World Happenings Briefly Told From Across The Globe
Stolen 250000 dollars from a Madison Square building by four robbers, leaving a watchman gagged. Northern Italy suitors bid for 46000 acres in Manitoba to settle families. Wardrow Milne notes Indians use fewer drugs than Europeans or Americans. Beehive destruction solved by a 22 pound bear raiding a hive. Western ranchers warn of cattle cuts without shipping-discrimination relief. Leon Trotzky relinquishes active regime duties due to fatigue. Britain Ireland ship tonnage down 4000 gross tons. world decline 150000. Germany down 100000. Italy and Holland rise. A Bosnian farmer sells a huge ash tree for 20000 to an Austrian, famed for marble veins. Queen Wilhelmina cuts salaries 10 percent from January 1. A stage life of Edgar Allan Poe superstition fades after Liberty Theatre manager dies of pneumonia. Jedway saltery collapse sinks Imperial Trading Company plant with many lives lost. Canada to discuss sales tax removal at Winnipeg conference via Vancouver board council.
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Eng- Hehman
Wardrow Milne
Kidderminster
Lee Peres
Redemptoristes
Ste. Anne
Des Chenes
Man
R. Russell Ormiston
Winnipeg
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Leon Trotzky
Moscow
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
Italy
Holland
Sofia
Wilhelmina
Edgar Allen Poe
J. W Mayers
Liberty Theatre
Grateful American Tourists Praise Canada Roadways
Two letters from American tourists thanking the Canadian people and the natural resources intelligence service for planning routes and maps. They praise highway maintenance and warmer courtesies, noting memorable experiences from Detroit to Quebec, Fredericton, Halifax, and St John’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Natural Resources Intelligence Serice
Department of the Interior
Sutomer
Detroit
Quebec
Riviere du Loup
Fredericton
Halifax
St. Johns
Natural Resources Intelligence Service
Flying Boat Of The Future To Carry 1060 Passengers
Oliver Simmons outlined at a British Association meeting a giant flying boat design capable of 100 knots and 1,600 mile non stop routes. The two deck hull would seat 1060, with 6,000 square feet wing area and 220 ft wingspan. Each engine room would house about 3,400 horsepower and be embedded in the wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
British Association
Oliver Simmons
Atlantic
Europe
America
Azores
Apple Seed Planting Expands Across Manitobas Prairies
Prairie planting of apple seed is rising, says Morden experimental station superintendent. Ten fine apples from Rathwell in Manitoba arrived in Winnipeg, all Rugsian origin, the largest at eleven and a quarter inches in circumference. An almanac printed in 14643 was the first Norwegian book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Prairies
Morden
Rathwell
Winnipeg
Norway
ClipseS Fashions for a Jumper Dress Pattern
A charming frock with plaited flare sides appeals to girls for vacation or school. Mothers can reuse scrap material. sizes 8 to 14 years. Pattern details include a clear diagram and cutting chart. Price 20 cents for the jumper pattern. the Fashion Book 10 cents.
Learning His Responsibility in the Duke of Norfolk
The Glasgow Herald comments on the 17 year old Duke of Norfolk inheriting twenty million pounds sterling, noting British tradition of training heirs in responsibility. It contrasts American millionaires with British nobility and outlines prudent upbringing to ensure estate wealth is conserved until he comes of age.
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Duke of Norfolk
Britain
Norfolk
Glasgow Herald
Haig on postwar danger to law and order
Field Marshal Earl Haig, receiving Bath freedom, warns the break up of the army and lack of national support for veterans could unleash evil forces aimed at breaking down law and order. He says wartime comradeship kept these distempers at bay, but now the state’s foundations are eroding.
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Earl Haig
Freedom of
Bath
Radio craze prompts Tokyo school limits on listening
In Japan, middle school authorities in Tokyo order students to avoid listening to radio during certain evening hours to focus on studies after finding youngsters neglecting homework due to radio use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokio
Lsten
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Pattern Union
A compact notice details how to obtain sewing patterns via the Winnipeg Pattern Union at 175 McDermot Ave. It instructs sending a 24c coin or stamps and wrapping the coin securely for mailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Money Pours In For St Pauls Cathedral Restoration
Worldwide generosity pushes the St Pauls Cathedral preservation fund past a quarter of a million pounds with ongoing gifts after the official deadline. The appeal, begun in January, exceeded the initial expert estimate of 120 000 to 140 000 and continued to accumulate through August as responses kept flowing in.
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St. Paul's Cathedral
Times
St. Paul's
Alberta Wheat Pool Seeks 14,000 New Members
The Alberta Wheat Pool plans to expand by adding 14,000 members, aiming to grow its membership beyond the current 32,000. The pool already represents more than 3.2 million acres of wheat and seeks to cover an additional 1 million acres.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
Sheffield Plate Emerges as Silver Imitation History
The so called Sheffield Plate, an imitation of silver created by pressing a thin silver skin onto copper, was first produced in England during the reign of George III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
England
George III
Increased Traffic Through Suez Canal Highlights Expansion
The article traces Suez Canal growth from 26 feet depth to an anticipated 40 feet, and width from 72 to 300 feet bottom and 310 to 625 feet surface. It notes 15 ships per day, 14 hours progress per 16 hour trip, and tonnage shifts from 4,000 to 20,000 tons. 1870 and 1913 usage figures are given alongside 1923 data.
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Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Refused To Dun Distinguished Clients
Berlin fashion house head Baron Christof von Drecoll refused to dun clients causing bankruptcy. He designed gowns for German royalty including princesses and the Empress Vermine, with shops once in New York Vienna Paris London. Inflation and war losses led to liabilities exceeding assets.
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Christof von Drecoll
Berlin
von Drecoll
Trousseaux
Vermine
Holland
William II
Germany
Christof
London
New York
Vienna
Paris
Rail safety shift highlights grade crossing dangers
Carl R. Gray of Omaha, president of the Union Pacific system, told the national safety congress banquet in Cleveland that rail travel is safer but grade crossing risks to automobile occupants demand urgent attention. He warned that accidents at crossings could derail trains and cause injuries and deaths to motorists.
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Carl R. Gray
Omaha
Union Pacific System
National Safety Congress
Cleveland
Manitoba farmers show rising interest in pure bred poultry
Manitoba farmers are increasingly engaging with pure bred poultry as shown by a Brandon carrot shipment of poultry loaded by the Manitoba Co operative Poultry Marketing Association and the Dominion livestock branch. A very high percentage of birds in the car were standard bred varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Brandon
Manitoba Co-operative Poultry Marketing Association
Dominion Livestock Branch
Ontario amusement tax boosts revenue for 1925
For the fiscal year ending October 1 1925 Ontario expects about 1 470 000 additional dollars from the provincial amusements tax, 7 000 less than 1924. The United States has about 25 000 600 foreign born residents.
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Ontario
United States
Crossword Puzzle From a Dated Page
A crossword list mixes numbers and clues for both across and down entries. It includes common words like liquid measure, existence, and various noun and verb clues, indicating a full puzzle grid with many intersecting answers. The page presents a themed puzzle with a wide range of definitions and wordplay.
Potash Diet Claims Cure For Cancer Say Toronto Letter
Charles Waller of Toronto writes that cancer is a blood disease caused by refined diet and potash starvation. He cites Dr. Robert Bell and a London Truth letter advocating citrus citrate and potash therapy with whole grains to restore blood and reverse cancer. He warns civilized diets poison health and urges abandoning white flour and sugar to prevent cancer rates from rising.
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Robert Bell
M.D
F.R.C.P.S
Europe
Bell
Barton Scammell
M.S.C
Forbes Rovs
Great Northwest
Charles Waller
Brunswick Avenue
Toronto
Canada
Oxford Latin Address Attacks Bags and Coffee Scene
Vice Chancellor Joseph Wells in his annual Latin address condemns a criticism of Oxford fashion the so called bags with oversized bogey legs as barbaric and mocks undergraduates coffee sipping habits in Oxford cafes. He also objects to rapid car use saying streets are impassable and noise resounds. Proctors ban first year students from owning automobiles to limit fire risk and preserve quiet in the university town.
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Oxford
Joseph Wells
Wells
University
Alberta Sees Surge of Immigrant Farm Boys Sent to Colleges
The Hon. George Hoadley reports Alberta will admit 160 immigrant boys from the Old Country this year, up from 61 last year. Parents will cover preliminary schooling costs, and the students will be distributed among provincial agricultural colleges rather than kept at Vermilion.
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Hoadley
George Hoadley
Alberta
Vermilion
Radium Part Emits Thirty Million Particles Per Second
A note states the seventh part of a grain of pure radium emits thirty million electric particles each second. The description emphasizes the intense radioactive activity associated with tiny radium samples.
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Jedway
Charlotte Island
B.C
Imperial Trading Company
Conference of Canadian Boards of Trade
Council of the
Vancouver
Appies
W. NU
Field Marshal
Haig
Red
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Western
Africa
Island of
81. Helena
Jamestown
Twee
Wheat Pool
Sheffield Pilate
Iso
Lee
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