World Happenings Briefly Told From The GlobeToday
A mixed World Happenings brief notes diverse items. Federated Meter aids Singapore costs, a New York aviator reports a stolen plane during dinner, and Britain funds publicity for London and Birmingham events. Romania’s Clara Von Kazdipotyan marks 126th birthday with family walk and pies. Germany Sweden and others ease passport rules, Dr Paul Garneau named foreign assistant in France, and Portugal venerates Our Lady of the Air aviators. A Tinguidin court martial. Michoacan propaganda charges. Soviet plans state control of opium. Romanian queen to the United States. record hydroplane maiden flight in France at 2100 hp.
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Brrth
London
Birminghea
Vetreery
Clara von Kazdipotyan
Gyre Rox
Romania
Germany
Sweden
Cintra
Samuel Melgareo
Joaquin de Silva
Tinguidin
Michoacan
Optium
Britain Boosts Canadian Exports by 107 Million Stat Side
Dominion bureau of statistics shows Canada’s exports to Britain rose in the year ending July 31. Canadian produce valued at 512,664,422 dollars, up from 404,509,957 the previous year. Imports from the United Kingdom totaled 163,349,513 dollars, versus 154,457,625 dollars a year earlier.
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Great Britain
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United Kingdom
Leaky Pipe Probe by Reluctant Janitor Sam
A tenant asks Sam the janitor in a flat to locate a leaky pipe. He admits he could find the leak if he could only locate it, highlighting his amiable but uncertain approach and Irish phrase aiming for a solution.
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Sam
Straichipe
Itf
Indianapolis News
Honey Industry Shows Rapid Growth in Western Provinces
Progress in bee culture across Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan is noted with record honey yields. An Alberta beekeeper produced more honey in 1925 than the entire province did in 1924 while Manitoba’s crop tripled in three years and Saskatchewan’s 1924 harvest was over sixty six times 1918 levels.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Reindeer Delivered as Alaska Christmas Load Loaded on SS W M Tupper
In Bethel on the Kuskokwim River Alaska 225 live reindeer were loaded aboard the SS W M Tupper for shipment to Seattle. The voyage follows a supply run that also carries more than 1400 reindeer carcasses and canned smoked and gibbed fish destined for Seattle.
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Bethel
Kuskekuim River
Alaska
Seattle
Navy Trimmed Cape for Street Frack in Fashion Model
The cape makes a smart street fashion statement with navy trim and polka dotted silk. No. 1299 suits miss and small woman sizes 16 18 and 26 years. size 18 requires 3 1 4 yards 54 inch plain and 1 1 4 yards 54 inch plain and 1 1 4 yards 54 inch figured. Price 20 cents. The Fashion Book offers practical home dressmaking guidance priced at 10 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
Pattern order notice lists the Winnipeg Union at 176 McDegmot Ave. The item references Pattern No aoe and directs readers on placement and processing of orders.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDegmot Ave
Winnipeg
Radio Stations Protest Canadian Wave Lengths
In New York A. B. McEwan director of the Canadian National Railways accuses U S stations of pre empting Canadian wave lengths preventing new Canadian stations from opening The charge was made at a National Association of Broadcasters meeting.
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U. S
United States
National Association of Broadcasters
New York
A. BR. McEwan
Canadian National Railways
Drastic Measures to Guard Mail Trains Seen in Order
The United States Post Office issues a KPT style order ordering all postal workers to defend mail property even at personal risk. It follows a Chicago train robbery with $135,000 stolen and hints Marines could be called in if needed.
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Sandilé
United States Post Office
Post Office Department
United States Marines
Chicago
New
Tulips and Tulip Mania in Holland and England
The tulip known as the turban flower spread from Vienna to England late Elizabethan years. Dutch influence boosted popularity and during the tulip mania of the 17th century bulbs reached high prices. In 1639 a hundred twenty bulbs sold for 90 000 florins, prompting government intervention to curb the boom.
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Thealip
England
Vienna
Elizabeth
Molland
Holland
Former Crown Prince Returns to Potsdam Fortress Residence
Friedrich Wilhelm, ex crown prince, arrives at Potsdam the former fortress of Frederick the Great and a stronghold for anti Republicians. He plans a quiet secluded life after living at Oeels castle where government measures may seize his former German prince property.
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Friedrich Wilhelm
Potsdam
Frederick the Great
Hohenzollern
Oeels
Metaphor about a baby and life’s waves in dialogue
Mr Younghusband cites a baby as a new wave on life’s ocean. The clergyman agrees calling it a poetical figure of speech. A harried parishioner then asks if a fresh squall would fit better.
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Mr. Younghusband
Plot Thickens as Single Girl Questions Snores
A humorous line notes that when a single woman asks a single man about snoring the developing situation grows more complex. The remark hints at romantic tension and social dynamics between two individuals.
Five-year-old Mary Ferguson Lawson sails solo aboard Empress of Scotland
Mary Ferguson Lawson, age five, travels transatlantic on the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland with her commander R. G. Latta and purser J. Walker Bartlett. Born in Winnipeg and raised in England, she now goes to live with her uncle R. W. Ferguson in Woodstock, Ontario after her mother's death.
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Mary Ferguson Lawson
Winniper
Atlantic
Mary
Winnipeg
England
R. W. Ferguson
Woodstock
Ont
British film scheme targets Indian market with English cinema
British producers plan to spend four million dollars to break America’s film monopoly in India by building a chain of 300 theatres showing only English films in major Indian cities. Funds are pledged by the Aga Khan and rulers of Ahwar Patial Bikanir Jaipur and Kashmir, who say profits are not their aim.
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America
India
Aga Khan
Ahwar
Patial
Bikanir
Jaipur
Kashmir
Early Golfer Notice Prompts Caddie Exchange
A brisk clubhouse exchange asks if the golfer has improved since last year with the caddie joking about shining clubs as a sign of progress.
World's Largest Cable Lands in New York
The world's largest undersea cable, 3400 nautical miles long, capable of 2500 words a minute, has been landed at New York. The Colonia, the largest cable ship, brought it ashore for the Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company, completing a three months operation between the United States and England.
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United States
England
New York
Colonia
Western Union Telegraph and Cable Company
Too Late Sophia Confesses Fly in Salad Dinner Exchange
Eight year old Sophia tells her grandpa in a dinner scene that he ate a fly in the salad. Grandpa initially scolds then asks what she wanted, revealing the child's humorous accusation about the meal.
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Sophia
Grandpa
East Kootenay Power to Build Crow's Nest Steam Plant
The East Kootenay Power Company plans a $1,000,000 steam plant on the Alberta side at Crow's Nest near the BC border. Construction will begin this fall and the facility will use coal from nearby Crow's Nest Pass mines.
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East
Foal Themed Lesson Highlights Surprising Insight
The excerpt hints at a linguistic twist about how people learn from experience, suggesting the value lies in understanding foals and early training. It reads like a cryptic adage on observation and growth.
Sunday School Lesson Allusions and Quotes Reflections
A devotional fragment compiling biblical allusions and literary quotes. It cites Hebrews 12:1 and Psalm 106:1-8, then presents quotes from Shakespeare, Margaret E. Sangster, Bishop McConnell, and Lawrence Langer about faith, patience, speech, and the Jewish persecution context.
Manitoba Hemp Exhibit Showcases Local Fibers at Toronto
A Manitoba display in Toronto highlights hemp and flax products from L. A. Keys Fibre Mills. Green hemp straw, fibre flax, Russian hemp, dew hemp, green flax, and upholstery tow are shown along with cords, flax rope, hemp lines, binder twine, roofing felts, oakum, and flax felts.
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Toronto
Harris
Main Street
L. A
Plucky English Nurse Heads To Leper Colony
A medical missionary from Penn Staffordshire travels to Central Africa with Moorgras serum said to cure leprosy. Based at Zomba on Lake Nyassa, she is the lone nurse within 60 miles, facing nocturnal leopards and lions with trained hunters nearby. Eight man-eating lions killed 30 villagers before being trapped.
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Central Africa
Penn
Staffordshire
Zomba
Lake Nyassa
England
Murder trial seen as battle not justice warns press
A New York Herald Tribune editorial argues that viewing murder trials as fights leads to lenient sentences and compromises justice. It warns that only widespread fear of gangsters as public enemies will prompt harsher punishments and deter further crime.
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New York Herald Tribune
Cement Production Rises in Canada in 1925
The Dominion bureau of statistics Ottawa reports cement product value in 1925 reached $2,020,239, up 61 percent from 1924 and 34 percent above 1923. Cement plants and related products including bricks blocks pipe and artificial stone required a capital investment of $2,594,736.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Canada
Cow Fall Kills Lima Shoe Dealer In Roof Collapse
A Lima shoe dealer was killed when a cow fell through his roof into the dining room. The report notes that animals are often kept on rooftops in Peru and that cows may live their lives atop houses before being brought down for meat.
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Lima
Peru
Population of Earth Expected to Double in 250 Years
Demographers project that the global population will reach roughly double its current size within about 250 years. Growth driven by higher life expectancy and steady birth rates could reshape resources, economies, and planning needs worldwide.
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Earth
A Man Never Growls When He Guns the Lion's Share
A compact line hints at quiet power as one side secures the dominant share in a contest or transaction. The phrasing implies bold action without vocal protest, suggesting a decisive victory or control by a single party.
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A -Man
Value of a Farmer and Canada’s Migrant Wealth
The article argues immigrants add substantial value to Canada, estimating each farmer contributes about 746 dollars yearly to rail revenue and valuing human capital highly. It cites Irving Fisher on individual state value, life insurance scales, and advocates public investment to promote immigration as a national business asset.
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Canada
Irving Fisher
Canadian Railways
Union Railway Commission
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Chicken Shooting Banned In Manitoba
Manitoba freezes prairie chicken hunting with an order-in-council closing the season for prairie chicken partridge and grouse for a second year. Duck hunting continues until Nov 30 with daily quotas of 20 from Sept 15 to Oct 1 and 40 thereafter.
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Manitoba
Free Press
Father Vaughan Tells Offhand Map Comparison
A humorous exchange recalls Father Bernard Vaughan touring America. An American in St Louis boasted about the Mississippi and Hudson Rivers versus Vaughan's rivers. Vaughan replied that all are confined to their beds, implying equal feebleness.
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Bernard Vaughan
America
St. Louis
Mississippi
Hudson
Mersey
Severn
Thames
Father Vaughan
Rations For Elephants in the Orient
The article notes tame elephants, many used as beasts of burden in the Orient, eat large amounts of food. A full grown elephant in domestic work consumes about a thousand pounds of green fodder and at least 25 pounds of unhusked rice each day, illustrating the significant feeding challenge.
Bird Appetite Described Yet Misleading
The article notes that some people call small eaters having a bird’s appetite, but it is incorrect since many birds consume several times their own weight daily, illustrating how the label misstates actual feeding behavior.
Opportunity Knocks But Once Yet Friends Knock Always
A reflective blurb notes the proverb that opportunity comes rarely while loyal friends appear repeatedly. It frames patience and support from social circles as steady, dependable help across life choices.
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