World happenings briefly told in 1998 snapshot
A compendium of short items notes England importing butter with half from within the empire, a Dublin estate raid arresting 23 suspected drillers, and 70,000 London children returning to school on April 1. It also covers a Dutch captain jailed for aiding Germany, British volunteers staying in Finland, calls to suspend war risk insurance, U S nonrecognition of Wang regime in China, Miss L M Foster titled as Britain’s first woman admiral, and her Southampton mayoral admiralty salute.
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England
British Empire
St Anne's Estate
Dublin
London
Germany
Netherlands
Pierre Ronard
Paris
Finland
Soviet Union
United States
Wang Ching-Wei
China
Washington
Tokyo
L. M. Foster
Britain
Southampton
Selected Recipes For Desserts And Puddings
Recipes describe chocolate sauce custard and prune cherry Jell type desserts. Includes ingredients: chocolate, corn syrup, sugar, cornstarch, milk, vanilla, salt, butter, lemon juice and Jell O. Instructions cover melting heating cooling molding chilling and serving with whipped cream. Serves four to six depending on portion.
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St. Lawrence
Durham
Olive tree counts rise in Libya under Malian rule
A Rome report notes 600000 olive trees in Libya under Malian occupation in 1922, and now 3000000 trees remain. The finding highlights agricultural expansion or persistence amid colonial administration and regional control.
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Rome
Libya
North Africa
Soviet Union Relies on Home Resources for Food Needs
The Soviet Union depends largely on domestic raw materials for its food sector with only a few imports remaining, including Corea.
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Soviet Union
Corea
Royal Honeymoon Reminiscence From Palace Visit
A letter recalls a 19th century royal honeymoon and a grandmother's memory of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert departing the palace. The writer describes a Clapham Common mother and children witnessing a royal carriage and an escort offer a chance to enter for a glimpse of the royal couple as they left.
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Palace
Victoria
Prince Albert
Clapham Common
Stokers aboard ships face grim odds in torpedo threat
The Windsor Star recounts stokers shoveling coal below decks while ships sail through danger. They fear torpedo hits leave them little chance to reach lifeboats, forced to stay at their posts until the final moment, risking capture like rats in a trap.
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Windsor Star
Etiquette For Young Moderns Offered By Home Service
A Winnipeg News paper Union notice promotes a 2 page etiquette booklet for teens and dates detailing proper behavior on dates cinemas dinners and travel. It lists ancillary pamphlets including beauty treatments nursing magician tips swimming gardening and budgeting for weddings, each priced at 15 cents.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Button Front Princess Frock Pattern 4407 by Anne Adams
Anne Adams pattern 4407 offers a button front princess line frock with front seams for a slim look. Choose notched or wide pointed collar, fitted or slashed sleeves, contrast pockets and belt, with rich trims. Sizes 36 to 46. yardage details and 20 cents order via Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
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Anne Adams
Winnpeg
Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Manitoba Red Cross sends 205 cases to England
The Manitoba Division of the Canadian Red Cross shipped no less than 205 cases of hospital and surgical supplies to England between February 7 and March 25. The items include wool socks triangular bandages hospital bed gowns and other medical goods. Also noted are police morale jokes and shrine lore, with notes on England's police staffing needs.
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Manitoba
Canadian Red Cross
England
Hampton Pads
Sunday School Lesson on Divine Mercy and Forgiveness
The lesson emphasizes God’s full, free forgiveness for those who repent, citing Hosea and Isaiah. It contrasts divine mercy with human forgiveness, using nature imagery to illustrate mercy’s breadth. The author notes God’s steadfast love and the prophet’s search for emblems of mercy in dew, lilies, olives, winds, and harvest references.
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Egypt
Lebanon
FW. Meyer
Dackshidin
Gardening Tips For Extending Fresh Vegetable Season At Home
This piece notes how newer late and early corn varieties lengthen the harvest beyond a single week. It advises staggered sowing of peas spinach lettuce radish and flowers, warns against sowing too early, and suggests dividing seed into three parts to extend the season. It also describes rock gardens with alpine flowers and how to arrange rocks and soil pockets for creeping varieties.
An Effective Weapon James Whitcomb Riley Used
James Whitcomb Riley, famed for his warm poems, faced a foreign critic who accused him of corrupting English with Hoosier dialect. When asked how he struck back, Riley said he hit back with a great chunk of silence.
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Ames Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomby
Oni
Hoosier
Mr. Riley
Silme
Oslo breakfast trial boosts growth in London children
A report from the Medical Officer of the English Reeducation highlights milk in schools reaching 91 and 53 percent in elementary and all schools. London experiments with an Oslo health dinner show greater weekly gains in height and weight and improved blood, with fewer eyelid inflammations. Pasteurization remains low outside London, while 90 percent of milk in the metropolis is pasteurized.
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London Council
Oslo
London
New Zealand
Health League of Canada Letter to Secure Aid
A fragment notes an appeal by The Health League of Canada urging support by writing to 105 Bond St Toronto Ont to secure assistance or action. The concise item implies a fundraising or advocacy push without further context.
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Ah's
Health League of Canada
Bond St
Toronto
Ont
Missing Wedding Gifts of Queen Victoria Found
The centenary of Victoria's wedding prompts notes on missing wedding presents. A Windsor Castle list exists but does not match current Royal collection, with some gifts traced to other houses. No living person can explain how they first entered the owning families.
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Victoria
Ives
Windsor Castle
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UE Canada
JW. S. Mecullough
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