World Happenings Briefly Told
The report notes scarce rain across southern England with record highs in June and July over the past four decades. The Allied Supreme Council may convene late August or September in Boulogne or Paris. The Pacific Cable Board plans to restore deferred press services between England, Canada, and Australia as oil-well work resumes amid equipment delays. Quebec forest fires are controlled according to forester G C Piche, who downplays the damage. A blaze at Blom and Voss Shipyards in Hamburg caused extensive losses. A seaplane incident near English Bay involved personnel from Jericho Beach and Victoria.
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England
Allied Supreme Council
Boulogne
Paris
Pacific Cable Board
Canada
Australia
Blom and Voss
Haburg
Lient
WH. Brown
Jericho Beach
Young Women Warned About Pain Relief From Roots
A fragmentary snippet discusses a root and herb remedy for female pain. It mentions Miss Blackest and Mina, referencing backache and sideache symptoms and urging cautious trial of the remedy. The text is garbled but centers on safe relief claims for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eterna
Mina
Record Parachute Drop For Women
Miss Phoebe J. Fairgrave of Minnesota set a new world record with a 1520 foot parachute drop from Curtiss Flying Field. The prior mark of 11000 feet was held by Mabel Dods in Chicago last February. An anemometer certified the altitude as pilot Onitie and Paul Galdsborough of the Aero Club of Minneapolis witnessed the ascent and Fairgrave landed safely in a wheat field near New Brighton. She described the experience as terrible and stated she never wants to try again.
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Phoebe J. Fairgrave
St Past
Minn
Womn
Curtiss Flying
Fairgeast
Miss Fairgrave
New Brighton
Origin of Gall Stones and Hamilton's Pills
The text proclaims gall stones stem from dried bile and crystalline constituents. It claims the disease is common among merchants, clergy, sop hirls, and sedentary people and offers prevention via liver and bowel function, aided by Dr Hamilton's Pills.
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Ting de Hamilton
Dr. Hamilton
Dr Hamilton
de Hamilton
Montreal
Export of Grain From Canada 1915 to 1921
Over seven fiscal years 1915 to 1921 Canada exported 112,664,772 bushels of grain, including 18,186,728 bushels of wheat. Fifteen percent of total grain and thirteen percent of wheat were sent to the United States.
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Canada
United States
Vacation Tickets to Pacific Coast on Canadian Pacific Rail
Plan your summer trip with special Vancouver Victoria Seattle and Pacific Coast tickets now on sale. Final return by Oct 31 with stopovers en route to visit Banff Lake Louise Glacier and resort hotels. Optional via Arrow Lakes main line with three train options including Trans-Canada Limited and two others. open top observation cars for mountain scenery.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Canadian Pacific Railway
Rockies
Banff
Lake Louise
Glacier
Comany
Arrow Lakes
Trans-Canada Limited
Canadian Pacific
Frightful Nagging Spouse And Local Remedies
A comic dialogue warns against nagging while promising frugal habits to help the town. The ad then touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a quick relief for inflammation, cuts, scratches, bruises and sprains, claiming easy skin absorption. Keep a bottle handy.
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Thomas
The New Idea, Uncle Tieres at Watering Trough
The passage describes Uncle Tieres pulling up at a watering trough to give a horse a drink. Curious lines mention Sammy Sttubed and a question about a radiator needing filling. Sealed bottles track various currents in the North Sea alongside a Lininent 0 percent Dendralt note.
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Tieres
Sammy
Lapidary Lake Vanishes Under Night Sky
The park lake called the Bursiey in Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns vanished overnight through an old colliery air shaft leaving a waterless area. Nearby property is in danger due to recent mining subsidence with cracks in town hall walls and roof. Workmen repair ice damage and assess structural hazards.
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Park Arm
Arnold Bennett
Pedestrian and Taxi Driver Clash on Gracechurch Street
A taxi driver who struck a man on Gracechurch Street has summoned him for abusive language. The Punch notes pedestrians often lose temper, calling for patience amid street incidents.
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Amponte Pedestrian
Gracechurch Street
London
Pink Pills and Vitality Claims from Patent Medicine Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for vitality and better health. It links energy, blood strength, and attractiveness to a healthier nervous system and blood, urging purchase of pills by mail or at local drugstores. It cites price 80 cents per bottle and $2.50 for six bottles from The Winkins’ Medicine Co Brock.
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Willams
Nigorot
Mary Pale
Gil
Thebes Winkins’ Medicine Co
Brock
Cheap Lemons and Dear Lemonade in California Growers’ Plight
In California fruit growers uproot Nhat trees bearing lemons to replant with other fruits. Lemons are discarded as worthless due to fluids they contain and cheap Italian imports flood the market. Producers fear harm to trade while consumers pay high prices for lemonade.
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California
Italy
Town Seeks Growth Through Local Business Support
A town urges residents to help its growth by supporting local dealers and businesses within the community. Officials emphasize that healthy commerce strengthens services, jobs, and municipal prospects.
Decay of Women's Teeth Warns of Dental Care Needs
Medical writer Rea Proctor McGee notes that about sixty percent of patients are women, due to health focus and chewing patterns. He links prolonged soft-food diets and less vigorous chewing to saliva mucin buildup, plaque, and bacterial decay, urging twice daily brushing and prophylactic treatments to prevent enamel erosion and gum inflammation.
Death of Aviator Hawker Marks First Atlantic Flight Attempt
The obituary notes Harry G Hawker the first aviator to attempt an Atlantic crossing by airplane perished while flying over Hendon field His body found miles from the wreckage with severe injuries The May 18 1920 departure from St John s Newfoundland was with navigator Lieut Commander MacKenzie Grieve The pair were rescued after six days adrift in a Danish steamer Mary from New Orleans Norfolk or a Danish port assisted their recovery
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Atlantic
Harry G. Hawker
Ian Airplane
Hendon Field
Aames
Hawker
St John’s
Newfoundland
MacKenzie Grieve
Mary
New Orleans
Norfolk
Russian intellect isolation to be broken by literature exchange
The Soviet Union signals willingness to expand scientific literature exchange with Europe and America, noting that many manuscripts exist while published works are scarce. A Finnish distribution delegate reports libraries in Petrograd largely preserved, but 25,000 valuable books were stolen after the 1915 German conquest and moved to an unknown location.
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Moscow
Russia
Europe
America
Petrograd
Litas
Teal gowns mingle colors with winged sleeves in new fashion
Exquisite materials and vibrant colors decorate a teal gown set on lemon satin. Rust velvet panels, silver wing like sleeves, lettuce green chiffon, and color beads frame ruby emerald and diamond tones. A silver extension ties hair. warnings note Milker's Worm Powders as safe laxatives with possible vomiting in weak stomachs.
Jee Capped Summits Of the Rockies
The piece extols the Canadian Rockies as nature’s greatest panorama and the Canadian Pacific Railway spiral tunnels as top engineering. It notes many Canadians have never seen it and urges a postcard request to a Canadian Pacific agent. It also advertises Dr Thomas selectric Oil for athletes and muscle relief.
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Canadian Rockies
Cadian Pacific Railway
Hose Mountains
Canada
Chicago
New York
Thomas
Alberta Potato Crop Prospects Bright With Record Acreage
The Alberta potato outlook shows a heavy yield likely, with acreage up about twenty percent. W F Broadstock notes over three thousand acres within twenty miles of Edmonton, where potatoes already blossom and early harvests may begin by August 1.
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Alberta
W. F. Broadstock
Edmonton
Haven club dispute over sign defies admission rules
A fragmentary account describes a scene at an exclusive club where dialogue questions an error and notes a door sign reading No admission 435 and a reference to London. The readable text is limited but hints at a misunderstanding or dispute about entry.
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Paraon
Son Shade
Farmer Giles
London
Birds as natural enemies to crop pests praised
A 19th century article extols birds as the great natural enemies of pests harming farmers and fruit growers. It notes rodents and insects devastate crops in America while birds could feed the people of Belgium by controlling those pests.
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America
Belgium
France to stay in thine region until Versailles terms met
Premier Briand told the senate that France will maintain occupation of the region until Germany complies with treaty penalties for World War I violations. He condemned the Leipzig court findings as candalous in response to a senate inquiry.
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France
Germany
Briand
Senate
Leipzig
Public debt and spending seen as great menace
A historical editorial laments mounting public indebtedness and expanding expenditures as the greatest menace of the era, citing President Harding and addressing concerns over fiscal policy and national finances.
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President Harding
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Ateste
Quebec
G. C. Piche
Spivey
Tom Ram
Lydia E. Pinkham
Experince
Nort Sea
Nii Cuthura
Sueet Saa Deiy
Putnam’s
Rea Proctor McGee
M.D. Dds
Miler
Marie Belmont
Way
Minard’s Liniment
Toe Cook Medicine CO
Toronto
Munard
Burns
Bayer
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