World Happenings Briefly Told
A tuberculosis death rate drop in Ontario is reported by Health Minister Hon. Dr. J A Faulkner at a Peterborough service club. An English racing driver invents a claw for front police cars to trap fleeing criminals. A London Royal Exhibition hall machine tests 3000 eggs hourly, grading by weight. Thomas Bryson, 93, dies in Tientsin as the oldest foreign missionary in China. Dr Joseph Heaslip named medical officer at the Guelph reformatory. Northern Alberta railways records 3 506000 bushels of grain sold by farmers this season, mainly wheat, valued at about 2 500 000. A century and a quarter ago a man mailed five dollars to the U S treasury for sleeplessness. today the treasury ledger shows 624 113 70 as public conscience credits. Central Alberta Dairy Pool and Sunny Alberta Creameries seek lower freight on butter to Vancouver. board dismissed the appeal.
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Royal Agricultural Hall
London
Thomas Bryson
China
Tientsin
Edinburgh
Yorkton
Jos. Heaslip
Manville
Alta
Guelph, Ont
Northern Alberta Railways
Alberta
United States Treasury
Treasury
Central Alberta Dairy Pool, Limited
Sunny Alberta Creameries, Limited
Alix
Red Deer
Vancouver
Board of Railway Commissioners
New Garden Methods By Pillsbury Promise Soil Lab Tanks
Arthur C. Pillsbury envisions a future where families grow vegetables in chemical soil-less tanks, yielding a year’s supply at current monthly costs. He notes soil-less tank experiments show tenfold production increases and cites shallow tanks producing two to three thousand bushels per acre versus the US average of 104.
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Arthur C. Pillsbury
Pillsbury
United States
Inventions Of The Future Speculate On Patents
United States government experts foresee future wonders from agriculture patents including peppered corn with zippers and self squeezing grapefruit. A patent office note says these ideas seem impossible now but may not be more far fetched than early aircraft or radio. Since plant patents began six years ago more than 1,000 applications and about 200 issuances cover vegetables fruits flowers and trees.
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United States
Maine
Predicts World War Within Two Years Warned by Biographer
Emil Ludwig, the German Jewish biographer, arriving from South America with his wife, said a new world war will come not from simple fascism versus communism but from two opposing philosophies. He compared it to the religious wars in Europe and warned that aggressive and defensive nations will clash.
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Emil Ludwig
South America
Ludwig
Berlin
Rome
Europe
Prison Reform Call to Centralize Canadian Penitentiaries
The Halifax Prisoners Welfare Association urged central control of Canada's penal system to a royal commission. The brief proposed reducing minimum sentences to one year, adopting League of Nations minimum rules across all levels, capping prison populations at 500, tiered penitentiary status, advisory visiting committees, and technical training for staff.
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Halifax
Prisoners’ Welfare Association
Royal Commission
League of Nations
Uses For Old Automobile Tires In Australian Farming Life
Old tires play a vital role in central Australia farms. Inner tubes are repurposed into bow-yangs, brake leathers, boot soles, braces, belts, hatbands, leggings, collapsible buckets, rifle cases and watertight mail carriers, keeping dust out and supplies secure.
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Australia
Scientist predicts earth may rust to death long before suns end
Dr Henry Norris Russell writes for the Smithsonian Institute that oxygen in the air could be slowly depleted by iron oxidization in rocks. He argues that over a billion years this rusting process might exhaust atmospheric oxygen and extinguish life, though the end would come only after vast spans of time.
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Smithsonian Institute
Henry Norris Russell
Russell
Sunday School Lesson on Spiritual Warfare Armor
The article outlines a November Sunday school lesson on the Christian soldier metaphor, citing Ephesians 6 10 21 and II Corinthians 1 3 11. It emphasizes the whole armor of God including faith shield helmet salvation and the sword of the Spirit, the gospel, and the power of persistent prayer.
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Paul
God
Apostle
C. R. Erdman
Ask Him Before Giving Your Child an Unknown Remedy
Doctor advice cautions against giving unknown remedies to children. The pamphlet promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a trusted, safe choice for children for over fifty years and urges buyers to seek the genuine Phillips label, now available in tablet form.
Spirit's Touch Returns Life to a Prayerful Heart
A devotional note on Holy Spirit awakening a man’s heart and life. It describes how intimate prayer reshapes all actions and service, arguing that life’s deeds spring from sustained communion with God and a secret prayer place. The passage cites 8S. D. Gordon.
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D. Gordon
We Owe the World More Than the World Owes Us
Premiums totaling about 150 million dollars pour into Lloyds of London annually as the insurance market reflects mutual obligations and expectations.
Prosperity divides a society with unequal opportunities
The line suggests two groups: those who resist wealth and others denied chances. It implies social inequality and the challenges of access to resources. The statement frames a broader commentary on economic disparity and personal agency in opportunity.
Tuberculosis found in Ontario training nurses and teachers
Ontario ministers report 30 nurses in training showed active tuberculosis in exams conducted last year. In the past two years 23 training school teachers were also found to be TB cases, said Hon. J. L. Sampson at the Ontario Hospital Association in Toronto.
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Ontario
J. L. Sampson
Ontario Hospital Association
Toronto
Two Shoes Squeak In the Same Key
Head Clerk questions Jedkins about helping a customer as the clerk uncovers a humorous request: a shopper seeks two squeaky shoes that match in tone and key. The exchange captures a light moment in a store setting.
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Jedkins
Animator Maintains Strong Daily Cartoon Output
A skilled animator is said to maintain an excellent average by producing from five to eight feet of animated cartoons in a day, indicating high productivity and efficiency in daily work.
RAF pilot lands safely after Solent crash at Gosport airfield
A Royal Air Force pilot crash landed in the Solent area and tore off the aircraft undercarriage before making a perfect, uninjured landing at Gosport aerodrome in England.
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Solent
Royal Air Force
Gosport
England
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