World Happenings Briefly Told
Autographed letters of Frederick the Great not 14 500 marks sold at a Berlin auction. Clemenceau presents the Versailles Treaty sealing ring to the Versailles Museum. Belgium licenses import petroleum products by decree. Melbourne votes down compulsory wheat pooling 17 13. French press raises newspaper prices due to costs. France protests Germany over the Anjou balloon confiscation. Queen s University Curtis memorial awarded to W J Brown Toronto and Western Canada to P E Sheffield Fernie B C. A white bear killed near Warren s Landing Lake Winnipeg by Garnet Sinclair. Argentine aviator Zanni undecided on winter world flight amid cautions. Thunder Bay forest fires reduced to about one tenth of past seasons due to rains and patrols. A Strathcona Second hospital ship sails 100 feet across the Atlantic from Yarmouth to Labrador next summer.
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Clemenceau
Versailles City Museum
Belgium
Melbourne
Germany
Emden
France
Faculty of Arts
Queen's University
Curtis Memorial
W. J. Brown
Toronto
Western Canada
P. E. Sheffield
Fernie
B.C
Black River
Warren
Lake Winnipeg
Garnet Sinclair
Zanni
Ovents
Thunder Bay
Atlantic
Yarmouth
England
Labrador
Strathcona
Balance Lost Over Engagement
Jack jokes about love making the world go round while Maud remarks on romance. He admits having a little money in the bank two months after getting engaged, and notes that love has sped things up so much it cost him his balance.
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Jack
Maud
Not Very Good Visitor Dialogue
A brief exchange features Peggy remarking that a boy does not look like a good little boy. The aside hints at family dynamics and a light, domestic moment within a silent comic vignette.
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Peggy
Ten Thousand Spiders’ Threads Compared To Human Hair Size
A historical note compares the collective silk of ten thousand spiders to a human hair in diameter, illustrating the vast difference between tiny strands and a single hair’s thickness. The comparison emphasizes scale in natural fibers and measurement.
Infuesta Kingpin of Death Causes in 1921 Met Tally
Institute of America shows Infesta headed the Met in 1921 as the most frequent cause of death, with motor accidents next. Typhoid fever, angina pectoris, cirrhosis and alcoholism follow in diminishing order. Death rates from motor accidents reach 15 per 100000 among policyholders in 1923. Fifteen thousand people die yearly from careless driving, a public catastrophe. Telegram cites public apathy.
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Toronto Telegram
Beautify It With Diamond Dyes For Home Dyeing
Perfect home dye fing and tinting is guaranteed with Diamond Dyes. Just dip in cold water to tint soft shades or boil to dye rich colors. Each 15 cent package includes simple directions for dyeing lingerie, silks, ribbons, dresses, coats, and many fabrics.
Ocean Bed Survey Aims to Map and Sample Deep Waters
A major U S government led expedition plans thorough ocean bed mapping and study of water composition density temperature currents and marine life across depths. Ships will house laboratories and advanced equipment to inventory sea food potential across the world’s vast water surface.
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United States
In Yellowstone Park a Half Million Year Grasshopper Find
Rangers near Mount Wise report finding millions of grasshoppers frozen in ice from about 500000 years ago. The specimens appear identical to modern grasshoppers and support a theory that swarms were driven into ice by storms and preserved in near perfect state for half a million years.
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Yellowstone Park
Mount Wise
Park
Bear Tooth Mountains
Saskatchewan selects Davidson for post graduate science scholarship
James Glen Davidson of the University of Saskatchewan receives Saskatchewan’s nomination for a W. C. Macdonald post graduate scholarship in scientific agriculture valued at 500 dollars. Davidson, a Glasgow native who moved to Canada in 1905, has worked in the Field Husbandry Department and earned a BSA and a BA with the Scott Scholarship.
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James Glen Davidson
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Macdonald College
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
W. C
Macdonald Reg’d. Inc
Tobacco Manufacturers
Montreal
Quebec
Sir William
McGill University
Macdonald
McGill
Davidson
Glastow
Scotland
Canada
Yorkton
Sask
University of Saskatchéwan
Scott
Saskatchewan Department of Education
Kirk
Profitable High River Wheat Yields Highlight Land Values
A High River district farmer reports 60 bushels per acre for last year at 84 cents, and 35 bushels per acre this season at 1.53 dollars. Over fifteen years average yields reach 30 bushels, total revenue about 405 dollars per acre, with land prices ranging from 25 to 75 dollars per acre.
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C. C. Short
High River
Short
High River District
Immigration Returns Canadians to 27,486 in first half
Department figures show 27 486 Canadians returned from the United States in the first half of the current fiscal year 23 141 Canadian born 2 632 British subjects domiciled in Canada later moving to the U S and 1 713 naturalized Canadians. Overall immigration from all countries falls 10 percent versus the prior year with 85 212 total arrivals by September 30.
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Canada
United States
Immigration Department
Great Britain
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil touted as万能 medicine
Ready-made medicine promises relief for coughs colds sore throat bronchial troubles and bronchial conditions. It claims unsurpassed healing for scalds burns bruises sprains cuts and sores without needing testimonials beyond results.
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Thomas
Young East Indian Accepted at Queen's University
Pritam Singh, 18, traveled from Lahore to Juarez to Canada seeking admission. Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, welcomed him after immigration clearance. He left Lahore eight months ago for higher education and initially aimed for the University of Michigan before legal hurdles redirected him.
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Pritam Singh
University of Michigan
United States
Mexico
Queen’s University
Juarez
Canada
Clark's Corned Beef Promotes Ready to Serve Quality
Ad copy touts Clark's Corned Beef as bone free and waste free with Canada Approved beef cooked ready to serve. It claims delicious flavor whether served hot or cold and invites that Clark Kitchens can help.
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Clark
Canada
Record of 13 Unaccompanied Children Sail to Quebec
In one of the largest parties of unaccompanied children to cross the Atlantic to this port in recent years, 13 young travelers journeyed from Liverpool to Quebec aboard the steamship Montclare. Every crew member, from captain to cabin boys, shared in the care and welfare of the voyagers who came from various parts of the British Isles.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Quebec
Montclare
British Isles
Saskatchewan economic conference backs improving conditions
Practically unanimous testimony from implement manufacturers timber land and mortgage insurance and banking interests and the Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Association head at a conference in the Parliament Buildings Regina supported gradual improvement in the province's economy.
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Province of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Agricultural Societies Asociation
Regina
First Woman Postmistress in Ontario Named
Oshawa appoints Miss Wilma Gordon as the first woman postmistress in Ontario, after years as assistant postmaster and with service noted in local postal circles.
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Oshawa
Ontario
Wilma Gordon
Durborow Completes Remarkable Delaware Bay Swim
Charles B. Durborow of Riverton NJ completes an extraordinary cross bay swim from Cape May across Delaware Bay to a point eight miles above Lewes Delaware covering just under 424 miles in distance.
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United States
Charles B. Durborow
Riverton
Delaware Bay
Cape May
Lewes
Delaware
Prodigal Son Lesson Urges Selflessness and Repentance
Sunday School lesson on Luke 15 11 24 urges readers to resist the far country of selfish desire. It reflects on the prodigal son’s demand for his share, his wasted wealth, famine, and the path back to the father, drawing moral contrasts with worldly riches and the value of a clean soul.
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James Reid
Sahara
Syria
Putnam's Corn Extractor Claims Quick Relief
Advert shows Putnam's Corn Extractor promising rapid relief from corns and warts with a hot water treatment and drops applied to the spot. It markets as a tested preparation that also removes callouses and thickened foot lumps, selling for 25 cents by all dealers with a note to refuse substitutes.
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Putnam’s
Putnam's
Putnams Green Xtractor Movement to Settle Grain Workers
Immigration authorities show interest in moving several hundred Austrian-Hungarian agricultural workers to Northern Saskatchewan and Eastern Manitoba. Dr H V Gideon, a major landowner, is arranging a tract north of Saskatoon for European settlement. His tenants, long established on thousands of acres, may be moved to Western Canada to farm grain and breed livestock.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Austria-Hungary
H. V. Gideon
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Saskatoon
Europe
Canada
New Zealand Withdraws from Wembley Empire Exhibition Plans
Sir James Allen in London announced New Zealand cannot join the proposed reopening of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley next year. He cited that continuing the big fair would hinder the success of the South Seas Exhibition planned for 1925 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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James Allen
London
New Zealand
Wembley
Duneden
San Diego Builds World’s Largest Elevated Water Tank
The city of San Diego is erecting the largest elevated water tank in the world with a capacity of 1,200,000 gallons. Construction advances showcase a monumental infrastructure project aimed at boosting water storage and supply.
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San Diego
California
Bay of Bengal Largest Oceanic Bay
The Bay of Bengal is described as the largest bay in the world. It is measured from the enclosing peninsulas and extends about 420,000 square miles in straight-line area.
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Bay of Bengal
Oil of Merit Dr Thomas Eclec tric Oil
A promotional description asserts the oil is the result of careful study of healing oils and not a mere advertising jumble. It claims the product has proven efficacy and has earned public favor from the start. A trial is said to convince skeptics of its restorative powers.
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Thomas
Caribou Invasion Spurs Yukon March To White Horse
For the first time in 30 years large bands of caribou move south into Yukon Territory. Thousands travel a trail between Braeburn and Takeena as hunters and cameramen rush to document the spectacle in Whitehorse.
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Yukon Terriory
Braeburn
Takeena
White Horse
Never Pluck Your Coupons Before They Are Ripe
A short aphorism warning against premature use of discounts or benefits. Emphasizes caution and patience in handling entitlements.
U S Claims Herald Island in Arctic Dispute
The United States asserts possession of Herald Island north of Siberia after Russia flew a flag on Wrangel Island. Captain Long Lane aboard the Herman claimed Herald Island for the U S, while Russian and other vessel attempts to reach Wrangel Island occurred this summer.
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Russia
Wrangel Island
Arctic Ocean
Siberia
Herald Island
United States
Long Lane
Herman
Nome
James Wells
Bear
United States Coastguard Service
Red October
Jmerald Island
Canada’s Untapped Waterpower Exceeds 13 Million HP
A study of undeveloped waterpower in eastern and southern Canada and the adjacent United States shows Canada with over 13 000 000 horsepower remaining untapped while the U S has just above 1 400 000 horsepower. The report notes this gap will drive Canada’s industrial growth.
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Canada
United States
Spain's First Woman Mayor Named in Cuatro Tondeta
Maria Perez Moya, 40, widowed and a schoolteacher, was sworn in as Cuatro Tondeta district's mayor. Citizens welcomed Senora Perez despite Spain lacking women suffrage by law, marking a historic appointment.
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Spain
Cuatro Tondeta
Concentaria
Maria Perez Moya
Senora Perez
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Frederick the Great
Berlin
Carter
Carters
Www
N. U. 158
Holloway
Becham
Immigration Returns
U.S
the Prodigal Son
World's Temperance Sunday
Dodd's
Minard
Gillett
Northern Island
Wrangell
Domin
Newcastle
Feowr Sr
Tomo
Becaman
New York City
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