World Happenings Briefly Told
Spies in Spain agree to three man British mediation for prisoner exchange. French liner Normandie, maiden voyage June 1935, has crossed Atlantic over ten times carrying 230137 passengers. Brandenburg set to fly New York round trip then world. John Masterson uncle of Lord Tweedsmuir dies in Scotland. Japanese riders may wear wooden clogs due to leather scarcity. Nova Scotia woman Margaret Mackenzie reaches 106. Anthony Eden to speak at Peace Society gathering October 18. US Treasury seizes largest illicit opium shipment in a decade at Brooklyn pier, worth about 600000. Mackenzie King to postpone western Canada visit until October.
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Normandie
Atlantic
New York
John Masterson
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Broughton
Peebles
Scotland
Nova Scotia
Margaret Mackenzie
Westville
Dan MacKenzie
Anthony Eden
The
Peace Society
Guildhall
United States
Brooklyn
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Western
Nature's honey praised as healthful wonder by Dr Beck
Dr Bodog Beck lauds honey as nature’s own sweet, untouched by art, claiming it contains live physiological sugars and outperforms industrial sugars. He cites ancient athletes, long lifespans, and various health claims from antiquity to modern times, plus its uses as a diuretic, expectorant, aphrodisiac, anti-rheumatic, and preservative.
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Bodog Beck
Beck
Anacreon
Pythagoras
Moses and
Methusaleh
Thomas Parr
Hippocartes
New York State
American Bee Journal
Had Celebrities For Clients Antonio Ajello Candlemaker Dies
Antonio Ajello 78 a renowned candlemaker who served clients such as Enrico Caruso Col Chas Lindbergh Mussolini and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt has died in New York. His workshops held crafts secrets from medieval guilds including candle timing perfuming and sculpturing. He immigrated from Italy at age two and once built an 18 foot high candle for Caruso that cost 3700 dollars and burned for a year in a Pompeii church.
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Antonio Ajello
Enrico Caruso
Col. Chas. Lindbergh
Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Italy
Caruso
Pompeti
Tourist Leaves Note and Cash After Picking Farmer’s Corn
A traveler in Gilead Ontario stopped to pick corn from a field and left a note with a dollar bill on a fence post thanking the farmer. The farmer later discovered the envelope and its contents, finding the gesture surprising.
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Gilead
Ont
Civil War Blockade Stretched 3500 Miles by Merchant Ships
During the Civil War the North maintained a blockade roughly 3500 miles long, primarily enforced by merchant ships, forming one of the era’s longest naval blockades.
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North
Perfect Fall Runabout Dress Pattern 4918 by Anne Adams
Enticing new style by Anne Adams promotes pattern 4918 a feminine shirtwaister with swing skirt ideal for lunch dates and evening games. Includes long and short sleeves with buttoned front options. available misses and women sizes 12 through 40. Send 20 cents and order to Anne Adams Patterns Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Advertising Never Forgotten When Silence Speaks
A columnist notes that Londoners during a wartime scare appear untroubled by gas masks while a retired professor faces cold welcomes back home. The piece argues advertisers stay in public view only through persistent advertising, or risk being forgotten like the dead J. C. K. in Marketing.
Compensations In Everything Quote
A compact aphorism notes that even a glass eye remains unaffected by drafts through keyholes, suggesting hidden benefits in every circumstance and a touch of practical humor.
Copper reserves by country highlight Chile lead
Chile holds about thirty four percent of the world copper resources while the United States contains roughly twenty percent, underscoring Chile’s dominance in global copper supply.
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Chile
The
United States
Need for enlightened leadership and swing music debate
The Rotarian urges enlightened leadership from healthy youth and cites a college professor retiring from European history. Donald Grant of the Dancing Teachers Business Association in New York calls swing harmful to taste and poise, a view echoed by editors at the Buffalo Courier-Express.
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Donald Grant
Dancing Teachers Business Association
New York
Buffalo Courier-Express
Insulin from Devil's Club Herb Reported by Canadian Doctors
Dr. R G Large and Dr. H N Brockleby in Prince Rupert B C report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that roots of the devil's club shrub used as an oral extract show promising results in lowering blood sugar in diabetic rabbits. The finding arose after a patient reportedly benefited from the remedy.
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R G. Large
H. N. Brockleby
Prince Rupert
B.C
Canadian Medical Association
Pacific Coast
Brandon Sun
Sunday School Lesson Verse Focus and Readings
The lesson centers on training a child in the right path from Proverbs 22 6a. It cites Samuel 2 12 and 4 18 as examples and includes a devotional from Galatians 6 7 to 10. The message emphasizes guidance, discipline, and growth in faith for young believers.
The Ark of God and Eli's Fall in Samuel’s Tale
The passage narrates Samuel’s vision of Jehovah’s forthcoming judgment on Eli’s house tied to the defeat of Israel by the Philistines. It details Eli’s sons’ corruption, the ark’s capture, and Eli’s death at Shiloh as the runner brings news, with reflections on divine punishment and prophetic tone.
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Samuel
Jehovah
Israel
Eli
Matthew Henry
Hophni
Phinehas
Shiloh
Beavers as Weather Prophets Signal Rain Ahead
Reports from Stanford Montana describe beavers in nearby streams building new dams and repairing old ones. Observations suggest a wet year as these animals act as local weather prophets, abandoning dams in smaller streams during drought-prone winters.
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Stanford
Montana
New Ice-Breaker Car Aims to Clear Arctic Routes
A Russian invention creates a pumping machine shaped like a railroad car, six feet long and capable of blasting water to break ice. Designed to aid shipping in the Arctic, it targets ice thicker than 3.22 feet to prevent damage to traditional icebreakers.
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Russia
Arctic
A Nation’s Follies: Fellas Failing to Prove Worth
A reflective piece notes many men pursue status by risky deeds and vain boasts, labeling the trend as a misguided path to respect. The tone critiques vanity and social pressure driving bad acts in the name of virtue.
Editorial Note on Accessing Dr McClough’s Cancer Articles
Readers are invited to request the complete set of cancer articles by writing to The Health League of Canada at 105 Bond St Toronto Ont. The note promotes a mail request for a full compilation of healthcare writings by Dr McClough.
Duty Of A Newspaper Promotes Crusading Press Spirit
W L MacTavish editor of the Vancouver Daily Province told the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association that editors must expose capitalism's abuses while defending its progress. He urged journalists to crusade locally and urged against losing the protesting spirit that marks worthy journalism.
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W. L. MacTavish
Vancouver
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
MacTavish
Chance For Inventors The Self Cleaning Kitchen Sieve
John O'Rea notes in the Baltimore Sun that while the head rest for bathtub readers shows ingenuity, the real breakthrough would be a self cleaning kitchen sieve as every sieve used requires washing and cleaning is maddening.
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John O'Rea
Baltimore Sun
Hearing the Northern Lights Aural Illusion Explained
The Smithsonian reports Dr. A S Eve of McGill University refutes claims of hearing the northern lights. He notes the aurora lies about 60 miles up with no air to carry sound, suggesting listeners heard blood surge, wind in rigging, or ice tinkling instead.
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Smithsonian Institution
A. S. Eve
McGill University
British scientist estimates gorilla population in Africa
A British scientist warns that only a few thousand gorillas may remain alive in Africa. The remark highlights the endangered status of great apes and calls for conservation attention.
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Africa
England and Wales Record 5.6 Million Female Workers
Records show 5.6 million women employed in England and Wales with detailed breakdowns by sector and region. The data highlights the scale of female participation in the workforce across industries and time.
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England and
Wales
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