Notable World Happenings Briefly Summed
Reports from July include 575 U S automobile deaths in four weeks ending July 14. Edmonton elects Kinjiro Matsuidaira mayor unopposed. Rev W K B Tighe, Ottawa Baptist leader, dies at 67, once notable in Winnipegr and Yorkton. half a million King salmon exports enroute to Argentina. Captain Sullivan receives Royal Victorian Order insignia. U S crime losses total about 2 million yearly, Atlantic City meeting disclosed. First West Indies aerial passenger route to begin by Oct 1. Sarah Fuller dies at Newton Massachusetts in 92nd year. Dail Eireann grants 20000 to widow and children of Kevin O Higgins. Canadian Bisley team returns with Kolapore and McKinnon cups.
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British Columbia
Argentina
Puget Sound
Rio de la Plata
N. A. Sullivan
Henown
Duke and Duchess of York
Australia
Buckingham Palace
United States
Atlantic City
National Surety Company
New York
British Money Lenders Face Stringent Controls Bill
The Moneylenders Bill advances in Parliament imposing licenses costing £15 per office, advertising limits, no canvassers, signed borrower contracts within seven days, and mandatory loan state records. It caps interest at 48 percent, forbids preliminary charges, and sets a twelve month default action limit. Applies to Scotland with mods, not Northern Ireland.
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Leuse of Commons
House of Lords
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Value of character and thrift in life lessons
A short prosaic reflection asserts money is earned while character, temperance, industry and politeness aid life. It notes U S cigarette production and youth smoking as a poor example, arguing effort to save is crucial though many feel they lack opportunity.
Discovery of Stone Age Caves in Scotland Reveals Early Inhabitants
James E. Cree reports in four northern Scotland caves two human skeletons with bear bones and Arctic fauna. A lower gravel layer includes antlers reindeer bones and charcoal traces showing fires. Finds mark Scotland's earliest human presence in the Paleolithic era around 16 000 years ago. Further digs planned for the summer.
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Scotland
James E. Cree
Society of
London
Mr. Cree
Air Mail Conference Canada Represented at The Hague
Deputy Postmaster General L. J. Cabourg will represent Canada at the International Air Mail Conference called by the International Postal Union to be held in The Hague on September 1. Twenty five countries will send delegates and leading aircraft companies will be present. Temporary agreements will last until 1929 when they go to the Universal Postal Union in London. Officials hope for fall experimental flights possibly in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to prepare tender calls next spring. The work is a joint effort of the Post Office Department and the Department of National Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Postofice Department
Department of National Defense
Charmingly simple demure frock pattern No 1548
The home modiste can fashion a back opening dress with shirring around the neck waist and sleeve edges. No 1548 comes in sizes 8 12 14 16 and 10 needing specific yardage and lining. Price 20 cents for the pattern and 1 cent for the fashion book copy.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern ordering guidance appears for the Winnipeg address at 135 McDermot Ave in the Union building. The text mentions Patiego Neo as a name associated with the item or order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Artist Goes To Arctic To Paint Northern Canada Scenes
Toronto artist Y. Jackson left for Craig Harbor near Fleurimere Lealand to sketch and paint the far north. He argues fresh art forms and Canadian subject matter are needed beyond pastoral tradition. He cites Hudson Bay and Labrador as heroic landscapes and urges artists to become explorers to interpret Canada’s north.
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Y. Jackson
Toronto
Craig Harbor
Euro
Hudson Bay
Labrador Coast
Thompson
Canada
Relics of Hudson Bay Company on Display in Winnipeg
Exhibits reveal HBC history with old documents books from distant libraries and items from Arctic life. Swords guns marriage licenses and a Nonsuch Ketch model stand beside a 1670 charter a land surrender deed and Andrew McDermott’s 1000 year peppercorn lease.
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Hudson Bay Company
Winnipeg
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Charles II
Thudson
Jay Company
Dominion of Canada
North Country
Andrew McDermnott
Hello Girls in Soviet Telephony Reported Accurate
Russian operators in the Soviet Union are protected by law from insults. If a caller vents anger into the line, the operator simply reports the number and the line is temporarily disconnected. The Hello Girls are noted for few wrong numbers.
Clay Product Value Across Canadian Provinces Rises
Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia produced clay goods totaling 1 829 915 last year up from 1 412 537 the previous year. Alberta led with production valued at 804 932 dollars.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Appointment of acting manager at The Macdonald Hotel Edmonton
Walter Pratt announces the appointment of Mr. Weldon as acting manager of The Macdonald Hotel Edmonton. Weldon, son of Windsor Hotel Montreal's former managing director, began at The Windsor in 1909, served five years overseas, and held senior posts at King Edward Toronto The Book Cadillac Detroit Benjamin Franklin Philadelphia Mount Royal Montreal. He joined CN Hotel System in 1926 as Jasper Park Lodge assistant manager and later Fort Garry Winnipeg before returning to Jasper Park Lodge for this season.
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Macdonald Hotel
Edmonton
Walter Pratt
Canadian National Railways
Weldon
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
United Hotel String
King Edward
Toronto
Cadillac
Detroit
Philadelphia
Mount Royal
Canadian National Railway Hotel System
Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper
Alberta
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
British Columbia Aims for Imperial Trophy at Manchester Show
British Columbia plans a strong effort to win the Agents General Cup the Imperial Fruit Show at Manchester for the first time. The province has dominated top prizes in past years but often for exhibits by the Associated Growers. To overcome entry costs the British Columbia Fruit Growers Association will collect individual entries and forward them as one provincial lot.
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British Columbia
Manchester
British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association
Taxi Driver Accused in Pedestrian Collision
A Black taxi driver faced a charge after a pedestrian was struck. In court the driver claimed he zigzagged to avoid the man but the pedestrian also moved rapidly, and the driver argued the zigzagging led to the collision.
Felspar Found At Lake of the Woods Test Lab
A Winnipeg firm develops tests with felspar from Lake of the Woods. Deposits are being opened to supply materials for glazed tile porcelains and insulators.
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Lake of the Woods
Winnipeg
British Bowlers Tour Canada Heads for Victoria Tests
Members of the British Lawn Bowling Association arrived in Canada aboard the Melita for a continent wide series of test matches. They opened in Montreal and will visit Ottawa Toronto Fort William Vancouver before returning east in September. Special stops include Banff Lake Louise and other Canadian Rockies resorts.
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British Lawn Bowling Association
Canada
Melita
Victoria
Dominion Lawn Bowling Association
Great Britain
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Great Lakes
Fort William
Vancouver
Banff
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
The torpedo boat and the rise of the destroyer
The torpedo boat proved effective only at close quarters and lacked significant armament. To counter it, navies built the torpedo boat destroyer a larger armed ship that hunted torpedo boats and also attacked battleships. Thus the torpedo boat disappeared and the TB D evolved into the destroyer.
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T.B.D
Turkish Celebration Strains City Budget Over Pasha Visit
The revelry for Musatpa Kemal Pasha’s Constantinople visit exhausted the municipal treasury. The city delayed salaries in June as funds diverted to arches flags and displays. An $8000 American car and a fast motorboat were given to the president amid lavish costs.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Prince of Wales Favours Kipling as Favorite Author
A royal reminiscence notes the Prince of Wales’ youth reading habits. He was given Captain Cook by King Edward at seven, admired Macaulay and Longfellow, but Kipling became his enduring favorite after age twelve and the only author he quoted from memory.
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Prince of Wales
Captain Cook
Edward
Cook
Macaulay
Rome
Lake Regillus
Longelow
Kipling
Gilding the Fruit Fraud Comes Under Police Scrutiny
A practice known as gilding the ly has been used to coat peaches with a bright bloom. Public buyers were misled by the glossy appearance, and complaints were raised. Police say they cannot distinguish fraud with unaided eyes, and the fraud squad has been ordered to halt the practice.
Prospecting surge in Central British Columbia report
A Smithers report from Central British Columbia claims more new prospecting occurred in the past year than in the prior twelve years. An exchange between a father and youth about a teacher and a comment on a woman precedes a note that advertising experts predict newspaper ad volume will double in ten years.
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Smithers
British Columbia
Mount Robson Barriers Halt Mountaineers’ Summit Bid
Two Seattle climbers failed to scale Mount Robson as an ice wall over eighty feet high blocked the only route to the peak. After a brutal climb through rain sleet and waist deep snow they retreated, leaving the monarch of the Canadian Rockies undefeated for now.
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Mount Robson
Seattle
Canadian Rockies
Rockies
Robson
Jesser
Colossus
Numm
Whitehorn
Three Airplane Bases to Be Completed in Hudson Bay Straits
The Beothie reports an air plane expedition underway to establish three seaplane bases near Labrador at the eastern, mid, and western straits. Two seaplanes will stay at the first base with crew, a doctor, and assistants. Officials expect completion within three weeks and immediate flight operations.
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Carly Date
Hudson Bay
Bay Rupert
Hudson’s Bay Company
Labrador
Marine
Beethie
Beothie
Lindsen Bayelt
Queen's Jewels Found In Egypt Tomb
An Egyptian correspondent reports a western desert tomb containing a mummy, likely a queen, adorned with priceless jewelry. Eighteen gold and silver bracelets, five diamond necklaces, a crown, and other jeweled pieces surround the sarcophagus. Hieroglyphics suggest a princess from about three thousand years ago, though her dynasty remains undetermined.
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Egypt
I Vgypt
Boat Service Superior To Train
The piece argues that American steamship service outpaces European trains, noting transatlantic liners are now floating palaces while first class trains lag behind. It contrasts candid service on liners with rude attendants on trains and suggests borrowing as a savings tip.
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Boat Service Superior
America
Europe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kinjiro Matsuidaira
Bert
W. KB. Tighe
Ottawa District Baptist Association
Winnipegr
Yorkton
Sask
West Indies
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Porto Rico
Sarah Fuller
Newton
Mass
Alexander Graham Bell
Dail Eireann
Kevin O'Higgins
Free State Council
Empire
Bisley
The
Cave Men
Air Mail
Hague
Tashiory
Shirring
Patiego Neo
North
Charles L. Weldon
Imperial Trophy
B.C. Growers
Imperial
Sistants
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