World Happenings Briefly Told
Swedish Svenska Dagbladet notes Moose Jaw poultry show canceled due to poor crops and mood. US population rose 14,209,000 to 111,000,000 in the years ended July 1, 1928, per the National Bureau of Economic Research. China and Japan discuss air transport permits amid diplomatic efforts in Tokyo. Ontario attorney general Price to launch prosecutions tied to Gordon Walton inquiry into the Amalgamated Builders' Council under the Combines Investigation Act.
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Moose Jaw Poultry Association
United States
National Bureau of Economic Research
New York
Canada
Jun Ke Choy
Ministry of Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Thomas Mann
France
Japan Air Transport Company
Japan
Shanghai
Tokyo
W. H. Price
Ontario
Gordon Walton
K.C
Algamated Builders’ Council
Combines Investgatoa
Old Style Chinese Lunar Calendar Yields To New System
United efforts to adopt the foreign calendar face a government push ending legal use of lunar date reckoning. Penalties are hinted for printing or possessing old style calendars as the phase of reform advances.
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China
Moong
Saskatchewan Lumber Boom Promises Large Northern Industry
The Saskatchewan Farmer predicts 100 million board feet of lumber will be sawn from provincial logs this winter to spring and thousands of cords of fuel wood will be released for market. It notes improved methods cut waste and mentions firms considering creosoted fence posts from jackpine, signaling a growing prairie industry.
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Saskatchewan
Ice cream firm owner declares bankruptcy
The proprietor of a well known ice cream company has gone bankrupt amid mounting debt. The news notes the business struggles and the owner facing extensive financial obligations.
War ethics and civilian suffering in modern conflict
A. G. Gardiner argues in the London Star that modern warfare requires targeting civilian production and food supplies alongside munitions. He contends future war must be immeasurably more humane, as civilians and new weapons extend destruction into homes.
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A. G. Gardiner
The
London Star
Co operative Association Reports Successful Hatching Eggs to Japan
The Co operative Association of Poultry Breeders in British Columbia reports strong results from shipments to Japan. Of 45 eggs sent aboard the Empress of Russia six months ago, 43 hatched into good chicks, with 22 cockerels and 17 pullets now in stock, a record for such a long journey and indicating careful transport.
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B.C
Co-operative Association of Poultry Breeders
British Columbia
Japan
Consigneee
Oriental Poultry Estate
Unewatashi
P.O. Chibak
Empres
Russia
Ultra-smart vacation dress pattern No 2946 priced 35c
The pattern No. 2946 offers a sunburst bodice and jabot frill with self fabric buckle. It features a circular, extremely full skirt and fitted sleeves with elbow darts. The design lists fabric options in Atlante blue, hunter green, black, beige, red, royal blue and seal brown crepe silk and includes sizes 16 to 42 inches bust.
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Paris
How To Order Patterns Wean Winnipeg Notice
Postal style notice from Winnipeg relates to pattern orders for sewing or garment creation. It lists contact venue at 1B Membermot Ave Winnipeg and directs readers on how to place orders or inquire.
Unusual Accidents Highlight Plain Hazards From Routine Life
A New York Times report reviews fifteen years of insurance records detailing odd injuries from everyday acts. Examples include a man breaking his foot after ejecting a thief, a chicken chase through barbed wire, a rib fracture from an exuberant embrace, and a horse charging into a lobby during a quiet conversation.
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Surance Company
Sixth Avenue
Thirty- Fourth Street
Insurance Company
New York , Times
Lemon Cocoanut Filling and Orange Frosting Recipe
Betty Barclay presents a lemon cocoanut filling recipe with ingredients including coconut salt water lemon juice and sugar. Instructions describe combining simmering cooking cooling and folding in eggs milk flour and baking powder followed by a boiled orange frosting and melted chocolate topping.
Costly mock up planned for Waldorf Astoria project
Lucus Boomer hires a floor in 45th street to build a 6500 square foot replica of the new Waldorf Astoria interior. Sections will be assembled, then examined and corrected. A prismatic section will host decorators and artists to test color schemes with entire rooms reproduced and destroyed until verdicts are reached. Project cost cited at 200000 dollars.
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Waldorf-astoria
Lucus Boomer
Bob Bar
Lucus
45Th Street
England inventor unveils roadmeter to warn motorists
A device called the roadmeter, invented in England, aims to tell drivers if they are on or off the road by detecting road curvature and slopes. The inventor claims it will reduce accidents caused by fog and misjudgment though some caution that the rule may not be reliable in all conditions.
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Teumnorina
England
New Lifeboat Signal Device Under Development
A joint U S government effort by the army navy steamship inspection service and Coast Guard develops a pocket sized signaling pistol for lifeboats. It launches a high arc light of fifty thousand candle power to guide rescuers and can be reloaded single handed. The light remains aloft thirty seconds and is resistant to water exposure and salt storage.
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Army
Navy
Steamship Inspection Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Coast Guard
Dry year forecast scoffed at by Sas katchewan scientists
University researchers reject Dr. Ralph Delury’s probability of a string of dry years. Rainfall sourced from evaporation mirrors sun heat, oceans cover two thirds of the globe, and total precipitation varies little despite climate shifts. Also notes on mud fuel from Rhine works and the Emscher bed. San Marino claims second largest national anthem.
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University of Saskatchewan
Ralph Delury
Dominion Observatory
Rhine
Emscher
Repent and Proclaim the Kingdom in Jesus Ministry
Sunday School lesson reflects on Matthew 4 12 25 and the call to repentance. It notes Jesus teaching preaching and healing in Galilee the spread of his fame and the need for disciples to learn through training in the kingdom of heaven.
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Tenia
Viper
Paia
Jesus
Matthew
Galilee
Jerusalem
Syria
Decapolis
Judea
Jordan
Novel Mechanical Bedboy Performs At New York Hotel
A European brought device called a mechanical bedboy served as guest announcer and master of ceremonies at a New York hotel event. It wrote guests on an easel and assisted with entertainment while the audience heard an exchange about heaven and crowns.
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A. Mechan Dt. Veulpoy
Europe
New York
Intrepid Explorer John Hornby Honored in Nantwich Tablet Unveiling
A memorial tablet for John Hornby M D and his companions Harold Adiad and Edgar Christian was unveiled at Nantwich parish church near the Hornby family home. The ceremony, attended by Hornby relatives and Mrs Achard, featured the dedicatory prayer and the hymn Fight the Good Fight, with the unveiling veiled by a Union Jack. Reverend J Armistead, vicar of Sandbeach, officiated.
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London
Mat
Hornby
Nantwich
Achard
Harold
John Harold
Eagar
John Hornby
Thelon River
Canada
Harold Adiad
Edgar Christian
J. Armistead
Sandbeach
Language Blocks Teach Words in Foreign Tongues
Canaren introduces a new set of blocks with interchangeable word faces. Each unit displays different terms as blocks are rotated, offering an easy and engaging way to learn foreign words. The article notes Ireland's counties, twenty six in the south and six in the north.
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Southern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Carter's Little Liver Pills Offer Gentle Constipation Relief
An advertisement extols a purely vegetable laxative that cleanses the bowels without harsh drugs. It criticizes habit forming remedies and calomel, claiming Carter's pills stimulate the liver, start the flow, and leave a tonic effect. Available from druggists for 25 cents or 75 cents in red packaging.
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Carter
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Wean
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Mebermot Ave
Betty Barclay
Devil's Food
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