World happenings briefly told in early 20th century notes
Canada uses 27 aeroplanes and spent 63 586 on delegations to Geneva for the labor congress. A notable dog team driver will reside in Ontario and Quebec with his team. Great Lakes shipping opened with the Hamonic and Nornie arriving at Port Arthur. Radio licenses rose to 406 080 in eleven months, Ontario leading. France holds over one-sixth of world gold reserves, second to the United States. British Columbia logged 29 forest fires with light damage. Robert Bridges, England's poet laureate, was cremated quietly at Gilders Green. A family from Saskatoon traveled from Chicopee Mass to North Portal by truck home. Manitoba mining industry shows rising expenditures from 1927 to 1929.
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Far Brydges
Ontario
Quebec
Great Lakes
Hamonic
Nornie
Port Arthur
Western Canada
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Bank of France
France
United States
Germany
Italy
Britain
Robert Bridges
Laurgate
England
Gilders Green
Mayfair
Lou
Nadeau
North Portal
Chicopee
Mass
Could Not Sleep Tired All Day Long
Miss Florence Coutier of Bark Lake writes that she suffered with nerves and could not sleep at night, feeling tired throughout the day. A neighbor advised her to try a remedy after a morning visit.
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Florence Coutier
Bark Lake. Oat
Returned Soldier Lorenzi Reclaims Italian Citizenship
From Campi Rear Trento Italy August Lorenzi 38 left 15 years ago as an Austrian soldier to fight the Russians. He endured camps and famine after capture in 1914, moved through Semipalatinsk Tomsk Samarra Tambov Gorod, labored cutting trees and farming, married a Russian farmer daughter in 1915, then finally in 1929 Italy aided his return with passport granted after delays. he arrived with eight dollars.
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Campi
Trento
Italy
August Lorenzi
Lorenzi
Sempalatinsk
Tomsk
Samarra
Tambov
Gorod
Lorensi
Campi Heid
Russia
Moscow
Frock Pattern Teaches Juniors Debutante Style Lines
A vintage pattern description for a smart little frock with box pleats and tucks, suitable for juniors and debutante sisters. Notes on collar and cuffs, color ideas, and fabric suggestions in scarlet, blue, or green. Pattern sizes 14 to 20, price 25 cents, Pattern Department address.
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York
Paris
Attractive Canadian Pacific Summer Tours Explored
The notice advertises two rail and steamship based tours in Canada and the United States offering May to September travel. Eastern Tour highlights Ontario lakes Old French Canada Quebec maritime towns St Andrews Digby Nova Scotia Yarmouth Weymouth and Parrsboro with golf and fishing plus a Pacific route to Banff Lake Louise Vancouver and Victoria. Includes a ten day Alaska cruise and seven day West Coast cruise with a Trans-Canada tool train option. Investments exceed a million dollars.
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Canadian Pacific
Ontario
Canada
Habitants
Maritime Provinces
Great Lakes
Niagara Falls
Quebec
Montreal
New World
Maritime
St. Andrews
Digby
Nova Scotia
Parrsboro
Yarmouth
Weymouth
Orchard
Maine
Smarson
Pacific
Lake Louise
Banff Springs
Emerall Lake
Kicking Horse Pass
Yoho Valley
Columbia
Vancouver
Victoria
Colwoul
Dominional Observatory
Sunken Garden
Alaska
West Col
Vancouver Island
Nadia Padge
Trans-Canada
Sane
Canada Loree Exporter Of Gypsum Products Opens in London
RE Haire head of Gypsum Lime and Alabastine says Canada Loree Exporter Of Gypsum Products Ltd will open a European trade arm in London on April 30. He notes that in three years Canadian gypsum product trade has grown with 35 nations and the company has become the world’s largest exporter.
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London
RE. Haire
Canada, Limited
Dairy Production Sets Manitoba Records Early 1990
Manitoba dairy production in January and February 1990 rose sharply, with January up 9 per cent and February up 64 per cent from 1929 figures, marking the highest two-month total in province history according to the dairy commissioner.
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Ettcial
Manitoba
Patterns Order Address in Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg readers are directed to the Pattern Order address at 175 McDermot Ave for pattern No Size Town in Berlin Germany. The item mentions ambitions for 15 ex this year.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Berlin
Germany
Fragmentary note on drug purchase and work delay
Partial OCR fragment reports someone feeling unwell after vomiting and taking a box of medicine. It mentions druggists and a location in Ontario with unclear details about timing and the effect on work. The text is garbled and lacks clear individuals or events.
Germany trials two week prison vacations and share in management
Germany plans a bold experiment where high grade prisoners receive two weeks of vacation annually, may not take outside work, and participate in prison management. Captain Franz Romer paddled a rubber boat from Lisbon to St Thomas in 58 days, a 2944 mile solo voyage without escort and without knowing how to swim.
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Germany
Franz Romer
Lisbon
Portugal
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
NYU Receives 400 Historic English Legal Documents
Judge Moses H. Grossman donates a collection of over 400 Early English legal papers to New York University on behalf of Frederick Brown, featuring a 12 foot parchment pipe roll that records 1638 Crown revenues and notes Jewish protection payments and knightly licenses.
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New York University
Moses H. Grossman
Frederick Brown
Richard Pyle
Southampton County
Bet y Barclay weekly recipes for potatoes and custard
Betty Barclay presents a kitchen guide using mashed potatoes with a cream sauce and parsley, followed by a leek or celery flavored custard with eggs sugar and vanilla. It notes optional substitutes and a final odd tip about static electricity from trucks.
Triumphal Entry Lesson from Matthew and John Notes
Devotional reading outlines Jesus entry into Jerusalem from Bethphage with two disciples, the colt and donkey, and the crowd spreading robes and palm branches. The piece discusses symbolic meanings of the donkey and palm branches, references John 12 and Revelation 7, and notes Galilean pilgrims converging for Passover.
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Jesus
Bethphage
Mount of Olives
Jerusalem
Russia
W. A. Grist
John Amiy
John
Ahzarus
Jesu
Dav
Canadian Literature Efforts Deserve Loyal Support
The Sherbrooke Tribune laments readers preferring trashy American magazines over Canadian books. It argues patriotic praise should match taste and supports the efforts of Canadian writers to build a rich, diverse national literature.
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Sherbrooke Tribune
Avon Laxing Oldhaidy Teste the Intestines
Countless remedies advertise relief from constipation yet many are habit forming or harsh. Carter's Little Liver Pills gently stimulate liver and bowels, removing poisons and restoring activity for real tonic effect. All druggists 25¢ and 75¢ red packs.
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Carter
Important Letters Now In Dominion Archives
Canada houses most letters signed by Sir John A. MacDonald after a new ampavit dated October 6, 1834 was added to the Dominion archives by curator Dr. A G Doughty. The document records his appointment as a poll clerk in Upper Canada at 19. The collection also includes the first draft of the British North America Act in his handwriting.
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Met Puotic
Sir John A. MacDonald
A. G. Doughty
Dominion Archives
Sir John
Upper Canada
Prince Award
Canada
Parachute Demonstration At Curtiss Field Impresses Ranger
John Runger, a professional parachutist, jumped from 2,000 feet with hands tied and landed in a tree after a parachute opened automatically. Ranger praised the device and said he would make a 20,000 foot jump with one. Invented by John Ruby.
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Curtiss Field
John Runger
Runger
Ranger
John Ruby
Rotation of Canadian stones for federal buildings urged
The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba proposes to the Dominion Government that future building operations consider rotating various Canadian stones, including Manitoba Tyndall stone, for federal projects. A Cannes attraction features a woman living on ground glass in a glass cage while the world produced 1 323 million barrels of crude oil in 1928.
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Industrial Development Board of Manitoba
Dominion
Manitoba
Cannes
France
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Manitoba Chamber of Mines
Wlan Seidler
Usion
Eva A. Tingey
Loree
Arly
Betty Barclay
Aday
David
Sir John A. MacDeaal
John A. Chantler & Co., Ltd
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Toronto, Ont
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