World Happenings Briefly Told
The German government has conscribed property of Jewish Hugo Simon who is abroad. Graf Zeppelin began a south American trip October 14 with Hugo Eckener in command. Japanese minister to Canada Tokugawa studies expanding trade within the empire and with Canada. Imperial Airways eyes a trans Atlantic mail route with North American systems. Walter Newbold advocates moving UK families to Canadian districts in Winnipeg. Douglas Fairbanks denies divorce rumors from Mary Pickford. About 100 Alberta families moved to northern districts in September bringing yearly total to 400. Canada’s penal system criticized as a national disgrace by William F. Nickle. Dr H Beckwith Whitenhouse predicts cancer prevention via chemical or animal substances to bolster immunity.
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Hugo Simon
Graf Zeppelin
Priedrichnhafen
Germany
Hugo Eckener
Fon. Iyemase Tokugawa
Canada
Japan
Samuel Instone
Imperial Airways
North America
United Kingdom
Walter Newbold
Th House of Commons
Winnipeg
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Alberta
Budapest man’s scheme to sell 10000 tickets for marriage halted
A Hungarian youth in Budapest pitched a plan to raise himself as husband by selling 10,000 tickets to young women, promising marriage to the winner. Police stopped the scheme as authorities noted dangers and the Century of Progress exhibit nearby. The article ends with a light remark on married life.
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Budapest
Hungary
June
Aderrick
Night is Far Spent a Call to Armor of Light
A devotional on Romans 13 12 14 and Ephesians 6 10 13 urging Christians to cast off darkness put on the armor of light and walk as children of day. The piece cites Paul Johns and Bosworth stressing accountability to God and the lordship of Christ in life and death.
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Paul
Corinth
Rome
John
Howson
God
James Stifler
Jesus Christ
E. J. Bosworth
Christ
Christ Declared Lord of the Dead and the Living
A devotional line notes that through dying and living again Christ is sovereign over both the dead and the living, emphasizing eternal sovereignty and life after death in Christian belief.
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Christ
Lord of
One Way Glass Patent Lets Inside View Only
A new patent to Frederic A. Delano head of Washington city park and planning commission describes a glass that is transparent from inside but opaque from outside. The diffusion of light on one surface creates a one way view enabling occupants to see out while outsiders cannot see in. Other recent patents include a self brushing toothbrush a calculating machine a grain feeding optimizer a collar hole cover a ventilated seat cushion and a collapsible gravestone.
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Frederic A. Delano
Park and Planning Commission of
Washington
Travel Turmoil Halts Chinese Eastern Railway Sale
The Star reports a chaotic state of Manchuria as Russians quarrel with Japan over selling the Chinese Eastern Railway. Tracks torn up, trains fired on, stations raided, and hundreds of railway workers kidnapped mark the precarious travel climate. Armed gangs intensify violence, with yearly attack counts climbing to hundreds.
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Japan
Manchuria
Whale carries harpoon from 15 years ago near New Zealand
A whale captured off the New Zealand coast bore a harpoon fired by whalers fifteen years earlier. The report notes ongoing effects on employment and profits in Australia.
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New Zealand
Australia
Blacksmith Greenwood Forges On Truck Near Chestnut Tree
The fragment notes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow contrasts with Harry C. Greenwood of Baltimore Maryland, a 20th century smith. With horse decline Greenwood travels by truck to the forge and chestnut trees, maintaining craft without a stationary shop and adapting to new conditions.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Harry C. Greenwood
Baltimore
Maryland
Greenwood
Strict Apple Shipment Rules Slow British Cargo
The steamship Ines will not load apples from infested areas bound for Great Britain. Inspectors from the Dominion Fruit Branch certify shipments as free of apple maggot before loading, acting as a safeguard against infestation.
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Great Britain
Ines
Dominion Fruit Branch
Some People Born Great or Achieve It But You Prate On
A fragmented remark contrasts birth greatness and earned status with constant talking. The line hints at different paths to influence and questions persistent chatter as a placeholder for virtue versus noise.
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William F. Nickle
Kingston
Ont
Toronto
Montreal
H. Beckwith Whienouse
Ma Gfew
She Sineerie
Bullet Yo
Chi
Wagga
N. UL
Lermaoty
Unday
Tld’s Temperay
Iss
New
Recarious
Russia
Ketchup
Leamington
Lake Erie
Ontario
H. A. Stewart
Public Works
H. J. Heinz II
City of Windsor
Canadian Steamship Lines
Lydia E. Pinkhham
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