World Happenings Briefly Told
Britain plans no territory handover to the United States over war debt. The Prince of Wales accepts presidency of the English Speaking Union. Twelve Polish warships to be built including mine sweepers destroyers and submarines. A huge lathe for forgings up to 60 feet by 80 inches is completed in Sheffield. A court martial condemns Augustine Waldemaras to 12 years hard labor. Burrard inlet bridge reopens after four years. England and Wales birth rate rises in early months. Silver bullion exports in May more than double, gold exports up.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
Prince of Wales
London
Warsaw
Sheffield
English Steel Company
Britain
Bermuda
United States
Burrard Inlet
Vancouver
North Shore
England and
Wales
Prince of Wales backs farm schools for child emigration
The Prince of Wales donated 5000 dollars to the Child Emigration Society for farm schools in the Dominion including British Columbia. The society aims to raise 500000 dollars to expand the scheme, which has seen success in Western Australia where children stay five to six years.
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Prince of Wales
Child Emigration Society
Dominion
Great Britain
British Columbia
Prince
the Society
Western Australia
Belgium Employment Rises Above Last Year
Belgium sees higher employment levels than the previous year with gains reported across sectors. The data indicate continued labor market strength as firms expand hiring and wage trends show gradual improvement.
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Belgium
Inaugural Air Mail Route Linked Fond du Lac Post Office
Four trips yearly will carry 8 000 to 10 000 letters on the new Edmonton to Fond du Lac air mail route. The inaugural flight on June 15 connected Fort Chipewyan with Fond du Lac at Lake Athabasca, under a Canada Airways contract.
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Fond du Lac
Fort Chipewyan
Lake Athabasca
Edmonton
Ottawa
Canadian Airways, Ltd
Ether First Demonstrated as Anesthetic in 1846 Surgery
The piece recalls the 1846 Boston demonstration by William T. G. Morton of ether as a surgical anaesthetic at Massachusetts General Hospital, noting earlier uses by Dr C. W. Long and the rapid adoption in medicine. It cites nitrous oxide, chloroform, etheryne, and acetylene as later anesthetics and highlights anesthesia’s role in reducing patient suffering and enabling disease research.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
William T. G. Morton
Morton
C. W. Long
Jefferson
Georgia
Humphry Davy
James G. Simpson
Thomas Nunnery
Frock pattern for summer sport cape and cotton fabrics
Pattern No. 349 offers a cape design that buttons on for spectator use and city wear. Describes fabrics like pique stripes, plaids, seersuckers, linens, silks, and batistes. Sizes 14 to 40 bust. size 16 uses 2 1/2 yards of 89 inch material. 20 cents. Wrap coin.
Care Of Rubber Belting
A simple maintenance tip for rubber belts suggests applying 20 to 30 drops of vegetable castor oil weekly to a small belt or 0.25 to 0.5 ounce to a main drive belt. Avoid mineral oil and most commercial dressings, unless advised by the belting maker. Keep belts on pulleys at all times, regardless of weather.
Off Colour How Is Your Liver Wake Up Your Bile
Liver health advice excerpts discuss bile production and digestion. The ad touts the Gate's Linde Liver Pill as a remedy to restore bowel movements and eliminate bile stagnation, offered for 25 cents at druggists.
New Super Cunarder Details of Vessel Under Construction
Clydebank shipyard in Glasgow is building the 534 liner with a diameter about 30 feet and a forward funnel over 70 feet high. Tests in wind tunnels and model runs informed funnel design and hull details while vast rudder tests in Darlington precede assembly for the ship’s berth.
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Clydebank
Glasgow
New York City
Holland
Pennsylvania
R.R
East River
New York Central Tunnel
Harlem River
60Th Street
Darlington
Is Really Resting The Heeled Dance Questioned
Dr H E Clybourne of Columbus Ohio told the West Virginia Osteopathic Society that women who wear high heeled slippers to dance are resting their feet. He argued the shoe alters muscular pull and gives the feet a beneficial rest.
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West Virginia Osteopathic Society
H. E. Clybourne
Columbus, O
Sunday School Lesson Golden Text and Devotional Reading
A church lesson outlines the proverb Pride goeth before destruction from Proverbs 16 18 and ties it to I Kings 11 26 43 31 with a devotional reading from Proverbs 1 20 26. It emphasizes humility over arrogance and moral reflection.
Jeroboam Rise and Ahijahs Symbolic Proclamation
The narrative outlines Jeroboams rise from Solomon's overseer of labor to ruler over ten tribes after Ahijah the prophet tears his garment and declares the split of the kingdom. It notes a conditional covenant that Jeroboam would have a lasting line if he followed God's commands, a vow that was not fulfilled.
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Jeroboam
Ephraim
Solomon
Jerusalem
Joseph
Manasseh
Ahijah
Shiloh
Samuel
Saul
Isaiah
Ezekiel
Zechariah
God
Israel
Macbeth
David
Grasshopper chirps signal warmth above sixty two
Observations note grasshoppers chirp only when temperatures exceed 62 degrees Fahrenheit and remain silent in colder weather, indicating warmer conditions.
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Warling
Ami
Ry Lou Skuce
Ogden
Augustine Waldemaras
Lithuania
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ruth Rogers
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
Winnipeg On Union
McDermot
Winnipeg
Teae
Ahliah
Denicotea
Chantler & Chaniler, Ltd
Wellington St. W
Toronto, Ont
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