World News in Brief From Across the Globe
A New Brunswick bill would ban highway advertising billboards. Across North America and beyond the Carnegie Foundation has paid 18 million in pensions to college teachers since 1905. Canada rules Kellogg anti-war policy as launched. Alberta official Z McIimoyle died after a stroke, born 1876 in Lakefield and moved west in 1899. Charles Kingsford Smith lived in Vancouver 1903 to 1912, returning to Australia. Major General J H MacPherson was offered a Moth seaplane by Sir Charles Wakefield for aviation work in Canada. Sir George Frampton created Winnipeg’s Victoria memorial and other memorials. Nurse Cavell memorial also his work. Toronto lawyer W D Gregory rejects the KC honor again as incompatible with democratic norms.
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Canada
Frank K. Kellogg
Washington
Z. McIimoyle
Alberta
Mr. McTimoyle
Lakefield
Ont
Charles Kingsford-Staith
Vancouver
Australia
W. C. Kingsford-Smith
J. H. MacPhen
Charles Wakefield
C.B.E
England
George Frampton
Victoria
Winnipeg
Leeds
Newcastle
Calcutta
Cavell
W. D. Gregory
Toronto
K.C
Gregory
Drury
Mr. Gregory
Wool exports in Canada surge to new highs
Canadian Wool Growers report a strong year with exports jumping from 5,223,981 pounds valued at 1,538,660 to 11,140,101 pounds valued at 3,149,967. Prospects are bright as the new wool shows good color and shrinkage averaged. foreign markets also reported excellent conditions.
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Canada
Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers, Limited
Summer fairs tour across Western cities and provinces
The schedule lists provincial and city exhibitions from July to September in Brandon Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon Regina Vancouver and New Westminster with dates for each event. A dental joke feature follows with two witticisms about patients and one about losing a patient after a pun.
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Manitoba
Brandon
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Regina
Vancouver
New Westminster
B.C
Gradual heating to prevent range cracking and odd dining chatter
A fragmented quotation advises heating a new range gradually to avoid cracking. It notes a dinner scene where Kurt is praised for dancing, a scent misleads, and a waiter repeatedly serves lamb and green peas. Meggendorfer Bilaetter, Munich.
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Kurt
Meggendorfer
Farmers Marketing Tour Continues Through Historic England
The group tours Birmingham and Kenilworth Castle, Warwick, and Shakespeare country visiting Windsor Castle and Oxford. They view royal apartments, state rooms, and historic vaults, note Shakespeare’s grave site and birthdate, and end with London arrivals and a CN Railway visit in Cockspur Street.
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Marsh
Marsh and Baxter
Birmingham
A Hi. James
Denmark
J. Nugent Harris
London
Harris
Kenilworth Castle
England
Kenilworth
Elizabeth
Robert Dudley
Warwick
Warwick Castle
Midlands
Shakespeare
Scott
Carlisle
Thackeray
Browning
Shottery Hathaway
Holy Trinity Church
Avon
Oxford
Shelley
Windsor Castle
River Thames
James I
Scotland
John
France
David
Joan Beaufort
Henry
Windsor
Murray Conacher
Conacher
Devon
Jersey
Hoyal
Royal Dairy
Metropolis
Greater London
Oxford Street
Regent Street
Regent Palace
Piccadilly Circus
West End
Prince of Wales
Covent Garden
Canada
Spain
Canada Leads World in Poultry Progress at Ottawa Congress
The Farmers Advocate reports Canada’s dominance in poultry, praising top egg grading laws and a unique performance record. It notes rising per capita egg consumption to 281 dozen annually, strong breeding and selection programs, and demand for eggs and chicks from proven, high quality parents.
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Canada
Ottawa
Canadians
Winnipeg Pattern Order Ad and Humorous Exchange
A Winnipeg notice lists pattern ordering details at 175 McDermot Ave. The item features a humorous exchange about a breach of promise suit, with a lawyer asking about suing a wife and the reply that she promised to divorce.
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Harry
Canada imports key tree nuts value mix and peanut caveat
Canada imports about 1.973 million dollars in nuts last year. Peanuts accounted for 1.450 million, leaving 523 thousand for other nuts. Walnuts totalled 1.457 million, almonds 822 thousand, with filberts hazels and pecans also imported.
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Canada
Cream Sauce Basics For Weeknight Dishes
Recipes for this week describe layering meat fish or vegetables with a medium cream sauce to cover. It notes buttered crumbs for browning hake and pairing with starches like potato or macaroni. Medium sauce uses 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons flour 2 tablespoons butter.
Orange Strawberry Dessert Serve in Champagne Glasses
Wash strawberries and soak in orange juice with sugar, chill thoroughly. Beat cream to stiff peaks with powdered sugar and vanilla, pipe border around each champagne glass for serving.
Travelling Clinic Expands Public Health Reach in Alberta
In May a travelling clinic with two doctors a dentist and three nurses tours northern Alberta. It supports local doctors and dentists where available, conducts education and medical and dental examinations, and performs minor operations in sparsely settled districts.
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Alberta
Siamese twins lose driving licenses over arrest risk
Lucio and Sim plico Godino of Manila have had their licenses revoked as police grapple with which twin would be cited for traffic violations without risking a suit for false arrest by the other. A boy was sent with a note to a clinic doctor: please help Willie’s face, which has been spreading for a long time.
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Lucio
Simplico Godino
Manila
Philippine Islands
Willie
Quote by Humor: The fools who answer all questions
A Madrid humorous aside quotes a maxim about folly. It notes that the most foolish people respond to every query with a question, prompting reflection on response style.
Crucifixion Lesson Reflects on Jesus and Calvary
Sunday school notes discuss the crucifixion at Golgotha or Calvary, where Jesus refused a wine mixed with myrrh, endured the cross between two thieves, and fulfilled the cup his Father gave him. It cites Pilate, the three languages of the inscription, and reflections from Joseph Fort Newton and Phillips Brooks.
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Jesus
Golgotha
Calvary
Matthew
Joseph Fort Newton
Pilate
Phillips Brooks
Terrors Of Modern Warfare And Poison Gas Disaster
The Hamburg gas explosion killed eleven people and hospitalized over three hundred. The piece argues gas is designed for mass urban murder, warns of global armament, and questions the feasibility of outlawing war despite League arbitration efforts. Regina Leader.
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Hamburg
Germany
League of Nationa
Regina
Race to the South Pole Aair expedition race begins
Australian aviator Captain George H. Wilkins has opened New York headquarters for his Antarctic expedition and aims to fly from the Antarctic rim to the pole and back before Christmas. Commander Richard Byrd is preparing with a 55 man team at Hampton Roads for a similar south pole attempt sailing on the Sampson around August 15. Wilkins plans a smaller crew of five or six and a September departure from California.
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South Pole
George H. Wilkins
Arctic
New York
Richard Byrd
Pole
Byrd
Hampton Roads
Sampson
Wilkins
Copenhagen
Alaska
Spitzbergen
California
German inventor builds tiny car claims 17 mph
Jans Schultz, a German mechanic, claims his new auto is the world’s smallest. The machine weighs 20 pounds and uses a four cylinder water cooled gasoline engine with clutch differential accelerator and brakes. It is controlled by strings because it is too small for even a child to enter.
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Jans Schultz
No Canadian Cattle Shipped to Britain Amid Rising U. S. Trade
Canada has not exported any cattle to Great Britain for ten months while about 100,000 head were sent to the United States in the same period. Domestic meat consumption increased due to higher prosperity during the ten months.
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Britain
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Tires that Withstand Extreme Speed Foreseen by Early Racers
The article recalls Major Seagrave testing a car that surpassed 207 mph at Dayton Beach and the tire maker’s guarantee of three and a half minutes at 200 mph per tire. It highlights how racing tires endure immense stress and approach their breaking point during high speed trials.
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Major Seagrave
Dayton Beach
Malcolm Campbell
One Man Northward Expedition Planned by E F McBee
Eugene Oregon resident E F McBee prepares for a solo Arctic route from Edmonton to Athabaska via the Athabaska and Mackenzie rivers. He plans to sail a 14 foot motor boat to Yukon and Prince Rupert then rail to Edmonton, coordinating a water voyage and inland travel. The boat arrived in Edmonton and will be launched at Athabaska after transport by road.
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E. F. McBee
Eugene
Ore
Edmonton
Athabaska
Mackenzie Rivers
Yukon
Prince Rupert
McBee
The Comforting Word Death of an eccentric man
A rich eccentric man dies and a young parish priest visits the widow. He consoles her by saying the body is only a husk and that the nut has gone to heaven. This blunt comparison uplifts yet sounds austere to mourners.
Japan Plans Nationwide Census in 1930
Japan announces a plan for a national census to be conducted in 1930. Officials outline the scope and aims of the census as a full demographic count to guide policy.
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Japan
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New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Carnegie Foundation
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain and
Ezes
Cockspur Street
C. J. Smith
C.N.P
Frank Brangwyn
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Betty Barclay
Madrid
Christ
Byrd and Wilkins
Sondagsnisse-Strix
Stockholm
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