World Happenings Briefly Told
Abolitions for capital punishment announced in Austria Holland Norway Sweden Portugal Italy and Romania. King Edward’s Horse to be disbanded by royal approval. Divorces outpacing marriages. Constantinople reports 9259 and 7954 official figures for last year. Vancouver port 1923 imports plus exports total 357,685,730 dollars. Turkish police close French and Italian schools over religious emblems. Canada receives eight to ten million dollars in British debt settlement remitted via New York. Ontario law adds arrest power for liquor violations. Victoria Vancouver air service proposed as first of its kind in Canada.
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Constantinople
Daily Mail
Vancouver
Board of Harbor Commissioners
Canada
New York
Dr J P Kellogg Asthma Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Advertises a remedy that purportedly halts asthma by reaching the breathing passages and driving the condition out. Claims repeated treatments yield fast retreat of symptoms and urges readers to keep the product for ready use.
Valuable Map Linked to Columbus Discovery Found
A map attributed to Christopher Columbus was discovered in the National Library by M. De La Ronciere head of the printed book section. He believes it may be the inspiration for Columbus epoch making voyage and notes it is filed as a sixteenth century Portuguese map with a view of Genoa harbor. The document shows the earth as a surrounding island with four oceans and coastlines of Europe and Africa to the Cape of Good Hope.
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Christopher Columbus
America
National Library
M. de la Ronciere
Genoa
Europe
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Easy Now to Lose a Day Promises Safe Weight Loss
An advertisement from Alexander Laboratories at 431 Bohan Building, Toronto promotes a free sample of reducing Vita mines claiming simple, drug-free weight loss in a day without thyroid drugs or strenuous activity.
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Alexander
Alexander Laboratories
Bohan Bidg
Toronto
Ontario
Bulgarian Reparations Agreement Post Armistice Reached
Foreign Minister Kalloff and the Inter Allied Commission announced an agreement in which Bulgaria will pay 25,000,000 gold levas to cover the expenses of the occupying armies after the armistice.
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Kalloff
Inter-Allied Commission
Bulgaria
Demand and Supply For Home Market Only
A New York Herald note argues American wheat farmers will shift to serving the domestic market as tariffs fail to provide real protection. It cites U S wheat exports falling from 366 million bushels in 1926 to 173.5 million in the prior year, while cheaper foreign producers threaten U S acreage and world sowings push a reduction.
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United States
New York Herald
Soviet Airman Plans North Pole Polar Flight
Soviet airman Rossinsky aims for a June expedition to the North Pole with about ten participants including scientists. A hydroplane will carry fuel for a 48 hour flight and a red flag will be set up at the Pole not later than September.
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North Pole
Rossinsky
Spring Weather Harsh on Baby
The Canadian spring brings alternating mild and blustery days causing babies to be kept indoors in overheated poorly ventilated homes. This often leads to colds stomach upsets and minor illnesses for which Baby's Own Tablets are suggested to prevent or relieve discomfort. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25c a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Large Sum For Shakespeare Folio At London Auction
At a Britwell Library sale in London Dr Phillip H Rosenbach of Philadelphia paid 1860 pounds for a 1632 copy of Shakespeare Rape of Lucrece, one of only five known copies. The sale realized over 77000 pounds so far and Rosenbach already paid 63000 pounds for the top items in the collection.
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Britwell
London
Phillip H. Rosenbach
Philadelphia
Rosenbach
World population estimates near fifteen hundred million
Estimates place the global population around 1.5 billion. Analysts note figures vary by region and method, but the milestone underscores rapid growth and urbanization as nations track demographic trends.
Dr Hamiltons Mandrake and Butternut Pills Claim Cure
An advertisement markets Dr Hamiltons Pills of Mandrake and Butternut as the easiest and safest laxative. It asserts the pills clean the stomach intestines and bowels drive out waste matter tone the kidneys and forever cure constipation.
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Dr. Hamilton
Dr Hamiltons Pills Instant Relief
Dr Hamiltons Pills advertised as a general tonic and system cleanser claim mild, efficient relief. Product named Drake and Butternut formula offered at dealers for 25c a box, five for $1.09 through The Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
McKims Directory Of Canadian Publications Seventeenth Edition
McKims Directory of Canadian Publications notes total publications in Canada and Newfoundland at 1 499 this year down from 1 553 last year with daily papers dropping to 114 from 121 semi weekly 30 from 34 and weekly 975 from 1022. The volume highlights agency advertising lists provincial geography city and town data and titles in languages other than English or French. Published by A McKim Limited priced at $3 with offices in Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Hamilton and London England.
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Canada
McKim
Newfoundland
McKim's Directory
A. McKim, Limited
McKim's Directory of
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Hamilton
London
England
Norfolk St
W.C
Twin brothers Richard and John Webber share lifelong coincidences
Twin brothers Richard and John Webber born near Barnstaple Devon in 1851 have worked side by side since twelve in Wales as moulders. They married on the same day and live next door to each other. Each fathered ten children and both served as Sunday school teachers and choristers for 57 years. Also noted is the enduring reputation of Mothers Graves Worm Exterminator.
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Quebec
Dodd
St. Raphael
Que
Canada
Madame A. Blanchette
Richard
John Webber
Barnstaple
Devon
Wales
Pershing Nears Retirement at Age 64
General Pershing has returned from a six months’ European trip and will turn 64 on September 13. He would retire from active service automatically unless Congress acts to waive the age limit so he can continue guiding the army with his experience.
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Pershing
Europe
Congress
Saskatchewan to Exhibit at Toronto and Chicago Livestock Fairs
The Saskatchewan Livestock Board in Regina decided to send representatives to the Toronto and Chicago live stock exhibitions this year, ensuring provincial presence at major events.
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Saskatchewan
Toronto
Chicago
Saskatchewan Livestock Board
Regina
Northern cyclone tracks span Canada and U S regions
Major cyclones often follow distinct paths across Southern Canada and the Northern United States. Minard's Liniment is advertised as a remedy for colds.
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North America
Canada
United States
Record Breaking Run Of Lightnin At Winnipeg Theatre
Lightnin will stay at the Walker Theatre Winnipeg through Easter week with matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. Demand to extend the run led to adding shows through April 26. The company then moves to Saskatoon for three day bookings at Empire Theatre and Regina Theatre. Cast includes Bill Jones and renowned courtroom and vaudeville acts thrilling Winnipeg and Broadway audiences. Thomas Jefferson and Bessie Bacon among artists bringing Lightnin to Canada before a London tour next summer.
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Lightnin
Walker Theatre
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Empire Theatre
Regina Theatre
Regina
Sir J. Forbes-Robertson
Bill Jones
Reno
California-Nevada State Line
Gaiety Theatre
Thomas Jefferson
Bessie Bacon
Charles E. Evans
Canada
London
Catarrho Zone Promises Quick Relief for Colds and Coughs
The advertisement touts Catarrho Zone as a guaranteed cure for catarrh bronchitis and related ailments. It claims rapid relief, simple use, and complete effectiveness with a two month supply priced at 1.00 for large and 50 cents for small, available at druggists or by mail from The Catarrhozone Co. Montreal.
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Catarrhozone
Catarrhozone Co
Montreal
Editor Bans Outside Directions From Paper Staff
The managing editor summons staff to discard outsiders’ directions for running the paper. He turns his chair and instructs the office boy to place the directives into a large waste basket, signaling dismissal of external influence as the American Legion Weekly notes.
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American Legion Weekly
The Oil for the Farmer
A bottle of Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil in the farm house will ease journeys for the doctor. It helps children with colds and croap and aids the mature who suffer pains and aches. Directions exist for its use on sick cattle. There should always be a bottle in every house.
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Thomas
Currenium Gas Declared Safe for Airships in LA
Currenium, a newly produced gas via electric process in Los Angeles, is claimed non inflammable and non explosive and cheap to produce for use in airships.
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Los Angeles
Utah allows firing squad method for death row inmates
In Utah, inmates under a death sentence may choose to be shot by a firing squad if they desire. The provision frames the method as an option within capital punishment procedures.
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Utah
Anuric Tablets End Kidney Suffering, Reader Testimony
Mrs. Albert Blunt of Toronto reports congested kidneys and burning bladder pain eased after taking Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. The letter promotes Anuric as the best anti uric acid medicine, urging readers to buy or send 10 cents for a trial package and to seek free medical advice from Doctor Pierce.
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Toronto
Ont
Dr.Pierce
Albert Blunt
Bievins
Doctor Pierce
Bridgeburg
Dr. Pierce
Prest. Invalids Hotel
Buffalo
Easter Lesson The Risen Christ in Mark 16
Sunday School lesson on Easter focuses on Mark 16 1 15 and 1 Corinthians 15 20 noting the women who brought spices to the tomb and the stone rolled away by dawn The devotional reading includes Psalm 16 5 11 and the commentary urges trust over fear citing an Indian legend about mist turning a barrier into path.
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Christ
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Magdala
James
Jesus
Salome
Zebedee
John
Mark
J. D. Jones
Coughing Plant Discovered In Tropics
A botanist reports a new tropical bean plant that coughs when dust gathers on its leaves. Air chambers in the leaf breathing organs fill with gas, swell, and release gas with a cough like sound to blow away dust.
British Columbia Timber Revenues Forecast for Next Fiscal Year
Minard's Liniment for Coins Three and a half million dollars, or nearly 20 per cent, of the whole revenue of the province, is the estimated direct gain from the timber resources of British Columbia during the coming fiscal year. Timber licenses are expected to produce $1,250,000, royalties $1,600,000, timber leases $350,000, and timber leases $100,000.
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British Columbia
Belief Among English Miners About Bath Heaving
An old English miner’s belief held that washing the back while heaving a bath would weaken that part of the body. The notion reflects rustic health lore once common in mining communities.
War Material Scrapped Largest Pile to Be Sold in Vancouver
A vast cache of railway material from World War I, gathered in Canada and the United States, is offered for sale in Vancouver. About forty thousand tons of car wheels trucks springs and bolts were amassed for Russia but never shipped after the Russian revolution. The $14 million lot, sized for Russian railways, is now advertised for sale in London with bids from $509000 to $1000000.
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Vancouver
Canada
United States
Russia
London
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Austria
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Portugal
Maly
Romania
Edward
Victoria
Madame Blanchette
Roland Ferguson
Lake St
Peterboro
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
McKim’s Directory of Canadian Publications
Minard
Mrs
Elb
Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited
The
Tropics
British Columbia Timber Resources
Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Dominion Express
Oe Gillespie
Abbotsford
Harold C. Shipman & CO
Sra Wa' Canaba
Seigel
Eer
Sao
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