World Happenings Briefly Told
Elected mayor of Oxford. H J Browne predicts 1926 will be a difficult year for agriculture. The Canadian Red Cross Hospital in Englehart Ontario opened by Lincoln Goldie. Over 400000 travelled by water between Canada and the US in the year to June. A memorial tablet to Sir William Price unveiled at Kenogami. Quebec port records 78288 passengers landed up to Nov 7. Sir Horace Rumbold to head League of Nations inquiry into Greece Bulgaria fighting. Manitoba Power Company to invest 2 million for pulp and paper mills power. The death ray inventor luminaphone beams of light and cloud color ads. Winnipeg engineer John Smith claims a stationary engine with self-manufactured power. Vice Admiral Roger Keyes slight injuries in a crash at sea.
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Oxford
H. J. Browne
Washington, D.C
Canadian Red Cross Hospital
Engiehart
Ont
Lincoln Goldie
Canada
United States
Research Bureau Shipping Board
Manitoba Power Company
Manitoba Pulp and Paper Company
Fort Alexander
H. Grindell Matthews
John Smith
Winnipeg
Roger Keyes
Global Shipbuilding Slump Deepens in Third Quarter
The Department of Commerce reports a world wide decline in shipbuilding for Q3 ending Sept 30 1925. Lloyds Register data show total tonnage down by over 150000 with moth vessels 46000 lower. Germany posts the largest drop about 100000 tons while Italy and Holland show increases in new work started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Lloyd’s Register
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
France
Denmark
London professor touts lead therapy for cancer cure
Prof. W. Blair Bell of Liverpool University told Toronto physicians of promising cancer treatment with the chemical lead. He cited several cases of notable improvement and said about 56 patients were believed well out of roughly 20—mostly hopeless—cases treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Academy of Medicine
W. Blair Bell
Liverpool University
Liverpool Cancer Research Institute
Academy
Savings Accounts in Hawaii Banks Hit Million-Dollar Milestones
Hawaii banks held 101,516 savings accounts last year totaling 21.70 percent of deposits and 371.75 dollars per account average, with Anglo-Saxon accounts posting the highest totals and Japanese deposits rising by over 1 million dollars from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Endurance Tested by Loyal Friends in Time
A proverb-like line contrasts human limits with loyal friends who stand by you. It warns that even the steadfast may tire, urging awareness of fatigue in supportive bonds during challenging times.
Alberta launches continent wide telephone service
Governor Brett of Alberta inaugurated the province wide long distance system linking Alberta with the United States and eastern and western Canada. The service, developed with Mountain States Telephone Company, adds repeaters at Lethbridge Calgary and Medicine Hat and copper links to Montana connecting to Shelby. Edmonton to Minneapolis marked the first commercial call on the new system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Brett
Montana
Colorado
Arizona
Anglin
Ottawa
Ontario
United States
Canada
Mountain States Telephone Company
Lethbridge
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Shelby
Edmonton
Minneapolis
Minnesota
North Battleford Editor McIntosh Heads Western Delegation
Western Canada nominates M P Cameron R McIntosh Liberal editor of The North Battleford News Tur neford Record and St Walbure Times as sole editor to Ottawa He has chaired Saskatchewan Press Association served on its executive and led Canadian Club activities while promoting press ties across Canada and Europe.
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Cameron R. McIntosh
North Battleford
Western Canada
Ottawa
McIntosh
North Battleford News
Turneford Record
St. Walbure
Europe
Great Britain
Belgium
Marsha Foch
Paris
The
Battlefords
Saskatchewan
Canadian Clubs of Canada
Advance In Medical Science Serum May Reduce Hypertension
Dr. F H G Starr of Toronto described a serum that may reduce the morbidity of high blood pressure at the American College of Surgeons in Philadelphia. He credited William J McDonald and University of Toronto work but cautioned that no detailed description or guaranteed efficacy could be given. The serum is a liver extract and hypertension is linked to arterial hardening from inflammation possibly germ related.
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F. H. G. Starr
Toronto
Canada
American College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
Starr
William J. McDonald
University of Toronto
Eclipse Fashions Exclusive Patterns
Simple yet charming frocks designed from one pattern suitable for street wear, bridge, or dance. No. 1166 offers sizes 16 to 20 years with two trimmed side panels, lace edging, and pastel ribbon ties. plain frock features flat revers and gathered sleeves. Price 20 cents pattern. book price 10 cents.
Edmonton Reaches City Status 21 Years Ago
Edmonton became a city on November 7 1904 with a population rise from 7500 to 65378. The capital now serves as Alberta's legislative and educational hub and a regional distribution point with 20 daily trains and 13484 telephones. It grew from fur trade and Klondike era to a gateway for Arctic fur lands.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Arctic Fur Lands
New Colonization Plan Aimed at Canada Settlements
A London report asserts a proposed plan by the immigration department and overseas settlement board to move about 0,000 families from the United Kingdom to Canada within five years. It says the families would be settled on Canadian farms in established communities rather than colonies, though officials deny personal knowledge or official ties to the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Immigraion
Overseas Settlement
Baacd
Canada
United Kingdom
Department
London
Dominion
Mountain climber headmaster laid to rest on English peak
The cremated ashes of Seymour Gubb were scattered from a high Lakeland summit in a funeral rite for a lifelong climber and former Taunton School headmaster of 33 years. Fellow climbers led the service and the article notes Gubb’s long climbing activity.
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Lake District
England
Seymour Gubb
Gubb
Taunton's
Southampton
How To Order Patterns Pattern No te onc
Pattern order note instructs sending 20c coin or stamps from Some Town Province and wrapping the coin carefully to receive patterns.
Walking sticks grown as pegged saplings in England
In England walking stick farms train saplings to form right angled handles. Growth is pegged along the ground so the reclining stalks send up vertical shoots, producing usable walking sticks.
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England
Surgeons Revert To Old Bloodletting Practices
Modern surgeons partially revert to medieval methods like blood letting while still teaching that the bloodstream can be purified by injections called digermicides. Dr. Hugh M. Young of Johns Hopkins explains the American College of Surgeons antiseptics committee and a forthcoming symposium in memory of Lister on his birth centennial April 15 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IM. Hugh M. Young
Johns Hopkins Medical College
American College of Surgeons
Dr. Young
Lister
Aster
Pasteur
Library Navigator Completes 38000 Mile Globe Circumnavigation
Harry Pidgeon a 54 year old photographer known as the library navigator completed a circumnavigation in his 40 foot? no 4 foot Islander homemade craft traveling 38000 miles. He started from San Pedro California on November 18 1921 and reached San Pedro again after passing the Marquesas Island Torres Strait Indian Ocean Mauritius Capetown St Helena and the Panama Canal. He learned navigation by study using branch library books during construction and voyage.
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Library
Globe
Harry Pidgeon
San Pedro
Cal
Marquesis Islands
South Seas
Torres Straits
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Capetown
St. Helena
Atlantic
Panama
Canal Zone
Pidgeon
Trying To Make Easter Fixed Date
Moses B Cotsworth leads an effort at the International Fixed Calendar to fix Easter on the second Sunday in April. The plan urges a 13 month year with four weeks per month and leap days. Cotsworth, a Vancouver native, has worked in New York London and Geneva guiding calendar reform with the League of Nations.
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Moses B. Cotsworth
Toronto
Board of Trade
Mr. Cotsworth
Vancouver
B.C
New York
London
Geneva
League of Nations
Cotsworth
One Train Ride Family With Nineteen Children
A Burlington conductor near Jewell City Missouri found Mrs Frank Scott with one ticket for herself and thirteen children. The children, five double seats, were under five and rode free. Mrs Scott proved they were all her children with the family Bible. The Scotts have nineteen boys including five sets of twins and were en route to relatives in Canada.
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Burlington
Jewell City
Frank Scott
Scott
Scotts
Canada
Canadian Ayrshires Win Six Champion Cups at Royal Dairy Show
A cablegram to the Canadian Ayrshire Association reports Ayrshires took six champion cups at the Royal Dairy Show in London. The item notes a witty remark about free citizens and personal limits.
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Ayrshire Association of
Great Britain and Ireland
Ayrshires
London
Crossword puzzle clues mixed with scattered letters
Puzzle lists many incomplete crossword clues including numbers and stray letters. entries refer to clues for words like cry, tunes, negative, interior, thigh, aeriform fluid, lair, Ireland, odor, slander, diver, garret, propeller, nap, employ, noun, story, fruit, appall, nobles, treadle, image, immense, servant, rotor, mans name, article in Spanish, Royal Academy abbreviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academy
Tenth Commandment notes Canadian summer auto influx
Canadian officials report 2,000,000 automobiles carried 9,000,000 travelers into the Dominion last summer. The count says sightseeing Americans nearly doubled Canada’s population, aided by common language and currency. The piece attributes easy travel to a lack of U S Canada rivalry and contrasts it with Europe’s munition economy.
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Domnions
States
Canada
United States
America
San Francisco Bulletin
High Living Standards Claim From Hoover Report
Secretary of Commerce Hoover says American living conditions last year were the highest in history, citing near full employment, high wages, efficient railroads, balanced prices among major producer groups, and a gradual return to stable commerce abroad as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Commerce Department
Penny in the Slot Radio Listening Stations Debut
Rome introduces penny in the slot radio listening stations. For one penny, two phones sit on the listener's head and a single selection is played by the operator using a Master receiver. The listener accepts whatever is tuned in.
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Rome
Duck Call Broadcast Device Debuts in Oakland Club
J W O Hara, president of the Vallejo Gun Club, invented a device for broadcasting duck calls. Radio gear has been installed in the club preserves and with October shooting season opening, a convincing quack quack quack sound echoed from the blinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
J. W. O’hara
Vallejo
Alaskan Base Urged for Polar Flight Tests
Captain Bob Bartlett, veteran Arctic navigator and Peary party member, says a large base in Alaska is essential to launch polar flights. He warns against attempting crossings from small Arctic outposts and Etah without extensive preparation and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Bob Bartlett
Commander Peary
Pole
Arctic
Bartlett
Etah
Alaskan
Polar Basin
Hidden Mayfair stamp collection found after sixty years
A long hidden stamp collection in a Mayfair London home was unearthed after a lost jewel case search. The hoard, valued at 75 900 dollars from an original 150, includes rare pages and two sheets of 1858 halfpenny Ceylon stamps, the only known sheets. European collectors plan to attend the sale.
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Mayfair
London
Europe
New Device Demonstration Enables Phonographic Heart Sound Recording
The Columbia Phonograph Company in New York demonstrated a device for phonographic recording of heart sounds. It could record sounds too faint for the human ear, promising improved diagnosis of heart diseases and potentially saving thousands of lives annually.
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Phonographics
Columbia Phonograph Company
New York
Giant salamander lifespan may exceed half a century
A giant salamander could live beyond 50 years, researchers suggest, indicating remarkable longevity in this species and prompting further study into its aging processes and habitat requirements.
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Sir William Price
St. James
Kenogamil
Navy
Quebec
Horace Rumbold
Madrid
Italy
Holland
Liverpool
N. U
M.P
Clipse
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Jonas Hopkins College
Ideaa
Pranerty
Lair
U. S
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