World Happenings Briefly Told
A summary defines a string of world items including Newfoundland deficit in a budget speech by J H Penson and Benito Mussolini approving Genoa seaplane port plans costing 6 million. Bolivia’s President David Toro resigns with Col German Busch taking over. A Cossack rider performs searing feats at Olympia. Vancouver health authorities brace for a possible British Columbia bubonic plague incursion from Washington. British airports warn against taking photos over the British Isles. Italy orders editorials to eight pages due to cellulose scarcity. Global wheat output forecast 20-80 percent higher year over year. Canada National Railways issues 14.3 million in 10 year equipment trust certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Olympia
Royal Box
J. W. McIntosh
Vancouver
British Columbia
Washington
British Isles
Italy
International Institute of Agriculture
Canadian National Railways
D. C. Grant
Prosperity Built on War Scare Theorized
The Edmonton Bulletin argues that current global trade growth hinges on war fear. It asserts prices and markets rely on preparedness buying, not consumer demand, and warns that removal of war clouds would trigger a rapid slump. The piece laments a societal pattern of fostering scarcity fear to sustain prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton Bulletin
Butter Fat in Milk Describes Cream Content and Use
The fat of milk is called butter fat as it forms butter. Commercially the fat is the milk’s most important constituent and market milk varies by cream depth or butter fat content, though whole milk averages 3 to 4 percent fat.
Anne Adams Pattern 4455 Charms Wardrobe
Pattern 4455 from Anne Adams features a chic after noon dress with graceful flared sleeves a bow neck line and a slightly flared skirt ideal as a wardrobe standby in bright sheer fabrics or pastels. Available in multiple women's sizes with yardage listed for size 36 and illustrated step by step instructions order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Fascist Party Members Required to Subscrib e to Mussolini Paper
The article reports an order by Gen. Starace requiring all Fascist party members in Italy to subscribe to Mussolini's Popolo d Italia. It also notes in Germany the expectation that Nazis and all Germans buy at least one copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf, with Hitler earning from royalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fascist Party
Mussolini
Italy
Popolo d'Italia
Gen. Starace
Germany
Hitler
Chicago Daily News
Railroad tests oil burning locomotive for better view ahead
For Better View reports a western railroad experiments with an oil fueled freight locomotive whose cab is at the front, while the engine appears to run backward to give engineers a clearer view of the track ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railroad
What is Cancer A simple cellular overview from an educational article
The article explains cancer as a disease of disordered cells. It compares normal cell division to the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells, noting the nucleus as key and predicting a future article on the cause of cancer.
Two Londoners Plan 3800 Miles A Day Sea Voyage
In a 75 foot speed boat, Commander C O Luxmoor and Robert Stewart aim to sail from Southampton to Cape Town in 25 days. They expect to average 3800 miles daily along a route skirting the French and Spanish coasts, the Mediterranean, Suez, Red Sea and East Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southampton
Cape Town
South Africa
C. O. Luxmoor
R. N
Demonocled
Robert Stewart
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Red Sea
East African
Glass industry history centers in Southern New Jersey
Southern New Jersey served as the heart of the glass industry for about a century beginning in 1770, shaping regional manufacturing and commerce with its early glassworks and related trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Canadian Adventure Trip of Bob Sim
Ontario farm boy Bob Sim details his cross country trek through New Brunswick and Quebec. He notes high potato yields, French language encounters, St Lawrence views, and rural life with church crowds and large farming families. He reflects on language barriers and pride in prairie and Atlantic provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Sim
Ontario
Bob
New Brunswick
Quebec
St. John Valley
Annapolis Valley
West
Plans for Westward Trip From Ontario Letter
A letter from Ontario describes plans to travel westward, hoping to drive rather than thumb a ride. The writer notes rapid population growth and compares it to English sections, implying longer journeys ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Sunday School Lesson Reflects Chosen People Theme
Golden text from Deuteronomy states The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession. Lesson references Exodus 11 4 12 36 and devotional reading Psalm 63 1 7.
Exodus struggle and Passover toward deliverance
The text recounts Moses challenging Pharaoh and the plagues as the struggle between right and might. It notes Pharaoh’s hardened heart, the growing terrors of the plagues, and Moses’ leadership. Instructions for the Passover include selecting a lamb, blood on lintels, and the night of deliverance as a commemoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. McFadyen
Moses
Pharaoh
Egypt
Israel
Moffats
Second Hand Planes Go to Public Auction at Heston
The Daily Mail reports brisk bidding at Heston for the first public auction of used aircraft. The piece notes the growin g second hand market for planes and predicts future rows of machines with price tags along main roads as flying becomes commonplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heston
Overseas Daily Mail
Hyatt Discovers Celluloid While Seeking Cheap billiard Ball Material
Type setter Hyatt experiments with materials to replace ivory for affordable billiard balls and inadvertently discovers celluloid. The finding surfaces during a search for economical substitutes in ball manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyatt
Chemical engineering enables quicksands to support heavy structures
The field can transform quagmires into stable foundations for large buildings, applying techniques to render unstable ground capable of bearing substantial loads.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buckingham
Canada
Wealth League
DR. J.W. S. Mscullough
England
Riviere du Loup
St Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Kngston
Manitoba
Bay of Fundy
St. John
City of
Quekc City
America
St. John City
Fredericton
L. M. Montgomery
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!