World Happenings Briefly Told
The king's cancer fund stays open through the jubilee season and stands at $300,000. Manitoba will add a seaplane to its air force as a first step in replacing aging patrol planes. Port Arthur relief workers must break rock for meals, with rock quotas assigned. Hymn of Thanksgiving by John Masefield will be sung by 500 Welsh regiment men at the Aldershot tattoo in June. The Ashworth will be the first ship to dock at Churchil, Manitoba, loading at Newcastle and Antwerpen for western Canada, sailing from England in July. Major Douglas sees progress for a social credit plan in Alberta. Die Stunde fined Hitler’s mock May Day speech 200 schillings. Ramsay MacDonald witnessed a ceiling collapse at the royal academy. no one was in the vestibule.
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King’s Cancer Fund
Ottawa
Manitoba
Port Arthur
John Masefield
Sir Walford Davies
Aldershot
Church
Ashworth
Dalgleish Line
Newcastle
Antwerp
Canada
England
C. H. Douglas
Edmonton
Alberta
Die Stunde
Adolf Hitler
Ramsay MacDonald
Montreal Gas Lamps Illuminate Streets in 1830s and 1860s
A century ago Montreal relied on coal oil lamps before a gas light company sought a 500 dollar yearly subsidy in 1835. By 1837 the city deployed 200 gas lamps, and in 1863 a new contract expanded to 700 lamps. Lamps were to burn 21 nights monthly with moonlight on the remaining nights.
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Montreal
Gas Company
Optimism For Pessimist Ottawa Journal Trade Totals
The Ottawa Journal reports twelve months to March exporting Canada goods worth 659 million and imports valued at 522 million, totaling 1.181 billion in trade. It asks if these numbers offer no message for pessimists, noting a strong trade surplus.
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Ottawa Journal
Canada
Moon mountains may reach twenty five thousand feet high
Scientists speculate some lunar mountains could stand around 25 000 feet in height near the Moon's brightest regions, approaching elevations seen on Earth’s tallest peaks. Estimates rely on crater depth data and seismic readings, suggesting a rugged lunar terrain.
Antiseptic Ice Glaze Found For Frozen Fish
Prince Rupert scientists at the Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station report a crack proof antiseptic ice glaze for frozen fish. The process aims to prevent rusting discoloration cracking and gas penetration, stop drying and deterioration, and kill or suppress bacteria in storage. It has been demonstrated by a British Columbia firm on halibut with success and offers a cheap storage method.
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Prince Rupert
Pacific Fisheries Experimental Station
British Columbia
Sterling Products reports definite improvement in Windsor
At the Sterling Products annual meeting in Windsor Ontario the board approved higher advertising expenditures and re elected H L Schade as president H L Kinnican as vice president and H C Eastman as secretary treasurer The outlook for 1935 remains positive with continued improvement expected The company markets Dr Lyons Tooth Powder Watkins Mulsified Cocoanut Shampoo Oil Glostora Del A Tone Aspirin Phillips Milk of Magnesia Midol Cascarets California Syrup of Figs Danderine Papes Diapepsin Papes Cold Compound No To Bac Diamond Dyes and Diamond Tints
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Sterling Products (Limited
Windsor
Ont
H L. Schade
H. L. Kinnican
H. C. Eastman
Watkins
Phillips
Little Journeys In Science Parasites Across Animal Groups
An overview defines animal parasites as organisms living in or on hosts and notes parasitism spans protozoa arthropods and flat and round worms. It discusses external and internal parasites, host degeneration, and how parasites spread and persist, with tropical regions facing greater parasitic disease burdens.
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Animal Kingdom
Tropics
Handwriting Analysis Promises Truth About Character
A Winnipeg Reader asks for graphology based character insights. A noted graphologist offers analysis from handwriting samples, requesting birthdates, a coin per specimen, and a stamped envelope to Lawrence Hibbert at the Winnipeg Newspaper Union, with two weeks for reply.
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Lawrence Hibbert
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Simple salt polish for glassware
Salt keeps glassware polished without soap. Wash in hot water with one tablespoon salt per quart, rinse with clean hot water, and the glassware will shine like crystal.
Plane flies Croydon to Amsterdam in one hour
A heavy wind aided an aircraft as it covered 220 miles from Croydon England to Amsterdam Holland in about one hour.
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Croydon
England
Amsterdam
Holland
The Great Commission Baptism Sermon Outline
A Sunday school lesson outlines Matthew 28 19 20 on the Great Commission. Jesus appears in Galilee post resurrection, declares all authority, commands disciples to baptize in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit, teach all nations, and assures presence to the end of the world.
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Galilee
Jesus
Peter
Christ
God
Praise from New York on John Buchan as bridge to British America
The New York Times hails John Buchan as the best bridge between continents once tied by Scotland. He is set to play a conspicuous role in shaping the next chapter of British America, adding to his prior writings and bringing Scottish intellect to North America.
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John Buchan
Scotland
British America
North America
New York Times
Demand for Purebred Percheron Horses Surges in Alberta
The demand for pure bred Percheron horses in Alberta has broken records as farmers buy animals at prices 150 to 200 dollars higher than last year, signaling a strong market for these draft horses.
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Alberta
Percheron Club
Mineral Content in Honey Includes Iron and Calcium
The passage notes honey contains minerals such as iron calcium magnesium copper manganese and silicon highlighting its diverse mineral makeup.
Thinning and Staking Tips For A Bountiful Garden
Thinning is essential after plants reach about an inch high. Space flowers by plant height, with roughly a foot between marigolds, petunias, and asters, two to three feet for cosmos and dahlias, and an inch for edging plants. Thin vegetables to an inch spacing, stake tomatoes, and train stems. Garden soil should be rich and well watered, with warm weather crops planted later and continuous sowing for steady harvests. Also notes Cuba’s sugar production forecast of 2,315,000 tons this year.
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VNU Tae
Vey Og
Ny Loans
The
Ramsay Co. S'S
Sttawa
Sterling Products
Gordon H. Guest
M.A
New York
Times
I. Smith
Cuba
Bran
Calgary
Regina
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