World Happenings Briefly Told From The Global Page
Marcus G Gerry jailed for sending threats to the Prince of Wales found mentally unbalanced and committed to an asylum. An army order notes the King approves Winnipes Rifles joining the Rifle Brigade of the Imperial army. Edmund Dedoux and Drunis claim a livestock anthrax vaccine serum. Port Arthur Winnipeg auto highway work began in September after a port for Shabaqua meeting. Henry J. Case dies at 85 in Poughkeepsie inventor of harvesting machinery. World world war front letters to be compiled by German government. Potsdam hosts a butter factory. Duchess da Menehe, ally of Empress Eugenie and Napoleonic era survivor, dies. granddaughter of Marsal. Evans and Bennett, Detroiters, complete auto trip from Winnipeg to Vancouver via Fraser canyon. Premier Ramsay MacDonald says premiership price was high and doubts any successor could serve longer than 12 months. Resistant wheat claimed by Samuel Larcombe Little shows higher yield in Manitoba.
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Edmund Dedoux
Drunis
Parix
Port Arthur-Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Henry J. Case
Poughkeepsie
Mr Case
Potsdam
Duchess da Menehe
Mugenie
Puilerties
Napoleon
Marsal
Dundee
Ramsay MacDonald
Samuel Larcombe Little
Hits Farm
Manitoba
Larcombe
Argentine shipment brings seventeen locomotives to Buenos Aires
The 15 ton locomotives arrived aboard the Beldis from England for the Argentine Southern Railway. It is reported as the largest such shipment for that distance, with cars ready for immediate rail service upon delivery. An unrelated line about hair appears as discardable text.
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Hayes
Buenos Aires
England
Beldis
Argentine Southern Railway
Last Great West Idea Glows Over Peace River Country
Sir Henry Thornton envisions a western empire in the Peace River region with rich wheat farms and abundant poultry and cattle if cultivation rises to 6 percent of surface. Elihu Stewart endorses the region’s productive capacity north of Peace River with wheat ripening near Great Slave Lake by July’s end. He urges eastern and western outlets via Hudson Bay and the Pacific to unlock further regional development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Thornton
Peace River
Canada
Elihu Stewart
Great Slave Lake
Mewart
Hudson Bay
Pacific
Toronto Globe
Wembley Exhibition A Financial Failure and Striking Educational Gain
The piece notes all dominions will not continue exhibits at Wembley next year, citing financial losses. It praises the exhibition as a sinking success educationally, with Canadian exhibitors pleased about their bonniest babies display and potential for future participation, while Australia signals initiation.
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Dominions
Wembley
Trans-Canada Highway links near completion after tour reveal
At the Canadian Automobile Association meeting in Toronto Dr. P ff Doolittle reported that apart from Ontario only one link remains to complete the Dominion trans continental highway. Contracts for the Rockies connection were met by the British Columbia government. Two gaps in Ontario remain with work progressing. Kenora to Manitoba will open for trade mid-summer. Port Arthur to Kenora should finish in three years. Dr Doolittle was elected president and W C Robertson was named Toronto secretary.
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Dominion
Canadian Automobile Association
Toronto
Pff Doolittle
Ontario
Une Soo
Fort William
Kenora
Manitoba
Port Arthur
Road spending and US tourism boom in Canada report
Canada spent 191 million on road building over five years while foreign traffic yielded 118 million in revenue. US auto tourism more than tripled in three years with 617 887 American cars in 1921 rising to 1 942 387 in 1923.
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Canada
John B. Harkin
Dominion of Canada
United States
Harkin
Canfeda
Abate Smoke Nuisance Fuel Development Survey
The Government of Great Britain aims to rapidly develop a chemical and physical survey of coal seams to replace 149 million tons of raw coal with smokeless fuels from carbonization and gasification. If successful, navy and mercantile fuel supplies and motor spirit could shift foreign trade, reducing urban smoke and improving health and housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government of
Great Britain
Mises
Department of Scien Life and Industrial Research
Bankers’ Trust Company of
New York
English Information Service
Navy
Mercantile Marine
Compulsory Arbitration Backed by Nations at Geneva
At the Geneva convention Compulsory Arbitration was premiering a program supported by all 46 national delegations. The plan aims to end war set up a framework for arms reductions and mutual guarantees to make compulsory arbitration practical. Delegates agreed to strengthen world solidarity and security through pacific settlement of disputes, while noting enforcement may rely on force.
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MacDonald
Herriot
Assembly of
League of Nations
Move To New Farms Certificates Issued In Alberta
Department of Agriculture reports 85 move certificates issued to about 60 families seeking new farm locations within Alberta. Inquiries continue and many plan to use free transportation. Migrants head to scattered areas from the extreme southwest to near Edmonton, with some settling in Westlock district and beyond.
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Department of Agriculture
Alberta
Westlock
Edmonton
Clark's Beans with Pork Nourishes Children and Family
An old advertisement promotes Clark's Beans with Pork as a nutritious meal for children and all ages. It urges parents to feed their families well and highlights the Clark Kitchens as a trusted helper.
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Clark
Soviet Russia Doubles Army Pay but Seeks Armament Talks
Russia and Swiss tensions linger as Soviet leaders push for a conference on armament reduction abroad. Lausanne assassination of M. Vorovsky fuels Swiss indemnity requirement before any Swiss venue. Meanwhile Switzerland bars Russian subjects, and common diseases are treated by Dr Thomas Electric Oil.
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Russia
Schlzerland
Switzerland
M. Vorovsky
Lausanne
Thomas
Optimism for British Shipping Leaders at Cunard Prize
Sir Thomas Royden, chairman of Cunard, remains confident that Britain will stay dominant in world shipping due to inherited seafaring instinct and skilled crews. The remarks were made at the annual prize on board the Mersey training ship Conway.
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Thomas Royden
Cunard Company
Mersey
Trinidad Honors War Heroes Monuments Unveiled in Port of Spain
A Rodina monument in Port of Spain ceilarked in memory of those who fell and honored the living in the Great War. Governor Sir Samuel Henry Wilson unveiled it before leaving for Jamaica. The white column features aVictory figure with wings and wreath, flanked by a Trinidad soldier aiding a wounded companion. Cost reached $50,000 from public subscription and government funds.
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Trinidad
Rodina
Port-of-Spain
Samuel Henry Wilson
Jamaica
Shortest Story Earns Praise From Young Pen
A class assignment to write a short story yielded praise for a small boy whose entry read one bull two toreadors one bull one toreador one bell The London Morning Post reported the line as the best and shortest in the class.
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London Morning Post
Signs Mistress and Maia Duel With Hands and Heads
Two women exchange coded signals as dialogue reveals their terse communication. The scene centers on a silent language of gestures where Maia asserts defiance by a simple shake of the head. The playful exchange highlights ambiguity in nonverbal cues between characters.
Abandoned Farms in Southern Alberta Face Reversion to Range
The Edmonton Bulletin notes drought drives many farmers from the southeast corner toward irrigated lands near Lethbridge. With talk of settlers moving to Central and Northern Alberta, drought forces abandonment of farms as ranching and range use rebound in the province. The shift suggests few fields will operate next season and cattle may return to traditional grazing grounds.
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Lethbridge
Dominion
Alberta
Cheese Dishes as Meatless Day Alternative
Aimed at households seeking meatless meals, the piece promotes cheese as a nutritious economical substitute for fish and red meat. It explains cheese’s high nutriment value, then provides a Cheese and Macaroni Loaf recipe with macaroni, milk, crumbs, butter, peppers, onions, parsley, egg, salt, and Canadian cheese, baked until set and served with tomato sauce.
Grain Donations Sought for Refugees Under Lausanne Treat y
Frank Veigh Canadian Save the Children rep appeals for cash or grain to aid refugees evicted from Turkey under the Lausanne terms. Elevator firms grain groups in three western provinces ready to accept wheat gifts for the fund. Britain and empire aid feeds and clothes thousands arriving in Greece, while the Near East fund assists U S orphans.
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Turkey
Frank Veigh
Save the Children” Fund
Veigh
Great Britain
British Empire
Greece
Salonika
Black Sea
Near East Fund
United States
Women Doctors Few in England Amid Large Practitioner Pool
Among 42,000 medical practitioners in England only 2,000 are women, highlighting gender disparity in the profession. Minard's Liniment for Dandruff appears as an unrelated product promotion in the same context.
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England
New Channels Of Commerce At Wembley Exhibition
Canadian cheese finds markets directly through the Wembley exhibition. A Canadian dry milk dealer sold output for five years to a British firm. European orders exceed one million boxes and a show case maker plans a London establishment. Sixty percent of exhibitors praise Wembley with indirect business growth running into hundreds of thousands. Corns are painful growths. Hollaway’s Corn Remedy promises relief.
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Wembley
London
Our Trust
Webley
Germany Increases Tobacco Use After War
Germany sees a surge in cigarette and cigar consumption postwar as imports of raw tobacco rise to levels similar to prewar times. Despite a population decline, demand grows, with statistics noting higher tobacco imports than before the war. A separate note mentions a strangling tree with aerial roots found in Brazil, recently imported at Kensington Gardens, London.
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Germany
Brazil
Kensington Cardens
Lowon
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Gilletts
Gillett
Gillett’s Lye
Marcus G Gerry
Prince of Wales
Winnipes Rifles
Rifle
Imperial Army
Evans
A. F P. Bennett
Winnipre
Vancouver
Fraser Canyon
CNR
Argentine
Peace River Region
Dcolttie
Association
W. C. Robertson
John
Minnard
Government of Great Britain
Fuel Development Survey
The
Ocean
Britain
Cunard Line
J. D. Kelloge
Granfer
Gorty Myzell
Maia
Miia Wildsoeau
Edmonton Bulletin
Bulletin
Sage
Near East
Minard
Dandruff
Qui
Paris
Hallam Mail
Des Porte
Hallam Building
Dominion Express
Richmond St. W
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