World Happenings Briefly Told
Aetomotile accidents claimed 573 lives in 77 U S cities over four weeks to July 14. Kinjiro Matsuidaira elected unopposed mayor of Edmonton Missouri. Rev W B Tighe, 67, Baptist leader, dead. Half a million King salmon eggs shipped from British Columbia to Argentina for a private firm, to be placed in a tributary of the Rio de La Plata. Captain N A Sullivan received Royal Victorian Order insignia at Buckingham Palace. Atlantic City hosts National Surety Company convention noting a $3,000,000 annual U S crime loss. West Indies air passenger service to begin about October 1 linking Cuba Santo Domingo Haiti and Puerto Rico. Mrs Sarah Fuller, deaf-teaching pioneer, dies in Newton Massachusetts aged 2nd year, linked to Alexander Graham Bell. Dail Eireann approves £20,000 for widow and children of Kevin O Higgins, assassinated official. Canadian Bisley team returns with Kolapore and McKinnon Cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col Wmbia
Argentina
Puget Sound
Rio de la Plata
N. A. Sullivan
Duke and Duchess of York
Australia
Buckingham Palace
United States
Atlantic City
National Surety Company
New York
British Moneylenders Bill Seeks Tight Licensing Rules
The Moneylenders Bill, approved by the House of Commons and before the Lords, aims to curb lending practices with an annual £15 office license, ban on untasked circulars, restricted advertising, prohibition of canvassers, signed borrower contracts with copies within seven days, clear loan dates and rates, cap on interest at 48 percent subject to proof of fairness, and limits on charges and actions. It also requires loan state records on demand and applies to Scotland with modifications, not to Northern Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
House of Lords
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Character, money value, and life skills emphasized
An author argues money value, character, temperance, industry, and politeness shape success. Citing a vast cigarette output, the piece laments young men waste earnings and warns that arguing with a woman is futile, underscoring practical virtues.
Evidence Scotland First Stone Age Caves Unearthed
James F. Cree reports excavations in four northern Scotland caves yielding two human skeletons with bear remains and Arctic animal bones. A lower gravel layer contains antlers bones and reindeer tools with burnt charcoal, suggesting fires. Finds mark earliest human presence in Scotland in the Paleo lithic era, and include first cave-bear and Arctic fox bones. Further work planned for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
James F. Cree
Royal Society of London
Cree
Canada to Represent at Hague Air Mail Conference
L. J. Cabourg deputy postmaster general will attend the International Air Mail Conference in The Hague on September 1. Twenty five countries and leading aircraft companies will be represented. Temporary accords run to 1929 and may be reviewed by the Universal Postal Union in London. Officials hope for fall experimental flights, likely in the Gulf of St Lawrence, to support future tender calls. The tests are arranged between the Post Office Department and National Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Cabourg
Canada
International Postal Union
Hague
Universal Postal Union
London
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Post Office Department
Department of National Defense
Charmingly simple demure frock pattern for young girls
The pattern No. 1548 offers sizes 8 10 12 and 14 years with back opening and shirring at neck waist and sleeve edges. Fabric needs listed for size 10 and lining requirements. Price 20 cents for the pattern and 10 cents for the Fashion Book.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order notice from Winnipeg newspaper lists address 175 McDermont Ave and requests details for pattern numbers and sizes. No dates or names beyond the location. This classified style item directs readers to send pattern orders to the union office with size specifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermont Ave
Winnipeg
Canadian artist A Y Jackson travels to Ellesmere Island for northern art study
Toronto painter A Y Jackson has left for Craig Harbour Ellesmere Island 750 miles north of the pole to paint and sketch northern scenery. He argues new art forms are needed beyond the pastoral tradition and Canada should become a ground for explorer artists interpreting its unique northern landscapes and heroic natural backdrops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Y. Jackson
Toronto
Craig Harbor
Ellesmere Island
The
Pole
North
Jackson
Europe
Hudson Bay
Labrator Coast
Thompson
Canada
Relics of Hudson Bay Company Exhibit Shown in Winnipeg
Historic artifacts and documents reveal the HBC's Arctic role. Items include old books, swords, guns, marriage licenses, and a Nonsuch Ketch model dating to 1668. The exhibit features a 1670 Charles II charter facsimile and the land surrender deed to Canada. Andrew McDermott’s peppercorn land lease is also displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay Company
Winnipeg
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Charles II
Hudson's Bay Company
Dominion of Canada
North Country
Andrew McDermott
Russian Hello Girls Protect Telephony in Soviet Union
Russian telephone operators, protected by law, report offenders who lose their temper, leading to temporary disconnection. The Soviet Hello Girls are noted for giving few wrong numbers and maintaining orderly service.
Western Canada Clay Products Output Rises to $1.83 Million
Last year clay products manufactured in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia reached $1,829,915 up from $1,412,537. Alberta generated the highest value at $804,932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Appointment of acting manager at The Macdonald Hotel Edmonton
Walter Pratt announces the appointment of Mr. Weldon as acting manager of The Macdonald Hotel in Edmonton. Weldon, son of Windsor Hotel's former managing director, began in 1909, served five years in World War I, then held assistant manager roles at hotels in Toronto Detroit Philadelphia Montreal Jasper Park Lodge Winnipeg, before his latest posting. He previously served as assistant manager at Jasper Park Lodge and Fort Garry Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macdonald Hotel
Edmonton
Walter Pratt
Canadian National Railways
Weldon
Windsor Hotel
Montreal
United Hotel
King Edward
Toronto
Cadillac
Detroit
Philadelphia
Mount Royal
Canadian National Railway
Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper
Alberta
Fort Garry
Winnipeg
Jaeper Park Lodge
British Columbia Aims for Imperial Trophy at Manchester Show
British Columbia intends to compete for the Agents General Cup at the Imperial Fruit Show in Manchester this year. The province has often won major awards, though the Associated Growers have recently claimed many prizes. To boost entries the British Columbia Fruit Growers Association will collect individual entries and forward them in a single provincial lot to reduce expense and effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Manchester
British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association
Taxi Driver Charged After Narrow Escape Incident
A magistrate quotes a claim that the driver tried to zigzag to avoid a pedestrian. The defendant says the pedestrian zigzagged faster, causing the collision and resulting injury.
Felspar Found At Lake of the Woods Test by Winnipeg Firm
A Winnipeg building materials firm is testing felspar from the Lake of the Woods deposits. The mineral is used in glazed tile porcelain and insulators and the company is opening up deposits for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake of the Woods
Winnipeg
British Bowlers Tour Canada Sets Test Match Schedule
Members of the British Lawn Bowling Association arrived in Canada aboard the Melita to play a continent wide series. The squad, invited by the Dominion Lawn Bowling Association, will open in Montreal then travel to Ottawa Toronto and Fort William before Vancouver. Stops at Banff Lake Louise and other Rockies resorts are planned with September return.
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British Lawn Bowling Association
Canada
Melita
Victoria
Dominion Lawn Bowling Association
Great Britain
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
Great Lakes
Fort William
Vancouver
Banff
Lake Louise
Canadian Rockies
David’s Northward Move and Judah’s Anointing as King
Sunday school lesson tracing David’s move from Ziklag to Hebron where Judah anointed him king of the house of Judah. It covers the seven and a half year split with Ishbosheth, Abner’s treachery, Joab’s slaying of Abner, Ishbosheth’s death, and the danger of overreaching rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Judah
Ziklag
Hebron
Smith
Ishbosheth
Saul
Abner
Joab
Ishosheth
Israel
Michal
Saul David
Prince of Wales Quoted Kipling From Memory
The future king favored Kipling as a boy and recalls quotes from memory. A tutor notes his long interest in Captain Cook’s Voyages of Discovery, while other works by Macaulay and Longfellow failed to engage him. He later read Kipling at twelve and kept him as a favorite author.
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Prince of Wales
Tie
Captain Cook
Edward
Prince
Cook
Macaulay
Rome
Lake Regillus
Longleliow
Duchess of
Kipling
Gilding the Lily Fraud Blurs Peach Beauty
Report notes that peaches were treated with a cosmetic glaze marketed as a premium quality. Consumers initially mistook the shine for natural fruit, prompting police inquiries. The fraud squad has been ordered to halt the practice.
Prospecting surge in Central British Columbia area
A Smithers report notes more actual new prospecting in Central British Columbia during the past year than in the previous twelve years. A father expresses displeasure at a teacher's report while a youth quips about the teacher’s gender and sending it home.
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Smithers
British Columbia
Advertising experts forecast doubling newspaper ad volume
Advertising experts predict that newspaper advertising will rise by 100 percent over the next decade, signaling a strong upswing in print media spending and market confidence for publishers and advertisers.
Mount Robson Barrier Foils Seattle Mountaineers
Mount Robson blocks two Seattle climbers in a brutal ascent marked by rain, sleet, and waist deep snow. An eighty to hundred foot ice wall proves impassable, forcing a retreat and a temporary truce as climbers vow to return for future efforts. The tale paints Robson as the monarch of the Canadian Rockies and highlights the valley’s grand peaks and blooming glaciers.
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Mount Robson
Seattle
Canadian Rockies
Ier
Rockies
Robson
Colossus
Numm
Whitehorn
Airplane Bases Planned in Hudson Bay Strait Area
The Beothic carries an air plane expedition north to the Straits. A seaplane site is chosen near the northeast Labrador tip at the eastern outlet of the Straits. Three bases will house planes aviators mechanics a doctor and assistants with operations to start within three weeks.
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Hudson Bay Strait
Bay Rupert
Hudson’s Bay Company
Labrador
Marine
Beothic
Studson Bay
Tomb in Western Desert Reveals Priceless Queen’s Jewels
Egyptian correspondent reports a tomb in Egypt’s western desert containing a mummy, likely a queen, adorned with eighteen gold and silver bracelets, five diamond necklaces, a diamond studded crown, and sapphires. A porphyry statuette and hieroglyphics name a princess about three thousand years old, with dynasty undetermined.
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Egypt
Desert
Boat Service Superior To Train In America
The piece compares American boat service favorably to European trains and notes steamship progress outpacing trains over 25 years. It recalls faster steamship era with express trains then laments current class service and hints at avoiding borrowing trouble.
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America
Europe
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Kinjiro Matsuidaira
Rev
W. B. Tighe
Orawa District Baptist Association
Yorkton
Sask
West Indies
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Porto Rico
Misa
Sarah Fuller
Newton
Mass
Alexander Graham Bell
Dail Eireann
Kevin O'Higgins
Free State Council
Empire
Bisley
Ww. N. U
Cave Men
Air Mail
Shirring
Zewn
Charles L. Weldon
Imperial Trophy
B.C
Ark
Jerusalem
Sistants
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