Multiple Postwar Events Include Treaty, Visits, and Redraws
A rapid montage of items covers a Britain Irak treaty extending the mandate up to 25 years, visits by Viscount Allenby and a Canadian party, and meetings in Montreal where brothers Ernest and Charles Batton reunite after 20 years. It notes Canadian company contracts, naval and air ambitions, Arctic dirigible work, a German cruiser visit to San Pedro, and looming government reorganizations with possible department dissolutions.
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London Zoological Society
Celebea
Vancouver
Marstia
Viscount Allenby
Beevi
St. Albans Anglican Congregational Church
Woodside
Halifax
Hugo Eekener
United States
Amundsen
Eekener
Hamburg
Germany
Pacifi
San Pedro
Mile Raquel Melier
Moving Picture Star
Ouiawa
From fried potatoes to fashionable painter Boyer rises
A Montmartre artist known as Boyer lifted from selling fried potatoes to a salon exhibit and high demand in London. Once unknown, he was discovered by an art dealer and now sits among New Americans buying his portraits. He keeps his old lodgings while owning a motor car and a country house.
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Mr. Seas Weates
London
Boyer
Montmartre
Mr. O'Casey
English Woman Admires Gandhi Daughter of Admiral Slade Devotes Life
An English socialite Miss Madeline Slade arrives in India to meet Mahatma Gandhi and plans to dedicate her life and personal fortune to his cause after learning of his views in France via Romain Rolland. Her arrival has stirred local interest as she pursues Gandhi's doctrine and his methods.
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India
Islas Madeline Slate
Edmund Slade
East Indies
Miss Slade
Mr. Gandhi
Mr Gandhi
France
Romain Rolland
Europe
China Faces Transition Under New Power Realignment
The Montreal Gazette outlines a shift in China as aging war lords fade and youth rises led by Ma and Persia. It predicts a united militant China may emerge, with civil war lords disappearing and a strong central ruler shaping the century.
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China
Chang Tro Lin
Mancharie
Feng Ya Hetang
Ma's
Persia
Montreal Gazette
May police seas forecast the British taking lead in naval build
French experts think London plans to police the seas via League of Nations oversight. They note Britain’s vast dry dock project for Singapore, aiming to house 100000 ton ships, signaling hopes the Geneva and Washington accords may be overridden, reshaping Pacific balance.
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Britain
Auiralty
Pour Parter
Singapore
London
League of Nations
Admiralty
Washington
Pacific
Trustees Granted Canteen Fund Powers in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan trustees of the canteen fund gain authority to appoint a secretary and agents. Meetings must occur at least quarterly within the province, with books kept in Regina. Saskatchewan’s fund share totals 350000 dollars, managed by Colonel James McAra Regina Albert H. White Regina and Charles G. Cox Saskatoon.
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Saskatchewan
Soucil
Saskatchewan Gazette
Regina
Frsting
James McAra
Albert H. White
Charles G. Cox
Saskatoon
Apron patterns and fashion book offered to home dressmakers
The notice promotes an apron pattern with pockets and embroidery options, detailing yardage for material lace binding and ribbon rosettes. It notes View I and View D variations, a fabric edge finish, and the bib version No 1741s. A fashion book with practical styles is priced at 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Public notice offers pattern orders from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Send two cents for postage with payment to 115 Menermot Ave Winnipeg, pattern number se0e 1 Bucssseseerses Name Town Province.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Menermot Ave
Winnipeg
Bucssseseerses
Prison Population Declines in Federal Jails Report
The superintendent reports a decreasing average daily prison population in Canada’s federal system. Daily inmates dropped from 2,592 to 2,272 to 217 over the last three years, while per diem costs shifted. The 1928 total costs totaled 1,683,182 with 168,328 revenue from prison labor deducted, impacting net figures.
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Canada
Dominion
Pris
Motor Cars Rise as Necessity Signals Growth Ahead
The Buffalo Courier notes that 1923 US passenger cars and trucks exceeded 1.9 million, with an increase over the year, suggesting autos are becoming a necessity. Forecasters underestimated demand as modern road building remains in its infancy, implying the peak of the motor industry is still far off.
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Buffalo Courier
Premier Oliver Links Railways To Peace River Transport
Premier John Oliver urged linking the Patric Great Eastern and the Edmonton Dunvegan line with a British Columbia route through Peace Pass to solve the Peace River country transport problem. He argued the agrarian region of about 70 000 000 acres would benefit, noting Vancouver to Peace River distance would be similar to the Pine Pass route and engineering challenges would be reduced.
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Oliver
Peace River Country
Great Eastern
Edmonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Peace Pass
John Oliver
Vancouver
Real Religion In Russia Never Has It Been So Strong
In a talk to the Women's Art Association a speaker says the official church has collapsed yet faithful citizens guide the country toward a renewed spiritual religion. She cites persecution and suggests Russia now has greater religion than before.
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Russia
Agar Aid Barnes de Hueck
Women's Art Association
On the Air Radio Tests Across Arctic and Pacific
A report describes experiments weighing less than a toy pointe and signaling how U S radio programs reach distant audiences. It notes 1900 planes directed to battle and test broadcasts from Regina and Hastings with Arctic listeners gathering in barracks to hear officials and a KFKX Hastings program.
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Toy Pointe
Ae Eas
United States
Saskatchewan
HL Perres
Albert Street
Regina
Chung
Honolulu
Hawaii
O'Cllock
Arctic Circle
Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Conwell's Life of Charity Attracts Global Notice
Rev Dr Russell J Conwell of Baptist Temple New York spent his earnings totaling 11000000 on the poor and charitable causes. He gave away all he earned and died with almost nothing leaving his name to stand for philanthropy education and faith. He left a $14000 estate to a son and daughter and his generous work drew praise from Rockefeller Carneple Straus and others.
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Russell J. Conwell
Baptist Temple
New York
Jesus
Rockefeller Carneple
Straus
Fick
Kingston
Ehar
London Paper Sees Imperial Conference as Political
The Standard argues the proposed Imperial Conference in October 1928 will be mostly political, with the United States not in immediate danger. It notes the Imperial economic committee is practically nominal and stresses that a concrete plan for empire markets and organization cannot be set in six months.
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London
United States
Stent
Exhibition at Lansdown Park Likely to Get Grant
Ottawa likely to receive a Dominion Government grant for extending exhibition buildings at Lansdown Park. Mayor Batharrle said the grant aims to prepare for the 1927 World's Poultry Congress, necessitating new structures to meet congress requirements.
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Federal Capital
W. R. Motherwell
Ottawa
Lansdown Park
Batharrle
Lawyers Return to Study as Law Act Reshapes Rules
More than five hundred London barristers and solicitors, many aged in the profession, attend a school to master the new Law of Property Act. The act alters previous laws and requires several weeks of study to become familiar, with regular classes at Basex Hall, 4.
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London
Fragmented crossword clues puzzle fragment
The readable crossword hints present a jumble of misread phrases and names. It lists scattered words like sacred, Entragie, Dana, Lica, festival, Rum, Sivouthy, Cota, pote, ert iver, Central, Water, Payment, Trane, Inpertinent, Four gifts, Pant, Petore, Falsits, Cashion, Latin, abbey, and diatonte, forming a garbled puzzle fragment with no clear clues or grid structure.
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Owtana
Ephedrine Drug Emerges From Ancient Chinese Herb
A long-known Chinese herb yields ephedrine, hailed as a versatile medicine. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin report its use in treating colds, asthma, and local anesthesia, noting strong blood pressure effects and potential to rival adrenaline in certain operations.
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University of Wisconsin
KK. Chen
Oldest Bible Manuscript at center of Soviet debate
The Codex Sinaiticus, one of the earliest Bible translations, was found in 1859 at a Sinai monastery and given to Tsar Alexander I. Its fate amid Soviet measures to move Petrograd Museum contents to a church sparks dispute over a priceless relic.
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Russia
Petrograd
Mount Sinai
Alexander I
Prohibition Bureau Head Resigns to Study International Law
Ben H Spence of the Canadian Prohibition Bureau will study international law and relations and sever official ties with The Hague Paris and Geneva. He becomes managing director of the Ontario Endowment for International Peace. The bureau group will be drawn from U S universities and Canadian institutions. An inherited fortune from a Buenos Aires millionaire funds the endowment as thanks for his escape from a London swindle.
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Canadian Prohibition Bureau
Ben H. Spence
Carnegie Ment
Ontario
Ontario Pro-Endowment For International
Buenos Aires
London
Dined With King George and Queen Mother Alexandra
Prince Christian of Hess dined with King George and Queen Mother Alexandra Aunt Alex at Buckingh am. He referenced the war question of who would be entertained with origin to be tertained. Early in the war he gained public notice with an open letter to Kaiser Wilhelm and resigning from the German navy submarine campaign.
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Christian of
Hess
George
Quen Myi
Hestines
Chris Hon
Alexandra
Alex
Kaiser Wilhelm
Livestock In Good Condition Across Western Regions
The Department of Agriculture and Canadian National Railways report that western livestock are in better condition than many years past. Farmers keeping cattle and horses outdoors help conserve feed and boost cattle carried through the area, supporting supply and market stability.
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Department of Agriculture
Canadian National Railways
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Buckingham
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