World Happenings Briefly Told
Royal Canadian Air Force officer transfers from Jericho to Winnipeg. Fifteen drowned after collision off Humber between the Spanish steamer Ogono and the British tug King's Cross. Warren Packard dies in seaplane crash near Grosse Pointe Michigan. Tokio conference reviews education for Japanese girls. Arctic mail service to Fort McMurray and Aklavik to start in November. British army aeroplane crash at Heliopolis. seven aboard, three killed. Mail from Montrose delivered in Montreal Toronto Hamilton London and Windsor. Hematite discovery on St Joseph Island by Watts and Jennings. ore body about a mile by four miles.
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W. W. P. Stewart
Royal Canadian Air Force
Jericho
Winnipeg
King’s Cross
North Sea
Humber
Warren Packard
Grosse Point
Mich
Empire
Tokio
Fort McMurray
Alberta
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
Peter J. Vennot
Heliopolis
Canadian Pacific
Montrose
Rimouski
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Windsor
Canada
St. Joseph
George Watts
R. A. Jennings
Razor Blades Find New Life as Prizes in Africa
A missionary collected about 300000 used razor blades for distribution among African villagers. In a recent fifty a side football match the blades were shown to be a popular prize for the winning team.
Young Ernst Fischbach Aboard Graf Zeppelin
A 15 year old youth named Ernst Fischbach serves as a steward on the Graf Zeppelin. He joined the airship on April 10 and hopes to become an airshipman through study. He recalls the ship turning back last spring due to motor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graf Zeppelin
Ernst Fischbach
Ernst
Dr. Eckener
New Sheep Breed Exhibited by Leeds University at Royal Show
A new breed of sheep adapted to sparse land was shown by Leeds University at the Royal Show in Harrogate England. The breed yields a high quality fleece of about 10 pounds and is noted for subsisting on poor land while producing valuable wool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds University
Harrogate
England
Conquest of Mount Alexander Ends Alpinists’ Quest
Mount Alexander near Prince George B C rises above 11000 feet and was finally climbed after years of failed attempts. The first ascent was by Dr Andrew Gilmore and Miss Helen Buck with Dr Mary Godard Potter Frank Waterman J Waff and B Comstock traveling via Jasper and Devona with guide Curly Phillips. They also scaled Reisplendent and Chown peaks on the expedition.
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Mount Alexander
Continental Divide
Prince George
B.C
Andrew Gilmore
New York
Helen Buck
Mary Godard
Potter
Frank Waterman
J. Waff
B. Comstock
More Powerful Motors For New Zeppelins
Dr. Leister Kelp of the Hamburg American Line says the company will likely finance newer Zeppelins with more powerful motors. The craft would reach about 95 miles per hour and offer regular trans oceanic service regardless of weather. He predicts fares from Germany to the United States could drop from 2006 to 1000 dollars within a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leister Kelp
Hamburg American Line
U.S
Graf Zeppelin
Germany
Two piece school fashion for young girls pattern
Two-piece outfit for girls ages 6 to 14 features a fitted hip line and box-plaited skirt attached to a camisole bodice. Trimming and neck details create contrast, with gathered sleeves and multiple fabric options including wool jersey and linen. Pattern price is 25 cents, wrap coin preferred.
Patterns Order Address in Winnipeg Newspaper Union
The text cites an order address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and lists pattern numbers and names. It also notes census data showing tenarians in 1920 US census with 1 561 men and 2 706 women.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
United States
Tomato Seed Oil Used In Fine Soaps Made
The article notes that oil from tomato seeds is extracted and utilized in the production of high quality soaps.
Old Settler Deported for Immigration Violation
John Donaldson Ross a Scottish dairy expert and his family were deported from the United States on the liner Adriatic after living in Willow Glen Montana in violation of immigration quotas. They traveled to Ellis Island from Montana with other deportees, following an eight year stay in Canada and Montana.
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John Donaldson Ross
Willow Glen
Montana
Canada
Scotland
Anaconda Copper Co
United States
Ellis Island
Ross
Historic Apartment Preserved Y M C A Founder’s Room
A room above a Drapery shop in St Pauls Churchyard London preserves Sir George Williams founder of the Y M C A He held the first meeting in his bedroom and the table is kept intact during a rebuilding shift Pilgrims visit the site from around the world to honor him The association later rented a room in a coffee house for half a crown weekly
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Sir George Williams
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Paul's Churchyard
The Newest Skyscraper Rise in New York Banking District
Looker On notes in the London Daily Chronicle that a Wall Street bank building will stand 840 feet tall with 63 storeys. The structure will surpass Salisbury Cathedral and even surpass the height of the Great Pyramid when compared from St Paul’s cross.
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London Daily Chronicle
Wall Street
New York
Britain
Salisbury Cathedral
Cross of
St. Paul’s
Egypt
Compass Needle Shifts Over Two Centuries at Churchill
A magnetic compass near Churchill on Hudson Bay shows its needle turning from 24 degrees west of north in 1700 to 1 degree west in 1800 and 10 degrees east in 1900, marking a total 34 degree change across two centuries.
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Churchill
Hudson Bay
Prisoner and officer debate drunkenness in court scene
A humorous exchange has a judge asking if the prisoner was drunk or sober when found. The officer replies drunk as a judge, and the judge corrects with drunk as a lord, confirming the humorous tone of the moment.
Recipes For This Week
Melt butter, add flour and hot milk to a thin paste. Boil and pour onto beaten yolks with sugar and salt. Cool, fold in stiffly beaten whites, bake 30 to 35 minutes in a slow oven. Serve hot with hard sauce or whipped cream.
Peach Jam Recipe and a Joke Riff
A simple peach jam method uses 10 pounds peaches 6 pounds sugar and 2 cups water. Soft peaches can be used for jam or bread spread after pitting slicing and cooking until thick then packing in hot jars. A puzzled father asks why he and his sister quarrel and the boy replies he takes after him while she takes after mom.
The Walrus as the Priciest Captive Animal
The walrus is the most expensive animal to keep in captivity with an annual food pill cost of $2,000. That amount could feed three elephants for the same period.
Unusual Danish Church and Corkscrew Tower in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen a memorial church to N F S Grundtvig stands shaped like a gigantic organ with roof pipes suggesting music. Nearby a 288 foot corkscrew tower attached to the Church of Our Saviour features external stairs spiraling to the top, built in 1696 and a lasting city landmark.
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Copenhagen
Grundtvig
Denmark
Church of Our Saviour
Moore Sandy Strength Through Pencil Use
A witty remark credits Moore Sandy with tremendous finger strength from “using up the last quarter inch of his lead pencils” in a playful exchange. Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty was formally presented to the United States in Paris on July 4, 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Sandy
Sporer
Bartholdi
United States
Paris
A Growing List of Themed Weeks In American Life
The essay notes America shifted from a states based republic to a connected nation with a calendar crowded by many themed weeks. Charles Merz quips that modern communication fuels ideas and marketing, turning weeks into drives for church, thrift, safety, education, health, and civic activities with new weekly campaigns.
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America
Charles Merz
Washington
Cleanliness League of North America
Atlantic Airways plans all British service Canada to South America
The Atlantic Airways Limited forms to operate passenger freight and mail between Canada and South America with an initial focus on the British West Indies. If successful, service will link Canada with Brazil Argentina major West Indian islands and British Guiana.
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Canada
South America
Atlantic Airways, Limited
British West Indies
Brazil
Argentina
West Indian Islands
British Guiana
Farmers discuss cyclone damage and barn inquiry in town
Two farmers meet in town days after a cyclone that damaged the countryside. One asks about a neighbor Hank's barn while the other says he cannot tell if it was hurt. The tale ends with a note that early clocks lacked dials and relied on hourly strikes to tell time.
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Hank
Crown Jewels Decked With 32800 Carats of Diamonds
A note highlights the finest crown among Russian jewels encrusted with thirty two thousand eight hundred carats of diamonds while mentioning Britain’s bacon largely comes from Denmark.
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Ino
Poole
Cunard
Antonia
Y.M.C.A
Lord
Betty Barclay
New Atlantic Airway
Etry Et Li
Price
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John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
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