World Happenings Briefly Told
Thieves stole over £549 worth of platinum while heated in crucibles in a vacant Paris lab. The Soviets sold Germany 20 warships as old iron, including the Admiral Makaroff and the Grombat. Henri Vignaud died, Honorary Councillor for the US Embassy and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps. King Albert of Belgium invited to New York in 1924 for the city’s founding centennial celebration. A German mine was found by Antibes fishermen across the Marseille Nice steamship route. Lord Reading thanked the Dalai Lama via telegraph for greetings. New South Wales agreed to a shared immigration cost scheme with the Commonwealth and Great Britain. British Guiana authorized takeover of Admiralty wireless stations. Coal at Gros Cap near Sault Ste. Marie exhibited by Charles O’Connor. Egyptian student George Salem fired at a car at the Elysee but missed. Millerand elsewhere. Sir Lee Stack seeks funds for Sudan irrigation. Blue Nile dam work to resume in autumn. Proposed aerial line between Tullelar and Antsirabe to cut travel to two days from one month once connected by rail.
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Antibes
Marseilles
Nice
Lord Reading
India
Dalai Lama
Tibet
New South Wales
Commonwealth
Great Britain
Combined Court of
British Guiana
Admiraltty
Gros Cap
Sault Ste. Marie
Charles O’connor
George Salem
Palace of the Elysee
Paris
Millerand’s
Millerand
Rambouillet
Lee Stack
Sudan
London
Blue Nile
Wakwar
Short Crop Brings Change to French Bread Supply
France plans to replace pure white loaves with whole wheat bread as this year s harvest is far below last year s bumper crop of 84 000 000 quintals. The shortfall could force imports of about 20 000 000 quintals of foreign wheat before the 1925 crop is harvested.
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France
Putnam's Extractor Advertises Corn and Wart Treatment
An old advertisement touts Putnam's Extractor as a reliable remedy for corns and warts. The copy claims the product is unfit to live and must be removed, urging readers to buy for 25 cents at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam's
Incredible Strength in Tiny Creatures Revealed
An observer notes the remarkable power of small animals. Mosquitoes lift like an eagle wing muscles, flies dash at high speeds, crabs and oysters show heavy lifting for their size, bees rival horses, and even ants carry many times their weight as spiders prove their bulk and power.
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Java
L. E. Eubanks
Electric eel shocks horses in south American waters
The electric eel native to Brazil and Guiana can deliver a powerful shock strong enough to incapacitate a horse, highlighting its notable electrical capability.
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Brazil
Guiana
Man’s Nails Grow 186 Times, Reaches 7 Foot 9 Inch Total
A seventy year old man has renewed his fingernails 186 times and grown an astonishing total length of 7 ft 9 in on each finger, according to the report.
A Good Teacher Value of Serving Hot Lunches In Schools
The text argues that introducing hot lunches in schools improves attendance and physical condition, reduces failures, and raises average grades. It claims funds spent on reeducation for backward children could better support hot school lunches, linking mental efficiency to physical well being and proper nourishment.
Pink Pills Promise Health For Youthful Growth
An advertisement urges parents to boost red blood and nerves in children using Dr Williams Pink Pills. It claims pure blood underpins health and growth, cites a testimonial from Mrs R Kinch of Hepworth Ontario, and states pills are available from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ontario at 50 cents a box or six for 2.50.
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Dr. Williams
R. Kinch
Hepworth
Ont
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
New Invention Lets Voice Be Recorded Remotely
A new invention enables a person to speak into a telephone receiver and have the message recorded on a gramophone record at the other end of the wire. The system promises rapid remote communication and potential for real time sound recording.
Cable Between Continents Canada to Australia
The Pacific cable from Canada to Australia and New Zealand will be a major engineering feat. Connecting Vancouver to Fanning and Norfolk Islands and Fiji, the line covers over seven thousand miles with a 3458 mile longest stretch. The project costs about two million pounds and handles millions of telegraph words yearly.
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Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Vancouver
Fanning Island
Norfolk Island
Fij
You May Be Ill To Night Have You a Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts Nerviline as a remedy for disorderly stomach cramps indigestion and neuralgia. The copy claims twenty drops in sweetened water ease pain and aid sleep, noting Nerviline can be used internally or externally with a 35 cent bottle widely sold.
Ten Years of Homicides and Pistol Carrying
A Winnipeg Tribune editorial cites a decade of unlawful killings totaling about 5000 in the United States. It argues ninety percent stem from pistol use and pocket carriage, calling such practice dangerous and a blot on civil order versus lawful restraint.
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United States
Winnipeg Tribune
United Farmers of Alberta to probe cheque stamp law
The United Farmers of Alberta plans a searching investigation into cheque stamp legislation after learning stock commission men charge stamps to stockmen and grain traders. They have requested the Finance Minister confirm if such charges are legally permissible. A separate note promotes Holloway's Corn Remover as safe and effective.
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United Farmers of Alberta
Livestock Commission
U.F.A
Minister of Finance
Strange Geographical Theory Of Continents Drifting Westward
Wegener argues that continents were once joined at the poles and are now moving apart east to west with America moving faster than Europe and Greenland faster than America. He cites observatory experiments in Europe and Washington. Prof Turner counters that no strong astronomical support exists and notes Greenland shows only a three quarter mile drift between 1907 and 1923.
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Europe
Hull
Wegener
America
Greenland
Washington
Turner
Oxford
Seamen Report Distant Glow Off Rio de Janeiro
Seamen observe a bright glow 109 miles at sea from Rio de Janeiro, the famed illuminated city, suggesting distant coastal lights or celestial phenomena.
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Rio de Janeiro
Birmingham Claims Largest Sunday School Attendance Worldwide
Birmingham, Alabama reports the highest Sunday school attendance relative to population of any city, claiming a world leader in participation and religious activity.
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Birmingham
Ala
Hay wedding gift to Newmarket trainer’s bride shocks
A truckload of hay was among the presents given at a wedding for the bride of a Newmarket racehorse trainer in England, creating a notable, unusual display of gifts.
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Newmarket
England
A Simple Little Gown for the Pretty Little Miss
A gray chiffon evening gown designed for a young girl features delicate color and simple lines. Its only trim is flowers at the belt, highlighting dainty elegance.
Mother Graves Worm Exterminator Promises Child Relief
Worms sap the strength and vitality of children. The advertisement claims the remedy strengthens youngsters by driving out parasitic worms.
Red Cross Extends Nursing Outposts in Saskatchewan
The Red Cross will open a Nursing Outpost in Kelvington, bringing Saskatchewan operations to eight facilities across Paddockwood Carragana East End Robsart Bengough Cut Knife Meadow Lake and Kelvington. District nurses will serve Colgate and Bromhead under shared funding with rural municipalities. Eleven graduate nurses are employed, with about 1 435 nursing days and 35 births reported in six months, and annual outpost costs near $20 000 with $4 000 in donations.
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Red Cross
Kelvington
Saskatchewan
Paddockwood
Carragana
East End
Robsart
Bengough
Cut Knife
Meadow Lake
Souris Valley No. 7
Lomond No. 37
Colgate
Bromhead
Committee On
Council of
R.M
Medstead
The
Old Hundredth tune attribution debated by historians
The Old Hundredth has been variably credited to Martin Luther, John Dowland, and William Franck. Dr. Lowell Mason attributed it to Guillaume Franck in 1543, but later historians suggest Louis Bourgeois, born around 1500 and died around 1572, with some placing his death in the St Bartholomew massacre of 1551-52.
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Martin Luther
Jno. Dowland
William Franck
Lowell Mason
Guillaume
William) Franck
Louis Bourgeois
St. Bartholomew
Editorial Apology for Space Pressure in Small Southern California Paper
The editor of a remote Southern California paper apologizes for not running his usual death notices due to space limits and notes that several deaths have been postponed. The message is printed in clear, black type to address readers directly.
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California
Oil light beats electric or gas
A new oil lamp claims a brighter white light than gas or electric lamps and has been tested by the U S government and 35 leading universities. It supposedly burns odorless smoke-free and quiet with 94 percent air 6 percent kerosene. Inventor T V Johnson offers a 10 day free trial and a chance to earn 250 to 500 monthly by taking an agency with no experience or money.
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U.S
T V. Johnson
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Getting Rich From Treasury Securities and Oil Ads
Two magazine ads promise wealth. One from the Government touts treasury securities with an $80 growing to $100 in five years. The other oil journal promotes a 50 percent dividend and an $80 turning into $120, warning it could make you poor quickly.
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Government
Treasury Securities
Minneapolis News
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy Home Dye for Fabrics
Diamond Dyes claim simple directions let any woman dye faded skirts coats and draperies at home. Each package covers wool silk linen cotton and blends with guaranteed no streaking spotting fading or running.
German glider champ escapes death at Zurich launch
Herr Klemperer, celebrated German gliding champion, launched a small motorless glider from a balloon at 4000 feet near Zurich. He dropped rapidly for fifteen seconds but avoided a fatal crash, narrowly escaping death.
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Herr Klemperer
Zurich
Worm Powders Restore Digestion in Pale Infants
It is stated that pale sickly peevish restless children suffer worms and Miller's Worm Powders destroy the parasites. The powder is said to cure digestive faults and restore organs to healthy action by removing intestinal worms.
Running a business compared to riding a bicycle
A quotation compares running a business to pedaling a bicycle, stressing constant effort to avoid falling behind. It notes few men can stand still in business or in a store and maintain balance without movement.
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Scott
Lhal
Germany
Russia
Admiral Makaroff
Henri Vignaud
Diplomatic Corps
Paris Herald
Albert
New York
Tullelar
Madagascar
Antsirabe
Antananarivo
Toronto
Postum Cereal Co
Led
Front Sc
Windoor
Onter
Artula
Pacific Cable
Holloway
Minard
Liniment
Dominion Express
Wrough¢‘Iron Range Co of Canada, Limited
King St. W
H. Clay Giover CO
Westpath Bt
U.S.A
Wieden
W. NU
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