World Happenings Briefly Told From The Canadian Pacific Port Arthur
A concise world happenings roundup notes a fatal accident at Fort William pur Co factory where millwright G. Miller died after contact with a live wire. Also covered are political campaigns in Toronto against prohibition, a five hour clash near Galbally with six civilians killed and 14 wounded, two soldiers hurt, and a ministerial pledge to deny contracts to firms lacking at least five percent disabled workers. Additional items report the Canadian Explorer running aground at Saloniki, a large gold shipment to New York with England as a source, the death of Rear Admiral Henry Doughty born 1870, an Eastern Cuba rail strike paralyzing lines, and sugar industry distress amid the walkout.
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Canadian Pacific T
Port Arthur
G. Miller
Fort William
Halifax
Canadian Explorer
Canadian Government Steamship Service
Saloniki
Greece
New York
Europe
England
Kuhn, Loeb & Company
Henry Montague Doughty
Doughty
Royal Sovereign
Davenport
Cuba
Santiago
Saskatchewan Salt Deposits Plant Under Construction
A plast is being completed at Seal Lake Saskatchewan to produce dairy salt from local deposits. About 850 tons are expected this season for the Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries at Regina. Remaining rough salt will be shipped to laundries in Edmonton Saskatoon Regina and Moose Jaw. A Fusilier plant is also being erected to manufacture sodium sulphate powder with a 20 ton capacity and shipments start this simmer.
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Sealac
Sask
Saskatchewan Co-operative Creameries
Regina
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Fusilier
100 Year Old Rebecca Thomas Dies in Kelvedon Common
Mrs Rebecca Thomas who celebrated her 100th birthday in December last has died at Kelvedon Common near Brentwood. She lived all her life in the house in which she was born.
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Rebecca Thomas
Kelvedon Common
Brentwood
British Columbia Lumber Firm Wins South Africa Order
The British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company secured an order for 1,400,000 feet of 3 by 9 and 3 by 11 lumber for South Africa. Shipments will start within the coming months, marking the first far south order in many months.
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B.C. Lumber
South Africa
British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company
Far South
It Has Many Qualities Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil Ad
A claim notes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil cures coughs and colds and relieves sore throat sprains and swelling. It speeds healing of cuts contusions and heals sores. Sold for a quarter.
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Dr. Thomas
Marshal Foch Brims With Daily Mail from All Around
Marshal Foch receives a daily flood of correspondence from friends and enemies alike. An American sender once dispatched a dozen letters and as many registered packages. Messages range from adulation to vituperation, with odes baby-name notes and invention schemes peppering the mix.
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Marshal Foch
Hee
America
Progressive Homemaker Tools Save Time and Space
A catalog of compact labor saving devices for home use includes a six pound hand powered washing unit attachable to a faucet, rust removing cork, stain less steel knives, an egg slicer, table top food chopper, rolling pins with castle or flower imprints, a rub over washboard, a glove sized washboard, a light iron cat claw for cleaning carpets, and low cost.
His Ambition Kindly Old Gent
A child asks to grow into a kind older man who has time to stroll and ask questions, admiring a leisurely life. The exchange frames ambition as desire for gentleness and curiosity rather than activity or wealth.
Born a Slave Leaves $15,000 Estate in South Carolina
"Uncle Bill" Hopkins, a Negro who died recently in South Carolina, left a $15,000 estate. Born a slave and unable to read or write, he earned most of his fortune chopping wood for white neighbors.
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Bill’ Hopkins
South Carolina
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Advertised Remedy
Mrs Daniel Bezanson of Loganville Nova Scotia reports two years of weak heart and sleepless nights eased after using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. She says six boxes fully relieved her and recommends the medicine priced 50 cents a box, available from The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ontario.
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Milburn
Daniel Bezanson
Loganville
N.S
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Hen with three yolk eggs among Ottawa fowl
Mrs McGill of Ottawa keeps a White Leghorn Barred Rock cross hen that has laid four three yolk eggs. The latest egg measured 87-8 by 6 3-4 inches, larger than eggs from Mr Johnston Clapp and the Regina hen, and heavier than the Kansas Easter egg.
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Kansas
Regina
No light penetrates below the sea’s deep surface
A terse observation notes that no light reaches beyond S00 fathoms beneath the ocean, underscoring extreme depth where visibility is nonexistent.
Zam-Buk praised as healing from farm injury
Edward Crane of Kinburn Ontario reports a three horse team harness accident that cut his elbow and wrist. He treated the wound with Zam Buk and saw rapid improvement. Zam Buk advertised as a universal healer for eczema ulcers burns and skin eruptions with prices listed.
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Edward Crane
Kinburn
Ont
Zam Buk Co
Toronto
Life and Death Visit from Insurance Agent
A minister strict about morning study time admits a caller only in life or death. The maid reports a visitor with life and death urgency, an insurance agent, prompting the reluctant halt to the staged caution. The Houston Post reports this anecdote.
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Houston Post
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad
An old advertisement claims cold in the head is an acute nasal catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as rebuilding the system and cleansing blood to reduce colds. It states internal use through the blood improves mucous surfaces and lowers inflammation with a promise of circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Australians eye wool mill on Vancouver Island project
A group of Australian sheep farmers seeks to build a wool mill on Vancouver Island with a $500,000 budget. They require a free site to proceed and await government or land offers.
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Vancouver Island
Corrector of Pulmonary Troubles Promotes Dr Thomas Oil
The article extols Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil for curing respiratory disorders. It emphasizes many testimonials but claims the best evidence is personal experience. The oil is said to allay inflammation in the bronchial tubes and provide relief to sufferers.
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Thomas
Milwaukee Doctors Claim First Complete Isolation Of Sleeping Sickness Germ
Scientists led by Dr. William Thalsimer in Milwaukee report the first complete isolation of the sleeping sickness microbe after a yearlong Columbia Hospital clinic. The statement says a minute organism causes the disease and that it can be isolated and propagated, with a potential cure anticipated.
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Milwaukee
William Thalsimer
Columbia Hospital
Pionk Quotation Cites Reformers on Happiness by Letting Alone
A quip attributed to Luke McLuke suggests reformers should avoid meddling and focus on letting people be. The remark frames happiness as individual freedom and restraint in social reform efforts.
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Pionk
Tem
Luke McLuke
Persian Men Must Not Laugh in Persia
Narrative notes that men who laugh are deemed effeminate while women enjoy free merriment, reflecting gender norms and social expectations in Persian society. The piece contrasts male restraint with female freedom of expression.
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Persia
American coal exports to Sweden surge past prior year
Last year the United States shipped coal to Sweden totaling more than twelve times the amount exported in the year before. The surge reflects a significant rise in energy trade between the two nations.
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Sweden
Delicate beige crepe de chine dress with knife pleats
A year round wear fabric crepe de chine in beige highlights a finely knife pleated dress. An interesting cut yoke extends over the shoulders forming short sleeves with pleated crepe de chine loops. A black satin slip peeks beneath filet lace panel and a scarlet sash adds bright color at the waist.
California Prune Industry Growth Since Early Plantings
Two prune trees planted sixty five years ago near San Joss in Santa Clara County mark the start of a California industry that now produces about half of U S and Canada prunes and ships worldwide. Prunes are picked by women and children after falling, boiled in lye, washed, sun dried, graded by size, steamed and drained before packing. California’s annual prune output is about 200 million pounds.
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San Joss
Santa Clara County
California
United States
Canada
Miller's Worm Powders Show Powerful Worm Attack
The product claims to attack worms in stomach and intestines at once and kill all worms. It also asserts correcting digestive organ health to prevent worm growth and promotes benefits for a child’s development, with hundreds of attested cases and broad trust.
Seventy Year Old Inventor Creates Yarn Spinning Attachment
Mrs. S. A. Page of Page Nebraska marks her seventieth birthday by perfecting a sewing machine attachment that lets her twist or spin her own yarn for knitting, a potential revolution for American spinning.
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S. A. Page
Page, Neb
America
Canada’s boot and shoe making roots trace to 1667
The article notes a long standing Canadian craft industry dating back to 1667, marking boot and shoe production as among the Dominion’s oldest trades.
Holloway's Corn Remover Promises Quick Relief
Corns are painful growths and Holloway's Corn Remover will remove them. The ad asserts fast results and relief for sufferers.
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Holloway
Elevator operator explains sentence in wartime tax gag
A man who ran the skyscraper elevator discusses a judge's verdict of three years and ten days. A passenger asks about the extra ten days, and a calm citizen aboard at the tenth floor explains the ten days were for the war tax.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
It is not good for man to be alone
A proverb notes that companionship matters as a woman refuses to leave a man solitary, highlighting social bonds and mutual care.
Bright Agricultural Prospects for British Columbia 1928
Prospects across British Columbia for 1928 are favorable. Seeding is underway under good weather. Acreage for the antler crop is expected to match last year. Horticulture districts anticipate large fruit yields. Dairying remains in a satisfactory condition.
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British Columbia
Nerviline touted as quick relief for stomach upset
An old advertisement proclaims a mild epidemic caused by impure water and promotes Nerviline as a fast fix for cramps diarrhoea headaches hiccups and gas. It urges households to keep a bottle on hand and notes the product costs mere cents.
There Was Trouble Over a Typewriter Choice
A spouse asks about the best typewriter. Robert answers with a quirky remark about “twenty with soft brown eyes,” reflecting a humorously misdirected preference from a Boston Transcript excerpt.
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Robert
Boston Transcript
Baby's Own Tablets Praised By Mother Testimony
Mrs. Fred Murphy of Charlottetown P E I writes she has used Baby's Own Tablets for eight months for her baby and speaks highly of their help in early motherhood. The tablets are described as a mild thorough laxative, safe for newborns, and sold for 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Fred Murphy
Charlottetown
P.E.L
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Procrastinated Passenger Teaches Conductor Dictionary Word
A Dallas News excerpt recalls a passenger on a tramcar telling the conductor that procrastinate means to put off. The exchange shows the man explaining the term after consulting a dictionary and the conductor reacting with surprise.
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Dallas News
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