World Happenings Briefly Told
Montagu Norman is re-elected governor of the Bank of England by stockholders. The first commercial shipment by the bank to Toronto arrives at Leaside Airport with several models of dresses for a department store. The British post office tests sending telegrams as pictures in handwriting facsimile. Third reading given to a bill extending second homesteading to Western Canada settlers. Over fifty miles of steel laid on the Hudson Bay Railway to Flin Flon with 1300 workers ahead of schedule. Hungarian pilots plan a Budapest to New York flight in June after the Bremen victory. Italian polar expedition head says no trial dirigible flights before departure from Spitzbergen to a Northern base.
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Toronto
Leaside
Canada
Hudson Bay Railway
Flin Flon
Bremen
Stephan Dubois
Alexander Kurz
Budapest
New York
Umberto Nobile
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Baby Fluid Rules and Castoria Promotion
During the first six months babies require three ounces of fluid per pound of body weight daily, with examples for an eight pound infant. The text endorses weighing, mixing formula, and supplementing with water, then promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a universal remedy for colic, diarrhea, and sleep issues, claiming it has helped millions for over thirty years.
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Fletcher
Country weeklies thrive on local ads and rural reach
An extended discussion notes country weeklies with 4500 plus subscribers and ad revenues around 21 000 last year. It cites Spencer West Virginia Times-Record at 71 333 inches of ads and 22 500 dollars in revenue, explains ad sourcing from local merchants and institutional advertising, and discusses rate structures and rural market rationalization shaping small town papers.
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Stowbegan Maine
New England
Times-Record
Spencer
West Virginia
Bert Mills
Otto Muncaster
Oklahoma
Bob Mooney
Bob
Zatate Street
Fifth Avenue
Country
Maryland
Rhoda
Tobe
Dolly
Center- Ville
Personally Conducted Tours by Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway announces personally conducted tours for the coming season covering all of Canada and international options. Highlights include a July 7 Britain France Belgium Switzerland trip from Montreal on SS Laurentic, Pacific Coast tours from Prairie Provinces, a July 23 Jasper and Prince Rupert trip from Vancouver, Kerr-Bryson Tour Toronto to Pacific Coast with Alaska extension, a Toronto Yellowstone circuit, and Adams Across Canada from Montreal and Toronto July 12 to August 4. Agents report heavy bookings already.
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Canadian National Railway
Canada
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Montreal
White Star Line
Pacific
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg-Prince Ruptert
Jasper National Park
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Toronto
Pacific Coast
National Parks
Alaska
Yellowstone Park
Great Lakes
Canadian National System
Woman's Wisdom Kingston Ont Dr Pierce’s Patent Remedy
A Kingston Ontario note praises Dr Pierce’s remedy in a reader letter. The writer recalls skepticism before trying the product and expresses surprise at its effects. The fragment mentions a brother and a lack of prior knowledge about the remedy.
Credit on History and Responsibility in Commerce
The article discusses the foundation of modern business on credit and the need for merchants to balance sympathy with caution. It contrasts conscientious buyers who may struggle to pay with those who overextend and intend to evade liabilities, urging prudent lending on liberal terms.
Baby's Own Tablets Offer Pleasant Remedy for Children
A vintage advertisement promotes Baby's Own Tablets as a kinder substitute for castor oil and other bitter remedies. It claims the product eases teething pain, indigestion, constipation, colds, and fevers, aids restful sleep, and reduces child exhaustion from medicine. Sold by dealers or mail order at 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Unusual apron pattern No 345 described for home dressmakers
A pattern No 345 features a unique apron resembling a pretty morning frock with a fitted waist and front panel. Side sections gather with a back sash, using Japanese pongee silk and cotton crepe in floral designs. Available in small to large. medium requires specific yardage, price 25 cents.
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Zephyr
How To Order Patterns in Winnipeg Newspaper
Winnipeg readers may order sewing patterns via the Patterns section of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave. Send requests with pattern numbers and payment details to receive patterns by mail.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
The Great Refusal in the Gospel Lesson
A devotional study on the rich young man who asked how to inherit eternal life. Jesus challenges his view of good, urging discipleship over mere obedience, and shows wealth can hinder the higher good. The reflection notes two faults in the man: reliance on wealth and strict negative duties, urging a positive life of service and faith.
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Jesus
God
Mary
Martha
Lazarus
Famine Forces Sale of Children in China
The federal council of Churches of Christ in America says famine in Western Shantung squeezed by three years of drought and civil war prompts parents to sell children for about five dollars. Half a million Chinese near starvation, four million may face hunger in two months. Relief funds are exhausted for road and river conservation programs.
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Parenta
Shantung
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
America
Ables
Famine Relief Committee
Peking
International Relief Commission
Alberta Oil Leases Hold Nearly 9.7 Thousand Leases
An annual report from the Department of the Interior states Alberta holds 9,708 oil leases covering 1,190,267 acres. Oil production from wells on these lands for the year ending March 31, 1627, is reported at 250,000 barrels with an estimated value over one million dollars.
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Alberta
Department of the Interior
Wella
Fastest Flying Bird: The Fri gate Bird of the Tropics
The fri gate bird, a tropical species with long wings, is noted as the fastest flyer among birds capable of reaching around 200 miles per hour.
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Tropics
Pioneers Northward to Build Canada’s New Empire
Vincent Massey, Canadian envoy to the United States, addressed the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco urging Californians to look north. He said Canada is forging a new empire by expanding northwest development and growing wheat near the Arctic Circle, underlining friendly ties with the United States and rejecting any southern boundary.
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Canada
Arctic Circle
United States
Blind teen tops Mansfield high school class honors
Despite total blindness, 17 year old Howard Alterman won the honors of his mid year graduating class at Mansfield High School. He studied by the Braille system and achieved notable academic success.
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Howard Alterman
Mansfield
Laundry business and a divorce hinted in dialogue
In a clipped exchange, Jake accuses about a business past. Spike confirms a laundry operation once existed and notes that she divorced him, revealing a personal fallout within a rough exchanges frame.
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Jake
Spike
Gin Pills Promote Relief for Backache and Bladder Ailments
A Toronto woman testifies that chronic pain from backache and urinary issues eased after using Gin Pills from National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada. The ad-like item emphasizes frequent care needs and urges keeping the medicine at home for relief.
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Aliste
National Drug, & Chemical Company of Canada, Limited
Toronto
Canada
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Saz
Borpen Company Suiten
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