World Happenings Briefly Told
Four persons, one a woman, killed in County Galway by ambush at Ballytw. The Earl of Reading, viceroy of Ireland, met Mohandas Gandhi in Simla. William Feenie, 70, founder of Fernie coalfield, died. Quebec Board of Trade to send rep to Senate grain inquiry. Barge Miztec found in Whitefish Bay with six dead. Sinn Fein may win about half of Ulster seats, says Barry Egan in Paris. Windsor funeral of Francis Mierneckie followed by liquor theft of forty cases to Detroit. Charles Jonnart accepts temporary French diplomatic post at Vatican. Communist rising in Cremona with troops and casualties. John Doughty jailed six years for $105,000 Victory Bond theft from Ambrose Small.
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County Galway
Ballytw
Earl of Reading
Iris
Mohanas Karamachand Gandhi
Simla
India
Quebec Board of Trade
L’esperance
Senate Committee
Miztec
Blodgett
Vermilion Coastguard
Whitefish Bay
Sinn Fein
Barry Egan
Cork
Paris
Francis Mierneckie
Windsor
Detroit
Seed Treating Method Aims To Boost Alberta Yields
Farmers plan to sow treated seed using a new seed electrification process claimed to raise yields curb fungoid disease and improve quality. A seed treating plant has been set up at Carmangay Alberta with demand already pushing capacity and plans for enlargement this year.
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Iestion
Alberta
Carmangay
Alta
A Woman's Health Needs Great Care
A health ad extolls Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood building tonic for women. It cites headaches back pain poor appetite and nervousness as signs of weak blood and claims the pills enrich the blood restoring vigor. A testimonial from Mrs Venipite of West Northfield Nova Scotia touts renewed health after six boxes. The ad notes the medicine can be bought locally or by mail for 50 cents a box, six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Williams
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Pink
Dr Williams
Brockville
Ont
Last of the Sennet Hat in Royal Navy Uniform Abolished
The Admiralty will abolish the sennet straw hat once worn by Royal Navy seamen. Blue uniform cap will replace it, with sun-helmets issued for foreign stations. The sennet era, tied to 1857 uniforms and Napoleonic wars, ends as tarpaulins and blue jackets faded earlier.
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London
Royal Navy
Lord Fisher
Admiralty
Unclaimed Railway Mummy and Japanese Concrete Stone
In unused railway storage rooms a vast pile of trunks valises and assorted items left unclaimed. A mummy possibly of Pharaonic line was sold at public auction among other effects. A Japanese pumice stone offers a lighter strong concrete for boat building.
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Japan
Your Teeth and Diet For Healthy Mouth Care
A health education piece explains that disciplined brushing and early treatment prevent tooth decay and gum infection. It emphasizes diet, noting the mouth as the front door of digestion and detailing age appropriate foods from infancy, including mother's milk, toast with butter, rusks, puddings, fish, and chicken, with butter fat vital for growth.
Hiccup Epidemic Report From Local Center
A brief note outlines a rise in hiccup cases affecting residents at the community health center. Health staff advise rest, hydration, and seeking care if symptoms persist beyond a day. Officials urge calm and emphasize routine monitoring of the situation.
Industrial generosity boosts superannuation allowances
British railway companies raise annuity allowances for staff due to postwar currency changes. The gesture, funded from shareholders, lifts the old figures as firms enhance pension scales for superannuated workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Indus
Tendin
Oriental boy seeks minister's home job in Los Angeles
A Japanese boy applied for work at a minister’s Los Angeles residence but was told there was no need for another servant. He politely asserted that he could be kept busy, noting the effort required to employ him.
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Los Angeles
Christian Register
Typewriters and Their Peculiarity in Sound
An expert notes every make of typewriter has a distinct noise from key clatter and mechanical operation. The longest recorded carrier pigeon journey cited runs from Pensacola to Fall River, highlighting surprising feats in transport and timing.
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Pensacola
Fla
Fall River
Masa
Two Winter Fairs Regina Holding One In November And One In March
Regina will host a split winter fair across two sections in November and March under the Exhibition Association. The November segment features sheep and swine shows and calf-feeding contests while the March segment plans stallion fat cattle and poultry shows. The board also aims to create a circuit of spring fairs linking Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and other towns.
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Regina
The
Exhibition Association
Fair Board of
Brandon
Regiskatoon
Edmonton
Calgary
Putnam's Coin Extractor Promoted Over Local Ad Remover
A reader recalls a failed remedy sold by a druggist as a cheap ad coin cure. The piece urges choosing Putnam's Coin Extractor, hailed for fifty years as the standard remover of coins and warts, priced at 25 cents. It warns to refuse any substitute and trust Putnam's never fails.
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Putnam's
Kaiser's Stables Reopened as Public Library Near Palace
Old Kaiser's stable buildings dated 1900, attached to the royal palace, have been converted into a public library. Fronts measure 305 feet along the main street and 578 feet along the Spree, Renaissance style with horse sculptures flanking the entrance. Carriage floors housed a small historical museum featuring the sledge used by the Great Elector and various historic carriages.
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Royal Palace
Great Magnetic Storm Disrupts Telegraph Networks Worldwide
A major magnetic storm crippled telegraph systems across Canada and the United States and delayed cable links between England and America. The disturbance is blamed for a fire that destroyed a telephone exchange at Karlstad in Sweden, with the building totally consumed.
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British Isles
Europe
Canada
United States
England
Karlstad
Stockholm
Charming mauve changeable taffeta gown design
A description of a formal gown in mauve changeable taffeta featuring a bouffant silhouette, long-waisted snug bodice, festooned silk frills, old rose ribbon cuffs, a waist floral cluster with streaming ends, and a large bat trim accented by red and green currants.
Brave In Patches Reflects On Courage Inconsistencies
A writer notes inconsistencies in courage, citing a VC who cannot bear baiting, Phil May’s circus hand fleeing to the lions den, and others who endure pain or fear in one context but not in public writing or riding, concluding bravery comes in patches.
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V.C
Phil May
YMACA Boys Camp Ends. Sunburn Relief Noted at Tusket Falls
At the Yarmouth YMACA boys camp held at Tusket Falls in August, Minard's Liniment was found most beneficial for sunburn and offered immediate relief for colic and toothache. Alfred Stokes, General Secretary.
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Yarmouth
Tusket Falls
Minard
Alfred. Stokes
See’y
John Wesley sermons and Worms Exterminator ad
An old notice cites John Wesley preaching about forty five thousand sermons and uses a worm exterminator product by Mother Graves to protect children from convulsions and death. The ad claims increased strength for the remedy and links it to Fr Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio signs.
A Long Wait. Edith and Maud Tackle a Morning Tale
The paper tells of a man who cooked his own breakfast for 20 years. Maud notes he must have been very hungry when he finally finished. Edith adds a playful twist to the tale.
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Edith
Maud
Napoleon era vast empire described and odd beliefs
The article surveys Napoleon Bonaparte ruling a European empire excluding Russia, Turkey, and Britain. It also notes antiquated lore about salamanders, worm remedies by Miller, and claims on factory colors boosting production. It closes with a Japanese superstition about animal noises.
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Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe
Russia
Turkey
Great Britain
Tar sands project advances after San Francisco talks
Col JK Cornwall, recently back from San Francisco, where he met Fort McMurray and San Francisco Oil Refining Company shareholders, states there is enough Athabasca and Mackenzie riverbank material to pave every Canadian city town and village. The group decides to continue experimental work on the Athabasca tar sands.
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Athabasca
Mackenzie
Canada
Col JK Cornwall
San Francisco
Fort McMurray and
Help for Asthma Remedy Ad Claims Fast Relief
An ad promotes Dr J D Kellogg s Asthma Remedy as daily relief for long standing asthma and warns neglect worsens bronchial grip. It urges use at the first signs to prevent years of suffering.
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J. D. Kellogg
Those Dear Old Girls Again and Holloway’s Corn Remover Ad
A brief trimmed item notes a line about a person named Catherine Jack Huggins and a stumble by Flossie with a quoted Edinburgh Scotsman remark. It mentions Holloway's Corn Remover claimed to have its own power and effectiveness for coins removal.
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Catherine Jack Huggins
Flossie
Edinburgh Scotsman
Holloway
If Indemnity Were Paid in Gold
The article argues that the total indemnity demanded of Germany by the Allies, converted into five dollar gold pieces, would form a golden path six feet wide and long enough to encircle the globe at the equator.
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Germany
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Wiliam Feenie
Fernie
Charles Jonnart
Athens
Vatican
France
Cremona
Italy
Milan
London Times
John Doughty
Portsmouth
Victory
Ambrose J. Small
Toronto
Doughty
Cate
Dr.Chase
Electrif
Don's
Seeak
Kaiser
Marie Belmont
Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
John Wesley
Ial
Aot Dan
Dominion
Fczema
Rezema
Fruit Lands Exchange
Grand Forks
B.C
Ken Yous
Satrina
Seat
Eeewinee
Liniment Lamberman
Bayer
Mate Exide
Wade Ark
Idee
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