World Happenings Briefly Told
Canada reports 4 009 517 dollars in Dawes plan payments and 189 430 from Britain making seven point seven nine nine million. Delegates from Canada the US Mexico Peru Australia Panama China the Philippines and El Salvador attend a Pacific conference on education reclamation rehabilitation and recreation in Montreal. Sweden and Austria ratify a treaty making war legal under all circumstances.
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Sweden
Austria
Norway
Finland
Denmark
Poland
Belgium
Slovakia
Germany
Canada
Monotalu
United States
Mexico
Peru
Australia
Panama
China
Philippines
Salvador
Scientist estimates voice heat from mass chat to tea
A physicist calculates that if one million people talked loudly for about ninety minutes the combined sound energy would generate enough heat to make a cup of tea, illustrating the small power of collective speech.
Island Gold Rush site to be marked as memorial
The History Society of British Columbia plans an Important Memorial at Leech Town on the Leech River to honor the early Vancouver Island gold rush. Ancient relics, including photographs of Leedtown and the first mining camp, were found in the Colonial Office in London and traced by Provincial Librarian Jomm Hose.
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Historical Society
Leech
Vancouver
Histories Society
Victoria Times
Love Town
Rom All America
Leweh
Leech Town
Colonial
Londo
Jomm Hose
Kennedy
Mrr. Hose
Leedtown
Vancouver Island
Horie
Colonial Office
London
Dr Williams Pink Pills Proclaimed Cure for Blood Tone
Advertorial note touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a cure for tiredness anemia and blood weakness. Testimonial from Gregory J Murphy of East Slip Harbor NS credits the pills with restoring health after weakness and breathlessness.
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Dr. Williams
Angelia
Ds Williams
J. Murphy
East Slip Harbor
Dr Williams
Drueziss
Mennonite Group Buys Oxley Ranch in Northern Alberta
Mennonites acquire the famed Oxley ranch near Stavely Alberta through the Canada Colonization Association. They plan mixed farming and have expanded holdings in Alberta over the past two years following earlier settler success in the Chessmen region.
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Oxley Ranch
Alberta
Stavely
Eustist
Canada Colonization Association
Secret of giving beauty with Diamond Dyes
Learn to color fabrics at home with Diamond Dyes. Buy dye powder for fifteen cents and mix in cold or boiling water to achieve permanent tints for dresses, drapes, and more. Free color charts and Color Craft book offered by Diamond Dyes, Dept N30, Windsor Ontario.
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Arugeist
Cblor
Colers
Dyamond
Wlsor
Ontario
Alberta Salt Mine Adds Equipment to Boost Output
The Alberta Salt Company at McMurray plans two more grainers this summer to raise daily production from 23 to 43 tons. A second well will be drilled this year as the current well, 100 feet thick at 685 feet depth, passes through two salt beds. The table salt is described as of superior quality.
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Alberta Salt Company
McMurray
Brie
Pumpea
Inverted plait bodice dress pattern No 1559
Description of a pattern for a one piece dress with an inverted plait at the front, panel bodice, gathered sleeves, convertible collar and belt. Sizes 38 to 44 inches, fabric yards required, price 20 cents. Also advertises a fashion book priced at 10 cents.
Japan Builds Buddhist School Amid Pattern Newspaper Address
Japan is constructing a Buddhist school for students within the country as per a note from the Patterns Address-Wimpes Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Wimpes Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Japan
Dunlop Tires Advertising in Newspapers for 33 Years
Dunlop has advertised Dunlop Tires in Canadian newspapers for 33 uninterrupted years. The ad argues newspapers are logical for tire marketing in a country with many small markets and widespread readership.
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Bellet
Toes Ansbody
Bushness
Dilly
Nadia
Dunlop
Cam Ics
Th Lotten
Canada
Ana
Pure Para
Wapaper Re
Salmon Marked To Trace Atlantic Movements
The Department of Marine and Fisheries tagged Atlantic salmon with silver marks on dorsal fins to trace their journeys. One tagged salmon released June 11 at Burns Point Port Maitland Yarmouth County Nova Scotia was later found killed in the Moise River Quebec. Direct routes cover about 90 miles. longer routes exceed 1200 miles via indentations.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Burns Point
Port Maitland
Yarmouth Country
Nova Scotia
Moise River
Quebec
Soo
Royals Plant Trees at Canberra Ceremony
At Canberra two royal figures plant trees from Kew Gardens including eight beech and eight oak specimens and other species as part of the capital’s ceremonies. A lighthearted exchange with a police officer is noted alongside a coastal Atlantic City real estate value claim.
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Australia
Canberra
Duke and Duchess of York
Roya Botanic Gardens
Kew
Transfiguration Lesson Highlights on Mount of Jesus
Sunday School lesson notes describe Jesus revealing divine glory on a hill with Peter James and John. The text emphasizes prayer, faith amid mystery, and the lesson that Christ is the Son of God, urging readers to pursue a larger spiritual life beyond material concerns.
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Peter
Jesus
Mark
Caesarea
Philippi
James
John
Jairus
Lazarus
Gethsemane
Christ
God
Luke
Matthew
Moses
Tobo G. Paton
Arles Brown
Mixed Farming in Magrath Alberta Yields Jersey Cattle Beets
W T P, a successful Magrath farmer, champions mixed farming on his 60 acre red farm with Jersey cows milking daily and delivering $1.50 in milk and cream. A nearby half section sold for $60 an acre, the district’s high price, with most land in summer fallow ready for spring cropping.
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Magrath
Alberta
Marath
American Farmers to Settle in Manitoba From Dakota and Minnesota
Hundreds of settlers from North and South Dakota and Minnesota will take up land in Manitoba this year. John R. Ryan of the Department of Colonization and Development Canadian Pacific Railway in St. Paul cites about 3,000 inquiries this year versus 200 last year. He says interest by American farmers in Canada is higher than since 1912 and 1913.
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Dakota
Minnesota
Manitoba
North
South
John R. Ryan
Department of Colonization and Development
Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Ryan
St Paul
Canada
Mr. Ryan
Dominion Government Salaries 1925 26 Revealed
The Dominion Government paid 74,692,000 in salaries for 1925 26. Temporary staff costs rose to 15,961,889 from the prior year. Total employees grew from 38,885 in April 1925 to 39,154 in March 1926.
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Dominion
Dominion Bureau of Statfotice
Dominion Securities Controls Canadian Mills in U.S. Deal
Dominion Securities Corporation gains control of Provincial Paper Mills Limited, formerly U S controlled, in a deal worth a large cash sum. One plant is located at Port Arthur on Lake Superior.
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Dominion Securities Corporation Bag
Provincial Paper Mills Limited
United States
Port Arthur
Lake Superior
Conan Doyle backs balloon jumping as a new sport idea
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shows interest in a sport of balloon jumping using small balloons or hydrogen packs to aid pedestrians. He cautions that the margin between weight and lift must be careful to avoid loss of control and accidents.
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Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur
Oil firm to open Calgary office and survey oil fields
The Angier Persian Oil Company, nearly British owned, plans a Calgary office this spring to run an extensive geological survey campaign for oil. A long abandoned Missouri Ozarks iron mine is now producing over 1,009 tons of iron daily.
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Tt Ds
Angier Persian Oil Company
Calgary
Minsouri Ozarks
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