World Happenings Briefly Told
A digest of international and domestic items: Canada’s rail revenue up for ten months ending February. General Ladenderff promotes prohibition in Germany. Montreal water usage averages 71 06000 gallons daily. Jules Patenotre, ex French ambassador to Washington, died December 22. Campaign to lengthen women’s skirts and curb smoking sparked by Mrs. Henderson in Washington. Mayan time counting based on Venus circuit found by Sv Herbert Spinden. US national death rate 11.9 per 100000 in 1924, down from 12.3 in 1923. A beef serum protein food developed by Harvard’s J W M Dunuker. claims high energy and easy digestion. Manitoba relief relatives must contribute to support. legislature to consider. Manitoba’s state-run phone and radio systems report profits. KY radio station clears expenses. Jewish battalion veterans laid to rest at Jerusalem’s great synagogue with ceremonies.
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Ote Fieber
Venus
Sv. Herbert Spinden
Starvard University
United States
Commerce Department
J. W. M. Dunuker
Harvard
Social Welfare Commission
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Migratory Children Demand Federal Protection
Agents of the labor department uncover wandering children aged four to fifteen across the continent used by unscrupulous individuals to gather funds. Grace Abbott, head of the Children's Bureau, asks national action in her annual report, noting the unprecedented nomadic child existence since the children's crusade era.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Grace Abbott
Children’s Bureau
Middle Area
Wonderful Gift Restores Sight for Two Mountain Girls
Two blind mountain girls from Huntingdon walked from a hospital on December 23 and marvelled at the world again after sight restoration. A Christmas gift from local mountain neighbors and a Huntingdon surgeon supplied the operation at no cost. Seven neighbors from Huntingdon supported the cases and raised funds for hospital expenses.
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Huntingdon
Jr. C. N. Nawes
Hlantingdon
Reclaimed Alberta Land to Be Timed for Hay Farming
Twenty thousand acres in the Water district west of Edmonton Alberta will be secured to Timothy and leased to farmers for large scale hay production. The shallow lake silt is believed to yield four tons of hay per acre. Alfalfa and grasses thrive in this region with a farmer already harvesting three alfalfa crops this season.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Timothy
Queen Mother's Generosity Tied to Wealth and Inheritance
Court circles note Queen Mother's charitable acts exhausted her resources yet she left valuable property. She pledged her annual allowance of £746,000 in advance to need and institutions. Her estate included art collections from Edward VII, libraries at House and Marlborough House, and Sandringham House. King George expected to inherit most or all remaining assets. Queen Alexandra had previously allocated much of her jewelry to relatives.
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Motter Tieaender
Wdward
House
Marlborough House
Sandringham House
Edward
King George
Alexandra
Miracle of Sound Waves at Nottingham Exhibition
An electrical engineer demonstrates a device that converts spoken sound into electric waves to drive a motor and light lamps. He explains how sound waves become electric signals and travel to wireless crystal sets, where they are transformed back into sound, likening it to miracles.
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Nottingham
Importance Of Moving Pictures Industry to Toronto Audience
David Wark Griffith speaks to the Canadian Club in Toronto stressing cinema as a key international advertiser and ambassador. He argues the motion picture industry drives national commerce and strategy, asserting future power hinges on a strong film sector.
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Toronto
David Wark GriMth
Asfar
Woman business genius dies in Paris at advanced age
Mme Louis Cognacq a noted philanthropist and department store founder died in Paris after a life on the shop floor. She and her husband Theodore Cognacq started a modest Paris store in 1872 that grew into a vast enterprise with immense turnover. The couple, both past eighty, were the first in and last to leave daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Louie Cognacq
Paris
Theodore Cognacq
France
Nail boards curb speeders in Greece traffic crackdown
Greek traffic cops have adopted crude nail-filled boards as a deterrent against speed law violators. The improvised devices use several long nails to discourage speeding and have proven more effective than prior methods.
Alberta Poultry Pool Starts Operations
Alberta Poultry Pool, named Alberta Cooperative Poultry Producers Limited, begins operation in Alberta. Poultry products will be marketed through the Provincial Government marketing service with offices in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge.
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Alberta
Alberta Co-operative Poultry. Producers, Limited
Falmonton
Calgary
Ethbridge
Churning Blouse with Eclipse Silk Trim and Tucks
The article describes a blouse made from eclipse silk with an attractive border design, fine tuck trimming at the hips to create a bloused effect, and full sleeves gathered into narrow wrist bands. It notes the top edge can be cut off to create a chic sip over. No. 1246 sizes 34 to 42 inches bust, price 20 cents. book price 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Winnipeg Newspaper Union Notice
Pattern requests from Winnipeg readers. send 20c coin or stamps with wrap. Include pattern number size name town province and return to 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Colin
Tribute to Chamberlain on Locarno treaty as peace milestone
The Manchester Guardian notes Chamberlain's role in the Locarno treaty, praising his temper, judgment, and character. It calls the pact the biggest stone laid on the Temple of Peace since the League of Nations founded, while crediting his collaborators and his country.
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Manchester Guardian
Mr. Chamberlain
Lfe
Weill
Temple of Peace
League of Nations
Chamberlain
Far North Mounties Receive New Year Messages by Radio
Messages from families reached Mounties in Baffin and Ellesmere Lands via Ottawa and were relayed by Westinghouse stations KDKA WBZ KYW and KFKX. The broadcast on December 31 followed Arlington time signals as posts stay connected through winter.
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Baffin Land
Ellesmere Land
Arctic Circle
UN Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Westinghouse
KDKA
Pittsburg
WBZ
Springfield
KYW
Chicago
KFKX
Hastings
Arlington
United States
Ottawa
Time barrier blocks empire radio from global broadcasts
An article argues time differences hinder empire broadcasting as a central England station would relay London programmes to Australia during their night. Australia’s night equals England’s day, delaying music and news. Time differentials affect Canada and Africa variably, but only in South and West Africa is the gap small enough for steady programming.
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Empire Broadcasting
Dominion Radio
England
Empire
Australia
London
Canada
South and West Africa
Instrument Measures Tree Growth Reveals June Peak
A new instrument around a tree trunk records daily growth. Western yellow pine showed no growth on a large tree for sixteen days in May, while a small tree grew on seventeen days. The large tree grew on eighty eight days and June proved to be the peak growth period.
Time To Go Fishing
The correct time to go fishing is when house cleaning starts. A wry Toronto Telegram quip notes the moment a man stands with his wife before a window full of hats signals the season of chores, not celestial signs.
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Toronto Telegram
Bess
Our Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues List
Crossword puzzle clue list with many word matches. Entries include horizontal and vertical hints, numbers, abbreviations, and partial phrasings for a historical puzzle. Many items appear garbled or concatenated but imply standard crossword terminology and common word lengths.
Object of Punishment Is the First Consideration
Sir Walter Shaw argues in a letter to the Daily Mail that the prime aim of punishment is protecting law abiding citizens by deterring crime, not primarily reforming the offender. He warns that humanitarian principles have shifted focus to rehabilitation as a secondary object of prison discipline.
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Walter Shaw
The
Straits Settlements
Daily Mail
Home Secretary
London Daily Mail
Beaverbrook Career Profile From Preacher’s Son to Peer
The Ottawa Journal notes Beaverbrook’s rise from a penniless preacher’s son and insurance salesman to Montreal financier and British MP and peer. He was a journalist and author, a shifting blend of imperialist and radical, conservative and realist, shaping ministerial and political eras.
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Montreal
Beaverbrook
Arnold Bennett
Ottawa Journal
Turkeys Marketed On Pool Plan in Saskatchewan 1925
Eight carloads of turkeys were marketed during 1925 by the co operation and markets branch of the Saskatchewan department of agriculture. These birds were sold on a pool plan with final prices undetermined and were graded by weight at shipment points.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Canadian Granite For War Graves Embellished Slabs
Brig General H T Hughes chief engineer of Canadian battlefield memorials says seven of eight miniature parks to cover shell-scarred sites in France and Belgium will be completed next summer. Fifteen ton granite blocks from Stanstead Quebec will be shipped in January with inscriptions in French and English explaining the selection of each grave site. The general plans to return to France and Belgium next month.
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Stanstead
Que
France
Belgium
H. T. Hughes
Victoria
B.C
Hughes
Canada
Neutrality Treaty Blocks League Membership for Turkey and Russia
The Russo Turkish guarantee pact prevents both Turkey and Russia from joining the League of Nations by its neutrality terms. It forbids troop passages through each country’s territory by League actors, reflecting a rupture with the League.
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League of Nations
League
Moroccan security assured yet Abdel-Krim unresolved
The article notes Morocco remains secure for now but Abdel-Krim has not been decisively checked. It argues the French offensive was too late and should resume in spring. It also stresses the need to clarify Spanish intentions and warns that premature peace could seed future conflict.
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Morocco
Abdel-Krim
Shipment of 102 black foxes arrives in Saskatoon
A shipment of 102 black foxes, the largest yet, arrived in Saskatoon from Port Elgin and Fredericton New Brunswick. The animals will be used for breeding at the Prairie Silver Black Fox Farm in the city.
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Canada
Saskatoon
Port Elgin
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Prairie
Drug Store Quip Sparks Cents and Chlorform Confusion
In a brief exchange a customer accuses a drug store of handing over chloroform instead of rose water. The clerk responds by claiming a 20 cent debt is owed, turning a mistyped ingredient into a small coin dispute.
British Girl Decorates Steamship and Designs Vessels
Miss Elete Mackey, a young British society figure, furnished and decorated an ocean steamship that has just been launched. She has since received commissions to decorate seven other vessels owned by various clients.
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Eve
Elete Mackey
Growth Of Poultry Industry In Manitoba
One of the most interesting developments of mixed farming in Manitoba during the past five years has been the rapid growth of the poultry industry. Manitoba now exports poultry products and early in December shipped two thousand turkeys to Ontario to meet Christmas demand.
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Manitoba
Ontario
New Camera Captures 5000 Frames Per Second For Realistic Slow Motion
Filming a bullet moving at 1000 feet per second has been achieved with a new camera that takes 5000 pictures per second. The device enables the illusion of the bullet progressing at two miles per hour on screen.
Dreamers and backers in old phone and flivver era
Secretary Melton cautions against funding another man s dreams while noting backers of Bel and Ford who pursued risky ventures lost nothing by it. The remark reflects a cautionary stance on risky ambitions and investments in a historical aera.
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Melton
Bel
Ford
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Great Britain
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Great Synagogue
Jerusalem
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Griffiths
Alberta Poultry Pool
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