World Happenings Briefly Told In Fragmented Ledger
A garbled world briefs section reports cargo totals for coke in western provinces, a Portland Oregon aviation fatality, a star design contest in Alaska, a presidential aid proclamation for flood victims, Mackenzie King’s farming note, and Canadian swine policy. It mentions Anzac Day in London, Hewitt named Toronto manager for Canada’s winter Olympic team, Vancouver port upgrade, ostrich market collapse, Henry III’s cat aversion, and Texas bullflee migration堵.
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Coolidge
London
Galliport
W. A. Hewitt
Toronto
Vancouver
Ottawa
Montreal
Winnipeg
New Telegraph Style Telephone Recorder Debuts
A new machine records telephone conversations and replays them like a gramophone. It acts as a dictaphone microphone and can relay original talks over long distances. Each cylinder holds half an hour of dialogue and the unit warns when time is nearly up.
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Ford
Stan
Rulig
Beang
Tal
New York
Television inventor unveils noctotation dark ray in fog tests
J Baird claims a new noctotation dark ray with sixteen times the penetration of ordinary light can pierce fog and smoke screens. Demonstrations in London reportedly produced audible signals on different objects and Admiral Kerr calls the invention potentially transformative for sea and air warfare.
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Antor
Television
J. Baird
Ays
Baird
London
Oastwice
Mark Kerr
Topleres
Paird
Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Lost vessel search links to Portsmouth inquiry
A fragmented report recalls a wooden ship once commanded by the famed Al Jones that sailed from Portsmouth New Hampshire. Captured by the British in the Revolutionary War era, renamed WMS Malifax, it later vanished from records. A single survivor remains, Sir George Foster, a former cabinet minister under Sir John A. Macdonald, who joined government in 1685.
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Sear
al Jones
Launehre
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
WMS
Malifax
Sol
Wiliam ‘Gcott
Lord Stowell
Uil
Newcastle On Tyne
Sir George Foster
John A. Macdonald
Golerepnemt
Alberta Wheat Pool Rupert Terminal Ships Grain to Europe and Orient
The Alberta Wheat Pool reports Prince Rupert terminal loaded twenty two ships from the 1926 crop and expects twenty four by spring. The port elevator, leased from the Canadian government, hauls 5,198,000 bushels with a capacity of 1 251 00 bushels and is among the coast's fastest. Six ships carried grain to the Orient and eighteen to Europe as ocean freight differential vanishes.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Rupert
Pri
Alberta Pool
Port
Prince Rupert House
Joseph Bennett
Europe
Prince Rupert
Vancover
Orient
Dressing the Tiny Miss Folklore Childs Frock Pattern
Tiny Miss frock pattern is described with shirring on sides and back, colored floss chain stitching, and puffed cuffs. The design uses two pieces for bloomers and simple construction, offered in sizes 2 6 and 8 with yardage details and a pattern book for home dressmaking.
Build Up Character Psychologist Tells Us How to Develop Personality
Henry Knight Miller argues in Psychology Magazine that personality grows from conscious control of the subconscious through persistent thought. He claims focus and self discipline unlock wealth, health, and strength, while warning against passive defeat.
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Henry Knight Miller
Psychology Magazine
Dr. Miller
Dr Miller
Pattern No Town Mount Machray Feature In Manitoba
Pattern 125 at 950 feet high Mount Machray West of Grant pass near the Alberta boundary notes its commemoration of Most Rev Archibishop Machray Primate of Canada. Machray spent recreation in this district. A South American expedition reports an ant tunnel three miles long and a silk industry note mentions China’s silk production.
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Mount Machray
Grant Pase
Alberta
Columbia
Geograph Board of Canada
Robert Machras
Ruperts Land
Canada
Machray
Sunday School Lesson on Mary Magdalene at the Tomb
The article outlines a Sunday school lesson on Easter reflecting Mary Magdalene’s discovery of Jesus’ tomb and Peter and John’s reactions. It cites John 20 verses and Mark 15 48 and Matthew 27 65, noting the stone rolled away and the linen cloths as signs of the resurrection. It critiques Catholic stiffness toward Easter grace and quotes C R Erdman on belief and the disciple whom Jesus loved.
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Mary Megdalere
Christ
Mary Magdalene
Temover
Peter
John
Jesus
Apostle of
Love
R Erdman
Beggar Manual Emerges in Paris On Begging Art
A Paris judge finds a beggar’s Manual for the Use of Beggars, describing techniques to charm, simulate ailments, attend baptisms and funerals, and even fake death, with a list of promising prospects. The text, allegedly found in a beggar’s pocket, outlines methods to attract sympathetic attention and conceal injuries for deception.
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France
Galle
Paris
Hus
Large Cabbage Travels from Grand Falls to Benita Texas
A Texas worker at a shipping house recounts growing an exceptionally large cabbage in Benita. He sent a note with the produce to the recipient, and a buyer in Grand Falls Newfoundland confirmed receipt after a long journey.
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Texas
Grand Falls
Newfoundland
Benita
Grang Falls
Electric Oil Gains Noted Popularity Across Times
An old touted elixir named Dr. Thomas Eelectric Oil rose to market after decades of demand and is praised widely. A local anecdote shows a worker named Joe joking about his trolley job, saying he must pause every minute to allow passing cars.
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Thomas
Epitaph Missed Its Moment in Quiet Plumber Tale
A short quirky vignette describes a boy asking who hid a statue under the kitchen sink and a mother blaming a noisy “sompy” before the punchline that it was the plumber. The scene plays on miscommunication and late recognition.
Mystery Clock of London Promises Hidden Mechanism to Buyer
London presents a costly mystery clock with a transparent crystal face and bands of platinum and diamond. The maker claims the intricate mechanism remains secret and will be revealed only to the purchaser, while the price and craft explain its high value. Record Building Activity in Canada suggests a brisk construction season with $208,132,000 planned in early 1930, led by residential contracts as business rebounds.
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London
Canada
Itas
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