World Happenings Briefly Told
Official British attempts will be made this year on the four principal world air records speed height duration and long distance non stop. The Government will organize the Federal Rural Credits Board within the next two months according to officials of the Department of Finance at Ottawa. Lost on the windswept wastes of a fifty mile portage between the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers southwest of Holy Cross Alaska, two women were guided to safety by the lead dog of their team of huskies. Astronomical circles are deeply interested by the discovery that the star Nova Pictoris first discovered in South Africa in 1925 has split in two. Developments are being closely studied by astronomers. The collapse of the St Francis dam in Los Angeles County March 13 was due to defective foundations it was asserted in the report of the governors committee investigating the disaster. Trans-Jordania the Western part of Palestine was recognized as an independent government in the new agreement between Trans-Jordania and Great Britain made public at Jerusalem. Funeral services of the utmost simplicity were held for Mrs Charlotte Pickford mother of Mary Pickford. At the request of the motion picture actress only intimate friends and relatives attended. There was a moderate gain in employment at the beginning of March according to the monthly statements furnished to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics by 6 222 of the larger employers of labor throughout Canada. The battle flag and king s colors as well as the regimental colors of the 14th Kootenay Battalion destroyed when St Saviour s Church burned at Nelson will be replaced by tags made at Vancouver. The replacement cost will be about 400.
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Federal Rural Credits Board
Department of Inance
Ottawa
Kiskokwim
Yukon
Holy Cross
Alaska
South Africa
St. Francis
Los Angeles County
Charlotte Pickford
Mary Pickford
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
14Th
Vancouver
New York
London
Philadelphia
Australia
Andrew Hamilton
America
General Post Office
Boston
Williamsburg
Annapolis
United States
England
Inurope
Wheat production averages by province 1922 26
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta wheat yields over 1922 to 1926 averaging 17.5 17.3 and 17.2 bushels per acre respectively. With million per bushel values the returns per acre are $17.50 $16.78 and $16.16.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Inc
Tractors Replace Horses in British War Effort
The piece notes the shift from cavalry and artillery horses to tractors as supplies are moved under shell fire. It recalls the mass deaths of horses at Vimy Ridge and suggests the change will be welcomed as more practical for frontline logistics.
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Vimy Ridge
Women Your Manifold Duties Require Strength
An advertisement from St. Catharines Ontario extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine for exhausted nerves and weakness. Mrs. M F Slack narrates its benefit for nervousness and sleep, urging other weak women to try it. The ad invites readers to write for free medical advice and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets at 60 for 3 cents.
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Francis St. & All Ag
Country weeklies and a midtown reunion
A veteran reporter recalls country newspapers, the barter with advertisers, and a faded editor's cash flow. He meets Bert Mills, once on the Globe copy desk, now a successful businessman with a Brooklyn wife, a family in filing stories of moving up. To Be Continued. An apron pattern ad ends the page.
Flying Ironclads Prove British Air Dominance Over Tropics
Britain’s all metal flying boats reach Singapore on a 10 000 mile flight without mishap, the longest of its kind, signaling superiority of British aviation in the tropics. The Empire flight will continue to Australia then return via Singapore, totaling 23 000 miles. Britain aims for Schneider Cup speeds near 320 mph and envisions machines capable of 2350 mph, with turning limits noted.
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Britain
Singapore
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Tropics
World
Australia
Three Women Visit the Tomb of Christ
Early Sunday Mary Magdalene Mary the mother of James and Salome go to anoint Jesus. They find the stone rolled away and encounter an angel who proclaims Jesus is risen. Peter and John are told of the event as the narrative reflects on resurrection faith.
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Christ
Mary Magdalene
Mary
James
Salome
Peter
John
Jesus
J. McConnell
Prairie Provinces Farm Livestock Value Rises in 1927
Farm livestock including horses cattle sheep and swine in the Prairie Provinces totaled 324.949 million in 1927, up from 263.599 million the previous year. Poultry value across the three provinces reached 15.915 million.
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Prairie Provinces
Precious Stones Pave Road in Sverdlovsk Disaster
In Sverdlovsk a road project used nearly 2.5 million dollars worth of precious stones as paving. Blocks of jasper mala chite topaz and jade were crushed for the surface costing far more than the road’s 50 dollar equivalent. The scheme mirrors Kimberley South Africa where diamonds were washed from blue clay after paving errors.
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Sverdlovsk
Kimberley
South Africa
Russia
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern number names and town address appear in a Winnipeg union listing. The notice cites ordering instructions from 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canadians Spend Seventy Dollars Per Head Abroad
Canadians spent seventy dollars per person last year on United States goods. The piece urges spending more on domestic goods to boost national prosperity and promote practical patriotism. It notes that peacemaking is a finer achievement than being a pacemaker. A hammock is described as a spoonholder at many love feasts.
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United States
Real Bargains in the Modern Postal System
The piece praises the modern postal system comparing past and present speeds and costs. It highlights rate drops from historical eight to twenty-five cents to two to five cents for various regions and notes Alfonso XIII's long reign from 1902. It ends with a note about Fels plugging water pipes in a New England town.
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Alfonso XIII of
Spain
Fels
New England
Beulah Demone Seeks Help For Weak Heart After Flu
Mrs Beulah Demone of Pleasant River Nova Scotia describes lasting heart weakness after influenza. She suffered dizziness and fatigue, could not sleep due to noise and was unable to do housework despite trying several medicines before seeking aid from a friend’s suggestion.
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Beulah Demone
Pleasant River
N.S
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Getelle
Beritich
Donaldson Lunes
Trans-Jordania
Palestine
Jerusalem
Prairie
W. N
Small Town Papers
Fran Parker Stockbridge
Epertal Petrolestun Fom
Post
Copostitahlek
Curtes Pubuuteag Company
Pha Oe Iptoe
West Virginia
Washington
Harley Gleason
Georgetown
B. Franklin Simms
Old Courant
Otto Muncaster
Bert Mills
Forty-second
Fifth Avenue
Old Globe
Bert
Florida
Sarah
Flatbush
Brooklyn
Assembly
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Cornell
Syracuse
Middleboro
ROYAL
Royal Crown
Royal Crown Cleanser
Eoupep
George
Yellowstone Park
Fair Maiden
Townsend
Glasgow
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Loronte
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