World Happenings Briefly Told from Cape Town to London
Reports note no new comet near Cape Town with photographs credited to Karl Aver. Died recently in Carinthia, Friederr Von Weinbach, inventor of the incandescent gua mantle and of Auer osmium lamps. A proposed Saskatoon to London fight route is delayed until next June per Ben Brotman in Winnipeg. Prince of Wales congratulates Lieut.-Col. Blair on National Rifle Association Bisley win. Royal health concerns surround Prince George. Canadian boy scouts receive a totem pole gift from Lord Baden-Powell with inscription for the jamboree 1933.
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Cape Town
Karl Aver
Friederr von Weinbach
Weisbach Castle
Carinthia
Aver
Saskatoon
London
England
Ben Brotman
Winnipeg
Prince of Wales
R. Bf. Blair
Seaforth Highlanders
Vancouver
B.C
St. James's Palace
National Rifle Association
Bisley
Wo. Birks
Montress
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
London Daily News
Prince George
Navy
Foreign Office
Boy Scouts
Lord Baden-Powell
Small Car Collision Sparks Error and Apology Exchange
A minor crash between a car and a motor lorry leads to the car driver's apology while the other driver questions the response. The passage then digresses to a remark about U S and Canadian newspapers using vast paper supplies to girdle the globe, concluding with a reminder to keep employees focused on business duties.
Tiny cylinder device warns escape and sounds alert
A small seven inch cylinder detects gas leaks and immediately contacts the nearest telephone exchange to pinpoint the escape location. It then activates an electric fan to disperse fumes, providing rapid warning and containment.
Washington Youth Wins Holsoh Competition Honor
A Port Madison youth from Washington state was chosen as the winner of the Thomas A Holsoh competition to follow in the footsteps of inventor Wilbur B Huston. Forty nine contestants from across the states and the District of Columbia gathered at the Edison home lawn in Llewylln Park for the announcement by Dr W Stratton MIT president and judge chairman. Stratton praised the contestants who endured a grueling exam covering morals ethics and science.
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Wilbur B. Huston
Port Madison
Wash
Thomas A. Holsoh
District of Columbia
Edison
Llewellyn Park
W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stratton
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
The reader is told how to order sewing patterns from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 173 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. Instructions reference document delivery and ordering steps.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Indians Protest Bay Railway Opposes Churchill Link
Indians of York Factory protest the Hudson Bay Railway to Churchill saying it will sever fur trade routes. They demand government aid if fur supplies falter while a paying agent promises efforts to prevent starvation. The dispute sparks northern debate on native aid during stress.
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Hudson Bay
York Factory
Churchill
Pas
Bay Railway
Manitoba
Voyage to the Antarctic Anew aboard the Discovery
The vessel Discovery, Captain Scott’s ship, sails from London with latest gear for another Antarctic voyage. It heads to Cape Town where Sir Douglas Mawson will join the expedition, funded by British, Australian and New Zealand governments to continue polar science.
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Scott
Discovery
East India Company
London
England
Antarctic
Cape Town
Douglas Mawson
New Zealand
Douglas
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Prediction of footless future shocks chiropodist session
Dr Albert Sobuston of Chicago predicted in Buffalo that humans will be without toes in 500 centuries. He warned hard pavements and tight shoes are deforming the arch and that a solid hinged stump may be needed for modern use.
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Buffalo
Albert Sobuston
Chicago
Seit Convention
Dumas Recalls Witty Exchange Over Impossible Collaboration
A writer sent a play to Dumas proposing collaboration. Dumas replied in anger asking how to yoken a horse and an gas. The author retorted how dare you call me a horace. Dumas, amused, then requested the play again. The passage contrasts ancient artists drawing pigments from rocks and earth.
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Dumas
Horace
Pennies Pay for Car Purchase in Bloomfield
James Jacobs arrived at a Bloomfield New Jersey auto dealer with nine bags of pennies weighing his four year savings. The pursed bags contained 58 856 pennies though the dealer counted 58 850. Jacobs still drove away in the car he ordered.
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John Jacobs
Bloomfield
James
Jacobs
Leftover Mash and Cream Sauce Bake Recipe
Uses mashed potato formed into molds with milk and a cream sauce of milk butter and flour mixed with leftover meat or fish. Adds onion pepper or pimento, bakes until browned, garnish with parsley, and suggests creamed potato lining. Includes economy dish with milk rice sugar nutmeg raisins baked two and a half hours.
Sunday School Lesson August Theme and Cyrus Proclamation
A Sunday School lesson outlines Golden Text Psalm 126 and devotional reads Psalm 124. The Proclamation of Cyrus is discussed with Ezra, Ezra 1:1-11, Ezra 6, and Jeremiah 29 1614. It notes Cyrus king of Persia allowed exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem, supported by silver and gold and voluntary gifts, while some Jews chose remain in exile.
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Jeremiah
Ezra
Cyrus
Persia
Elam
Media
Lydian
Babylonia
Judea
Josephus
Earth
Jehovah
Jerusalem
Judah
F. J. McConnell
Temple
Benjam
Min
Ephygim
Manasseh
Co-Operative Wool Growers foresee heavy Western consignments
H J Tisdale of the Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers reports a heavy con alignment year after a western tour. He estimates western shipments totaling about 2 800 000 pounds for year with BC 400 000 Alberta 1 500 000 Saskatchewan 600 000 and Manitoba 200 000 pounds. The text also notes a fact about Asia and a dog bark at altitude.
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H. J. Tisdale
Canadian Co-Operative Wool Growers
Canadian Hut Built by Ex Service Men at Windsor Castle
Canadian ex service men stationed near Windsor Castle erected a log hut on the Castle grounds after wartime recuperation boredom. The hut, approved and supplied with timber, now serves for royal recuperation and as a playroom for Princess Elizabeth with both King and Queen reportedly visiting for tea.
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Windsor Castle
Castle Gardens
Windsor
Castle
Elizabeth
Uncooked Salad Dressing Recipe from Historic Note
A simple salad dressing method combines eggs milk mustard salt and vinegar. Beat eggs and milk with mustard and salt then stir in vinegar and mix well. Let stand a few hours to thicken and preserve for weeks.
Snow in June Reported Across Quebec
Five locations in Quebec logged snow in June with Gouin dam in Lake St. Peter region showing a tyyo inch fall during the 30 days. Thetford Mines recorded both snow traces and the month's hottest day, 96 degrees on June 20.
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Gouln
Lake St. Peter
Thetford’ Mines
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