World Happenings Briefly Told
Summary of diverse items from the era including London population estimates, a fire at a Kelowna Demi son Canners plant, Angora Turkey church state separation bill, Canadian banks assets rise in February, Howard Ferguson urging British Commonwealth ties, Saskatchewan highway tenders, Canadian Merchant Marine 1927 losses, possible takeover of Cable Company by Eastern Telegraph and Marcon, MP Moore remarks in Toronto, verminicide product Mother Graves Worm Exterminator, and Manitoba Cooperative Poultry Marketing Association moving to Winnipeg with growth from 719 to 9,000 members as of 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kelowna
Demison Canners
National Assembly
Angora
Turkey
Toronto
Howard Ferguson
Saskatchewan
Merchant Marine
P Fine Cable Company
Canada
Eastern Telegraph Company
Marcon Wireless Company
Ottawa
AF Michaas Moore
Trades and Labor Council of Canada
Ontario Educational Association
Co-Operative Poultry Marketing
Manitoba Cooperative Poultry Marketing Association
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Promises Relief for Change of Life
A Hamilton Ontario reader reports severe weakness and back pains during the change of life and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving appetite and energy. She notes a farmer's wife also recovered after trying the tonic and mentions selling pills and seed from a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ana
Lydia E Finkham
Tama
Lala
Ontario
Empire chain of agricultural research stations urged
The Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, meeting in London in October, calls for an empire-wide chain of agricultural research stations, clearing houses of agricultural science, and training of empire scientists. Training stations are proposed for Queensland, Ceylon, East and West Africa, and Malaya with at least ten staff per site and about £20,000 annual maintenance. Scholarships, corresponding centres, and information bureaus are also recommended at £20,000 yearly, run by a body with Dominion and India representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Agricultural Research Conference
London
Great Britain
Queensland
Ceylon
East Africa
West Africa
Malaya
Colonial Agricultural Service
Dominions
India
Great Help to Young Mothers by Baby's Own Tablets
A testimonial touts Baby's Own Tablets as a harmless remedy for babies and children. The note from Ruthven Ontario praises the tablets for regulating digestion, easing colds and fevers, and soothing teething, claiming two healthy children with no other medicine. Sold by dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Meat-Cine Co Brockville Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raven Crommilier
Ruthven
Dr. Williams’ Meat- Cine Co
Brockville
Oat
Smartly Simple Pajamas Pattern No 1114 Description
The chic two piece pajama pattern features a sleeveless or short Kimono sleeve jacket with various neck options and patch pocket. Trousers have elastic or taped tops with straight legs. Sizes 24 to 42 inch bust require 4 1/4 yards of 26 or 40 inch material. Pattern price 25 cents. Fashion Book offers newest home dress maker styles at 10 cents a copy.
Country editors discuss modern town papers and success
In a hotel gathering of executive editors from diverse towns, Bert Mills boasts about journalism’s craft while the group outlines a shift from printing to business focus. Publishers emphasize local coverage, reader trust, and frontier growth, noting the rise of community newspapers over national news and the enduring value of local, dealer-centric reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Bert Mills
Country Paper
United States
Iuseaece
Counley
Franklin Simms
Amy Old Boss
California
Drexler
Riverdale
Dresser
Florida
Howard Sharp
Everglades
Canal Point
Lake Okeechobee
Sharp
Washington
Russia
Lindbergh
Everglates
Greenfield
Massachusetts
Greenfield Gazette
Gazette
Franklin County
Sunday School Lesson April 22 Home and Marriage
A Sunday school lesson notes Jesus and the home with the Golden Text honoring parents. It emphasizes marriage as a divine ordinance, warns against lax divorce, and calls for a sober, united view of Christ's teaching on the family. The discourse argues for seriousness in marriage and the role of divine law in character formation. It mentions Dr Thomas' Electric Oil as a general pain remedy and praises its virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Christ
God
Thomas
Canadian Ice Cream For China Sparks New West Plant
C A Cotterell, superintendent for British Columbia, cites shipments to Shanghai from Vancouver and a gradual education in China and Japan for Canadian apples butter beef and bacon as factors behind a new cold storage plant at New Westminster costing about two million dollars. The remark ends with a proverb about future planning and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Shanghai
Vancouver
New Westminster
C. A. Cotterell
British Columbia
Cotterell
Scarves mark German royalist symbol in British fashion
A Newcastle judge noted hundreds of scarves in black white and red bearing the German imperial colors. Investigations showed a large German stock intended for a monarchist restoration. The surplus flooded Britain as a fad amid public ignorance of the symbolism. Tar sands in Manitoba planned for highways amid a push to build a tar extraction plant near McMurray to avoid shipping raw material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imany
Newcastle
London
Manchester
British
Germany
Fatherland
Britain
Manitoba
Alberta
McMurray
Canadian Muskrats Ship to Belgium for Fur Industry
Canada exports forty muskrats to Belgium through the Canadian Pacific Express Company to form the nucleus of a new fur industry. The move designates muskrats as foundation stock for international fur production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Canada
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Liniment for Corms and a Wallet Lesson
A quip-filled note remarks that a man with a dollar, a nickel and a hole in his pocket tends to lose the dollar yet keep the nickel and the hole. It adds a reminder that others may share the reader’s view of foolishness.
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Vicks Ae
Mrs. Wilson
Imperial Agricultural Research
Coed Empire
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Small Town Papers
Noah
Hobart Bosworth
Rage
Screen
Jesus and the Home
Minard
Racka
Che
Hebcat
Col. W. S. Gear
Robert Reford Co
Alaunia
Scott
Ars. F. Wilton
Lethbridge, Alta
Naurasce
Milburn
Lex
T. Milburn
Lilie
Forests
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