World Happenings Briefly Told
Glyn Bowden of the Brantford Expositor named president of the Ontario-Quebec Newspaper Circulation Managers Association after a two day conference. Britain’s peace ballot shows 7 775 890 votes in favor of the League of Nations out of 800 703 total. Beesborough British Columbia gains new post office address in section 2 town ship 79 electoral district Cariboo. London transit set a record with 46 000 000 passengers during royal jubilee week. Stolen treasures valued at 50 000 from Russian Imperial Art Treasures Inc Rockefeller Centre. Martin Mooney NY American reporter given 30 days workhouse and 250 fine for contempt in grand jury refusal. Snow falls in London in May with a cold snap at 42 degrees after 77 on May 6. Calgary aldermen to be paid starting December 1 1935 at five dollars a day up to 250 a year. vote for pay won nine to four. Electorate since 1912 has defeated six plebiscites on alderman pay.
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League of Nations
Britain
League
Beesborough
British Columbia
Canada
Cariboo
Imperial Art Treasures, Inc
Rockefeller Centre
Martin Mooney
New York American
City of Calgary
Eve's Peach Theory Reframes Biblical Apple Origin
Louisiana Mo nurseryman Lloyd G. Stark argues Eve's apple was actually a peach linking ancient Chinese beliefs about a peach granting immortality to the Biblical tale. He suggests the Persian apple may equal today's peach and calls the peach the true Tree of Knowledge in ancient lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd G. Stark
Louisiana
Garden of Eden
Window promises silent light and air after decade tests
E. T. Fisk of Amalgamated Wireless Australia announces a new sound proof window. After ten years of acoustic experiments the device reflects and absorbs most sounds with specially treated surfaces while admitting light and air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Fisk
Amalgamated Wireless
Australia
Fisk
Catching and Tagging Canada Geese at Jack Miner Sanctuary
The article details Jack Miner's 1909 1915 efforts to study migrations by tagging birds. It notes the sanctuary's founding 1904 1905 the first duck tag 1910 and the first Canada Goose tag 1915. It describes tagging methods ponds nets and the strong role of Christian tags in public interest. It reports thousands of geese tagged since 1915 and return of unshot birds to Kingsville Ontario.
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Jack Miner
Canada
North America
W. E. Bray
Anderson
N.C
Christ
Hudson Bay Company
Moose
Hudson Bay District
Hudson's and James's Bays
Baffin Land
W. G. Walton
Hudson's Bay
Cochrane
Kingsville
Sanctuary
Moose Factory
James Bay
Revillion Freres Fur Company
Hudson’s Bay
Middle States
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Carrituck Sound
Atlantic Seaboard
Labrador
Newfoundland
New England
North Carolina
Great Lake
Ontario
London Receives First Australian Meat Cargo in 1880
The article notes London's first successful shipment of meat from Australia arriving in 1880. It highlights the event as a milestone in trade relations and signals growing post empire food imports for the city.
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London
Australia
Sunday School Lesson on the Lord's Supper and Covenant
The piece outlines the Passover setting with Jesus instituting the Lord's Supper at the Last Supper, blessing bread and wine as symbols of his body and blood. It discusses the covenant concept, references First Corinthians 10 16 and Exodus 24 8, and notes Jesus will not drink again until the kingdom. It attributes explanations to A B Bruce and reflects on the impending crucifixion.
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Jerusalem
Jesus
Israel
A. B. Bruce
Paul
Christ
Moses
Railways Offer Travel Bargain for King’s Birthday Weekend
Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways announce a five day excursion for week-end travelers across western lines and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo to Northern Alberta routes. One way first class fare plus a quarter for the round trip with a minimum fifty cent fare. tickets valid May 31 to June 3 at 2 pm. return by June 4 midnight if service exists. Children five to twelve half fare, under five free with adult, minimum fare twenty-five cents.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Joseph B. Parker
Canadian Passenger Association
Western
Esquimalt
Nanaimo
Northern Alberta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glyn Bowden
Brantford Expositor
Leon
Liniment
Manly F
Cunard White Star
Willie McManus
Glasgow
Athenia
Willie
Montreal
Toronto
Broadview Avenue
I. Corinthians
King’s Birthday
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
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