World News in Brief from The Week of 1925
A compact survey of global happenings notes the death of Cassdan weaving chaaspice in Teevoto at 87, wartime plane crossing the English Channel, and mentions a Chinese laundry worker incident in Mexico City. It covers British and Canadian political hints, Canadian election hints, and Fraser Pulp and Paper plant plans in Prince George.
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rSeensae Lauroa
Cassdan Wealing Chaaspice
Teevoto
English Channel
Reventor
J. de la Cleve
Mexico City
Tey
Hudsoe Strait
Maity
T A. Lawrence
Lord Lovat
Dominions
British Columbia
New Eagland
Demorata
Canada
Montreal Times
Vancouver Star
Lands Department
Fraser Pulp and Paper Company
Prince George
Persia
Surging Homestead Filings At Edmonton Land Office
During August 9 15 at the Edmonton Dominion Land Office homestead filings rose to 114 this year, up from 35 a year ago. Officials cite improved conditions, new refile rules for proven homesteads, and settlers seeking land near transport and social hubs. The piece also notes high female employment in North American telephony and a quip about flight speed versus birds, along with a claim on child growth during sleep.
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Dominion Land Office
Edmonton
Homerstead
Calgarolite Leads Imperial Oil Tankers Fleet Launch
The Calgarolite, a 15600 ton ocean tanker with 6500 horsepower, launched at Haverton on Tees with sponsor Miss Eleanor Ross. It will load 120000 barrels in 24 hours and serve routes between Talara Cartagena Montreal and Halifax. Imperial Oil operates nine large sea-going tankers plus Great Lakes steamers and Pacific vessels, totaling about 11000000 barrels capacity and enabling faster, cheaper transport.
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England
Calgarolite
Calgarvlite
Haverton Hilt on-Tees
Eleanor Ross
Victor Ross
Imperial Oil Limited
Ery Fize
Talara
Peru
Cartagena
Colombia
Montreal
Halifax
Imperial Oil
Suman
Enue
Giiven Laker
Tees
Weagais
Mea
Imperial OM
CO. Stillman
Great Lakes
Fort William
Sarnia
Pacific
Marvelite
Magdalena River
Mark Twain
Mississippi
Western Canada Livestock Prices Signal Prosperous Years
Ranchers in western Canada anticipate a cycle of prosperity as cattle fetch near double prices from three years ago and hogs, lamb, and mutton stay strong. Canadian prairie stockers and feeders remain in demand in the western United States, aided by U S market conditions and cross border trade. A separate note reports a new English road sign warning drivers on repair stretches and a dedication of the Canadian Gateway airport at Derby Line Vermont with officials from both nations present. The piece closes with a quote about happiness tied to busy lives.
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Canada
United States
Chicago
Derby Line
Vermont
Ernest W. Gibson
insomnia cure north pole sleep tip from London Evening Standard
A London Evening Standard piece recommends sleeping with the head toward the North Pole as a cure for insomnia, citing a physician and a magnetic theory about electrons traveling from the thyroid when inclined north. The excerpt also includes unrelated clippings about cheese shipments and other varied notes.
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North Pole
The
London Evening Standard
Gulf Stream Endless Loop Shapes Climate, Science Notes
National Geographic Safety Reports describe the Gulf Stream as a vast 40 mile wide, nearly 3000 foot deep current moving northeast from the Caribbean into the Atlantic and toward Europe. Winds drive water westward into the Gulf of Mexico then toward Florida Straits, with branches to Portugal and the Arctic affecting Europe’s climate.
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National Geographic Safety Reports
Society
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Straits
Europe
Merry-Goround
Atlantic
Portugal
British Iles
Arctic Ocean
England
Labrador
Norway
Greenland
Growth of West Coast Pilchard Industry in 1926 27
Do minion Inspector of Fisheries reports rapid expansion of fish reduction plants on the west coast of Vancouver. After lifting the 1926 ban fifteen plants operated producing 8,481 tons of pilchard meal and 1,898,721 gallons of pilchard oil. The following year 19 plants produced 12,115 tons of meal and 2,603,190 gallons of oil with a shift in markets from Japan to Hamburg and the United States.
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Vancouver
Dominion Inspector of Fisheries
Japan
Hamburg
United States
Unique Samples Of Success In Farm Award Canada
A Calgary Board of Trade and Provincial Agriculture prize recognized top all round farms. Tosef Ceavossy of Cochrane Alberta, a Hungarian immigrant, won best all round farm and top oats. Oscar Anderson of Sweden placed second. Wright and Bond of Irricana Alberta third. R Ness of Aston? Win ton Alberta fourth. Judges praised Ceavossy for artistic yet utilitarian buildings, orderly arrangement, pure bred livestock, and weed free fields.
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Canada
Calgary Board ‘Trade
Vincial Department
Agricul
Tosef Ceavossy
Cochrane
Alberta
Hungary
Oscar Anderson
Sweden
Messrs Wright and Bond
Irricana
United States
R. Ness
de Winton
England
Tosef Clavossy
Silk crepe framed tweed dress pattern for travel wear
Pattern describes a silk crepe dress with a plain front on a double-breasted bodice and plaited front skirt in a tweed printed fabric. The Fall season design offers sheer tweed, crepe, satin, velveteen, Jersey, faille silk crepe or sheer velvet options in sizes 16 to 44 inch bust. Pattern No. 274 costs 25 cents and accepts stamps or coin. wrap coin carefully.
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Jersey
How To Order Patterns in Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Address Winnipeg Pattern No. Name Life is like a race. Speed up and you cover more ground, but you get to the end more quickly. a man can cut a wide swath who always has an axe to grind.
Sunday School Lesson Reflects Faith and History
Fragmented devotional notes cite Galatians and Philippians, highlight faith in Christ living in believers, and quote Lyman Abbott and H. E. Fox about divine grace. It recalls Nurse Cavell, Britain’s response to Belgium, and Lenine’s rhetoric, urging reliance on grace to transform the world.
New Regina Asphalt Plant Aims to Waterproof Saskatchewan Roads
An Imperial Oil plant, valued at 25000 dollars, rises in Regina to produce asphaltic oil for waterproofing roads and paving. It handles 300 to 400 barrels daily. The item also notes a French group pushing shortened names for efficiency and a remark on rail improvements for the wealthy.
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Regina
Imperial Ol Company
Saskatchewan
Baby suffers diarrhea during teething in letter to editor
A letter from a reader, a. J. Murrey of Ull Lane, recalls her baby girl’s teething period last summer when she grew weak from diarrhoea and could not retain food until a neighbor suggested a remedy.
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A. J. Murrey
Uull Lane
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Burry
Atlantic Ocean
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Wey
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Paul the Missionary
Christ
Christianity
Lyman Abbott
Belgium
Britain
J. Arthur ‘Thomson
H. E. Fox
Lenine
Genoa
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Toronto
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