World happenings briefly told
Jacob Gould Schurman named by President Coolidge as ambassador to Germany. Canadian Pacific Railway shipped 2,741,661 tons of grain to Fort William and Port Arthur and 961,500 tons to Vancouver in 1924. De Valera urged Irish abroad to aid their threatened country. Montreal daylight saving urged from May 3 to September 27. A hog blood sample from East Africa arrived in Washington for disease research. Rome New York direct cable service inaugurated, length 5 422 land miles. George P. Graham said 1,936 miles of rural road built or improved in 1924. US War Department ordered 100 new planes costing about 1 506 000.
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Jacob Gould Schurman
United States
China
Coolidge
Germany
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fort William
Port Arthur
Vancouver
Montreal
Rome
New York
George P. Graham
House of Commons
Canada Highways
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Promises Quick Lame Back Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a fast acting liniment for lame backs. It claims immediate skin absorption and deep tissue penetration to relieve pain, urging readers to try it and be convinced by the results.
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Thomas
Alberta and B C Press Associations Fix Meeting Dates
The Alberta Press Association executive met in Edmonton and set the annual meeting for August 28 and 29. The British Columbia Press Association will hold its meeting at the same time, also in Edmonton.
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Alberta Press Association
Edmonton
British Columbia Press Association
Favorite Prescription Touted By Canadian Mother
Mrs Laura Henderson of Sarnia Ontario praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine that quickens her rundown system and keeps her well She urges other women in debilitated conditions to use the medicine and notes it is sold in tablets or liquid made at Dr Pierce's Bridgeburg Ontario laboratory A trial package is available by mail feel free to request it
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Sarnia
Pierce
Laura Henderson
Cotterbery St
Dru Ist
Dr. Pierce
Bridgeburg
Ont
Dairy Convention Set in Winnipeg for 1926
Ural arrangements have been completed for the 1926 annual convention of the Western Canada Dairy Association in Winnipeg. Manitoba Dairy Association and Manitoba Buttermakers' Association executives met to fix convention dates and set competitions for the year. Manitoba shipped 189 carloads of creamer y batter totaling 4,435,206 pounds valued at 1,463,516 dollars, including 29,000 boxes of unsalted butter sent to the British market, the first such export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada Dairy Association
Winnipeg
Manitoba Dairy Association
Manitoba Buttermakers' Association
Manitoba
Diamond Dyes Color Textiles With Easy Home Dyes
Diamond Dyes promise soft delicate shades when dipped in cold water and rich permanent colors when boiled. Each 15 cent package contains simple directions for dyeing lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, dresses, draperies, and more. Specify wool or silk or linen, cotton, or mixed fabrics to your druggist.
Woman in Rail Freight Leads 15000 Cars
Miss Lucy Wright, general car distributor for the Grand Trunk Railway, is described as the only woman in the United States in such a high executive role. She must manage 15,000 freight cars amid crops, seasonal demand, and weather disruptions to prevent costly idle cars.
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Wright
California
East
Lucy Wright
Grand Trunk Railway
United States
Americans Dance To London Music On US Radio
The first London dance music rebroadcast to a large American audience was sent from Station WJZ in New York and WRC in Washington. The Hotel Savoy dance orchestra from London was picked up by US stations and rebroadcast by RCA. The audience heard Big Ben chimes from the Houses of Parliament at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WJZ
New York City
WRC
Washington
Hotel Savoy
London
United States
Radio Corporation of America
House of Parliament
Hog Production Up in Canada in 1924
Canada marketed 3,016,000 hogs in 1924 at stockyards and packing plants, up from 2,363,000 in 1923. The prairie provinces saw the largest rise, from 695,000 hogs in 1923 to 1,065,511 in 1924, a 50 percent increase.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Holloway's Corn Remover Proves Safe and Effective
Both hard and soft corns yield to Holloway's Corn Remover in a test of reliability. The product is described as entirely safe to use and certain to satisfy its intended action for corns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Canadian Wheat Exports Rise to UK in 1924
A department of trade and commerce report notes a 50 percent jump in Canadian wheat shipments to the United Kingdom in 1924 compared with 1923, reflecting surging supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Department of Trade and Commerce
Children of Older Fathers More Likely to Produce Eminent Offspring
Scientists report that children of fathers over fifty have ten times the chance of becoming eminent compared with offspring of younger fathers, suggesting a strong link between paternal age and high achievement.
Treaties Update Boundaries Between Canada and United States
Senate reports treaties signed in Washington by Ernest Lapointe and Secretary Hughes to demark boundaries in the Lake of the Woods and Passamaquoddy Bay New Brunswick. The pact realigns the boundary with practical definitions and relocates boundary monuments. It covers inspection and maintenance of the line and surrounding lights and buoys to keep a clear boundary.
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Canada
United States
United States Senate
Washington
Ernest Lapointe
State Hughes
Passamaquodds Bay
N.B
Lake of the Woods
New Brunswick
Grand Manan Channel
Hope Of The World Calls For Global Peace Burden Sharing
Hope Of The World of Chelwood urged nations to cooperate and shoulder their share of safeguarding world peace in a recent speech. The speaker framed Christian civilization as dependent on collective action and burden sharing among countries.
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Chelwood
Demonstration Farms Planned by Russian Farmers in USSR
Seven groups of Russian farmers, who lived in the United States, left New York under the Technical Aid Society to establish modern demonstration farms in Soviet Russia. They will settle in communes and use modern machinery and implements to serve as examples for Russian peasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Technical Aid Society
Russia
Soviet Russia
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Help Morrisburg Woman
Mrs. Geo E Bowman of Morrisburg Ontario describes two years of heart and nerve trouble. She reports palpitations on light exercise and breathlessness climbing stairs before starting Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills and continuing use afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Bowman
Morrisburg, Ont
Milburn
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Endorsed by Patient
A user testimonial praises Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for heart trouble and nervous ailments. The pills are sold in drug and general stores and produced by The T. Milburn Co. Ltd of Toronto, Ontario.
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T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
Ont
Timber Season Brightens in Thunder Bay District
Lumber operators anticipate better returns this year as weather and conditions improve. About sixty percent of the winter cut will be used for home manufacture and forty percent rafted for export to United States mills.
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Thunder Bay
United States
Global Earthquakes Persist Through Daily Shocks
Earthquakes continually occur worldwide with Japan experiencing about three per day. The pace indicates frequent tremors across regions, reflecting persistent seismic activity beyond any single location.
Eczema Relief with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
A Montreal woman shares two years of severe facial eczema with itching and burning. After trying various remedies, she found relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting she is now healed. The ad promotes Cuticura products for daily use.
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Miss ¥. Wood
City Hall Ave
Montreal
Quebec
Cobham Flies 17000 Miles India and Back Without Refueling
Alan Cobham, with Air Service Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, completed a record imperial survey flight from London via Baghdad Calcutta Rangoon to India and back. He carried spares, logged over 200000 miles total, and no engine change. The trip suggests India could be reached in four days next year and outlines imperial air routes across the empire.
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London
India
Mount Everest
Alan Cobham
Sir Sefton Brancker
Imperial Air
Bagdad
Calcutta
Rangoon
Cobham
Sefton Brancker
Imperial Airways
Australia
Egypt
Canada
Mothers Praise Babys Own Tablets
Mrs L M Brown of Walton New Jersey says Baby’s Own Tablets are invaluable for ailments of little ones. The laxative tablets regulate stomach and bowels relieve constipation aid digestion break colds and ease teething. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Duke of Devonshire Key to Saved Empire Exhibition
Parliamentary secretary A M Samuel reports that the Duke of Devonshire guaranteed 500000 of his own money after the government initially backed 100000. He says without the duke’s private expenditure the exhibition would have closed early, and notes the government later ratified the guarantee.
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A. M. Samuel
Overseas Trade Department
Duke of Devonshire
Mackinder Accepts Chairmanship of Imperial Economic Committee
London reports Sir Halford Mackinder has accepted the chairmanship of the Imperial Economic Committee. The panel will allocate the £5,000,000 annual fund earmarked by the British Government to promote Dominion products in the United Kingdom.
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Canada
London
England
Halford Mackinder
Imperial Economic Committee
United Kingdom
Germanythinking on drink bill and alcohol consumption
Germany is labeled the world’s wettest nation by its national prohibition committee. A survey claims Germans drink nearly two quarts less than France per quart consumed, totaling 500 million quarts yearly with 132 million hard liquors. The tab, about 20 million gold marks annually, leads the world and suggests cutting booze could offset the Dawes plan burden.
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Germany
National Committee For Prohibition
France
Murders of rural correspondents shake Russian countryside
Reports say peasants kill provincial paper correspondents amid government anxiety. At Nikolaiev three peasants are executed for killing a correspondent accused of spying. Briansk sees another slain correspondent and daily killings rise. government cites over 1,000 murders of such correspondents last year.
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Russia
Nikolaiev
Odessa
Briansk
Moscow
Sale of Coal in National Parks Regulation Update
An order in council dated February 3 1925 amends park trade rules for coal sales. Each load of coal weighed in park scales must be at least 1000 pounds. Weighing fee set at 15 cents per load.
Record Tourist Trade Seen For Montreal Steamship Season
Officials from Montreal steamship companies estimate more than 40000 tourists will sail for Europe this navigation season. The figure is the largest on record and includes more United States citizens than ever before.
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Montreal Steamship Companies
Montreal
Europe
United States
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Proclaimed Effective
A claim asserts Worm Exterminator strengthens children by driving out parasitic worms. The ad implies notable health benefits from use and urges quick action to protect youth.
Canning Plant Planned for Rutland Kelowna
Okanagan Packers Ltd plans a canning factory and fruit packing house in the Rutland district Kelowna depending largely on arrangements with local tomato growers and the Kelowna area group.
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Okanagan Packers, Ltd
Rutland
Kelowna
Jesus Entry as King Shows True Loyalty in Holy Week
Sunday School lesson recalls Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey as the crowd hailed him king before the crucifixion. The piece stresses unchanging loyalty to Christ as the mark of true followers and contrasts earthly expectations with his absolute lordship. It cites a follower who shifted from seeing Jesus as constitutional sovereign to absolute Lord, noting the life change.
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Christ
Jesus Christ
Zechariah
Jerusalem
Messiah
Temple
Jesus
Bethany
Miller's Worm Powders Vermifuge and Tonic
Miller's Worm Powders are described as thorough in expelling stomachic and intestinal worms from children without pain or inconvenience. The remedy is claimed to be painless, effective, and tonic, strengthening the infant stomach and maintaining vigorous operation while providing health benefits beyond vermifuge action.
Canadian mills exceed U.S. output in February newsprint production
Canadian mills produced 115 624 tons of newsprint in February, an average of 150 tons more daily than January. U S mills produced 111 831 tons, 1.79 percent less than Canada, marking the first time Canada led in output.
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United States
Laugh on Bath Robbers as Dummies Are Stolen
Bath shopkeepers report a hoax by burglars who cut a tobacconist window and took only dummy packet stock. In a separate raid at a vine merchant, five bottles of colored water were stolen, leaving no real goods harmed.
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Bath
Eng
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