World Happenings Briefly Told
Ben H G Carroll named le lieutenant governor of Quebec Province and R B Graham appointed police magistrate succeeding Sir Hugh John Macdonald. Geneva reports push for eight hour day amid slavery abolition. English girls Hilda Beaton and Barbara Thorming begin 25000 mile journey Toronto to Vancouver by relay motorcycles. Manitoba to form circulating teachers library by paid postage. Mount Allison dean Ellen Hemmegn wins travel scholarship. Duke of Gloucester to open Toronto railway hotel and visit Moyonte. tour to Vancouver in June.
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Ben. H.G. Carroll
Quebec Liquor Commission
Hilda Beaton
Barbara Thorming
Toronto
Vancouver
B.C
Manitoba Department of Education
Eillen Hemmegn
Mount Allison University
Sackville
Canadian Federation of University Women
Miss Hemmeon
New Surgical Technique From Vienna Uses Needle Electrode
Karl Hutter of Vienna introduces a bloodless surgical method using a needle shaped electrode to coagulate and remove diseased tissue without a knife. He reports success on warts birthmarks and moles and says it may treat more serious cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Hutter
Vienna
Hutter
Edmonton's School Enrollment Surges Past Population
Edmonton reports 14 600 students now enrolled in schools, more than twice the city's population twenty five years ago. Remarks include a widow's memory of hardship and a worker's fatigue cited by a foreman.
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Edmonton
Bible of Cologne 1304 Tied to Kansas Family and Vice President
A damaged OCR passage describes a 1304 Cologne printed Bible owned by the Gels family of Saline Kansas. It notes it was printed for Ferdinand and features two tone text, woodcut imagery, and scenes of angels driving the devil from Paradise. The artifact allegedly dates 350 years old and has a horned dragon Satan on the frontispiece.
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Wes
United States
Chas Curtis
Kansan
EM Gels
Saline
Kansas
Gels
Cologne
Germany
Pauperor Ferdinand
Paradise
Satan
Evela
Adam
Garden of Eden
Baby's Own Tablets praised by mothers for infants health
Mothers praise Baby's Own Tablets as effective for babies stomach upset, constipation, indigestion, colds, fevers, worm expulsion, and teething ease. Sold by medicine dealers or 25 cents a box by The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams' Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Alberta Considers One Year Compulsory Insurance Exemption
A redrafted Vehicles and Highway Trade Act circulated to Alberta legislators proposes a one year exemption from compulsory automobile insurance for privately owned cars. Taxi cabs and livery cars would still be required to carry a set amount of insurance.
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Alberta
Nerves and Heart Palpitations Prompt Mrs Pugsley’s Trial
Mrs Fred A Pugsley of East South Hampton Nova Scotia reports severe nerves and heart palpitations that disrupted her sleep and led her to seek relief. She describes persistent troubling symptoms and a decision to try an unspecified remedy.
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Fred A. Pugsley
East South
Hampton
N.S
Sleeplessness Remedy Mentioned in 1920s Ad
An old advertisement notes a sleep aid from The T Milburn Co Ltd Toronto priced 56c per box. The piece includes a dialogue about a school infant class and a remark on England's 244000 residents receiving poor relief in September 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druggista and Desiers
T. Milburn Co., Ltd
Toronto
England
Milk of Magnesia Promoted for Digestive Relief
An advertisement claims indigestion follows two hours after meals and promises instant results with Milk of Magnesia. It markets the product as a quick, approved remedy used by physicians for over fifty years to correct excess acids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Eczema Relief With Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Percival Pinder of Lindsay Ontario reports severe eczema on his face neck and hands. After using a free sample of Cuticura Soap and Ointment his symptoms improved and he bought more healing the condition in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthura
Percival
Pinder
R. R
Lindsay
Ont
Oistmant
Vancouver Grain Port Develops On Large Scale Growth
Vancouver repairs and expands its grain port as storage tallies rise. On March 21 Vancouver elevators held 5 210 193 bushels with 534 Canadian Pacific cars on spurs and 663 cars west of Field. Port had 25 boats with capacity of 2 600 000. Lakehead storage reached 73 478 000 bushels in elevators and 8 655 000 more in boats for winter storage. Cat's-eye quartz gem noted in the same brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific
Field
Lakehead
Prairie Provinces
Eskimos Rebuild Igloos After Unusual Thaw Near Tavane Bay
Winter at Tavane Bay 250 miles north of Fort Churchill saw an unprecedented thaw after Christmas. Temperatures rose to 21 degrees above zero causing igloos to collapse and dozens of families to become homeless. Eskimos remained cheerful, resuming rebuilding once normal weather returned.
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Tavane Bay
Fort Churchill
Hudson Hay Railway
Manitoba
Wid
Tayane Bay
Empire Marketing Board urges West to build Canadian farm markets
A Saskatchewan Agriculture bulletin notes Canada spends to create interest in farm products in the British Isles and the Empire Marketing Board educates Britons to buy Canadian farm goods. It says the British Empire offers opportunities to develop domestic markets and urges Western farmers to seize chances to establish permanent, profitable markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Canada
British Isles
Empire Marketing Board
British Empire
Vintage Kids Pattern Catalog Patters at Winnipeg
A scanned pattern advertisement lists multiple child dress and blouse designs with sizes 16 to 42 inches bust, yardage requirements for 40 and 36 inch fabrics, lace and braid details, and embroidery monogram options. Includes pattern numbers No 259 Farisilan Simplicity No 190 One Piece Wrap Around No 254 Tailored Lines No 312 Bloomer Dress Embroidery monograms and ordering instructions. Patterns priced 25 cents extra for Emb No blue and fashion magazine offer. Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Sunday School Lesson April 14 Passover and Hezekiah
Golden Text Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful. The lesson notes that in Hezekiah’s time the Passover was delayed to the second month due to priestly cleansing and temple cleanliness. It cites Numbers 9 11 and contrasts ritual scruple with broader sacred duty, highlighting elastic forms for the soul.
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Nisan
Hezekiah
Jerusalem
Charles Reynolds Brown
Christ
Pilate
Judgment Hall
W.H. Bennett
W. L. Watkinson
Princess Mary Elected President Of Yorkshire Beekeepers
The article notes Princess Mary has been elected president of the Yorkshire Beekeepers Association, described as the world’s largest beekeeping society. It also includes a recipe for escalloped macaroni with cheese using Borden milk and American cheese.
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Borden's
St. Charles
Princess Mary
Yorkshire Bee‘keepers’ Association
Young Women Rise as Elevator Operators in Japan
Young women in Japan increasingly fill roles once dominated by men, becoming elevator operators and taking on broader positions in business and industrial advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Timepiece notes 22 hours 54 minutes
Fragmentary text describes a day length of 22 hours 54 minutes and seconds and hints at splinters in the ladder of success hidden during a slide.
Predicts Sudden War If Britain Consults Dominions
Brigadier General J H Morgan a University of London professor warned that Britain could not delay to consult Dominions. He said the next war might arrive like a thief and be decided in three weeks, risking loss of the Dominions if consultation halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Great Britain
Dominions
J. H. Morgan
University of London
Domiions
Morgan
Alberta Wheat Pool to Build Sixty-Eight Elevators This Year
Alberta Wheat Pool plans fifty six new elevators at as many locations, bringing the total number of elevators to seventy four.
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Alberta Wheat Pool Elevators
Alberta Wheat Pool
Calgary Aero Club grows to 814 members
The Calgary Aero Club reports 814 members with 145 in instruction. The update notes active participation and ongoing training programs as the club expands its aviation community.
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Calgary
Aero Club
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Giswierenss
Isself
Chidren
Meade
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDarmot Ave
Winnipeg
Om Slee
Ava
Rezekiah
Castoria
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