World Happenings Briskly Across Continents and Nations
The notes cover varied items: deaths of notable figures including botanist George C. Cruce aged 82. plans for a high power radio station at Daventry broadcasting Empire-wide programs. the Prince of Wales to unveil a Thiepval memorial. Greece’s first female voters in Piraeus municipal elections. Canada’s grain elevators and apple exports to the UK and Egypt. Britain’s ship output versus 1930. Austrian censorship affecting foreign letters. Hudson Bay road link to The Pas nearing spring. Dunvegan potato yields from 1810 planting. a national ad campaign by the Canadian horticultural council to promote home-grown produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Cruce
Daventry
England
Prince of Wales
Thiepval
Somme
United Kingdom
Greece
Piraeus
Athens
Canada
Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce
Caird
Austria
Hudson Bay Junction
Manitoba
Pas
Dunvegan
Peace River
Advance In Photography Records Hitherto Invisible Objects
Dr. C E K Mees reports a new synthetic dye xenocyanine enabling photography of infrared waves beyond 11 000 angstrom units. Emulsion on plates records short wave heat rotation as visible light, revealing infrared radiation previously unseen. Infrared images resemble those seen in visible light. Paris fashion notes lipstick watches as a trend. Japan reports a 50 percent drop in foreign tourist trade over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Optical Society of ‘America
C. E. K. Mees
Eastman Kook Company
Experiment in Education Miss Emily Griffiths Opportunity School in Denver
A sixteen year old program described for the Association for Adult Education by Professor Fletcher H Swift showcases Denver’s Opportunity School. The report highlights Miss Emily Griffiths, a grade teacher, whose initiative created chances for a street laborer to learn bookkeeping, an old cobbler to earn a living at home, and a young hobo to secure meals and eventual work. Dozens of similar stories illustrate the school's broad reach from basic literacy to etiquette and social skills, reflecting a wide range of rehabilitative and practical outcomes.
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Denver
Association For Adult Education
Fletcher H. Swift
University of Minnesota
Opportunity School
Emily Griffith
Interesting cross over ar arrangement gives smart lengthening effect
There are few among us who can't support a slimming line. The model suits the heavier figure, cut along jacket lines favored by Paris. In navy checked wool with rose red trim, or rough crepe silk in black with white trim, designed for sizes 36 to 48 inches bust. Pattern No. S78 costs 25 cents.
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Paris
Train delay slips aid Paris commuters at work
A Paris suburb train runs late and officials issue slips showing exact arrival times. Twenty commuters can present the evidence to explain tardiness to employers, reflecting a practical response to punctuality in daily travel.
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Paris
Lawn Care and Seed Selection for a Velvet Green Sward
Gardening notes emphasize a level dark green lawn free of weeds and bare spots, with careful pre-seeding soil work. It warns against cheap mixtures, notes nitrogen-rich seed as key, and advises thorough rolling, weed control, and protection from birds for best results.
Farmers Use Cheese to Raise Money With Coupons
At Le Roy Saskatchewan farmers formed a cooperative after a cheese factory closure. Unable to borrow against cheese, they issued coupons worth 50 cents per 100 pounds of milk. Coupons were redeemed as cheese sold, delivering interim and final payments to farmer-financiers within two weeks after last sale.
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le Roy
Sask
Divinity Fudge Cups From Betty Barclayy
Recipe installment by Betty Barclayy for divinity fudge. Combine sugar corn syrup and water boil until firm ball forms in cold water. Beat stiff egg whites then add hot syrup mixture in parts while beating. Recombine with remaining mixture boil again till hard ball forms. Stir in nuts and vanilla pour into buttered pan cool and cut into squares.
Carrots and Cheese Bake Instructions
Mince twelve carrots and steam until tender. Place in a baking dish, sprinkle with cheese and salt and pepper. Beat three eggs with a pint of hot milk, stir in, pour over carrots, add more cheese on top, bake in water bath until browned.
Depreciated In Value and Rayon Factories Mentioned
The piece recalls Uncle Dan a hundred year old former slave and pensioner in a South Carolina family who recalls being bought for 1200 dollars before emancipation. It notes his claim that Lincoln’s proclamation rendered him worthless and also mentions Mexico having 173 rayon textile factories.
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United States
Dan
South Carolina
Dole
Seb
Mexico
Peace I Leave With You Christ Comforts Disciples
Sunday school lesson for March 13 centers on John 14 27 to 17 and Isaiah Explanations remind readers that faith in God and Christ steadies the heart in crisis. It discusses heaven as a prepared abiding place, the disciples’ sorrow, and the Way Truth and Life as Jesus claims, with reflections from Jefferson Bowran and Kemps.
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John
Isaiah
Christ the Comforter
Christ
God
Heaven
Jesus
Charles E. Jefferson
Iscariot
John Elliot Bowran
Thomas
Moffatt
Thomas A. Kemps
Trebles Operation Cost At Higher Motoring Speeds
The Chicago Motor Club concludes that motoring at a mile a minute costs three to four times more than at forty miles an hour. Oil use at fifty-five mph is seven times that at thirty mph. wear at fifty is twice that at forty. Gasoline use at fifty-five mph is a quarter higher than at thirty. Wear and tear at higher speeds is also noted. A 26 pound cauliflower is grown in Corwallis Australia. An egotist imagines the world thinks as much of him as he thinks of himself.
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Chicago Motor Club
Trooper Mulloy Inspiration Remains In Regina Leader-Post
Ontario obituary recalls Lieut Col Lome W. Mulloy of The Strathcona Horse who lost sight in battle. A barrister who refused to view blindness as a handicap he lectured for recruits in World War I and urged self mastery self-reliance and purposeful self direction as the path to success.
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Ontario
Mulloy
Canada
Lome W. Mulloy
Stranthcona Horse
London
Queen's University
Oxford
Regina Leader-Post
Wheat prices poised to recover say Saskatchewan economist
Dr. W W Swanson of the University of Saskatchewan in Regina argues there has never been a world wheat surplus and that price declines linked to other commodities will not persist. He cautions outcomes depend on many factors including the pound sterling, and notes the path of prices is hard to forecast. The piece also notes a dog, a skeleton near Tabhoa, NZ, and a French union push for an eight hour day for women.
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W. W. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan
Regina
Sask
Swanson
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Scott's
Great Britain
Japan
Wtamity School
By Annette
Neme
Baby
Abert E Knowles
Gratton
Ont
Betty Barclayy
Conwallis
Australia
Buckley S| Au
Tabhoa
Federation of Women's Trade Unions
France
Eigh
Nan
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