World Happenings Briefly Told In Vancouver And Beyond
A brief illness ends in pneumonia in Vancouver. Canadian March factory output dips from February. Alberta produced 616 083 tons while British Columbia yielded 251 2 tons. Captain George H Wilkins eyes new Antarctic flight venture after a record crossing. Canada debates Senate female representation and amending the British North America Act to permit women’s appointments. Sir Henry Drayton resigns West York seat to head Ontario Liquor Board. Motion seeks Canada Britain titles correspondence since 1819. Dr Henry M Tory resigns as University of Alberta president to lead National Council of Scientific Research in Ottawa.
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George H. Wilkins
Eroplane
Antarctic
Senate
Henry Drayton
West York
House of Commons
Ontario Liquor Board
Canada
Great Britain
Cr. Canan
St Lawrence St. George
Canaans
Henry M. Tory
University of Alberta
National Council of Scientific Research
Ottawa
Beautify Ottawa plan proposes three million dollar outlay
Premier MacKenzie King presented to the House of Commons a three million dollar program for Ottawa’s beautification by the federal district commission. The bill cuts annual Ottawa grants to 200000, includes expropriation funds for the Russell House property, and sketches show a central park with Piccadilly Circus style traffic loop and a potential war memorial at the capitol. The plan aims to enhance the capital to rival other British Empire cities.
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Federal District Commission
City of
Ottawa
House of Commons
MacKenzie King
Ottawa Federal District Commission
Russell House
Parliament Hill
Piccadilly Circus
London
King
Ada
British Empire
Welsh hospital case of illiterate genius at mental arithmetic
Scientists in Europe study a Welsh hospital woman who cannot read or write yet solves arithmetic problems in about 30 seconds with perfect accuracy. She claims to recall many historical dates at will. The item mentions auction dynamics and a romance thread involving a man she prefers.
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Europe
Country weeklies fat with editors and profits
In a rural press chat, editors compare country weekly profits and plant values. They note averages of about $3,000 to $5,000 net yearly, rising investments near $15,000 to $20,000, and ownership of equipment from typesetting machines to presses. The discussion cites census figures showing 60 million rural readers and midwest income patterns, with phonographs, pianos, and radios common in small towns.
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United States
Him & Power Press
Washington
Ben Frank
Iowa
Nes
Edgar County
General Federation of Women's Clone
Exceedingly graceful frock pattern with surplice effect
A two piece frock with pointed gathered skirt and rounded bodice edge shown with surplice styling and face shields. Long pointed sleeves may be omitted for evening wear. Contrast flowers at shoulder and hip. Misses sizes 16, 18, 20. size 18 needs 3 yards 39 inch fabric. Pattern price 25 cents. Fashion Book also offered at 10 cents.
Where Wild Animals BECOME TAME At Jasper Park
Jasper National Park, the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association notes, is Canada’s largest wildlife sanctuary where guns are forbidden and hunting occurs with a camera. The park hosts about 10,000 mountain sheep and similar deer numbers, with elk sightings of 100 to 1,090, and a rising beaver population across beaver lakes.
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Jasper
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Edmonton
Canada
Jasper National Park
J.B. Harkin
Commissioner of
National Parks
Harkin
Cabin Creek
Rocky Mountain
Snake
Rocky
Smoky Rivers
Tock Lake
Electrified Rural Buyers Drive Nation’s Economy
The survey notes 27 million Americans spending about $6,000 million yearly on manufactured goods, earning one sixth of national income and paying a fifth of government costs. The National Automobile Chamber reports most trucks and nearly all tractors go to these buyers, while 65 percent of 750 small towns have electric wiring. These communities fuel the modern country newspaper business.
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United States
Natonal Automobile Chamber of
Com Sheree
Quebec To Enforce Weed Destruction On All Properties
A new Quebec law requires every property owner to destroy all noxious weeds before they seed. If owners fail, authorities will do the work and bill the removal cost to the farmer. Also notes on investment caution and banking as a safeguard, plus a weather- signaling sea-bird motif and a moral about pleasing oneself.
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Quebec
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
A fragment from a Winnipeg listing shows an address at 175 McDermot Ave and references a pattern order system with pattern number size and recipient details. The source also includes a quip about manners from a child and a remark on wealth through saving.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Forest Week aims to spur growth and wise stewardship
Hon. WL Meckensie King and Hon. RB Bernat urge Canada to use Forest Week to stimulate business, promote health dividends, and reduce forest loss by fire through careful starting and extinguishing practices. They warn against crime and penalties under law, stressing reforestation as vital for Canada’s heritage for future generations.
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RB. Bernat
Oppecitan
Sunday School Lesson on The Son of Man and Service
A devotional study on Mark 10 43 and related passages examines James and John asking to sit at Jesus right and left in glory. It contrasts worldly precedence with Christian prayer asking God to do His will, noting the lesson’s focus on service over status and the call to usefulness.
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Mam
James
John
Zebedee
Jesus
Matthew
Broadus
Aids
Am Fastern
Salone
Temple
Peter
Pries
Dummelow
Rabbi Acha
Messiah
Abraham
Frank
Donald Hankey
An Interesting Edition Av newspaper from London Daily Mail
An early 20th century styled edition reports on a Regent Street fire with Rapid extinguishers, a sensational murder by mental suggestion, school children studying in sleep via memory devices, television as daily routine, Trafalgar Square cricket match with England and Australia in Sydney, Ralph Girdlestone’s 24 hour world circumnavigation, crash proof underwear for aviators, civil war ongoing, a 24 page Daily Mail expo at the Great Olympia, and a dispute over book agent notices at the Acid Teat building.
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Newspaper 1
London
Daily Mail
Les
Regent Street
Trafalgar Square
Sydney
Ralph Girdlestone
Great Olypia
Noticed Relationship in a Fractured Church Gathering
A conceited young clergyman walks home with six ladies from church and quips about preaching to a congregation of asses. The ladies note humor in his term while one says beloved brethren. Conversation shifts to Horace’s religiosity and attire, with joking about a herringbone suit, women’s suffering, and winter fashion.
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Ome
Vancouver
Rinety Coe
Peeumonia
Alberta
Columbia
Small Town Papers
Mills
Fou
Chicago
New York
The
Department of
Little Poy
Meckensie King
Cheries Stuart
Hon Minstero
Pop
St Wlesly
Prime
Minis
ATS
London Daily Mail
Gilbert
Horace
Morgan
Fred
Zack
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