World Happenings Briefly Told
London population estimated at 5 million. Dominion Canners plant at Kelgwna destroyed by fire. Turkish parliament separates church and state. Canadian banks assets rise to 3 159 23 178 in February. Canadian Premier Ferguson urges commercial interflow among British nations. Saskatchewan highway tenders issued for concrete bridge work. Canadian Government Merchant Marine 1927 operating profit 720 735. losses in prior years. Pacific Cable Company may be taken over by syndicate. Ontario educators’ meeting debated cadet training. Mother Graves worm terminator offered for safe use. Manitoba Co operative Poultry Marketing moves HQ to Winnipeg. growth to 8 900 members in 1927 across 93 groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dominion Canners
National Assembly
Angora Line
Turkey
Torons
Howard Ferguson
of Aghways
Saskatchewan
Merchant Marine
Pacific Cable Company
Canada
Eastern Telegraph Company
Marconi Wireless Company
Ottawa
Thomas Moore
Trades and Labor Council of Canada
Ontario Educational Association
Toronto
Women of Middle Age Praise Lydia E Pinkham Remedies
A Ontario farmer's wife reports severe menopause symptoms and recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She credits renewed strength and appetite to the products and offers to answer letters from women about the medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ontario
Pinkham
Lydia E. Yaikham
Lara
Lydia E. Pinkin
Mia MA Wilson
Wilson Street
Basailton
Imperial Agricultural Research Conference Proposes Empire Stations
The Imperial Agricultural Research Conference meeting in London last October issues a report urging creation of empire wide agricultural research stations. It recommends training centers in Queensland Ceylon East Africa West Africa and Malaya with at least ten staff each and annual maintenance around £270. It also calls scholarships and corresponding centres to share information, funded at about £20 000 yearly, managed by a body including governments of Britain India and other dominions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Agricultural Research Conference
Lete
Don
Colonial Agricultural Service
Bureaui Ag
India
Great Help to Young Mothers
An advertisement extols Babsy's Own Tablets as a safe home remedy for babies and children, claiming to regulate stomachs, ease colds and fevers, and soothe teething without a drug taste. A Ontario mother and user testimony from Ruthven praises the tablets, noting ongoing use for two children and recommending them to others. Sold by medicine dealers or mail order at 25 cents per box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co.
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Babby
Babsy
Picture pattern for two piece pajamas No 1114
The pattern shows a chic two piece pajama set with a sleeveless or short sleeve jacket and elastic trouser top. It comes in sizes 34 to 42 bust with 41 yards required for 26 or 40 inch material. Priced 25 cents. Our Fashion Book adds the newest practical styles at 10 cents per copy.
How To Order Patterns Address Wingipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern noseesssecurss Shre ccssees. An unreadable fragment lists a Winnipeg address 115 McDermey Ave and a patterns service. The piece appears to be a help guide or order notice for sewing patterns with a distorted header. The readable bits point to a local union or newspaper office in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingipeg Newspaper Union
McDermey Ave
Winnipeg
The Country Editor in a Changing America
A conference of country editors reveals how small town papers have shifted from printers to business oriented publishers. Editors emphasize local, personal news over national coverage as daily papers broaden reach. The Greenfield Gazette model shows widespread local reporting powering strong weekly circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturtta
Bert
Snow
United States
Bert Mills
Weas
B. Franklin Simms
California
F. L. Drexler
Free Press
Riverdale
Drexter
Florida
Howard Sharp
Everglades
Canal Point
Lake Okeechobee
Sharp
Washington
Russia
Lindbergh
Country
Greenfield
Massachusetts
The
Gazette
Franklin County
Stork Cornered by Bold Speculators in World Hunt
Notable financier Noah led a daring speculation as Hobart Bosworth, renowned stage and screen actor, spends spare hours crafting ship models. The piece notes a worldwide effort to corner stork stock and a parallel hobbyist pursuit by Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qld
Noah
Hobart Bosworth
Auchor
The Sunday School Lesson on Marriage and Divorce
A Sunday School lesson discusses Jesus answering questions on divorce by citing Moses and stressing the sacred, permanent nature of marriage. It argues opposite views on divorce threaten moral law and urges seriousness in marriage as an divine institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesna
Oman
Habbi Jochanan
Odioua
Herodiag
Herod
Jourrkad Herodiues
Bhi
John the Baptist
Jesus
Moses
Christ
J. D. Jones
Canadian Ice Cream For China and New Westminster Plant
Canadian ice cream shipments to Shanghai from Vancouver have helped spur a new coke storage plant at New Westminster. C. A. Cotterell says gradual education in China and Japan for Canadian apples butter beef and bacon follows, with the plant costing about two million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Shanghai
Vancouver
New Westminster
C. A. Cotterell
British Columbia
Minard's Liniment for Backache and Forlorn Reflections
Fragmentary lines discuss backache remedies and fate. A man contemplates personal agency versus external builders of his future. A cryptic note hints at happiness contained in a single page of a volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Omoiin
Scarves with German Monarchical Emblem Stir British Courts
A British courtroom tale reveals hundreds of scarves in black, white, and red bearing the German imperial flag. Authorities trace them to a large German shipment aimed at a potential restoration, while the public misreads them as mere fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Witteklilye
Rami
Ugland, Palive
Chyler
Newcastry
Oathenden
Manchester
Germainy
II Fatherland
Britain
Manitoba Tar Sands to Fuel Highway Programme
Manitoba plans summer highway expansion and a tar sands extraction plant near McMurray to ship vast quantities of crude. Canadian muskrats are sent to Belgium as the nucleus of a fur industry, with forty shipped via the Canadian Pacific Express Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Alberta
McMurray
Canada
Countriea
Canadian Pacific Express Company
Belgium
Coin Collector's Riddle in Pocket and Nickel
A playful puzzle about a man who always loses a dollar yet keeps a nickel and a hole in his pocket. The quip notes others may see him as foolish, swapping surprise for irony in everyday coin lore.
Heart Weak Left Mrs Wilson in Bed in Lethbridge
Mrs Wilson of Lethbridge Alberta writes that her heart was very weak and kept her in bed for weeks. Her aunt advised her to take rest and seek care while she awaits treatment opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Fo Wilson
Lethbridge, Alta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Co-Operative Poultry Marketing
Manitoba Co-operative Poultry Marketing Association
Mrs. Wilson
Imperial Agricultural Research
Empire Chain of Agricultural Research Stations
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Tan
Small Town Papers
Frans Pasaer
Mr Sewe
St. Charles
Yicihuond Co, Limited
Montreal
ARS S VN
Tower
Thomas’ Selectric
Minard
4 Yan
Col
W. J. Gear
Robert Reford Co
Alaunia
Scott
Isieley Sy
Nant
Milburn
J. Milburn
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