World happenings briefly tod
world events include a strike threat from Tarkan telephone operators after wage demands were refused. a vintage car maker in victoria australia claims a partial solution to mask shortages for divers. a giant saxophone debut in london features a four foot diameter bell. a basalt quarry near colorado mountains seeks water permit. a skull found in a bereaso wall during demolition. homing pigeons used to rush orders by california commercial travelers. will of late david shaw funds grave markers for horses. irene ward urges britain's reformers to improve housing and food. american federation of labor supports world court principles. canada plans participation in britain industries fate exhibition. grand canyon indian snubs horse fall marks first for hundred years. prows news notes drunk at age with 108 fate.
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Tarkan
Victoria
Australia
Californis
David Shaw
Tander
Cleveland
Britain
Irene Ward
Canadan Club
Toronto
United States
American Federation of Labor
Canada
London
Hirmingham
Cii Ber of Commerce
Supla Snilley
Havasupat Indian
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Sensational Ore Find Near Terrace BC
A sensational ore discovery near Terrace BC samples ore from the latest bix Vanarsdol station on the CN Railway. Fore runs are estimated from 75 to 250 dollars per ton. Veins of great size carry high grade ore with vivid red streaks. Veins from the Silver Bow claim traced to adjoining properties as Van Meter and the George Little syndicate plan tunnels. Location two and a half miles from the railway.
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Bix Vanarsdol
Canadian National Railways
Terrace
Wiliam van Meter
van Meter
Jeorge Little
Eskimos Reluctant to City Life and Voyage Home
Four young Eskimos who joined the Jean Revillon on her overhauled Liverpool voyage express little thrill at urban sights. The only modern item they favor is tobacco. They will winter in Panwa Ontario and may not return to the north until spring, with the vessel kept at Pagway for the journey back to Baker Liske. A separate note references Dyquinton legislation to require railway line parcels in forest areas to prevent locomotive fires.
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Jean Revillion
Arctie
Liverpool
Montz
Panwa
Ontario
Pagway
Baker Liske
Communist Movement Ties Stir in Canada and Winnipeg
A Winnipeg cited article reports rising Communist activity in Canada linked to Ottawa and Western regions. It notes government and RCMP scrutiny, actions against sedition, and impacts on labor, education, and May Day demonstrations affecting families returning from Winnipeg to England.
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Winnipex
England
Rattement
Labor Department
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
Britain’s Generous Offer in Nile Control Proposal
The article argues Britain’s offer to control the Nile via a neutral body is generous and aim to protect Egypt’s interests while ensuring the river’s development. It notes Egypt’s demand for Sudan evacuation and subordinate water rights, countered by Britain’s defensive alliance and shared Sudan administration. Foreign residents in Payot reportedly view the offer favorably.
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Heresis
Egypt
Sudan
Great Britain
Kespt
Nile
Payot
Fashionable Flare Frock Design No 1222 in 16 18 20 sizes
The Fashion Hook presents a simple daytime frock with a front flaring skirt and plate back, front yoke, round buttons with braid snaps, and oriental trimming on sleeves and collar. No. 1222, sized 16 18 20 years, uses 4% of 36 inch material, priced 20 cents. fashion book available for 10 cents.
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Howe Dresemak
Vagrant Children In Russia Overrun By Homeless Halt
Homeless waifs exceed 300 in Russia as education authorities scramble a new commissary system of care. Major centers such as Mo ingrad and Kharkov report vast numbers living on sidewalks, half-naked and starving. The Central League for Vagrant Children struggles as government and volunteers fund attempts to provide factory schools and basic education.
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Russia
Mo Ingrad
Kharkov
Volunta
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Instructions from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 176 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for pattern orders. Send 20¢ coin or stamps, wrapping coin carefully. Pattern numbers are listed as Ble and Name Town se.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Firefighting Plane Tests In Dominion Airdrome Ontario Honey Exports Rise
A seven passenger two engine firefighting aircraft is being tested at the Dominion Government airdrome near Ottawa and could operate in Manitoba for forest protection. Ontario honey crop is excellent with 1.2 million pounds moved. exports to Scandinavia and Western Europe rise as Alberta beet products expand markets.
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Dominion
South Marsh
Ottawa
Manitoba
Ontario
Cooperative Association
France
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden Records Unusual Summer Heat and Rainfall
Sweden posted a remarkable summer with unusually high averages and abundant rainfall. Stockholm saw July temperatures higher than Paris, while sunshine hours neared the 1914 record. Crop prospects improved as harvest conditions remained favorable despite the wet season.
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Sweden
Egypt
Stockholm
Paris
Alberta Road Building Programme to Complete in 1927
The Alberta Government plans finish a $3,500,000 road building programme by 1927. Hon. Alex Ross, minister of public works, announced that the province will have earned a $1,500,000 federal grant. Six hundred miles have been surfaced and about 260 miles travelled as major highways are developed across the province.
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Alberta
Alex Ross
Alberta Car Registrations Rise Sharply This Year
Alberta reports over 52 600 motor cars in use this year, up from about 47 000 in 1924. License receipts total to $912 600 by mid September, indicating strong growth in vehicle ownership and revenue.
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Alberta
Cosmic Rays Discovery Tied to Cameron and Millikan
Powerful cosmic ray findings from beyond the earth are described by L. Millikan of the College of Technology Pasadena and colleague Harvey Cameron. The pair discussed ten discoveries at a National Academy of Sciences meeting in Madison Wisconsin. Cameron, a 1921 University of Saskatchewan honors graduate, earned a teaching fellowship at California Institute after graduation.
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Saehatcrewin University
Mays
Leo Millikan
Pasadena
Harvey Camer
A.W. Came Tegtate
Chews
G. H. Ling
E. L. Harrington
Cameron
California Institute
Interesting Secret Revealed How British Admiralty Obtain Possession of German Signal Codes
Secret history notes the German cruiser Maxdeburg struck a mine off Esthonia. A German officer drowned, a diver recovered his body and four secret naval codes were found. The British admiralty later used the codes at Jutland amid German unawareness they were compromised.
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London
Maxdeburg
Odenshorn
Esthenian
Jutland
Prince of Wales Prepares For Empire Tour Meetings
The Prince of Wales has long kept a practice of consulting the premier before imperial travels. An interview with Mr. Baldwin at York House is noted, with anticipation of further empire reporting to the lord mayor and London citizens at a state luncheon. The Liverpool Weekly Post recalls the wake up England speech by the then Prince.
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Prince of Wales
Baldwin
York House
Empire
London
England
Liverpool Weekly Post
Lay
Langley white leghorns set Canadian egg record
J H Mufford of Langley B C owns a ten bird pen that produced a grand total of 2683 eggs in the fifth eye laying contest at Dominion experimental farm Agassiz B C The flock achieved a Canadian record and possibly a world record under supervision of W H Hicks the station superintendent The hens averaged 265 eggs each in the winning pen Equine Casualties in the War The horse and mule casualties on the western front during the World War are listed as 120886 killed and injured in the official veterinary history including 178 killed 1868 injured by gas and 5130 killed and 67532 wounded by shotgun
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Langley
B.C
J. H. Mufford
Dominion Experimental Farm
Agassiz
W. H Hicks
Veterinary Services
Crossword Puzzle Clues From a Fragmented Page
Fragmented OCR puzzle clues list such as one who captures six people who differ from pleasure or pain and various numbered definitions. Includes references to purchasers of securities Dutch merchant vessels and portions of ship terms. Contains garbled text and incomplete entries with multiple stray phrases and misprints.
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Vesels
Faced Ordeal At Sea Nine Ton Yacht Merganser Sinks
Father Unitt and his 16 year old daughter survived a perilous voyage toward New Zealand in the six ton Merganser. Off Fintterre in September they battled gales for three days. A collision wrecked the bowsprit and a steamer passed nearby as their sextant and chronometer washed away. They later ran aground on a sand harbor and both remain eager to try again.
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Unitt
Bristol Witl
New Zealand
Fint- Terre
Sand Harbor
Unemployed Insurance Commission Appointed in Britain
Twelve eminent Britons are named to form an exhaustive inquiry into the unemployment dole system and its effects on working people. The committee will survey administration methods across industrial communities and aim to report before next June as state aid acts near expiry.
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Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
Fragmentary 19th Century Dialogue at Jamiesons
An incomplete archival fragment shows a Visit to the Jamiesons with references to former congregants. The dialogue mentions offering a cup, cocoa and whisky and soda, with refusals echoed in terse phrases. The text preserves an anecdotal social exchange from an older era.
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Jamiesons
Giascont
British Columbia Whaling Industry Exports and Byproducts
The British Columbia whaling industry yields about 400 tons of whale bone meal annually and a substantial amount of whale meat and blood for fertilizer. An estimated 600 million per remainder is exported, mainly to the United States and other world markets, with a remnant sold locally in the province.
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British Columbia
Thrilling Rescue Of A Steeplejack At Chimney Top
Harold Edginton, a steeplejack, weakened by fumes at a 100 ft factory chimney top. Bert Cross, the employer’s son, climbed up, attached ropes, and supported Edginton’s head to escape fumes. Birmingham firemen conducted a search and brought him down safely to hospital in serious condition.
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Harold Edginton
Bert Cross
Edginton
Birmingham
Edeinton
Pulp mill work begins for Manitoba project
Construction started on a 250 ton pulp and paper mill to be built by Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company Limited. Col H J Jones of Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company confirms progress and says the new facility will resemble the Espanola plant.
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Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company, Limited
Col. H. J. Jones
Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company
Espanola
Ontario
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Colorado
State Public Utilities Commission
Fis Frei
Bereaso
Eskimos
Montreal
Parmer
Rermer
Dax
Raymond
Bow
Prince
Teathier Hraplement
Crete
New Pulp Mill
Hickey
Hiram
P Stine
Brooklyn Bridge
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