World Happenings Briefly Told
Director Bauerle of the Zeppelin works travels to Tok to prepare for Graf Zeppelin’s world cruise. George Buchanan, 2, son of a Red River expedition member, dies in Winnipeg. England and Wales population falls 44 112 in Q1, alarms economists. Justice Riddell elected Canadian Social Hygiene Council president. Murphy and Young named vice presidents. Camp Borden training interest exceeds facilities. class to be forty. Prof C MacIntosh denied US citizenship by federal judge. McDonagh elected Canadian Pensioners’ Association president as membership climbs in Ontario and BC. Bank robber Arthur Thomas, 19, gets five years and ten lashes. Saskatchewan stockmen warn of rustling impact at Swift Current meeting.
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Bauerle
Zeppelin Works
Tok
Graf Zeppelin
Riel
George Buchanan
Red River
Garnett Wolseley
Winnipeg
England
Wales
Justice Riddell
Toronto
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Montreal
Emily Murphy
Edmonton
H E. Young
Victoria
B.C
Department of National Defence
Camp Borden
C. MacIntosh
Canada
Yale Divinity School
United States
Warren
Frank G. J. McDonagh
Canadian Pensioners’ Association
Ontario
British Columbia
Arthur Thomas
Grandview
Royal Bank of Canada
Vancouver
H. C. Shaw
Saskatchewan
West
Saskatchewan Stock Growers’ Association
Swift Current
Canadian Amateur Exuries for Jasper Golf Championship
The Canadian Amateur Championship will be held at Jasper Park Lodge Golf Course in Alberta from August 19 to 24. Entry closes August 1 with entries to B L Anderson in Hamilton. Players must have a certified handicap of ten or less.
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Exuries
Jasper Park Lodge
Jasper
Alberta
C. E. Harvey
R.C.G.A
Harvey
B. L. Anderson
RCG
Eastern Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
United States
Western Canada
Innes Mackenzie
Winnipeg
Western Canada Golf Association
German Journalist Plans Fraser River Canoe Journey
Carl Schwerla of Munich prepares a bold canoe expedition tracing the Fraser and Thompson Rivers to Vancouver. Departing from Jasper after a Saskatchewan River prelim to Mount Robson, he will launch at Blue River and return by train. He aims to explore Athabaska and Maligne Lake and uses a 35 pound folding canoe inspired by Eskimo kayaks.
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Pacific
Fraser
Thompson Rivers
Vancouver
Jasper
Edmonton
Saskatchewan River
Carl Schwerla
Munich
Mount Robson
Blue River
Schwerla
Athabaska
Maligne
Germany
Canada
Europe
Mystery Worm Lets Mexican Jumping Bean Catapult
A worm lives inside the bean causing the seed to jump by coiling and releasing. The worm remains in the shell, and if a hole is opened the creature fills it again, continuing to move the bean like a catapult.
Insurance Agent Cites Policy Against Self Harm After Death Claim
A noir style exchange shows an insurance agent warning that under the policy death by own action within one year is excluded. The prospective victim questions if his wife would permit such an act, suggesting a tense domestic motive.
Mother and Lipstick Quip Shocks Cologne Lipstick Joke
A fragment from Lustige Korner Zeitung in Cologne contains a blunt aside about a presumed animal using a lot of lipstick. The remark reflects a sensational tone and playful gossip style typical of the era.
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Lustige Korner Zeitung
Cologne
The Captain and Patrolman Debate a Wrong Man Arrest
A quarrel over a mistaken arrest unfolds as the Captain claims Buffalo Mike was taken into custody. The Patrolman counters that the man arrested was not from Buffalo and had just arrived from Troy, proving the error.
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Buffalo Mike
Buffalo
Troy
Featherweight tweed dress with violet tones and jabot frill
Winnipeg Newspaper Union showcases Style No. 482 a featherweight tweed dress in wood violet with faille silk fever collar and jabot, box-plait skirt, hipyoke and belt in sizes 16 to 42 inches. It can also be made in plain silk crepe red wool jersey and silk options with a red liner. Pattern price 25 cents. add 10 cents for Spring Fashion Magazine.
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Faille
Margaret Bondfield Becomes Britain’s First Female Cabinet Minister
Margaret Bondfield is named Minister of Labor in Britain's Labour Government becoming the first woman to hold Cabinet rank. A former Trades Union Congress president and Privy Council member she played a key role at the 1924 International Labor Conference in Washington and visited Canada in 1927. She previously served as parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Labor and was elected MP for Wallsend in 1926.
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Margaret Bondfield
Labor
Privy Council
Miss Bondfield
Trades Union Congress
Washington
Canada
Australia
MacDonald
Wallsend
Orange Filling Cake Recipe For Week
Cream butter and sugar beat in eggs and milk then fold in flour with baking powder and salt. Bake in a deep pan at 375 degrees for 35 minutes. Split cooled cake halves and fill with orange lemon filling cooked thick with yolks and butter.
Canada Leads World in Newsprint Production and Exports in 1928
Canada produced 2,381,000 tons of newsprint in 1928, about one third of global output, while exports reached 2,207,000 tons, matching the combined exports of all other nations, per the News Print Service Bureau.
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Canada
News Print Service Bureau
Dominion
Weather Maps Sent to Ships by New Radio Device
A Washington inventor unveils a radio transmitter enabling weather maps to be transmitted to ships at sea. The device promises quicker access to storm data and navigational updates for maritime crews.
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Washington
Ham Slices In Mustard Vinegar Glaze Recipe
Cook thin ham slices in a hot skillet until browned. Remove to platter. Deglaze pan with vinegar and sugar then add paprika and mustard. Heat through and pour over ham. Some prefer ham about an inch thick. The text ends with a joke about Esperanto and a pelican’s bill.
Hymn Of Gratitude and Prayer For King George
A thanksgiving hymn praises Almighty God for health and years of service for King George and Queen Consort. It requests peace for the British Empire and world, with a note that teachers may obtain copies by writing to composer W. E. Dyer in Toronto and sending postage.
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W. E. Dyer
Dr. E. C. MacMillan
George
West
Fairlawn Avenue
Toronto
Sunday School Lesson July Golden Text Verse
The lesson centers on Ezekiel 33.11 where the Lord says he takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked and urges repentance. It outlines the devotional readings from Ezekiel chapters 1 3 27 31 8 4 11 22 25 24 and 33 30 33, along with Psalm 121 as devotional reading.
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Ezekiel
Ezekiel’s Vision and Commission in the Opening Chapters
The early Ezekiel text describes the indescribable vision of God and the divine commission to prophesy. A fiery chariot, living creatures, and a sapphire throne precede God’s word, with Ezekiel energized by the Spirit to stand and serve.
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Ezekiel
God
G. Campbell Morgan
Jehovah
Jerusalem
A. S. Peake
J. E. McFadyen
Vimy Monument Praised By Canadian Envoy Returning From Europe
Hon. Herbert Marler Canadian envoy to Japan returns to Canada from Europe aboard the Empress of France. He visited England and France and lauds Canada’s Vimy monument as the finest in the battle area with 11,000 names to be carved. He notes meeting the Prince of Wales who inquired about Canadian conditions.
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Vimy
Herbert Marler
Japan
Canada
Marler
Tokio
Vancouver
Dominion
England
France
Appearance at Any Price in a Witty Exchange
Two spinsters share confidences about ideal husbands. One asks wealth or position or looks, and the other answers that she values appearance above all, hoping he will seem handsome soon. The quip balances social wit and timeless dating jokes.
Peaches and Orders Lose Cancellations at Hotel Exchange
A witty exchange compares imperfect peaches to unsold orders. The hotel manager notes any peaches not used can be salvaged, while the traveler suggests applying the same approach to unsellable orders by canceling them.
Poor and flivvers noted in social quip
A published quip contrasts poverty with nuisance vehicles, reflecting a social joke about the poor and their cars. The lines suggest contemporary humor on class and transportation.
Mexico's crackdown on alcohol spreads nationwide
President Portes Gil pushes a wartime style ban on liquor, with governors raising taxes on drinks, closing many saloons, and banning sales on ranches. Mexico City bans liquor in dance halls while anti alcohol leagues form nationwide as lectures reach theatres and schools.
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Portes Gil
Mexico
Raymundo Endiquez
Chiapas
Enriquez
War Department
Mexico City
Morning reflections on peace and strength in faith
Excerpts invite prayerful contemplation with psalmic blessing and a call to endure life’s conflicts with faith. Quotations from Psalm 29 11 Breviary translation and William Ellery Channing frame a moral view of peace through action and spiritual growth.
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William Ellery Channing
How to keep salt dry in shakers and a Russian tale
Worth Trying When salt hardens in shakers remove the tops turn them upside down fill them with hot paraffine and place upside down on a smooth surface. Before the paraffine becomes too hard open the holes in the shaker tops with a toothpick. Salt will keep quite dry in shakers when the covers are treated in this manner. A woman in Russia has been pronounced dead on five occasions in the course of a few years. An ideal grandmother we should say for some office boy in the baseball season.
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Russia
Petrel Name Tied to Peter Walking on Water Tale
The bird known as the petrel earned its name from the belief its habit of walking on water recalls the biblical Peter. This etymology links a seabird behavior to a biblical figure and a well known miracle.
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Petrels
Peter
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