World Happenings Briefly Told
A roundup notes Mennonites arriving in Western Canada this year, Matsunaga becomes Japanese Consul General to Canada, Tufton dies after accompanying Lord Cecil to the League of Nations, and a new Thessalian city discovery with relics unearthed. Also reports Japanese relief funds, Arab demand to overthrow Syria’s mandate, Geddes' health, Giardino expels 4000 unemployed, war loan shortfalls funded from treasuries, Creston sends fruit greetings to the Prince of Wales, Peace River settlers lack railways, Ontario hay crops and grain yields up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Tufton
Lord Robert Cecil
Geneva
League of Nations Congress
Thessaly
Self-righting lifeboat inspired by broken bowl lesson
A man named Hamed Wouldhave observed a water bowl’s inverted bowl design and realized that a vessel made of floating material shaped like one half of a basin floats only with its convex surface down. His chance encounter led to the concept of a self righting lifeboat that rights itself when overturned by waves.
Appealing Charms of Health and Beatty Mentioned
A reader endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine, noting improved health after motherhood. The letter promotes trial packages from Dr. Pierce's Laboratory in Bridgeburg Ohio and offers free medical advice.
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Health
Beatty
London
Dr. Pierce
Women's Ailments Caused by Neglect
Advertisement extolling Dr Hamilton's Pills for women with mild ailments. Claims kidneys respond quickly and symptoms such as back pain shortness of breath and poor color fade. promotes natural body functions and health restoration. Priced 25 cents at dealers.
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Dr. Hamilton
Indian school contract awarded at Kamloops
The Department of Indian Affairs awarded a contract for a large Kamloops Indian school construction estimated at about $90,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Indian Affairs
Kamloops
Have you symptoms and need a tonic Dr Williams Pink Pills
A vintage ad claims Dr Williams Pink Pills cure fatigue nervousness poor appetite and indigestion. It cites Horace Cuphill of Woodward's Cove NB who improving after four boxes and says the pills restore health and grant renewed appetite energy and strength. Available from medicine dealers or by mail for 50 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Man’s Bad Habit and Food Choices Across Species
A writer on agriculture notes experiments where pigs choose foods best for them and eat only what they need, while humans overeat under similar conditions. The piece laments inherited bad habits from ancestors and questions how long such legacies will punish future generations.
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E. W. Howe
Diamond Dyes Colorful Home Dyeing Guarantee
Don’t question dyeing success with Diamond Dyes. Guaranteed perfect results for beginners. Druggists stock all colors with directions in every package.
Two Valuable Milk Based Cookies Recipe
A 4 cupful recipe uses Borden's St Charles Milk and oil with sugar eggs and flavorings. The mixture is cooked and milk blended then dry ingredients added alternately, then poured into a pan topped with nut meats or raisins and baked for thirty minutes.
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Borden’s
St. Charles
Strawberry Short Cake Cupcake Recipe Steps
Instructions describe mixing flour baking powder salt butter and sugar with undiluted milk to form a stiff batter. Bake twenty minutes in an oblong pan. Split the cake, spread with butter, and fill with two quarts of sugared strawberries.
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Borden's
St. Charles
Bottle Makes Round Trip Across Atlantic
A bottle cast from the Italian steamer Dante Alighieri on April 19, 1921, about 700 miles east north east of Bermuda, was found near Barbuda Island in the British West Indies. The Hydrographic Office notes it drifted east toward Africa before returning across the Atlantic via southerly and westerly currents.
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Atlantic Ocean
United States Hydrographic Office
Dante Aligheri
N. E
Bermuda
Barbuda Island
British West Indies
Very Hopeful Mrs X Y Z and Young Doctor Exchange
A Tit-Bits item features a hopeful Mrs. X Y Z noting her practice is expanding while a young doctor confirms patient gains of nearly two pounds in the last month. The brief dialogue highlights growth and progress in medical care.
Dr Thomas Electric Oil touted for pulmonary relief
An advertisement proclaims Dr Thomas Electric Oil as effective for respiratory disorders, claiming it eases inflammation in bronchial tubes and offers relief based on testimonials and experience.
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Thomas
Nighttime plea echoes in a weary father’s reply
A fragment shows a child asking for a drink at night and a father tersely replying that he has wanted a drink for two years, revealing fatigue and strain in a bleak moment.
Dutch Cities Move Toward Fully Automatic Telephone Systems
All major Dutch cities may adopt complete automatic telephone networks soon. The move aims to modernize communication and reduce manual switching costs across Holland's urban centers.
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Holland
Contentment and Indifference Forebearance Thought
A reflection asserts a man never attains top contentment until he becomes perfectly indifferent, at which point he has nothing left to live for.
New Smokeless Flashless Waterproof Gunpowder Invented
A new powder has been invented that is smokeless and flashless and waterproof. The invention promises safer shooting and improved reliability in adverse conditions, signaling a potential shift in firearms technology.
London Sees Six Minutes of Sunlight in Weeklong Span
Weather notes reveal London endured seven straight days with only six minutes of sunshine total. Residents faced persistent gray skies as temperatures remained mild, with forecasts predicting a slow improvement.
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London
Leverhulme claims success for workers scheme at Port Sunlight
Viscount Leverhulme told a London audience that 16,000 Lever Brothers employees at Port Sunlight held 2.5 million pounds in preferential partnership certificates averaging 128 each. He said hundreds received dividends over thirty shillings weekly and noted free life insurance totaling 1 million pounds.
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Trades Union Congress
Viscount Leverhulme
London
Lever Brothers
Port Sunlight
Poisonous snake bites claim several thousand lives in Brazil
In Brazil about 18,000 people yearly suffer snake bites and 4,000 die from envenomation. The high toll highlights the deadly impact of venomous serpents on rural and urban populations alike.
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Brazil
Castoria Innocence Ad Endorsed By Physicians
A vintage Castoria advertisement touts a safe soothing remedy for babies. It claims no narcotics and emphasizes 30 years of use as a pleasant substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups with physician approval and a genuine signature on every package.
Beattie Radio Stations In North
Department of Defence promises wireless links from Dawson City to Mayo by year end. An official travels to set up the first station and plans next year to extend a chain across the Mackenzie Valley linking Dawson to McMurray, connecting Yukon to Alberta.
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Dawson City
Mayo
Department of Defence
Department
Mackenzie Valley
Dawson Station
Yukon
Alberta
McMurray
Cholera Infantum A Fatal Disease Of Children
Summer bowel illness in children described with symptoms of profuse diarrhea vomiting and rapid weight loss. Warns against untested remedies and promotes Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a tested cure with a Halifax testimonial and pricing details.
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Dr. Fowler
W. A. Harrison
Elevator Court
Halifax
N.S
Poultry Growth Mirrors Wheat Value in US Economy
The article notes poultry product value at 884 million dollars for last year, roughly equal to the wheat crop. It then shifts to a health ad praising Dr Kellogg’s asthma remedy Asthma Remedy, promising relief from choking and easier breathing with a sales pitch urging readers to buy a package today.
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United States
Asthra
Wheat arrives in Calgary weighing 63 pounds a bushel
The season's first car of wheat arrives in Calgary weighing 63 pounds per bushel and grading number 1 northern. With a standard 60 pounds, the shipment is seen as an excellent omen for Alberta wheat's high reputation this year. The car came from Skiff, east of Lethbridge, Alberta.
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Calgary
Alberta
Skiff
Lethbridge
Stamp varieties count soars past twenty thousand
The article notes about 23 000 distinct postage stamp varieties exist and if shade paper and perforation differences are included the total rises to between 35 000 and 40 000 varieties.
Beatty’s leadership praised for lucidity and restraint
Calgary Herald lauds Faith In Canada President Beatty for three key traits lucidity restraint and courage. His London speech warned Britain against abandoning Canada yet avoided provocation while his Montreal Star reply paired facts with a calm defence of the railway. His steady faith in Canada anchors western trust in CP rail’s leadership.
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Beatty
Montreal
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
London
Canada
Grand Trunk
Montreal Star
Canadian Pacific
Donald Smiths
George Stephens
van Hornes
Shaughnessys
Calgary Herald
Snakes Captured in Boise for Amsterdam Serum
Teams in Boise trap rattlesnakes with forked sticks in a narrow creek and place them in a case for shipment to Amsterdam. Scientists there prepare a snake bite antidote serum intended for use mainly in India where bites are common.
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Boise
Idaho
Amsterdam
India
Arctic terns make longest annual migrations
Arctic terns migrate from Patagonia in southern South America to Alaska each year. The birds travel nearly halfway around the globe, highlighting a remarkable climate similarity between their wintering and breeding grounds rather than a search for a warmer climate.
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Patagonia
South America
Alaska
Globe
Penny-In-Slot Elevator Lets Passengers Choose Floors
A penny in coin slot powers a vertical lift. The passenger inserts a coin, steps into the car, and presses the target floor button to ascend. This automatic system promises simple, coin operated travel between levels.
Highway Projects Accepted Across Six Provinces
By end of August this year the Canada Highways Commission accepted 80 projects across Ontario Quebec Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Saskatchewan and British Columbia totaling more than 785 miles. Provinces together commit 9336373 dollars for the work with Ontario 14 projects 100 miles Quebec six projects 110 miles PEI 19 projects 166 miles Nova Scotia 29 projects 278 miles Saskatchewan one project about 3 miles and BC 11 projects 130 miles.
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Dominion
Canada Highways Commission
Ontario
Quebec
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Safety
Advertisement proclaims that worms in children cause convulsions and death and pitches Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator as protection against these afflictions.
Small Inventions Make Big Fortunes From Simple Cans
A man devised a seam near the can top allowing easy opening by striking the top. A Chicago packing house ordered ten million as an experiment, and the idea yielded a huge fortune for the inventor.
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Chicago
Excavations at Pompeii Unearth Modern Style Safety Pins
During recent digs at Pompeii archaeologists found safety pins resembling those used today. The discovery highlights parallels between ancient sites and contemporary utility items.
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Pompeii
Also Mentioned on This Page
Weno Voi
Mexico
Naokichi Matsunaga
T. Ohto
Syria
Congress of Arabs of
Palestine
London Daily Express
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Gaetano Giardino
Fiume
Doles
Australia
Creston
B.C
Prince of Wales
Creston Board of Trade
Peace River
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railway
Department of Agriculture
Mrs. Harvey Dishman
Vw. N. OU
Indian School For
Atlantic
Dodds
Amé
Minard
Lord Leverhulme
Castoria
Beattie Radio
North
Jemima
C.P.R
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Toronto
Dominion Express
ST. Charles Milk
the Borden Go. Limited
Winslow
Rafe
Kendall
Kenaston
Saak
Hays
M. Zeman
DR. B. J. Kendall Company
Enesburg Falls
U.S.A
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