World Happenings Briefly Told From Far and Near
Reports from around the world note a tentative weapon size in San Francisco and a large caribou migration near Copper River. The New York Times links labor strife to the anthracite industry with a strike date set and a $165000 amount. Lancashire reports foot and mouth outbreaks with cattle destruction. A Hawaii park plan includes Captain Cook’s monument on Kona coast. London trade volume and London traffic rise as Elephant and Castle trade grows. Tutankhamun’s tomb reopens with a second sarcophagus uncovered and flowers preserved.
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Territory of
Hawaii
Kealakekua
Kona
James Cook
Plover
Elephant and Castle
London
Hyde Park Corner
Cairo
Mall
Tut Ankh-Amen
Relics of Ancient Mayas Unearthed by Explorer Head to British Museum
About 200 Maya artifacts unearthed by F. A. Mitchell Hedges in the Alberto interior of British Honduras are now in the British Museum. Most are pottery fragments including a miniature smiling head and a patterned die suggesting early Mayan printing. The finds hint at a lost Maya civilization and potential new data to solve its origins.
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Explorer
F. A. Mitchell Hedges
Alberto
British Manduras
British Museum
London
Mitchell Hedges
Factory Turns Out Speeches Industry Expands Sales
A Pennsylvania factory reports sales of three million speeches in 1924 with plans to double output in 1925. Prices range from 2.5 cents to 40 dollars per set, with bundles and thousands of short narratives, prayers, and toasts offered for various occasions.
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Inaylvania
United States
Pennsylvania
Settlement Address on China and Foreign Powers
Yon N Rowell KC returned from the Orient and urged that force will not resolve the China question with the foreign powers. He called for a settlement giving China autonomy over tariffs and foreign law while protecting trade. He cited a near total boycott of British goods harming British crude trade.
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Sunnus Wapadian Club
China
First Potatoes Travel From Tropical America
The passage notes that potatoes likely came to England from Santa Fe in tropical America by 1565, with alternative dates given and early cultivation linked to Ireland via Sir Walter Raleigh. It references opinions on origins and adds a travel note about maritime cabins being safest per an insurance authority.
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Peru
South America
Santa Fe
Tropical America
John Akins
Ireland
Walter Raleigh
County Cork
John Bull
Mosul
Jona
S Pullman
Becanfverse
Boston Transcript
Rtak
Spokane
Spokesman-Review
Insurance Authority
Strong Man Sandow Tour Tragedy and Fame
The article recalls Eugen Sandow the famed strongman touring Canada who died of consumption in his early forties after spectacular feats. It contrasts public envy with the weak health that often accompanies great strength and warns of neglecting self care.
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Oman
Worl
Canada
Imre Methoes
Nak Sandow
Ted Bauts
Alberta United States and Eastern Canada direct telephone link tested
Lieutenant Governor RG Brett and minister Lailth conducted a successful phone test linking Alberta with Montana Colorado and Arizona at Helena Denver and Phoenix. Premier Greenfield attended as officials observed the dial tone with Ottawa and Vancouver calls postponed because of a short circuit near Wetaskiwin.
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Alberta
United States
Canada
Othe American Union
RG. Brett
Jon. V. W. Lailth
Montana
Colorado
Arizona
Helena
Denver
Phoenix
Greenfield
Ottawa
Vancouver
Wetaskiwin
Mars Scientist Finds Extreme Cold On Planet
Dr. W. W. Coblentz of the Bureau of Standards reports a mean surface temperature near 29 degrees on Mars with readings of 1 degree below zero occurring frequently. Much of the work was done last August during a period when Mars was unusually close to Earth.
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Dientist
Mars
W. W. Coblentz
Bureau of Standards
Washington
Coblentz
Lolars
Earth
Dress patterns and gowns from a late pattern book
A fragmented sale notice describes patterns No. 1127 for solid frocks and simple dresses with 40 to 48 inch bust options. It notes yardage needs, price 10 cents for a book, and promotes home sewing with designs illustrated in a new book for taste and simplicity.
How To Order Patterns Provines 20 Cents or Stamps
Advertisement notes sending 20 cents or stamps to obtain patterns. Mentions wrap colas carefally spelling oddities. Encourages readers to mail payment for pattern orders and implies a simple process.
Motor Car Maintenance Advances in Canadian Insurance
G D Finlayson, superintendent of Insurance for Canada, spoke at the Ontario Fire and Casualty Insurance Agents Association on motor car maintenance. He cited 500000 pleasure automobiles in Canada and an annual maintenance cost around 150 million dollars, about half the national debt a decade ago.
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G. D. Finlayson
Dominion of Canada
Ontario Fire and Casualty Insurance Agent's Association
Toronto
Finlayson
Mr. Finlayson
Canada
Hungarian settlers to join Cochrane ranch in Alberta
Haron Joseph Cravosey and his brother Apire, new ranch owners in the Cochrane district, Alberta, plan to bring several Hungarian families as settlers. The immigrants will travel via the Canadian Pacific Railway and receive improved land on the Csavovey estate upon arrival.
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Hungary
Alberta
Haron
Joseph Cravosey
Apire
Cochrane
Simm
Canadhan
Csavovey
Our Country Canada Banner Promises Glorious Future
A patriotic message celebrates Canada and confidence in a bright national future with emphasis on pride in citizens and border cities as signs of greatness.
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Canada
Nature study urged by the flover and Bren lightning remark
A fragmentary note suggests a focus on nature study and mentions Bren lightning as a phrase, with no clear event or date. The text reads as an odd combination of ideas and lacks coherent details or names.
Wheat yields and farm reports from Western Canada
Reports from Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan districts note wheat yields ranging from 20 to 49 bushels per acre with some fields reaching 45 to 110 bushels for oats. Farm streams include E Rastuseon Crooked Lake and W Johnstone Deloraine. Aberdeen Sask and Portage la Prairie figures cited.
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Canada
Crooked Lake
Alberta
Edmonton
W. Johnstone
Deloraine
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Aberdeen
Sask
Saskatoon Star Feiatztets
Drastic Reform In Turkey Moves Monasteries Out
A government decree in Turkey abolishes all monasteries and prohibits religious orders, leaving about 29,400 mystics of Islam without formal education or suitable paths, and also bans the dervish orders known for howling whirling and whispering. The measure targets religious life as secularism takes effect.
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Ife
Repubic
New Health Society Aims Golden Age of Health In England
The London Daily Express reports that three former British prime ministers, along with Oxford figures and several physicians, form a New Health Society to inaugurate in December. The group seeks disease prevention and a new healthy lifestyle to create a new race. A nation wide propaganda campaign will follow.
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London Daily Express
Great Britain
Oxford
Asquith
Earl of Balfour
Ramsay MacDonald
England
Daily Express
Premier Baldwin and Crossword Puzzles in Policy Talk
Report notes Prime Minister Baldwin as a devoted crossword fan, using word layouts to illustrate points at table talks on security debts and disarmament. Other items discuss weather, road dust for freezing tests, and Washington’s stance on French war debt.
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Jemier Baldwin
Baldwin
Britain
Alway
Nord
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Fragments in Brief
A list of scrambled phrases and fragments including hints like large woody, harmless materials, ship terms, and jewelry. The text reads like puzzle clues and stray words with inconsistent capitalization and partial phrases across lines.
Tattoo Removing Formula Claimed by Paris Knife Thrower
Antoine, a famed Paris knife thrower, allegedly revealed a method to erase tattoos by applying tannic acid solution and injecting it with needles. He claimed the wounds crust over and vanish in two to three weeks, taking the ink with them. The police noted two chest tattoos disappeared during interrogation.
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Antoine
Paris
Scieasts
Toronto woman wins six first prizes at national exhibition
Margaret Hamilton near Owen Sound, living on a farm, trained as a cook and earned six first prizes at Toronto's National Exhibition for brown bread, milk buns, canned strawberries, canned raspberries, and orange marmalade. Her white bread and cookies earned second and third places.
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Toronto
Canada
Mr. J National Exhibition
Hamilton
Windermere Avenue
Whdows
Hamlton
Wousa
Owen Sound
Margaret Mer
Decimal currency and Ottawa capital choice in 1858
In 1858 Canada adopted decimal currency and Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the site of United Canada’s capital, to become the Dominion capital nine years later. That year also saw the Atlantic cable laid between England and Nova Scotia.
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Canada
Ottawa
United Canada
Dominion
England
Nova Scotts
Wembley Exhibit Shows Food M Hampton Rats Warning
A lax Wembley exhibit features a mock grocer shop displaying cheese oatmeal bread sugar and tea to illustrate risks from unwrapped foods. A staged scene shows dummy rats eating the items to emphasize that food should be properly protected, with a later reveal of the mock theft.
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Wembley
Mle
St Wemblex
Reid
Seventy year old Englishwoman scales Wetterhorn solo
Miss Wheston, aged English climber, reportedly ascends the Wetterhorn in Switzerland without a companion. She endures a grueling ascent, facing extreme fatigue as she pushes to the peak, a feat unmatched by prior attempts by women of any age.
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Wheston
Switzerland
Wetterhorn
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Turkey
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Paradise
Jalued
Uni
Fé At
Mealean
Teli
W. R Motherwell
Department For Agriculture
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