Sir Edward Grigg Appointed Governor of Kenya
Sir Edward Grigg a Literal member of the British Parliament and former private secretary to Lloyd George has been named governor of Kenya. The report also notes trial verdicts from last November, a Liberal memorial fund update, Prince Charles resuming naval duties, and other war era governance matters.
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Edward Grigg
Lloyd George
Kenya
T Re
Gir Lee Stack
Toronto Women’s Liberal Association
Larier
Prince Charles
Belgium
Bulgaria
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Ireland
de Stefani
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
J. P. Morgan and Company
Italy's Bright Prospects Compared With France
Italy stands as a rising European power with a growing population and high birth rate while lacking coal steel and iron, gaining 2 600 000 from Austria Hungary since the armistice and outpacing France in growth as framed by Robert Sencourt in Atlantic Monthly.
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Italy
Austria- Hungary
France
Rocky Mountains
Robert Sencourt
Atlantic Monthly
Canadian Banking System and Bank Failures Highlight Stability
A Toronto Globe note cites 45 bank failures and 1939 bankruptcies in the United States in April. It argues small banks shift losses to depositors and shareholders, while Canada’s chartered banks show stability aided by government audits.
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United States
Toronto
Globe
Explorer Dr Alfred S Yohnson 64 dies in Chicago
Was noted explorer Dr Alfred S Yohnson a native of L Orignal Ont aged 64 died in Chicago. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society founder and long time editor of Current History later managing editor of The Technical World. He led Arctic trips and joined the 1905 Labrador eclipse expedition and studied a Hudson Bay to Europe route.
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Alfred S. Yohnson
L’orignal
Ont
Chicago
Royal Geographical Society
Current History
Johnson
Technical World
Arctic
Labrador
Hudson Bay
Europe
Superior food durability linked to poison for rot bacteria
The article notes that certain foods gain durability from substances toxic to wood rottite bacteria and fungi. It observes lower fish consumption in Great Britain postwar, with per capita intake dropping from 1907 levels to about 38 pounds now.
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Great Britain
Heligoland Disarmed Ends Armament Era for Island
The island of Heligoland has been disarmed and converted from a fortress to a peaceful tourist district. The harbor entrance is blocked, limiting warship access and marking the completion of the allied commission’s demolition. Visitors had watched the fortifications and guns dismantled over 24 years at a cost near $85.6 million.
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Commission of Control
Anto
Build Amphitheatre at Balmoral Beach for Christ's Return
The Order of the Star in the East, about 2000 members, raises 60000 for an amphitheatre at Balmoral Beach near Sydney Australia. They expect Christ to return in human form and to arrive by walking on the water from South Head. The site includes a Greek theatre model for drama during the waiting period.
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Australia
Order of the Star In
Balmoral Beach
Sydney
London Express
Christ
South Head
Balmoral
War Correspondent Repington Dies in England at 67
Lieut.-Col. Charles A Court Repington dies at Hove England after apoplexy. A renowned military analyst for the London Times and London Morning Post, he helped expose munitions shortages on the Western Front and the failures of early recruiting schemes. Born 1858.
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Repington
Charles A’court Repington
Hove
Eng
London Times
London Morning Post
Germany
Western Front
Jazz Invades Jerusalem During Balfour Visit
During Lord Balfour’s Palestine visit for the Hebrew University opening, the Balfour party heard nightly concerts from London radio. A British wireless fan set up an aerial on the Mount of Olives linking to the government house so English officials could enjoy the London programme, which featured jazz by the Savoy orchestra for dancing.
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Jerusalem
Lord Balfour
Palestine
Hebrew University
London
Mount of Olives
Government House
Savoy
Paraphrased Dialect Exchange Precedes Funeral Detail
A doctor questions a caretaker about a death after a patient named Mike. The caretaker recalls administering a powder requested to last a sixpence, admitting lack of coinage and noting the funeral is the next day.
Japan’s Good Faith Record Cited by Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press praises Japan for scrupulous adherence to agreements with the United States and dismisses So viet agents as unworthy of serious discussion. The piece frames Japan as consistently faithful in its international promises.
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Japan
America
Nippon
Detroit Free Press
Fashions Enclosed Deterns For Dress Class Garment
Describes a versatile garment that can be made into an elaborate costume slip or a petticoat with varied trimming. Front is one piece slashed and gathered at the sides for fullness. back features a waist cut with a gathered skirt. Includes back view with round neck straps and scalloped buttonhole stitching and a camisole style front option with delicate lace edging. Also notes Girls semi fitted princess Petticoat No 1017 in sizes 6 to 14 years. size 12 needs 2 yards of 36 inch material.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern request from Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave. lists Pattern No Name and Size Town Province. Send 20c coin or stamps, wrap coin carefully.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Colin
British Firms Win Oil Well Casing Contract
Two British metal firms won a £100,000 contract for oil well casing from the Anglo Persian Oil Co after combining resources to beat a German syndicate that had undercut bids by 36 percent. The Anglo Persian Oil Co. backed the joint bid leading to the award.
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Germany
Anglo-Persian Oil Co
New Safe That Screams At Burglar From West Bromwich
West Bromwich inventor Mr R C Whittingham unveils a new burglar deterrent a safe that screams when touched by an unauthorized person The alarm blares for four hours or until a capable person stops it a motor powered hooter triggers the loud alert to neighbors within about a quarter mile.
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R. C. Whittingham
West Bromwich
Looks Were Deceiving at the Taxi Fare
A woman argues the fare with a taxi driver as the cab reaches her destination. He quotes two dollars and she offers a dollar fifty. The driver declines, implying she underestimates him.
Esquimaux Children, Spanking and Wall Markings Questioned
A brief remark challenges the idea that Esquimaux never spank their children or write names in blue pencil on newly decorated living-room walls. The piece reflects a skeptical tone about such blanket judgments.
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Esquimaux
Detroit Free Press
Good Out of Evil Sermon in Antioch Missionary Spread
Sunday School lesson recounts Luke's post Stephen persecution turning into a missionary wave. Disciples scattered to Phoenicia Cyprus and Antioch preached to Jews and Gentiles, forming a broadly inclusive church where Greek-speaking Jews evangelized the Greeks at Antioch.
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Luke
Stephen
Lynn H. Hough
Phoenicia
Cyprus
Antioch
Syria
Cyrene
Palestine
Jesus
Dangerous Snake Shipment Reaches Bronz Zoo Amid Guards
A perilous consignment of African vipers including four nine foot boomstangs thirty foot cobras and eighteen green mambas is moved from a Brooklyn dock to the Bronz Zoo under armed guard. Keeper J L Buck of Trenton N J facilitated the transfer with four keepers wearing protective glasses as a cobra dangerously spat venom past a guard.
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Brooklyn
New York
Bronz Zoo
J. L. Buck
Trenton
N.J
Radio waves blamed for dirigible disaster in Tokio finds cause
Dr. T Terada of Tokio University claims the SS3 dirigible loss last March was caused by a broadcast radio wave. He tested with a miniature airship coated in the same aluminum paint and observed sparks when radio waves were directed at it, and he remains convinced he has identified the disaster’s cause.
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T. Terada
Tokio University
Terada
Employment up as firms report gains on May 1
The bureau of statistics notes that 5 923 firms increased their payrolls by 31 582 workers by May 1, indicating growth though partly seasonal. The index rose from 7.2 on April 1, 1925 to 0.8 on the review date, compared with 91.8 in 1924.
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Bureau of Statistics
Courtesy Grows Into a Legacy Conductor Reward
James Gray of the Capital Traction Company in Washington DC, famed for courtesy, helped an elderly lady onto a curb and back. Miss Annie Ward of Cincinnati wrote that her mother Mary Ward left him $4 000 in gratitude for the kindness.
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Capital Traction Company
Washington, D.C
James Gray
Annie Ward
Cincinnati
Mary Ward
UK Girls Enter Canada For Domestic Work In 1924 25
More than 1 800 girls arrived in Canada from the United Kingdom to take up household work during the fiscal year ending March 31 1925. The figures come from the supervisor of the women's division of the department of immigration and colonization.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Department of Immigration and, Colonization
Crossword Puzzle Answers Across and Down
A full crossword puzzle list with clues for horizontal and vertical entries including definitions like African desert Runaway Persian poet concrete round circles and other terms. solution set includes terms for birth death and common crossword fills.
Doukhobor Pupils Refuse Lord's Prayer at Grand Forks School
Doukhobor children at the Columbia school in Grand Forks British Columbia refuse to recite the Lord's Prayer as part of daily lessons arguing the curriculum should include only the three R's and Russian hymns. A mothers’ delegation backed the action pressing for hymn singing while school officials call some hymns interminable.
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Columbia
Grand Forks
B.C
German Soldiers Tire Of Military Routine
In 1923 and 1924 the German army logged 160 personal crisis reports annually. Investigators blame the Versailles Treaty 12 year enlistment for widespread despondency, as four to five year service ends with few non commissioned officer chances and limited future prospects. Those serving 12 years gain civil service preference securing near lifelong employment.
Saskatchewan creamery butter output up 13.9 percent
During the first quarter this year Saskatchewan produced 1,917,951 pounds of creamery butter, rising from 1,683,839 pounds in the same period of 1924, a 13.9 percent increase per the provincial dairy commissioner.
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Saskatchewan
Carnegie Library grant inquiry sparks library board action
The municipal library board, after years of resistance, contacted through Vancouver with the Carnegie Foundation to examine grant terms for potential assistance.
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Nelson
Carnegie Library
Municipal Library Board
Vanecouver
Carnegie Foundation
Public figures and decorum in cross cultural humor
A quip contrasts reactions to a man from Iowa addressing the King in public with the Englishman equivalent. The Toronto Daily Star notes humor in the former and propriety in the latter, reflecting differing expectations of rank and manners.
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Iowa
Toronto Daily Star
Longest railway platform linked at Manchester
The Victoria and Exchange stations in Manchester join to form the world’s longest platform at 2,175 feet, creating a single continuous concourse.
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Victoria and Exchange
Manchester
Answer To Last Week's Puzzle's Large Riddle Iv
The brief item notes continuation of a week old puzzle in the newspaper. It references a missing clue and hints at further steps to solve the riddle within the same column. Aimed at readers seeking the next solution and a possible prize.
American House for Exhibition in Paris
A 10 room 3 bath model American home built and furnished in New York will be shipped to France for display in the Grand Palais Paris as part of the American section of the international exhibition of household and labor saving devices set for October 22 to November 15. Arthur Williams of the New York Edison Company announces the gift to the French Department of Public Instruction which will host the event.
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New York
France
Grand Palais
Paris
Arthur Williams
New York Edison Company
Department of Public Instruction
Reform urged in American criminal law by leaders
Elihu Root calls for immediate radical change in U S criminal jurisprudence. Chief Justice Taft and an ABA committee condemn the administration of criminal law as a national disgrace. The Boston Transcript recalls Mark Twain’s quip that everyone talked about the weather but nothing was done.
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Elihu Root
Taft
American Bar Association
Mark Twain
Boston Transcript
Dominion Government to tackle handbook nuisance again
The Dominion Government will attempt anew to curb the handbook nuisance amid anticipated opposition. Critics oppose the legislation as an intrusion on personal pleasures, arguing that losses to profiteers justify resistance, per the Toronto Globe.
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Dominion
Mercure
Toronto Globe
Holiday Thoughts Husband
A brief dialogue between husband and wife about finances and travel. The wife urges going to Brighton while the husband emphasizes paying the bills, highlighting a domestic tension over spending and duty.
Alaska Climate Oddities Highlight Extreme Seasonal Swings
In some parts of Alaska, zero temperatures have never been recorded and during summer the region experiences near tropical heat for a few days, illustrating dramatic seasonal extremes in the state.
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Alaska
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