Global News in Briefs From The Week
A wide sweep of short items covers finance, science, and world events. Highlights include a California dairy boom and a record time challenge, a Chinese voyage under Rear Admiral Dearie, Australian New Zealand butter competition, Canada’s trade gain in nine months, a rheumatic fever serum in early tests, a submarine collision in the English Channel, severe cold deaths in Samara and Pugachev, Seattle port talks aiding Canadian grain, and Russia immigration to Canada with no official approval yet.
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Samara
Russia
Pugachev
Volga
George Lampesing
Port of
Seaith Commssion
Canadian Wheat Pool
Seattle
London
Latvia
London Daily Mail
Canad
Robert Forke
German Cruiser Draws Crowd at Capetown Visit
Crowds surged to board the German cruiser Emden in Capetown, prompting officers to open a hose to relieve the crush. The ship, launched at Wilhelmshaven in January 1925 and named after the famed WWI raider, could not accommodate the thousands, causing a momentary panic and some faintings.
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Emdén
Capetown
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Emden
Canberra's dry talk turns to good water origins
In a dash of mixed prose the piece notes Canberra's name meaning good water, its bush capital status, well abundance before colonization, and the viceregal residence at Yarralamia House. It also oddly mentions a Paleyms fish in the Mediterranean and a child’s growth moment.
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Canberra
Canbra
York
Yarralamia House
Mediterranean
Sheep Breeders Elect Officers At Moose Jaw Meeting
Saskatchewan Sheep Breeders Association reelects honorary president and officers at its Moose Jaw annual meeting. L J Rushton urges support for sheep breeding amid dogs and coyotes threats, notes strong wool and meat markets, praises sales and imports from Britain. Directors and regional names listed.
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Saskatchewan
Moose
Saskatchewan Sheep Sreeders Association
Moose Jaw
M Hamilton
Ruahion Horan
Ile
W. Heron
Huntorni
G. Roberin
Regina
Folleite Praval
EE Raintog
Sagathuo
Averg
Loreburn
Darnbroaugh Latra
J B. Wilises
Browgh
William Kers
Hatten “Sarkitchewan
L. J. Rushton
Rushton
Rusiiton
Inland Fisheries Thriving in Western Canada
The inland fisheries of the Canadian West show growth especially in Alberta with large summer catches. Lesser Slave Lake yielded 656,100 pounds of whitefish 168,711 pounds pickerel 210,162 pounds pike and other fish. Pinehurst Lake yielded 30,000 pounds of fresh pickerel in one week and water herring were shipped to the United States. A 22,000 pound trout car from Lesser Slave Lake went to Minneapolis and 120 tons of whitefish to New York. A key plant using the Otto son process will open in Redmonton to freeze fish poultry and eggs with a 15 tons per day capacity.
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Alberta
Lesser Slave Lake
Pinehurst Lake
Lac la Biche
United States
Edmonton
Minneapolis
New York
Canada
British Columbia
Ottoson
Redmonton
Tory Urges United Canada and End to Sectionalism
Dr Henry Marshall Tory principal of Alberta University Edmonton urged Canadians to unite across provinces. He called for fair play justice and development of national enterprises and warned against pessimism about Canada. He emphasized using Canada’s brains to solve Canadian problems and urged non-partisan unity.
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Tory
Alberta University
Canada
Henry Marshall Tory
Edmonton
Ottawa Women's
Canadian Club
Fashion patterns for girls wear in crepe de chine
The notice describes two children’s dress patterns No. 1073 and No. 1140 with sizes 1 2 and 1 years and 2 4 and 6 years. It lists material yardage for 14 and 1 2 inch fabrics, price per pattern 2 cents and 20 cents respectively, plus details on design elements and a fashion book offered at 10 cents.
Canada Exports Grow Rapidly in World Trade Role
In a Stratford Chamber of Commerce address Walter A. Riddell cites Canada as the fastest rising self governing country in export trade since 1913. He notes exports rose about 6 2 percent and reached 34 foreign markets, showing Canada’s growing stake in world peace and international relation concerns.
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Canada
Itv Chamber of Commerce
Stratford
Walter A. Riddell
Dominion
League of Nations
Catanda
Jane
Commierre
Phets Seine
Britain Says Palestine Progress Is Promising
The London Saturday Review states Palestine is the most successful mandated territory, with Zionism supplying money and brains at no cost to Britain. It argues Jewish settlers cost nothing, and Arab opposition is fading as the venture is expected to yield a great return.
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Mandated
Palestine
Rural Adversity And Its Compensations
A Canadian agriculture focused editorial argues adversity teaches efficiency and discipline in hard times. It compares urban and rural struggles, notes unemployment and hardship, and predicts gradual recovery with favorable seasons and policy-led reform. It highlights the farm sector’s resilience and expected population and immigration growth aiding Canada’s agriculture.
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Canada
Europe
Novel House Built From Food by Ottawa Official
Miss Helen Campbell of the Dominion Government's Dairy Department in Ottawa constructs a whimsical edible house using oats for roofing bread for shutters dates for sills and graham wafers for shingles The porch pillars are macaroni the steps cheese and the entrance path unpolished rice with a lettuce leaf curtain display delights both children and adults.
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Helen Campbell
Dairy Department
Ottawa
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Union
Readable lines show an address at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg and pattern order details with pattern numbers and names. The fragment mentions a patterns order process and a town reference, suggesting a newspaper ad or notice for pattern requests.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Shedd Adopts Policy of Internal Promotions
Promoting from within and filling vacancies by promoting office boys kept Marshall Field & Co. prosperous and maintained staff morale, said company president Mr. Shedd after a high paid executive left.
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Marshall Field
Shedd
Quote on Candle Power and Horse Power Through Time
A reflective line notes how future generations might still discuss candle power and horsepower, while possibly forgetting the appearance of candles and horses themselves. The remark weighs on technology and memory, hinting at evolving measures of energy and power.
Government control spreads over world commodities
Foreign governments now exercise control of price and distribution for coffee rubber long staple cotton iodine camphor nitrates mercury potash and sisal worldwide.
Temptation and Jesus Wilderness Test in Luke and Matthew
The sermon analyzes Jesus’s forty days in the wilderness, noting the nature of temptation not as a direct encounter with a visible devil but as inner spiritual struggle. It argues the tempter’s prompting was subtle, aiming to make darkness seem light and good appear as evil, with Jesus resisting through discernment and reliance on the Spirit.
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Hig Bapthcin
Jesus
Jordan
Villerness
Matthew
Duke
Tiis
Devil
Mim
Christ
George ii
Hodges
Sound and Light Beams Create Invisible Motion Pictures
In Cambridge Massachusetts Tonulas Stockbarger of MIT demonstrates sound transmitted by flickering invisible light. Rays on a 160 % screen produce audible signals and even a popular song. He predicts auto headlights will dim and roads flood with ultra violet light, coloring objects in darkness. The illusion draws crowds as speakers convey sound through light and motion without visible media.
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Camebridge
Mass
Tonulas Stockbarger
the Parument of
Payeies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stockbarger
Prohibition Declared In Yakutsk District Vodka Ban
Prohibition on vodka has been proclaimed in the vat au Londous republic of Yakutsk within the USSR. Natives, previously willing to trade reindeer and wives for vodka, react with consternation as tax payments falter.
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Au Londous
Yakutsk
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Alcoholism Deaths Rise 14 Percent in 1926 Canada
The Statistical Department of Metropolitan Life Insurance reports a 14 percent rise in deaths from alcoholism in 1926 versus 1925. Ontario accounts for over half of Canada’s alcoholism deaths, with an estimated total of about 6,000 deaths in the year due to alcoholism directly or indirectly.
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Statistical Department of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Canada
Ontario
Date marking on dairy products eyed by authorities
Dr J Ruddick of the Dominican Dairy Commission speaks at Ontario Dairymen convention about adding manufacture dates on butter and other dairy packages. He notes benefits for freshness and consumer trust, cites New Zealand and UK interest, and warns on potential price increases and packaging confusion.
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J. Ruddick
Yadry
Ontario
Dairymer
Mystery of the Hermes aircraft carrier
The Hermes, a British navy aircraft carrier, guards its secrets closely. Her crew may not carry cameras, and access is tightly controlled. The ship’s design enables rapid air operations and bombardment while avoiding shore defenses.
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Vesthc
Hermes
Clines
Mankowar i
Bea
Sie
Sere
No Fear of Influenza Outbreak Reassures Toronto
Toronto health officer Dr. JF Hastings says Europe faces a serious influenza outbreak but Canada should remain safe. He notes possible spread via tourists and immigrants to the United States, yet domestic checks could stop any incursion. Lisbon introduces a trolley with uneven ends for mountain routes. Some girls never discover that they have hearts until after they are lost.
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Europe
Canada
Charles
O. Hastings
Toronto
United States
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