World Happenings Briefly Told
The American Red Cross inherits 3 482 535 from Mrs Clara Hapgood Higgins Smiths estate. Quetta will be rebuilt on the same site after the May earthquake, at an estimated 30 million dollars. The Duchess of York approves renaming Manchester Babies Hospital to Duchess of York Hospital for Babies. France proposes a 1936 budget of 40 000 000 000 francs for army and navy with senate approval.
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American Red Cross
Clara A. Hapgood Higgins Smith
Quetta
Manchester Babies’ Hospital
Duchess of York
Duchess of York Hospital For
Senate
William Tate
Sherman
Texas
Canada
Vancouver
England
British Automobile Association
Soviet Union says peat reserves near three quarters of world deposits
The Soviet Union claims its peat reserves account for about 75 percent of the world's total. In a separate development Cuba buys American rice at a rate 100 times higher than a year ago, signaling renewed trade activity.
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Soviet Union
Cuba
Queen Mary Lounges On Glass as Illumination Feature
The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary is touted as the daylight ship with extensive glass use throughout. Natural light dominates passenger areas while flood lighting at night creates a palace of color, with a glass promenade deck, large windowed lounges, and electric radiators on verandah restaurant sills.
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Queen Mary
Selected Recipes for Light Fry Bread
Cream butter and half the sugar. Beat eggs with remaining sugar until light. Fold in flour, baking powder, salt and spices with milk. Roll to four inch thickness, cut and fry at 375 degrees until light brown. Test fat by dough piece rising to the top. Drain and roll in sugar.
No One Saw Eclipse End Year's Last Sun Shadow
The Antarctic sky dimmed for 1 minute 23 seconds as the final solar eclipse of 1935 passed. Dr. Philip Fox of the Adler Planetarium notes it was the seventh eclipse that year, a record maximum, ending a 550 year span of similar phenomena.
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Mr. Claus
South Pole
Antarctic
Sol
Philip Fox
Adler Planetarium
Chicago
Average weight of eggs per dozen uncertain
The readable text provides an unclear fragment about egg weights and a dozen. It mentions a value resembling twelve 1' pounds but the measurement is garbled and not reliable. No definite facts, quantities, or names are discernible.
Royal Bank Reports Strong Annual Growth and Solid Liquidity
The Royal Bank of Canada posts assets exceeding 800 million dollars up to 800,919,000 with a rise of over 42 million for the year. Deposits climb by about 51 million to 688,866,512 while liquidity sits at 58 percent of liabilities. Profits reach 4,340,522 with allocations for dividends, premises, pension, and taxes. annual meeting set for January 9 in Montreal.
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Royal Bank of Canada
Dominion
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Montreal
Gas masks for Arab peasants near Jerusalem
Eighty peasants from two villages near Jerusalem ordered British gas masks at $20 each through a local agent. A Beit Safafa resident started the push, joking the mask could save his family in war or hang as wall art to provoke envy. The group plans to display their masks as wall plaques. Canada 1935 saw broader trade gains with exports and imports rising and employment up by about 100,000. Industry output rose across sectors, including motor vehicles, footwear, newsprint, and steel. Copper exports climbed about 30 percent.
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Jerusalem
Beit Safafa
Allah
History of Usquebaugh and Global Beverage Names
The term usquebaugh, a potent Drogheda liquor, translates to mad water and evolved into whisky as its name shortened to usque. In Molucca a drink is known as the tears of the widow of Malabar. Curacao derives its name from a West Indies island and uses Seville orange flavor.
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Drogheda
Ireland
Molucca
Malabar
Curacao
West Indies
Seville
Spain
Algoma Woman Collects $15 Wolf Bounty
Mrs. J. W. McCoy of Algoma district traveled to Sault Ste Marie Ontario to claim a 15 dollar bounty after shooting a large wolf near her back door with a .22 rifle.
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Algoma
J. W. McCoy
Filet Crochet for a Smart Bouch Pattern Set
Learn filet crochet with a simple chair set pattern 5252 featuring chrysanthemum lace. Includes chart, stitches, material needs, and instructions for chair protection and matching scarf ends or table mats. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Seven Years Agony Ended by Saskasal
A reader reports relief from seven years of rheumatism after using Saskasal mineral salts. The letter claims rapid improvement within a week and ongoing benefit, urging others with rheumatism to try Saskasal sold at druggists for ten weeks.
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Dennis
Trauian Bau
Saskasal
Lumbago
Sciatica
Birth of Jesus in Luke Gospel as Humble Shepherds Tale
Sunday school lesson contrasts Matthew and Luke birth narratives. Luke shows Jesus as an ideal man with humble Nazareth origins, born in a manger while shepherds visit. Simeon’s prophecy and Mary’s response highlight divine grace and the future division within Israel.
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Jesus
Matthew
Luke
Herod
Nazareth
Bethlehem
C. R. Erdman
Simeon
Israel
Christ
Christ Simeon
Mary
Joseph
Beaune Auction Preserves Burgundian Holiday Tradition
In Beaune France the annual wine auction, sourced from Philip the Good’s orchard, enshrines medieval pageantry as townsfolk in Burgundian garb bid about 39000 dollars for wines sold by the Hospital of Beaune. The ritual, lit by candlelight, supports patients unable to pay.
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Philip the Good
Beaune
France
Hospital of
Duke of Burgundy
Printing Presses and Guillotine for Sale in Regina
For sale a Pony Optimus cylinder press a 10%125 and a 18 Chandler and Price Gordon press plus a 26 inch guillotine paper cutter and a Linotype machine. All in excellent condition. Apply Box 26 Regina Sask.
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Chandler & Price Gordon Press
Regina
Sask
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Joseph Burns
U.S. House of Representatives
Congress
Hawaii
Port Arthur
Halifax Chronicle
Nova Scotian
Joseph Howe
the Morning Chronicle
Cunard
Santa
Royal Bank
Careada
London
New York
Crachet
Alice Brooks
Breach Hospital
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