World Happenings Briefly Told
A British film venture is capitalized at 5 000 660 pounds. Mennonites returning from Paraguay to Western Canada will head west again this winter. Two lifelong friends died within an hour of each other in Sydney. Wages for farm servants in Scotland drop to 8 75 a week for men and 6 for women. Ten Moth aeroplanes cost 50 000 for Canada to promote flying clubs. The Larech steamer resupplied a Hudson Strait expedition for aerial bases. Congress may award a congressional medal to Col Charles A Lindbergh and provide 4 000 annual retirement pay. Dr J D Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy claims to relieve and prevent attacks.
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Great Britain
Canada
Paraguay
Sydney
Farm Servants’ Union
Farmers’ Union of
Mid and West Lothian
Scotland
de Haviland Corporation
England
Department of National Defence
Ottawa
Hudson Straits
Halifax
St. Louis
Congress
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Plan to Prevent Tampering at 1927 Grain Show
The Chicago International Grain and Hay Show adopts a continent wide plan to deter tampering with exhibits. Saskatchewan Agriculture notes full adoption based on M P Tullis input. Each state or province assigns a credited representative to manage entries. Corn racks will be lighter and grain racks locked. Exhibits will be handled by the in charge representative during judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago International
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
M P. Tullls
Saak
Canada’s Debt Drops in First Half of 1927 Fiscal Year
The national debt of Canada decreased by 70,189,814 dollars in the first half of the current fiscal year from April 1 to September 30, 1927, reflecting a reduction in government liabilities.
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Canada
Northern Manitoba Gold Prospect Seen As World Leader
Mining engineer F Hermann and J Louis visited Winnipeg and praised the Herb Lake area as a future giant gold field. Hermann urged practical development by hard work rather than speculative promotion and favored the pick and shovel method to unlock wealth across northern Canada.
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Manitoba
Ontario
F. Hermann
J. Louis
Missouri
Winnipeg
Hermann
Herb Lake
Canada
Ancient red cedar stump reveals over five centuries of growth
In Seal Cove British Columbia Mrs P Riel the Seal Cove Luander Company Limited and the Dominion Archaeologist of the National Museum of Canada documented a huge red cedar stump at Ritchie Point. An initial count shows 226 rings excluding heart rot with more counting planned to gauge total age. The Indian deposit is over 525 years old and the heap age suggests additional time. Excavation cooperation marks the best chance for study since 1914 and reflects thirteen years without sufficient funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber Company
Dominion
Baby's Own Tablets: A Gentle Laxative for Children
A promotional note for Baby's Own Tablets claims the laxative calms bowels and aids digestion while soothing fevers and colds and promoting sleep. It asserts safety for newborns, free from opiates, with Mrs. Perry of Atlantic praising home use. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. in Brockville Ontario.
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Alex. J. Perry
Atlantic
N.S
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Retiring Air Commodore Samson Known as Captain Kettle
British airman Charles Romney Samson retires after a long Royal Air Force career. He bought a house in Wiltshire to live quietly and spent 44 years in service with wartime fame as a terror to the Germans who placed a $5,000 bounty on his head.
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Charles Romney Samson
England
Kettle
Air Force
Royal Air Force
Wiltshire
Samson
Longest solo style air journey by woman begun from Croydon
Mrs Keith Miller and Captain W N Lancaster started from Croydon in the light necro plane Red Rose for a 13 000 mile journey to Port Darwin Australia. They will fly in stages via Europe Africa the Imperial Airways route to India Burma Siam and the Dutch East Indies. German economists say prosperity peak passed.
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Keith Miller
W. N. Lancaster
Croydon
Australia
Europe
Africa
Imperial Airways
India
Burma
Siam
Dutch East Indies
Port Darwin
Amos and the Fall of Israel in Lesson Reflections
A Sunday School lesson surveys Amos chapters 5 and 7 with the golden text from Amos 5 24 praising justice as a mighty stream. It interprets the lament over Israel and the prophet’s justice driven message that Israel fell despite wealth and trade.
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Israel
Faruel
David
Saul
Jonathan
Ezekiel
Amos
John Merlin Powis Smith
Samaria
Rabbi Levy
Zechariiah
Jeroboam I
Penny Postage Boosts Canadian Postal Revenue
Officials say the penny postage policy has increased mail use and advertising, lifting postal revenue by nearly two million dollars in five months. Since July 1926, Canadians bought five million dollars more in stamps, and the revenue gap is expected to vanish by March 31, 1929.
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Dominion
Post Office Department
oMelais
Canada
South Africa Hedges Flag Plan With Compromise
A years long flag dispute in South Africa ends in a compromise between Hertzog’s government and Smuts followers. The Union Jack remains official on ships and government buildings, while a domestic flag keeps three stripes orange white blue with the Union Jack in the corner and other emblems. The national flag bill, first offered in 1925, faced opposition over the absence of the Union Jack.
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Hertzog
Jan Christian Smuts
Union
T Ross
Union Jack
Orange Free State Vierkleur
Transvaal Yvierkleur
House of Assembly
Herizog
Lindbergh completes latest leg of cross country flight
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh lands at Mitchell Field New York in the Spirit of St Louis just before his self imposed deadline after a zigzag 22800 mile tour visiting 82 cities and 30 million people across 147 speeches since leaving July 29. King Boris of Bulgaria remains a strict teetotaler shocking hosts in England with his early pledge against alcohol.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Mitchell Field
New York
St. Louis
Boris
Bulgaria
England
Notable Yields Reported Across Lougheed District
Mal colm McKinnon broke crop records by threshing over 3 000 bushels of wheat from a 50 acre field yielding 60 bushels per acre. His average across his farm runs 55 bushels per acre. At J A Munroe’s Al Sask farm wheat from summer fallow yielded 60 bushels per acre graded No 1 Northern. Fall and spring ploughing yielded 35 bushels and graded No 1 oats 120 bushels per acre.
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Lougheed
Malcolm McKinnon
McKinnon
J. A. Munroe
Alsask
Saskatchewan
Police use dog ear whistles for inaudible alerts
German police employ whistles inaudible to humans but audible to dogs and handlers to aid in operations. A disjointed dialogue about noisy neighbors and a skater ends the fragment, illustrating daily urban friction.
Indian sentiment and ritual pain cited by Smithsonian scholar
David I. Bushnell of the Smithsonian argues natives show deep humanity through ritual self pain after loss. He cites practices such as white clay body daubing cutting flesh arrows passed through skin and barefoot marches as expressions of agony. A quoted village joke from Oslo remarks on dancing with a lieutenant and camel reference.
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David I. Bushnell
Smithsonian Institution
Newspaper Ahead of Radio Says Marconi in Interview
Guglielmo Marconi argues radio cannot replace newspapers as the record in black and white. He notes radio can transmit news worldwide instantly, but newspapers offer deeper coverage and enduring reporting, remaining a major power in shaping opinion and reporting big events.
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Guglielmo Marconi
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NeDermot Ave
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