World Happenings Briefly Told
A digest of global notes reports John Tamar a 112 year old former farm hand near Debreczin Hungary. Edison advances toward recovery. Vancouver relief costs estimated at 450000 monthly. Excavations in London reveal an 1800 year old jig saw puzzle in a Roman pavement. Germany's unemployment reaches 4104000 after two weeks. Canada ships about 10000 cattle to the UK this season. Vancouver grain shipments rise to 75154053 bushels. May to July fog horn use totals 772 hours at Cape Forchu Nova Scotia. Canadian birth rate dips two percent in first seven months with 50851 births.
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Thomas A. Edison
Hubert S. Howe
Vancouver
Royal Bank of Canada
London
England
Germany
Canada
United Kingdom
Robert Weir
Yarmouth
Cape Forchu
Nova Scotia
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prosperity Plan Proposed at World Congress in Amsterdam
Dr Louis L Lorwin of the Brookings Institution outlined a five year world prosperity plan to delegates from 206 countries at the world social economic congress in Amsterdam He urged a general five year moratorium on all war debts and reparations payments as the first step to ease the post war crisis before 300 economists industrialists labour leaders and government officers.
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Amsterdam
Louis L. Lorwin
Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C
Grizzly Cub From Jasper Heads to London Zoo
A three month old grizzly cub, offspring of a Canadian Rockies monarch, travels from Jasper Park Lodge by CN Express to England. Angus D Vick ers, son of the Vickers Limited president, captured the mother last spring and left the cub with guide George Har greaves at Jackman, B C before ordering its shipment to London.
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Canadian Rockies
Jasper Park Lodge
Canadian National Express
England
Angus D. Vickers
Vickers, Limited
Vickers
George Hargreaves
Jackman
B.C
London
Pattern Instructions for Buttoned Dress and Bloomers Set
The text describes a sewing pattern for a short sleeved dress front view and bloomers with gathered yoke details. It lists fabric requirements, sizes, elastic treatment, cuff finishing, and pattern pieces. It notes measurements, materials, and price of 25 cents, with guidance to compare pattern pieces with the chart before cutting.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union
Pattern ordering guide from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union lists address at 175 McDermott Ave and outlines pattern number tee me wee. The fragment indicates procedural steps for mail orders. The text references pattern numbers and mailing details in a city context.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan forms drought commission for afforestation drive
The Saskatchewan Government created a six member Commission on Conservation and Afforestation led by Hon. J. F. Bryant to study drought causes in southern Saskatchewan and propose dam sites and tree planting to conserve water. It seeks federal relief funds and asks municipalities to provide data on farms forests wells and water bodies as well as potential dam locations.
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Saskatchewan
J. F. Bryant, KC
J. F. Bryant
K.C
Wat. C. Buckle
Agriculture
W. D. Cowan
Long Lake
Dean MacKenzie
University of Saskatchewan
T. A. Patrick
M.D
F. J. O'Leary
Regina
Bryant
Commission On Conservation and Afforestation
Commission
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
North Saskatchewan
Avail Saskatchewan
Frenchman's Creek
Wood River
Notakeu Creek
Swift Current
Wascana Creek
Souris River
Moose Jaw Creek
Pipestone Creek
Nebraska
United States
Great American Desert
Sand Hills
Sweden
Grain deliveries at Port of Montreal top fifty million bushels
Port of Montreal grain shipments reach 50,093,867 bushels by August 4, up from 40,260,982 a year earlier. Receipts had already hit the fifty million mark days earlier, signaling a strong season. A later line notes a filament for a new electric lamp is one fifth the thickness of a hair.
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Montreal
Canada Exposition Commission earns reputation for punctual exhibits
J Oscar Turcotte chair of The Canadian Government Exhibition Commission says Canada’s shows at world fairs are timely and well organized. The permanent commission, based in London at Blackheath Road building, has 31 years of experience and draws visitors seeking its exhibition expertise.
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Canadian Government Exhibition Commission
London
England
Canada
J. Oscar Turcotte
Blackburn Road
West Hampstead
N. W
Taking No Chances John Williamson Returns From Scotland
Five year old John D. Williamson arrived in New York aboard the Caledonia of the Anchor Line after a long journey from Stone Haven Scotland. He wore multiple heavy garments to avoid catching cold and was met by his mother Mrs George Williamson and siblings in light clothing due to the heat.
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John D. Williamson
George Williamson
Brooklyn
British Columbia agriculturist named to Windermere station post
Langford M. Godfrey a UBC graduate is named assistant in charge of illustration station work at Windermere Experimental Station. He will oversee stations in Salmon Arm Armstrong Lumby Grand Forks and Fernie with potential new stations planned in Arrow Lakes Kootenay Lake and East Kootenay. Godfrey previously worked at Indian Head and Beaverlodge experimental farms.
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Langford M. Godfrey
University of British
Beaverlodge
Peace River Country
Alberta
Heckler taunts local council candidate with sausage insult
A town council race saw a notorious heckler shout a crude line about a sausage machine. The candidate replied in calm biblical language denying the insult and questioning the heckler’s conduct.
Red Ink Seller Among Drummers On The Road
A pocket of banter on a train smoking car features drummers lamenting business malaise until a quiet man reveals he is selling red ink. The piece transitions to observations on aging, retail expansion in Manchuria, labor villages for disabled soldiers, tiny late prehistoric horses, and Malaya timepiece imports.
Cannibals in Australia Report Details Nomadic Tribes
A Catholic Anthropological Conference report by Rev. Fr. Alcaldee portrays the Cuinis and Cullaris tribes in north western Australia as brutally cannibalistic. He describes ritual flesh consumption, tribal division of body parts, nomadic life, and harsh social order with women as enslaved and murder as a standard dispute resolution.
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Western
Australia
Catholic Anthropological Conference
Alcaldee
Egg Market Prospects Rise in Dominion Demand
The Egg and Poultry Market Review from Ottawa notes a definite improvement in the egg market across the Dominion. It cites reduced flocks earlier in spring and a renewed demand for pullets signaling producers expect to expand flocks beyond earlier plans.
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Egg and Poultry Market Review
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion
Sacrificed Life To Science Wilfred Douchette
Wilfred Douchette died in New Haven Connecticut after years of fevered illness linked to his World War I inoculation with trench fever germs in France. He served a year in a French hospital corps, lived apart from comrades, and returned in poor health. buried with military honors beside his brother as he lingered for years a hopeless invalid.
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Wilfred Douchette
France
New Haven
Conn
Mr. Douchette
First Canada television broadcast shown in Montreal
A small Montreal gathering witnessed what likely was Canada’s first moving picture by television. The scene appeared from a department store on the fourth floor with a receiving set on the fifth. A hornlike instrument and a neon tube revealed a black and white silhouette from the adventure Fat Fanny Falling Fast and Furious. Chemists have developed five methods of making artificial silk.
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Montreal
Canada
Fat Fanny
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Tamar
Debreczin
Hungary
London Zoo
W. N. UL
J. T Morlison
Glasgow
Victor Bruce
Government Exhibition Commission
John D
B.C. Agriculturist
Pete
Mukden
Harbin
Manchuria
Nanking
British Malaya
Black Men of
North Western Section
Pat Human Flesh
Egg Market
Hamburg
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