World Happenings Briefly Told
Japan accepts the American anti war treaty. FLICK Prince George appointed interpreter in French in HLM.S. Durban. Caverhill to Australia as British Columbia forester for the forestry conference. Alaska has over forty landing fields with sixteen more planned. Premier King may travel to Geneva as Canadian delegate to the League of Nations. Arab Congress leaders press for democratic rule in Palestine. Lord Plumer will raise the issue in London. French lawyers protest U S conduct on foreign divorce bill to the American Bar Association. Canadian air mail stamp approved. denomination undecided. North Shore sails to collect Premen plane to Quebec City exhibit.
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King
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Council of the League One
Canada
Arab Congress
Lord Plumer
Palestine
Lord Plamer
London
United States
American Bar Association
P. J. Vennot
North Shore Thas
Quebec
Greenley Island
Long Point
Premen
Quebec City
Count Zeppelin Christening Signals German Airship Ambitions
The LZ-127 christened Count Zeppelin becomes the world’s largest completed airship with a record payload. Germany eyes leadership in lighter-than-air transport as transoceanic mail and passenger service loom. Britain, further airship builds. the United States solicits design bids for two new giants for the Navy, while commercial prospects dominate modern thought.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Germany
Fogland
London
United States
Navy
Bernard River Named After 19th Century Guide
In 1928 Sir George Simpson crossed Canada via Peace River. At sunset on September 7 they camped at a tributary mouth and the governor’s guide Bernard fell with him into the water as he helped ashore. The Bernard River name was approved by the Geographic Board of Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir George Simpson
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Peace River
Finlay
Bernard
Geographic Board of Canada
Begging Prohibited in Lima and Callao
President Leguia orders enforcement against begging in Lima and Callao as the Lima Society of Public Welfare completes a new asylum for 200 people to care for those soliciting alms. Police will arrest offenders.
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Lima
Callao
Leguia
Lima Society of
Automobiles as Settlers Effects Tax Clarified
The Department of Justice has ruled that automobiles entered as bona fide settlers' effects may be imported without sales or excise tax. Such cars remain subject to Customs Division rules on how long they are owned before and kept after importation.
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National Revenue
Department
Department of Justice
Canada
Customs Division
Four Keys to a Town’s Prosperity from George Brown
George Brown urged a Presbyterian audience in a small town to buy locally, back local manufacturers, support schools and churches, and uphold the local newspaper. He claimed following these four steps would transform the town into a city, which later occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
Toronto
Fashion patterns for a blazer and dressy frock
The blazer shown in two views over a one piece frock features striped flannel with a notched collar and patch pockets in view A and a plain contrasting version with rounded front edges in view B. Sizes 8 to 44 years with yardage details and a 25 cent pattern price.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Pattern No Size
Winnipeg Pattern No Size order details appear in a brief union notice from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. The notice outlines how to request pattern materials and where to send inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
London Field Notes From a Farmer Tour
An extended diary of a British Canada farm tour recounts farm labor on show farms, praise for ploughing and milking training devices, and a royal reception at 10 Downing Street. The group meets Prime Minister Baldwin and attends an Imperial Institute dinner, with emphasis on training, unemployment, and wool industry talks. A Croydon aerodrome flight in the Silver Wing airliner ends the day with a thrilling half hour over London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nada
Amther
H. Betterton
Ministry of Labor
Weeting Hall
William the Conqueror
London
Downing Street
Stanley Baldwin
Britain
Great Britain
Canada
Brandon
Cabinet
10 Downing Street
Imperial Institute
Frederic A. Ackroyd
Bradford
Ackroyd
Arkell
United States
Institute
Dominion
Croydon
Aerodrome
Westminster
Palace
Duchess of York
Elizabeth
George Robey
Princess Theatre
Robey
Imperial Airways
Olley
Lilli
Crystal Palace
Stamp Clerk Weighs Words Beyond Jurisdiction
A stamp clerk weighs the weight of other people's words, interpreting meaning and context in quiet routine duties. The note hints at careful reading and cautious transcription in a clerical setting.
Proposed U S Legation at Ottawa Building Plans
American architects drew plans for a new U S legation on Parliament Hill adjacent to the Rideau Club. The site cost 104000 dollars, the building about 350000 dollars, with no ministerial residence included. Canada’s Washington legation cost 500000 dollars. housing will raise U S expenses beyond Canada’s. The first floor will hold consular staff, the second the minister and diplomatic staff, the third the commercial attaché and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ottawa
Rideau Club
Parliament Hill
Wash
Ington
Canada
Washington Legation
Washington
Sunday School Lesson August 5 Devotional Reading and Text
A Sunday school lesson presents the Philippians 4.12 theme I know how to be abased and how to abound. The lesson text centers on Acts 14 1 28 and the devotional reading is Matthew 5 10 16. It invites reflection on endurance faith and witness across challenging and fruitful times.
Crippled Man Healed By Faith In Lystra Sermon
Passage recounts Paul and Barnabas in Lystra confronting paganism without a synagogue. A lifelong cripple listens attentively, faith sparks healing, and the act mirrors Jesus’ healing. The deeper feat is the spiritual miracle—the cripple’s grasp of truth and its personal application through faith.
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Lystra
Listra
Paul
Barnabas
Jesus
Viscount Willingdon Funds Canada Arts Competition Prizes
The Governor General announces a Dominion arts competition with total prizes of 1000 for music drama painting and sculpture. Music offers 200 one prize and two prizes of 100 each. drama 200. painting 200. sculpture 200. The initiative aims to foster talent across Canada with emphasis on western participation. Regina Post.
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Willingdon
Dominion
Canada
Regina Post
Admits Of No Argument John Wanamaker Advertising Success
A local merchant warned against skimping on advertising citing John Wanamaker’s rise in retail. Arthur Williams of the New York Edison Company recalls Wanamaker’s first day receipts of 24.67 dollars and 241.00 in advertising costs, with 67 cents kept for change. The piece notes public debate on the proportion but agrees on Wanamaker’s ultimate success.
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Arthur Williams
New York Edison Company
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Newborn settlements spur Hudson Bay Railroad expansion
Newborn settlements in Northern Canada surge as mining at Cranberry Vort age Cold Lake and Flin Flon drives demand for shorter ocean rail haul. Stores hotels and townsites rise to serve expected population growth during the coming years under construction by the Canadian Government and Canadian National Railways.
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Canada
Cranberry Vortage
Cold Lake
Flin Flon
Western Prairies
Hudson Bay
Canadian National Railways
Through the Heart of the Rockies Banff Highway One Day Drive
The Banff Winder Mountain Highway can be traveled by car in a day from end to end. The route passes through virgin wilderness yet abundant rest camps camping grounds bungalow camps and service stations assure accommodation for a leisurely survey of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff Windermere
Canadian Rockis
Canadian metal production rises sharply in late 1920s
Production of lead tin and zinc products in Canada shows a rise from 2,181,000 in 1973 to 25,119,000 in 1927, indicating rapid growth in metal output across the period.
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Canada
Memory Of Explorer Honored By Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company marks the memory of explorer Henry Hudson, a three voyages navigator who sought the Northwest Passage. Windows were unveiled at Saint Botolph church in London, honoring his deeds and the company’s long history.
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Hudson's Bay
Wister Henry Hudson
Saint [the Burga
Bishopgate
London
England
Northwest Passage
Arctic Ocean
Dutch East India Company
Hudson River
New Amsterdam
New York
Homestead Entries Rise Under Ottawa Regulation
Alberta land offices report a sharp jump in homestead entries after Ottawa loosened rules. Mayors, settlers, and prospectors rush to file second homesteads for lands proved prior to 1925, with Grand Prairie and Peace River leading activity. Northbound trains from Edmonton carry settlers eyeing homesteads or farm lands in the north.
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Alberta
Ottawa
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Grand Prairie
Peace River
Edmonton
Willing To Oblige Irishman in Court Delivers Witty Remarks
An Irish prisoner in court, casual and defiant, sizes up the jury and jokes about a boxing match with the fat man in the corner. He quips about training and a wife knowing more than him, then laments smoking forbidden beside a powder factory, noting an explosion and a remaining notice.
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Pat
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Japan
Alaska
F. C. Crawford
Fairbanks
W. N. UL 174
Tafcany
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Great Britain and
Denmark
U. S
Viscount Willingdon
H.B.R
The
Rockies
Hudson
Capain Hudson
Motherland
Meggendorfer J3laetter
Munich
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