World Happenings Briefly Told
Robert Bell announces the next Press Congress session will be in Ottawa in July 1929. J A Wilson foresees an all red world route. C Lee to succeed Chow Kwo Yen as China’s consul general in Canada. Rev Reuben Archer Torre, long associated with Dwight Moody, dies in Asheville at 72. BBC broadcasts a King George portrait 100 miles from Daventry to Manchester. Winnipeg’s Miss Fileen Magill becomes Canada’s first woman private pilot graduate. Martha Ostenso gathers Canadian Rockies color for a new novel and plans a Europe trip. A party led by Lt Commander Glen Kidston uses an airplane linked to Alfred Loewenstein’s fatal Channel plunge to hunt big game in Africa after an overhaul.
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Robert Bell
Press Congress of the World
Ottawa
Ont
J. A. Wilson
British Isles
Europe
C. Lee
Chow Kwo Yen
China
Canada
Dominion
Reuben Archer Torre
Dwight L. Moody
Asheville
N.C
England
British Broadcasting Corporation
King George
Daventry
Winnipeg
Fileen Magill
Civil Aviation
Department of Nations Defence
Martha Ostenso
Canadian Rockies
Miss Ostense
Norway
Alfred Loewenstein
English Channel
Glen Kidston
Africa
Western Canada Farmers Own Cars and Tractors
A recent analysis shows 38 of 100 Western Canadian farmers own a motor car and 18 of 100 farms have gasoline tractors. London claims the world’s largest ice skating rink at the Richmond Ice Skating Club opening this fall with a skating area of 4,300 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
London
Richmond
Mother of twins helped by Compound Serene
A fragmented note from Mitchell Ontario describes a mother afflicted by twin pregnancies and postnatal pains, headaches, and weakness. The writer claims relief after using a compound Serene medicine, stating improved strength and ability to work. The text remains partial and uncertain about medical authority or dosage.
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Mitchell
Bat Ia
Light Beam Demonstration Synthesizes Music via Hand Blocking
A beam of light at Atlanta’s Hotel Bate fore amused engineers as Light Beam expert Jan Bellamy Taylor showcased “narrow castings” using advanced apparatus. The demonstration, before the American Institute of America Engineers, used photocell tubes and amplifiers to convert light into sound, with music rising or falling as Taylor blocked the light with his hand.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Jan Bellamy Taylor
General Electric Company
Seneceday
Insite of America
Ugh
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Electrcal
Baby's Own Tablets Win Praise From Mothers
Canadian mother Mrs. Howard King of Truro Nova Scotia endorses Baby's Own Tablets as an ideal remedy for children. The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario sells boxes for 25 cents, with medicine dealers carrying the product.
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Howard King
Truro
N.S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Frock Style for Little Girls With Convertible Collar
A Pattern No 356 designs a buttoned front frock for girls ages 6 to 14 with long sleeves and a convertible collar. It can be worn with or without a wide belt and suited to novelty plaids or various fabrics. Requires 2 yards of 36 inch material and 1 yard of 27 inch contrast. Priced at 25 cents.
Ants as Firemen Demonstrated by Formic Acid
In Fountainbleau forest, Marguerite Combes reports fire extinguishing ants of formica rufa aided by formic acid. The ants first panic, then squirt acid to smother flames, showing higher intelligence than other hills of ants. Some colonies fail to direct the stream, while others extinguish the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal de Psychologie
Pierre Janet
Paris
Marguerite Combes
Fountainbleau
Recipes For This Week By Betty Barclay
A collection of kitchen guidance includes a spreadable cheese and pimento filling on toast, a beef heart dish with stuffing and a simmered cooking method, and an aside noting Knights of the Garter wear the insignia daily including while sleeping.
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Betty Barclay
Garter
Patterns Order Guide From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Winnipeg Platinum Production Canada ranks third in importance as a platinum group metal source, following Rumia and Colombia, with address at 375 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada
Rumia
Colombia
Minard's Liniment Heals Cuts as Bruises
A brief exchange accompanies an old advertisement claim that Minard's Liniment heals cuts and bruises. The dialogue features a passerby asking for a nickel or coffee and roll in return for a tip on where to obtain it for five cents.
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Minard
The Best Laxative He Ever Tried Mr Wan
Towner New York writes about quick relief from indigestion with Carter's Little Liver Pills, praising their effectiveness. The fragment mentions Barces and a page reference, indicating an advertising or reader letter context from a period newspaper.
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Wan
Towner
New York
Anya
Carter
Sunday School Lesson NovEwr Peace and Good Will Among Men
Sunday School outline notes a golden text from Romans 12 21 Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good The lesson references Romans 12 12 devotional reading Philippians 2 bal and emphasizes moral conduct and harmony summarized in the biblical verses The fragmentary text suggests a devotional class focus on overcoming evil with good and peaceful conduct among men
Call to Consecration for Sr Vice and Self Denial
A sermon on Romans urging living for God as a living sacrifice. It extols self consecration as positive, urged through Holy Spirit transformation, and cites Christ’s example. It reflects on ordinary acts shaping character, gratitude for those who helped others, and the quiet impact of pure hearts.
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Srvice
Everyone Should Have Vacation by Richard S. Bond
A plea urging city dwellers to take yearly vacations to refresh body and family. The article argues that time away from work restores vitality, keeps spouses happy, and creates lasting memories, noting death can come before retirement and urging travel by train, ship, or car for a two week or shorter break.
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Iis
Richard
Bond
Nakima Caves Describe Subterranean Passages in Glacier National Park
In British Columbia near the summits of the Seliirk range lies the Nakima Caves within Glacier National Park. The passages are among the continent’s most remarkable subterranean features, located in a scenic area managed by the National Parks of Canada under the Department of the Interior.
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Summi
Seliirk Range
British Columbia
Nakima
Glacier National Park
National Parks of Canada
Department of the Interior
Canadian mica and court action mix in local notes
Amber phlogopite dominates Canada’s mica market with rough-colober and trimmed sheet forms. Mica is cut by hand into splittings and ground varieties. Marriage case at North London Police Court highlights a separation order request while a remark on social tone notes some people’s persistent uppishness.
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Canada
North London
Not Confined To Canadians All Subjects Of King George
British subjects may work in Canada or the United States under the Jay treaty of 1794, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clarifies. The decision rejects the limit that only Canadians may cross the border for work and notes that subjects from Scotland, New Zealand, Honduras and others are covered. The piece condemns a labor group that blocked Canadian neighbors from working without union permission, urging restraint.
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George
Canada
United States
Supr Court
America
Scotland
New Zealand
Honduras
Mount Robson Dominates Robson Pass Landscape
The summit of Rovson pass sits as a broad gravel flat between Adolphus Lake in Alberta and Berg Lake in British Columbia. Mount Robson rises massively, its peak at 12,972 feet, towering 7,582 feet above the pass and dominating the surrounding landscape across the Rockies.
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Rovson Pass
Adolphus Lake
Alberta
Berg Lake
British Columbia
Rockes
Mount Robson
Alberta considers wool pool with government support
Premier Brownlee met industry representatives in Alberta to discuss a possible wool pool. The idea is being explored preliminarily and may be brought before the executive council for further consideration. The government supports cooperative efforts to advise and encourage the industry.
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Alberta
Brownlee
Executive Council
Indigestion and the Remedy Phillips Milk of Magnesia
The text notes that indigestion often signals excess stomach acid produced by overstimulated nerves, causing souring of food. It recommends an alkali to neutralize acids instantly, highlighting Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the best known to medical science and a standard for 50 years since its invention. One spoonful of this harmless remedy is implied.
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PTV Seonn
Reed Hahby
Tike Pedtan
Newspaper Union
Wrigleys Meaw. Handy Page
Hool Children’s
Bea
Canadians
Wynesta
Para- Sani
Para-Sani
Eges
Hunter-Martin & CO
Regina
SASK
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