World Happenings Briefly Told
A compact news digest notes Flying Officer WW P Stewart transfer to Winnipeg service. Fifteen drowned when the Spanish steamer Ogono collided with the British tug King's Cross in the North Sea. Warren Packard, 1 year old heir to Packard, killed in private seaplane crash near Grosse Pointe Michigan. Tokyo conference discusses education for Japanese girls. Arctic mail service between Fort McMurray and Aklavik to begin in November. British army aeroplane crashes at Heliopolis. seven aboard, three killed. Mail from Canadian Pacific steamer Montrose delivered in Montreal Toronto Hamilton London Windsor. Hematite discovery on Lake St Joseph island by Watts and Jennings. ore body about a mile by four miles.
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WW. P. Stewart
Royal Canadian Air Force
Jericho Sta
Winnipeg
Empire
Tokyo
Fort McMurray
Alberta
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
Peter J. Vent
Heliopolis
Canadian Pacific
Montrose
Rimouski
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Windsor
Canada
Lake St. Joseph
George Watts
R.A. Jennings
Razor blades find unlikely use as prizes abroad
A missionary once collected about 300,000 fused razor blades that could not be disposed of. in Africa they are valued and used as prizes in a fifty-a-side football match, showing how discarded blades can have unexpected utility in other lands.
Young Ernst Fischbach Joins Graf Zeppelin Crew
A 15-year-old German youth Ernst Fischbach serves as a steward aboard the Graf Zeppelin. He joined the airship April 10 and hopes to become a smallshipman with study. The article notes his serious demeanor and a previous Graf Zeppelin patrol where engine trouble forced a return. Also mentioned is a Leeds University exhibit of a new sheep breed at Harrogate.
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Graf Zeppelin
Ernst Fischbach
Ernst
Eckener
Leeds University
Harrogate
England
Conquer Mountain Peak Ely From New York Succeed
A New York party led by Dr Andrew Gilmore and Miss Helen Buck scaled Mount Alexander near the Continental Divide in British Columbia after years of pursuit of Alphnists. The ascent rose above 11 000 feet amid previously impregnable ice. The group also climbed Reisplendent and Chown, returning via the Main Divide from Devona in the Smoky River country. Watt plans to conquer Mount Robson.
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Mount Alexander
Continental Divide
Prince George
B.C
Andrew Gilmore
New York
Helen Buck
Mary Godard
Potter
Frank Waterman
J. Watt
B. Comstock
New
More Powerful Motors For New Zeppelins
Dr. Leister Kelp of Hamburg American Line, a round trip passenger on Graf Zeppelin’s U S flight, says the line will likely finance new Zeppelins with stronger motors. They would average about 95 mph and offer regular trans oceanic service regardless of weather. He foresees fares Germany to the United States dropping from 2000 to 1000 dollars in a few years.
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Leister Kelp
Hamburg American Line
U.S
Graf Zeppelin
Steamship
Zeppelin
Germany
Two piece school fashion for little girls in 1910s style
Winnipeg newspaper notes an important school outfit for 6 to 14 year olds featuring a tight fitting hip skirt attached to a camisole bodice, trimmed neck and front, arrow cuff sleeves, and ready wear in blue wool jersey. It lists fabric options like Middy blue wool crepe and red crepe, with patterns priced at 25 cents via stamps or coin.
Old Settler Deported Over Immigration Violations in Montana
John Donaldson Ross a Scottish immigrant faced deportation after moving into Willow Glen Montana and living in the United States in violation of immigration laws. He and his family were rounded up, shipped to Fils Island, and sent back to Scotland aboard a special train with other deportees amid reports of asylum funding and Genese settlements.
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John Donaldson Ross
Sig Tapers
Laney
Willow Glen
Montana
Fion
Seabe
Scotland
Ince Adriatic
Anaconda Copper Co
Blow
Canada
United States
Fils Island
Coats
Geneses Ea Ieeee
Arta Fund
Ross
Genese
Rene
Bnt
Betty Barclay Week Recipes Plainly Presented
Butter, flour, sugar and milk form the base of a simple Betty Barclay recipe. Melt butter, mix with flour and hot milk to boil, then add beaten eggs and sugar with salt. Cool, fold in stiff egg whites, bake 30 to 35 minutes in a slow oven, and serve with sauce or cream.
Unusual Copenhagen Church Built as Grundtvig Memorial
An unusual Danish church in Copenhagen is built as a memorial to preacher N F Grundtvig and shaped like a gigantic organ. The article notes the organ form against the sky and mentions a corkscrew tower of the Church of Our Saviour 288 feet high with exterior stairs. It also references Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty presented to the United States in Paris on July 4, 1884.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
N. F
Grundtvig
Bartholdi
United States
Paris
Historic Apartment Preserved At London YMCA Founder’s Room
The charted room where Sir George Williams founded the YMCA is preserved above a drapery shop in St. Paul’s Churchyard. The original upstairs room and table survived a building lift during reconstruction while pilgrims from worldwide visit to honor the founder. The YMCA later rented a room in a coffee house for half a crown weekly.
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London
Ymlc.a
Sir George Williams
Young Men's Christian Association
St. Paul's Churchyard
Peach Jam From Soft Peaches And Jam Bread Spread
A recipe using 10 pounds peaches 6 pounds sugar and 2 cups water describes using soft peaches for jam or bread spread. Remove stones slice fruit simmer in water until thick and jelly like then pack hot jars and seal. A puzzled exchange ends with a quip about family quarrels and an anecdote on animal keeping costs quoting a walrus and elephants.
Nehemiah revolt and the people a mind to work
Devotional text discusses Nehemiah leading rebuilding amid ridicule as a model for church work. It highlights the people’s "mind to work," Nehemiah’s perseverance, and the fifty two day completion with dedication. The piece echoes William George Jordan on standing firm against opposition.
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Nehemiah
Samaria
Jerusalem
God
F. W
Tobian
Sanballat
Tobiah
William George Jordan
Engles
Cyclone Damages Farm and Barn Reflect in Town Talk
Two farmers in town discuss cyclone damage to the countryside noting harm to their area. One asks Hank about his new barn, but the answer is unclear as the barn’s condition hasn’t been found yet.
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Hank
New York Bank Skyscraper Promises Global Sighting
The London Daily Chronicle notes a new bank building in Wall Street rising 840 feet with 63 storeys, set to be among the world’s tallest structures. It would vastly outheight Britain's Salisbury spire and even surpass Egypt’s pyramids when measured from ground to cross of St Paul’s.
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London Daily Chronicle
W Street
New York
Britain
Salisbury Cathedral
Cross of St. Paul's
Egypt
Patterns Order Address in Winnipeg Newspaper Union
The reader seeks ordering patterns from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 173 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Census data notes 1920 US cen tenarians show 1 561 men and 2 708 women. Tomato seed extract used in manufacturing one scope.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Needle compass shifts across centuries at Hudson Bay
The article notes magnetic needle readings near Hudson Bay from 1700 to 1900 showing shifts of 24 degrees west, one degree west, and 10 degrees east, totaling a 34 degree change over two centuries. A courtroom exchange asks if the prisoner was drunk when found, and the officer replies drunk as a judge, prompting the judge to correct the phrase.
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Hudson Bay
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Betty Barclay
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