World Happenings Briefly Told
Fragmented world notes describe the Albora Legislature session the first of February and Canadian rail tonnage for ten months ending October. Items cover prohibition advocacy, Montreal water use, diplomat Wiles Patenotre, a women’s skills campaign, Maya time-keeping discovery, U.S. death rate trends, a new serum-based protein food, Manitoba relief contributions, and Winnipeg’s profitable state radio CKY. The Jewish battalion colors were deposited in Jerusalem synagogue with ceremony.
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Albora
Canadian Railways
Germarime Quarterma
Water Bureau
Wiles Patenotre
Washington
Legion of Honor
J.D. Henderson
Venus
Herbert Spigden
Harvard Culvercity
Unite Fd
Commerce’ Department
J. W. M. Dunker
Harvard
Wlfare
Winaiper
Manitoba
CKY
Great Britain
Palestine
Jerusalem
Protection for Migrant Children Raised Across Nation
Miss Grace Abbott, head of the Children's Bureau, asks for funds to shield migratory children aged four to fifteen found by Labor Department agents traveling the continent. She notes a nomadic child existence unseen since medieval crusades and urges action in her annual report.
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U. 8
Department of Labor
Washington
Grace Abbott
Ehiet
Children's Bureau
Mountainists See World Again After Free Restoration
Two mountainists blind since birth walked from a Huntingdon hospital on December 24 and marveled at scenes around them. Their vision was restored after a delicate operation performed at no cost by Dr. M. Hawes of Huntingdon. Neighbors raised funds to cover incidental expenses.
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Huntingdon
Fand & Huntingdon
M. Hawes
Reclaimed Land Near Edmonton To Seed Timothy Hay
Twenty thousand acres in the Wabamun district west of Edmonton Alberta will be seeded to timothy and leased to farmers for large scale hay production. Officials estimate the lakes basin will yield four tons of hay per acre with clovers and grasses thriving in the area. A farmer once harvested three alfalfa crops in a single merce t period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabamun
Edmonton
Alberta
Timothy
Queen Mother Affected By Generosity and Wealth
The Queen Mother's charity defined by giving away surplus income and pledging an annual allowance of £70,000 to aid needy institutions and individuals. Her substantial estate included valuable property, heirlooms from her husband Edward VI, and art collections. Alexandra distributed jewelry to royal family members in earlier years.
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Queen Mother
Aleroder
Abe
Edward VI
Sandringham Howe
Marlborough Hall
Sandringham House
George
Alexandra
Miracle of Sound Waves at Nottingham Exhibition
An electrical engineer demonstrates a device that converts sound waves into electric waves at the Nottingham Electric Exhibition. The mechanism powers a motor and lights glow lamps, showing sound waves becoming wireless signals that drive circuits and illuminate the exhibit.
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Nottingham
Fashion Notes on Blouse Trim and Film Industry Insight
The piece describes trimming features for a new blouse including tucks at the hips, full sleeves, and a tied collar, with sizing and fabric needs. It also reports David Wark Griffith’s Toronto speech praising movies as international influencers and trade promoters, noting cinema as a powerful advertising medium for commerce and industry.
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Toronto
David Wark Grifith
Fiths
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Advert asks readers to mail 20 cents per column or stamps to 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg to obtain pattern numbers. Instructions warn to wrap cola carefully and mention province and fame in unclear phrasing.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Woman Business Genius Builds Paris Store Empire
Louie Cognaca died in Parte at an advanced age. With husband Theodore Cognaca, the couple started as clerks in a Paris drygoods house and opened a title establishment in Paris in 1872 that grew into a vast department store. They amassed a colossal fortune and never took a vacation, often opening early and closing late into old age.
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Parte
Louie Cognaca
Theodore Cognaca
Paris
France
Forbidding Factor Time Hinders Empire Radio Plans
Areport notes time differences create a formidable obstacle to empire broadcasting from a central London station. Dance music at 1 PM London would reach Australia at 1 AM, delaying programs across the empire. Canada and Africa face varying effects, with South and West Africa offering enough time lag to affect regularity.
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Empire Broadcasting
Englan Thedea
Empire
U Tralia
England
London
Australia
Canada
South and West Africa
Instrument Measures Trees Growth Daily in May and June
A device placed around a tree trunk records daily expansion. Experiments on west or yellow pine show no growth on large trees during sixteen days in May. A small tree grows for seventeen days, a large tree for eighty eight days. The greatest growth occurs in June.
Nails and boards curb Greek speeders with nails on traffic
Greek traffic cops have used nails on boards to deter speeders with harsh words and fast motorcycles proving less effective. Alberta Poultry Pool forms under Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers Limited. Poultry products will be marketed through the Provincial Government's marketing service. A man and wife seen through a window indicate the boss is present.
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Aalberta Poultry Pool A
Alberta
Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers, Limited
Edmonton
Calgary
Time To Go Renin Corresume Says Leaning Starts
A Toronto Telegrama note states the correct time to go fabbing hinges on house leaning beginning, not moon sun wind or water conditions. The quip elevates practical timing over environmental factors.
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Toronto Telegrama
Locarno treaty praised as milestone in Temple of Peace
A Tribune review notes Chamberlain's Locarno role as the biggest stone laid on the Temple of Peace since the League of Nations founded. The dinner in Chamberlain's honor highlighted his temper, judgment, and character, with praise for allies and the political climate that permits friendship among rivals.
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Manchester
Temple of Peace
League of Nations
Chamberlain
Far North 1 Lingus 5-Given to pleasure 1B dears
Fragmented OCR style item notes radio broadcast from Ottawa and Mounties in Arctic Circle with New Year greetings and station links. Mentions KDKA Pittsburgh and stations in Springfield Chicago Hastings. Contains stray word fragments and obscure clues.
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Arctic Circle
Daftin Land
Jesmere Land
Arctic
Prineigar
Hastings
Arlington
United States
Ottawa
Punishment and Reform Debate in Policy Letter
Fragmentary letter discusses protecting law abiding citizens as primary objective of punishment while acknowledging offender reform. Mentions neutrality terms in Russo Turkish pact and League of Nations, urging focus on public safety over humanitarian reform. References to prison discipline and international obligations appear in a critical, opinion tone.
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Walter Shaw
Aretely
London Daily Mail
League of Nations
Fifteen Ton Granite Slabs to Honor War Graves
Fifteen ton granite slabs from Stanstead Quebec will be shipped to France and Belgium to memorialize shell scarred areas. Brig General H T Hughes of Victoria BC, chief engineer for Canadian battalion memorials, says the slabs will cover war ruins with inscriptions in French and English. The project aims to honor soldiers who fought in those regions with a Canadian memorial in the field.
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France
Belgium
Stanstead
Que
HT. Hughes
C. Victoria
Hughes
Canada
Canadia
Beaverbrook's career: a striking British figure
The Ottawa Journal notes Beaverbrook as a complex and influential man of the era. He is described as a penniless preacher turned financier and journalist, a hybrid imperialist and radical, whose career is both strange and captivating.
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Montreal
Beaverbrook
Arnold Bennet
Deaverbrook
Wopa
Ottawa Joursa
Turkeys Marketed On Pool Plan In Saskatchewan 1925
Eight carloads of turkeys were marketed during 1925 by the cooperation and markets branch of the Saskatchewan department of agriculture. These birds were sold cooperatively for the pool plan with final price undetermined and the sale subject to grade and lane weight at shipment points.
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Cooperation and Markets
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Silv er Black Foxes Shipments Reach Western Canada Farm
Thirty five cases totaling 102 black foxes arrived in Saskatoon from Port Elgin and Fredericton New Brunswick for breeding at the Prairie Silver Black Fox Farm. The piece notes timing of French offensives and Spanish events as part of a broader war reflection, warning against premature peace and continued conflict.
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Canada
Saskatoon
Port Elgin
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Prairie
British Girl Decorates Vessel Interiors for New Steamship
Miss Elsie Mackey, a British social figure, has decorated the interiors of a newly launched steamship and has received commissions to furnish seven other vessels. Her work highlights a trend of women shaping shipboard interiors across notable ocean liners and transports.
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Kye
Elsie Mackey
Ocean Steamship
Growth Of Poultry Industry Of Manitoba Exports Turkeys to Ontario
Developments of mixed farming in Manitoba over the past five years show unusually rapid growth in the poultry industry. The province, once a net importer, is now exporting. early December shipments to Ontario alone reached two thousand turkeys to meet Christmas demand.
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Jones
Pentti
Manitoba
Ontario
New Camera Lets Filming At Five Thousand Frames Per Second
Report describes a device enabling motion picture scenes to depict high velocity motion with precise timing. The piece notes Secretary Mellon urging caution on investing in others plans while recounting financiers backing Dell and Ford in related ventures and the resulting losses.
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Brefly
Virginia Giright
Patern
Misterian
Teva
Turkey
Russia
Morocco
Abdel-Khin
Fyre
Mellon
Dell
Ford
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