World Happenings Briefly Told From Various Lands
A Paris Constantinople Vancouver and Ontario police updates and a medical claim dominate a brief roundup. The tale mentions King Si ward's Horse and Constantinople unrest, Canada debt settlements via New York, and a possible Victoria to Vancouver air link. A Canadian temperance act amendment allows arrest without warrant for Aquor carriers. A dubious asthma cure promises rapid relief with Dr Kellogs's Ast Remedy.
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Constantinople
Vancouver
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Canada
New York
Victoria
Cais
Valuable Columbus Map Found In National Library
A map claimed to be drawn by Christopher Columbus was found in the National Library by M. De La Ronciers. The document is valued for its potential bearing on Columbus’s voyage to America and is described as showing the earth as known at the time with coastlines of Europe Africa and beyond.
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Christopher Columbus
America
M. de la Ronciers
M. de la Ronelere
Columbie
Earth
Ope
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Pay For Occupation Armies Agreement Reached
An accord between Foreign Minister Katioff and the Inter Allied Commission settles payment of 25,900,000 gold levas by Bulgaria to cover expenses of the occupation armies after the armistice.
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Katioff
Inter-Alled Commiskelon
Bulgaria
Farmers shift to local home market production policy
The article notes a policy shift toward domestic production for home consumption, arguing farmers should grow only what the market can absorb. It cites global wheat figures from 1920 to 1922, highlighting higher world supply and cheaper foreign production as factors driving a possible substantial reduction in U.S. output.
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United States
New York
In Perfect Health Again Kidney Pill Miracle Story
Quebec readers report kidney trouble gone after Dodd's Kidney Pills. Madame A Blanchette of St Raphael shares three years of suffering ended after six boxes, praising a reliable remedy. The ad emphasizes kidney health and early warning signs to prevent weakness.
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Quebec
Indy
Canada
Dodd
St Raphael
Madame A. Blanchette
Soviet Airman To Try Polar Flight By September
Rossinsky, a Russian airman, plans a polar expedition to the North Pole with about ten participants including scientists. The hydroplane craft will carry fuel for a fully equipped long-range mission.
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North Pole
Spring Weather Hurting Babies In This Region
Blustery conditions keep infants indoors with poor ventilation and overheated rooms. Mothers worry as colds and bowels disorders appear. Dr Williams' Babies Own Tablets advertised as stomach regulators. Large sums seen at Shakespeare folio auction in London. Asenbach pays £1860 for Lucrece copy. total sale value rising past £77,000. World population estimated at 1.5 billion.
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Britwell
London
Phillip H. Asenbach
Philadelphia
Shakespeare
Wnich
Rosenbach
Dr Hamilton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut
An old advertisement touts Dr Hamilton's Pills as the mild safest laxative for mer cury and mineral salts content. It claims to clean stomach and bowels, drive out waste, tone kidneys, and permanently cure constipation. Also promotes Dr Hamilton's Pills as a general tonic with instant relief and system cleanser, offered at dealers for $1.00 in Montreal.
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Dr. Hamilton
Hamilton
Giett Ag
Drake Wad
Montreal
McKims Directory Details Canadian Publications Decline
McKims Directory of Canadian Publications reports 1499 newspapers and periodicals in Canada and Newfoundland, down from 1562 last year. Daily papers drop to 114 from 121, semiweeklies to 39, and weeklies to 2. Monthly and semimonthly titles rise. The Seventeenth Edition highlights geography, demographics, and city data. Published by A McKim Limited with offices in Toronto, Whitburn, and London.
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Canada
McKim
Newfoundland
Provinews
McKim's
Directory of Action Publications Oy
Ntreat
Toronto
Whamper
Waihon
London
England
Norfolk St
W.C
Twin brothers Richard and John Webber set long coincidence record
Twin brothers born 1851 near Barnstaple Devon lived as moulders in Wales since age twelve and share a life of parallel paths. They married on the same day, live next door, and each has ten children. Both served as Sunday school teachers and choristers for 57 years, marking a remarkable run of matched life events amid a long shared career.
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Richard
John Webber
Barnstaple
Devon
Wales
Sid
Fach
Pershing to Retire at 64 If Congress Acts
General Pershing, famed American commander, will turn 64 on September 13 and retire from active service unless Congress passes a bill to waive the age limit. He has returned from a six month European tour where he revisited battlefields and completed his World War I memoir. Saskatchewan to gain representation at Toronto and Chicago livestock shows this year, decided by the Saskatchewan Livestock Board in Regina.
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Pershing
Europe
Congress
Saskatchewan
Toronto
Chicago
Saskatchewan Livestock Board
Regina
Lightnin at Walker Theatre Extended for Easter Week
The touring comedy Lightnin has extended its Walker Theatre engagement into Easter week due to high demand. After April 26, the company shifts to Saskatoon for three-day stops at Empire Theatre and Regina Theatre, with cast including Bil Jones and Reno, and actors Jefferson, Bacon, and Evans preparing for a London trip next summer.
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Celad
Lightnin
Walker Theatre
Winal- Pee
Saska 1003
Empire Theatre
Regina Theatre
Regina
Forbes-Robertson
Bil Jone
Reno
Lightnia
Winnipeg
Gaiety Theatre
Thomas Jefferson
Bessie Bacon
Charles E. Evans
Canada
London
Catarrhozone claims cure for colds and throat troubles
A vintage advertisement touts Catarrhozone as a guaranteed remedy for catarrh bronchitis and sore throat with bold claims of rapid relief. It promotes mail orders from Montreal and warns against substitutes, alongside unrelated news clippings about a city newspaper editor and other era notices.
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Roys Thelree
Catarthozone Co
Montreal
Anuric praised as best kidney medicine by patient
A testimonial from Sir Albert Blast of Otevins Place credits Dr Pierce’s Anuric Tablets with ending his kidney and bladder distress. He recalls prior scalding sensations and inflamed kidneys and urges others to seek Anuric in tablet form, asking readers to mail ten cents for information.
Easter Lesson of the Risen Christ in Sunday School
A devotional study outlines the Easter theme with references to Christ being raised, the Greek and Latin texts, and Mary Magdalene and others visiting the tomb. It reflects on fear, faith, and courage, noting early Sunday worship and the resurrection narrative.
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Wamety Magdalene
Mary of
Magdala
Mary
James
Jesus
Salome
Zebedee
John
J.D. Jonee
Coughing Plant Discovered By Botanist In Tropics
A botanist reports a new tropical bean plant that coughs when dust lands on its leaves. The air chambers fill with gas and explode lightly, blowing away the dust. The plant, described as cranky, dislikes dust and reacts with a coughing sound. The item highlights strange plant mechanisms and tropical flora.
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Tropics
British Columbia Timber Revenue Forecast for Next Year
The province expects 3.5 million dollars from timber resources in the coming fiscal year about 20 percent of total revenue. Timber licenses may yield 1.25 million dollars royalties 1.606 million timber leases 160 600 and timber cases 260 000. English miners once held a bath belief that washing the back weakens the body.
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British Columbia
War Material Scrapped Largest Junk Metal Pile for Sale in Vancouver
A vast stock of scrap railway material from Russia, stored in Canada and the United States after the revolution, is to be sold in Vancouver for between 500000 and 1000000 dollars. Forty thousand tons of wheels, trucks, springs and bolts were never shipped, costing 11000000 dollars, with a special size for Russian railways. The sale was advertised in London.
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Vancouver
Canada
United States
Russia
London
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