World Happenings Briefly Told
A digest of global items notes uneven unemployment in Canada, ancient hieroglyphics suggest a once rich Matabeleland civilization, and a Raould Amundsen polar flight plan. Obituaries include Maurice Noonan a long time Sable Island lifesaver who died in Dartmouth aged 92. A Toronto robbery on Yonge Street steals 35 fur coats worth 8700 dollars in under two minutes.
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Maurice Noonan
Sable Island
Dartmouth
N.S
Yonge Stree
Toronto
Manitoba pear tree from Korea seeds raises hopes for orchards
Y L Skinner of Dropmore famed as Manitoba plant wizard has grown a pear tree from imported seeds at his home. The seeds came from Pukchin Korea in 1919 and were planted at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. The arboretum does not sell plants but loans specimens to major horticulturists who support its work.
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Y. L. Skinner
Dropmore
Manitoba
United States
Pukchin
Korea
Arnold Arboretum
Boston
Mass
Free Press
Such is Fame Fiddled While Rome Burned Recall of Nero Joke
A brief schoolroom anecdote features a student named Hector and a teacher misnaming Nero with a four-dog-name clue. The line ends with Towser as the humorous misdirection.
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Rome
Hector
Towser
Nero
Los Angeles
Williams Pink Pills Improve Health Across Canada
A nationwide claim asserts Dr Williams Pink Pills restore strength for run down people by enriching blood and steadying nerves. Testimonial from Andrew F Webb of Melancon, Nova Scotia describes recovery from overwork and a nervous breakdown after taking multiple boxes. Pills available through dealers or by mail for 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario.
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Canada
Andrew F. Webb
Melanson
N.S
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville, Ort
Italy Considers Emigrant Scheme Tied to Canada
Premier Mussolini met General Ricciotti Garibaldi and his daughter Italia who urged support for directing Italian emigration to Canada to help those barred from entering the United States by quota rules. The plan, first presented March 25 by Signorina Garibaldi, aims to aid locals unable to qualify for U.S. entry. Mussolini promised to study the proposal.
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Mussolini
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Italia
Canada
Signorina Garibaldi
United States
Supassed Wireless Records In Record Telegraphy Output
German wireless traffic flashed fifty one thousand one hundred thirty nine words abroad in a day surpassing all prior records. Thirty five thousand words went to the United States with most rest to Spain Italy Russia and Egypt. The bulk moved via Napen and the Eli wesen stalien stations.
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United States
Spain
Italy
Russia
Egypt
Napen
Eliwesen Stalien
British cable plan eyed for West Indies
In the House of Commons W G Ormsby Gore said Trinidad accepted the British plan for all British cable communications. West Indian governments generally favored the scheme and if Canada approves, work could start in the approaching autumn.
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House of Commons
W. G. Ormsby-Gore
Trinidad
Eclectric Oil Demonstrated Widely In Demand
Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil proves popular wherever introduced with orders for increased supplies. The portable bottles are described as durable and easy to carry, maintaining potency across latitudes and conditions.
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Thomas
Soldiers' Settlement Gains Ex Service Support
A letter to William Jones, London representative of the Canadian Soldiers' Settlement Board, from two English ex service men now settled at Melfort Saskatchewan, praises District Supervisor Dixon for valuable advice and strong support of the land settlement program for ex service men.
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Canadian Soldiers’ Settlement Board
William Jones
London
Melfort
Sask
Dixon
Settlement 7000-Year-Old Found at Holmegardsmos Denmark
Excavations at Holmegardsmos Denmark reveal a 7000 year old settlement with flint tools bone harpoons arrowheads and grindstones. Elk and reindeer remains lie beneath peat layers though no human bones have been found yet. Keep Minard's Liniment in the house.
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Holmegardsmos
Denmark
Back to the Land Movement In Ruhr Gains Gardens
German workers in the Ruhr resist French and Belgian occupation by embracing market gardening. Sixty thousand railroad employees quit work and many turn to field work, yielding a large harvest of vegetables and grain as a broad back to the land movement grows.
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Ruhr
Miller’s Worm Powders Promote Health and Worm Destruction
Miller’s Worm Powders seldom fail and immediately attack worms, expelling them from the system. The product is marketed as a complete remedy and a beneficial medicine for children, correcting weak digestion and restoring vitality to support healthy growth.
Yukon Gold Yields Hit 1922 High in Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1922 gold production at 1,263,364 ounces valued at 26 million dollars, up 86 percent from 1921. 1900 record stood at 1,350,057 ounces valued at 27.9 million dollars. Also contains unsolicited asthma remedy letters praising Kellogg's product.
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Canada
Yukon
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Dominion
Demonstration Tour Of Rural Water Supply Systems
The Ontario Department of Agriculture will tour rural districts with a motor truck to demonstrate water supply systems plumbing equipment and installation methods. Exhibits feature an air pressure ware system and kitchen and bathroom fixtures for farm dwellings. Each locality receives one day with afternoon lectures and demonstrations.
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Ontario Department of Agriculture
Bok Offers $100,000 Prize for World Peace Plan
Publisher Edward K. Bok announces a $100,000 prize to any American who can propose the most practical plan for U S cooperation with other nations to promote world peace. The best plan may be stated in five words: Join the League of Nations.
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Edward K. Bok
United States
League of Nations
Hamilton Herald
Vege table Compound Endorsed by Expectant Mothers
A Trenton Ontario reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for pregnancy use. The letter claims relief from breathlessness and ringing ears during birth and says four bottles made confinement easier as the product strengthens the entire system. Text cites multiple women testifying to its benefits.
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Trenton
Frep H Ssutu
John St
Ont
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sir George Foster to Tour Western Canada
Sir George Foster, executive committee member of the League of Nations Society in Canada, plans an extended three month tour of Western Canada to address meetings in Winnipeg Brandon Regina Moose Jaw Vancouver Victoria Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon and Winnipeg. H G Richardson will precede him to organize branches. Sir Robert Borden accepts honorary treasurership. Currie approves. One hardly ever bears a man with calluses on his hands.
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Sir George Foster
League of Nations Society
Canada
Winnipeg
Brandon
Regina
Moose Jaw
George
Vancouver
Victoria
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
H. G. Richardson
Sir George
Robert Borden
League of Nations’ Society
Arthur W. Currie
McGill
Society
Nerviline Promises Quick Relief for Sour Stomach
The advertisement claims twenty drops of Nerviline relieve gas from fermenting food and soothe distress in the stomach. It promises fast relief for night cramps and general family use with a 3-cent price at dealers.
Trains For Height Record In Glass Cage Test
French pilot Sadi LeCointe aims to break the altitude record and has reached 12 000 yards in principle but remains grounded. He endures a glass chamber test as scientists chill the air to ten below zero and feed him from an oxygen tank while he pilots a miniature cockpit.
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Sadi LeCointe
LeCointe
Macready
Will Ship Coal East At Freight Rate Of Seven Dollars
Premier Greenfield announces a fixed freight rate of 7.00 per ton for experimental coal shipments from Alberta to Ontario via Canadian National lines. Government and railway authorities have reached an agreement to ship 4000 to 6000 tons from Drumheller Brazeau Saunders and other CN mines billed through to Ontario points. Operators will gain about 4.50 per ton enabling a Toronto and Ontario sale around 12.00 per ton.
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Greenfield
Alberta
Ontario
Canadian National
Drumheller
Brazeau
Saunders
C.N.R
Toronto
Arctic Court Opens Over Eskimo Murder Trial
Assistant Commissioner Worsley reports the judicial party under Judge Dubus has safely arrived at Akalivik in the Mackenzie River delta to try the Eskimo charged with the double murder of Corps. Deak of the RCMP P and Hudson's Bay Company official Mr. Binder.
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Worsley
RCM P
Akalivik
Mackenzie River Delta
Arctic Circle
Dubus
Edmonton
Alta
Corps
Deak
Rc.m-P
Binder
Hudson's Bay Company
Egypt Proper Population Density Noted
The article states Egypt proper has a population of nearly 1,000 to a square mile. It also notes Cape Chelyuskin in Siberia as the southernmost town in the world.
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Egypt
Cape Chelyuskin
Siberia
Saskatchewan Wool Shipments Rise at Co-operative Wool Growers
The General Manager Mr Thomson reports Saskatchewan producers send large wool consignments to the Canadian Co operative Wool Growers warehouse. Twenty six thousand shipped, eight thousand pounds on hand, with daily incoming consignments. He has 24 contracts for further shipments, totaling over 500 Saskatchewan contracts this season. A peasant medicine for children named Mother Graves Worm Exterminator is praised for removing worts.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Limited
Thomson
How Like a Man Mabel
A dialogue between Mabel and Gerald about marriage plans. Mabel jokes her gowns cost 350 a year while Dad worries about income and food. Gerald notes price concerns, Mabel quips that men focus on stomachs.
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Mabel
Gerald
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Bureau of Statutes
Perther
Matabelland
Africa
Peture
Raould Amundsen
North Pole
Croydon
Mary Ellen Smith
The
Opernment of
British Columbia
At Prevent
Vancouver City
Sintala
Washington
J .W. Rushbrooke
Europe
Baptist World Alliance
US Chamber of Commerce
Wheat Council of the
Hans Ludendorf
Hamburg
Mexico
House of Lords
Lady Astor
Commons
J. WW. Sampson
32Nd Ave. S
Mussollini
Ance
the Herald
Mrs. Smith
Sir Geo. Foster
West
Arctic
Minard
Asic
EW Gillett Company Limited
Pise Lee
Dominion Express
Kendall
Rendell
B. J. Kendall
Enosburg Falls
U.S.A
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