World Happenings Briefly Told
Canadian mines produced a new high in mineral output in 1900 while a German independent newspaper circulated in London. Immigration and wartime actions span 1939 to 1940 with funds for Britain's war effort and Salvation Army missions to Canadian troops. Deportations from Canada exceed 60,000 since 1902 08, soldier settlement properties total 18 765 with net investment of 25 710 872.
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Europe
London
Canada
Wings
Britain
Searle Grain Company Limited
Winnipeg
Herbert Ames
Montreal
Boston
G. W. Peacock
Toronto
Salvation Army For Canada
England
Sodere Salvation Army
Soldier Settlement of Canada
Mines and Resources Department
Home Fashion Drawing Made Easy Promises Easy Start
A Winnipeg home service ad touts a 24 page guide Fashion Drawing Made Easy Teach simple rules for drawing fashion figures with body proportions and contour flow. The offer includes charts, instructions, and a 15 cent copy price plus other booklets on crafts and piano course.
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Home Service
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
German Nazi Film Shows to Turkish Officials in Berlin
A private screening in a Berlin room hosted by Franz von Papen impressed Turkish Prime Minister Saydam and Foreign Minister Saracoglu with Nazi portrayals of wartime atrocities. The Times notes the grim spectacle as Britain seeks an Anglo Turkish understanding amid escalating propaganda.
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Ara
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Poland
Berlin
Saydam
Saracogla
New York Times
Gardening timing and stock for Canadian gardens
The article emphasizes timing over effort in gardening and advises digging at the right time. It discusses sourcing nursery stock from reputable Canadian sources, storing roots properly, and planting when the soil is workable. It also outlines early vegetables to sow, including peas lettuce radish spinach, followed by carrots beets onions potatoes and later beans corn tomatoes cabbage cauliflower melons cucumbers.
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Mints
Pattern 4685 and 4659 Anne Adams Fashion Notice
Short note advertising pattern 4685 by Anne Adams highlighting an in one yoke front panel, slant yoke lines, side gathering, bust flattering fit, various sleeve options, and easy front buttoning. Pattern 4659 offered in misses and women's sizes with fabric yardage. Order form instructions provided with 20 cents and mailing address in Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Newspaper Union
McDermot ‘Ave
Gila Monster Poisonous Lizard of Southwest
The Gila monster, native to Arizona and New Mexico, is the only lizard known to be poisonous. Its grip is described as tenacious, reportedly breaking only with a prying instrument.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Riflemen and Bren gunners win in Canadian division trials
Lieut. R L Ellis led an Alberta infantry regiment platoon in the 2nd Canadian Division endurance and skill at arms contest securing the Canadian bracket and silver level for a prairie regiment. The Welsh regiment took overall honours as the Can tucks earned bronze. A prairie unit, new to England last Christmas, placed second in the division. Pte. S Relkey of Regina was among the winning platoon members.
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R. L. Ellis
Alberta
Prairie Infantry
England
Western Ontario Regiment
Determ
Ellis
Pte. S. Relkey
Regina
Grasshoppers Reported Lying to Height Records
A fragment notes some grasshoppers reach up to height figures of 2,000 feet, a striking claim from the old clipping. The text presents an unusual metric for insect height, likely a humorous or erroneous item in the era's science notes.
Sunday School Lesson March 23
Readings focus on Pilate, Herod, and the crucifixion of Jesus as recounted in Luke 23 and John 19. The lesson covers Pilate finding no fault, the crowd demanding crucifixion, Barabbas’ release, and Jesus’ crucifixion with three of his seven final sayings noted.
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Pilate
Judea
Jesus
Cesar
Galiles
Jerusalem
Herod
Barabbas
Caesar
Tiberius
Golgotha
Service A group returns home from Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy veterans arrived home after service in World War I era ships. Stoker H H Hunt recalls the high duty. men say they did what was asked. They recount a shipmate washed overboard auctioning his effects for small sums, with $450 to his widow and $150 from the canteen fund.
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Royal Canadian Navy
RCNVR
Cave
Stoker PO
H. H. Hunt
Death of Senator Hughes widens Canada senate split
The death of Senator J. J. Hughes raises to three the vacancies in Canada’s upper house and gives the Conservatives a 47 to 46 majority over the Liberals.
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J. J. Hughes
Canada
If We Lived On A Tiny Moon Of Mars
A hypothetical note argues that living on one of Mars tiny moons would give very low gravity allowing jumps up to one thousand feet. The date 2405 appears as a timestamp or marker for the piece.
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Mars
Pneumonia Belts and Prevention Then and Now
The article outlines two pneumonia belts in North America with higher death rates, one along the eastern Atlantic coast and another in four mountain states. It notes climates and humidity influence incidence, cites Canada and U S provinces as comparatively safer, and credits sulphanilamide drugs with saving nine of ten victims while urging prevention through infection focus clearing, diet, rest, and immediate bed rest at flu onset.
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Toronto Star
North America
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
South Dakota
South Carolina
Georgia
United States
Vegetable products as a raw material in Canadian industry
Overview of vegetable origin inputs across Canadian manufacturing. It covers flour, feed, grain foods and confections, bakery items, starch and glucose, beverages, tobacco, oils, rubber goods, and textiles. The section notes vegetable products support both domestic output and foreign trade.
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Canada
Photographs Substitute Idea For Indian Art Display
The London Daily Sketch reports that war delays hindered a Royal Academy Indian art winter show. Instead 250 photographs of 2000 years of Indian sculpture and architecture opened at the Imperial Institute, opened by India Secretary L. S. Amery.
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Royal Academy
India Society
London Daily Sketch
Imperial Institute
State For India
L. S. Amery
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Singapore
Buick
Alberta Regiment
Jeus
Chri
Emonia
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