World Happenings Briefly Told
Two Canadian girls aged 15 lead 1600 graduates earning Bachelors in letters from the Sorbonne Paris. An amateur astronomer Forbes near Cape Town reports a new comet with photographs confirming its presence. Karl Auer dies at Welsbach Castle Carinthia, inventor of incandescent gas mantle and Auer lamps. Saskatoon to London flight postponed to next June per Ben Brotman. Prince of Wales Lieut Col RM Blair of Seaforth Highlanders congratulated at St James's Palace for winning the King’s prize. William Birks of Montreal named to Canadian delegation at Kyoto conference October. Royal family reportedly anxious about Prince George health after Navy departure to Foreign Office. Canadian boy scouts prize a totem pole gift from Lord Baden-Powell with inscription Friend amp Jamboree 1929 RBP.
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Forbes
Ronderbosch
Cape Town
Karl Auer
Friederr von Welsbach
Welsbach Castle
Carinthia
Auer
Saskatoon
London
England
Ben Brotman
Winnipeg
Prince of Wale
RM. Blair
Oicer
Seaforth Highlanders
Vancouver
St. James's Palace
National Rifle Association
Risley
Wm. Birks
Montreal
Canadian Camber of Commerce
Canada
Kyoto
Japan
Institute of Pacific Relations
London Daily News
Prince George
Foreign Office
Lord Baden-Powell
Fragmentary Local Anecdotes and Miscellany
A garbled OCR fragment presents snippets of dialogue and notes on newspapers in the United States and Canada. It includes a car collision remark, a lorry driver retort, and a stray joke about paper consumption, plus stray child illness chatter and a brief German caption.
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Tt As
United States
Canada
New Invention Warns Of Gas Leaks In London
A seven inch high cylinder shaped device is described as a sentinel against gas escapes. It detects the smallest leak, notifies the nearest telephone exchange with the exact locality, and activates an electric fan to disperse fumes, offering a warning and safety response after recent London gas explosions.
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London
Edison Competition Winner Chosen From Port Madison Youth
Port Madison Washington youth from Edison competition wins the Faison prize as a protege follower in the inventor's footsteps. Forty nine contestants from all states and the District of Columbia gathered at Llewellyn Park for the announcement, with MIT president Dr. Stratton leading the judging panel and lauding the participants after an intense exam on morals and ethics.
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B. Huston
Port Mailison
Wash
Thomas A. Faison
District of Columbia
Faison
Llewellyn Park
8. W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stratton
Stylish 80s Sports Frock Pattern for Girls
The advertisement showcases a ready to sew pattern No. 555 for girls aged 14 to 20, featuring a red and white printed pique dress with scalloped bodice and kimono sleeves. It offers plain white pique for tennis use and multiple fabric options, priced at 25 0 cents, payable by stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg Pattern No.2. Published through the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 375 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. This item conveys how to obtain patterns by mail or local order channels. The notice lists Pattern No.2 as the specific item and provides contact or address details for order fulfillment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Indians Protest Bay Railway Threat to York Factory Fur Trade
Indians at York Factory publicly protested the Hudson Bay Railway to Churchill, saying it would hurt their fur trade. The paying agent urged calm, promising to help avoid hunger, but the protest sparked broader debate on aid to distressed northern tribes as fur catches remain light across Manitoba.
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York
Hudson Bay
York Factory
Hurchill
Churchill
Bay Railway
Manitoba
Voyage To the Antarctic On The Discovery Sets Sail
The Discovery, Captain Scott's famed vessel, left London's East India Company docks for the Antarctic voyage to Cape Town where Sir Douglas Mawson will join. The expedition, funded by Britain Australia and New Zealand, continues south polar scientific work begun in 1911. Mawson, a geologist with Shackleton ties, previously led the Australian 1911 14 expedition.
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Scott
Discovery
East India Company
London
England
Antarctic
Cape Town
Douglas Mawson
New Zealand
South Polar
Douglas
Ernest Shackleton
Prediction of Toeless Race At National Chiropodists Meet
Dr Albert Johnston of Chicago predicted at a Buffalo scientific session prior to the national chiropodists convention that a future century will see men without toes. He cited hard pavements and tight shoes as causing arch loss and suggested a solid stump with a single toe could survive for modern purposes.
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Buffalo
Albert Johnston
Chicago
National Convention of
Chiropodists
Dumas Rebuffs Writer Over Proposed Collaboration
An unknown author sent a play to Dumas asking for collaboration. Dumas replied in anger questioning the pairing of a horse and fan. The author retorted by calling him a horse. Dumas, impressed by the wit, requested payment, while ancient artists sourced pigments from rocks and lava.
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Dumas
Pennies Buy a Ford In Bloomfield Nine Bags Deep
John Jacobs a Bloomfield garage owner arrived at a car agency with nine heavy bags containing 58 830 pennies over four years of saving. He announced the coins would buy a Ford he had ordered, counting them to prove the sum before driving away in the car.
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John Jacobs
Bloomfield
James
Jacobs
Leftover Mash and Creampie Potluck Dishes by Betty Barclay
A weekly feature shows budget friendly recipes using leftovers. Instructions describe using mashed potatoes mixed with milk, meat or fish bits with a milk sauce, optional onion or pepper, baked to brown, with parsley garnish. A second dish combines milk, rice, sugar, salt, nutmeg, and raisins in a buttered pan, baked until creamy. Ends with decorative Scots dialect note about leaving.
Cyrus Proclaims Return of Jews to Jerusalem
Sunday School lesson outlines Cyrus the Great as king of Persia issuing a decree for exiled Jews to return to their land and rebuild the temple. It notes his motive to gain favor, the religious aim of restoring worship, and how both Jews and Babylonians aided the temple project.
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Cyrus
Ezra
Persia
Flam
Media
Lydia
Babylonia
Jude
Josephus
Jehovah
Heaven
Jerusalem
Judah
F. J. McConnell
Temple
Benjamin
Ephraim
Manasseh
Heavy wool consignments expected from western provinces
Co-Operative Wool Growers official H J Tisdale projects a record year for wool shipments from B C Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba totaling about 2 800 000 pounds. He cites western production and notes a separate fact about the reach of the Chinese land and a dog bark heard four miles high as curious aside.
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H. J. Tisdale
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canadian Hut Built by Ex Service Men Near Windsor Castle
Canadian ex service men stationed near Windsor Castle built a log hut on the Castle estate while recuperating from wounds and mines. The hut, born from wartime boredom, is used by the King for rest with Princess Elizabeth treating it as a playroom, hosting imaginary tea parties as the royal couple occasionally visits for tea.
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King George
Windsor Castle
Castle Gardens
Windsor
Elizabeth
Uncooked salad dressing from eggs milk and vinegar
A historic recipe describes a tangy uncooked dressing mixing two eggs salt mustard vinegar and Eagle Brand Milk beaten together then combined with vinegar and rested to thicken. The note adds that the mixture keeps for weeks and mentions June weather with snow reports and a 96 degree day on June 20 in Thetford Mines.
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Gouin Dam
Lake St. Peter
Thetford Mines
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A. M. R. Fairbairn
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wi Power
Tokio
The
Betty Barclay
Spa
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Sandy
Jeremiah
Co-Operative Wool Growers
Asia
Pamir Mountains
Pacific
Siberia
India
University OF Manitoba
Winnipeg ‘Omere
W. 4. Spence
Winnie
Tobe
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
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Toronto, Ont
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