World Happenings Briefly Told
An order in council exempts Saskatchewan railway companies from tax under the Saskatchewan Gasoline Act. News notes UK settlers aid and overseas settlement. trade treaty talks will start with Newfoundland. Obituary notes Dr Otto Hamman at 76. Equal franchise bill passes Lords. Saskatchewan prison yields record beets and oats. PN 12 seaplane sets altitude record in Philadelphia. US announces five cent air mail rate from August. Nansen foresees polar flight via dirigible airship in 1929 under construction in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
United Kingdom
Prince Albert
Canada
Philadelphia
Fridtjof Nansen
International Congress of Aerial Arctic Exploration
Germany
Trout Released Into Maligne Lake In Jasper Park Stocking
After a two thousand mile journey 200000 Brook trout fingerlings from Creco Pennsylvania were released into Maligne Lake Jasper National Park. Warden Herbert Davis supervised the acclimation and feeding while Oliver Bright of Fort Qu Appelle Dominion Hatchery oversaw operations. The stocking is part of Dominion Government experiments in glacial waters.
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United States
Canada
Jasper National Park
Creco
Pennsylvania
Maligne Lake
Herbert Davis
Jasper
Canadian National Express
Oliver Bright
Dominion Hatchery
Fort Qu'Appelle
Davis
Dominion
Canadian Wool Growers See Lamb Expansion Rationale
The Canadian Co operative Wool Growers Association states that Canadians consume about 80 pounds of pork and 75 pounds of beef per person annually while lamb and mutton use runs about 10 pounds, creating a strong incentive for expansion in that meat sector.
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Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers’ Association
Ruy Blas Queuing Encounter in Paris Dialogue
A fragment from Paris setting features a playful exchange about romance and hair color. The speaker notes a butcher’s morning greeting and a maiden’s remark about preferred brunettes in this stage dialogue.
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Pouse
Ruy Blas
Paris
Air Mail Expands Canada Britain Europe Delivery
Canadian Air Mail Service speeds mail from Europe to Canada with deliveries up to seventy two hours faster. Incoming steamers to Rimouski fed by air to Montreal Ottawa and Toronto. western mail by plane then train. Outgoing mail gets direct air despatch from Toronto Ottawa Montreal to Rimouski. No extra postage. Also awards in Red Cross editorial contest celebrate Henri Dunant centenary with winners from Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Quebec. judges include Toronto and Montreal publishers and professors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
Europe
Canada
Canadian Air Mail
Canadian Post Office Department
Rimouski
Toronto
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Canadian Red Cross Society
Dominion
Henri Dunant
Red Cross For the World
Robert Henderson
St. Thomas Times-Journal
St. Thomas
Ontario
May Stuart Clendenan
Farmers’ Advocate
London
H. B. Christie
The
Expositor
Brantford
Kenneth M. Haig
Manitoba Free Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Clendenan
Canadian Women's Press Club
Miss Haig
C. J. Allbon
Asquith Record
Asquith
Saskatchewan
Co. W. Peterson
Farm and Ranch Review
Calgary
Alberta
Adjutor Savard
la Patrie
P.Q
J. M. Estival
la Soliel
Charles Gautier
le Droit
James W. Robertson
Central Council
Lorne Pierce
Ryerson Press
J. F. B. Livesay
Canadian Press
J. M. Elson
Canadian Author’s Association
G. M. Wrong
History Dept
University of Toronto
Leon Lorraine
Commercial High Studies School
Robert Choquette
University of Montreal
Vittor Morin
Canadian Authors’ Association
Red Cross
Florence Nightingale
Dunant
Unusual apron pattern No 345 offered with fabric guidance
Winnipeg newspaper advertises an apron pattern No 345 described as a pretty morning frock with a fitted waist and back sash. It notes fabrics such as Japanese pongee silk and sateen plus care, sizes medium through large, with yardage requirements and a 25 cent price for the pattern. a fashion book is priced at 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern order note lists address 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg pattern number name size. The piece then prints an unrelated satire about the Suez Canal being longer than the Panama Canal and a quip on men and mirrors describing hero fantasies.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Liberty
Saskatchewan Anti Tuberculosis League Annual Meeting Adopts Free Treatment Plan
The Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League held its annual meeting at the Sanatorium Fort Qu'Appelle on June 14. President A. B. Cook outlined preventive work while noting no funds for it. plans include selling Anti-Tuberculosis Christmas Seals to fund care and prevention. Directors J. J. Lamb and J. G. Knox were elected for three years. Resolutions for free treatment and schoolchild examinations were endorsed and forwarded to the Legislature to amend the Sanatorium Act. The proposal calls for state capital expenditure on sanatoria and equipment, with care costs shared by governments and municipalities, and compulsory tuberculosis screening for school children under the Public Health Department.
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Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League
Fort Qu’Appelle
A. B. Cook
Dominion
United States
J. J. Lamb
Mae Municipal Hail Insurance Association
J. G. Knox
Tuxford
Marquis No. 191
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
United Farmers, Saskatchewan
Independent Order of the Daughters of the Empire
T.B
Department of Public Health
Farmers Tour Through London Markets and Guildhall
The party toured Smithfield and Spitalfields markets viewing meat stocks and a 10 million dollar market extension. They met with Lord Mayor Sir Charles Batho and enjoyed receptions at Mansion House Guildhall and Drury Lane. The visit highlighted Canadian farming ties and new London market insights.
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Snow Hill
Smithfield Market
Great Britain
George Bowles, Nicholls
Canada
George J. Nicholls
Nicholls
Central Markets Committee
Corporation of
City of London
Smithfield
Spitalfields
Wat Tyler
William Walworth
Richard II
Greater London
Great Western Railway
Charles
Batho
London
Mansion House
Guildhall
Empire
Gog and Magog
Robert Borden
Ypres
W. P. Neil
Larkin
Dominion of
George Langley
Elizabeth
Sunday School Lesson Focus on Youth and Creator
The golden text from Ecclesiastes 12 1 guides a lesson urging remembrance of the Creator in youth. The lesson draws on Deuteronomy 6 4 9 Philippians 3 4 6 and Acts 22 3 27 28 with devotional reading Psalm 119 33 40.
The Jewish boy’s religious training in Deuteronomy
The piece cites Deuteronomy 6 4 9 stressing Jehovah as the sole God and love obedience. It urges constant teaching of the law to children at home on the road and in daily routines and describes the sign on the hand and between the eyes. It references Paul’s boyhood in Tarsus and quotes Kipling about raising obedient children.
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Kipling
Paul
Tarsus
Indians Profits From West Coast Fur Seals
Indians along Vancouver Island coast have harvested plentiful fur seals this season. Pelagic sealing is allowed if guns are not used, and many hunters report large profits from skin sales. Weather was stormy at times, and frail canoes made the hunt difficult, though salmon fishing has also been poor due to rough seas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver Island
Would Suit the Boys From a French Youth Manual 1713
The text cites early guidance for boys advising facial cleansing with a dry towel to avoid winter chills and summer heat. It warns against washing with water, linking it to health risks, and notes a 1667 counterpart claiming water washing harms eyesight teeth and causes pallor.
Modern Miracles On Victoria Day and Hyde Park Greeting
Premier Mackenzie King broadcast from Ottawa to 100000 in Hyde Park London while High Commissioner Larkin telephoned greetings. The two events, seen as miracles, drew little public attention as modern marvels become common. The piece ends with a quip about worshipping ancestors and a quote from Nagels Lustige Welt.
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Victoria
Mackenzie King
Ottawa
Hyde Park
London
England
Larkin
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Newfoundland
Otto Hamman
Foreign Office
House of Lords
New
Mountain Lake
Jasper Park
Topio
Anti- Tuberculosis League
Movement Teo
Charles Sykes
House of Commons
Regina
Farmers’ Marketing Tour
London Chamber of Commerce
Drury Lane
Sall
Coast of
Vancouver
Brumminger
Nagels Lustige Welt
Derlin
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