram
Beautiful Diamond Dyes Promote Easy Home Tinting
Perfect home dyeing and tinting is guaranteed with Diamond Dyes. Just dip in cold water for soft shades or boil for permanent colors. Each 15 cent package includes simple directions for dyeing lingerie, silks, ribbons, fabrics, coats, and more. Buy Diamond Dyes and tell your druggist the fiber content Wool silk linen cotton or mixed.
Surveying Bed Of Osan Ocean Floor Expedition Planned
A detailed ocean bed survey by US government and allied institutes aims to map the sea bottom and study water composition. The project will equip ships with laboratories to measure density, temperature, currents, and marine life at all depths to assess food potential of the earth’s water surface.
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Sciarific
United States
Half Million Year Old Grasshoppers Found in Yellowstone
Rangers in Yellowstone Park report fossilized grasshoppers preserved in ice on Mount Wise north flank. Scientists say swarms from Bear Tooth mountains were driven into ice by storms about 500000 years ago, remaining nearly perfect. The note ends with an unrelated Holloway advertisement.
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Yellowstone Park
Mount Wise
Park
Bear Tooth Mountains
Large group of unaccompanied children cross Atlantic to Quebec
In a major rescue move 13 young travelers from Liverpool reached Quebec aboard the steamship Montclare. The voyage drew broad sympathy from the crew and officials who cared for the minors from across the British Isles. Charles B. Durbarow of Riverton New Jersey then completed the longest swim in U S history by crossing Delaware Bay eight miles past Lewes covering just under 42 miles.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Quebec
Montclare
Httle
British Isles
United States
Charles B. Durbarow
Riverton
N.J
Delaware Bay
Cape May
Lewes
Delaware
Saskatchewan selects James G Davidson for Macdonald College scholarship
James Glenn Davidson of the University of Saskatchewan has been named Saskatchewan’s nominee for a $500 post graduate scholarship in scientific agriculture at Macdonald College Ste Anne de Bellevue Que He is the Saskatchewan representative for the annual ten scholarships funded by W C Macdonald Regd Inc The selection honors his work in Field Husbandry and his long association with Saskatchewan agriculture and education
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Glenn Davidson
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Macdonald College
Ste. Anne de Belle- Vue
Que
W. C. Macdonald Reg’d, Inc
Tobacco Manufacturers
Montreal
Quebec
W. C. Macdonald Reg.d. Inc
Sir William Macdonald
Canada
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Sir William
St Willian
McGill University
Macdonald
McGill
Afi
Davidson
Glasgow
Scotland
Yorkton
Sask
Scott
Agricultural
Saskatchewan Department of Education
Kirk
Clark's Corned Beef Promises No Bone Or Waste
Advertises Clark's Corned Beef as Canada Approved beef cooked ready to serve with no bone or waste. Claims delicious hot or cold and invites readers to let the Clark Kitchens help.
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Clark
Canada
Economic Conference Reports Saskatchewan Improvement Hope
Practically unanimous testimony from implement manufacturers lumber land and mortgage insurance and banking interests plus the Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Association head supported gradual improvement in economic conditions at a conference held in the Parliament Buildings Regina.
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Province of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Asociation
Parliament
Regina
First Woman Postmistress Named in Oshawa Ontario
Miss Wilna Gordon, long time assistant postmaster, will become the first woman postmistress in Ontario marking a milestone for Oshawa. The article notes her prior service and the historic appointment.
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Oshawa
Ontario
Wilna Gordon
Profitable Wheat Land in High River Area Analyzed
The High River district yields 30 to 55 bushels per acre over 15 years for owner C Short. Record shows last year 6 bu per acre and this year 35 bu per acre at market $1.53, equating to $50.40 and $43.55 per acre respectively. Annual average price 90 cents yields $405 per acre in revenue. land prices range from $25 to $75 per acre.
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Short
High River
High River District
Immigration Returns to Canada Fall in First Half Year
Immigration figures show 27 4846 Canadians returned from the United States in the first half of the current fiscal year. Of these 23 141 were born in Canada, 2 652 were British subjects domiciled in Canada who later moved south, and 1 71 percent naturalized. Total arrivals from all countries fell about 10 percent versus the prior year, with 5 212 persons entering by September 30. Britain supplied 42 788. the United States 10 125. other countries 32 269.
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Canada
United States
Immigration Department
Citi
Great Britain
Journey of a student to Queen's University
Pritam Singh an 18 year old East Indian traveled half the globe to study in the western hemisphere. He initially aimed for the University of Michigan but entered the United States via Mexico and could not stay legally. He chose Queen's University after resolving immigration issues and left Lahore eight months ago for higher education.
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Pritam Singh
University of Michigan
United States
Mexico
Queen's University
Juarez
Canada
Modern Diseases Common to Ancients
Egyptologist Prof. G Elliott Smith reported at the Academy of Medicine that cancer, rheumatism, and mastoiditis were widespread 4 100 years ago among mummies. He noted Pharaohs had hardened arteries and Rameses V showed a skin ailment like smallpox, with gout and leprosy rare, TB uncommon, and rickets absent.
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Egypt
Ans
Rameses V
G Elliott Smith
University College, London
Academy of Medicine
New York
Smith
Canada’s Plenipotentiary Urges Britain and France to Walk Together
The Canadian delegate to the League of Nations, Senator Dandur, speaks in official capacity about the honor of tracing our parentage through Britain and France and advocates concord between the two nations as a path for global influence. He notes their long history of living side by side in Canada with tolerance and esteem.
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Dandur
League of Nations
Great Britain
France
Canada
le Soleil
Quebec
Movement to settle Austro Hungarian workers in Saskatchewan
The Free Press reports a plan led by Dr. H. V. Gideon to bring several hundred agricultural workers from Austria-Hungary to Northern Saskatchewan and Eastern Manitoba. Gideon, a major landowner, seeks to dispose of large tracts to governments in Europe and relocate tenants who are skilled grain growers and livestock breeders.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Austria-Hungary
H. V. Gideon
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Saskatoon
Europe
Canada
New Zealand Drops Out of Wembley Exhibition Plan
New Zealand drops from the proposed re opening of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley next year. The decision cites avoiding conflict with the South Seas Exhibition planned for 1925 in Dunedin.
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James Allen
London
New Zealand
Wembley
Duneden
Oil of Merit Dr Thomas Eclec Oil Commercial Claim
A described patent medicine highlights Oil of Merit Dr Thomas Eclec Oil as a carefully investigated blend of oils. The copy argues the product is effective and has earned public favor since its introduction, inviting trials to prove its healing power.
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Dr. Thomas
Thomas
Caribou Invasion Dims Yukon Southward After 30 Years
For the first time in three decades large bands of caribou move into southern Yukon from Braeburn to Takeena. Thousands travel a trail as hills teem with wildlife while hunters and cameramen rush to Whitehorse to capture the scene.
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Yukon Territory
Braeburn
Takeena
White Horse
Keep Minard's Liniment in the House
A brief homely reminder urges households to keep Minard's Liniment on hand for common aches and pains, suggesting steady use and readiness.
Northern Island Claimed by U S Forces in Arctic
United States vessels report hoisting of Stars and Stripes on Herald Island east of Wrangel after Russia claimed Wrangel itself. Herman and Silver Wave failed to reach Wrangel. Red October claimed it for Russia. Also notes Canada’s undeveloped waterpower potential over 19.6 million units versus the U S figure around 1.4 million.
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Russia
Wrangel Island
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Herald Island
Bear
Hited States Coastguard Service
Red October
Herman Tay
Canada
United States
Spain Nominates First Woman Mayor in Cuatro Tondeta
Maria Peres Moya, 49, widow and schoolteacher, becomes Cuatro Tondeta's mayor as Spain has no women's suffrage law. Citizens welcome Senora Perez, marking a historic milestone though legal rights for women remain unresolved.
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Spain
Cuatro Tondeta
Concentaria
Maria Peres Moya
Senora Perez
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Teicwmie
Clemenceau
Versailles City Museum
Belgium
Melbourne
Zanui
Slip Ovents
Thunder Bay
Yarmouth England
Labrador
Strathcona
Jack
Au Mee
Carter
Samab Price
N. U
Trophe
Osan
Holloway
Minard
Ims
James Glen Davidson
San Diego
California
Bay of Bengal
Immigration Returns
Queen's
Kingston, Ont
Britain
Putnam's
Putnam’s
Putnams
Caribou
Gillett
Northern Island
U.S
Wrangel
Mort Island
Loup Lane
Herman
James Weils
Noine
Ussaces
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