World Happenings Briefly Told From A Distant Page
Fragmentary world items note Bortasik banter and Lebucen charity, Wartime trophies from German ships Scharnhorst and Leipete discussed in NSW. Submarine collision near Hong Kong leaves no casualties. Relying Island claims extreme female bobbing scarcity. Valera resigns Sinn Fein stance prompts new Irish grouping. Arctic air service eyed within years per Mackenzie. US Senate rejects immigration quota bills. Yale to build a million dollar art museum. Barclays pension plan offers severance and 6 percent per year of service.
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Arctie
Ar East Thie
Arctic
George P. Mackenzie
Far North
Ecore
Senate Immigration
Yale University
Barclays Bank London
Modern Dartmoor Convicts Whine Over Trifle Beings
Dartmoor Prison governor notes a shift from the old hard boiled criminal to a modern convict who is better educated yet softer and prone to whining. assaults are rare while petitions rise.
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Odern
Dartmoor
Hawaiian Mermaid Sets New Canadian Indoor Record
Hawaiian swimmer from Honolulu photographed at Crystal Gardens Victoria after beating Miss Hazel Kesler of Winnipeg to win the 220 yard indoor race. She clocked 2 minutes 52.25 seconds, breaking Kesler’s 1923 Canadian mark.
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Maricnen Wenstall
Amous Hawaiian Schumes
Honolulu
Crystal Gardens
Victoria
Hazel Kesler
Winnipeg
Canada
Betn
Miss Kesler
Johnny Weistmaller
Conrad Nile
Finals Athletic Club
Chcago
Te Denisa Cotuabia
Famous Grizzly Eleven Inch Killed by Amateur Hunter
The famed Eleven Inch grizzly, famed for an eleven inch paw and large tracks, was shot and killed by a rank amateur with a .32 pistol. The Rocky Mountain News notes the bear’s legendary size and widespread hunting lore.
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Eleven Inch
Rocky Mountain News
Children Released From School Reach Engiana Labor Market
About 14 year old children in Engiana were released from school to enter the labor market. In 1960 about 196,008 youths aged 14 could leave schooling or reach the age during term time, creating a surge of applicants for positions while many remain idle awaiting absorption into industries.
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Engiana
One Piece Model of Chinese Damask Dress No. 1245
A simple stylish dress design features a V shaped front opening scarf collar and long sleeves with finished edges. It comes in sizes 26 to 42 with a bust 38 inch, requires three yards of fabric and contrasting for facings, priced at 20 cents. The accompanying fashion book offers practical home dressmaking lessons for 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
A WWI era ad lists Pattern No and Name with mailing address 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg urging readers to send 20¢ coin or stamps with wrap for order. The note then shifts to a social commentary about those in the social swim finding it hard to keep up, and a quip that loss in a contest does not guarantee a swollen head.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Radio daily notes from air and reception advances
Report covers Happrs of radio gear shipments from the United States, broadcasting regulations, a KFJP Oklahoma City lawsuit, and varied anecdotes from station broadcasts. It notes long distance reception between Vera Cruz and a moving Continental Limited train and a Honolulu Lanai telephone line with battery storage for alert signaling.
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Happr
United States
Ieee
South Africa
Hrttain Tm
KFJP
Oklahoma
Lincoln Menell
Marty
London
2L0
Glasgow
Continental Limited
Transcontinental
Express
Canadian National Railways
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Honolulu
Lanai
Converse
German Doctor Reports Self Experiment With Cancer
Dr Hans Kurtzahn of Königsberg University Surgical Clinic claimed to transfer a patch of cancer from a patient to his own thigh. He said the cancer cells died soon after in his healthy tissue, arguing cancer is not contagious.
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Hans Kurtzahin
Koniigsburg University
Kurtzahn
Berlin
Canada Boots and Shoes Output for January Declared
The bureau of statistics reports from 141 of 159 Canadian boot and shoe factories that 1,198,661 pairs of leather and felt footwear were made in January. Of these, 1,149,198 were boots and shoes with leather or fabric uppers and 49,463 were felt footwear including cloth house slippers. Excluded items include larrigans, shoepacks, and Indian moccasins.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Byrd Heads North Pole Flight To Make Polar Observations
Lieutenant RSL Byrd, a circumnavigator for the US Navy, prepares an expedition funded by wealthy American backers to reach the North Pole. He will undertake scientific observations during the voyage.
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Balle
North Pole
Rsl
Byrd
United States Navy
Polar
Study Of Dead Thi Ahusons Of Young People
A note from E. W. Howe's Monthly condemns students who study dead topics in schools and colleges without learning how to care for themselves, calling the live subject essential in the modern world.
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E. W. Howe
Retaliation as Justice in Crossword Clue Scramble
The fragment lists crossword clues and partial phrases across horizontal and vertical cues. It mentions elements like tantalum symbol, printer measure, and foods such as pastry cakes, while noting garbled words and broken phrases. The item reads as a puzzle page with scattered clues and unclear answers.
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Nevada
Sunday School Lesson on Cain and Abel Sacrifices
The lesson covers Cain and Abel's births to Adam and Eve, Cain as tiller of the ground, Abel as keeper of flocks, and their offerings to Jehovah. It notes the first two sacrifices, compares Abel and Cain, and cites scripture and commentary on worship and sacrifice, including Christ as the ultimate sacrifice. Also mentioned are remarks on women doctors and medical earnings in London.
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Cain
Abel
Adam
Eve
Abs
Kaneh
Herbert E. Ryle
God
Jesus Christ
New Limousine Gift From Canadian Veterans
Government and Canadian veterans present a limousine described as the finest produced in Canada to aid returning veterans. Built at Oshawa, the car symbolizes extra service and veterans contributions including insurance and transportation for a voyage to London when the premier returns to the motherland.
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Canada
Oshaws
Beerquidne
Lyng
Kyng
London
Story
Feasting Virtues Tale From Jupiter’s Banquet
A myth recounts Jupiter hosting a feast for the virtues. The two most beautiful, Benevolence and Gratitude, appear close yet restrained. Jupiter guides Benevolence to Gratitude and declares them sisters, noting their first meeting since creation.
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Fark
Jupiter
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Bortasik
Wands
Bie
Serene Menney
Hs Pone
Wordenorth
Wheto Worth Centre
Moret Bey
Robert Battlers
John's
NMA
Birtens
Oliver Plate
Scharnhorst
Leipete
Jiland Islands
Sicery Nsw
Tamonni Valera
Sinn Fein
Free State
Dominion
Bureau of Statiatice
Nderfoot
Clipse
Enor Aldtenl
Associate of
Ize
Cain and Abel
John
Louisa Aldrich Blake
Westminster
Gov.General
the Dominion
Sitisaasiarbrr
Dora
Colleen Moore
Tal
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