World Happenings Briefly Told
Sir Wm Mackenzie’s will probated in London notes an English estate of £17,009. Dr Julio Brevo, Madrid health officer, to visit Canada after nine months studying U S city disease control. A England-born resident of 50 years in the U S donates $4759 to cut British debt to the U S for the fourth time. Kronstadt court condemns Commander Kieplkoff for espionage. Colonel Lindbergh invited to visit Canada for a possible opening by the Prince of Wales. Capilano Timber Co says red cedar totem poles along British Columbia coast are over four centuries old. South Africa to get mooring tower for airships after British air ministry visit. Demers Court dismisses three suits over Maskinonge railway crossing accidents, blaming motorists.
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Wm. Mackenzie
Toronto
London
William
Julio Brevo
Madrid
Spain
Canada
Eluilal
England
United States
Kronstadt
Kieplkoff
Baltic
Great Britain
British Columbia
Capilano Timber Company
Liver Diet as Treatment for Pernicious Anemia Discussed
At a Toronto convention, Dr F J Campbell of London Ontario presented that feeding liver from beef calves sheep or pigs has proved very successful against pernicious anemia. He noted disease duration of five to ten years makes cure uncertain, but one year results are very promising.
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Canadian and
Ontario Medical Association
Toronto
F. J. Campbell
London
Ontario
Londoner and Britisher clash over museum skulls
A British Museum visitor asks for Cromwell's skull. The attendant says none exists. The exchange turns on the size of a building and ends with a quip about Oxford’s fine skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell
Would Reduce Railway Crossing Fatalities
Readers urged to watch level crossing signs to avoid train collisions. Drivers often fail to look ahead, causing accidents as signs placed 300 feet from crossings warn of oncoming trains. Cautious driving can prevent fatalities and near misses at highways intersecting rail lines.
Girlish Frock Pattern No. 1588 for Misses and Small Women
Two piece skirt to bodice pattern with round neck and shoulder gathers. View B has short kimono sleeves, View A long sleeves tied at wrists. Bow at left shoulder and belt buckle at front. Size 18 requires 2 1/2 yards 39 inch material. price 20 cents. Fashion Book explains materials and techniques. book priced 10 cents.
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View
View A
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Winnipeg Union at 175 McDermot Ave lists pattern orders with pattern numbers and names. The notice mentions town and pattern inquiries for customers seeking specific fashion designs or fabric patterns.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canada's Bisley Team Sails for England aboard Cunard vessel
Members of the 1927 Canadian Bisley team departed June 10 from Canada for England on the Cunard Inner Ausoula. The commandant Brig Gen G Duff Stuart of Vancouver sits with adjutant Major J F McManus of Belleville in the first row. Other listed soldiers include Wood Victoria Potter Hamilton Moulden Sussex N I Parnell Verdun Foreman Ottawa and several sergeants and corporals with affiliations to Toronto Ottawa and Verdun.
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Bisley
England
Cunard
J. WH. Moulden
Hamilton
Bunnell
Sussex
L J Moat
Jdphe
Q.M.S. A. Parnell
Verdun
J. E. Foreman
G H. Gray
F.S. Glass
McCabe
Cpl. Douglas
Cg.g
R-C Stock
R.C
Toronto
G. M Emalie
Kr. MacGregor
Ottawa
C.S.M. H
Dr Robert Bell cancer warning and its dietary cure claim
A historical notice recounts British surgeon Dr Robert Bell’s claim that cancer is a blood disease bred in the colon, that X ray and radium are ineffective, and that the knife worsens cancer. It promotes a non drug constipation cure and offers free information from Charles Walter in Toronto.
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Robert Bell
M.D. F.rfps
Bell
Dietary
Charles Walter
Brunswick Avenue
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Mennonites Seek Peace River Homesteading Prospects
Representatives of a Manitoba Mennonite colony traveled to Peace River to study the area for possible settlement. If plans succeed, about 25,000 Mennonites are expected to move into the Peace River district.
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Manitoba
Peace River
Heroism Reward Gap Reveals Harsh Reality in Science Sacrifice
Opinion recounts John R. Kissinger's 1900 yellow fever experiments in Cuba and his lifelong struggle after an inadequate annuity. It contrasts medical sacrifice with sports heroes, arguing news value undervalues scientific service and questions the fairness of postwar compensation.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Association For Medical Progress
John R. Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
Cuba
W&s
North
South America
Post Hospital
Columbia Barracks
Quemadas
London Tour Guides Pride Arch From William the Conqueror
A London party tours a historic building with a guide noting a famed arch dates to William the Conqueror. A member asks what it is for and if it will fit, while the guide explains the arch’s significance and enduring presence in the city.
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William the Conqueror
Samuel Chooses Saul by Lot in Israelite Kingship
Sunday school lesson explores Micah favoring justice kindness and humility before God. It recounts Samuel’s call to present tribes and clans, the Lot method of selecting Saul, and the people’s election of a king as revealed by God.
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Micah
Samuel
Samuels
Satmuel
Mizpel
Lot
Lev
Canaan
Num
Achon
Josh S
Benjamin
Kish
Saul
God
Jehovah
Largest single unit elevator planned for U G of Canada Port Arthur
Construction begins on a 5 500 000 bushel elevator for United Grain Growers of Canada at Port Arthur at a cost of 2 000 900 dollars. The all concrete 600 by 1400 foot structure will house 600 tanks and sit beside a 1000 foot dock slated for completion by February 1928.
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United Grain Growers of Canada
China Faces Slower Population Growth Says Census Study
A Chinese government statistician Chanchen Chen reports from 1741 to 1923 population growth slowed from rapid gains to 8 to 9 thousand annually. Since 1955 China reached 400 million and rose only to about 520 million by recent estimates, with high death rates cited as the main cause.
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China
Chanchen Chen
United States
LDG
Enly
France
Indian Christians raise funds for Stained Glass window at Medak church
In Medak Hyder abad India the central church serving over 50000 Indian Christians opened a year ago but lacked stained glass. Six thousand donors funded a window designed by Frank Salisbury with the Ascension as its subject. The donors aim for beauty to aid worship surpassing mosque or temple grandeur.
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Ginele
Medak
Hyderabad
India
CW. Posnett
Frank ©. Salisbury
Salisbury
Canadians Return Trend Reverses Northward to U S
Port of Rock Island reports at least 75 moving vans carrying returning Canadians this season reversing last year’s southward travel. Officials say early summer traffic that once waned now heads north as many return to farms.
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Rock Island
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Charles Lindbergh
Followig
Air Rinistry
South Africa
Justice Demers
Superior Court
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Maskinonge
New York
Were
Oxford
Taffion
Ausoula
Mennonites
Havergal
Port Arthur
U.G. of
Staistician
Beautify Church
U.S
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