World Happenings Briefly Told
The German Governor General condemns sabotage while warnings rise about winter coal supplies. Canada debates pulpwood export limits and a France Canada treaty sails through parliament. Mons food riots surge as prices spike. Cardston temple project pauses. sugar beet trials spark factory hopes. Royal guardsman Xavier dies. household budgets show June costs steady near 1022 dollars.
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A. Magrath
United States
Germany
Reichstag
Cardston
Montreal
Calgary
France
Canada
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Mons
Potsdam
Slaves Burned in Naga Hills Annual Sacrifices
An annual report from the northeastern frontier government details ongoing human sacrifices in the Naga Hills of Northern Burma. Despite government efforts to end the practice, children from India are repeatedly victimized, with six to ten sacrifices yearly and 20 to 38 in years with ample funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Kas
Nags
NASA Hills
For Men and Women a Ideal Restorative That Helps Quickly
A brief item presents a restorative product claim promising quick relief for men and women. It notes broad appeal and rapid results, highlighting accessibility and potential health claims without detailed studies.
Dr Hamilton’s Pills Promote Health and Digestion
A public notice extols Dr Hamilton’s Pills as a vegetable remedy that strengthens the stomach liver and bowels and helps nature run smoothly. The ad urges headaches indigestion and bilious attacks sufferers to try the medicine available at dealers. It also mentions scholarships for British students to study at Princeton Harvard and Yale with support from a prominent American benefactor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hamilton
United States
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Oxford
Cambridge
Change of Water Change of Diet Change of Climate Cause DIARRHOEA
Mr. Fred Palmer of Brantford Ontario reports severe digestive distress from unfamiliar water while travelling in the North West. He credits Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry with providing quick relief and urges families to keep the remedy on hand for children affected by water and diet changes. The product, sold at 50 cents per bottle by The T Milburn Co Limited of Toronto, has long been marketed as a reliable treatment.
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Fred Palmer
Dalhousie St
Brantford
Ont
Dr. Fowler
Fowler
British firm wins contract to build arch at Ypres memorial
A British firm secured a public contract to erect a large arch across the Menin Road near Ypres to commemorate absence and memory of the town. The project costs 19,000 609 frames roughly £110,846. A man’s opty to forget his good resets ere 6s frome Riess] a.
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Am Arch
Arc de Triomphe
Paris
Menin Road
Ypres
Rome
Seed Written Messages By Wire
Irving Nachumsohn a Winnipeg electrical engineer and supervisor with the Gamay dian Pacific Railway telegraphs at Moose Jaw Sask designed a sign typewriter style telegraph system. The device types letters like a normal keyboard and prints on the receiving end using permutation code. Patents cover the invention in Ottawa with applications abroad. Nachumsohn son of Mrs Mary Nachumsohn studied at St Johns Tech Winnipeg and helped found a Saskatoon radio club.
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Irving Nachumsohn
Winnipeg
Gamaydian Pacific Railway
Moose Jaw
Sask
Ottawa
Mary Nachumsohn
Redwood Apartments
College Avenue
St. John's Techni School
Moving Hotel By Rail From Chicago To Longview Wash
A complete hotel from bat and kitchen sink to lace curtains will be moved by a special eighteen car train from Chicago to Longview Washington. The Hotel Monticello will be placed in its final site as part of a new city being built by Long Bell Lumber Company in northwest timber tracts.
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Chicago
Longview
Wash
Chiro Prairies
Est Mountains
Monticello
Long Bell Lumber Company
Kansas City
Ts Bie
English Lesson Sparks Dust Up Over Lost Ten Dollars
A terse classroom exchange reveals a teacher accusing a student of leaving ten dollars on the desk overnight while the student acknowledges studying English. The incident highlights a small dispute over a misplaced sum and academic focus.
Catarrhal Condition Advertisement Fragment
Fragment of an old advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming it treats catarrh by delivering medicine through the bloodstream. The readable text mentions informal terms and partial product description without clear claims or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mens Hall
Tsa
Brett
Flying Wing Aeroplane to Debut as Bodyless Fast Lifter
An upcoming aeroplane test features a flying wing with a lifting body design, reducing dead weight and increasing efficiency. It is expected to be faster and more economical than prior types, multi engined with a twenty five passenger saloon and extra space for mails.
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DaReee
Louis Wiley Advocates Busy Life in NY Times Speech
Louis Wiley, manager of the New York Times, urged boys during New York Boys Week to value hard work. The speech promoted industriousness and discouraged idleness as the truly demanding path.
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Louis Wiley
The
New York Times
New York
Household Hints for Cream Filling and Raisin Mix
Step by step notes describe beating egg yolks with sugar and salt then cooking with hot milk in a double boiler until thickened. Cool and flavor with lemon extract. For fruit cream fill mix heavy cream powdered sugar prunes raisins walnuts and other fruits, whip to stiff peaks, then fold in remaining ingredients and lemon juice.
Walnut Usage In Bulgarian Households
The walnut plays a key role in Bulgarian homes. It is eaten raw and pressed for cooking oil. Nuts are salted and fried, then pressed. Jam is made from green walnuts, and large quantities are used to produce a potent brandy.
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Walmut
Bulgaria
Rich Blood Boosts Digestion Says Health Ad
An advertisement argues digestion hinges on rich red blood and promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills to strengthen blood. It includes a testimonial from Mrs. Charles La Rose of Ontario and notes a Brockville company sale by mail. Also listed are worm powders and language statistics, ending with a humorous quip about sock darning.
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Fruitland
Ont
de Willams” Media Cine Co
Brockville
History of Tea From Korea to Japan and Europe
Tea originated in Korea before Christ and reached Japan over a millennium later. Europeans learned of tea in the 16th century, with 1615 marking English mention. Yokohama shipped tea to San Francisco in 1868. In gardens, tea plants are grown ornamentally like camellias but are less used for cuttings and limited in use.
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Korea
Japan
Maffel
China
Yokohama
San Francisco
Soldiers' Settlement Board reports high success rate
Major John Barnett, chairman, says ex-soldiers settlements cover Canada with 190 million spent to date. About 20,000 men, from a farm community of 139,009, have been located. over 80 percent have repaid loans as due, with the country collecting two to three million dollars annually. The board maintains 250 fieldmen aiding settlers nationwide.
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Canada
John Barnett
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Counry
Dominion
Amusing Translations Stirred by Missionary Texts
A missionary in the Congo reports amusing mistakes in translating hymns into native languages. The word for life also meant “stom” in one line, sparking humor about popular hymn usage. Another mistranslation rendered “Lord Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing” as “Lord Kick Us Out Softly,” noted by the Toronto Mail and Empire.
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Sae Congo
Toronto
Mail and Empire
Shipboard Banter and a Weekly Bill Exchange
A pair of humorous quips from periodicals. A ship officers question about fuel and mileage contrasts with a motorist’s bill payment banter. London Punch and Tit-Bits showcase light social humor and wordplay typical of the era.
Pocketbook on Economy Aims at Practical Use
The article argues for a compact pocket guide to economy to make the subject useful for everyday life. It emphasizes practical tools over scholarly treatises and urges readers to seek a handy reference that simplifies economic concepts for personal decision making.
Anxious For Education A Kentucky Mountain Girl
A Kentucky mountain girl with infantile paralysis crawled to school over a mile and a half of rocky terrain until a Louisville physician operated, breaking and resetting leg bones. She later walked, learned to read and write in hospital, then completed schooling at Berea College. A man unnamed deposited 1000 dollars to her credit in a Louisville bank.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Berea College
Im 8
Burns Reinvests in Ranching Top Calgary Block Sold
P Burns, noted rancher and packer, who divested his Calgary real estate years ago, has traded his $100000 block for the Glengarry Ranch west of estors. The property comprises 22000 acres of deeded land with improvements.
Dr Thom Eclectrical Oil Endorsed for Croup and Ailments
The text promotes Dr Thom Eclectrical Oil as effective for croup relief in children and general uses including sore throat chest earache rheumatic pains bruises and sprains. It claims wide endorsement and frequent recommendation in family medicine chests.
Building boom in Canadian cities drives January contracts
There is substantial home building activity this year in Canadian cities with January contracts totaling 9,540,800 dollars. The record for June surpasses 1.5 million dollars, signaling a strong construction period ahead.
Spirited Conversation at Lone Diner About Spiritualism
The New York Sun reports a lively exchange where a lone diner asks George if he is a Spiritualist and the waiter replies with a humorous belief in table tipping as a sign of spiritual phenomena.
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George
New York Sun
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