World Happenings Briefly Told
The Preach cabinet approves tentative Franco American debt agreement text. South African railway experts condemn imported steel rails worth £200,000 as useless. Parliamentary committee costs for the 1926 customs probe total $121,109.07. The Prince of Wales plans to stock Grove Farm near Nottingham with Shorthorn cattle. A tramp in Hampshire is jailed for begging hot water. Women in Japan campaign to raise funds to aid debt payment. Canada and United States cooperate on mineral industry issues after Ottawa talks. Cameron Bill provides a Pan American highway from Detroit to South America with a $200,000 appropriation. The German War Office orders fortresses along the eastern border demolished within four months as agreed in Paris talks.
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Continental Steel Firma
Customs Department
House of Commons
Prince of Wales
Stock Grove Farm
Lenton
Nottingham
Christeureh
Hampshire
England
Japan
United States
Ottawa
Detroit
Mich
America
Senate
War Office
Germany
Paris
Cascarets Promise Quick Bowels and Liver Cleanse
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly laxative to relieve costive bowels headaches and colds caused by a torpid liver and clogged bowels. It claims benefits from a ten cent box and notes millions use them to regulate stomach liver and bowels. Includes a brief note about children needing gentle cleansing. Also contains unrelated political and social snippets.
Britain Aims to Make Air Travel Commonplace
Britain moves toward mass air travel as the Labor government pushes cheaper light aircraft. The De Havilland Moth price cut from £785 to £9 is noted as a turning point, with the Avian similar to the Moth reduced to £675. Maintenance stations open in Manchester and Southampton. more airfield and service networks planned to lower operating costs and boost domestic aviation. The high price mainly reflects engine costs and wartime technology, with the 2760 hp Cirrus engine costing over £250.
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Lord Toomeos
Labor
Evenine Fm
de Haviland
Avian
Faut
Manchester
Southampton
Air Ministry
Working Women Seek Funds for Parliamentary Chances
In England the Socialist and Labor movements note too many high brow representatives. Working women lack genuine Socialist parliamentary candidates while higher social rank women gain nominations easily. Plans target a $15,000 yearly fund to boost working women’s prospects for parliamentary honors.
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Socialist and Labor Movement
England
Attractive New Fashion Pattern No 152H For View A And B
An 1824 style fashion pattern is illustrated with lace details and a belted front. View A and B offer different sleeve and vesting options using 39 inch material, with size 38 bust highlighted. The pattern costs 20 cents and the accompanying fashion book sells for 19 cents, promising a refined look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Se Siple
Rural Sanitation and Health in Canada Decried
A. W. Rothwell, a leading US sanitary engineer, condemns rural water systems as a primary health danger. He cites US Census data showing nine of ten farm homes lack running water, linking contaminated supplies to typhoid and infant deaths. The piece urges better rural sanitation, water piping, sewage disposal, and improved roads to enhance health and rural life.
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A. W. Rothwell
USA
Canada
Cana Gag Farm
Mhomme
Over Sixty Years Old and Still Agile and Alert
A Lake Thelma Alberta letter from Mrs M Griffin details her recovery from influenza and back pain using Dodd's Kidney Pills, stating she is 63 and can outrun a young girl. The report also notes Alberta honey production rising 60 percent in 1926 with notable yields in Lethbridge and Miller's Worm Powders as a remedy for worms. The piece mentions an Indian city council banning mat dogs and long leases on London west-end property.
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M. Griffin
Lake Thelma
Alberta
Dodd
Fand
Thad
Dod
Sunday School Lesson Emphasizes Global Discipleship
The lesson centers on the Great Commission from Matthew 28 and Acts, highlighting Jesus' universal authority and the expansion of evangelism from Jerusalem to Rome. It notes the disciples’ belief in the resurrection, the widening circles of outreach, and the call to make disciples of all nations.
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Isaiah
Matthew
Galilee
Jesus
Christ
Jerusalem
Judaea
Samaria
Rome
James Russell Lane
Canadian National Lecture Car Yields Farming Knowledge
Canadian National Railways with the Extension Service of the University of Saskatchewan report strong results from the lecture car program in Saskatchewan. Since January 17 it visited 1783 people by February 12, including 507 schoolchildren who actively engaged in discussions on cereals, tillage, rotation, seed quality, mixed farming, farmstead beautification, and livestock integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.N.R
Canadian National Railways
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Dan M. Johnson
Agriculture Department
Should Be In Every Home Says Mme Villemaire
Mme Villemaire of 432 ge Putack Suez Ouiawa describes three years of stomach and kidney disorders. She credits Pane with restoring health, relieving back pain bloating and nervousness, and claims her digestion is now excellent. She urges others to take Pane, nature's tonic, to restore health.
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Mme. Villemaire
Iene
Mme
Flisa Villemaire
Ge Putack
Suez
Ouiawa
Abe
Ford
Tarlac
Turken Bird Shocks Poultry World at Edmonton Show
A Canadian crossbreed named the turken blends a Rhode Island hen body with a turkey head. Brought to attention by George Spurgeon at the Edmonton Country show, it promises a poultry business revolution by combining key traits of hens and turkeys.
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Rhode Island
Edmonton
George Spurgeon
Devel
Radium treatment brightens gems and boosts value
Gems like ruby sapphire and topaz can gain color from radium treatment by burning out impurities at a low cost. In Alberta a planned motoring year round is noted while references to corn removal and an immense electrical flame are included. India reports 31 800 miles of highway and 23 million acres of canal wetlands.
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Alberta
India
Must Be Good Dodger Pigmies of New Guinea Marriage Test
Berkeley Professor Stirling reports New Guinea pigmy marriage custom requires the groom to shoot and survive a clearing ambush. If survived, he may wed. the bride may lose an index finger as part of the rite. The account contrasts with local marriage traditions elsewhere.
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New Guinea
Sevon
Hale
Professor Stirling
Berkeley
Cals Ho
Smithsonian
Ore
Sugar Beet Profits in Taber District Reach High Levels
The Taber Irrigation District shows an average sugar beet profit of 7158 per acre in 1926, triple the wheat yield of 25.01 per acre. The district secretary manager notes a strong crop, while a San Francisco hospital reports green walls in operating rooms said to be more restful for surgeons’ eyes.
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Taber
Lsecretary
Abytriet
San Francisco
Jare
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Lai
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Wade
Lethbridge
Cly
West End
London
A. A. Morton Co., Ltd
Toronto
Ontario
Making the World
Pa! Fife
Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba
Saint John
New Thunswick
H. B. Lamsden
Canadian Pacific Railwa
Sydney
Australia
Government Savings Bank of Newtes
Ted
Jerry
Cuba
Inard
Fen Aring Magic
Eveready
Evereadys
Canadian National Carbon Co., Limited
Mtreat
Vancouver
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